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 Well, if for some reason you are feeling a bit lost when we come to this particular part of the narrative,

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 let me catch us all up.

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 You'll be helped to know that we have reached the point in Mark's gospel

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 where he is describing the final hours leading up to Jesus' crucifixion.

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 In fact, for the most part, most of the events in chapter 14

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 occur between sunset on Thursday of the Passion Week

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 and about 3 a.m. on Friday, the day of Jesus' crucifixion.

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 So everything we read, with the exception of the event in Bethany at the very beginning of the chapter,

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 everything between that and the end of the chapter is really in about a nine-hour time frame.

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 That's where it's unfolding as far as the narrative is concerned.

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 And we don't need to underestimate the significance of this particular section of Mark's gospel.

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 So far, it's already been revealed to us that Jesus is the true Passover lamb.

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 We have seen him institute and establish the Lord's Supper,

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 which is so very important to us now.

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 We've seen, again, his promise of resurrection.

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 We've seen his promise of restoration for his disciples who would inevitably fail.

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 And we've seen him persevere in dramatic fashion

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 through his final and greatest temptation in the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 And everything that the Bible tells us about Jesus is important.

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 I don't mean to insinuate that that's not true.

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 But only a careless reader would come to this section and miss the significance of what we've discovered in these last few studies.

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 All of the buildup that we have seen in Mark's gospel, or any of the gospels for that matter,

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 all of the buildup really finds its purpose and intent and ultimate significance in this section

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 as we see, and continuing forward to the end of the gospel,

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 as we see the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus come to be.

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 Now, our text for today is not complex at all.

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 It's not difficult to understand.

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 The point of the passage is actually straightforward.

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 I'm going to go ahead and tell you what it is.

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 Basically, it's this.

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 Everything that Jesus has told his disciples that would take place

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 is now beginning to take place exactly as he said it would.

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 That's really the significance of this section.

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 It doesn't really go much deeper than that.

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 Of course, there's other lessons that we're going to draw from this and important dynamics of this.

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 But the overall picture of this narrative here is that Jesus has been saying for quite some time,

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 this was going to happen.

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 And now, before the very eyes of the disciples, they're seeing Jesus' words come to fruition.

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 There was no more waiting.

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 His hour has come, and it has come in perfect fulfillment to the scriptures.

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 Think about all the things he's prophesied now.

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 Even in Mark chapter 14, we've seen him prophesy of a betrayer, which is revealed here.

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 At least for the disciples, it is exposed as Judas Iscariot.

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 Up to this point, they didn't realize that.

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 Now they know.

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 It's fulfilled.

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 We have seen Jesus time and again declare that he would be delivered into the hands of the Jewish leaders.

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 That's precisely what happens in this text.

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 He even said in a previous passage a couple of weeks ago that all of the disciples would fall away.

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 And when we get towards the end of this particular section, we find it stated very plainly,

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 they all forsook him.

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 They all fled.

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 They all ran.

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 And so Jesus' hour has come.

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 Just as he prayed in the garden that this hour would pass, then he resolves to follow faithfully,

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 as always, the will of the Father, and the hour has begun.

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 And that's where we see it unfolding.

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 But before we jump into the verses, there's one more thing I want to point out,

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 perhaps the most significant part of this.

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 Each element of this narrative points to the scandal of it.

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 You want you to think about what we just read.

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 They took Jesus into custody in the middle of the night.

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 It's well after midnight now.

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 It was close to midnight when Jesus and the disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 We know he's been praying in the garden for at least one hour, probably two.

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 And so we're thinking one or two in the morning, and these men come to arrest him.

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 Isn't that a suspect?

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 Isn't that a bit unusual?

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 Doesn't that lean towards the fact that maybe there's a bit of a scandal happening here,

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 that he needs to be arrested in the middle of the night?

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 Isn't that a crowd of officers armed to the teeth?

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 Ambush him like a modern sting operation?

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 It's not like they send a few of the temple leaders to go and persuade him to come in and turn himself in.

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 That's not happening.

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 It's actually a crowd of people.

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 They apprehend him as if it's a dangerous fugitive that has put the people of Jerusalem at great risk.

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 But what had Jesus done to deserve that?

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 Nothing.

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 This is the man who took little babies and put them on his knee.

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 This is the man who spent the last three years going throughout Galilee and Judea,

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 basically eradicating disease.

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 This is the man who has spent day after day in the temple with these other people,

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 no threat to anyone, simply teaching the truth.

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 This is the man who has spent the last three years perfectly obeying and teaching the very law of God.

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 What has he done to deserve this type of treatment in his arrest?

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 Well, nothing.

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 And that's the point.

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 He was treated as a criminal, though he had committed no crime.

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 And just as Isaiah 53 had prophesied, Jesus was, quote, numbered with the transgressors.

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 What Isaiah means there is he was counted, reckoned as a criminal,

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 reckoned, treated as a transgressor,

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 so that his death, in his death, by his death,

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 transgressors could actually be declared righteous before God.

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 And if you're wondering why all four Gospels find it necessary to detail the events of Jesus' actual arrest,

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 this is it.

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 He was numbered with the transgressors so that he could save transgressors.

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 That's the significance of this particular part of the narrative.

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 Let's work through it together.

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 The first thing that I want to point out to you is very simple.

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 Jesus is betrayed.

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 He's betrayed.

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 He's betrayed.

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 Look at verse 43.

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 Immediately while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve,

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 and with him a crowd with swords and clubs from the chief priest and the scribes and the elders.

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 Let's just mention the people that are participating in this verse quickly.

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 The chief priest and scribes and elders,

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 they were the three groups that made up the great Sanhedrin.

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 That's the ruling body of the Jews, both civically and religiously,

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 underneath the jurisdiction of Rome, of course,

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 but they were the ones that ruled over the Jewish people.

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 Instructions to arrest Jesus, in other words, came all the way from the top.

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 So the Sanhedrin provide the civic authority for Jesus to be arrested legally.

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 And that's important at least to their cause.

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 Now, they don't have just cause to arrest him,

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 but the fact that it's coming from the Sanhedrin actually makes the actual apprehension of Jesus,

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 taking him into custody, legal.

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 The fact that we see that there are servants of the high priest

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 means that there's probably an actual written warrant

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 accompanying this crowd of soldiers and servants.

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 So when they approach Jesus and the disciples,

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 they have at their disposal the very warrant for his arrest, so to speak,

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 or at least for his custody to be questioned.

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 So we have that.

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 The crowd with swords and clubs consist of temple police,

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 civil servants who served at the discretion of the Sanhedrin.

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 If the Sanhedrin provides the authority,

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 the temple police provide the muscle.

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 These are the scobies that have come in with the muscle strapped,

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 ready to take on these disciples if they need to take on the disciples.

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 If there is an uproar, perhaps, which is what they feared,

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 the muscle would be of great aid.

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 Now, let me just say, incidentally, that if you were to flip over to John 18,

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 maybe you would want to do that this afternoon,

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 you'll discover that their efforts in providing any kind of muscle

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 was actually very futile.

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 Jesus, by just speaking the word and identifying himself,

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 supernaturally pushes back so that they all fall to the ground.

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 It's really quite an amazing picture.

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 You can study that on your own.

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 That's just a by the way.

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 And then, of course, Judas is the other participant here.

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 Judas Iscariot, one of the 12, he's the architect of the whole plan.

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 He was responsible for instructing the soldiers on where Jesus was.

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 He was responsible for identifying who Jesus was.

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 And he was even responsible, according to Mark's words,

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 for the plan and precautions that they were to take

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 as they sought to constrain the Lord.

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 So Mark reminds us here that Judas was one of the 12 disciples,

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 heightening the sense of betrayal that Jesus endured.

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 And I want to remind you that Jesus had said this is precisely what would happen.

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 Look back just a few verses in Mark 14.

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 Look at verse 18 with me.

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 And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said,

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 truly I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.

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 And they began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another,

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 is it I?

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 And he said to them, it is one of the 12.

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 He even narrows it down to that.

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 One who is dipping bread into the dish with me.

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 So Jesus has said this is going to happen.

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 Now it's happening.

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 He's also said that he would be delivered to this specific group of people.

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 Remember Mark chapter 10?

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 Jesus says, we're going up to Jerusalem.

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 The son of man will be delivered over to the chief priest and the scribes,

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 and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles.

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 So all of this that's unfolding here before our eyes

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 and before the eyes of the disciples is just the fulfillment of Jesus' own word.

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 And Jesus' own word is the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies about him.

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 That's significant here.

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 This is not just something that happened to take place and we're reading it back into the text of Scripture.

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 No, this is the perfect fulfillment of God's word.

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 It's the perfect fulfillment of Christ's words.

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 And there's no variant in the way that it unfolded.

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 Now let's look a little closer at the act of betrayal itself.

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 Verse 44.

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 Now the betrayer, he's not referred to as Judas any longer.

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 He's just the betrayer.

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 Let's think for a moment about the reasons for this betrayal.

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 The need for a signal was because the soldiers probably were somewhat unfamiliar with Jesus.

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 They might have known who he was and had perhaps seen him in the temple.

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 But they're coming in the middle of the night.

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 There's no electricity in those days.

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 It's the cover of night.

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 Perhaps there is light from the moon as we would understand the Passover

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 and how the feast and things like that would take place.

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 It would be associated with a full moon.

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 So that's really the only light that they have.

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 These are also men likely who have not showered maybe in a little while.

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 They are all bearded men.

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 They're all from the same region.

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 It would be easy for somebody not familiar with Jesus

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 to not really be able to pick Jesus out in a lineup of these men at this particular time, right?

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 So it makes sense.

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 They need a signal so that when they get there, they know exactly who to apprehend

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 because the last thing they want to do is bring the wrong guy back to Caiaphas' house.

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 Because by the time they get to Caiaphas' house with the wrong guy,

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 the guy they were supposed to get is going to be long gone

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 and they're going to miss their opportunity to kill him.

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 So we understand why there needs to be a signal.

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 But why didn't they just arrest Jesus during the day?

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 That's the question.

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 Why come at night when they couldn't be sure exactly who he was?

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 Why not take him during the day when they could identify him clearly?

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 Why was it necessary for them to recruit a betrayer among the Lord's disciples?

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 Three reasons I want to give you.

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 First is the reason of the Sanhedrin.

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 The Sanhedrin's reason was secrecy.

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 Secrecy.

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 Now step back and think of the larger picture here.

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 Thousands of people have gathered in Jerusalem,

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 many of whom have been impacted at some point in the last three years

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 by the ministry of Jesus.

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 Now think about this.

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 All of these people in Judea and Galilee that Jesus has healed of leprosy

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 or has raised their children from the dead

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 or has instructed them or helped them in some way

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 are probably in Jerusalem or nearby.

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 They're not against Jesus.

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 Why would they be?

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 Jesus has changed their life.

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 The Sanhedrin is concerned that if they were to make a public show

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 of this particular arrest and custody,

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 what would happen would be a riot among the people,

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 an uproar that would be politically devastating.

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 So they wanted to act swiftly.

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 They wanted to act secretly because they feared a riot.

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 And a betrayer provided them with the perfect opportunity

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 to accomplish their task.

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 Judas knew Jesus' movements.

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 Judas knew Jesus' patterns.

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 He would know that he's going to be in Gethsemane.

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 He would know exactly who he is and how to identify him

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 and what they should do to restrain him.

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 And just look back at verse number one of chapter 14 and remember this.

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 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

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 and the chief priest and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth

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 and kill him.

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 For they said, not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.

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 So why a betrayer?

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 Why betrayal?

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 Well, the Sanhedrin needed it because of secrecy.

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 But what is Judas' reason in this?

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 Why is Judas concerned with betraying the Lord?

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 Well, Judas' reason, I think, is selfish greed.

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 Selfish greed.

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 John chapter 6 tells us that Judas had an issue with greed.

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 He was the group's treasurer.

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 Later, the disciples figure out that he had been stealing from them all along.

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 Clearly, Judas only followed Jesus in hopes of receiving from him

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 some benefit of wealth and power in the coming kingdom.

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 And we've talked about this before.

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 I don't think it's that Judas didn't truly believe Jesus was the Messiah.

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 He just refused to accept what the Messiah's true purpose and identity really was.

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 He thought what's coming along with Jesus is this new kingdom,

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 which meant those who are closest to him are going to give wealth and power to rule the kingdom.

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 And now he's starting to realize this is not who Jesus is.

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 This is not what he's going to do.

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 And so though he may think he is a messianic figure,

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 his faith is not in Jesus' true identity and purpose.

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 He's not a true disciple in that sense.

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 So what does he do?

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 When it became clear that Jesus' plan and purpose didn't meet his expectations,

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 Judas betrayed the Lord for what he really wanted, money.

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 Look back again in Mark 14 to verse 10.

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 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the 12,

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 went to the chief priest in order to betray him to them.

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 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money.

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 And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

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 We find out in other passages, this was 30 pieces of silver.

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 This was the price of a slave that he betrayed the Lord for.

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 So that's the Sanhedrin's reason.

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 That's Judas's reason.

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 What's the ultimate reason though?

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 The ultimate, perhaps we would say the divine reason for this betrayal

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 is the fulfillment of scripture.

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 Judas and the leaders of the Jews,

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 they all had their reasons for doing what they did.

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 But it was accomplished ultimately by the guiding hand of the sovereign God.

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 Jesus himself affirmed that his betrayal was following God's plan and God's word.

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 Look back at verse 20, Mark 14.

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 He said to them,

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 It is one of the 12, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me,

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 for the Son of Man goes as what?

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 Read that next part.

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 As it is written of him.

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 Jesus has already told the disciples,

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 The betrayal is coming.

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 It's going to be one of you.

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 And the reason it's happening is because the scripture said it would happen.

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 Do you see?

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 God is working out his plan.

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 Even through sinful people,

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 God is working out his plan.

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 Now let's take a time out for a second

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 and think about our Lakeside Connect studies.

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 Just last week, our group will do it tonight.

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 So I guess you'll have some answers, I guess, as a part of the discussion here.

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 Think about what was happening with Abraham and Isaac.

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 Think about particularly that whole situation.

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 I can't remember, Mark, what chapter we were texting about last week.

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 The situation with Abimelech and all of that.

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 And then fast forward and frame your mind

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 along with what Paul was getting at in Romans chapter 8 there at the end.

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 We have this groaning.

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 The temptation in that groaning is to think that either by our sin or by our suffering,

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 maybe God isn't fulfilling his promise

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 or maybe God won't fulfill his promise.

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 And then Paul reminds us, no, God is fulfilling his promise.

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 Who can separate us from the love of God?

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 And he gives that whole list of things.

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 Well, none of that can separate us from the love of God.

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 Judas can't prevent God's work.

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 The leaders can't prevent God's work.

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 In fact, God is going to use them and their betrayal and their sin to accomplish his work.

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 God is working out his plan.

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 It's amazing to think about.

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 Now, remember, the Bible is a book about Jesus.

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 And we could go to a few different Old Testament passages

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 that would point toward this betrayal.

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 If you would think maybe typically,

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 maybe you would go to the story of Joseph,

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 who Stephen said in his speech in Acts chapter 7 was a type of the Lord Jesus.

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 And so maybe when you see the betrayal that Joseph experienced from his brothers,

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 maybe you start to see a picture of what is to come,

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 maybe being identified in Christ.

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 Certainly, we see that in David.

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 And two different times, David is betrayed by someone closest to him.

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 One of those times was his very own son, Absalom.

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 Jesus actually quotes a psalm, though.

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 Psalm 41 is the one he quotes.

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 It says,

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 Even my close friend in whom I trusted,

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 who ate my bread,

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 has lifted his heel against me.

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 John says Jesus quoted that verse at the Last Supper

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 in order to tell his disciples this betrayal is the plan of God

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 and it's the fulfillment of the Word of God.

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 Now, here's why I emphasize that.

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 Had Jesus not been betrayed,

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 he wouldn't be the true Messiah.

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 But the fact of his betrayal,

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 as tragic as it is,

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 is another confirmation that he is actually indeed the Savior.

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 Because the Savior had to be betrayed,

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 according to Jesus' own words.

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 So those are the reasons for betrayal.

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 Let's look at the sting of betrayal now.

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 The sting.

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 Think about Judas' treachery here.

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 It's made even more despicable by his choice in identifying the Lord.

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 Now remember, let's just read it again just quickly.

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 Look back with me at verse 44.

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 Now the betrayer had given them a sign saying,

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 The one I will kiss is the man.

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 Seize him and lead him away under guard.

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 So remember, Judas is the architect behind this plan.

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 He's the one who chose the signal.

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 He's the one who carried out the plan.

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 Now he could have simply got to the garden,

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 got close enough to Jesus to point at him and say,

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 Here he is, guys.

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 This is Jesus of Nazareth.

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 John tells us Jesus even steps up to the men and says,

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 Who are you looking for?

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 And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

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 And he says, I am he.

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 He's identifying himself even in this moment.

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 Judas could have easily said, That's him.

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 Get him.

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 But he doesn't do that.

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 In his own mind, in his own plan,

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 he chooses instead to identify the Lord with this kiss.

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 I think an initial mockery that is beginning the process of this passion experience of Jesus.

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 The words rabbi and kissed here are emphatic in the Greek,

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 meaning that when Judas comes to Jesus,

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 he embraces him in a way that expresses deep love and affection.

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 It's the sting of betrayal.

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 It's the kiss of betrayal.

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 It's the kiss of death.

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 But why?

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 Why would he do that?

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 I can't say what for sure was in Judas' mind.

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 It's clear what was the condition of his heart, though.

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 It's one thing to be the agent of betrayal.

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 It's a whole new expression of depravity for the sign of one's betrayal

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 to be a symbol of love and of affection.

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 This is the kind of emotional and relational pain that Jesus endures for us.

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 He endures on our behalf.

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 This is the extent that he was willing to go.

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 Philippians 2,

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 He who sat on the throne of heaven descends to become the lowest of man.

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 We sing the songs at Christmas,

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 the song I remember us singing last year so often during December,

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 Thou who was rich beyond all splendor,

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 all for love's sake,

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 became as poor,

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 was condemned.

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 The God who created Judas is now mocked by him,

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 is now condemned by him.

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 I want you to compare the treachery of Judas here

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 with the steadfast love of the Lord.

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 Is there not a contrast taking place here in Mark's purpose?

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 Notice how Jesus does and does not respond to Judas.

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 He doesn't berate him.

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 He doesn't spew hateful words.

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 He doesn't let him know,

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 I knew it all from the beginning it was going to be you.

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 No, there's nothing like that that happens.

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 Matthew actually says,

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Friend,

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 do what you came to do.

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 Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

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 Matthew,

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 who was present in the moment,

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 who witnessed this unfold,

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 said he called him friend.

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 That's an interesting choice of words here, isn't it?

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 Because Judas certainly wasn't Jesus' friend.

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 He was his betrayer.

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 But he wasn't speaking from the perspective of Judas.

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 It doesn't mean that Jesus was ignorant of

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 or indifferent to what Judas did.

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 I think it does reveal the steadfastness of his love

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 for those who sin against him,

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 which is all of us, by the way.

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 He didn't merely teach us to love our enemies.

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 He lived it.

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 And he commands that we follow him

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 as we face treacherous acts of betrayal ourselves.

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 When people do us wrong,

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 how is it that we respond to them?

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 I think Jesus gives us a pretty amazing pattern here

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 on what it actually means to love your enemies

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 and to pray for them,

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 to persecute you,

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 and to show kindness to them.

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 Well, that's Jesus' betrayal.

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 Let's secondly look at Jesus' arrest.

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 Jesus arrested.

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 Verse 46,

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 And they laid hands on him and seized him.

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 So just as Jesus predicted his betrayal,

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 so he foretold his arrest.

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 Now Mark has told us this three different times already.

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 In fact, let's just trace it back.

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 Flip a couple of pages back to Mark chapter 8.

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 Mark chapter 8.

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 And look with me at verse 31.

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 And he began to teach them

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 that the Son of Man must suffer many things

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 and be rejected by the elders

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 and the chief priests and the scribes

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 and be killed

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 and after three days rise again.

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 And he said this plainly.

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 All right, prediction number one.

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 Now look at chapter 9.

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 Look at chapter 9 and verse 30.

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 Let's start at verse 30.

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 They went on from there and passed through Galilee

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 and he did not want anyone to know

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 for he was teaching his disciples,

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 saying to them,

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 The Son of Man is going to be delivered

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 into the hands of men

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 and they will kill him.

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 And when he is killed,

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 after three days,

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 he will rise.

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 That's prediction number two.

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 Go to chapter 10 now.

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 Chapter 10.

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 Let's look at verse 32.

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 And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem

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 and Jesus was walking ahead of them

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 and they were amazed

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 and those who followed were afraid

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 and taking the 12 again,

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 he began to tell them what was to happen.

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem

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 and the Son of Man will be delivered

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 over to the chief priests and the scribes

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 and they will condemn him to death

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 and deliver him over to the Gentiles

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 and they will mock him

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 and spit on him

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 and flog him

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 and kill him

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 and after three days,

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 he will rise.

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 Verse 46 here,

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 back to chapter 14,

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 is the precise fulfillment

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 of what Jesus had repeatedly prophesied.

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 The precise fulfillment.

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 I want you to think about this.

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 He knew exactly what was going to happen

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 when he got to Jerusalem

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 and he went there anyway.

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 Nothing about this moment

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 is outside of Jesus' control.

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 It's not outside of his power to influence.

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 He willingly obeyed the Father's plan

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 by laying down his life for us

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 and verse 46,

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 simple as it may be,

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 straightforward as it may be,

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 is a monumental verse

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 to just tell us what Jesus said is true.

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 It happened

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 and it happened

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 because he was willing for it to happen.

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 Now another gospel

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 we're going to see here in just a second,

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 one of the disciples gets carried away.

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 Another gospel tells us

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 that when Jesus responds in that moment,

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 he says,

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 do you not realize

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 that I can call

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 12 legions of angels

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 from my Father?

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 That's a thousand angels

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 at least

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 for Jesus

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 plus all of the remaining disciples.

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 If we were really in trouble, men,

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 if this was really a problem, men,

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 I could appeal to the Father

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 and we'd have all the help that we need.

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 But this is the plan.

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 This is what I've told you.

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 It was all a part of God's plan.

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 Jesus knew

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 and he pursued it willingly.

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 Why?

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 Love, right?

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 Love,

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 all for love's sake,

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 he did these things.

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 Verse 47,

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 one of those who stood by

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 drew his sword

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 and struck the servant

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 of the high priest,

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 cut off his ear.

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 So one of the disciples

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 was far less willing

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 than Jesus was.

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 John 18 tells us

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 it was Peter.

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 Which isn't so much

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 of a surprise to us,

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 is it?

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.720
 It's not unusual

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:35.019
 for us to find Peter

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.140
 acting or speaking

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:37.560
 without first thinking.

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.360
 Now how many of you

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.519
 can identify with Peter

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.900
 in that?

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.600
 I think I've told you

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.759
 my mom had this habit

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.640
 when I was growing up.

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.360
 She would tell me

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:46.460
 that my mouth was in drive

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.820
 and my brain was in neutral

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:49.019
 is what she would say.

00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:50.160
 In other words,

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:52.420
 I would act or say

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.900
 before I would actually

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.720
 use the brain

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.779
 that God had given me.

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.840
 Peter functions that way

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.259
 quite a bit,

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.680
 doesn't he?

00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.240
 He's often rash,

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:01.600
 passionate,

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.540
 to his credit,

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.580
 passionate,

00:31:05.300 --> 00:31:06.680
 but a bit rash.

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:09.040
 And it always bites him,

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.540
 doesn't it?

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.300
 The heat of the moment,

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.180
 he kind of thoughtlessly

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:14.200
 grabs a sword

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:16.100
 and he takes a swing

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:17.380
 at one of the high priests.

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.779
 One of the gospels

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.779
 tells us the high priest

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.779
 priest's servant.

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:22.700
 His name was Malchus.

00:31:23.580 --> 00:31:24.360
 Now Luke wrote

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:25.779
 that after correcting Peter,

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:28.740
 Jesus touched Malchus' head

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:30.519
 and fully restored

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.980
 his injured ear.

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.980
 That's pretty amazing too.

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.820
 In the midst of all of this,

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.840
 Jesus still displays

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:39.120
 his love and compassion

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:40.580
 and his power

00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:41.920
 in order to heal this man.

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.060
 Which just as another,

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.779
 by the way,

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.519
 I would really encourage you

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:48.540
 to lay the four gospel accounts

00:31:48.540 --> 00:31:49.300
 beside each other.

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.639
 Each of them is a bit different

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:52.200
 and helps really fill in

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.579
 this particular story.

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.500
 I would encourage you

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.019
 to do that.

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.519
 Mark omits a lot

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.139
 of the details

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:59.480
 that the other gospel authors

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.000
 includes.

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.399
 But his aim

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:03.480
 was not to fill us in

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.180
 on every detail

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.859
 of the story.

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.659
 That's not Mark's aim here.

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.759
 Remember the dual focus

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:11.240
 that I told you Mark has

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.419
 in his book overall,

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.119
 but especially

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.859
 in this section.

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:16.259
 There's the dual focus

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.139
 of Jesus' Messiahship

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:19.339
 and faithfulness

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:21.619
 compared with the,

00:32:21.699 --> 00:32:22.979
 or contrasted with,

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.599
 the dynamic

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:26.339
 of faithful discipleship.

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:29.379
 Where all of the disciples

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.879
 failed,

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.539
 Jesus was faithful.

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:33.119
 Jesus persevered

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:34.119
 in all of those things.

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.539
 We see that happening

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.099
 here again.

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.799
 There's a contrast here

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.679
 for Mark's purpose.

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.919
 It doesn't matter who it is.

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.700
 What matters

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.759
 is what they did.

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:43.080
 So let's consider

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.779
 Peter's sin

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.620
 for just a moment.

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.420
 Let's give him

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.140
 a little bit of credit.

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.800
 Peter's motive

00:32:49.800 --> 00:32:51.400
 was born out of his love

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.960
 and his loyalty for Jesus.

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:55.039
 Let's get that part right.

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:58.000
 It would also be wrong

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.960
 for us to say

00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.660
 that Peter shouldn't

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.460
 have been bothered

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.500
 by what was happening.

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:03.680
 That he should have just

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:05.039
 accepted

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.539
 because Jesus had said

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.300
 he would be betrayed

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:07.820
 and arrested.

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.480
 That he should just accept

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.200
 it without any kind

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.279
 of emotional experience

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.660
 at all.

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:13.120
 That wouldn't be right

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.980
 for us to say either.

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.420
 The problem here

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:18.620
 is that his untempered anger

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:21.400
 produced a murderous act.

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.980
 I think it's safe

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.700
 for us to say

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:26.000
 Peter wasn't aiming

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:27.000
 for Malchus' ear.

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.360
 One preacher said

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.700
 either he was really good

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:32.079
 to be able to cut off

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.180
 only Malchus' ear

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:34.799
 or he's really bad

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.720
 to miss the rest

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.339
 of his head

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:38.380
 because that's what

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.540
 Peter's aiming for here.

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:42.120
 He's trying to kill this man.

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.800
 This is not the man

00:33:43.800 --> 00:33:44.560
 arresting Jesus.

00:33:44.800 --> 00:33:45.820
 This is the servant

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:47.060
 probably with the warrant.

00:33:48.280 --> 00:33:49.440
 And Peter in a moment

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:51.100
 of brashness

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:52.380
 takes out his sword

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.660
 and commits

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:56.580
 a murderous act.

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:59.500
 This was attempted murder.

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:01.760
 And Jesus reminds Peter

00:34:01.760 --> 00:34:02.560
 as such

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:03.620
 when he says

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.580
 in Matthew 26

00:34:04.580 --> 00:34:05.820
 that all who take

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.339
 the sword

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.339
 will perish

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:08.099
 by the sword.

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.960
 In other words

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:10.019
 this is not

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:11.239
 the right action Peter.

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.599
 This is murderous

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.139
 which makes

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.739
 means that

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.719
 it would be

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:16.000
 perfectly legitimate

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.860
 for justice

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.739
 to be carried out

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.219
 on you.

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.819
 You would deserve

00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.960
 to be put to death

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.519
 for what you just did.

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.319
 That's what he's saying

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.799
 to Peter.

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.380
 Peter was right

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.980
 to be angry

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.440
 but still he acted

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.639
 in the flesh

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.880
 instead of following

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.940
 Jesus' teaching

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.599
 and example.

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:34.380
 When did Jesus

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.659
 ever call his disciples

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.319
 to arms?

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.639
 Never.

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.079
 Never.

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.219
 In fact

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:42.079
 he regularly preached

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:43.219
 against this type

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:43.960
 of retribution

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.179
 and vengeance.

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.440
 Kent Hughes notes

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.619
 how easy it is

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:50.139
 to be out of step

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.900
 with Christ

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.940
 when we think

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.219
 we are serving him

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:56.380
 even defending him.

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.440
 Think about that again.

00:34:58.759 --> 00:35:00.239
 How easy it is for us

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:01.619
 to actually

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.399
 in a moment

00:35:02.399 --> 00:35:03.779
 where in our motive

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:05.199
 and in our thought

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.319
 we are serving Christ

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:07.439
 and we are defending Christ

00:35:07.439 --> 00:35:08.579
 but we're actually doing it

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.799
 in quite a sinful way.

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.759
 It's a reminder to us

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.259
 isn't it?

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.859
 That our motives

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.699
 and our position

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.899
 can be right

00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:18.759
 and yet our actions

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.979
 still be sinful.

00:35:22.339 --> 00:35:23.639
 We need to take

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.559
 the right stand

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:26.799
 but we have to avoid

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.779
 this hateful

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:29.239
 spiteful

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:31.199
 self-righteous spirit

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.399
 that's wrapped

00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:33.319
 often

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:35.179
 in compassionless

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:36.500
 argumentation

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.000
 with those

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:38.039
 who disagree with us

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.599
 or do not follow Christ.

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:41.339
 There's a difference

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:42.899
 between standing for Christ

00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:44.359
 and being a jerk

00:35:44.359 --> 00:35:46.419
 and here

00:35:46.419 --> 00:35:48.059
 Peter's being a jerk.

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:53.359
 His aim

00:35:53.359 --> 00:35:54.439
 was to destroy

00:35:54.439 --> 00:35:55.019
 his enemy

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:58.000
 and we're often

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.880
 guilty of having

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.679
 the same goal

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:02.159
 and we start

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:03.079
 to consider

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.579
 the culture

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.119
 around us

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.800
 there's lots of things

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.860
 we need to stand for

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.840
 in biblical truth.

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.380
 We talk about

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.380
 the abortion debates

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.820
 that are getting

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.940
 very heated

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.679
 at this point.

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.739
 We think about

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:15.340
 the sexual revolution

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.500
 that's taking place

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.219
 and is only going to

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:18.340
 continue to get worse

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.400
 and we can even

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.400
 get really specific

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.059
 with the things

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:22.019
 going on with Disney

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.840
 and some of the things

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.600
 that they're doing

00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:24.800
 and what do we do

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.260
 and it would be

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.380
 very easy for us

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.320
 in the process

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:28.539
 of standing for truth

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:30.019
 and defending Christ

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.100
 to actually do that

00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:31.579
 in a way

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.079
 that's actually

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.680
 quite sinful.

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:35.519
 But Jesus shows us

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.320
 a way of righteousness

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.019
 and that's what I want

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.720
 to point out here.

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.180
 Verse 48

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:41.559
 Jesus said to them

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:43.460
 have you come out

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.340
 against a robber

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:45.820
 with swords

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.519
 and clubs

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.440
 to capture me?

00:36:48.620 --> 00:36:49.559
 Day after day

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.180
 I was with you

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:51.180
 in the temple teaching

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:53.119
 and you did not seize me

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:55.119
 but let the scriptures

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.940
 be fulfilled.

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.839
 Do you see the difference

00:36:58.839 --> 00:36:59.379
 in Peter

00:36:59.379 --> 00:37:00.940
 and Jesus' responses?

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.619
 Peter aims

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.879
 to destroy the enemy

00:37:04.879 --> 00:37:07.039
 Jesus appeals

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.919
 to their conscience

00:37:07.919 --> 00:37:08.480
 instead.

00:37:10.899 --> 00:37:11.839
 He doesn't seek

00:37:11.839 --> 00:37:12.799
 to destroy them

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.859
 he seeks

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:14.699
 to win them

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:17.019
 if not in that moment

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:18.000
 perhaps later

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.980
 when they would look back

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.739
 on this particular

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:21.079
 experience that they had.

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:24.199
 He pointed out

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.899
 that their method

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.859
 of arresting him

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:27.139
 exposed the lack

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.899
 of justification

00:37:27.899 --> 00:37:29.299
 for the very arrest.

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:32.519
 He essentially says

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.279
 if I'm guilty

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:34.079
 of a crime

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.819
 that warrants

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:36.179
 a crowd of armed soldiers

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:38.199
 why did you come

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.839
 in the secrecy

00:37:38.839 --> 00:37:39.339
 of the night?

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.379
 Why didn't you

00:37:41.379 --> 00:37:41.980
 just take me

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.639
 during the day?

00:37:42.839 --> 00:37:43.519
 Do you see what he's doing?

00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:44.639
 He's not fighting

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.299
 against them

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:46.500
 he's exposing

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.139
 their error.

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.559
 He's appealing

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.480
 to their conscience

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:53.980
 I didn't hide

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.539
 from anyone

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.539
 Jesus says

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:57.139
 he could have

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.880
 easily gotten me

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.340
 in the temple

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.340
 day after day

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:00.940
 why are you

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.980
 doing it like this?

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.300
 He wanted them

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:05.960
 to look back

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.659
 on that moment

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.320
 and see it

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:08.000
 as a fulfillment

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.599
 of scripture.

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.740
 Sinclair Ferguson

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.440
 I think was

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.199
 was helpful

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.920
 in pointing this

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:13.119
 dynamic out to me

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.820
 he said

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.360
 inherent

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.820
 in Jesus' words

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:17.539
 is a moral appeal

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:19.380
 he wanted

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.920
 to speak

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.259
 to their

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.880
 consciences

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.639
 in a way

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:23.000
 that might be

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.820
 used later

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.960
 to convict them

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.360
 of their own sin

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.619
 and of his own

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.139
 righteousness

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:29.739
 wasn't that always

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.639
 Jesus' aim?

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:33.199
 He didn't seek

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:34.219
 to destroy people

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.699
 he sought

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.500
 to win them

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:38.219
 quite a difference

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:39.199
 from Peter

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:41.579
 whereas Peter's

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.139
 hatefulness

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.679
 is aimed

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.639
 to destroy men

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:45.219
 Jesus' love

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.899
 and compassion

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:46.259
 sought

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:46.819
 to convince

00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:47.639
 them of the truth

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:49.059
 and in that

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:50.659
 we find the right way

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:52.619
 to stand boldly

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.739
 for Christ

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:55.159
 and for the truth

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:57.019
 in a way

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.599
 that in our

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.419
 heart of hearts

00:38:58.419 --> 00:38:59.759
 seeks to actually

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.519
 win a person

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.259
 to the truth

00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:02.299
 not merely

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:03.019
 destroy them

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.959
 or viscerate them

00:39:03.959 --> 00:39:04.819
 with our words.

00:39:06.439 --> 00:39:07.259
 So we see

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:08.019
 Jesus betrayed

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.679
 we see Jesus

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.119
 arrested

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:10.000
 finally and quickly

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.819
 we see Jesus

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:11.919
 forsaken

00:39:11.919 --> 00:39:14.219
 Jesus forsaken

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:15.659
 look at verse 50

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:17.279
 and they all

00:39:17.279 --> 00:39:17.679
 left him

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.219
 and fled

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.099
 and a young man

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.739
 followed him

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.179
 with nothing

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:22.000
 but a linen cloth

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.759
 about his body

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:24.359
 and they seized him

00:39:24.359 --> 00:39:25.599
 but he left

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.379
 the linen cloth

00:39:26.379 --> 00:39:27.159
 and ran away

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:28.500
 naked

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.699
 interesting

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:32.179
 so again

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:33.259
 Jesus told the disciples

00:39:33.259 --> 00:39:33.959
 this would happen

00:39:33.959 --> 00:39:34.259
 right?

00:39:34.399 --> 00:39:35.679
 Look back at verse 27

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:37.439
 of Mark 14

00:39:37.439 --> 00:39:39.059
 Jesus said to them

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.980
 you will all

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.879
 fall away

00:39:40.879 --> 00:39:43.259
 for it is written

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:44.880
 I will strike

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.360
 the shepherd

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.800
 and the sheep

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:48.380
 will be scattered

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.320
 that's a quotation

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:50.040
 by Jesus

00:39:50.040 --> 00:39:51.380
 from the prophet

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:52.280
 Zechariah

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:53.560
 Jesus says

00:39:53.560 --> 00:39:54.020
 all of you

00:39:54.020 --> 00:39:54.280
 are going to

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.740
 fall away

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:55.500
 because the Bible

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.420
 says all of you

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.160
 will fall away

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:58.140
 and then he gives

00:39:58.140 --> 00:39:58.700
 them that wonderful

00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:59.160
 promise

00:39:59.160 --> 00:39:59.440
 right?

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.400
 So Jesus said

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.020
 this would happen

00:40:01.020 --> 00:40:01.720
 and what do we

00:40:01.720 --> 00:40:02.720
 find in this passage?

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.560
 Well we find

00:40:03.560 --> 00:40:04.580
 what Jesus said

00:40:04.580 --> 00:40:05.080
 actually

00:40:05.080 --> 00:40:06.200
 indeed happening

00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:07.280
 just as he said it

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:08.780
 now Mark

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.940
 is the only gospel

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.940
 author to include

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.540
 this note

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.559
 about the young man

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:14.699
 and many scholars

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.639
 believe that this

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.559
 is Mark himself

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:19.000
 and it's very easy

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:20.420
 to build a convincing

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:21.440
 argument about that

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:21.800
 in fact

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.820
 if you want to know

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:24.759
 what that argument is

00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:25.239
 I'll talk to you

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.880
 after the service

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.820
 but it's not the point

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:27.980
 of why it's here

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:30.079
 we don't know

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:31.059
 for sure who it is

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.960
 we don't know

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.639
 why they're there

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:35.059
 there is an

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:36.699
 intentional ambiguity

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:38.279
 in Mark's

00:40:38.279 --> 00:40:39.619
 on Mark's part

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:42.279
 that tells us

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:42.739
 that it was

00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:43.679
 his intention

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:46.099
 not for us

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:47.099
 to get distracted

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:48.000
 by the unusual

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.920
 nature of this

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.259
 story

00:40:49.259 --> 00:40:51.019
 the fact that

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.679
 he doesn't name

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.119
 the person

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.599
 and he gives us

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:53.259
 no other filler

00:40:53.259 --> 00:40:54.319
 information

00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:55.139
 tells us that

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.599
 none of those

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.099
 things matter

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.519
 to Mark

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.239
 what Mark

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:57.799
 is trying to

00:40:57.799 --> 00:40:58.119
 emphasize

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:59.000
 is the event

00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.500
 itself

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.400
 what actually

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:01.279
 happened

00:41:01.279 --> 00:41:01.980
 with this

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.480
 young man

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:03.679
 he writes

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:03.980
 it

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:05.299
 merely because

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:06.299
 it happened

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:07.760
 and what Mark

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.460
 is emphasizing

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:09.140
 here is the

00:41:09.140 --> 00:41:09.620
 fact that

00:41:09.620 --> 00:41:10.300
 all of the

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:10.900
 followers of

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.260
 Jesus

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:12.660
 fell away

00:41:12.660 --> 00:41:14.960
 even

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:16.460
 the brave

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:17.200
 young man

00:41:17.200 --> 00:41:18.160
 who outstayed

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:18.900
 all the other

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.440
 disciples

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:21.360
 all the disciples

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:21.860
 fled

00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:22.700
 and then there's

00:41:22.700 --> 00:41:23.500
 this young man

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.140
 who seems to be

00:41:24.140 --> 00:41:24.880
 tagging along

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.900
 and he follows

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.740
 closely along

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.200
 with Jesus

00:41:27.200 --> 00:41:28.100
 until the soldiers

00:41:28.100 --> 00:41:28.900
 recognize him

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.780
 let's just say

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.539
 for just a second

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.440
 whoever this man

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.060
 is whether it's

00:41:32.060 --> 00:41:32.640
 Mark or someone

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:32.960
 else

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:34.019
 this young fellow

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.460
 has got a lot

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.960
 of courage

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:36.420
 because all the

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.260
 disciples ran

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:38.300
 and he follows

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:39.079
 along anyways

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.880
 and it's only

00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:40.659
 at the moment

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:41.720
 only at the moment

00:41:41.720 --> 00:41:42.400
 that the soldiers

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.260
 recognize him

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:44.659
 and his very life

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.400
 is then threatened

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:46.460
 that he begins

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:46.920
 to run

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.840
 which is exactly

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.340
 why all the

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:49.300
 disciples ran too

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:50.800
 so even the most

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.860
 courageous

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:53.240
 of the people

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:54.000
 present in that

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.440
 moment

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:56.559
 still forsook

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:57.380
 Jesus

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:58.780
 that's Mark's

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.139
 point

00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:00.400
 that in this

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:00.880
 moment

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:02.000
 Jesus was

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.599
 utterly

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.780
 forsaken

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:04.800
 he faced

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:05.100
 what was

00:42:05.100 --> 00:42:05.880
 ahead of him

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.660
 totally

00:42:06.660 --> 00:42:07.540
 abandoned

00:42:07.540 --> 00:42:08.360
 by every

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:08.940
 friend

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.519
 by every

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.100
 follower

00:42:10.100 --> 00:42:11.240
 and ultimately

00:42:11.240 --> 00:42:12.080
 by the

00:42:12.080 --> 00:42:12.500
 father

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.340
 himself

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:14.840
 and in

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.320
 fulfillment

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.700
 of the

00:42:15.700 --> 00:42:16.080
 scripture

00:42:16.080 --> 00:42:17.040
 he was

00:42:17.040 --> 00:42:17.560
 totally

00:42:17.560 --> 00:42:18.420
 alone

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:19.340
 to bear

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:20.100
 our sin

00:42:20.100 --> 00:42:20.780
 and to

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.340
 endure

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:22.420
 the wrath

00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:23.540
 of God

00:42:23.540 --> 00:42:25.080
 again

00:42:25.080 --> 00:42:25.640
 Ferguson

00:42:25.640 --> 00:42:26.340
 is helpful

00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:27.620
 Jesus

00:42:27.620 --> 00:42:28.200
 was being

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:28.540
 left

00:42:28.540 --> 00:42:29.200
 entirely

00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:29.760
 alone

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:31.240
 in what

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.460
 he was

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:32.000
 about to

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.260
 do

00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:33.200
 no one

00:42:33.200 --> 00:42:33.740
 would stand

00:42:33.740 --> 00:42:34.260
 with him

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:35.700
 no one

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:36.380
 could

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:38.400
 he would

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:39.180
 stand alone

00:42:39.180 --> 00:42:40.000
 as savior

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:41.320
 because he

00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:41.880
 alone

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.840
 was fit

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.480
 to bear

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:44.320
 the judgment

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:45.200
 of God

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.080
 in our

00:42:46.080 --> 00:42:47.140
 place

00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:48.200
 like a

00:42:48.200 --> 00:42:48.660
 lamb

00:42:48.660 --> 00:42:49.700
 led away

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:50.460
 to the

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:50.960
 slaughter

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.980
 Isaiah

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.520
 writes

00:42:52.520 --> 00:42:53.880
 so Jesus

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.460
 is led

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:54.760
 away

00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:55.160
 in this

00:42:55.160 --> 00:42:55.600
 moment

00:42:55.600 --> 00:42:56.500
 utterly

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.360
 alone

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:58.280
 to drink

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.920
 the cup

00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.880
 and face

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.500
 the hour

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:01.180
 that the

00:43:01.180 --> 00:43:01.539
 father

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:02.019
 had set

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.380
 aside

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.740
 for him

00:43:02.740 --> 00:43:03.280
 to drink

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:03.920
 and to

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:04.280
 face

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:04.980
 and why

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.300
 does he

00:43:05.300 --> 00:43:05.740
 do that

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.579
 he does

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:07.059
 that in

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:07.619
 order that

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:08.119
 he might

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.820
 take our

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.360
 place

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:10.340
 and provide

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:10.980
 forgiveness

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:12.059
 and freedom

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:13.180
 and life

00:43:13.180 --> 00:43:16.980
 I said at the

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:17.240
 beginning

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:18.200
 this this

00:43:18.200 --> 00:43:18.880
 passage is

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.340
 simple and

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:19.680
 straightforward

00:43:19.680 --> 00:43:20.039
 it really

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.519
 is

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:21.460
 and while

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:21.700
 there's

00:43:21.700 --> 00:43:22.340
 lessons for

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:22.680
 us to

00:43:22.680 --> 00:43:23.159
 learn through

00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:23.900
 the text

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:25.720
 the main

00:43:25.720 --> 00:43:26.200
 purpose

00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:26.660
 here is

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:27.280
 to reveal

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:28.960
 that Jesus

00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:29.500
 is the

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:29.900
 perfect

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:30.480
 fulfillment

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.900
 of the

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:31.220
 scriptures

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:31.800
 teaching

00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:32.639
 about the

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:33.099
 Messiah

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:34.920
 remember

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.320
 Mark

00:43:35.320 --> 00:43:35.940
 chapter 1

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.340
 in verse

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:36.840
 1

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:38.019
 Mark

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:38.559
 tells us

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.039
 his goal

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:40.800
 the beginning

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:41.079
 of the

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:41.660
 gospel of

00:43:41.660 --> 00:43:42.000
 Jesus

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:43.119
 Christ

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:44.460
 Messiah

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.720
 Son of

00:43:45.720 --> 00:43:45.900
 God

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.240
 what's he

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:46.500
 doing

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:47.059
 he's

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.519
 presenting

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:48.019
 the fact

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.820
 declaring

00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:49.260
 the fact

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:50.160
 proclaiming

00:43:50.160 --> 00:43:51.280
 good news

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:52.160
 Jesus

00:43:52.160 --> 00:43:52.980
 of Nazareth

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:54.240
 he is

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:54.980
 the one

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.480
 and when

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:55.860
 we get

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.280
 to this

00:43:56.280 --> 00:43:56.719
 passage

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.219
 and we

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.760
 see the

00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:58.320
 fulfillment

00:43:58.320 --> 00:43:59.119
 of Jesus

00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:00.019
 the fulfillment

00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:00.579
 of scripture

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.519
 in Jesus

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:02.079
 we see

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:03.460
 yes indeed

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:04.519
 Jesus is

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:04.980
 the one

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.940
 yes indeed

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:07.000
 he is

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.420
 the one

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.840
 we must

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:08.340
 trust

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:08.860
 that we

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:09.619
 must follow

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:10.199
 that we

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:10.960
 must believe

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:11.679
 he is

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.219
 the only

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:12.780
 way

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:14.340
 that's

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:14.820
 the point

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:15.699
 it's

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.199
 significant

00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:17.139
 simple

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:18.300
 praise the

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:18.659
 Lord

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:20.000
 but significant

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:22.760
 and there's

00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:23.100
 real

00:44:23.100 --> 00:44:23.680
 eternal

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:24.600
 implications

00:44:24.600 --> 00:44:25.120
 to this

00:44:25.120 --> 00:44:25.360
 truth

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:25.760
 for every

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:26.080
 one of

00:44:26.080 --> 00:44:26.460
 us

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:28.460
 step back

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.820
 for just

00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:29.320
 a moment

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:31.120
 and consider

00:44:31.120 --> 00:44:31.540
 the bigger

00:44:31.540 --> 00:44:32.060
 picture of

00:44:32.060 --> 00:44:32.660
 this arrest

00:44:32.660 --> 00:44:36.580
 even knowing

00:44:36.580 --> 00:44:37.480
 your own

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.140
 innocence

00:44:38.140 --> 00:44:40.600
 there would

00:44:40.600 --> 00:44:41.060
 be

00:44:41.060 --> 00:44:42.380
 incredible

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:43.060
 shame

00:44:43.060 --> 00:44:43.980
 and embarrassment

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:45.720
 that would

00:44:45.720 --> 00:44:46.420
 come with

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:47.420
 being publicly

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:49.180
 carried away

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:51.119
 in handcuffs

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:51.919
 and put

00:44:51.919 --> 00:44:52.279
 into a

00:44:52.279 --> 00:44:52.960
 police car

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.639
 to be

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:53.940
 driven

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.339
 to the

00:44:54.339 --> 00:44:55.000
 city jail

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:56.179
 in front

00:44:56.179 --> 00:44:56.460
 of your

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:57.059
 wife

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:57.940
 and your

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.460
 children

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:59.359
 and your

00:44:59.359 --> 00:44:59.859
 neighbors

00:44:59.859 --> 00:45:00.659
 and your

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.159
 friends

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:01.480
 or your

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:02.019
 church

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:02.319
 can you

00:45:02.319 --> 00:45:02.839
 imagine

00:45:02.839 --> 00:45:03.619
 even if

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:03.859
 you knew

00:45:03.859 --> 00:45:04.500
 your innocence

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:06.139
 there's

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:06.639
 shame in

00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:06.899
 that

00:45:06.899 --> 00:45:08.099
 there's

00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:08.719
 embarrassment

00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:09.980
 in that

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:12.639
 Jesus

00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:13.419
 was totally

00:45:13.419 --> 00:45:13.839
 innocent

00:45:13.839 --> 00:45:15.219
 having never

00:45:15.219 --> 00:45:15.819
 even sinned

00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:16.620
 one time

00:45:16.620 --> 00:45:19.420
 yet he was

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:20.280
 counted as a

00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:20.720
 dangerous

00:45:20.720 --> 00:45:21.200
 criminal

00:45:21.200 --> 00:45:22.820
 he was

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.340
 put on

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:24.160
 display

00:45:24.160 --> 00:45:26.059
 even in

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.440
 the night

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:26.760
 in front

00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:26.980
 of his

00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:27.500
 disciples

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:28.680
 as if

00:45:28.680 --> 00:45:29.340
 he was

00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:29.539
 the

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:30.440
 transgressor

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:32.760
 in his

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:33.280
 arrest

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:34.480
 he is

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:34.900
 numbered

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:35.400
 with the

00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:36.380
 transgressors

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:37.260
 Jesus

00:45:37.260 --> 00:45:37.960
 bearing

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:38.760
 the shame

00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:39.680
 that belongs

00:45:39.680 --> 00:45:40.480
 to us

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:42.440
 and this

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:42.900
 was just

00:45:42.900 --> 00:45:43.539
 the beginning

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:46.239
 Isaiah 53

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:46.719
 12

00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:47.639
 he poured

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:48.159
 out his

00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:48.599
 soul

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:49.579
 to death

00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:50.440
 and was

00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:50.900
 numbered

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:51.300
 with the

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:52.179
 transgressors

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:52.900
 yet he

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.639
 bore the

00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:54.119
 sin

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:55.059
 of many

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:57.019
 and makes

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:58.000
 intercession

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.599
 for the

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:59.500
 transgressors

00:45:59.500 --> 00:46:00.440
 do you see

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:01.519
 what Isaiah

00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:02.320
 was saying

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:04.619
 this righteous

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:05.219
 one

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:06.800
 the servant

00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:07.500
 of God

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:08.880
 sinless

00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:10.320
 perfect

00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:11.960
 would be

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:13.059
 counted as a

00:46:13.059 --> 00:46:14.139
 transgressor

00:46:14.139 --> 00:46:16.559
 and in being

00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:17.360
 counted as a

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:18.059
 transgressor

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.719
 he would

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:19.380
 bear the

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:19.860
 sin of

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:20.779
 many people

00:46:20.779 --> 00:46:22.259
 true

00:46:22.259 --> 00:46:23.279
 transgressors

00:46:23.279 --> 00:46:24.759
 why

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:26.000
 what did

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:26.480
 he say

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:28.719
 so that

00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:30.420
 he could

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:30.679
 make

00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:31.420
 intercession

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:31.940
 for the

00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:32.799
 transgressors

00:46:32.799 --> 00:46:34.599
 is that not

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:34.920
 the role

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:35.360
 that Jesus

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:35.980
 now plays

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:36.559
 for us

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:38.219
 the new

00:46:38.219 --> 00:46:38.579
 testament

00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:39.320
 refers to

00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:39.659
 him as

00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:40.039
 making

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:40.759
 intercession

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:42.320
 that he

00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:42.760
 pleads

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:43.240
 along with

00:46:43.240 --> 00:46:43.800
 the father

00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:44.560
 when we

00:46:44.560 --> 00:46:44.900
 stand

00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:45.480
 condemned

00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:45.900
 in our

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.480
 sin

00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:47.300
 dead

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:47.680
 in our

00:46:47.680 --> 00:46:48.260
 sin

00:46:48.260 --> 00:46:49.600
 Jesus

00:46:49.600 --> 00:46:50.380
 the righteous

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:50.940
 one

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:52.240
 upon our

00:46:52.240 --> 00:46:52.820
 faith

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:54.960
 intercedes

00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:55.600
 for us

00:46:55.600 --> 00:46:56.280
 on our

00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:56.660
 behalf

00:46:56.660 --> 00:46:57.080
 to the

00:46:57.080 --> 00:46:57.440
 father

00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:58.300
 and in

00:46:58.300 --> 00:46:58.860
 that moment

00:46:58.860 --> 00:47:00.000
 reconciles

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:00.740
 two enemies

00:47:00.740 --> 00:47:01.920
 the holy

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:02.360
 God

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:03.220
 and the

00:47:03.220 --> 00:47:03.540
 sinful

00:47:03.540 --> 00:47:04.020
 man

00:47:04.020 --> 00:47:05.640
 and what

00:47:05.640 --> 00:47:06.140
 makes it

00:47:06.140 --> 00:47:06.860
 possible for

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:07.420
 Jesus to

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:07.920
 do that

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:09.280
 he was

00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:09.900
 counted as

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:10.019
 a

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:10.880
 transgressor

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:12.039
 and he

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:12.519
 bore the

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:13.079
 sin of

00:47:13.079 --> 00:47:13.360
 many

00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:17.079
 that's the

00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:17.599
 significance

00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:19.300
 this isn't a

00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:19.780
 story of

00:47:19.780 --> 00:47:20.420
 execution

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:22.420
 this is a

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.900
 story of

00:47:22.900 --> 00:47:23.659
 substitution

00:47:23.659 --> 00:47:26.900
 we are the

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.680
 sinners who

00:47:27.680 --> 00:47:28.440
 deserve to be

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:29.039
 forsaken

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:31.119
 alienated from

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.480
 God

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:33.700
 but on the

00:47:33.700 --> 00:47:34.260
 cross

00:47:34.260 --> 00:47:36.559
 Jesus the

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:37.380
 righteous one

00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:39.019
 was forsaken

00:47:39.019 --> 00:47:39.820
 in our

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:40.380
 place

00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:42.360
 he was

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:43.200
 numbered with

00:47:43.200 --> 00:47:44.140
 the transgressors

00:47:44.140 --> 00:47:45.200
 so that real

00:47:45.200 --> 00:47:46.200
 transgressors could

00:47:46.200 --> 00:47:46.840
 be declared

00:47:46.840 --> 00:47:47.660
 forgiven

00:47:47.660 --> 00:47:48.840
 and free

00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:51.420
 his death

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:51.960
 pays the

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:53.059
 price for

00:47:53.059 --> 00:47:53.700
 our sin

00:47:53.700 --> 00:47:55.019
 and he

00:47:55.019 --> 00:47:56.019
 offers forgiveness

00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:57.579
 and life

00:47:57.579 --> 00:47:58.820
 to all

00:47:58.820 --> 00:47:59.940
 who will turn

00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:00.380
 from their

00:48:00.380 --> 00:48:01.619
 sin and

00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:02.220
 believe in

00:48:02.220 --> 00:48:02.780
 his name

00:48:02.780 --> 00:48:04.220
 which leaves

00:48:04.220 --> 00:48:05.039
 one question

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:05.599
 remaining

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:07.179
 will you

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:07.799
 believe

00:48:07.799 --> 00:48:09.940
 will you

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.819
 follow him

00:48:10.819 --> 00:48:12.579
 will you

00:48:12.579 --> 00:48:13.259
 trust him

00:48:13.259 --> 00:48:13.920
 and believe

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:14.539
 him for what

00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:15.039
 he is or

00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:15.599
 will you be

00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:16.219
 a Judas

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:18.039
 who comes to

00:48:18.039 --> 00:48:18.699
 him only

00:48:18.699 --> 00:48:19.860
 seeking certain

00:48:19.860 --> 00:48:21.299
 gain but

00:48:21.299 --> 00:48:22.019
 will ultimately

00:48:22.019 --> 00:48:23.019
 fall away when

00:48:23.019 --> 00:48:23.639
 he doesn't meet

00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:24.539
 your expectation

00:48:24.539 --> 00:48:25.579
 no

00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:27.500
 see who he

00:48:27.500 --> 00:48:27.980
 is

00:48:27.980 --> 00:48:29.519
 see what he

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:30.199
 accomplished

00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:31.559
 and believe

00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:32.579
 and he

00:48:32.579 --> 00:48:33.119
 says all

00:48:33.119 --> 00:48:33.480
 who will

00:48:33.480 --> 00:48:34.099
 believe

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:35.360
 he will

00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:35.920
 receive

00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:37.539
 and will

00:48:37.539 --> 00:48:38.079
 give this

00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:38.519
 life

00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:40.840
 so receive

00:48:40.840 --> 00:48:41.119
 him

00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:42.579
 and then

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:43.219
 share

00:48:43.219 --> 00:48:43.699
 him

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:45.840
 what better

00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:46.480
 news could

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:47.039
 we bring to

00:48:47.039 --> 00:48:47.619
 our family

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:49.659
 what better

00:48:49.659 --> 00:48:50.380
 news could you

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:50.920
 take to your

00:48:50.920 --> 00:48:51.299
 neighbor

00:48:51.299 --> 00:48:53.940
 as much as I

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.739
 would love to

00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:56.139
 brag to Shane

00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:56.779
 about the way

00:48:56.779 --> 00:48:57.619
 the Yankees have

00:48:57.619 --> 00:48:58.320
 been beating up on

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:59.199
 the Red Sox this

00:48:59.199 --> 00:48:59.539
 weekend

00:48:59.539 --> 00:49:00.679
 what better

00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:01.320
 news would there

00:49:01.320 --> 00:49:01.940
 be other than

00:49:01.940 --> 00:49:02.759
 to say Shane

00:49:02.759 --> 00:49:03.739
 Jesus has died

00:49:03.739 --> 00:49:04.420
 for your sin

00:49:04.420 --> 00:49:06.000
 if you will

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:06.860
 just believe