WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.840 Good morning, everyone. 00:00:02.859 --> 00:00:05.940 My name is you all. 00:00:07.259 --> 00:00:10.200 I'm the RUF campus minister at the Air Force Academy. 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:15.220 And as you all can imagine, everything in 2020 just looks a little different, right? 00:00:15.259 --> 00:00:18.219 And our ministry also looks very different this year. 00:00:19.940 --> 00:00:24.080 More Zoom calls than I care to discuss. 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:32.239 More small groups, more outdoor events, more off-campus events, more face masks, more hand sanitizer. 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:34.439 You guys know the drill at this point. 00:00:35.060 --> 00:00:36.579 Everything just looks different. 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:41.780 The coronavirus has thrown a wrench in our plans, but not in God's plans. 00:00:42.539 --> 00:00:46.659 And God is still doing some amazing things through our ministry at USAPHA. 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:51.219 Every week, 50 to 75 cadets hear the gospel through RUF. 00:00:51.219 --> 00:00:53.679 Lives are changing. 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:54.920 Hearts are healing. 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:56.560 Idolatries are shrinking. 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:58.579 And our community is growing. 00:00:59.320 --> 00:00:59.920 Praise God. 00:01:00.500 --> 00:01:05.539 Thank you guys for your continued prayers, your financial support, for making our ministry possible. 00:01:06.180 --> 00:01:11.759 I can say sincerely that our ministry would not be possible without Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church. 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:13.079 Thank you guys so much. 00:01:14.299 --> 00:01:17.239 So it is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:23.179 So here's a picture of one of our recent outdoor worship events. 00:01:24.039 --> 00:01:26.359 As you can see, it's at Forest Gate Presbyterian. 00:01:26.699 --> 00:01:28.140 So it's a beautiful thing. 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:30.199 Forest Gate has been providing the facility. 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:35.280 Village 7 has been providing us transportation and providing a shuttle. 00:01:35.899 --> 00:01:40.560 And then Grace and Peace and Cheyenne Mountain have been providing our meals, 00:01:41.060 --> 00:01:45.239 allowing us to pay for dinner and drinks for our students. 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:51.259 It's just a really cool thing to see all the churches in an area come together to make our ministry possible. 00:01:51.500 --> 00:01:52.319 Here's another picture. 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:53.979 This is our sophomore class. 00:01:54.619 --> 00:01:56.159 They were recognized recently. 00:01:56.299 --> 00:02:00.659 So we took them out to Texas Roadhouse and treated them to steak lunches. 00:02:02.259 --> 00:02:05.539 Anyway, amazing, amazing ministry happening at USAPHA. 00:02:05.619 --> 00:02:06.840 And thank you for being a part of it. 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:11.080 Now, a picture may be worth a thousand words, 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:16.360 but this morning I'm going to try to use about 3,000 words to paint you a picture. 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:23.080 And I pray that the picture that I paint with my limited finite words 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:28.500 is far more meaningful than 3,000 words. 00:02:28.500 --> 00:02:33.240 If you could look at a picture of your soul, 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:36.900 what do you think that picture would look like? 00:02:39.780 --> 00:02:44.080 Oscar Wilde, in his novel written in 1890, 00:02:44.939 --> 00:02:47.240 a novel called The Picture of Dorian Gray, 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:52.599 he poses this question to his readers in a frightening fashion, 00:02:52.780 --> 00:02:54.020 in a dramatic way. 00:02:54.020 --> 00:02:59.360 The story tells, the novel tells the story of this handsome young man. 00:02:59.939 --> 00:03:02.400 His name is Dorian Gray, and he has a portrait painted. 00:03:03.540 --> 00:03:05.020 He's a beautiful young man. 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.060 He looks at this portrait of himself, 00:03:07.140 --> 00:03:10.760 and he realizes that one day he's going to grow old, 00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:13.700 and he begins to dread this future reality. 00:03:13.860 --> 00:03:16.040 And so in the pursuit of immortality, 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:19.980 Dorian Gray, he makes a wish that his portrait, 00:03:19.980 --> 00:03:21.820 this beautiful portrait of himself, 00:03:21.819 --> 00:03:25.239 would grow old so that he could stay young. 00:03:25.939 --> 00:03:30.139 In a sense, he sells his soul to the devil for immortality, 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:31.780 and his wish comes true. 00:03:33.060 --> 00:03:36.979 Now that Dorian is essentially immortal, 00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:39.959 he starts doing whatever he wants to do, 00:03:40.019 --> 00:03:41.459 and the things that he wants to do, 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:42.719 they're not good things. 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:47.319 After some time, he goes back into this room 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:49.939 that he had stored this painting, this portrait, 00:03:49.939 --> 00:03:51.500 and he looks at the painting, 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:56.300 and he realizes that it wasn't just a reflection 00:03:56.300 --> 00:03:57.879 of his physical decay, 00:03:58.219 --> 00:04:02.300 but it was also a reflection of his spiritual decay as well. 00:04:02.359 --> 00:04:04.719 So all the evil that he had been doing 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:08.639 was reflected in this hideous portrait of his soul. 00:04:09.979 --> 00:04:12.860 And so Dorian does what I think anyone would do 00:04:12.860 --> 00:04:13.659 in that situation. 00:04:13.819 --> 00:04:15.079 He wraps the portrait up. 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.040 He puts it in the secluded room. 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:19.120 He locks the door, and he throws away the key. 00:04:21.540 --> 00:04:25.080 And then he goes on living a hedonistic lifestyle. 00:04:25.660 --> 00:04:28.379 He throws himself into sensual behaviors, 00:04:28.780 --> 00:04:31.879 experimenting with every vice known to man. 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:33.939 Dorian concludes, 00:04:33.939 --> 00:04:38.079 the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:42.279 And that's exactly what he does time and time again 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:43.420 throughout this short novel. 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:48.360 Meanwhile, his portrait that's locked away in this room 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:52.019 becomes increasingly more hideous and revolting. 00:04:53.159 --> 00:04:57.220 The novel illustrates how the person we project to others 00:04:57.220 --> 00:05:02.060 may be a very different person from who we are inside. 00:05:02.060 --> 00:05:05.660 So let me ask you the opening question again. 00:05:05.780 --> 00:05:07.819 If you could look at a picture of your soul, 00:05:08.100 --> 00:05:10.379 what would that picture look like? 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:14.280 This morning, we're going to look at three scenes. 00:05:14.939 --> 00:05:18.980 There are unpleasant scenes from the Gospel of Mark, Mark 14. 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:24.060 Each unpleasant scene invites us to see ourselves, 00:05:24.220 --> 00:05:27.540 to see our soul in the disciples. 00:05:27.540 --> 00:05:31.460 And my friends, it isn't a pretty picture. 00:05:32.900 --> 00:05:35.180 Each of the scenes in Mark 14, 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:38.200 it paints a picture not only of the disciples, 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:39.939 but of ourselves. 00:05:40.379 --> 00:05:43.580 And it is a portrait that forces each of us 00:05:43.580 --> 00:05:45.120 to ask the question, 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:48.400 what did Jesus get when he got me? 00:05:49.460 --> 00:05:52.140 What did he get when he got me? 00:05:52.139 --> 00:05:58.560 Mark 14, it's going to make us a little uncomfortable. 00:05:59.860 --> 00:06:02.360 It'll make us feel a little uneasy. 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:06.419 But the truth is, we desperately need Mark 14. 00:06:07.939 --> 00:06:10.860 Mark 14 helps us see ourselves rightly. 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:13.379 And we need to see ourselves rightly 00:06:13.379 --> 00:06:17.279 by looking honestly at this portrait of the disciples 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:20.699 on the night that Jesus was arrested and betrayed. 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:23.339 Because here's the thing, my friends. 00:06:24.099 --> 00:06:26.459 You will never feel the weight of the Gospel 00:06:26.459 --> 00:06:31.000 until you see yourselves in the disciples in Mark 14. 00:06:31.619 --> 00:06:37.339 And you will never grasp the depths of God's love for you 00:06:37.339 --> 00:06:40.879 until you see what it cost God to get you. 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:44.379 So if you are willing and able, 00:06:44.500 --> 00:06:45.779 I invite you to please stand 00:06:45.779 --> 00:06:49.159 for the reading of God's holy, inerrant, and inspired word. 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:51.600 And this is a long passage this morning. 00:06:52.459 --> 00:06:54.540 As I said, we're going to look at three scenes 00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:55.800 and we're going to break them down. 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.420 Mark 14, verses 26 through 50. 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:01.040 All right, here's the first scene. 00:07:02.180 --> 00:07:03.740 And when they had sung a hymn, 00:07:04.300 --> 00:07:05.719 they went out to the Mount of Olives. 00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:06.860 And Jesus said to them, 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:09.139 you will all fall away, for it is written, 00:07:09.139 --> 00:07:11.919 I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. 00:07:12.779 --> 00:07:15.959 But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee. 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:20.379 Peter said to him, even though they fall away, I will not. 00:07:21.060 --> 00:07:22.419 And Jesus said to him, truly, 00:07:22.919 --> 00:07:26.159 I tell you this very night before the rooster crows twice, 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:28.019 you will deny me three times. 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:32.439 But he said emphatically, if I must die with you, 00:07:32.599 --> 00:07:34.019 I will not deny you. 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:36.339 And they all said the same. 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:38.939 Second scene. 00:07:40.119 --> 00:07:42.619 And they went to the place called Gethsemane. 00:07:42.739 --> 00:07:45.319 And he said to his disciples, sit here while I pray. 00:07:45.579 --> 00:07:47.879 And he took with him Peter and James and John 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.179 and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:53.079 And he said to them, my soul is very sorrowful, 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:54.339 even to death. 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:56.279 Remain here and watch. 00:07:56.899 --> 00:07:59.739 And going a little further, he fell on the ground and prayed 00:07:59.739 --> 00:08:03.399 that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.639 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:09.479 Remove this cup from me. 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:12.359 Yet not what I will, but what you will. 00:08:13.019 --> 00:08:14.959 And he came and found them sleeping. 00:08:15.219 --> 00:08:17.419 And he said to Peter, Simon, are you asleep? 00:08:18.239 --> 00:08:20.539 Could you not watch for one hour? 00:08:21.679 --> 00:08:24.859 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. 00:08:25.219 --> 00:08:27.919 The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:32.600 And again, he went away and prayed, saying the exact same words. 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:35.840 And again, he came and found them sleeping, 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:37.399 for their eyes were very heavy. 00:08:37.800 --> 00:08:39.860 And they did not know what to answer him. 00:08:40.539 --> 00:08:42.620 And he came the third time and said to them, 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:45.120 are you still sleeping and taking your rest? 00:08:45.539 --> 00:08:46.440 It is enough. 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:47.500 The hour has come. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.560 The son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:52.440 Rise, let us be going. 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:54.700 See, my betrayer is at hand. 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:57.220 Third scene. 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:26.980 He threw his sword and struck the servant of the high priest 00:09:26.980 --> 00:09:27.879 and cut off his ear. 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:29.540 And Jesus said to them, 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:32.180 have you come out as against a robber 00:09:32.180 --> 00:09:34.040 with swords and clubs to capture me? 00:09:34.379 --> 00:09:36.940 Day after day, I was with you in the temple teaching, 00:09:37.460 --> 00:09:38.680 and you did not seize me. 00:09:38.740 --> 00:09:40.540 But let the scriptures be fulfilled. 00:09:41.680 --> 00:09:42.460 And get this. 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.300 And they all left him in flood. 00:09:46.520 --> 00:09:49.000 This is the very word of God. 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:49.700 Let me pray. 00:09:49.700 --> 00:09:55.720 Heavenly Father, this is a convicting passage 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:59.600 as we see ourselves in imperfect disciples. 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:01.900 We pray that you would open our eyes 00:10:01.900 --> 00:10:06.040 to see our shortcomings, our imperfections, 00:10:06.420 --> 00:10:07.360 our brokenness, 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:10.580 so that we will see our need for a sinless savior. 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:11.900 And it's through his name we pray. 00:10:12.060 --> 00:10:12.280 Amen. 00:10:12.280 --> 00:10:12.420 Amen. 00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:13.940 All right. 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:14.580 You may be seated. 00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:20.800 All right. 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:23.160 So the disciples have just left the upper room. 00:10:24.660 --> 00:10:27.140 And Jesus takes his disciples to the Mount of Olives. 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.600 And he reminds them of a prophecy from Zechariah 13. 00:10:32.400 --> 00:10:34.000 The prophecy went something like this. 00:10:34.540 --> 00:10:35.680 I will strike the shepherd, 00:10:36.020 --> 00:10:38.040 and the sheep will be scattered. 00:10:39.420 --> 00:10:42.140 He reminds them of this ancient prophecy. 00:10:42.800 --> 00:10:45.560 And he says, it's time. 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:48.759 Jesus tells his closest friends, 00:10:49.359 --> 00:10:51.279 his disciples, for three years, 00:10:51.599 --> 00:10:53.519 that they were about to deny him. 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:55.259 They were about to fall away. 00:10:55.359 --> 00:10:56.519 They were about to desert him. 00:10:58.119 --> 00:11:01.079 And in response, the disciples essentially say, 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:03.259 well, that's just not going to happen, Jesus. 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:07.239 We would never desert you. 00:11:07.579 --> 00:11:08.879 We would never deny you. 00:11:08.979 --> 00:11:12.359 That prophecy must have been talking about other sheep. 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:16.080 Like, remember all those people at your triumphal entry? 00:11:16.980 --> 00:11:18.820 Yeah, I was probably talking about them. 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.220 Because look, it hasn't even been that long. 00:11:21.300 --> 00:11:22.779 And we're the only ones left. 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:23.680 Where are they? 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:25.860 They're the sheep that have been scattered. 00:11:26.220 --> 00:11:27.220 We're still with you. 00:11:27.300 --> 00:11:29.159 And we're with you to the end. 00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:32.019 They essentially say, till death do us part. 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.080 Peter goes a step further. 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:37.920 It's as if Peter pulls Jesus aside 00:11:37.920 --> 00:11:40.480 and has like this quiet, private conversation. 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:42.620 And Peter doesn't hesitate to throw 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:44.480 all of his buddies under the bus. 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:48.080 Peter goes, I know these guys. 00:11:49.139 --> 00:11:50.840 And I hate to say it, Jesus, 00:11:51.180 --> 00:11:53.360 but your prophecy is probably right. 00:11:54.800 --> 00:11:58.220 I wouldn't be surprised if they all fall away. 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:01.399 But I'm different. 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:03.759 I'm better. 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:05.440 I'm not like them. 00:12:06.420 --> 00:12:07.539 My faith is true. 00:12:07.539 --> 00:12:10.139 My faith is unshakable. 00:12:10.659 --> 00:12:11.980 When they fall away, 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:13.919 which they probably will, 00:12:14.599 --> 00:12:15.779 I won't fall away. 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:18.379 I'm with you, Jesus. 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:19.539 I'm with you to the end. 00:12:21.099 --> 00:12:22.339 After hearing this, 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:24.539 Jesus has to get specific with Peter. 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:26.259 Right? 00:12:26.719 --> 00:12:27.719 And so he says, 00:12:27.819 --> 00:12:29.519 Peter, not only will you desert me, 00:12:29.579 --> 00:12:31.639 but you will deny me three times 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:33.500 before the rooster crows twice. 00:12:33.500 --> 00:12:37.259 This first scene is a portrait of denial. 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:40.360 Peter doesn't think so, right? 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:41.960 Peter says, yeah, right. 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:42.899 That's not going to happen. 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:43.480 I'm different. 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:44.559 I'm better. 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:46.179 My faith is real. 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:47.840 I actually get it. 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:52.580 In verses 66 through 72, 00:12:53.299 --> 00:12:55.399 Mark, the author of this gospel, 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.820 he gives us front row seats to this encounter. 00:12:58.179 --> 00:13:01.019 Peter, he comes across a harmless servant girl. 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:07.159 And she is going to lob three juicy softballs his way. 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:13.480 She says, hey, aren't you one of his disciples? 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:15.000 I think I've seen you with Jesus. 00:13:16.460 --> 00:13:18.039 And Peter replies, no. 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:21.579 You must be thinking of someone else. 00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:23.779 I don't know what you're talking about. 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:25.980 Strike one. 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:29.179 Second pitch is thrown. 00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:31.639 No, seriously, aren't you one of his disciples? 00:13:31.819 --> 00:13:33.379 I swear I've seen you before. 00:13:35.199 --> 00:13:36.299 And Peter replies, 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:39.500 I don't know what you're talking about. 00:13:39.599 --> 00:13:40.659 I don't know him. 00:13:41.199 --> 00:13:43.859 I'm positive I am not one of his followers. 00:13:47.059 --> 00:13:47.879 Strike two. 00:13:49.199 --> 00:13:50.259 And then the third pitch, 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:54.000 the third juicy softball is thrown his way. 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:55.840 She says, how many? 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:56.659 She says, 00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:59.159 essentially, don't lie to me. 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:02.419 I know I've seen you with Jesus before. 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.320 Just tell the truth. 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:05.820 I won't do anything. 00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:07.700 And what does Peter say? 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:09.759 The text says, 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:10.500 he goes, 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:11.720 I swear to God, 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:12.759 I don't know him. 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:16.159 Strike three. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:18.500 And the rooster crows a second time. 00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:20.799 Luke, 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.740 in his gospel, 00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:23.580 he fills us in on a, 00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:26.820 an often over-missed detail. 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:29.220 And it is a heartbreaking detail. 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:34.059 Luke tells us that immediately after the rooster crowed a second time, 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:35.179 the Lord, 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:36.000 the text says, 00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:38.820 the Lord turned and looked at Peter. 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:43.340 Jesus witnessed 00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:46.540 at least Peter's third denial. 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:51.000 Now it seems that Jesus' trial has ended 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:54.080 and he's being taken by the guards 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:55.860 across the courtyard 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:57.660 to his prison cell. 00:14:59.060 --> 00:15:01.560 His face is already black and blue 00:15:01.560 --> 00:15:05.220 from the guards who covered his face 00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:06.480 and beat him 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.480 while yelling, 00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:08.200 prophesy. 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.200 Prophesy. 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:10.940 Who hit you? 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:14.800 That is the face 00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:16.240 that Peter saw 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:17.920 after he denied Jesus 00:15:17.920 --> 00:15:19.660 for the third time 00:15:19.660 --> 00:15:21.640 to a harmless servant girl 00:15:21.640 --> 00:15:23.800 who posed zero threat. 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:27.420 Do you see yourselves in Peter? 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:30.400 Now this is interesting. 00:15:31.260 --> 00:15:33.400 While the guards are beating Jesus up 00:15:33.400 --> 00:15:34.740 and yelling, 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:35.460 prophesy, 00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:38.320 Jesus' prophecy 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:39.520 to Peter 00:15:39.520 --> 00:15:39.540 to Peter 00:15:39.540 --> 00:15:41.540 is being fulfilled. 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:44.160 Isn't that interesting? 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:46.360 But can you imagine the pain 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:47.379 that it must have caused 00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:49.580 Jesus to see Peter, 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:51.300 his closest disciple, 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.980 possibly his closest friend, 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:53.879 deny him 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:55.800 when Jesus had 00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:58.180 just taken a beating for him? 00:15:58.179 --> 00:16:01.899 Now this probably hurt Jesus 00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:03.879 more than all of the prior blows 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:06.019 Jesus received from the guards combined. 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:10.139 Look at Peter. 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.799 And so much for Peter's 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:12.939 I'm different talk, right? 00:16:13.819 --> 00:16:14.759 His I'm better, 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:16.759 his they may fall away, 00:16:16.839 --> 00:16:17.620 but not me. 00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:18.699 I get it. 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:21.540 I'm with you to the end talk. 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:23.720 So much for his words. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.780 Not even Peter 00:16:24.780 --> 00:16:25.620 had the faith 00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.560 to back up 00:16:26.560 --> 00:16:28.500 his claims 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.320 to be faithful. 00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:31.600 And listen, y'all, 00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:32.320 this is Peter, 00:16:33.160 --> 00:16:33.420 right? 00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.759 This is Peter, 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.780 one of the pillars 00:16:35.780 --> 00:16:36.580 of the church, 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.940 the apostle of apostles. 00:16:38.900 --> 00:16:39.720 This is the guy 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.860 who first professed 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:42.220 that Jesus was the Messiah. 00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:48.519 He saw countless miracles performed. 00:16:49.540 --> 00:16:52.139 He heard countless sermons delivered. 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:54.420 He walked with Jesus 00:16:54.420 --> 00:16:55.700 for three years. 00:16:56.660 --> 00:16:58.700 He witnessed the transfiguration. 00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:01.120 This is the guy 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:02.860 who would be renamed Cephas, 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.660 which means the rock, 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:07.779 because his sermon in Acts 2 00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:09.539 would become the firm foundation. 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:10.940 It would become the rock 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:12.840 on which the church was built. 00:17:14.840 --> 00:17:15.940 This is Peter. 00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:17.480 This is the guy 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:19.259 who would be crucified upside down 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.360 for the sake of the gospel. 00:17:22.580 --> 00:17:23.740 Now, if Peter, 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:27.680 if Peter was unfaithful, 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.200 if Peter was able to deny Jesus, 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:33.539 what makes you think 00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:34.860 that you are somehow different? 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.740 What makes you think 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.019 that you are somehow better 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:42.000 than Peter? 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:45.639 As if you get it, 00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:47.920 no one else does. 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.720 My friends, 00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.559 don't be deceived. 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:50.859 The spirit is willing, 00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:52.400 but the flesh is weak. 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.619 You see, 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.700 every time you sin, 00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.980 you deny Christ. 00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.680 Sin, 00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.839 by its very nature, 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:01.859 is a betrayal of God. 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:03.420 It's a betrayal of Jesus. 00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:04.379 It's a betrayal 00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:06.819 of Christ's redemptive work 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.480 for you. 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.900 So this means 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:10.440 that every time you sin, 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:12.039 every time you slander 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.839 another person, 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:13.960 every time you gossip 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:15.279 about another person, 00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:17.400 you are denying Jesus. 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:21.039 Every time you care more 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:22.339 about what others think of you 00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:23.660 than what God thinks of you, 00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:25.500 you are betraying Jesus. 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:29.160 Every time your heart is greedy, 00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:31.259 every time it is lustful, 00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:32.880 every time it is slothful, 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:34.039 every time it is bitter, 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:36.200 you are denying Jesus. 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.279 Every time you sin, 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:41.240 you deny Christ, 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:42.319 the one who loves you, 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:44.799 the one who made you, 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:46.200 the one who sustains you, 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:48.000 the one who suffered for you. 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:51.659 Do you see yourself 00:18:51.659 --> 00:18:52.879 in this portrait? 00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:56.259 Let's turn our attention 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.339 to the second scene. 00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.319 Okay, we're going to go 00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:59.299 with Jesus, 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.500 Peter, James, and John 00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:02.000 into the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.500 In this scene, 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:04.420 we see a portrait 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:05.640 of distraction. 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:08.039 Jesus takes Peter, 00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.819 James, and John. 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.960 They're his inner circle. 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:10.779 He takes them 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:12.720 into this olive grove, 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.960 the small olive grove 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:15.039 called Gethsemane. 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.660 And he has one purpose in mind 00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:18.740 as they enter this garden. 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.799 That purpose is this. 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:21.099 They go into the garden 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:22.200 to prepare themselves 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:23.019 for the trials 00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:24.299 that await them. 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:24.920 Okay? 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:26.299 And they're about to face 00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:27.559 an array of trials 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.539 and tribulations. 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.660 Jesus tells them 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:32.340 to watch and pray 00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:34.779 lest they fall into temptation. 00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:38.000 In the Garden of Gethsemane, 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.960 Jesus gives these three disciples 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:41.240 two imperatives. 00:19:42.040 --> 00:19:42.900 He tells them 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:44.620 to watch and to pray. 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.720 And these aren't suggestions. 00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.720 These are commands. 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.259 Jesus is saying, 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.460 if you want to avoid 00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:53.759 falling into temptation, 00:19:54.560 --> 00:19:56.160 here's the secret sauce. 00:19:56.320 --> 00:19:57.580 Don't overcomplicate it. 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:00.259 Watch and pray. 00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:03.480 You have to be on your guard. 00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:05.660 You have to watch out 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.380 for temptation. 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:09.160 And you have to pray 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:11.279 and pray and pray. 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.920 But in Gethsemane, 00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:16.100 we see a stark contrast 00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:16.960 between Jesus 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.580 and these three disciples. 00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.160 You see, 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.960 Jesus knew 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:22.400 what was about to happen to him. 00:20:24.040 --> 00:20:25.840 He knew he was going to be 00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:26.820 betrayed, 00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:27.779 arrested, 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.519 mocked, 00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:28.860 beaten, 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.539 and crucified. 00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:31.459 And he knew that his disciples 00:20:31.459 --> 00:20:33.259 were about to desert him 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.259 and deny him. 00:20:35.919 --> 00:20:37.399 And he knew that he was about 00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:39.000 to be alienated from his father 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.439 for the first time in eternity. 00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:41.559 He was about to face 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.179 an isolation 00:20:42.179 --> 00:20:44.319 that he had never experienced before. 00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.399 And yet, 00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.279 knowing this, 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.639 Jesus also knew 00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.419 that if he was going 00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:50.419 to accomplish God's redemptive plan, 00:20:50.919 --> 00:20:52.199 he had to be prepared. 00:20:52.199 --> 00:20:54.379 And so he had to watch and pray. 00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:55.480 And that's exactly 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.460 what Jesus does. 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.420 He watches 00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.980 and he prays 00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.080 and he prays 00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:01.100 and he prays. 00:21:01.300 --> 00:21:01.880 The disciples, 00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.720 on the other hand, 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.960 they're fast asleep. 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.800 They were incapable 00:21:06.800 --> 00:21:08.000 of one hour 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.220 of true discipleship. 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:11.020 One hour. 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:14.000 Each of them, 00:21:14.300 --> 00:21:15.480 they're about to face 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.280 an array 00:21:16.280 --> 00:21:18.440 of trials 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.340 and temptations 00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:21.120 and tribulations, 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:23.000 not just in the short term 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.879 but long term. 00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:25.459 Their life is going 00:21:25.459 --> 00:21:26.359 to be defined 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.500 by trial. 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.519 But in the garden, 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.199 they neither watch 00:21:31.199 --> 00:21:32.000 nor pray. 00:21:33.699 --> 00:21:34.619 When they should have 00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.179 been vigilant, 00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:36.239 they were negligent. 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.639 When they should have 00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.419 been prayerful, 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:40.259 they were prayerless. 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.959 The disciples 00:21:42.959 --> 00:21:44.000 got distracted 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:46.379 by material things. 00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.899 They were concerned 00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:49.919 about worldly things. 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:52.619 Do you see yourself 00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:54.219 in Peter, 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:54.599 James, 00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:55.099 and John? 00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.919 Does this portrait 00:21:57.919 --> 00:21:58.859 of distraction 00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:00.000 apply to you? 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.179 My friends, 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.979 don't be deceived. 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.179 The spirit is willing 00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:05.559 but the flesh is weak. 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:08.739 There are so many things 00:22:08.739 --> 00:22:09.639 in this world 00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:11.159 that distract us. 00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:15.179 We get so fixated 00:22:15.179 --> 00:22:16.279 on the periphery 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.679 that we lose sight 00:22:17.679 --> 00:22:19.459 of what's ahead of us. 00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.640 And my daughter, 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.940 when she was in first grade, 00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.600 she raced, 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.299 she entered into 00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:26.059 like a 50 meter race 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.559 with five local schools. 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.700 And my daughter 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.579 is pretty fast. 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:31.019 And during the race, 00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:33.140 she was so focused 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:34.180 on the kids running 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.880 to her left 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.640 and her right 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:38.500 instead of focusing 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.620 on the finish line 00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:41.059 that she ended up 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:42.480 running a lot slower 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.680 than she actually was. 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.400 And she performed 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.100 a lot worse 00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.819 than she actually 00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.700 could have performed. 00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.920 Instead of focusing 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:49.120 on the finish line, 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.240 she was running, 00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:51.620 looking to her left 00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.240 and her right. 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.620 And as a result, 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.160 she was running 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.900 with the pack. 00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.620 And we do the exact 00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.320 same thing, 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:00.860 don't we? 00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:03.140 We get so distracted 00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:04.620 by the things 00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.300 of this world. 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.400 We get so distracted 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.120 by the things 00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.960 that are periphery. 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.140 We get so distracted 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.860 by the people 00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.500 who are running 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.240 to our left 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.180 and our right 00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.940 when our eyes 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.920 should be fixed 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.660 on Jesus. 00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:16.620 so they should be 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.980 fixed on the finish line. 00:23:20.560 --> 00:23:21.279 We're always 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.200 comparing ourselves 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.880 to others. 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.519 We're always 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.180 coveting 00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.120 what others have. 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.540 We're always 00:23:30.540 --> 00:23:31.300 so concerned 00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:32.160 about how others 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.340 are living their lives 00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:35.680 that we neglect 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.920 the two imperatives 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.940 in Mark 14, 00:23:38.080 --> 00:23:38.700 to watch 00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.620 and to pray. 00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:42.759 You see, 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.219 when we, 00:23:43.459 --> 00:23:43.899 like Peter, 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.439 James, 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.139 and John, 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.739 struggle 00:23:45.739 --> 00:23:47.419 to do these two things, 00:23:47.459 --> 00:23:48.059 to watch 00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:49.199 and pray, 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.519 we let good things 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.359 distract us 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.459 from the best thing. 00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.259 We prefer to play 00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.039 in mud puddles 00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.579 when the beach 00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.339 is around the corner. 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.699 We prefer to eat 00:24:00.699 --> 00:24:01.419 breadcrumbs 00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:02.259 when there's a feast 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.879 on the table. 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.699 We are so easily 00:24:05.699 --> 00:24:06.359 distracted. 00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.539 This is not 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:10.099 a pleasant picture 00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.039 of ourselves, 00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.539 is it? 00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:14.399 In our third 00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.480 and final scene, 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.220 Judas shows up 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.899 and he brings 00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.240 with him 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.220 a small army 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.539 and Judas 00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.700 portrays Jesus. 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.700 Judas 00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:26.299 portrays the one 00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.240 who just hours 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.859 earlier 00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.339 put a towel 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.259 around his waist, 00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.279 grabbed a water 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.759 basin, 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.980 dropped to the ground 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.539 and washed 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.500 Judas' feet. 00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:38.519 Judas is betraying 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.099 the one 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.119 who just 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:41.500 fed him 00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.720 bread and wine 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.139 saying, 00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.220 this is my body 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.059 which is broken 00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.539 for you. 00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.539 This is my blood 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.160 which is poured 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.460 out for you. 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.440 Judas, 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.720 one of the twelve, 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.859 he got distracted 00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:55.180 by the things 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.980 of this world 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:58.460 and as a result, 00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.599 he denies Christ 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.460 and he deserts 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.079 his savior 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.859 and friend 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.879 in his hour of need. 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.720 Well, 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.059 Peter, 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.200 Peter is Peter, 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.819 Peter, 00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.700 Peter will be Peter, 00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.660 he's just a hothead, 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.120 right? 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.240 Peter has a short 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.039 sword on him. 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:14.220 Peter draws his sword 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.819 and he decides 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.299 that he's going 00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.880 to fight 00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:17.480 these armed guards 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.720 even though Jesus 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:20.160 literally just told him 00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.420 in the upper room 00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.700 and in the Mount 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.319 of Olives 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.319 that what was 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.100 about to happen 00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.840 had to happen 00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.640 so that the scriptures 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.700 could be fulfilled. 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.519 And he strikes 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.059 this man. 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.559 Y'all do realize 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.119 that Peter 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.839 was not aiming 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.559 for his ear. 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.440 He took his sword, 00:25:42.179 --> 00:25:42.919 a short sword 00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:43.679 which is meant 00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.619 for stabbing 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.919 and he tried 00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.639 to stab 00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.179 this guy 00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:48.059 in the face. 00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:52.000 Now listen, 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.720 after walking 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.339 with Jesus, 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.000 after learning 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.559 from Jesus 00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.940 for three years, 00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:57.519 Peter still thought 00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:59.779 that attacking 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.400 somebody, 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.240 that killing 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.039 somebody 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:03.279 for Jesus 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.259 was an acceptable 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.900 solution. 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.460 But then things 00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.799 take another turn, 00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.099 right? 00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.599 And we see 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.240 that prophecy 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:14.759 from Zechariah 13 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:16.279 unfold before our eyes 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:18.119 and it's hard 00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.639 to watch. 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.660 I don't like 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.299 verse 50. 00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.799 Verse 50 says, 00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.359 and they all 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.920 left him 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.480 and fled. 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:27.559 Nobody stuck 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.059 around. 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.640 Nobody went 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.220 with Jesus. 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.880 Nobody was 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.299 faithful. 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.059 Instead, 00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:37.880 Peter, 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.339 James, 00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.880 and John, 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.779 like Judas, 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.640 they desert 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.360 their Savior 00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:42.019 and friend. 00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.620 Do you see 00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.180 yourself 00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.279 in this 00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.079 portrait? 00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.940 It's a portrait 00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.880 of desertion. 00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.460 It's not just 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.900 a portrait 00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.840 of the disciples 00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:55.480 desertion. 00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:56.080 It's a portrait 00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:56.980 of us. 00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.000 Instead of 00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.720 sharing our 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.320 faith with 00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:00.800 others, 00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:02.800 we do what 00:27:02.800 --> 00:27:03.340 the disciples 00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.780 did. 00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.980 We leave 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.800 them and flee. 00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.280 Instead of 00:27:10.280 --> 00:27:10.860 living out 00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.519 our faith 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.600 before others, 00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.600 we fear 00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.380 their opinion 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.019 of us. 00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.000 And so we 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.200 conform ourselves 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.840 to their 00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.360 image. 00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.620 Instead of 00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.060 giving our 00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.700 time and 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.299 talents to 00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.859 serve our 00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.359 community, 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.059 to serve 00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.619 the least 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.319 of these, 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.059 we choose 00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.559 to stay 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:29.839 in the 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.299 comfort and 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.960 security of 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.319 our own 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.960 homes. 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.240 But Lord, 00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:36.859 when did we 00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.619 see you hungry 00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.500 and feed you, 00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:39.879 or thirsty 00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.839 and give you 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.319 drink? 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.399 And when did 00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:43.159 we see you a 00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.819 stranger and 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.419 welcome you, 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.399 or naked and 00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:46.019 clothe you? 00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.159 And when did 00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.119 we see you sick 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.819 or in prison 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.779 and visit you? 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:51.039 And the king 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.559 will answer 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:51.940 them, 00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:53.500 truly I say 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.119 to you as 00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.819 you did it 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.639 to one of 00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.200 the least of 00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.619 these my 00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.000 brothers, 00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.660 you did it 00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.639 to me. 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.299 Every time 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.779 you deny 00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.079 them, 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.500 you deny 00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.879 him. 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.339 You're not 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.980 any different 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.399 than Peter, 00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.740 James, 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.180 and John. 00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.299 So what did 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.960 Jesus get 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.559 when he got 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:14.899 you? 00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:18.420 Well, I 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.019 can't speak 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.560 for you, 00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.040 but I can 00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:20.519 speak for 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.940 myself. 00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.900 I know what 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.480 Jesus got 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.040 when he got 00:28:24.040 --> 00:28:24.460 me. 00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.960 He got a 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:29.259 person who 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.060 denies him 00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:31.200 every day, 00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.440 every time 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.980 I sin. 00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.400 He got a 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.880 person who 00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.420 doesn't love 00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.100 others very 00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:39.440 well. 00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.280 He got a 00:28:42.280 --> 00:28:43.680 person who 00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.280 doesn't lead 00:28:44.280 --> 00:28:44.780 his family 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.420 very well. 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.539 He got a 00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.000 person who 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.559 doesn't pray 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.920 to him 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.599 very much. 00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.599 He got a 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.079 person who 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.700 doesn't think 00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.339 about him 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:55.299 very much. 00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.019 He got a 00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.460 person who 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.019 is sometimes 00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.779 embarrassed of 00:28:59.779 --> 00:28:59.960 him. 00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.019 He got a 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.579 person who 00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.119 is easily 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.000 distracted by 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.440 the things 00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.740 of this 00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.059 world. 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.279 He got a 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.240 person who 00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:09.980 cares way 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.660 too much 00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.079 about what 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.500 other people 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.879 think. 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:14.880 He got a 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.560 person who 00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:16.460 regularly 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.340 chooses to 00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:17.860 eat bread 00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.680 crumbs when 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.060 there's a 00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.520 feast on 00:29:19.520 --> 00:29:19.940 the table. 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.960 He got a 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.540 person like 00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:24.160 the disciples, 00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.320 a person who 00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:27.600 denies, a 00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.100 person who 00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.880 is distracted, 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.820 a person who 00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:31.460 deserts his 00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.380 sinless Savior 00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:33.060 and friend. 00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.119 God. 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.139 I got to 00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.579 say, y'all, 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.460 Jesus got a 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.059 pretty raw 00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.359 deal when 00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.940 he got me. 00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.419 Like Dorian 00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:45.899 Gray, when I 00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.539 see this 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.200 portrait of 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.740 myself, I 00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.839 want to wrap 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:51.319 it up, put 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.700 it in a 00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.539 secluded room, 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.359 lock the door, 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.119 and throw away 00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.559 the key. 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.639 I don't like 00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.480 this portrait, 00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.000 but I need 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.779 to see it. 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:03.019 it shows me 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:04.019 my brokenness. 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.680 It shows me 00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.819 my imperfections. 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.500 It shows me 00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.619 my need for 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.420 the gospel. 00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.259 I need to 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:14.440 see it, but 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.240 I still hate 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.539 it. 00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.559 The good 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.240 news is God 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.700 hates it 00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.019 too. 00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.180 God hates 00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.740 this portrait 00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.619 of me and 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.639 you so much, 00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.440 in fact, that 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.039 he would send 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.819 his only son 00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.720 to become it. 00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:31.319 he sent 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.000 his only son 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.660 to live the 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:34.880 life that I 00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.480 was required 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.200 to live, that 00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.779 you were 00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.500 required to 00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.819 live. 00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:38.960 He sent 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.519 his son to 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.960 die the 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.380 death that 00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.279 we deserved 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.600 so that 00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:45.380 our soul's 00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.779 hideous 00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.620 portrait could 00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.839 be replaced 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.440 with the 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.079 gospel of 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.660 God's free 00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.140 grace. 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.539 This is what 00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.860 we call 00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.960 double imputation. 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.900 Christ, 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.600 or my sin, 00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.579 comes down 00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.519 on Christ, 00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.919 and his 00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:00.559 righteousness 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:02.339 comes up 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.099 and it 00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.879 hangs in 00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.500 my heart 00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.079 forever. 00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.299 Listen, 00:31:08.439 --> 00:31:09.099 Mark 14 00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.679 is an 00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.259 unpleasant 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.759 picture. 00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:12.639 It shows 00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:13.240 us how 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.059 undeserving 00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.899 the disciples 00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:16.240 are, were, 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.960 of God's 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.539 free grace, 00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.119 and in so 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.599 doing, it 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.240 shows us 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.079 how undeserving 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.399 we are of 00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.199 God's free 00:31:22.199 --> 00:31:23.319 and unmerited 00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.919 grace. 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.920 God's 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.060 grace. 00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.860 Listen, 00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:29.600 like the 00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.259 disciples, we 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.840 are a people 00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.600 who betray, 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.960 who deny, 00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.560 and desert 00:31:33.560 --> 00:31:34.039 Jesus. 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.900 But with 00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.600 the disciples, 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.519 we are the 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.360 ones to whom 00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:40.320 Jesus said in 00:31:40.320 --> 00:31:41.080 the upper room, 00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.779 this is my 00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.680 body broken 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.300 for you, 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.060 this is my 00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.860 blood poured 00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.860 out for 00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.180 you. 00:31:48.560 --> 00:31:49.340 You will 00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.080 never fully 00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:51.240 grasp the 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.720 enormity of 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.579 God's hatred 00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.380 for your 00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.600 sin, and 00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:55.839 you will 00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.740 never grasp 00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.440 the greatness 00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.140 of God's 00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.819 love for 00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:00.380 you until 00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.120 you see 00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:02.000 not just 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.519 the portrait 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.920 of the 00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.720 disciples in 00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.339 Mark 14, 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.120 but the 00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.720 portrait of 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.620 Jesus in 00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.019 the Garden 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.759 of Gethsemane. 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.539 It was the 00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.740 night of 00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.380 his betrayal, 00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.640 and Jesus 00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.180 knew what 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.860 would follow. 00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.140 He knew 00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.500 what was 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.900 coming. 00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.519 Jesus 00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.120 understood 00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.579 what his 00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.079 father was 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.740 asking of 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:21.980 him. 00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.380 He 00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.799 understood 00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.240 what he 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.600 would have 00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.360 to become. 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.019 He 00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.440 understood 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.920 all of 00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.519 the hideous 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.039 portraits 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:31.000 that he 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.319 would have 00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.900 to bear. 00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.420 He 00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.799 understood 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.480 the cup 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.980 that he 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.339 had to 00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.799 drink, 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.700 and the 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.100 thought of 00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.759 this was 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.539 horrifying 00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.700 to Jesus. 00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.759 And so 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.240 while his 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.079 disciples are 00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.700 sleeping, 00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.079 while they're 00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.759 distracted, 00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.579 he prays, 00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.620 he asks 00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:51.539 his father 00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.940 if there 00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.440 was another 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.899 way. 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.519 He says, 00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:55.920 Abba, 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.279 father, 00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:56.960 all things 00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.519 are possible 00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.240 for you. 00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.099 Remove 00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.659 this cup 00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.220 from me. 00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.779 The text 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.460 says that 00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.200 Jesus prayed 00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.819 this prayer 00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.940 over and 00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.859 over and 00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.639 over again. 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.859 And the 00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.500 response was 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.019 always the 00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.319 same. 00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.420 Father, 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.799 is there 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.480 another way? 00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:17.240 no, 00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.599 son, 00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.980 there's no 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.500 other way. 00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.059 Father, 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:24.140 please remove 00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.599 this cup 00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.059 from me. 00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.420 No, 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.720 son, 00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.180 there's no 00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.700 other way. 00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.200 Please, 00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.799 father, 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.500 please remove 00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.059 this cup 00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.620 from me. 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.339 No, 00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:37.759 son, 00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.319 there's no 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.000 other way. 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.740 You are 00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.460 the way. 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:45.059 in order 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.680 for your 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.779 distracted 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.480 sleeping 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.140 disciples 00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.299 to come 00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.779 to me. 00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.519 You have 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.960 to drink 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.480 the cup. 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.220 You have 00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.720 to become 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.559 their curse. 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.400 You have 00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.799 to go 00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.440 through the 00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.000 cross. 00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.539 You are 00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.059 the way 00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:02.019 and there 00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.359 is no 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.659 other. 00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.659 And Jesus 00:34:05.659 --> 00:34:06.359 responds, 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.980 not my 00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.379 will, 00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.920 but your 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.279 will. 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.320 And then 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.820 he drank 00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.820 every drop. 00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:16.279 He became 00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:17.259 our hideous 00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:18.380 portraits so 00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.659 that we 00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.000 could be 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.759 united to 00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:20.259 his. 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.880 So let me 00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.279 ask you 00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.679 again, 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.239 what did 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:26.019 God get? 00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.519 What did 00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.340 Jesus get 00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.779 when he 00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.699 got you? 00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:31.739 Well, 00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.139 he got 00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.000 someone that 00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.359 he would 00:34:33.359 --> 00:34:33.859 drink the 00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.239 cup of 00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.619 God's 00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.299 wrath for. 00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.859 He got 00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.379 a family 00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:38.779 that he 00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.399 would separate 00:34:39.399 --> 00:34:40.500 himself from 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.219 God for. 00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.359 He got 00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:43.960 a church 00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.460 that he 00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.399 would experience 00:34:45.399 --> 00:34:46.119 God's 00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.839 displeasure 00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:47.299 for. 00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.559 He got 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.059 a kingdom 00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:51.099 that he 00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.460 would go 00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.079 through hell 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.539 for. 00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.259 And he 00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.559 got a 00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.859 radiant 00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:55.439 bride 00:34:55.439 --> 00:34:56.599 that he 00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.919 would go 00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:57.339 through the 00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:58.039 cross for. 00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.699 God's 00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.099 love. 00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:01.000 My friends, 00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.719 Jesus was 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.199 denied, 00:35:02.419 --> 00:35:02.819 betrayed, 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.739 and deserted 00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.539 so that our 00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.319 Heavenly Father 00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:05.879 would never 00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.419 deny, 00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:06.939 betray, 00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.819 or desert 00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.619 us. 00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.899 And that, 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.519 my friends, 00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:11.879 is the 00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.219 beautiful 00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.939 portrait that 00:35:12.939 --> 00:35:13.419 hangs in 00:35:13.419 --> 00:35:14.059 our hearts. 00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.339 And that is 00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:15.819 the portrait 00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.239 that will 00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:16.739 never, 00:35:16.899 --> 00:35:17.879 ever come 00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:18.219 down. 00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.500 Amen. 00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.379 Amen. 00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.239 Let me 00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.819 pray for us. 00:35:22.919 --> 00:35:23.419 Heavenly Father, 00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.079 thank you. 00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.559 Thank you for 00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.139 being a good 00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.539 and gracious 00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.439 God to people 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.099 like us. 00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.260 We don't 00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.800 deserve your 00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.200 grace. 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.840 We haven't 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.360 earned it. 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.619 But you 00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.300 lavish us 00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.079 with it 00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.420 anyway. 00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.280 We pray that 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.539 we would 00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.240 see ourselves 00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.960 in the 00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.400 disciples, 00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.840 that we 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.179 would see 00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.619 ourselves 00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.139 rightly, 00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.440 so that we 00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.800 would see 00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.400 ourselves 00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.220 in Christ. 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.960 We would 00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.300 see our 00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.860 need for a 00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.460 sinless Savior 00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.840 who did 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.139 what we 00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.500 could never 00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.780 do, 00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.200 who lived 00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.599 the life 00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:47.840 that we 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.400 were required 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.880 to live, 00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.260 who died 00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.679 the death 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.059 that we 00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.980 deserved. 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.079 served. 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.920 We pray 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.400 that we 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.880 would be 00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.539 a people 00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:56.280 who live 00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.960 out this 00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.679 good news, 00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.000 who don't 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:00.059 fixate on 00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.760 the things 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.059 of this 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.400 world, 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.300 but keep 00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:02.820 our eyes 00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.599 fixed on 00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.920 Jesus, 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.340 who is 00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.900 waiting for 00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.280 us at 00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.699 the finish 00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.039 line. 00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.480 We pray 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.860 all these 00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.280 things in 00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.960 his precious 00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.380 name. 00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.699 Amen. 00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:09.820 Amen. 00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:09.880 Amen. 00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:09.920 Amen. 00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:09.960 Amen. 00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.039 Amen. 00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.099 Amen. 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.519 Amen. 00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.960 Amen. 00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.039 Amen. 00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.099 Amen. 00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:14.039 Amen. 00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.099 Amen. 00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.139 Amen. 00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.159 Amen. 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.199 Amen. 00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:16.099 Amen. 00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.159 Amen. 00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.219 Amen. 00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:18.099 Amen. 00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.219 Amen. 00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.240 Amen. 00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.300 Amen. 00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:20.219 Amen. 00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.960 Amen.