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 That's what I said, I did request those first two songs and I was almost kind of scared to request a song because the last time I requested a song he made me come up here and sing it with him so I didn't know but but those two songs that were first played are two of my favorite songs and I will get a little bit more into that here in a second.

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 But first just to introduce myself, my name is John Hoffman. As you've heard I am an apprentice here, one of five that are currently going through the apprenticeship and I've been coming to Christ's family, it'll be a year next, next week.

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 So prior to that I was a police officer down in Griffin, Georgia for a number of years and for the first 21 years of my life I was an atheist.

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 I didn't believe in the possibility of the existence of a God and I was one of those that would say there should be no prayer in public schools and take the Ten Commandments out of the courthouse.

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 And then God was so gracious that he opened my eyes and granted me repentance and has made me a new creature in him.

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 Since then I left law enforcement because I was convicted that I had made an idol out of my career and I came up here to Cleveland to Truett McConnell College to study theology.

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 And my roommate's the one that brought me to Christ's Family Church and the first time I walked in I just thought to myself,

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 okay, gotta go, gotta go, there's too many college kids.

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 But this last year has been incredible and one of the main reasons, one of the main things that God has used this last year in my growth and my walk with Christ has been a lot of college students.

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 I have grown so much and I have come to love many of you.

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 And so I'm very thankful to be here at Christ's Family and I am honored and privileged to be given this opportunity this morning.

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 And so with that I invite you to open up your Bible to Mark chapter 14.

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 Mark chapter 14 as we continue our verse-to-verse exposition as Nathan has been so faithfully leading us for the last while.

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 We come now to Mark chapter 14 and last week we saw how the Last Supper was taking place.

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 And today we will start right at the end of the Last Supper scene.

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 And so our text for this morning is going to be Mark chapter 14 verses 26 through 42 verses 26 through 42.

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 And beginning in verse 26, God's inerrant and infallible word that is sharper than any two-edged sword and is active and living reads to us as such.

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

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 You will all fall away for it is written,

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 I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.

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 But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.

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 Peter said to him,

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 Even though they all fall away, I will not.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Truly I tell you, this very night before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.

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 But he said emphatically,

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 If I must die with you, I will not deny you.

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 And they all said the same.

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 And they went to a place called Gethsemane.

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 And he said to his disciples,

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 Sit here while I pray.

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 And he took with him Peter and James and John and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.

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 And he said to them,

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 My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.

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 Remain here and watch.

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 And going a little farther,

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 he fell on the ground and prayed that,

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 if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

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 And he said,

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 Abba, Father, all things are possible for you.

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 Remove this cup from me, yet not what I will, but what you will.

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 And he came and found this sleeping.

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 And he said to Peter,

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 Simon, are you asleep?

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 Can you not watch one hour?

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 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation.

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 The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.

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 And again he came and found them sleeping,

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 for their eyes were very heavy,

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 and they did not know what to answer him.

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 And he came the third time and said to them,

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 Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?

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 It is enough.

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 The hour has come.

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 The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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 Rise, let us be going.

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 See, my betrayer is at hand.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you for this time together, Lord.

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 And Lord, we thank you for Christ,

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 for what he has done for us.

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 Father, as we look at this night,

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 where this huge battle was fought in the garden,

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 and Lord, I pray that we will all walk away with something today.

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 Lord, that we will be further conformed to the image of Christ.

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 Lord, that your spirit will work, will fall.

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 Father, on us, in this place.

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 Father,

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 I just, I thank you for this opportunity.

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 And I pray that you will speak through me, Lord.

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 That you will work through me this morning.

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 In Jesus' name, Amen.

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 Here's Mark Twain, the popular author and humorist.

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 Christ in the 1800s who once said,

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 the two most important days in your life

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 are the day that you are born

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 and the day that you find out why.

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 And I would certainly agree that there is some truth to that statement.

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 However, allow me to propound the reason why every one of us was born.

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 For the reason is the same for you as it is for me,

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 as it is for the person that is sitting next to you,

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 as it is for the seven billion plus other people living here on this earth.

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 For the reason why every one of us was created

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 was that we may worship the one true God.

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 A.W. Tozer,

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 a pastor and author from the early 1900s,

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 writes in his book,

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 The Purpose of Man,

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 quoting,

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 God's supreme purpose in making man

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 was to have somebody capable

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 to properly and sufficiently worship him

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 and satisfy his own heart.

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 Man fell by sin

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 and is now failing to carry out that created purpose.

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 He is like a cloud without water.

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 It gives no rain.

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 Like a sun that gives no heat

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 or a star that gives no light

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 or a tree that no longer yields fruit.

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 A bird that no longer sings

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 or a harp that is silent

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 and no longer gives off music.

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 Close quote.

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 Because of sin entering this world through the fall,

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 every one of us would be utterly incapable

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 of ever fulfilling our created purpose

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 had it not been for one man

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 who fulfilled his created purpose

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 for coming to this world

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 which was to give his life as a ransom

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 for many.

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 And because of the atoning sacrifice

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 those of us who are Christians,

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 those of us who are born again

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 by the power of God's living and abiding word

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 can now begin to fulfill

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 our spiritual worship

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 which is to worship God in spirit and in truth.

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 And as Christians,

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 Romans chapter 12 tells us

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 that our spiritual worship,

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 more specifically,

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 is that we may present our bodies

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 as living sacrifices,

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 holy and acceptable to God.

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 To not be conformed to the things of this world,

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 but to be transformed

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 by the renewal of our minds.

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 We are called to live a life of humble submission

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 to God's will.

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 To wage war against the desires of our old nature.

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 To become more like Jesus Christ.

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 And in our text this morning,

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 that is what we will discover

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 as we look at the most important night

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 in the life of our Lord,

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 which is in fact the last night

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 that He lives through

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 before He gets crucified.

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 This is a night that is filled with

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 a variety of emotions.

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 So much drama,

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 betrayal,

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 disbelief,

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 arrogance,

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 pride,

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 fear,

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 sorrow,

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 action,

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 and the greatest war

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 with the highest stakes

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 ever hanging in the balance

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 between two possible choices

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 presented before the Lord,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 on this night.

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 And as we look at this text before us,

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 the most important thing

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 that we all need to walk away with

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 this morning

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 is that we all need to be

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 more like Jesus

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 in our submission

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 to God's will.

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 And for us today,

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 I speak particularly

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 of that part of God's will,

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 which we are told in

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 1 Thessalonians 4,

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 verse 3,

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 which states that

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 His will is our sanctification.

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 And so what I mean by

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 submission to God's will

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 as pertaining to us

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 is that we must,

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 as we are called to do,

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 work out our salvation

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 in fear of trembling.

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 We are to wage war

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 against our flesh

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 and the desires therein

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 and walk in the Spirit.

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 And in our text,

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 we will see both

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 a perfect example

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 of this type of summation

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 and the complete opposite.

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 And so I've divided this text

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 into four headings,

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 and the first heading

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 is encompassed by

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 verses 26 through 31.

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 Verses 26 to 31.

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 And in these verses,

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 I want you to first notice

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 Peter's prideful resistance.

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 Peter's prideful resistance.

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 Beginning in verse 26.

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 And when they had sung a hymn,

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 they went out to the Mount of Olives.

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 Now, we initially find ourselves,

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 like I said,

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 at the end of the Last Supper,

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 in the upper room.

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 Mark moves very quickly

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 through this scenario.

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 So I just want to give you

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 a quick glance,

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 if you would,

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 at the scene presented before us

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 through the lens

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 of the other gospel accounts.

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 before we go any further.

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 The amount of emotions

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 that are running

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 through the upper room episode

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 are just profound.

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 It starts with Jesus

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 reclining at the table,

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 telling his disciples

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 how he earnestly desires

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 to eat this Passover meal

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 with them.

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 They begin the celebrations,

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 and they are all reclining

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 at the table and eating.

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 When Jesus suddenly drops

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 the bombshell

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 that he will be betrayed

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 by one of them.

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 And as they are discussing

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 amongst themselves

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 who that one is,

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 they begin to argue

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 over which one of them

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 is the greatest.

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 They go from being grieved

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 and asking Jesus,

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 or surely not I,

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 to arguing about

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 which one is greater.

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 Jesus then gets up

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 from supper,

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 shows them what it means

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 to be a humble servant,

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 and washes

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 the disciples' feet.

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 Jesus then announces

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 once again

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 his soon-to-come departure,

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 foretells Peter's denial

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 for the first time this night,

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 and we will get back to that

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 because the foretelling

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 that is in our text

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 this morning

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 is the second time

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 that he foretells

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 Peter's denial

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 on this same night.

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 And after all this,

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 Jesus expressing

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 his love for them,

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 pouring out his troubled spirit

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 that he will be betrayed.

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 The disciples' anguish

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 over the betrayal,

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 the self-exalting argument

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 over which one of them

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 is the greatest,

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 Jesus washing their feet

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 and making them feel

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 as small as they really are,

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 Jesus giving them

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 a new commandment,

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 that commandment being

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 to love one another

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 just as he has loved them.

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 After all of this,

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 Jesus comforts them

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 as he tells them

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 in John 14, verse 1,

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 Do not let your hearts

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 be troubled.

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 Believe in God.

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 Believe also in me.

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 He tells them in Luke 22,

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 verses 28-30,

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 You are those who have stayed

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 with me in my trials,

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 and I assign to you

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 as my Father assigned to me

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 a kingdom,

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 that you may eat and drink

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 at my table in my kingdom

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 and sit on thrones

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 judging the twelve tribes

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 of Israel.

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 He declares to them

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 that he is the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life.

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 And he tells them

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 that from now on

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 they know the Father

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 and have seen him

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 because they know the Son.

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 He says to them,

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 Peace I leave with you,

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 my peace I give to you,

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 all of this happens

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 during the Last Supper.

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 They then sing a hymn

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 praising God,

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 and they leave the upper room

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 and start to make their way

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 to the Mount of Olives.

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 The day here

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 refers to the disciples

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 in Jesus minus Judas,

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 who already left

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 the upper room

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 shortly after Jesus

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 calls him out

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 as the one

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 who will betray him.

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 Now it's also important

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 to keep in mind

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 that everything

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 that Jesus teaches

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 in John chapters 15,

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 16,

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 and 17,

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 which include

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 the teaching on

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 abiding in Christ,

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 using the metaphor

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 of the vine

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 and the tree branches,

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 the working of the Holy Spirit,

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 and Jesus'

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 high priestly prayer,

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 all take place

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 in between the time

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 that they leave the upper room

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 and the time

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 that they make it

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 to the Mount of Olives.

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 And I mention all this

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 just to show the gravity

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 and the vastness

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 and the greatness

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 of the substance

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 of the teaching

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 and the warnings

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 that they receive

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 from our Lord

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 right before

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 this great spiritual battle

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 takes place

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 in the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 And so after

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 the high priestly prayer,

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 they cross the Kidron Valley,

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 which is on the eastern side

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 of the city,

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 and it separates

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 the Temple Mount

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 from the Mount of Olives.

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 And they make it

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 to the Mount of Olives.

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 But now before

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 they reach

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 the Garden of Gethsemane,

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 which is on the slopes

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 of the Mount of Olives,

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 we read in verses 27 and 28,

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 You will all fall away,

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 for it is written,

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 I will strike the shepherd

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 and the sheep

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 will be scattered.

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 But after I am raised up,

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 I will go before you

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 to Galilee.

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 This is Jesus

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 in His omniscience

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 saying,

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 This will happen.

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 And listen to what

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 the disciples

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 all said to Jesus

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 right before,

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 just a few minutes

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 before they reached

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 the Mount of Olives.

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 In John 16, 30,

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 the disciples,

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 all in agreeance,

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 say to Jesus,

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 Now we know

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 that You know all things

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 and do not need anyone

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 to question You.

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 How quickly

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 they changed their minds.

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 It's incredible.

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 And Peter here

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 reverts to his old ways,

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 sets his mind

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 not on the things of God,

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 but on the things of man,

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 and drunk in his own

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 self-exaltation,

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 notice now Peter's

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 prideful resistance

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 in verses 29-31.

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 Peter said to Him,

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 Even though they all fall away,

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 I will not.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Truly I tell you,

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 this very night,

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 before the rooster crows twice,

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 you will deny me three times.

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 But he said emphatically,

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 If I must die with you,

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 I will not deny you.

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 And they all said the same thing.

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 And as I said before,

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 this is the second time

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 Jesus warns Peter

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 of his coming denial.

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 The first one actually took place

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 in the upper room

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 during the Last Supper.

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 Please turn with me

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 as we read in Luke chapter 22.

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 Luke chapter 22.

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 Luke chapter 22.

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 In verses 31 and 34,

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 this is in the upper room

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 during the Last Supper.

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 And Jesus says,

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 starting in verse 31,

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 Simon, Simon,

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 behold,

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 Satan has demanded permission

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 to sift you like wheat.

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 But I have prayed for you

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 that your faith may not fail

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 and you,

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 when once you have turned again,

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 strengthen your brothers.

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 But he said to him,

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 Lord, with you I am ready to go

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 both to prison and to death.

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 And he said,

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 I say to you,

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 Peter,

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 the rooster will not crow today

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 until you have denied

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 three times that you know me.

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 Now there are a few things

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 I want to point out here.

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 Behold,

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 Satan has demanded permission

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 to sift you like wheat.

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 The imagery here portrays

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 almost a violent shaking.

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 Almost as it's described

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 in Amos 9.9

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 where it says,

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 For behold,

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 I am commanding

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 and I will shake

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 the house of Israel

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 among all the nations.

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 as grain is shaken

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 in a sieve,

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 but not a kernel

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 will fall to the ground.

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 And also,

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 something else

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 I want to point out here is,

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 where else

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 in Scripture

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 do we see Satan

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 demanding permission

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 to sift

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 an upright,

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 God-fearing man?

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 One example is

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 in the book of Job.

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 In Job chapter 1,

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 we see Satan

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:48.539
 entering the throne room

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.060
 of God

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 and is given permission

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 to test Job's faith.

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 And that is exactly

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.940
 what is happening here.

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 As Jesus tells him

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 that Satan has demanded

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.880
 permission to sift you,

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 this is a test

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.460
 of Peter's faith.

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 It is a trial.

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 And so also,

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 let me state that

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 at this point,

00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:14.779
 Peter

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 was in fact

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 already

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 a believer.

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 He was no longer

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.639
 dead in his sins

00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.460
 and trespasses.

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 He had a new nature,

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 capable

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 of loving

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 and obeying God.

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 And I prove this to you

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.679
 for the sake of time,

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 simply by

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 stating

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:34.000
 what Jesus says

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:35.079
 in verse 32

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 here in Luke,

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.740
 But I have prayed

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.279
 for you

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.940
 that your faith

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:41.680
 may not fail.

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:43.319
 For those

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:45.220
 who are not

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:48.339
 of God

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:50.240
 have no

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.859
 God-given

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:53.299
 faith.

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.339
 And so as a believer,

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:58.200
 Peter had a choice

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.259
 to make.

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.640
 To either

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.900
 submit himself

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:05.119
 to the will of God

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:06.699
 and put to death

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.379
 the deeds

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.179
 of the flesh

00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:09.939
 or pridefully

00:22:09.939 --> 00:22:10.859
 resist

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:12.259
 and give

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.179
 into his flesh.

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.439
 And he chooses

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:16.000
 the latter.

00:22:17.959 --> 00:22:19.319
 As he arrogantly

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:20.919
 almost

00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:23.000
 tells Jesus,

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.639
 you are wrong.

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:27.099
 I would never

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.799
 deny you.

00:22:29.479 --> 00:22:31.039
 Peter did not

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.519
 heed

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:33.119
 the countless

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.799
 warnings

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.099
 given to him

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:36.159
 like the one

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.519
 in Luke

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.579
 chapter 21

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:39.319
 verses 34

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.960
 to 36

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.539
 where Jesus

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.960
 tells them,

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:44.099
 Be on guard

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.859
 so that your

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.559
 hearts will not

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.240
 be weighed down

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.259
 with dissipation

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:48.720
 and drunkenness

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.419
 and the worries

00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:50.000
 of life.

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.419
 And that day

00:22:51.419 --> 00:22:52.019
 will not come

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.759
 on you suddenly

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.579
 like a trap

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.919
 for it will come

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:56.519
 upon all those

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.220
 who dwell

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.740
 on the face

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.500
 of all the earth.

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.200
 But keep

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.839
 on the alert

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:02.759
 at all times

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.799
 praying

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:05.759
 that you

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.959
 may have

00:23:06.959 --> 00:23:07.579
 strength

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.339
 to escape

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.179
 all the things

00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:10.799
 that are about

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.699
 to take place.

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.559
 And like Peter,

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.539
 you and I

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.459
 have that choice

00:23:16.459 --> 00:23:18.819
 presented

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:20.059
 before us

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:21.359
 probably

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.359
 more often

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.399
 than you're

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:23.939
 aware of.

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 And we

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.019
 ought to

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.580
 learn from

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.039
 Peter's

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.539
 mistake

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.660
 and we

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.039
 should

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.880
 be on

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.240
 guard

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:33.220
 and not

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.680
 let our

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.140
 hearts

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.900
 be weighed

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.340
 down with

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.940
 dissipation

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.720
 and drunkenness

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.259
 and the

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.460
 worries

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.019
 of life.

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.759
 So we

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.539
 ought to

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.220
 resist

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.960
 and fight

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.500
 our fleshly

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.120
 desires

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:45.680
 and temptations

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:47.200
 and we

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.600
 can learn

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.160
 much

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.240
 from the

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.880
 example that

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.259
 our Lord

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.660
 Jesus

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:52.180
 has left

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.740
 for us.

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:54.019
 And so

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.500
 as we

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.099
 begin to

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.519
 look at

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:55.940
 the example

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.339
 that Jesus

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.160
 has left

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.640
 for us,

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.339
 please notice

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.819
 our second

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.059
 heading

00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:00.539
 this morning

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:00.940
 in verses

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.259
 32-36

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.500
 of Mark

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.339
 chapter 14.

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 And our

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.460
 second heading

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.900
 is Christ's

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.779
 humble

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.620
 submission.

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.299
 Christ's

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.980
 humble

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.240
 submission.

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 Beginning

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.680
 in verse

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.299
 32,

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 And they

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.599
 went to a

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.079
 place called

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.880
 Gethsemane.

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.039
 And he

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.539
 said to his

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.059
 disciples,

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:23.419
 sit here

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:23.980
 while I

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.339
 pray.

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.480
 Now,

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:25.940
 in Luke

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.799
 chapter 22

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.480
 verse 40,

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 we're also

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.919
 told that

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:29.119
 at the

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.539
 same time

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:29.899
 he also

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.720
 tells them,

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.720
 pray that

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.079
 you may

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.700
 not enter

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.359
 into temptation.

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.279
 Now,

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.700
 back in

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.960
 Mark

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:40.299
 verse 33,

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 we continue

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.899
 and he

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.179
 says,

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 And he

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.399
 took with

00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:44.819
 him Peter

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.259
 and James

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.799
 and John

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.119
 and began

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.599
 to be

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.179
 greatly

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:49.039
 distressed

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.940
 and troubled.

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 And he

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.359
 said to

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.720
 them,

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.680
 My soul

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.180
 is very

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.960
 sorrowful

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.159
 even

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:57.099
 to death.

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.500
 Remain

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.879
 here

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:01.079
 and watch.

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.119
 Have you

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.819
 noticed the

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:05.599
 military-like

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.619
 tactical

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.639
 undertones

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:07.899
 here?

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.240
 they all

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.660
 go from

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 a steep

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.740
 valley

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:14.040
 across

00:25:14.040 --> 00:25:14.440
 the

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.720
 Kidron

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.220
 Valley

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 to the

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.300
 slopes

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:18.580
 of the

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:18.720
 Mount

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.240
 of Olives.

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 They go

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.580
 to higher

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.140
 ground.

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.560
 They then

00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:23.200
 enter the

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.540
 Garden of

00:25:23.540 --> 00:25:23.980
 Gethsemane,

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.860
 which probably

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.500
 had a wall

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.019
 enclosure.

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 He leaves

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 the majority

00:25:28.540 --> 00:25:28.840
 of the

00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:29.420
 disciples in

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 one place,

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 perhaps at

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.320
 the entrance,

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.340
 where they

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.840
 can have a

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.340
 good view

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.680
 of the

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.640
 valley and

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.080
 the eastern

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.700
 wall and

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.519
 of any

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.340
 possible

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.200
 approaching

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:40.759
 enemies,

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:41.680
 hostiles.

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.900
 Then Jesus

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.759
 goes further

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.940
 in with

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.279
 Peter,

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:45.960
 James,

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.519
 and John,

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.660
 the leaders

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.000
 of the

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.500
 disciples,

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.980
 almost like

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.259
 in old

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:51.059
 battles where

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:53.080
 the warriors

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:53.480
 would be

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:55.779
 formed and

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.559
 ready for

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.480
 battle towards

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.080
 the back,

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.740
 and a

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.259
 handful of

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.640
 the higher

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:00.940
 ranking

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.559
 officers would

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.539
 go into

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.120
 the battlefield

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:04.700
 to meet

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.220
 and discuss

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.500
 with the

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.359
 enemy before

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.980
 fighting

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.579
 commenced.

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.579
 And Peter

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.180
 and James

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.559
 and John

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:14.140
 are here

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:16.740
 told what

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.480
 the details

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.380
 of the battle

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.319
 are to be.

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.220
 When Jesus

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.099
 tells them

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:22.400
 of the

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.059
 conflict

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.200
 that is

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.900
 within him,

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.519
 that is

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.559
 bringing him

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.720
 to the very

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.759
 threshold of

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.180
 death,

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.220
 and he

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.579
 then gives

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.180
 them their

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.680
 orders,

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.160
 remain here

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.779
 and watch.

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.460
 much like

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.920
 a command

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.299
 that would

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.819
 be issued

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.160
 to a

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.460
 soldier.

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.160
 But then

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.680
 Jesus goes

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.099
 in a little

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.500
 further,

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.460
 and on

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.099
 his own

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.319
 fights the

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.180
 greatest war

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.619
 that he

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.119
 has ever

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.559
 fought,

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.140
 with the

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.440
 greatest

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.259
 consequences

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.500
 hanging in

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.279
 the balance

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.480
 of the

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.039
 outcome of

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.799
 a choice

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.779
 between two

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.339
 options,

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.859
 to either

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.319
 humbly

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.900
 submit to

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.579
 God's will

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:02.220
 or to

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.859
 resist it.

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.859
 And that

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.259
 which was

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.839
 hanging on

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.500
 the balance

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.980
 of those

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.379
 choices

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.899
 tonight,

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.319
 on that

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.659
 night,

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.419
 was our

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:13.240
 eternal

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.119
 security.

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.839
 And this

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.240
 war,

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.119
 with such

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.879
 eternal

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:20.059
 consequences,

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.879
 it's an

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.480
 internal

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.859
 battle that

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.599
 Jesus fought.

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.119
 It was a

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.980
 battle against

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.419
 his own

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.160
 human

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.800
 nature,

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.120
 a battle

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.800
 against the

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.080
 greatest

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:31.820
 temptation

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:33.440
 that he

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.160
 ever faced.

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.160
 For not

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.620
 even the

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.259
 face-to-face

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.120
 temptations

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:39.220
 from Satan

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.960
 in the

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.360
 desert

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:42.019
 begin to

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.580
 scratch the

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.220
 surface

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.980
 of the

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.380
 temptation

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.779
 that he

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.320
 went through

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:48.320
 in the

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.600
 garden.

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.019
 John Calvin

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.000
 writes on the

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.539
 temptation in

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:52.900
 the garden,

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.920
 we have seen

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.200
 that our

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.220
 Lord formally

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.140
 contended with

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.880
 the fear of

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.280
 death.

00:27:59.020 --> 00:27:59.720
 But as he

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.560
 now fights

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.259
 face-to-face

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.020
 with temptation,

00:28:03.020 --> 00:28:03.520
 such an

00:28:03.520 --> 00:28:04.759
 attack is

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.660
 called the

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.480
 beginning of

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.960
 grief and

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.300
 sorrow.

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.900
 Hence we

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.700
 infer that

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.140
 the true

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.600
 test of

00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:11.820
 virtue is

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:12.440
 only to be

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.080
 found when

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.820
 the contest

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:14.680
 begins.

00:28:15.800 --> 00:28:16.500
 For then the

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.020
 weakness of

00:28:17.020 --> 00:28:17.600
 the flesh,

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.280
 which was

00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:18.720
 formerly

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.380
 concealed,

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.040
 shows itself,

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.860
 and the

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.640
 secret feelings

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.940
 are abundantly

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.560
 displayed.

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:27.019
 thus,

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.139
 though God

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:29.159
 had already

00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:29.960
 tried his

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.519
 son by

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.399
 certain

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:33.220
 preparatory

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:34.019
 exercises,

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.720
 he now

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.319
 wounds him

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:37.299
 more sharply

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.139
 by a

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:39.159
 nearer

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.659
 prospect

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.940
 of death,

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.480
 and strikes

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.299
 his mind

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.240
 with a

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.659
 terror to

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.200
 which he

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.919
 had not

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.440
 been

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.659
 accustomed.

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.740
 Close quote.

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.920
 He also

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.620
 goes on to

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:52.859
 quote

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.440
 Cyril,

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.099
 an old

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.420
 saint,

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.420
 saying,

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.880
 having been

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.740
 made flesh,

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.039
 he allows

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.680
 the flesh

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.720
 to feel

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.740
 what belongs

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.200
 to it.

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.940
 And therefore,

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:05.079
 being truly

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:06.059
 a man,

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.380
 even

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:10.059
 Christ

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.779
 himself

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:12.200
 has the

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.740
 sufferings

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.519
 and fears

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:15.500
 which belong

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.880
 to

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:17.400
 a man.

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:21.360
 But the

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.780
 word

00:29:21.780 --> 00:29:22.400
 who is

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.820
 united

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.259
 to

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.660
 him

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:25.660
 raises

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:25.960
 him

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.320
 to a

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:26.880
 fortitude

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.660
 which is

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.040
 worthy

00:29:28.040 --> 00:29:28.960
 of God.

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.080
 Close quote.

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.900
 Now back

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.519
 to verse

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.240
 35,

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.019
 we read,

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.059
 and going

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.379
 a little

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:36.839
 further,

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.920
 he fell

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.240
 on the

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.599
 ground

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.779
 and prayed

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:41.180
 that if

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.460
 it were

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.079
 possible,

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.740
 the hour

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.339
 might pass

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.779
 from him.

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.960
 And he

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.200
 said,

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.619
 Abba,

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.200
 Father,

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.299
 all things

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.039
 are possible

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.660
 for you.

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.900
 Remove

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.519
 this cup

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.019
 from me,

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:51.980
 yet not

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.359
 what I

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.660
 will,

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.379
 but what

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.839
 you will.

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.139
 And here

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.440
 is the

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.019
 question

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:59.379
 that we

00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.799
 should all

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.779
 know the

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.359
 answer to.

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:05.219
 what was

00:30:05.219 --> 00:30:07.519
 in that

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.819
 metaphorical

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.359
 cup.

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.599
 Because

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.179
 whatever it

00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.719
 was,

00:30:13.219 --> 00:30:14.119
 whatever was

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.619
 in that

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.019
 cup,

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.519
 is the

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.119
 thing

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:18.199
 that made

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:18.879
 the Lord

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.339
 of Lords

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.000
 and the

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.459
 King of

00:30:20.459 --> 00:30:21.000
 Kings

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.399
 tremble

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.799
 and seized

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.899
 him with

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.519
 anguish

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.459
 and affected

00:30:26.459 --> 00:30:26.919
 him with

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.479
 grief

00:30:27.479 --> 00:30:28.539
 and sorrow

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.599
 almost to the

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:29.919
 point of

00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:30.279
 death

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.259
 that he

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.299
 sweat great

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.559
 drops of

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:33.940
 blood

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.000
 while in

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.680
 agonizing

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.160
 prayer

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.740
 as he

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.240
 asked that

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.519
 it may

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.000
 be taken

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.559
 from him

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:41.579
 because in

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.240
 that cup

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:44.180
 was the

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.619
 pure,

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.319
 holy,

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.500
 earth-shaking,

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.920
 mountain-melting,

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.559
 nation's

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:54.039
 obliterating

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:55.480
 wrath

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.700
 of God

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.160
 the Father.

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:59.500
 Ezekiel

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.620
 chapter 23

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.480
 verses 32

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.180
 to 33

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.220
 says,

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.400
 Thus says

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.779
 the Lord

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.220
 God,

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.140
 You shall

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.860
 drink your

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.360
 sister's

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:08.680
 cup that

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.200
 is deep

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.860
 and large.

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:10.900
 You shall

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.700
 be laughed

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.180
 at and

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.900
 held in

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.480
 derision,

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.300
 for it

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:14.779
 contains

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.320
 much.

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.960
 You will

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.580
 be filled

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:18.660
 with drunkenness

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.440
 and sorrow,

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.880
 a cup of

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.800
 horror

00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:23.560
 and desolation.

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:25.859
 Isaiah 51

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.339
 17

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.319
 Wake

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.859
 yourself,

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.480
 wake

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.000
 yourself,

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:30.379
 stand up,

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.039
 O Jerusalem,

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.599
 you who

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.259
 have drunk

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.200
 from the

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.579
 hand of

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.059
 the Lord

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:36.220
 the cup

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.279
 of his

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.740
 wrath,

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:39.019
 who have

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.480
 drunk to

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.200
 the dregs

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.139
 the bowl

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:42.460
 the cup

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:44.000
 of staggering.

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 Jeremiah 25

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:47.700
 15-16

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 and 27

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 Thus the

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.339
 Lord,

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.940
 the God of

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.259
 Israel,

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.019
 said to me,

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:53.339
 Take from

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.920
 my hand

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.619
 this cup

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:54.980
 of the

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.440
 wine of

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.900
 wrath

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:57.420
 and make

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.700
 all the

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.200
 nations to

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.519
 whom I

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.900
 send you

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.539
 drink it.

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:00.920
 They shall

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.440
 drink and

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.819
 stagger and

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.700
 be crazed

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.819
 because of

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.220
 the sword

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.599
 that I am

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.200
 sending among

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.460
 them.

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.700
 Then you

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.099
 shall say

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.700
 to them,

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.879
 Thus says

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.180
 the Lord

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.819
 of hosts,

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.759
 the God

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.379
 of Israel,

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.539
 drink,

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.180
 be drunk

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:17.019
 and vomit,

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:19.019
 fall and

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.639
 rise no

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:21.440
 more because

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.920
 of the

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.299
 sword

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.460
 that I

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.820
 am sending

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.380
 among you.

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.039
 These are

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.360
 just to

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:26.680
 name a

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:26.960
 few.

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:28.900
 The

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.440
 cup

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.759
 was the

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.200
 total

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.820
 summation

00:32:31.820 --> 00:32:33.380
 of the

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.860
 wrath

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:35.279
 that we

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.680
 all

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.980
 deserve

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.880
 for our

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.220
 sins.

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.160
 And Jesus

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.779
 made the

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.299
 choice

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.180
 that night

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.720
 to drink

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.700
 it on

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.340
 our behalf

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:47.180
 as he

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.680
 submitted

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.220
 himself

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.019
 to the

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.339
 perfect

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.779
 will

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.279
 of the

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.559
 father.

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.400
 Please

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.740
 turn with

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.000
 me to

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.299
 psalm

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.839
 89.

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.680
 Psalm

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.279
 89.

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.319
 Psalm

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 89.

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 Psalm

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 89.

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00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:23.700
 And let's read verses 38 through 48.

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:26.000
 38 through 48 in Psalm 89.

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:35.579
 For some theologians have said of this psalm that it is prophetic of the agonies of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:41.619
 And so, as we read, try to imagine Jesus as He is in the garden.

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:51.740
 And try to imagine as if these are the very thoughts that were going through His head as He is in His moment of agony.

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:54.119
 Beginning in verse 38.

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:58.079
 But now you have cast off and rejected.

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:01.400
 You are full of wrath against your anointed.

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:05.380
 You have renounced the covenant with your servant.

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:09.559
 You have defiled His crown in the dust.

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.559
 You have breached all His walls.

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:15.079
 You have laid His strongholds in ruins.

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:17.760
 All who pass by plunder Him.

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:22.579
 He has become the scorn of His neighbors.

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:26.259
 You have exalted the right hand of His foes.

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:29.199
 You have made all His enemies rejoice.

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.980
 You can see here,

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:41.079
 this is Jesus feeling that separation that is part of that cup.

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:49.679
 The separation that He felt as the wrath of God poured over Him on the cross.

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.579
 We continue.

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:56.239
 You have also turned back the edge of His sword.

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:59.059
 And you have not made Him stand in battle.

00:34:59.859 --> 00:35:03.919
 You have made His splendor to seize and cast His throne to the ground.

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:06.680
 And just a little bit ago,

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:11.619
 we read how He just threw Himself on the ground in the garden to pray.

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:16.339
 You have cut short the days of His youth.

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.799
 You have covered Him with shame.

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.539
 How long, O Lord?

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:22.380
 Will You hide Yourself forever?

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:25.519
 How long will Your wrath burn like fire?

00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:28.440
 Remember how short My time is.

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:32.599
 For what vanity You have created all the children of man.

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:36.359
 What man can live and never see death?

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:41.320
 Who can deliver His soul from the power of Sheol?

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:46.340
 And as He is going through that agony,

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.620
 through that temptation,

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:51.900
 this is also what is going through His mind.

00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:58.620
 Who can deliver His soul from the power of Sheol?

00:35:58.620 --> 00:36:05.400
 Because He knows that only He had the power

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:11.119
 to deliver us from the wrath to come.

00:36:12.680 --> 00:36:14.440
 And He had a choice.

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:20.200
 The choice to drink the cup in our place

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:25.559
 or to allow us to drink our portion

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:32.840
 and be eternally and justly condemned.

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:35.940
 Yet not what I will,

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.380
 but what You will.

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:41.220
 He made His choice.

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:44.600
 Although He had every right,

00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:47.579
 every just excuse

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:50.019
 to change His mind,

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.280
 He fought temptation

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:53.920
 to the point of shedding blood.

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:56.519
 And He humbly submitted Himself

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.559
 to the will of the Father.

00:36:57.559 --> 00:37:01.400
 Del Datus of Nevers,

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.860
 a 7th century bishop,

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:05.079
 writes of Christ's agony

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:06.059
 that it was,

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.000
 quote,

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:09.279
 a purely natural desire

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:09.880
 by which,

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.799
 as a man for a short moment,

00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:14.059
 He apprehended and shunned death

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:15.320
 and torments,

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:17.599
 but quickly recalled Himself

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.380
 to obedience

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:20.759
 by deliberate will

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:22.719
 to submit Himself

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:24.059
 to God.

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:25.299
 Close quote.

00:37:26.459 --> 00:37:27.619
 Could there be

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:29.399
 a better example

00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:31.519
 for us to follow?

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:36.079
 This reality

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:38.000
 should be what drives us

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.699
 to our knees

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:41.699
 in grateful,

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.659
 in passionate,

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:46.399
 adoration and worship

00:37:46.399 --> 00:37:48.519
 and submission

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:50.399
 to our Lord.

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:53.000
 And we should keep watch

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:55.179
 and be on the alert

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:57.839
 and resist temptations

00:37:57.839 --> 00:38:00.279
 and be transformed

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:02.079
 by the renewal of our minds

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:03.779
 and not be conformed

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.519
 to this world

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:06.619
 in our idleness.

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:09.759
 And we ought to do it

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:11.579
 out of love for Him,

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:13.599
 for what He has done

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.279
 for us,

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.840
 remembering what He suffered

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.539
 for us,

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:19.279
 and that He suffered

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:20.719
 because of us

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:24.460
 at the individual level.

00:38:27.279 --> 00:38:28.039
 John Flavel,

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.980
 a Puritan from the 1600s,

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.299
 writes,

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:33.059
 Oh, what has He suffered

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:35.900
 and suffered upon

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:37.639
 your account,

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:40.779
 your pride,

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:42.240
 your earthliness,

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.840
 sensuality,

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.140
 unbelief,

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:47.280
 hardness of heart

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:49.240
 added

00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:51.260
 to the weight

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:52.620
 of the burden

00:38:52.620 --> 00:38:54.360
 of His sorrows

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:55.720
 in that day.

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:56.860
 Close quote.

00:38:58.380 --> 00:39:00.380
 Because He did that for us,

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:02.840
 we should wage war

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:04.000
 against our flesh.

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:06.340
 And to lead into that,

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:06.900
 please note

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.780
 our third heading

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:09.460
 in verses 37 and 38

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:11.500
 of Mark chapter 14.

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:14.500
 The war against the natures

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.780
 affirmed.

00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:19.019
 The war against the natures

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.960
 affirmed.

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:22.240
 Beginning in verse 37.

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:25.679
 And He came and found them sleeping,

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:27.099
 and He said to Peter,

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.139
 Simon,

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:29.039
 are you asleep?

00:39:29.879 --> 00:39:30.959
 Could you not watch

00:39:30.959 --> 00:39:31.699
 one hour?

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.639
 Watch and pray

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.259
 that you may not

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:35.559
 enter into temptation.

00:39:36.459 --> 00:39:37.199
 The spirit

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:38.739
 indeed is willing,

00:39:39.399 --> 00:39:40.139
 but the flesh

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.679
 is weak.

00:39:41.399 --> 00:39:42.279
 And here Jesus

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:43.500
 affirms to us

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.819
 that there are

00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.659
 two natures

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.639
 within believers

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:49.079
 that are at war.

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:50.739
 the spirit

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:51.360
 and the flesh.

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:52.940
 Paul says in Galatians 5

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:54.679
 verse 16 and 17,

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.639
 Walk by the spirit

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:58.519
 and you will not

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.299
 gratify

00:39:59.299 --> 00:39:59.960
 the desires

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.679
 of the flesh.

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:02.259
 For the desires

00:40:02.259 --> 00:40:02.840
 of the flesh

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.619
 are against

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.259
 the spirit.

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.619
 And the desires

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.179
 of the spirit

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:07.420
 are against

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.539
 the flesh.

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.659
 For those

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.699
 are opposed

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:11.619
 to each other.

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:13.259
 To keep you

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:14.099
 from doing

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:15.619
 the things

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.420
 you want to do.

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:20.360
 Romans 8

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:21.940
 verse 7.

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:24.099
 For the mind

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.539
 that is set

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.119
 on the flesh

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.960
 is hostile

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.880
 to God,

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:29.079
 for it does not

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.800
 submit

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:31.400
 to God's will.

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.340
 To God's law.

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.780
 I'm sorry.

00:40:34.740 --> 00:40:36.180
 There are two natures

00:40:36.180 --> 00:40:38.180
 and submission

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:39.380
 to God's will

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.740
 is a key

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.460
 distinctive

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:43.079
 in identifying

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:44.440
 which one

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:46.720
 you are falling

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:47.119
 under

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:48.099
 at any given

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.500
 point.

00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:52.039
 For one

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.619
 submits

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.820
 and the other

00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:54.139
 one

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:55.019
 does not.

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.780
 Listen to what

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.300
 John MacArthur

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:57.860
 says about

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.619
 the two natures.

00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:02.019
 He says,

00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:03.599
 Every Christian

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:03.960
 then

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:05.320
 who has

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.700
 a right

00:41:05.700 --> 00:41:06.280
 understanding

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:07.039
 of his or her

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.500
 nature

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.820
 understands

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.519
 that we live

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.099
 in a very

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.780
 dangerous

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.440
 place.

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.840
 Not just

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.179
 the world

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.919
 around us,

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.259
 not just

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.639
 the current

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.039
 culture

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.619
 that threatens

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:17.139
 us,

00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:19.019
 but we live

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.519
 as new

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.119
 creations

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:21.399
 in a very

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:22.139
 dangerous

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:23.460
 personal

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.619
 situation.

00:41:25.299 --> 00:41:26.119
 For we are

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:27.000
 contained within

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.519
 our own

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.339
 fallenness.

00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:30.440
 Therein

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.119
 lies the

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:31.739
 spiritual

00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:32.639
 struggle.

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:34.259
 Close quote.

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.259
 And here

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:36.699
 back in our

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.179
 text again

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:37.799
 we see

00:41:37.799 --> 00:41:38.699
 Peter's

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:40.179
 prideful

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.659
 resistance.

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:41.659
 He fell

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:42.179
 asleep.

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:44.059
 while he

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.619
 should have

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.159
 been waging

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:45.579
 war.

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:47.299
 And I

00:41:47.299 --> 00:41:47.739
 think that

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:48.399
 it was

00:41:48.399 --> 00:41:48.679
 out of

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:48.980
 pride.

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:49.940
 The pride

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.419
 has something

00:41:50.419 --> 00:41:50.759
 to do

00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:51.059
 with it

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.539
 because look

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:51.779
 at the

00:41:51.779 --> 00:41:52.099
 warnings

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.500
 he gets

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.679
 from

00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:53.059
 Jesus.

00:41:53.919 --> 00:41:54.119
 You

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.419
 will

00:41:54.419 --> 00:41:54.699
 deny

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:54.879
 me

00:41:54.879 --> 00:41:55.099
 three

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.599
 times.

00:41:56.379 --> 00:41:56.599
 But he

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:57.239
 arrogantly

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:58.119
 professes

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:59.139
 if I

00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.579
 must die

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.919
 with you

00:41:59.919 --> 00:42:00.199
 I will

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:01.299
 not deny

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:01.539
 you.

00:42:02.319 --> 00:42:02.659
 And here

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:02.859
 in the

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:03.139
 garden

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.960
 Jesus

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.559
 tells him

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.199
 watch

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.519
 and

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.919
 pray.

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:06.960
 Why?

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:09.019
 Why watch

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.420
 and pray?

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.619
 Verse 38

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.699
 that you

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:12.139
 may not

00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:12.679
 enter

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:13.079
 into

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.619
 temptation.

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.860
 But Peter

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.220
 already

00:42:16.220 --> 00:42:17.000
 believes

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.539
 that he

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:19.240
 is strong

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:19.639
 enough.

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:21.320
 He has

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:21.760
 no need

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.179
 whatsoever

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:22.780
 to watch

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.179
 and pray.

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:24.960
 And

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.639
 isn't it

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:26.139
 interesting

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:27.800
 that Jesus

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.360
 comes and

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:28.920
 finds him

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:30.019
 sleeping

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.639
 three

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.539
 times?

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:33.079
 And three

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.639
 times he

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:34.159
 will end up

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:34.519
 denying

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.839
 him.

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.359
 He

00:42:36.359 --> 00:42:36.559
 was

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:36.799
 given

00:42:36.799 --> 00:42:36.980
 the

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.579
 opportunity

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:39.579
 to fight

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.299
 in prayer

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:41.859
 for each

00:42:41.859 --> 00:42:42.420
 denial

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:43.579
 that was

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:44.019
 to come.

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.839
 But

00:42:45.839 --> 00:42:46.299
 instead he

00:42:46.299 --> 00:42:46.759
 sleeps

00:42:46.759 --> 00:42:48.239
 and gives

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:48.699
 into the

00:42:48.699 --> 00:42:49.099
 flesh.

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:50.739
 The

00:42:50.739 --> 00:42:51.319
 reason for

00:42:51.319 --> 00:42:51.839
 Peter's

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.399
 failure to

00:42:52.399 --> 00:42:53.019
 come is

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.679
 found here

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.039
 in the

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.359
 garden.

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:55.839
 Just as

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:56.420
 the reason

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:58.319
 for Jesus'

00:42:58.659 --> 00:43:00.119
 victory to

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:01.839
 come is

00:43:01.839 --> 00:43:03.239
 also found

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:03.679
 in the

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:03.940
 garden.

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:05.239
 The

00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:05.879
 war between

00:43:05.879 --> 00:43:06.199
 the two

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:06.559
 natures

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.079
 is real.

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:08.319
 And the

00:43:08.319 --> 00:43:08.779
 disciples

00:43:08.779 --> 00:43:09.379
 instead of

00:43:09.379 --> 00:43:09.819
 fighting

00:43:09.819 --> 00:43:10.960
 slept.

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:11.819
 They

00:43:11.819 --> 00:43:12.319
 rested.

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.379
 They

00:43:13.379 --> 00:43:14.779
 relied on

00:43:14.779 --> 00:43:15.079
 their own

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.579
 strength.

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:16.639
 They did

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:17.199
 not pray.

00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:18.299
 They did

00:43:18.299 --> 00:43:18.599
 not

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.579
 agonize.

00:43:20.399 --> 00:43:21.039
 And so

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:21.339
 they did

00:43:21.339 --> 00:43:21.519
 not

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:21.960
 overcome.

00:43:23.879 --> 00:43:24.420
 Jesus

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:24.879
 had just

00:43:24.879 --> 00:43:25.219
 finished

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:25.759
 telling them

00:43:25.759 --> 00:43:26.039
 in John

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.399
 16

00:43:26.399 --> 00:43:26.859
 24

00:43:26.859 --> 00:43:27.980
 until

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.539
 now you

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:28.779
 have

00:43:28.779 --> 00:43:29.480
 asked

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:30.319
 nothing

00:43:30.319 --> 00:43:31.159
 in my

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:31.460
 name.

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:32.960
 Ask

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.800
 and you

00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:34.119
 will

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.679
 receive.

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:37.579
 And once

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:37.840
 in the

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:38.199
 garden he

00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:38.860
 tells them

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:39.800
 to ask.

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:42.179
 All they

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:42.579
 had to do

00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:43.159
 was ask.

00:43:44.720 --> 00:43:45.500
 But they

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:45.880
 did not.

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.619
 And that

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:49.099
 leads us to

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:49.500
 our fourth

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.800
 heading this

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.119
 morning.

00:43:51.740 --> 00:43:52.539
 In verses

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:53.400
 39 through

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:54.079
 42.

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.539
 Our fourth

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:57.300
 heading which

00:43:57.300 --> 00:43:58.099
 is the

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:59.380
 strategy for

00:43:59.380 --> 00:43:59.860
 victory.

00:43:59.860 --> 00:43:59.900
 victory.

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:01.099
 The

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:01.940
 strategy for

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.260
 victory.

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.740
 Starting in

00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.440
 verse 39.

00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:05.260
 And again

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:06.180
 he, meaning

00:44:06.180 --> 00:44:07.740
 Jesus, went

00:44:07.740 --> 00:44:08.180
 away and

00:44:08.180 --> 00:44:09.559
 prayed saying

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.099
 the same

00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:10.599
 words.

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.539
 Herein lies

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:14.099
 the key to

00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:15.200
 victory against

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:15.740
 temptation.

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:18.000
 Here is the

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:19.019
 greatest weapon

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:20.140
 that we have

00:44:20.140 --> 00:44:20.440
 in our

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:20.860
 armory.

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:22.620
 Yet it is

00:44:22.620 --> 00:44:23.340
 the most

00:44:23.340 --> 00:44:23.920
 neglected.

00:44:25.220 --> 00:44:25.599
 Prayer.

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.140
 Persistent,

00:44:28.120 --> 00:44:28.599
 humbly,

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:29.900
 submissive

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.279
 prayer.

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.039
 And ignoring

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:34.059
 prayer is

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:35.179
 like deliberately

00:44:35.179 --> 00:44:37.139
 choosing to

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:37.960
 take a knife

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.799
 to a gun

00:44:38.799 --> 00:44:39.079
 fight.

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.960
 Just because

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.559
 a gun is

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:42.960
 more complicated.

00:44:45.319 --> 00:44:46.019
 It might

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.500
 take more

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:47.099
 time to

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.440
 learn to

00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:47.980
 use it.

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:50.259
 Or because

00:44:50.259 --> 00:44:50.639
 it's more

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:51.079
 dangerous.

00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:53.319
 And in the

00:44:53.319 --> 00:44:53.839
 end, that

00:44:53.839 --> 00:44:54.279
 state of

00:44:54.279 --> 00:44:55.460
 mind will

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:55.920
 cost.

00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.760
 earlier this

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:00.340
 week we

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:02.579
 watched in

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:03.079
 the news

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:03.500
 as

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:05.180
 terrorists,

00:45:05.300 --> 00:45:05.700
 a group of

00:45:05.700 --> 00:45:06.159
 terrorists,

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:07.760
 went into

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:09.460
 a

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:11.900
 newspaper

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:14.260
 organization

00:45:14.260 --> 00:45:14.860
 building

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:17.019
 and they

00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:17.960
 killed a

00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:18.280
 number of

00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:18.599
 people.

00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:20.059
 And as

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:20.340
 they were

00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:20.980
 coming out,

00:45:21.300 --> 00:45:21.940
 the first

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.900
 two officers

00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:24.019
 at least that

00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:25.260
 responded to

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:25.760
 the scene,

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:26.700
 the first

00:45:26.700 --> 00:45:27.180
 two police

00:45:27.180 --> 00:45:28.680
 officers in

00:45:28.680 --> 00:45:30.180
 France had

00:45:30.180 --> 00:45:30.680
 no gun.

00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:32.160
 They had no

00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.580
 firearms.

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.240
 And they

00:45:34.240 --> 00:45:35.220
 responded to

00:45:35.220 --> 00:45:36.920
 a group of

00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:37.560
 terrorists

00:45:37.560 --> 00:45:39.520
 murdering

00:45:39.520 --> 00:45:40.540
 people with

00:45:40.540 --> 00:45:41.580
 AK-47s.

00:45:42.240 --> 00:45:43.080
 They showed

00:45:43.080 --> 00:45:43.820
 up unprepared

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:45.640
 and it

00:45:45.640 --> 00:45:46.000
 cost them

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.500
 their lives.

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.280
 Those two

00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:49.980
 officers were

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:51.800
 killed because

00:45:51.800 --> 00:45:52.120
 they had

00:45:52.120 --> 00:45:53.060
 nothing to

00:45:53.060 --> 00:45:53.620
 defend themselves

00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:53.960
 with.

00:45:59.460 --> 00:46:00.739
 Prayer is

00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:01.179
 a powerful

00:46:01.179 --> 00:46:01.579
 weapon.

00:46:03.859 --> 00:46:04.519
 And as I've

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.500
 heard it put

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:06.019
 before,

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:08.139
 every battle

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:09.119
 in our

00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:09.960
 Christian lives

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:11.980
 can be won

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:13.539
 on our

00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:14.079
 knees.

00:46:15.359 --> 00:46:16.519
 The bending

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.719
 of the knee

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:19.619
 is the

00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:20.199
 caulking

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:21.219
 of the

00:46:21.219 --> 00:46:22.679
 hammer to

00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:23.000
 the most

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:23.619
 powerful

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:25.699
 weapon that

00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:26.319
 the Christian

00:46:26.319 --> 00:46:27.539
 is armed

00:46:27.539 --> 00:46:27.859
 with.

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:29.799
 And with

00:46:29.799 --> 00:46:30.359
 it we must

00:46:30.359 --> 00:46:31.279
 work out our

00:46:31.279 --> 00:46:31.980
 salvation in

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.619
 fear and

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:32.980
 trembling.

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:33.839
 We must

00:46:33.839 --> 00:46:34.719
 discipline

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:35.460
 ourselves for

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:36.019
 the purpose

00:46:36.019 --> 00:46:37.059
 of godliness,

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:38.460
 deny ourselves

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:39.559
 and take up

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:40.039
 our crosses

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:41.019
 daily and

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:41.859
 follow Him.

00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:43.939
 Brothers and

00:46:43.939 --> 00:46:44.460
 sisters, we

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:45.799
 are without

00:46:45.799 --> 00:46:46.500
 excuse.

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:48.579
 As the warning

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:49.239
 had been given

00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:49.579
 to the

00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:51.199
 disciples, it

00:46:51.199 --> 00:46:51.579
 has been

00:46:51.579 --> 00:46:52.279
 issued to

00:46:52.279 --> 00:46:53.779
 us as

00:46:53.779 --> 00:46:54.159
 well.

00:46:56.099 --> 00:46:56.819
 And look at

00:46:56.819 --> 00:46:57.259
 the response

00:46:57.259 --> 00:46:57.500
 of the

00:46:57.500 --> 00:46:58.119
 disciples when

00:46:58.119 --> 00:46:58.379
 they were

00:46:58.379 --> 00:46:58.979
 confronted by

00:46:58.979 --> 00:46:59.599
 Jesus about

00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:00.139
 their sleeping.

00:47:00.699 --> 00:47:01.219
 What was

00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:01.779
 their excuse?

00:47:02.819 --> 00:47:03.339
 In verse

00:47:03.339 --> 00:47:04.500
 40 we read,

00:47:05.459 --> 00:47:05.859
 And again He

00:47:05.859 --> 00:47:06.379
 came and found

00:47:06.379 --> 00:47:06.919
 them sleeping,

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:07.679
 for their eyes

00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:08.619
 were very heavy,

00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:10.359
 and they did

00:47:10.359 --> 00:47:11.859
 not know what

00:47:11.859 --> 00:47:12.599
 to answer Him.

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:14.679
 They did not

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:15.339
 know what to

00:47:15.339 --> 00:47:16.939
 say because

00:47:16.939 --> 00:47:17.739
 they had no

00:47:17.739 --> 00:47:18.339
 excuse.

00:47:19.239 --> 00:47:20.500
 The Spirit is

00:47:20.500 --> 00:47:21.379
 willing, but

00:47:21.379 --> 00:47:22.019
 the flesh is

00:47:22.019 --> 00:47:22.399
 weak.

00:47:22.959 --> 00:47:23.839
 But let's be

00:47:23.839 --> 00:47:24.339
 clear about

00:47:24.339 --> 00:47:24.859
 something.

00:47:25.839 --> 00:47:26.659
 The flesh is

00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:28.639
 weak, but

00:47:28.639 --> 00:47:29.339
 you who is a

00:47:29.339 --> 00:47:30.059
 new creature in

00:47:30.059 --> 00:47:31.799
 Christ are

00:47:31.799 --> 00:47:32.139
 not.

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:35.019
 Martin Lloyd

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.919
 Jones once

00:47:35.919 --> 00:47:37.219
 said, and I

00:47:37.219 --> 00:47:37.500
 quote,

00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:39.179
 If you are a

00:47:39.179 --> 00:47:40.919
 Christian, the

00:47:40.919 --> 00:47:41.859
 Holy Spirit of

00:47:41.859 --> 00:47:43.379
 God is in

00:47:43.379 --> 00:47:44.839
 you, and He

00:47:44.839 --> 00:47:46.119
 is working in

00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:47.500
 you, and He

00:47:47.500 --> 00:47:49.119
 enables us, He

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:49.859
 gives us

00:47:49.859 --> 00:47:51.480
 strength, He

00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:51.940
 gives us

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:53.920
 power, so

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:54.279
 that the

00:47:54.279 --> 00:47:55.299
 Christian must

00:47:55.299 --> 00:47:56.259
 never complain

00:47:56.259 --> 00:47:57.779
 of want of

00:47:57.779 --> 00:47:58.559
 ability and

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:58.940
 power.

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:00.639
 For a

00:48:00.639 --> 00:48:01.139
 Christian to

00:48:01.139 --> 00:48:03.279
 say, I

00:48:03.279 --> 00:48:04.039
 can't do it,

00:48:04.579 --> 00:48:05.420
 is utterly

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:06.359
 and entirely

00:48:06.359 --> 00:48:06.880
 wrong.

00:48:07.779 --> 00:48:08.799
 No Christian

00:48:08.799 --> 00:48:10.059
 must ever

00:48:10.059 --> 00:48:11.599
 say, I've

00:48:11.599 --> 00:48:12.019
 got no

00:48:12.019 --> 00:48:12.440
 power.

00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:14.139
 I've got

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:15.059
 no strength.

00:48:16.059 --> 00:48:16.579
 It is a

00:48:16.579 --> 00:48:17.960
 denial of

00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:18.559
 the truth

00:48:18.559 --> 00:48:20.159
 concerning

00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:20.760
 himself.

00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:21.579
 Close

00:48:21.579 --> 00:48:21.840
 quote.

00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:24.119
 It should

00:48:24.119 --> 00:48:24.639
 be a joy

00:48:24.639 --> 00:48:25.420
 for us to

00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:27.119
 willingly fight

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:27.639
 the battle,

00:48:28.019 --> 00:48:29.519
 to run the

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:30.240
 race, to

00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:32.000
 wage in

00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:33.440
 the war, and

00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:34.460
 resist the

00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:35.880
 devil firm

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:36.679
 in our

00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:38.139
 faith, to

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:39.019
 humbly

00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:39.679
 submit

00:48:39.679 --> 00:48:41.780
 ourselves to

00:48:41.780 --> 00:48:42.340
 the Father's

00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.880
 will, and

00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:43.400
 to take

00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:44.220
 to heart

00:48:44.220 --> 00:48:45.400
 the lesson

00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:46.120
 that Peter

00:48:46.120 --> 00:48:47.519
 had to

00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:47.820
 learn the

00:48:47.820 --> 00:48:48.280
 hard way.

00:48:49.780 --> 00:48:50.320
 As he

00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:50.920
 warns us to

00:48:50.920 --> 00:48:51.920
 action in

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:52.519
 1 Peter

00:48:52.519 --> 00:48:53.740
 chapter 5

00:48:53.740 --> 00:48:54.780
 verses 6

00:48:54.780 --> 00:48:55.240
 through 10.

00:48:56.500 --> 00:48:57.320
 1 Peter

00:48:57.320 --> 00:48:57.860
 chapter 5

00:48:57.860 --> 00:48:58.880
 verses 6

00:48:58.880 --> 00:48:59.320
 through 10.

00:49:00.160 --> 00:49:00.820
 He says,

00:49:00.980 --> 00:49:01.560
 Humble

00:49:01.560 --> 00:49:02.140
 yourselves,

00:49:02.720 --> 00:49:02.920
 therefore,

00:49:03.620 --> 00:49:04.100
 under the

00:49:04.100 --> 00:49:04.740
 mighty hand

00:49:04.740 --> 00:49:05.300
 of God,

00:49:06.100 --> 00:49:06.660
 so that at

00:49:06.660 --> 00:49:07.120
 the proper

00:49:07.120 --> 00:49:08.240
 time He

00:49:08.240 --> 00:49:08.900
 may exalt

00:49:08.900 --> 00:49:09.280
 you,

00:49:10.200 --> 00:49:10.860
 casting all

00:49:10.860 --> 00:49:11.660
 your anxieties

00:49:11.660 --> 00:49:12.300
 on Him

00:49:12.300 --> 00:49:13.539
 because He

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:14.099
 cares for

00:49:14.099 --> 00:49:14.320
 you.

00:49:15.240 --> 00:49:15.579
 Be

00:49:15.579 --> 00:49:16.360
 sober-minded,

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:17.800
 be

00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:18.500
 watchful,

00:49:19.240 --> 00:49:19.460
 your

00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:20.160
 adversary,

00:49:20.420 --> 00:49:20.880
 the devil,

00:49:21.120 --> 00:49:21.500
 prowls

00:49:21.500 --> 00:49:22.079
 around like

00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:22.420
 a roaring

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:22.840
 lion,

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:23.820
 seeking

00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:24.660
 someone to

00:49:24.660 --> 00:49:25.120
 devour.

00:49:26.260 --> 00:49:26.820
 Resist

00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:27.240
 Him,

00:49:27.880 --> 00:49:28.500
 firm in

00:49:28.500 --> 00:49:29.059
 your faith,

00:49:29.620 --> 00:49:30.200
 knowing that

00:49:30.200 --> 00:49:30.620
 the same

00:49:30.620 --> 00:49:31.200
 kinds of

00:49:31.200 --> 00:49:31.840
 suffering are

00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:32.840
 being experienced

00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:33.880
 by your

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:34.620
 brothers throughout

00:49:34.620 --> 00:49:35.180
 the world.

00:49:36.180 --> 00:49:36.599
 And after

00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:36.900
 you have

00:49:36.900 --> 00:49:37.420
 suffered a

00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:37.960
 little while,

00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:39.360
 the God

00:49:39.360 --> 00:49:39.720
 of all

00:49:39.720 --> 00:49:40.160
 grace,

00:49:40.340 --> 00:49:40.780
 who has

00:49:40.780 --> 00:49:41.500
 called you

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:42.280
 to His

00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:43.579
 eternal glory

00:49:43.579 --> 00:49:44.320
 in Christ,

00:49:44.700 --> 00:49:46.260
 will Himself

00:49:46.260 --> 00:49:47.180
 restore,

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.599
 confirm,

00:49:49.579 --> 00:49:50.079
 strengthen,

00:49:50.840 --> 00:49:51.460
 and establish

00:49:51.460 --> 00:49:51.800
 you.

00:49:54.920 --> 00:49:56.000
 And our

00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:56.360
 Lord,

00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:57.860
 having won

00:49:57.860 --> 00:49:59.980
 the war

00:49:59.980 --> 00:50:00.420
 on His

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:00.840
 knees

00:50:00.840 --> 00:50:01.760
 in prayer,

00:50:03.240 --> 00:50:03.920
 stands in

00:50:03.920 --> 00:50:04.380
 victory,

00:50:05.320 --> 00:50:05.940
 confirmed,

00:50:07.160 --> 00:50:07.640
 strengthened,

00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:09.279
 established,

00:50:09.859 --> 00:50:10.900
 and resolved

00:50:10.900 --> 00:50:12.519
 to drink

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:13.259
 that cup

00:50:13.259 --> 00:50:13.920
 that belonged

00:50:13.920 --> 00:50:14.500
 to us.

00:50:14.980 --> 00:50:15.759
 As He says

00:50:15.759 --> 00:50:16.779
 in verse 41,

00:50:17.779 --> 00:50:18.539
 It is enough.

00:50:19.519 --> 00:50:19.920
 The hour

00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:20.579
 has come.

00:50:21.539 --> 00:50:22.000
 The Son

00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:22.379
 of Man

00:50:22.379 --> 00:50:22.940
 is betrayed

00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:24.279
 into the hands

00:50:24.279 --> 00:50:24.759
 of sinners.

00:50:25.619 --> 00:50:26.139
 Rise,

00:50:26.759 --> 00:50:27.440
 let us be

00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:27.839
 going.

00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:29.199
 My

00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:29.859
 betrayer

00:50:29.859 --> 00:50:31.039
 is at hand.

00:50:33.139 --> 00:50:33.900
 Are you

00:50:33.900 --> 00:50:34.319
 finding

00:50:34.319 --> 00:50:35.119
 victory

00:50:35.119 --> 00:50:35.960
 in your

00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:36.299
 battles?

00:50:37.299 --> 00:50:38.119
 Are you

00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:38.659
 satisfied

00:50:38.659 --> 00:50:39.960
 with your

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:40.699
 prayer life?

00:50:41.980 --> 00:50:42.819
 Are you

00:50:42.819 --> 00:50:43.339
 satisfied

00:50:43.339 --> 00:50:44.259
 with your

00:50:44.259 --> 00:50:44.819
 knowledge

00:50:44.819 --> 00:50:47.659
 of God

00:50:47.659 --> 00:50:49.059
 and His

00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:49.380
 Word?

00:50:50.759 --> 00:50:51.519
 Are you

00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:52.559
 using your

00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:53.219
 time wisely?

00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:55.179
 Are you

00:50:55.179 --> 00:50:55.920
 taking advantage

00:50:55.920 --> 00:50:57.460
 of opportunities

00:50:57.460 --> 00:50:58.159
 that are presented

00:50:58.159 --> 00:50:58.900
 before you,

00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:00.239
 such as

00:51:00.239 --> 00:51:02.259
 our prayer

00:51:02.259 --> 00:51:02.679
 mornings?

00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:09.159
 How much

00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:10.059
 of God

00:51:10.059 --> 00:51:10.359
 do you

00:51:10.359 --> 00:51:10.719
 want?

00:51:12.719 --> 00:51:13.259
 Is

00:51:13.259 --> 00:51:13.639
 following

00:51:13.639 --> 00:51:14.219
 Christ

00:51:14.219 --> 00:51:15.559
 the thing

00:51:15.559 --> 00:51:17.119
 that defines

00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:17.559
 you

00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:19.079
 and drives

00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:19.359
 you?

00:51:21.039 --> 00:51:21.940
 I pray

00:51:21.940 --> 00:51:22.219
 that we

00:51:22.219 --> 00:51:22.739
 may all

00:51:22.739 --> 00:51:23.559
 look upon

00:51:23.559 --> 00:51:23.919
 Him for

00:51:23.919 --> 00:51:24.460
 strength,

00:51:25.219 --> 00:51:25.739
 that we

00:51:25.739 --> 00:51:26.719
 may surrender

00:51:26.719 --> 00:51:27.539
 ourselves

00:51:27.539 --> 00:51:28.460
 over completely

00:51:28.460 --> 00:51:30.119
 to Him

00:51:30.119 --> 00:51:31.879
 in humble

00:51:31.880 --> 00:51:32.680
 submission.

00:51:33.680 --> 00:51:33.980
 Let's

00:51:33.980 --> 00:51:34.160
 pray.