WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.859 Good morning. There's so much in these verses that we are considering that what I say this morning is only going to touch, is only going to scratch the surface. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:20.740 These last few weeks have been sad for us as we have lost a friend to a battle with cancer. 00:00:20.739 --> 00:00:30.259 We knew what was coming and it pained us to hear of the details of that fight. 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:40.640 The daily updates that we would get as the situation was worsening and as we prayed for a different outcome, it was hard to hear. 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:49.119 At the funeral, some of our children gave short accounts of the memories that they had with their mother growing up. 00:00:50.740 --> 00:01:03.100 And more recently in the days as they watched life slip away, the peace that she had in her life and the challenge that that was to them. 00:01:05.820 --> 00:01:12.640 They said that in that situation that it has drawn them closer to the Lord and it has made them stronger in their faith. 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:18.460 There's one or two friends here that were at that funeral today. 00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:25.839 And they would have heard this, that our friend had a peace that passes normal human understanding. 00:01:27.579 --> 00:01:30.459 She had a peace because it was given to her by God. 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:35.719 It was a direct consequence of her relationship with God. 00:01:36.639 --> 00:01:45.199 That God is in complete control and that the hope that she had, that when she left this earth, she would go to be with him forever. 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:49.240 However, this is real life. 00:01:51.299 --> 00:01:54.140 Where we have great sorrow and pain. 00:01:54.579 --> 00:02:00.280 And yet as Christians, we often talk about peace and comfort and joy. 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:09.240 The joy that it is to know that the one that we love, who we have lost, has gone to be with Jesus forever. 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:22.960 You see, in our passage today, we're in the middle of a historical episode that sometimes we just gloss over without letting the reality of the situation hit us. 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:27.920 We say things like, Friday's here, but Sunday's coming. 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:41.340 And even though that is true, it somehow allows us just to skip over the part of suffering and horror of what happened to Jesus. 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:44.060 We've named it Good Friday. 00:02:44.979 --> 00:02:51.319 And like Christmas, I think that we often see Easter through a rose-tinted view. 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:53.860 There's birds in the air. 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:55.680 There's lambs in the field. 00:02:55.819 --> 00:02:57.219 There's fluffy yellow chicks. 00:02:58.099 --> 00:03:01.199 Maybe you're thinking of Easter bunnies and chocolate eggs. 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:04.539 Or flowers growing in the garden. 00:03:04.539 --> 00:03:09.579 And Rachel and I have been watching out the back window as the squirrels have been building a nest. 00:03:09.959 --> 00:03:13.699 And the birds and the snowdrops and the crocus and the daffodils. 00:03:13.959 --> 00:03:16.219 And all of these things have been coming to life. 00:03:17.859 --> 00:03:22.419 We've been watching these birds making a nest, waiting to welcome new life into this world. 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:31.399 And Rachel and I, as others in this audience are, well, for us at Easter time, God willing, we will welcome new life into this world. 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:33.740 The nights are lighter. 00:03:34.420 --> 00:03:38.500 And we've anchored Easter at a time where there is just a little bit of joy. 00:03:40.200 --> 00:03:43.780 The Easter story is a story of joy for many of us. 00:03:44.920 --> 00:03:47.700 Because it's a story that leads to life. 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:51.200 Our series is called Life in His Name. 00:03:51.700 --> 00:03:53.140 Life in Jesus' Name. 00:03:54.040 --> 00:03:58.340 Jesus said that I am come that you might have life and that you might have it abundantly. 00:03:58.340 --> 00:04:03.140 But Easter is also a story of difficulty. 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:05.340 A lot of pain. 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:07.300 A lot of anguish. 00:04:09.060 --> 00:04:12.060 A lot of things that we maybe don't fully understand. 00:04:13.640 --> 00:04:17.519 The account of what happened to the Lord leading up to His death. 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:19.680 On one hand, brings us joy. 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:25.759 But on the other hand, it might make us just feel a little bit of sorrow. 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:29.920 The eternal Son of God was offered up for you and for I. 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:35.740 That eternal Son of God was mistreated by those whom He had created. 00:04:38.039 --> 00:04:42.560 That eternal Son of God was rejected by the nation that He had chosen. 00:04:44.620 --> 00:04:46.680 There's a verse in Psalm 30, verse 5. 00:04:46.779 --> 00:04:51.420 It says this, that weeping endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 00:04:51.420 --> 00:04:55.480 And it's easy for us to say that after an event. 00:04:56.240 --> 00:05:04.080 It's easy for us to say that after, you know, in hindsight, it's easy for us to say that when the raw pain has subdued after death. 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:11.459 Now for a few minutes this morning, I want us to dial in on these hours that we have read about in John chapter 18. 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:17.979 I have a simple ABCD this morning that I want to look at. 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:22.680 Hopefully it's a simple structure that will help you remember what we have thought about this morning. 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.159 Let's start with this A and B. 00:05:26.459 --> 00:05:28.240 The arrest and betrayal. 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:37.460 I've deliberately missed out C there because I don't know whether to put in there capture or challenge that this is to us. 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:41.680 Or control or a list of other C's that came to mind as I put this up. 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:44.500 But then we have the denial at the end there. 00:05:44.579 --> 00:05:47.000 So we'll fill in that blank as we get through our message. 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:53.740 This sequence is a dramatic story that we've read about in the progression of the Lord entering into Jerusalem. 00:05:54.100 --> 00:05:57.860 And up until that point of dying on the cross. 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:03.360 Our scene here in chapter 18 is set during the night before that awful day. 00:06:04.579 --> 00:06:11.680 And even though on that following day there will be a period of darkness, the scene that we have is a very dark scene. 00:06:12.960 --> 00:06:14.420 This is the night of the Passover. 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:22.000 Earlier in the evening, Jesus and his disciples, like the thousands of Jews who were crammed into Jerusalem at that time, 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:24.259 were eating the Passover meal together. 00:06:24.259 --> 00:06:29.920 They would have recited stories passed down from generation to generation. 00:06:30.500 --> 00:06:36.399 They would have talked about the lamb, the Passover lamb, from the time of their forefathers escaping from Egypt. 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:40.439 They would have prepared the bitter herbs and the unleavened bread. 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:47.759 And as they ate that together, they would have talked about this lamb that was taken and sacrificed and eaten. 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:56.899 And they would have reminded themselves of the significance of the meal and how the blood of the lamb was preserved and delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. 00:06:56.899 --> 00:07:00.539 And how the lamb would have been food for their journey. 00:07:01.659 --> 00:07:10.899 And yet they were totally unaware that in 12 hours time, the man that they had been following for the last three hours would be slain like a lamb. 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:17.179 And be sacrificed for their deliverance and for to bring about peace with God. 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:24.639 In our chapter here in verse 1, we read that the Lord Jesus goes out with his disciples to a place that they often went to. 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:32.019 He crosses over the valley and up the side of the hill to the olive garden, a place that we know as Gethsemane. 00:07:32.799 --> 00:07:35.539 It's a place that the Lord Jesus often went with his disciples. 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:38.620 We go there to spend time with them for rest. 00:07:38.620 --> 00:07:41.300 They would pray there. 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:42.000 They would meditate. 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:43.579 They would commune together. 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:48.480 It's not the first time that God has communed with people in a garden. 00:07:49.259 --> 00:07:54.040 It's very similar to a story that God communed with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 00:07:55.740 --> 00:08:00.180 And in that garden, it's in similar fashion. 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:04.399 Adam and Eve betray God. 00:08:05.699 --> 00:08:08.600 Just as Judas is about to betray God. 00:08:08.620 --> 00:08:21.000 Unlike the scene in the Garden of Eden where Satan comes in subtly, in this scene that we have, a band of soldiers and the temple guards, they came in loudly. 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:31.500 As I've been looking through and studying for this passage, the scholars would say that there's maybe up to 600 people, 600 soldiers would have been involved there. 00:08:32.220 --> 00:08:34.620 That's what a cohort of the soldiers would have looked like. 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:42.039 Plus the temple guards and the police and some of the Sanhedrin and the mob that would have come to collect him. 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:49.039 A big, angry band of soldiers came that night to take the Lord Jesus. 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:57.339 Not subtly, but by force and aggression. 00:08:57.340 --> 00:09:03.040 You know, Jesus was in that familiar place with his disciples. 00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:09.300 And if we had read in Matthew or Mark, we might have seen a little bit more details than what we see in John's Gospel. 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:14.919 But in that familiar place, Judas betrays the Lord Jesus. 00:09:16.439 --> 00:09:21.039 And I wonder that if in our familiar places we betray the Lord Jesus. 00:09:22.500 --> 00:09:24.699 Maybe not in the same way that Judas betrayed him. 00:09:25.419 --> 00:09:28.759 But I wonder if we betray him in another way. 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:35.779 A man who had personally spent three years with the Lord Jesus, witnessing incredible miracles. 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:42.840 Often in that place in Gethsemane with the rest of the disciples, praying and spending time with the Lord Jesus. 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:50.559 And yet it just shows how very little he knows about the Lord Jesus as we see unfolding in John chapter 18. 00:09:50.819 --> 00:09:52.200 I wonder if that's the same as us today. 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:56.819 I wonder if, even though we might have been on the Christian pathway for quite some time, 00:09:56.820 --> 00:09:59.900 just how much do we know about the Lord Jesus? 00:10:00.400 --> 00:10:02.060 I think as we read through John 18, 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:06.280 maybe it just shines, or it just puts a mirror in front of us, 00:10:06.280 --> 00:10:08.540 just to look into there and ask ourselves the questions, 00:10:08.680 --> 00:10:11.560 do we see ourselves in this passage? 00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:15.900 You know, I suggest that Judas was worried that Jesus would somehow escape. 00:10:17.740 --> 00:10:21.420 As he hatched that plan with the temple guard, 00:10:21.540 --> 00:10:23.460 the temple priests and the guards, 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:27.240 that he would come and give that secret signal of a kiss 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:30.780 in order, I don't know what he thought, 00:10:30.900 --> 00:10:32.000 not to give the game away. 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:35.400 They came in force. 00:10:35.660 --> 00:10:36.600 And as I mentioned earlier, 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:39.580 the people that have researched this 00:10:39.580 --> 00:10:43.060 would give the indication that it was a big band of soldiers 00:10:43.060 --> 00:10:44.460 that came to take the Lord Jesus 00:10:44.460 --> 00:10:47.200 with torches and lanterns 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:49.519 as they came to light up that hillside 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:51.080 as they hunted for him. 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:54.879 But he did not realise that Jesus 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:56.780 was the Lamb of God 00:10:56.780 --> 00:10:58.100 who would meekly submit. 00:10:58.560 --> 00:10:59.840 There was no need for battle. 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:05.080 Jesus shocked Judas and the arresting officers 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:07.440 by boldly presenting himself. 00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:08.340 He had nothing, 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:09.840 the Lord Jesus had nothing to fear 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:11.480 and nothing to hide. 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:14.500 He would willingly lay down his life 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:15.960 for the sheep. 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:17.860 And furthermore, 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:21.139 by surrendering to the officers, 00:11:21.280 --> 00:11:23.600 Jesus helped to protect his own disciples. 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:24.460 It's what we read here. 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:25.240 He kept them safe, 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:26.060 not only spiritually, 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:27.360 but physically, 00:11:28.180 --> 00:11:29.460 that none of them would be hard, 00:11:29.540 --> 00:11:30.860 that the scriptures would be fulfilled, 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:32.000 that none of them would be harmed, 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:33.080 none of them would be lost. 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:37.280 You might ask yourself the question, 00:11:37.540 --> 00:11:40.460 why did the soldiers fall back 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:42.420 when they came to ask the Lord Jesus, 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:44.100 when the Lord Jesus asked them, 00:11:44.180 --> 00:11:45.580 who have you come to seek? 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:46.460 And he answered, 00:11:46.560 --> 00:11:47.060 I am he. 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:49.220 You might wonder why they fell back. 00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:51.340 This is a title, 00:11:51.420 --> 00:11:52.879 we've thought about different I am's 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:53.920 in Brunsfield before. 00:11:54.040 --> 00:11:54.639 This is a title, 00:11:54.800 --> 00:11:55.220 I am. 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:58.259 It's one that the Jews would recognise 00:11:58.259 --> 00:11:59.620 as a statement 00:11:59.620 --> 00:12:01.740 that would mean that he is the son of God, 00:12:01.820 --> 00:12:02.580 that he is God. 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:04.780 But I think in the Lord Jesus 00:12:04.780 --> 00:12:05.560 has been bold 00:12:05.560 --> 00:12:08.420 in the way that he declared 00:12:08.419 --> 00:12:09.699 that I am he. 00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:11.620 It would strike them 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:13.759 that he was in total control. 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:16.860 You know, 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:18.279 this wasn't a physically 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:20.339 charred situation. 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:22.439 We don't really know 00:12:22.439 --> 00:12:23.500 what Judas said 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:25.219 to the priests 00:12:25.219 --> 00:12:26.039 and the Sanhedrin 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:27.740 as they hatched this plan 00:12:27.740 --> 00:12:29.019 to come and to capture 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:29.779 the Lord Jesus. 00:12:30.659 --> 00:12:31.319 What he said 00:12:31.319 --> 00:12:32.139 that would prepare them 00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:32.919 for this confrontation. 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:37.179 We remember that the Jewish leaders 00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:38.219 before would have tried 00:12:38.220 --> 00:12:39.300 to capture the Lord Jesus. 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:40.940 They tried to take hold of him. 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:41.879 They tried to arrest him. 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:43.700 And always without success. 00:12:43.800 --> 00:12:44.340 And I wonder 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:46.540 as this band of people came, 00:12:47.220 --> 00:12:48.519 whether they came for conflict. 00:12:49.540 --> 00:12:51.660 And yet they were met 00:12:51.660 --> 00:12:52.360 with surrender 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:53.680 and calm 00:12:53.680 --> 00:12:55.060 and peace. 00:12:55.740 --> 00:12:57.000 And I think they were confused. 00:13:00.660 --> 00:13:01.940 Lord Jesus asked them again, 00:13:01.940 --> 00:13:03.139 who is it that you want? 00:13:04.019 --> 00:13:06.320 And that kiss that Judas gave, 00:13:06.420 --> 00:13:07.960 which was repeatedly given to the Lord, 00:13:08.220 --> 00:13:10.000 was one of these acts of, 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:11.639 was probably one of the worst acts 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.139 of betrayal 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:13.379 that we've ever seen 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:14.200 in history. 00:13:18.040 --> 00:13:19.100 Now I'm going to move on 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:19.960 to denial 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:20.899 before we come back 00:13:20.899 --> 00:13:22.200 to what our C is. 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:23.060 But Peter also 00:13:23.060 --> 00:13:24.720 betrays the Lord Jesus 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:25.379 in John 18. 00:13:26.540 --> 00:13:27.180 I think 00:13:27.180 --> 00:13:28.620 if we betray the Lord Jesus, 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:29.800 it's probably more like 00:13:29.800 --> 00:13:30.820 how Peter betrayed 00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:31.500 the Lord Jesus. 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:34.980 I think if we betray 00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:35.540 the Lord Jesus, 00:13:35.660 --> 00:13:36.620 it's in our words 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:37.659 and in our actions. 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:41.860 The man who came to suffer 00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:42.820 for his disciples 00:13:42.820 --> 00:13:44.879 is the man who came to suffer 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:46.259 for you and for me. 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:47.820 To give up his life, 00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:49.019 to be judged 00:13:49.019 --> 00:13:50.080 for our wickedness, 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:50.779 and yet, 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:51.460 like Peter, 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:52.720 we can often 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:53.779 deny the Lord Jesus 00:13:53.779 --> 00:13:55.220 when we're asked. 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:56.700 Graham has mentioned this 00:13:56.700 --> 00:13:57.639 over the last few weeks. 00:13:57.940 --> 00:13:58.820 On Monday morning, 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:01.220 when you get into the office 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:02.399 or the staff room 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:03.000 or university 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.679 and you're asked 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:04.639 what did you get up to 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:05.460 at the weekend, 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.639 what is your answer? 00:14:10.059 --> 00:14:10.940 This servant girl, 00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:11.779 she asked Peter, 00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.919 are you not one of 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.860 this man's disciples? 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:16.580 And Peter denied it. 00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:21.100 So tomorrow, 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:22.299 I wonder what my answer 00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:22.820 will be. 00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:24.980 Will my answer be 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:26.179 that I have spent time, 00:14:26.820 --> 00:14:27.620 we have spent time 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:28.139 with each other, 00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:28.899 that we've spent time 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:29.480 in Brunsfield, 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:30.799 that we've spent time 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:32.019 thinking about the Lord Jesus 00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:33.840 and reminding ourselves 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:35.199 of the one who loved us 00:14:35.199 --> 00:14:37.179 and gave himself for us. 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:39.139 Or I wonder if we'll be 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:40.120 quiet like Peter 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:42.539 and choose not to say anything 00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:43.620 and deny that we have 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.259 anything to do 00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:44.919 with the Lord Jesus. 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:47.620 If you're like me, 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:49.100 then that will be true 00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:50.639 of many Monday mornings 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:51.419 when I've been asked 00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:52.439 what did I get up to 00:14:52.439 --> 00:14:53.259 at the weekend. 00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:54.960 And many times, 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:55.480 I've failed 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:56.699 because I stayed silent 00:14:56.699 --> 00:14:59.199 and I denied 00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:00.879 taking a stand 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.620 with the Lord Jesus. 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:03.639 It was easier for me 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:04.460 to align myself 00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:06.019 with what the world thinks 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.600 should happen 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.240 at the weekend 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.699 rather than what 00:15:08.699 --> 00:15:09.500 I actually did. 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:13.100 Our series is this, 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:14.279 Life in His Name. 00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:15.539 And Jesus came 00:15:15.539 --> 00:15:16.579 that we might have life, 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:17.919 abundant life, 00:15:18.439 --> 00:15:19.340 life in His name, 00:15:19.439 --> 00:15:20.039 and yet somehow 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.600 we can be embarrassed 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:23.100 by that. 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.919 Peter gets a lot of stick 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:27.659 in our, 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.819 and sometimes the way 00:15:28.819 --> 00:15:31.699 that we describe 00:15:31.699 --> 00:15:32.159 this scene 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:32.759 as He's standing 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.379 by that fire. 00:15:34.459 --> 00:15:35.099 We've got to remember 00:15:35.099 --> 00:15:35.939 that this is in the middle 00:15:35.939 --> 00:15:36.459 of the night. 00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:38.179 It's in a cold part 00:15:38.179 --> 00:15:38.740 of the day. 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:41.759 And, you know, 00:15:41.839 --> 00:15:43.079 Peter is standing there 00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:44.759 to get a heat 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:47.279 and he denies the fact 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:48.000 that he is one 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.839 of the Lord's disciples 00:15:48.839 --> 00:15:49.500 or that he knows 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.559 the Lord Jesus. 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:52.339 Bear in mind 00:15:52.339 --> 00:15:52.939 that the people 00:15:52.939 --> 00:15:53.779 who lit the fire 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.819 are the soldiers. 00:15:55.479 --> 00:15:56.139 The same soldiers 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.099 that came to Gethsemane 00:15:57.099 --> 00:15:58.539 to capture the Lord Jesus 00:15:58.539 --> 00:15:59.799 and witness Peter 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:00.659 cutting off the ear 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:02.119 of the high priest's, 00:16:02.119 --> 00:16:03.199 the servant's ear. 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.059 Peter is standing 00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:05.779 right beside them. 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.799 I think we give Peter 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.739 a lot of stick 00:16:08.739 --> 00:16:09.419 because we think, 00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:10.139 Peter, you should have 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:11.159 took a stand for the Lord 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.779 and you didn't. 00:16:13.339 --> 00:16:14.519 And yet in that situation, 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.159 Peter is fearful 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:17.099 for his life 00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:18.860 and he's fearful 00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:20.120 what people think about him 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:21.200 or what people 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:21.879 will do to him. 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:24.519 You know, 00:16:24.540 --> 00:16:25.659 Peter was embarrassed by it. 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.240 He understood 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:28.120 that his physical life 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:29.159 might be in danger 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:30.480 if he identifies himself 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:31.100 with the Lord Jesus. 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:31.680 If he said, 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:31.980 yes, 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.440 I'm one of his followers 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:34.680 and one of his disciples 00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:36.620 and one of the people 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.300 who believe 00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:38.259 that this man 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.560 is who he says he is, 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.379 the Son of God, 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:41.800 that he is God, 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:43.580 that he is the Lamb of God 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:44.580 who comes to take away 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:45.379 the sin of the world. 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.899 You know, 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:48.600 Peter feared 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:49.779 for his life 00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:50.300 and he denied 00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:50.960 the Lord Jesus. 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.040 And next week, 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.820 we'll come to see, 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:55.279 I don't see Archie here today, 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:56.040 but Archie is speaking 00:16:56.040 --> 00:16:56.460 next week 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:56.899 and next week, 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.620 we'll come to see 00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:59.180 that Peter not only 00:16:59.180 --> 00:17:00.000 denies him once, 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:01.159 but he denies him again 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:01.879 and again. 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.700 And I'll leave 00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.559 that cliffhanger there 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.839 because that is 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.980 where our passage stops, 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.640 right in the middle 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:10.200 of Peter's denial. 00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:13.900 This brings me 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:14.740 to my last point. 00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:18.240 And it is this, 00:17:18.399 --> 00:17:19.539 control. 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.779 What was taking place 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:24.059 in this scene 00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:25.039 that we've thought about, 00:17:25.959 --> 00:17:26.839 even down to this 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:27.659 minor detail 00:17:27.659 --> 00:17:28.519 of a cock 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.099 crowing 00:17:29.099 --> 00:17:30.159 twice 00:17:30.159 --> 00:17:32.119 in the middle 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:32.639 of the night, 00:17:33.199 --> 00:17:34.159 significant enough 00:17:34.159 --> 00:17:34.859 to be heard 00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:35.879 and to be counted. 00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:39.759 This is because 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.359 the Lord is in control 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.979 and Peter 00:17:41.979 --> 00:17:42.759 knew that. 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.779 Not only was 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.619 the Lord in control, 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.619 but the Lord 00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:49.079 knew all things. 00:17:49.179 --> 00:17:49.819 He knew what was 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.799 going to befall him. 00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.500 And that is something 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:52.979 that I think 00:17:52.979 --> 00:17:54.079 we should cling to today. 00:17:55.479 --> 00:17:56.339 Jesus' testimony 00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:57.539 throughout his whole life 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.899 is that he is in control. 00:17:59.219 --> 00:17:59.879 He was in control 00:17:59.879 --> 00:18:00.219 then 00:18:00.219 --> 00:18:01.879 and he's in control 00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.199 now. 00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.519 When we think 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:05.199 about the scene 00:18:05.199 --> 00:18:06.339 that is chaotic, 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:08.039 that has drama, 00:18:08.459 --> 00:18:09.079 as I've said, 00:18:09.179 --> 00:18:09.299 you know, 00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:09.979 think about this, 00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:10.539 you know, 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.380 possibly hundreds 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:12.339 of soldiers 00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:13.140 marching through 00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:13.620 the streets 00:18:13.620 --> 00:18:15.059 of Jerusalem. 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:17.559 Down over that river, 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:19.900 up the other side 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:20.319 of the hill, 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:21.079 into the Garden 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.819 of Gethsemane 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.940 with torches 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:24.460 and lanterns 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.420 and weapons 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.900 in the middle 00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.360 of the night. 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:27.440 It's just such 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:27.980 a commotion. 00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.259 Probably, 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:31.460 there's a lot of things 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:31.960 that are going on 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:32.740 in Jerusalem 00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.440 at this time, 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.000 but probably 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.900 they've gathered people 00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.539 as they've pushed 00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:36.740 through the streets 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.400 of Jerusalem, 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.460 waking people up 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:39.980 and wondering 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.680 what it is. 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.420 You know, 00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.259 if we see any kind 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.819 of activity 00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.960 outside at two o'clock 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.460 in the morning, 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.680 then we are naturally 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.440 curious. 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:47.960 Maybe a mob 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.460 has gathered 00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:49.740 behind this band 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.299 of soldiers 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:52.440 and it just seems 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:52.960 to be 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:55.120 that nobody knows 00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:55.660 what's happening 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.600 and there's nobody 00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:57.240 in control, 00:18:57.880 --> 00:18:58.900 but God's in control 00:18:58.900 --> 00:19:01.900 and Jesus knows 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.960 that this is the time, 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.920 this is his time 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.319 that has come. 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.279 Remember in John 17 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.860 he said this, 00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:08.259 the hour has come. 00:19:09.479 --> 00:19:09.599 You know, 00:19:09.639 --> 00:19:10.959 many times in his ministry 00:19:10.959 --> 00:19:12.079 people would come 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:13.019 to take the Lord Jesus 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:14.379 and yet he would slip away. 00:19:14.479 --> 00:19:14.819 They would come 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.899 to kill him 00:19:15.899 --> 00:19:16.719 or to seize him 00:19:16.719 --> 00:19:17.799 and yet he would not 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.179 allow it, 00:19:18.199 --> 00:19:18.959 he would pass through 00:19:18.959 --> 00:19:20.139 because the appointed time 00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:21.479 had not come. 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:23.359 But the time has come, 00:19:23.479 --> 00:19:24.539 a time of his choosing, 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.939 a time that was chosen 00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:27.740 before the creation 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.419 of the world. 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.139 You see, 00:19:30.199 --> 00:19:30.679 the Lord Jesus 00:19:30.679 --> 00:19:32.199 is in complete control. 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:34.900 arrest, 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.740 betrayal, 00:19:37.600 --> 00:19:37.920 denial, 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:39.000 but right in the middle 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.319 of all of this chaos 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:42.460 we see that Jesus 00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.600 is in control. 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.000 Now you might think 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:47.420 that A, B, C, D 00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:48.440 is fairly elementary. 00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:49.920 It's too simple 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:51.299 for you to remember 00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:52.700 but we should remember this 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:54.500 if you remember nothing else, 00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:54.960 that Jesus 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:56.160 is in control 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:57.880 and we know 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.980 and we experience this 00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.799 in our lives 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.840 when we surrender to him. 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:03.079 I don't want to steal the message 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:04.099 for the next few weeks 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:06.319 but this might be 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.939 the last message 00:20:06.939 --> 00:20:07.220 that you, 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.139 this might be the last 00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:08.919 Christian message 00:20:08.919 --> 00:20:09.519 that you hear. 00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:11.299 It might be the last time 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.319 that you've got an invitation 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:12.879 to come 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:14.459 and meet this Jesus. 00:20:15.459 --> 00:20:16.119 Jesus knew 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:17.720 and he foretold 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.539 what would come. 00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:21.000 The Lord Jesus said to Peter, 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:22.240 you will deny me three times 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.419 before the cock rose twice. 00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:26.079 He said that because he knew 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.899 that it would happen. 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.379 He knew that he would 00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:29.039 go to the cross, 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.740 he knew that he would 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.539 give up his life 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:33.680 he knew that men 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:35.339 would rip the beard 00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.180 from his face 00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:38.960 or tear strips of flesh 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.740 out his back 00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.500 with that scourge. 00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:43.659 He knew all of these things 00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:45.799 and yet he faces them 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:47.059 with peace. 00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.359 He surrenders himself 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.399 to those that come 00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:51.440 to take him captive. 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.180 In fact, 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:56.119 even though men 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:57.019 came to take him captive, 00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.940 we remember these words 00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.440 that he said, 00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.619 no one takes my life, 00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.979 I give it. 00:21:00.979 --> 00:21:01.799 He willingly 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:03.879 becomes the Lamb of God 00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.639 which takes away 00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.539 the sin of the world. 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.699 I hope next week 00:21:09.699 --> 00:21:10.659 that you do hear 00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:11.379 what the message is 00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:12.159 because you'll hear 00:21:12.159 --> 00:21:13.759 that there is a time 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.759 in the scene 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.439 where Peter 00:21:15.439 --> 00:21:16.199 has an opportunity 00:21:16.199 --> 00:21:17.519 to repent. 00:21:18.699 --> 00:21:19.659 Peter has the opportunity 00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.259 to realise 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.119 who the Lord Jesus 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:22.799 really is. 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.059 That he has come, 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.539 that we might have life 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.419 and that we might have 00:21:27.419 --> 00:21:28.079 abundant life, 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:29.179 we might have eternal life. 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.659 He's come 00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.859 that our sins 00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:32.119 can be forgiven. 00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.539 He's come 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.599 that we can be restored, 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:35.720 that we can be reconciled. 00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:37.299 You know, 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.279 Jesus goes to the cross 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.759 in order that we might be 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.259 forgiven 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:42.439 and that it might produce 00:21:42.439 --> 00:21:43.399 righteousness 00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:44.339 and repentance 00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.139 in our lives. 00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.819 And we have an opportunity 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.579 today 00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.339 to repent. 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.339 Now, 00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:51.960 there are many Christians 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.460 in the room 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.799 that have given their life 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.519 to the Lord Jesus. 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:56.180 those that know 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.019 their sins are forgiven. 00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:58.720 And yet, 00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.519 it may be that 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.539 in some way 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.059 we identify with Peter 00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.779 this morning 00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:04.480 and that we are living 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.859 akin to Peter's denial 00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:07.019 by our words 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.639 and our actions, 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.680 by the way that we live. 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:11.180 We deny the Lord Jesus. 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.200 Well, 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.940 this is an opportunity 00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.660 for us 00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.400 to repent, 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.819 to come to God. 00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:20.859 But it's also 00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.419 an opportunity 00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:22.079 if you've never 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.339 come to know 00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.879 God's grace 00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.460 in your life, 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.159 if you've never 00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:27.240 come face to face 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.779 with the reality 00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.559 that there is one 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.139 who gave up 00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:31.399 his life for you, 00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:32.819 who suffered 00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.379 and died 00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.859 and bore 00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.700 the judgment 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.639 for your sin, 00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:37.720 if there's never 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.200 been a time 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.740 in your life 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.319 where you've known 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.099 God's forgiveness 00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:41.960 and the peace 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.700 that Jesus 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.679 offers us, 00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.579 well, 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.179 there's an invitation 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.320 today for you 00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:48.700 to come. 00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:51.160 I want to take you 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.060 back to that funeral 00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:52.900 on Friday. 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.860 The continuing theme 00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.460 that came through 00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.240 loud and clear 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.740 was that our friend 00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:59.299 had peace with God. 00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.279 A nurse came in 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.140 recently and asked her 00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.779 if there's anything 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.580 that she could do 00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:03.960 for her, 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.980 anything that she 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.640 was worried about 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:07.160 and she said this, 00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.460 she said, 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:07.680 no, 00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.400 I'm going to be 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.160 with my saviour. 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.360 She had a peace 00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:12.960 in her soul 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.860 and there was no 00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.840 enmity between 00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:16.400 her and God. 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.380 that relationship 00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.259 was restored. 00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:19.540 It was reconciled. 00:23:21.540 --> 00:23:22.420 I hope you have 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.040 that peace too. 00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:27.560 Lastly, 00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.860 Jesus has this peace. 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.900 This is what gives 00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.720 me joy this morning. 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.140 Jesus has this peace 00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.780 as he faces 00:23:34.780 --> 00:23:35.500 what's to come. 00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.920 His relationship 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.440 with the Father 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.200 was never broken. 00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.800 Even though he must 00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:40.480 go through this 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.860 devastating experience, 00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.080 even though we see 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:43.620 the agony 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.399 in the garden, 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.319 praying to God, 00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.579 if it be possible, 00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.579 let this cup 00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.539 pass from me. 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.859 Sweating as it were, 00:23:49.959 --> 00:23:51.079 great drops of blood, 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.119 just showing us 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:54.639 his full humanity. 00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:56.779 But in such turmoil 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.379 and agony, 00:23:58.239 --> 00:23:59.459 we read these words 00:23:59.459 --> 00:24:00.519 and we've read them 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.439 today in John 18. 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.399 Shall I not drink 00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:02.859 the cup 00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.619 the Father 00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.459 has given to me? 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.819 This was his lot. 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.279 This was his portion. 00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:09.079 This was his plan. 00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:10.179 This is why he came. 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.439 So let us fully realize, 00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.639 let us fully appreciate 00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.740 the zoomed in details, 00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.059 all that Jesus 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.939 has gone through, 00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:20.899 knowing what was to come, 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:23.379 knowing that he is 00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:24.460 in complete control. 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:27.079 I want to leave you 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.720 a verse 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:30.279 in John chapter 20. 00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.240 It's a verse 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.079 that we often quote 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.339 when we preach 00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:33.859 from John 00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.779 and it says this, 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.740 these things are written 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.220 that you might believe 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:40.200 that Jesus is the Messiah, 00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.440 the Son of God, 00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.700 and that believing 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.960 you might have life 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.500 in his name. 00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.059 Thank you.