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 Heavenly Father, we do praise you for this beautiful weather.

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 We praise you for your good creation.

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 When we look at all that you have made,

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 we're reminded as Psalm 8 says,

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 what is man that you are mindful of him?

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 The son of man that you think of him.

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 We thank you that you have invited us,

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 gathered your people in a new place,

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 but in beautiful weather to be able to do what we're made to do,

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 just as all of creation is made to do,

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 to cry out your worship.

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 We thank you, oh God, we don't take it for granted

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 to be able to gather in a public place like this

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 without fear of persecution.

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 And we do pray for our brothers and sisters

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 who are gathering on this Sunday to do the same,

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 boldly, but underground, hidden.

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 We thank you for their faithfulness.

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 God, as we dive into your word this morning,

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 may we remember that these are the words of life.

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 To whom else shall we go?

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 There's so much noise in this life.

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 There's so much world.

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 The world talks so much,

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 but your word is what we need.

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 It is a lamp onto our feet.

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 So may we give it the proper respect,

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 the reverence that it is due

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 as we listen,

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 as we hear what you have to say to us.

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 Fill us with your spirit.

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 Illuminate your words to us.

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 We do it for your glory.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you're able,

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 I invite you to please rise

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 to honor the reading of God's word.

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 Starting in verse 57.

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 Then those who had seized Jesus

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 led him to Caiaphas, the high priest,

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 where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

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 And Peter was following him at a distance,

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 as far as the courtyard of the high priest.

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 And going inside,

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 he sat with the guards to see the end.

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 Now the chief priests and the whole council

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 were seeking false testimony against Jesus

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 that they might put him to death.

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 But they found none.

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 Though many false witnesses came forward.

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 At last, two came forward and said,

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 this man said,

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 I'm able to destroy the temple of God

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 and to rebuild it in three days.

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 And the high priest stood up and said,

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 have you no answer to make?

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 What is it that these men testify against you?

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 But Jesus remained silent.

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 And the high priest said to him,

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 I adjure you by the living God.

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 Tell us if you are the Christ,

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 the son of God.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 you have said so.

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 But I tell you,

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 from now on,

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 you will see the son of man

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 seated at the right hand of power

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 and coming on the clouds of heaven.

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 And the high priest tore his robes

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 and said,

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 he has uttered blasphemy.

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 What further witnesses do we need?

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 You have now heard his blasphemy.

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 What is your judgment?

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 They answered,

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 he deserves death.

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 Then they spit in his face

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 and struck him.

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 And some slapped him saying,

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 prophesy to us,

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 you Christ.

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 Who is it that struck you?

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 Now Peter was sitting outside

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 in the courtyard

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 and a servant girl

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 came up to him and said,

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 you also were with Jesus,

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 the Galilean.

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 But he denied it before them all saying,

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 I do not know what you mean.

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 And when he went out to the entrance,

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 another servant girl saw him

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 and she said to the bystanders,

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 this man was with Jesus of Nazareth.

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 And again,

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 he denied it with an oath.

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 I do not know the man.

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 After a little while,

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 the bystanders came up

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 and said to Peter,

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 certainly you too are one of them

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 for your accent betrays you.

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 Then he began to invoke

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 a curse on himself

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 and to swear,

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 I do not know the man.

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 And immediately,

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 the rooster crowed.

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 And Peter remembered

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 the saying of Jesus,

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 before the rooster crows,

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 you will deny me three times.

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 And he went out

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 and wept bitterly.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 In the late 1830s,

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 the leader of the USSR,

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 Joseph Stalin,

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 staged a series of trials

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 against some of his

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 most ardent political opponents.

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 He had more than 50 of these men

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 arrested under fabricated charges

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 and dragged into courtrooms.

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 On paper,

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 these trials had all the elements

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 of a fair trial.

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 Opening statements,

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 cross-examinations,

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 final verdicts.

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 But in reality,

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 this was anything but fair.

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 Behind the scenes,

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 Stalin brutally tortured these men.

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 Sleep deprived them,

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 threatened to kill

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 all of their families.

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 So under all of that pressure,

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 they would go on to court

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 and confess guilty

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 to all of these made-up charges,

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 which only led to their speedy execution

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 just a few days later.

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 This kind of injustice

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 in the court.

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 Injustice enrages us,

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 doesn't it?

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 Right?

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 We are people who intuitively,

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 naturally understand

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 how wrong it is.

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 We hate injustice,

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 especially when it's done towards us.

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 How dare he cut us in line?

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 It's not fair for her

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 to speak to us that way.

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 And in particular,

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 injustice in the courtroom

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 feels especially wrong.

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 In the one place

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 where justice should be upheld,

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 any sense of injustice

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 riles us up.

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 It just feels so wrong.

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 Yet,

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 this injustice

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 is precisely what Jesus undergoes

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 in his unjust trial this morning.

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 But that's not the only injustice

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 that Jesus endures.

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 In fact,

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 one could argue that

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 the second injustice

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 is even worse than the first.

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 The first injustice

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 could be expected

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 because it's at the hands

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 of those who have

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 long hated Jesus.

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 But the second

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 is at the hands

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 of one of his closest friends.

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 He who ate,

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 laughed,

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 cried with Jesus

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 for years,

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 for years,

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 is now not denying him

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 just once,

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 not twice,

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 but three whole times

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 just to save his own skin

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 and to leave him

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 to die alone.

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 Like a cheating spouse

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 like a backstabbing best friend,

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 Peter tosses Jesus aside

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 as if he never mattered to him.

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 Jesus experiences

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 terrible injustice

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 in this passage this morning.

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 But he endures it all

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 not because he is helpless,

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 not because he deserves it,

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 but simply because,

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 we'll see,

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 he does it

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 so he could be

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 the justifier of the unjust.

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 That's the main point

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 of my sermon this morning.

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 Jesus endures

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 injustice

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 to justify

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 the unjust.

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 My outline's

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 really simple

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 this morning

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 as we just compare

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 and contrast

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 how both Jesus

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 and Peter

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 endure their

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 quote-unquote

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 trials.

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 First,

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 how Jesus

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 faithfully endures

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 his unjust trial,

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 and then how Peter

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 fails his informal trial

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 when he's interrogated

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 by bystanders.

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 After Jesus

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 is arrested

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 in the Garden

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 of Gethsemane,

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 the Jewish authorities

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 bring him to

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 Kiveh's house

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 to sentence him

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 to death.

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 If you're

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 reading this

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 and you've been along,

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 following along with us

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 in the book of Matthew,

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 you might realize

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 that we've been here before.

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 It's the same place

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 where the Jewish authorities

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 gathered

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 to,

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 where they schemed

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 and planned

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 to abduct

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 and kill Jesus.

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 And now that

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 kind of prejudiced

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 prejudgment

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 shows up

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 in the total sham

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 of Jesus' trial

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 for his life.

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 The so-called

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 high court of the land

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 is a total

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 kangaroo court.

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 They jump,

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 hop,

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 skip over

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 the proper

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 legal proceedings

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 just to confirm

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 their predetermined

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 verdicts.

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 There is

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 no humility,

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 no intellectual

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 honesty,

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 no actual

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 pursuit of truth.

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 Unfortunately,

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 today we're all

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 too familiar

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 with that kind

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 of attitude,

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 are we not?

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 Especially if you

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 just have been

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 on the internet

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 for even just

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 ten minutes.

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 We have all

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 been infected

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 by this little bug

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 called pride.

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 And pride

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 makes us think

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 that we are

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 always right

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 and everyone else

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 around us

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 is just stupidly

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 wrong.

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 Generally,

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 I think this

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 applies to

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 every single

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 one of us

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 and we should

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 grow in

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 humility to

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 admit that

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 maybe we

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 don't have

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 all the

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 answers.

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 But maybe

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 this actually

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 applies to you

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 a little bit

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 more specifically.

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 Maybe in your

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 mind you have

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 already put

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 Jesus on trial

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 and you've

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 already determined

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 that Jesus

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 isn't God.

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 Jesus isn't

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 the Messiah.

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 All of the

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 miracles that

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 he's performed

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 are just made

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 up fairy tales.

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 Instead of

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 open-mindedly

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 considering the

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 evidence,

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 you've just

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 written it all

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 off as total

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 bogus.

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 So I'd argue

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 if that's you,

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 you're not too

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 far off from

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 these Jews

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 in this passage.

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 For they

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 display their

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 own pride

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 by unbendingly

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 digging their

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 heels in

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 and concluding

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 who Jesus

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 is without

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 sincerely,

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 seriously

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 considering the

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 evidence.

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 But though

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 this trial is

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 an utter

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 false farce,

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 the Sanhedrin,

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 the high court,

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 they still need

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 to hold up

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 the illusion

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 that this is

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 a legitimate

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 trial.

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 In John,

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 we learn that

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 the Jews,

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 they lacked

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 the proper

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 jurisdiction

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 from their

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 Roman rulers

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 to execute

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 or carry out

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 capital punishment

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 themselves.

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 So if they

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 wanted to

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 kill Jesus,

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 they then

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 now needed

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 to convince

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 their Roman

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 rulers

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 that Jesus

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 was this

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 nefarious

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 criminal

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 that was

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 deserving

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 of death.

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 In their

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 courtroom,

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 a place

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 where witnesses

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 ought to tell

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 the truth,

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 the whole

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 truth,

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 and nothing

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 but the

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 truth,

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 they rather

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 sought

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 false

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 testimony.

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 That's what

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 Matthew even

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 puts it as.

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 They seek

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 false testimony.

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 They set up

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 an open

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 mic night

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 just for

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 anybody to

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 just mosey

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 on up in

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 there and

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 level life-threatening

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 accusations

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 against an

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 innocent man.

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 though many

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 try,

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 no one

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 brings a

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 credible

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 charge

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 against

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 Jesus.

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 And it

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 sort of

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 makes sense,

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 right,

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 that against

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 the one

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 who has

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 not even

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 committed

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 one sin

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 against God,

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 not even

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 in his

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 mind or

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 in his

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 heart,

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 can they

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 find even

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 just one

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 prosecutable

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 crime against

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 the state.

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 That is

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 until

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 two come

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 forward

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 and they

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 threaten

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 Jesus of

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 attacking,

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 breaking down

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 the temple

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 of God,

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 saying that

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 he said,

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 I am able

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 to destroy

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 the temple

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 of God.

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 To the

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 Jewish

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 ear,

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 this is an

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 incendiary

00:12:57.980 --> 00:12:59.600
 charge and

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 one that

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 really touches

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 a nerve.

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 For the

00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:03.440
 temple symbolized

00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:04.100
 the nation

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 itself.

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 So to

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 threaten the

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 temple is to

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 threaten the

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 nation,

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 everything that

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 it believed,

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 everything that

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 it stood

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 for.

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 So this

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 accusation is

00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.059
 really pure

00:13:15.059 --> 00:13:16.240
 rage bait for

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 the Jews.

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 But much like

00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:19.839
 really rage bait

00:13:19.839 --> 00:13:20.319
 on the internet

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 today, it's

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 just full of

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 lies, right?

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 Number one,

00:13:24.819 --> 00:13:25.299
 they even get

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 the quote

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 wrong.

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 John 2.19

00:13:28.019 --> 00:13:28.659
 records the

00:13:28.659 --> 00:13:29.299
 right quote.

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 It says,

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 Jesus said,

00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:31.959
 destroy this

00:13:31.959 --> 00:13:32.959
 temple and

00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:33.539
 in three days

00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:34.019
 I will raise

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 it up.

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 Jesus never

00:13:35.059 --> 00:13:35.719
 said, I

00:13:35.719 --> 00:13:36.439
 will destroy

00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:36.919
 this temple,

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 but that

00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:38.099
 simply the

00:13:38.099 --> 00:13:38.659
 temple would

00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:39.759
 be destroyed.

00:13:40.719 --> 00:13:41.299
 Number two,

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 as John

00:13:42.299 --> 00:13:42.980
 confirms,

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 Jesus is not

00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:44.500
 speaking literally

00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:45.060
 about the

00:13:45.060 --> 00:13:45.779
 temple itself,

00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:46.840
 but figuratively

00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:47.279
 about the

00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:47.820
 temple of

00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:48.639
 his body.

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 And then

00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.360
 three, if

00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:50.879
 that's not

00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.519
 clear enough,

00:13:51.920 --> 00:13:52.759
 Mark actually

00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:53.340
 adds that

00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:53.960
 these two

00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:54.300
 witnesses,

00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:55.080
 their stories

00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:55.720
 do not

00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:56.360
 corroborate,

00:13:56.420 --> 00:13:56.659
 they don't

00:13:56.659 --> 00:13:57.320
 match up.

00:13:58.519 --> 00:13:58.920
 Deuteronomy

00:13:58.920 --> 00:14:00.200
 19.15

00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:01.240
 stipulates the

00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:02.139
 wise Jewish

00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:03.639
 principle that

00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:04.659
 no charge

00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:05.600
 can stand

00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:06.060
 unless you

00:14:06.060 --> 00:14:06.519
 have two

00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:07.320
 harmonious

00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:07.759
 accounts,

00:14:08.259 --> 00:14:08.560
 unless you

00:14:08.560 --> 00:14:08.899
 just have

00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:09.420
 one bad

00:14:09.420 --> 00:14:10.240
 actor just

00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:11.420
 leveling off

00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:11.959
 false

00:14:11.959 --> 00:14:12.539
 accusation

00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:12.899
 left and

00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:13.159
 right.

00:14:14.599 --> 00:14:15.539
 So this

00:14:15.539 --> 00:14:16.479
 accusation is

00:14:16.479 --> 00:14:17.479
 Swiss cheese.

00:14:17.979 --> 00:14:18.919
 There's so

00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:19.759
 many holes in

00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.259
 it that Jesus

00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:20.620
 could have

00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.059
 just poked

00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:21.519
 his fingers

00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.039
 right through.

00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:25.679
 But when

00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:26.799
 Caiaphas asks

00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:27.819
 Jesus to

00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:29.079
 defend himself,

00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:30.240
 what's his

00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:30.740
 response?

00:14:32.099 --> 00:14:32.839
 He is

00:14:32.839 --> 00:14:33.639
 remarkably

00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.860
 silent.

00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:37.500
 not a single

00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:37.879
 word.

00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.340
 And that

00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:40.800
 silence

00:14:40.800 --> 00:14:42.740
 speaks volumes.

00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.279
 First, it

00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.419
 indicts the

00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:46.680
 Jewish

00:14:46.680 --> 00:14:47.139
 authorities.

00:14:48.800 --> 00:14:49.440
 Perhaps this

00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:50.060
 proverb is

00:14:50.060 --> 00:14:50.580
 running through

00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:50.860
 Jesus'

00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:51.440
 mind.

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.480
 Don't answer

00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.220
 fool according

00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:54.639
 to his

00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:55.399
 folly lest you

00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.120
 become a fool

00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:56.639
 yourself.

00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:58.740
 It's not even

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.759
 worth it for

00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:01.300
 Jesus to

00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:01.960
 respond to such

00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:02.539
 a foolish

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:03.320
 accusation.

00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:04.520
 So he saves

00:15:04.520 --> 00:15:05.180
 his breath.

00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.360
 And sometimes

00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:07.720
 it's not worth

00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:08.360
 it for us

00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:09.160
 either lest we

00:15:09.160 --> 00:15:10.320
 stoop down to

00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:10.860
 the level of

00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.240
 fools.

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:13.860
 But it also

00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:14.860
 displays Jesus'

00:15:15.140 --> 00:15:16.440
 total control

00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:17.260
 of the

00:15:17.260 --> 00:15:17.780
 situation.

00:15:19.060 --> 00:15:19.560
 On first

00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:20.580
 glance, the

00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.660
 ruling Sanhedrin,

00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:22.760
 they seem to

00:15:22.760 --> 00:15:23.600
 be the ones who

00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:24.620
 are calling the

00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:24.900
 shots.

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.500
 They're the ones

00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:25.860
 who are in

00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:26.280
 power.

00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:28.480
 But they

00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:29.500
 betray their

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:30.540
 insecurity when

00:15:30.540 --> 00:15:31.240
 they're the

00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:31.700
 ones who are

00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:32.660
 putting stock to

00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.639
 such flimsy,

00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:34.399
 baseless

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.120
 accusations.

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:37.299
 They reach

00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:38.559
 desperately for

00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:39.860
 straws because

00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:41.100
 they're desperate.

00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:44.480
 But Jesus, he

00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.699
 calmly,

00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:47.259
 coolly,

00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:48.799
 refuses to

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.139
 answer,

00:15:50.699 --> 00:15:51.279
 revealing who

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:52.600
 is feeling in

00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:52.980
 control.

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:53.919
 No, actually

00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:54.879
 who is rather

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:56.259
 in control.

00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:58.399
 He is so in

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:58.980
 control, in

00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.519
 fact, that he

00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:00.579
 actually fulfills

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:01.779
 century-old

00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.459
 prophecies.

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.620
 Written about

00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:04.100
 him in Isaiah

00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:04.620
 53.

00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:05.139
 We've been

00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.879
 quoting this

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.519
 chapter a lot

00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.000
 in the last

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.980
 couple of

00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:09.379
 sermons because

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:11.079
 this whole story

00:16:11.079 --> 00:16:12.019
 in Matthew 26,

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.899
 it harkens back

00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:13.399
 to that chapter

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:13.839
 a lot.

00:16:15.319 --> 00:16:15.639
 He says,

00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.480
 he was oppressed

00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.460
 and he was

00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:18.139
 afflicted.

00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:19.519
 Yet he opened

00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:20.559
 not his mouth

00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:21.240
 like a lamb

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:21.740
 that is led

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.539
 to the slaughter

00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:23.240
 like a sheep

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:24.159
 that before its

00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:25.120
 shears is silent.

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.439
 So he opened

00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:28.120
 not his mouth.

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 Jesus knows

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 this rigged

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:33.279
 trial will lead

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 to his death.

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 But instead

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 of defending,

00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:40.639
 claiming his

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 individual rights,

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 demanding justice,

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 as I'm sure

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 all of us

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 would,

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 he rather

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 is silent.

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 That silence

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 only exacerbates

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.019
 Caiaphas.

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 He's had

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 enough and

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 finally wants

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 to put an

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 end to this

00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.159
 trial.

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 So by the

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 strongest

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 possible sanction,

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 by an appeal

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.940
 to God,

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 he demands

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 that Jesus

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 answer,

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 whether he

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 is the

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 Christ,

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 the Son

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 of God.

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 Finally,

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 Jesus

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 speaks.

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 He responds

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 with the

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 curious,

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 you have

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 said so.

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 An affirmative

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 answer,

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 but you also

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 hear these

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 elements of

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 distancing,

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 of qualification.

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 I think

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 commentators

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 convincingly

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 argue that

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 Jesus is

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 basically saying,

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 yes,

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 I am the

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 Messiah.

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 yes,

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 I am the

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 Son of

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 God,

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 but that

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 doesn't mean

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 what you

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 think it

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 means.

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 I'm not

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 the political

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 revolutionary

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 that you

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 expect the

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 Son of

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 Man or

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 Son of

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 God to

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 be,

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 but let

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 me explain

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 what it

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 really means

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 to be the

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 Messiah.

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 And then he

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 proceeds to

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 say,

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 I am the

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 Daniel 7

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 Son of

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 Man,

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 to whom

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 will be

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 given

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 everlasting

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 dominion,

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 indomitable

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 glory,

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 and an

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 eternal

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 kingdom,

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 to whom

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 every person

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 on earth,

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 all peoples,

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 tribes,

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 and tongues

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 will worship

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 one day.

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 To no

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 other but

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 me,

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 but only to

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 me,

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 is given

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 the power,

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 the authority,

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 the honor,

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 to be

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 seated at

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 the right

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 hand of

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 the all

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 powerful

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 God.

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 You think

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 that you're

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 in the

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 judge's

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 seat,

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 but from

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 now on,

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.000
 from now

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 on,

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 you will

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 see who

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 is really

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 in power.

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 That from

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 now on

00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.220
 that Jesus

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 says,

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 it hints

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:48.779
 at really

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.640
 the immediacy

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.240
 of this

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.660
 prophecy,

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 I think.

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 Meaning that

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 I don't

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 think Jesus

00:18:53.300 --> 00:18:53.900
 has in

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 terms,

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 or in

00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.180
 his mind,

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 the long

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 awaited

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 second

00:18:57.900 --> 00:18:58.640
 coming of

00:18:58.640 --> 00:18:58.900
 Jesus,

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 the one

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 that we're

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 still waiting

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.620
 for,

00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:02.100
 but rather

00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:03.000
 the power.

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.580
 He's thinking

00:19:03.580 --> 00:19:03.920
 about the

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.560
 power and

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 the authority

00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:05.480
 that is

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:06.100
 bestowed

00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:06.860
 to Jesus

00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:07.780
 in his

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 soon coming

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.660
 resurrection

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:11.019
 and ascension

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 just a few

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 days later.

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 So all

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 in all,

00:19:14.320 --> 00:19:14.940
 though he

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 is a

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 lone,

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 uneducated

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 Galilean

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 carpenter,

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 before some

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 of the most

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 powerful men

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 in all

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 the nation,

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 they will

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.360
 see with

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 their own

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 two eyes

00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:29.180
 who is

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 actually

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 in power.

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 There is

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 far more

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.460
 than meets

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:35.880
 the eye,

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.380
 brothers and

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.680
 sisters,

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:38.280
 far more

00:19:38.280 --> 00:19:38.880
 than meets

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.520
 the eye

00:19:39.520 --> 00:19:41.520
 with Jesus

00:19:41.520 --> 00:19:42.580
 and with

00:19:42.580 --> 00:19:43.040
 us.

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 Do you

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.600
 know that

00:19:45.600 --> 00:19:46.540
 you will

00:19:46.540 --> 00:19:47.140
 resurrect

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:48.860
 in unspeakable

00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:50.060
 glory and

00:19:50.060 --> 00:19:51.040
 power just

00:19:51.040 --> 00:19:51.640
 as Jesus

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.120
 was?

00:19:52.780 --> 00:19:53.260
 Do you

00:19:53.260 --> 00:19:53.680
 know that

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.280
 you will

00:19:54.280 --> 00:19:55.500
 reign in

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:55.780
 the new

00:19:55.780 --> 00:19:56.460
 heavens and

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:56.720
 the new

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.380
 earth as

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.100
 co-heirs

00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:59.340
 with Christ's

00:19:59.340 --> 00:19:59.779
 brothers and

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.059
 sisters?

00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:01.779
 Remember,

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.600
 last week,

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.700
 Steve spoke

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.640
 convincingly just

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.600
 how powerful

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:07.160
 one angel

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.660
 is.

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.819
 Just one

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.120
 angel.

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.039
 But do you

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.740
 know that you

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.420
 have angels

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:13.200
 that are sent

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:14.120
 to you to

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:14.980
 serve you

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.740
 and that you

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.340
 will actually

00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:17.579
 judge them?

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:20.819
 it's easy

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:22.000
 to feel

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.599
 weak,

00:20:23.179 --> 00:20:24.139
 to feel

00:20:24.139 --> 00:20:24.740
 small,

00:20:24.899 --> 00:20:25.240
 to let

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.819
 just what

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.299
 you see

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:27.000
 dictate what

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.599
 is true.

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:31.000
 But especially

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.659
 when we are

00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:32.500
 put on trial

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.039
 for our

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.419
 faith,

00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.579
 when we're

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.740
 ostracized at

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.339
 work for

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:36.759
 being a

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.039
 Christian,

00:20:37.199 --> 00:20:37.799
 when we're

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.519
 made small

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.000
 by our

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.639
 friends for

00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:40.199
 believing in

00:20:40.199 --> 00:20:40.679
 the Bible,

00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.460
 remember the

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.839
 truth.

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.659
 Remember who

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.420
 you are.

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.600
 Jesus knows

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.160
 the reality

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.720
 of who he

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.680
 is and you

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.220
 ought to

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.620
 too.

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.380
 Don't let

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.380
 them take

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:54.840
 that away

00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:55.340
 from you.

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.160
 Take

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.259
 confidence in

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.220
 this spiritual

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:59.040
 reality of

00:20:59.040 --> 00:20:59.420
 who you

00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:00.240
 really are,

00:21:00.540 --> 00:21:01.060
 lest the

00:21:01.060 --> 00:21:01.460
 fear of

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.120
 man control

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.440
 you.

00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:06.140
 It's easier

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.540
 said than

00:21:06.540 --> 00:21:06.840
 done,

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.519
 I know,

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.440
 and it won't

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.000
 be easy,

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.740
 for they will

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.820
 treat us like

00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.380
 they treated

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:12.840
 Jesus.

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:14.819
 for instead

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.799
 of recognizing

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.279
 Jesus'

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.480
 response as

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.899
 truth and

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:20.139
 appropriately

00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:21.359
 repenting,

00:21:22.439 --> 00:21:23.199
 hard-hearted

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.899
 Caiaphas,

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:25.220
 he labels

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.720
 Jesus'

00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.659
 claims as

00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:28.259
 total blasphemy.

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.079
 Then he,

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.799
 along with the

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.319
 rest of the

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.759
 council,

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.980
 pronounce their

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.439
 judgment,

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.619
 he deserves

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.439
 death.

00:21:38.199 --> 00:21:38.759
 And then they

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.079
 descend upon

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.659
 Jesus with

00:21:40.659 --> 00:21:41.659
 unruly

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:42.139
 treatment.

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.819
 Not even

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.819
 mass serial

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.419
 killers are

00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:46.000
 treated like

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.579
 this today.

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.899
 They spit

00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.599
 in his face,

00:21:49.699 --> 00:21:50.459
 they slap

00:21:50.459 --> 00:21:50.819
 him up,

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.139
 they mock

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.319
 him,

00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:52.919
 they cover

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.399
 his eyes,

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.179
 demand him

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:55.159
 to prophesy.

00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:56.019
 Who struck

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.240
 you,

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.919
 oh Christ?

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.759
 Verbal

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:01.119
 abuse is

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.519
 one thing,

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:03.279
 but physical

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.619
 salt is a

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.399
 totally other

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:05.759
 thing.

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.759
 And yet,

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.599
 again,

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.199
 Matthew

00:22:09.199 --> 00:22:10.419
 doesn't record

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:11.139
 a single

00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:12.019
 response from

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.339
 Jesus.

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.099
 The God

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.339
 of the

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.799
 universe,

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.799
 he just

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:17.720
 takes it.

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:20.059
 Oh,

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:21.000
 the amazing

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.319
 patience of

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.319
 Jesus to

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.119
 endure this

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.819
 kind of

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.440
 injustice.

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:26.559
 Oh,

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.200
 the amazing

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.000
 patience of

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.720
 the Father

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.799
 to just let

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.299
 this happen

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.819
 to his own

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.319
 son.

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.319


00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:33.319
 is

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.319


00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:34.319
 to

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.720
 God

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.179
 Christ

00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:36.079
 endures

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.460
 this

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.480
 injustice

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:39.720
 to justify

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.119
 the

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.879
 unjust.

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.200
 As we've

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.500
 seen,

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:44.740
 really,

00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.480
 this whole

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.980
 scene is

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:47.299
 soaked in

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.679
 irony,

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.500
 I think.

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.679
 Really,

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.220
 even down

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:51.220
 to its

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.119
 last line.

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.399
 While they

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.119
 mock Jesus'

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.059
 ability to

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.859
 prophesy,

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.779
 ironically,

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:57.679
 the whole

00:22:57.679 --> 00:22:58.519
 second half

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.859
 of this

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.279
 passage,

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.079
 shows

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.539
 Jesus'

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.359
 ability to

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.279
 do just

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.660
 that.

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:05.019
 There's a

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.859
 second

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.660
 character that's

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.259
 interwoven

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.299
 throughout this

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.700
 passage.

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.160
 We first

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.680
 read of him

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.639
 in verse

00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:12.400
 58,

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.759
 where Peter,

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.500
 he follows

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:18.119
 Jesus at a

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.599
 distance,

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.119
 it says.

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:22.239
 this picture

00:23:22.239 --> 00:23:22.739
 is worth

00:23:22.739 --> 00:23:23.299
 a thousand

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.739
 words.

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:25.679
 Peter

00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.419
 follows

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:26.919
 Jesus,

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.599
 but only

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.319
 within a

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.599
 distance that

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.039
 he deems

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.599
 safe for

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:31.779
 him.

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.500
 Peter

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.079
 follows

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.459
 Jesus,

00:23:35.719 --> 00:23:36.000
 but as

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.519
 long as

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.939
 it doesn't

00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:37.500
 cost him

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:37.799
 anything.

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.299
 Peter

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.879
 follows

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.259
 Jesus,

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.000
 but it's

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.079
 on his

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.500
 terms.

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:44.699
 And I

00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:45.059
 wonder,

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.879
 how closely

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:48.219
 do you

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.440
 follow Jesus?

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.299
 You might

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.839
 be convinced

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.279
 that Jesus

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.480
 is someone

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.200
 worthy to

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.740
 be followed,

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:58.420
 but you

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.360
 only do so

00:23:59.360 --> 00:23:59.759
 when it's

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.600
 convenient for

00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:00.860
 you.

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.900
 You might

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.559
 be following

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.039
 Jesus,

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:05.420
 but it's

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.839
 only the

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.480
 commands that

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.059
 you deem

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.620
 agreeable.

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.240
 You might

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.740
 be following

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.140
 Jesus,

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.380
 but it's

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.980
 only on

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.779
 your terms.

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.360
 Take heed

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.140
 that really

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.660
 at the end

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.000
 of this

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.319
 verse,

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.779
 who is

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.159
 Peter

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.559
 sitting

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:19.879
 among?

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.919
 Peter

00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:22.399
 is not

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.539
 closely

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.159
 next to

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.460
 Jesus,

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.740
 but he's

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.179
 among the

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:27.460
 Jewish

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.960
 guards.

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:29.899
 Peter

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.599
 is blended

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.220
 in with

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.599
 Jesus'

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.179
 enemies.

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.839
 You might

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.259
 think that

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.539
 you might

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.000
 be part

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.039
 of Jesus'

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.839
 posse,

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.619
 but in

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:37.960
 the end,

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.439
 if you

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:39.299
 indefinitely

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.480
 follow Jesus

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.359
 from a

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.919
 distance,

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.619
 the result

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.079
 might be

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.679
 that you

00:24:44.679 --> 00:24:45.759
 too might

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.379
 be numbered

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.160
 among Jesus'

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.720
 enemies.

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.420
 You either

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.960
 deny yourself

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.780
 or you

00:24:52.780 --> 00:24:53.780
 deny Christ.

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.120
 And that

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.920
 distance between

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.580
 Jesus and

00:24:58.580 --> 00:24:58.880
 Peter,

00:24:59.040 --> 00:24:59.680
 I think it

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.520
 hints at

00:25:00.520 --> 00:25:00.960
 what's to

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.300
 come.

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.260
 Verse 69

00:25:03.260 --> 00:25:03.860
 sets the

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.400
 scene of

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.920
 our second

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.520
 quote-unquote

00:25:05.520 --> 00:25:06.560
 trial this

00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:06.860
 morning.

00:25:08.060 --> 00:25:08.940
 While sitting

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.200
 in the

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.660
 courtyard,

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.580
 a servant

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:11.859
 girl,

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.559
 perhaps only

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.799
 10 to

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.859
 12 years

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.359
 of age,

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.599
 she comes

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:17.960
 up to

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.179
 him and

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:20.000
 accuses him

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.119
 of being

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.819
 with Jesus.

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.240
 Only a

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.699
 little girl,

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.619
 probably

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.379
 pearl's age.

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.679
 Yet she

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.480
 makes Peter,

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.199
 a grown man,

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.899
 quake in his

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.159
 boots.

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.559
 Afraid to

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.119
 be revealed,

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.179
 he feigns

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:35.699
 ignorance.

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.240
 Oh,

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.460
 you're talking

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:39.740
 to me?

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.420
 Oh,

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.519
 I have

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.299
 no idea

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.579
 what you're

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.000
 talking about,

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.400
 little girl.

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.140
 As he

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.519
 says,

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.299
 while he

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.000
 wipes off

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.840
 beads of

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.240
 sweat from

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.700
 his brow.

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.299
 That verbal

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.120
 dodging then

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:54.380
 only turns to

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.360
 physical dodging.

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.500
 He goes out

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.380
 to the

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.940
 entrance of

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.380
 the courtyard

00:25:59.380 --> 00:25:59.960
 trying to

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.539
 avoid this

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.019
 little girl,

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.759
 only to

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.940
 further move

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.620
 away from

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.019
 Jesus.

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.120
 In fact,

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.880
 really throughout

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.759
 this three-fold

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.420
 trial,

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.440
 Peter seemed

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.580
 to progressively

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.480
 move away

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.039
 from Jesus

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:13.039
 physically.

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:14.480
 That mirrors,

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.220
 it really mirrors

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.120
 his distance

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.580
 away from

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:16.860
 Jesus

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.840
 relationally.

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.180
 And while

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.840
 he tries to

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.240
 avoid that

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.039
 first girl,

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.240
 I think

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.120
 really almost

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.700
 comically,

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.299
 he yet

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.620
 runs into

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.500
 another little

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.799
 girl.

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:28.840
 It's little

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.380
 Ingy this

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:29.660
 time.

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.460
 Finds him

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.779
 and accuses

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:34.980
 him.

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.620
 And you

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:36.940
 can tell

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.259
 that these

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.860
 accusations,

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.340
 they're

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:38.799
 ratcheting

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.100
 up.

00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.680
 While the

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.140
 first one

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.799
 accuses

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.860
 Peter of

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:44.680
 just one-on-one

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.000
 for the

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.920
 bystanders to

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.420
 then listen

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.779
 in,

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.080
 this second

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:49.039
 girl explicitly

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.960
 brings in

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.500
 the crowd

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.980
 in the

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.559
 accusation.

00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:53.799
 To match

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.580
 that mounting

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.180
 pressure,

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.480
 then Peter

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.299
 ramps up

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.799
 his own

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.180
 denial.

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.500
 Surely he

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.299
 remembers his

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:02.600
 Lord's

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.100
 teaching on

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.559
 the Sermon

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:03.759
 on the

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:03.860
 Mount.

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.580
 He says,

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.599
 do not

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.579
 swear by

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.119
 oaths.

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.240
 And yet

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.559
 here he

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.220
 is adding

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.720
 an oath

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:11.259
 explicitly

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.000
 denying all

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.639
 relations with

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.000
 Christ.

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:14.480
 I swear,

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.419
 I swear to

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.779
 God,

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.539
 I do not

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.019
 know him.

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.579
 Compare

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.079
 really

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:24.379
 Peter and

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:25.699
 Jesus on

00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:26.339
 how they're

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.339
 handling their

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.960
 trials so

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.220
 far.

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:30.839
 one pastor

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.120
 said,

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.759
 and it's

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.140
 right,

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.880
 when the

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.279
 Jewish

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.980
 leaders

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.160
 lie to

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.539
 Jesus,

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.779
 Jesus

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.460
 responds

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.759
 with

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.279
 truth.

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.299
 When the

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.000
 bystanders

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.480
 tell the

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.140
 truth to

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.319
 Peter,

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.039
 he responds

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.360
 with

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.299
 lies.

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.400
 After

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.880
 some period

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.380
 of time,

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.279
 maybe he

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.519
 finally thinks

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.900
 he's in the

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.079
 clear.

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.640
 But then

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.180
 the final

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.900
 and greatest

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.759
 accusation

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.420
 comes.

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.779
 This

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.160
 time,

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.500
 multiple

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.980
 people

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.600
 come to

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.240
 convict

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.440
 Peter simply

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.799
 because he

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.420
 talks like

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.600
 him.

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.559
 Apparently,

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.799
 the southern

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.519
 Judeans

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.740
 made fun

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.019
 of the

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.480
 northern

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.220
 Galilean

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.019
 accent.

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.279
 They hated

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.860
 their accent

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.539
 so much

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.400
 that Galileans

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.839
 were actually

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.400
 not allowed

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:20.000
 to speak

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.680
 in some

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.279
 parts of

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.640
 the Jewish

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.019
 worship

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.519
 service.

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.380
 Maybe

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.620
 this

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.160
 accusation

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.519
 was a

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.799
 good

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.960
 educated

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.500
 guess.

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.639
 Perhaps

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.279
 not a lot

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.619
 of people

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.220
 around them

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.720
 had this

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.099
 accent,

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.720
 so just

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.500
 simply by

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.399
 power of

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:36.819
 deduction,

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:38.139
 they reasonably

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.639
 guessed that

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.299
 Peter too

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.759
 must have

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.339
 come with

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.759
 Jesus.

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.079
 Or

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.440
 maybe their

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.180
 accusation is

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.639
 just a

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.139
 wild,

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.539
 even

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.200
 racist

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.779
 guess.

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:52.079
 I had

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.220
 this

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.680
 conversation

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:52.879
 with

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.099
 someone

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.480
 once.

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.259
 They

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.680
 asked me

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.019
 if I

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.279
 knew

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.960
 his

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.339
 Asian

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.680
 friend.

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.079
 And

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.579
 when I

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.139
 asked where

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.539
 his

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.099
 friend was

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.379
 from,

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.879
 he said,

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.579
 oh,

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:02.859
 he's from

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.339
 Mississippi.

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.399
 Mississippi.

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.119
 Oh,

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.339
 I'm

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.599
 sorry,

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.839
 did I

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.519
 ever say

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.819
 that I

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:12.000
 was from

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.359
 Mississippi?

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.179
 Oh,

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.319
 no,

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.559
 no,

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.439
 didn't,

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.819
 but,

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:17.279
 you know,

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:19.379
 he's

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.659
 Asian,

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.319
 you're

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.619
 Asian.

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.119
 Maybe

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.379
 this

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:25.980
 accusation

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.259
 against

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.720
 Peter is

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.319
 completely

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.079
 stupid,

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.720
 unfounded,

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.579
 xenophobic,

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.660
 but

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.860
 correct

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.680
 guess.

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.799
 With that

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.440
 weird accent

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.779
 of his,

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.160
 he might

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.620
 be saying,

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.339
 you've

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.620
 got to

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:37.759
 be

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:37.960
 kidding

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.299
 me.

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.019
 So

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.460
 to this

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.960
 final

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.700
 accusation,

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.400
 he holds

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.460
 nothing

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.180
 back.

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.740
 Adding

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.160
 on to

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.420
 this

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.000
 forbidden

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.420
 oath,

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.259
 he now

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.779
 invokes

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.799
 a curse.

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.059
 In the

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.460
 ESV,

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:52.980
 it says

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.059
 on himself,

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.200
 which would

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.900
 mean something

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.480
 akin to,

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:56.960
 may God

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.440
 bring just

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.980
 terrible

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.640
 things upon

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.299
 me if

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.539
 I'm

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.839
 lying.

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.720
 But that

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.259
 actually might

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.899
 be a bit

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.200
 of an

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.440
 over-translation

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.440
 because,

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.000
 really,

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.399
 the verb

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:06.599
 in the

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:06.779
 Greek

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.119
 doesn't

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.500
 actually

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.000
 have a

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.299
 direct

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.799
 object.

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.200
 It's

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.639
 actually

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.279
 possible

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.019
 that Peter

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.579
 could be

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.940
 cursing

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.720
 not himself,

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.039
 but Jesus.

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.940
 In the

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.559
 early church

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:18.879
 in the

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.319
 second and

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.519
 third

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.039
 centuries,

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.339
 the Romans

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.099
 hunted

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.539
 down

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.059
 Christians.

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.720
 How?

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:25.059
 By requiring

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:26.019
 people to

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:27.299
 curse the

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.659
 name of

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:27.859
 Jesus,

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.379
 to see if

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:28.659
 they could

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.259
 curse the

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.519
 name of

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.779
 Jesus.

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.019
 Something

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.379
 that they

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.180
 assumed a

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.480
 Christian

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.160
 could never

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.539
 do.

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.000
 And yet

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.759
 here is

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.700
 the

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.379
 apostle

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.879
 Peter.

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.559
 And he

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.819
 might have

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.559
 done just

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.000
 that.

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.019
 That's how

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.779
 far Peter

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.319
 is willing

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.900
 to go

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.740
 to save

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.160
 his own

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.519
 skin.

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.900
 Immediately,

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.859
 immediately,

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:56.699
 the rooster

00:30:56.699 --> 00:30:57.139
 crowed.

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.740
 Jesus'

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.799
 prediction is

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:01.159
 spot on.

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.199
 Once Peter

00:31:04.199 --> 00:31:05.679
 hears that

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:06.000
 rooster,

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.500
 it all

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:08.139
 comes back

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.479
 to him.

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.639
 Jesus said

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.000
 that I

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.979
 would deny

00:31:12.979 --> 00:31:13.539
 him three

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.119
 times,

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.979
 but I

00:31:15.979 --> 00:31:16.259
 said I

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.619
 would never

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.079
 do that.

00:31:19.479 --> 00:31:20.519
 Jesus said

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.439
 that those

00:31:21.439 --> 00:31:21.959
 who deny

00:31:21.959 --> 00:31:22.539
 him before

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.919
 men,

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.359
 he will

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.240
 deny before

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.319
 his father.

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:29.099
 What have

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.579
 I done?

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.399
 What have

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:31.859
 I done?

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.799
 How could I

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.899
 do that to

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.199
 Jesus?

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:37.500
 Am I doomed

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.179
 to hell

00:31:38.179 --> 00:31:38.859
 forever?

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:41.359
 In that

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.699
 moment,

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.479
 Peter felt

00:31:42.479 --> 00:31:44.519
 the unbearable,

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.959
 absolute crushing

00:31:45.959 --> 00:31:46.859
 weight of

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.639
 his sin.

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:48.919
 And his

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.779
 body can't

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.859
 possibly contain

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.399
 all that

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:51.779
 emotion,

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.159
 so it

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.979
 comes just

00:31:52.979 --> 00:31:54.079
 pouring out

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.799
 of him in

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.599
 this raw,

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:57.159
 bitter weeping.

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.979
 It's the kind

00:31:58.979 --> 00:31:59.740
 of guttural

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:01.379
 wailing that's

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.679
 only interrupted

00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:03.299
 by those

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:05.659
 hyperventilating

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.599
 gasps for

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:06.879
 air.

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:06.920
 air.

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.900
 Here's a

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:11.700
 man on

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.220
 the worst

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.880
 night of

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.500
 his life,

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:16.780
 but no

00:32:16.780 --> 00:32:17.220
 matter how

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.880
 many tears

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.620
 he cries,

00:32:20.020 --> 00:32:22.880
 he can't

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.320
 take back

00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:23.620
 what he

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.020
 has done.

00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:26.980
 Because of

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.360
 the chief

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.180
 priests and

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.520
 Peter,

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.860
 Jesus has

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.420
 now been

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.040
 condemned

00:32:32.040 --> 00:32:32.740
 to death

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.120
 by his

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.400
 enemies

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:35.180
 and denied

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.700
 by his

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.740
 closest friends.

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:41.160
 this ought

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.820
 to enrage

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.160
 us.

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.520
 We who

00:32:44.520 --> 00:32:45.220
 hate

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.040
 injustice

00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:47.500
 should cry

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.020
 out for

00:32:48.020 --> 00:32:49.180
 justice for

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.520
 Jesus.

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.920
 They should

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.360
 be held

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:53.360
 responsible for

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:53.960
 their actions.

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.680
 But wait,

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.600
 doesn't that

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.360
 put us

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:02.880
 in a

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.660
 precarious

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.080
 situation?

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.399
 doesn't

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:04.799
 that make

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.059
 us

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.159
 a wee

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.379
 bit

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.960
 uncomfortable?

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.720
 We love

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.539
 justice,

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:10.879
 but

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:14.099
 we're

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.679
 hesitant to

00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:15.399
 cry out for

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:15.939
 justice for

00:33:15.939 --> 00:33:16.259
 Jesus.

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.339
 Because let's

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.799
 be real.

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.879
 We're

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:22.019
 not

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:23.000
 Jesus in

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.460
 this passage.

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.179
 We are

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:24.879
 Peter.

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:24.960
 here.

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.020
 Don't

00:33:28.020 --> 00:33:28.520
 believe me?

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:31.000
 How would

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.420
 you have

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.700
 fared?

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.600
 Knowing that

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.380
 it could cost

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.900
 you your

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.540
 life,

00:33:36.760 --> 00:33:37.560
 how closely

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:37.920
 would you

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.400
 have stood

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.840
 next to

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.400
 Jesus that

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:39.620
 day?

00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:42.480
 Maybe you

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.880
 feel like

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.180
 you can

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.460
 die for

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.920
 Jesus in

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.300
 some kind

00:33:45.300 --> 00:33:46.200
 of cavalier,

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.220
 dramatic,

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.160
 once-in-a-lifetime

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.840
 moment.

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:51.940
 But day

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.520
 by day,

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.720
 can you

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.200
 live for

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.359
 him?

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.359
 Sometimes

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.960
 it's not

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.839
 dying for

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.139
 Christ,

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.000
 but living

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.599
 for him

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.019
 that is

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.500
 harder.

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.920
 For every

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.379
 time you

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.259
 lash out

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.639
 at your

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.139
 spouse,

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.960
 you watch

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.480
 that video

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.779
 that you

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.019
 really

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.380
 shouldn't

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.699
 have,

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.860
 you hide

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.219
 the fact

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.500
 that you

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:10.800
 go to

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.259
 church,

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.559
 in your

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.219
 own way

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.579
 you are

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.280
 still choosing

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.039
 yourself

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.960
 before Jesus.

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.659
 In your

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.239
 own way,

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.639
 while you're

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.519
 not explicitly

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.119
 denying

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.659
 Christ,

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.940
 you have

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.559
 betrayed

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.840
 him.

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:25.659
 if Peter

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.380
 is judged

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.059
 for his

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.579
 actions,

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.940
 what hope

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.699
 is there

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.539
 for us

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.219
 who have

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.860
 failed even

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.920
 lesser trials

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.480
 than this?

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.860
 One of the

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.460
 next times

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:43.000
 that Peter

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.679
 and Jesus

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:45.480
 talk is

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.019
 just a few

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.559
 days later.

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.539
 They both

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.239
 know what

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.719
 Peter has

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:50.980
 done.

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:55.000
 But when

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.519
 Jesus

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.259
 speaks

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:57.460
 to Peter,

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.920
 there's no

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.159
 guilt

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.500
 tripping.

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.880
 There's no

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.219
 shaming.

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.759
 There's no

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.159
 anger.

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.019
 There's no

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.659
 disappointment.

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.199
 There's not

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:07.780
 even a hint

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.619
 of coldness.

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.659
 Instead,

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.320
 starting from

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.219
 a clean

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.619
 slate,

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:16.219
 he asks

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:17.099
 not once,

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.900
 not twice,

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:20.440
 but three

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.880
 times,

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.340
 giving him

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.840
 the same

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.440
 three

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.180
 opportunities

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.639
 to get

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:23.980
 it right.

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.059
 Peter,

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.880
 do you

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.280
 love me?

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.900
 Peter,

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.920
 do you

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.420
 love me?

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.720
 Peter,

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.160
 do you

00:35:31.160 --> 00:35:31.680
 love me?

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.519
 Lord,

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.960
 you know

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.720
 I love you.

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.280
 Lord,

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.740
 you know

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.340
 I love you.

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:37.960
 Lord,

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.760
 you know

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.840
 I love you.

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.059
 With these

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:43.119
 three simple

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.900
 questions he

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.820
 or gives,

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:46.139
 he reinstates

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.800
 Peter.

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.280
 Why?

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.320
 Why is

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:51.039
 Peter not

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.559
 met with

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.220
 the terrible

00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:53.400
 justice that

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.420
 he is due,

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.820
 that he

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.500
 deserves?

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.820
 Because

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.440
 Jesus,

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:59.300
 though he be

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.019
 condemned by

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.400
 his own

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.220
 people and

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.780
 denied by

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.160
 his own

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:03.220
 closest friends,

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.220
 he walked

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:05.019
 straight into

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.619
 that trial,

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.700
 straight into

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.300
 the cross,

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.940
 so that he

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.559
 could die

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.180
 the death

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.720
 that we

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.079
 deserve,

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.740
 that Peter

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:12.440
 deserves.

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.480
 Christ was

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.340
 our human

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.679
 shield from

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.460
 the fiery

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.280
 wrath of

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.619
 God.

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.440
 That bullet

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.000
 was coming

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.760
 for us,

00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:23.500
 but Christ

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.340
 dove in

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.780
 the way,

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.079
 protecting

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.599
 us,

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.920
 sacrificing

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.519
 his own

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.159
 life for

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.619
 us.

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.380
 Innocent

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:33.300
 Jesus was

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.139
 called guilty

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:35.460
 before corrupt

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.559
 judges so

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.179
 that guilty

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.980
 sinners like

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.940
 you and me

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.639
 can be called

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.900
 innocent before

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.780
 the almighty

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.420
 judge.

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.619
 that's what

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.079
 it means to

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:45.000
 be justified.

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.159
 So even

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:48.179
 backstabbing

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.000
 sinners like

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.300
 you,

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.300
 like me,

00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.599
 those who

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.539
 have disappointed

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.720
 abandon him,

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:54.720
 that he will

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.840
 wipe away all

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:57.000
 of our tears,

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.559
 will wipe away

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.139
 all our

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.920
 reproach from

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.240
 us.

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.300
 He is

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:03.240
 mocked,

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.280
 spit upon,

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.920
 slapped up,

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.500
 crucified.

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.739
 justified.

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:11.139
 Jesus endures

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:12.159
 all of this

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:13.059
 injustice

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:15.380
 to justify

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.559
 the unjust

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.460
 like Peter,

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.679
 like you,

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.320
 and like me.

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:21.659
 And there

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.440
 is no

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.719
 better news

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.420
 in all the

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.900
 world than

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.679
 this gospel

00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:27.000
 truth.

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.559
 There is no

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.320
 better news to

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:29.019
 tell the whole

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.980
 world than

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.139
 this gospel

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.659
 truth.

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.219
 God,

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:33.759
 that's when we

00:37:33.759 --> 00:37:34.960
 understand this

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.679
 really rightly

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:35.980
 then,

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:37.059
 as Peter was

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.879
 commissioned to

00:37:37.879 --> 00:37:39.279
 go and love

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:39.859
 the world,

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.859
 to die for him,

00:37:40.899 --> 00:37:41.719
 to walk closely

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.379
 with Jesus,

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:43.500
 can we then

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.699
 walk step

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.639
 in step

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:46.940
 closely

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.899
 after our

00:37:47.899 --> 00:37:48.159
 Lord?

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.199
 Lord,

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:50.379
 I pray that

00:37:50.379 --> 00:37:50.839
 we do that.

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.139
 Let's pray.

00:37:54.399 --> 00:37:54.960
 Heavenly

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.279
 Father,

00:37:55.399 --> 00:37:56.239
 we are

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:56.839
 amazed

00:37:56.839 --> 00:37:58.859
 that you

00:37:58.859 --> 00:37:59.279
 have sent

00:37:59.279 --> 00:37:59.799
 your one

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.239
 and only

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:01.759
 son who

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.699
 does not

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.699
 deserve any

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.099
 of this

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.839
 mistreatment.

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:07.299
 We are the

00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:07.759
 ones who

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.460
 deserve it

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.859
 and that

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.839
 you are the

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.960
 one who

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.319
 pay the

00:38:12.319 --> 00:38:12.619
 price.

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.239
 Amaze

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:15.679
 us

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:19.500
 open our

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:20.179
 eyes again

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:21.679
 that the

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.539
 gospel might

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.500
 not be dull

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.159
 to us,

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:26.279
 that it

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:26.539
 would be

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.480
 fresh to

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.859
 us,

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:30.899
 that we

00:38:30.899 --> 00:38:31.500
 would be

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.460
 overjoyed

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:32.799
 to just

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.199
 tell the

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:34.039
 whole world.

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.379
 And we

00:38:36.379 --> 00:38:36.799
 pray

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.819
 specifically

00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.480
 again for

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.859
 even this

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:40.299
 own

00:38:40.299 --> 00:38:40.879
 neighborhood

00:38:40.879 --> 00:38:42.019
 as this

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.960
 worship service

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.699
 rings aloud,

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.359
 as our worship

00:38:44.359 --> 00:38:44.980
 sings aloud,

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.460
 that many

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.039
 would come

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.639
 to know

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.800
 this gospel

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.240
 truth.

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:49.280
 We pray

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.599
 for a

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.039
 revival

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.500
 and a

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.159
 stirring up

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.480
 of your

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.840
 people

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.119
 here.

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.579
 We do

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.840
 it for

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.280
 your

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.840
 glory,

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.320
 oh God.

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.900
 In Jesus'

00:38:59.059 --> 00:39:00.079
 name we

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.320
 pray.

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:00.780
 Amen.