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 We're continuing on this morning in the Gospel of John.

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 You're welcome to turn there in your Bible if you have it with you, or else the words will be on the screen.

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 It's the night before Jesus' crucifixion.

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 And we pick up the story in John chapter 18.

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 When Jesus had finished praying, he left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley.

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 On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.

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 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.

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 So John, oh, one more verse, verse 3.

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 So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees.

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 They were carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons.

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 So John sets the scene for us.

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 After Jesus had finished praying in the presence of his disciples,

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 he led his disciples out of the city, across the Kidron Valley to a garden.

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 Now as we'll see in a moment, this is the same garden mentioned in all the other Gospels.

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 John doesn't tell us the name, but Matthew and Mark tell us the name.

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 It's Gethsemane.

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 Luke doesn't tell us the name either, but he tells us that this place was on the Mount of Olives.

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 In fact, the name Gethsemane comes from the Aramaic word for oil press.

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 So this was an olive orchard.

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 If we look carefully at the language used to describe it here,

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 it was likely a private estate, a private orchard.

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 Perhaps the owner had been a believer in Jesus and had offered him the use of his property.

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 It was probably enclosed by a wall or by trees,

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 judging by John's description of how they went into it.

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 And John tells us here in verse 2 that Judas knew this place

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 because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.

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 Luke confirms in his Gospel that they were all familiar with this place

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 because each evening of this week-long Passover,

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 they've been going out to the Mount of Olives,

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 probably to this garden.

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 John tells us in verse 3 that Judas,

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 the one who betrayed Jesus, came to the garden that night.

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 And with Judas, or more accurately, led by Judas,

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 is this large group of men.

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 John tells us that there was a detachment of soldiers

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 and some officials from the religious leaders,

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 the Pharisees and the chief priests.

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 The word that John uses there to describe this detachment

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 is specifically tied to the Roman cohorts.

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 And so these are not Jewish soldiers.

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 These are Roman soldiers.

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 Typically, one of these cohorts had about 600 men in it,

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 but probably only a part of the cohort was present, I imagine,

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 with the commanding officer.

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 In addition to the Roman soldiers,

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 there were these officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees.

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 And the word for these officials here

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 is usually used to describe the Jewish temple guard

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 or temple police.

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 John tells us that the men in this group

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 were carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons.

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 The torches and lanterns signal to us

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 that it is now quite dark, late at night.

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 The weapon signaled to us

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 that force may be used, if necessary,

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 to apprehend Jesus

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 or to beat back any of his followers

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 who might try to defend him.

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 This is the moment that the religious leaders

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 have been plotting and scheming towards.

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 And now John is about to tell us

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 about how this large group met Jesus

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 that night in the garden.

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 But before we go on, it's worth mentioning

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 the other three gospel writers

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 tell us that Jesus has already been in this garden

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 for some time now.

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 Mark tells us that Jesus has been deeply distressed.

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 The other gospel writers tell us

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 that he has spent a fair bit of time in prayer.

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 Meanwhile, his disciples have been keeping watch

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 for a little bit and then falling asleep.

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 And keeping watch and falling asleep.

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 And keeping watch and falling asleep.

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 While this has been going on,

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 Jesus has been pouring out his soul

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 to God the Father.

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 John skips over all of that in his account.

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 I guess it's because at the time that John is writing,

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 those other gospels are probably already widely read

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 and circulated amongst the churches.

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 And so John cuts right to the moment

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 where Jesus meets this large group of men

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 and tells us a few of the details

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 that some of the other gospel writers left out.

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 verse 4.

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 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him,

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 went out or stepped forth

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 and asked them,

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 Who is it you want?

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 Jesus of Nazareth, they replied.

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 I am he, Jesus said.

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 And Judas, the traitor, was standing there with them.

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 When Jesus said, I am he,

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 they drew back and fell to the ground.

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 So John tells us that it was Jesus

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 who was first to speak.

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 He went out.

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 He stepped forth.

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 He broke the silence with the question,

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 Who is it that you want?

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 Who are you looking for?

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 And the crowd replies,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 And in response, Jesus says,

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 I am he.

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 And then something rather unexpected happens here.

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 It says that they, referring to this large group,

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 drew back and fell to the ground.

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 Now there's a couple important details here.

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 First, let's talk about the way Jesus answers

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 back to them.

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 Every major English translation I'm aware of

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 has Jesus saying,

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 I am he,

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 in response.

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 But you may notice,

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 if some of you have a more literal one,

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 like the New American Standard on the screen,

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 that the he is in italics,

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 because the word he is not there

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 in the original language.

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 Quite literally, Jesus says,

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 I am.

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 Now the reason why all the translations add he

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 is somewhat warranted,

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 because if you wanted to say,

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 I am he,

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 in Greek,

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 back then,

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 you wouldn't add the word he

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 at the end,

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 because it's implied.

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 But here's the significance of this.

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 I am,

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 by itself,

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 is the divine name,

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 the name of God.

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 It's the name that God gave for himself to Moses,

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 long ago at the burning bush.

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 And Jesus has already,

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 in previous accounts,

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 taken God's name for his own,

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 and spoken it to the people.

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 He did that back in John 8,

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 verse 58.

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 Before Abraham was born,

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 I am,

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 he said to them.

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 So it's quite possible that Jesus is not only identifying himself here as Jesus of Nazareth,

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 but also as the Lord God himself.

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 The second important detail is this response of the large group to Jesus' reply.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am,

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 and John tells us that they drew back and fell to the ground.

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 What's going on here?

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 I want to handle this carefully.

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 First of all,

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 I'll ask you

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 to answer me this question.

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 Does John,

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 here,

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 in the text,

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 say,

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 why

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 they drew back and fell to the ground?

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 The answer is no.

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 He doesn't say,

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 they drew back and fell to the ground because,

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 fill in the blank.

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 So I want it to be absolutely clear up front

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 that there's no authoritative,

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 inspired by God answer to the question

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 of why they drew back and fell to the ground.

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 And the reason I say this is because

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 quite a number of our Christian brothers

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 have just kind of asserted it as fact,

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 a well-established fact,

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 that this is why

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 they fell to the ground.

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 So what are the major ideas about what's happening here?

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 According to some of our brothers in Christ,

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 why did they draw back and fall to the ground in response to this?

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 Well, some Christians speculate

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 that Jesus startled them.

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 Perhaps that he called out

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 while he was still shrouded in the darkness,

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 saying,

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 I am he,

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 stepping out into the light

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 right at that moment

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 from their perspective,

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 coming out of nowhere,

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 causing some in the front

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 to kind of trip and fall back,

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 and then the domino effect happened,

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 and it knocked everybody over

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 in the whole group.

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 That's one idea.

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 Some Christians speculate

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 that it had to do with Jesus' bearing

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 or his manner.

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 Perhaps that he just had such a boldness

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 in walking right up to them

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 that just kind of stirred up some fear

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 or awe

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 in the hearts of

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 some in the group,

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 at least.

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 Again,

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 maybe it was those in front

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 that caused the stumbling back

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 and tripping

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 and the domino effect.

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 Others suggest

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 it was Jesus' moral supremacy

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 that caused this reaction,

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 that as he walked toward them

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 closer and closer,

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 perhaps a twinge of guilt

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 and embarrassment

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 rose up in the hearts

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 of some of these men,

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 causing them to stumble back

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 and perhaps also

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 trigger the domino effect.

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 Some Christians speculate

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 that it was something about

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 what Jesus said

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 when he took the divine name

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 on his lips,

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 when he said,

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 I am.

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 Perhaps something he said there

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 or the way he said it

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 caused them to draw back

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 and fall to the ground.

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 And within this category

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 are those

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 who

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 perhaps

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 give the explanation

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 that some were

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 just shocked

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 that he would take up

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 the name of God.

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 You didn't speak

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 the name of God.

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 And that they

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 fall back.

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 because of that.

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 Now that doesn't really explain

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 why the Roman soldiers

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 fell back

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 because they didn't really

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 care too much about that.

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 But maybe again

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 the domino effect

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 is needed here as well

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 to get the whole group

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 to fall back on the ground.

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 Finally,

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 some Christians speculate

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 that this was

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 a miracle

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 or a sign

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 that Jesus performed.

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 That there was some sort of

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 unleashing of God's power

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 through his words

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 that just sort of

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 blew them all back

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 causing them to fall

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 to the ground.

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 Some Christians

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 go so far

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 as to assert

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 that this was a

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 theophany

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 which means

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 an appearance

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 of God the Father

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 himself

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 breaking into

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 our world

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 through the words

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 that Jesus spoke

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 with such power

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 that it just

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 knocked them all back

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 and they fell down

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 on their behinds.

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 Now,

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 I understand

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 why many decide

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 to preach

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 this final

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 fourth view

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 as fact

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 because it's

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 definitely worth

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 asking the question.

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 I mean,

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 these are career

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 soldiers,

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 many of them.

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 What would cause

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 them to recoil

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 like this

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 and fall down

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 on the ground?

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 And so the reasoning

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 goes,

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 there had to be

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 something supernatural

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 at work here.

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 But then I think

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 we should also

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 consider

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 what happened

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 the last time

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 that Jesus

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 took up the name

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 of God

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 like this.

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 It wasn't this.

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 The people

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 didn't fall back.

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 Instead,

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 they picked up stones

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 and they got ready

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 to stone Jesus

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 to try to kill him.

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 We might also

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 look at the

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 overall trajectory

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 of the story here.

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 Does Jesus

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 performing

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 a spectacular

00:13:53.599 --> 00:13:54.839
 miracle like this

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 really fit

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 with the trajectory

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 that he's on?

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 The trajectory

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 of surrender

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 and yielding

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 to the will

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 of the Father?

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 Has there not

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 been a sense

00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.319
 of finality

00:14:05.319 --> 00:14:06.199
 already to

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 Jesus'

00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.679
 public ministry

00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:09.099
 and the works,

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 the signs

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 that he has done

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 and given

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 for them

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 to see and believe?

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 And so I would

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 just encourage us

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 not to be dogmatic

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 about why they

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 drew back

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 and fell to the ground.

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 The truth is

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 we don't know

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 fully

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 what happened

00:14:22.400 --> 00:14:23.120
 in that moment.

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 John doesn't

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 say why.

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 Let's carry on here.

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 Verse 7.

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 Again,

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 Jesus asked them,

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 who is it

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 you want?

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 they said.

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 Jesus answered,

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 I told you

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 that I am he.

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 If you are

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 looking for me,

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 then let these

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 men go.

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 This happened

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 so that the words

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 he had spoken

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 would be fulfilled.

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 I have not

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 lost one

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 of those

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 you gave me.

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 So whatever

00:14:58.659 --> 00:14:59.259
 just happened

00:14:59.259 --> 00:14:59.959
 between Jesus

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 and this large

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 group of men,

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 it's Jesus

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 who carries

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 the conversation

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 forward.

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 And what

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 is Jesus'

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 primary concern

00:15:07.979 --> 00:15:09.519
 in this

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 moment?

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 It seems

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 to be

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 the safety

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.079
 of his

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 disciples.

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 He seems

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 eager to

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 establish

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 a verbal

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 understanding

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 with his

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 opponents

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 that it's

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 me

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 that you

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 are looking

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 for.

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 And if

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 it's me

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 that you

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 want,

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 let these

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 men

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 go.

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 Now we

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 probably

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 wouldn't have

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 stopped to

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 think too

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 much about

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 this,

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 except that

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 John draws

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 our attention

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 to it

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 in verse

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 9.

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 He says,

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 this happened

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 so that the

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 words Jesus

00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:48.440
 had spoken

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 would be

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 fulfilled.

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 I have

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 not lost

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 one of

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 those

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 you gave

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 me.

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 Earlier

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 in the

00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.039
 evening,

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 Jesus had

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 been praying

00:15:59.100 --> 00:15:59.460
 to the

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 Father,

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 back up

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 in chapter

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 17,

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 verse 12,

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 and this

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 is what

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 he had

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 prayed.

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 While I

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 was with

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 my

00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:05.899
 disciples,

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 I

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 protected

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 them and

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 kept

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 them safe

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 by that

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 name you

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.019
 gave me.

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 None

00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:11.040
 has been

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 lost

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.940
 except the

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 one doomed

00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:14.660
 to destruction.

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 So John,

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 it seems,

00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.280
 is drawing a

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 line between

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 what Jesus

00:16:18.540 --> 00:16:19.360
 said earlier

00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.840
 in his

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 prayer and

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 what's

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 happening in

00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:21.860
 the garden

00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:22.580
 right now.

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:23.899
 Jesus

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 hasn't lost

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 any of

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 them except

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 Judas because

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 he's been

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 protecting them.

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 He's been

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 keeping them

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:30.560
 safe.

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:34.920
 And now,

00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.460
 John says,

00:16:36.540 --> 00:16:36.740
 what's

00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.460
 happening here

00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:37.700
 and the

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 way that

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.600
 Jesus is

00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:39.259
 handling that,

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:39.820
 that's a

00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:40.160
 further

00:16:40.160 --> 00:16:40.820
 fulfillment

00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:41.820
 of that.

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 He's

00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.580
 continuing

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.100
 to do

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.440
 that.

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:44.620
 Now,

00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:44.899
 I won't

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.280
 go so

00:16:45.280 --> 00:16:45.639
 far as

00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:46.000
 to say

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.759
 that Jesus

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:48.120
 barters or

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:49.040
 negotiates

00:16:49.040 --> 00:16:50.000
 here,

00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.360
 but he

00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:50.800
 certainly

00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:51.680
 takes charge

00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:51.980
 of the

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.639
 conversation

00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:53.740
 and turns

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.120
 it in a

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.440
 way that

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.019
 suggests

00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:56.480
 to them

00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:57.160
 that it's

00:16:57.160 --> 00:16:58.180
 quite reasonable

00:16:58.179 --> 00:16:59.939
 for you

00:16:59.939 --> 00:17:00.399
 to take

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:00.739
 me

00:17:00.739 --> 00:17:02.939
 and let

00:17:02.939 --> 00:17:03.419
 them go

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:06.139
 because it's

00:17:06.139 --> 00:17:06.980
 me that

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.379
 you're looking

00:17:07.379 --> 00:17:07.679
 for,

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:07.960
 right?

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.179
 This is

00:17:11.179 --> 00:17:11.700
 amazing to

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.119
 stop and

00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:12.599
 think about.

00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.799
 Jesus has

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.440
 been pouring

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.019
 out his

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:17.079
 heart and

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.980
 soul to

00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:18.480
 the Father

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.159
 in prayer.

00:17:19.659 --> 00:17:20.000
 He's been

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.980
 overwhelmed at

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.679
 the thought of

00:17:21.679 --> 00:17:22.359
 what's about to

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.099
 happen to him,

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.139
 what he's about

00:17:24.139 --> 00:17:25.440
 to suffer and

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:25.859
 endure.

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:27.119
 And the

00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:27.779
 disciples have

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.359
 not been able

00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:28.719
 to keep

00:17:28.719 --> 00:17:29.240
 watch with

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.240
 him for

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.919
 even one

00:17:30.919 --> 00:17:31.339
 hour,

00:17:31.879 --> 00:17:32.519
 as Jesus

00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.019
 asked.

00:17:33.959 --> 00:17:34.240
 And yet

00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.979
 here's Jesus

00:17:34.979 --> 00:17:35.599
 in the middle

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.159
 of all this

00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:36.819
 thinking about

00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.839
 their safety

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:39.439
 rather than

00:17:39.439 --> 00:17:39.919
 his own.

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.259
 This right

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:43.799
 here is the

00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.359
 proof that

00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:45.079
 all that Jesus

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.599
 has been

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.879
 saying about

00:17:46.879 --> 00:17:47.599
 being the

00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:48.339
 good shepherd

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.740
 is true.

00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:51.539
 Let's go

00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.159
 back for just

00:17:52.159 --> 00:17:52.719
 a moment and

00:17:52.719 --> 00:17:53.259
 reflect on

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:53.939
 those words

00:17:53.939 --> 00:17:54.439
 back in

00:17:54.439 --> 00:17:54.979
 John chapter

00:17:54.979 --> 00:17:55.359
 10.

00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:56.579
 Jesus said,

00:17:57.159 --> 00:17:57.879
 I am the

00:17:57.879 --> 00:17:58.579
 good shepherd.

00:17:59.439 --> 00:18:00.240
 The good

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:01.079
 shepherd lays

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.679
 down his

00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.679
 life for

00:18:02.679 --> 00:18:03.139
 the sheep.

00:18:04.219 --> 00:18:05.019
 The hired

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:06.419
 hand is

00:18:06.419 --> 00:18:06.979
 not the

00:18:06.979 --> 00:18:07.519
 shepherd and

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:07.979
 does not

00:18:07.979 --> 00:18:09.139
 own the

00:18:09.139 --> 00:18:09.399
 sheep.

00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:10.039
 So when

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.579
 he sees

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:10.939
 the wolf

00:18:10.939 --> 00:18:11.339
 coming,

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.859
 he abandons

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.259
 the sheep

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:13.639
 and runs

00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:14.000
 away.

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.379
 Then the

00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:16.000
 wolf attacks

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.500
 the flock

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.159
 and scatters

00:18:17.159 --> 00:18:17.299
 it.

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.139
 The man

00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:18.619
 runs away

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.179
 because he's

00:18:19.179 --> 00:18:19.479
 a hired

00:18:19.479 --> 00:18:20.039
 hand and

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.819
 cares nothing

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:21.359
 for the

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:21.599
 sheep.

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.500
 I am

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:23.979
 the good

00:18:23.979 --> 00:18:24.639
 shepherd.

00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:26.599
 And I

00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:27.679
 lay down

00:18:27.679 --> 00:18:28.919
 my life

00:18:28.919 --> 00:18:30.259
 for the

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.539
 sheep

00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:32.399
 is what

00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:32.740
 Jesus

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.619
 said.

00:18:34.979 --> 00:18:35.939
 So here

00:18:35.939 --> 00:18:36.859
 the wolves

00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.379
 have come

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:39.219
 and it's

00:18:39.219 --> 00:18:39.579
 quite a

00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:39.919
 pack.

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.299
 And does

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.899
 Jesus run

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.199
 away?

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:43.479
 No.

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.859
 In fact,

00:18:44.919 --> 00:18:45.219
 it's the

00:18:45.219 --> 00:18:45.559
 opposite.

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.399
 He engages

00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:47.579
 them directly.

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.339
 He steps

00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:49.079
 forth and

00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:49.639
 immediately

00:18:49.639 --> 00:18:50.599
 diverts their

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.559
 attention away

00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:52.819
 from the

00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:54.359
 flock and

00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:55.179
 onto himself.

00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.679
 If it's

00:18:57.679 --> 00:18:58.819
 me you're

00:18:58.819 --> 00:18:59.379
 looking for,

00:18:59.440 --> 00:18:59.839
 then let

00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.759
 these men

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.319
 go.

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 You just

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.559
 get a sense

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:04.960
 here that

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.460
 Jesus is

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.319
 putting himself

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.200
 right in

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.659
 the gap,

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.440
 squarely

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.759
 between these

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.639
 armed men

00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:11.819
 and his

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.460
 disciples.

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.759
 He's ready

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.740
 to offer

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.339
 himself

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.519
 willingly

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:19.599
 while asking

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:20.000
 for his

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.619
 followers to

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.119
 be spared.

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:23.559
 this is the

00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.079
 proof that

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:24.639
 he really

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.819
 is our

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.519
 good shepherd.

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.819
 That he

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.379
 really does

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:28.919
 watch out

00:19:28.919 --> 00:19:29.399
 for us

00:19:29.399 --> 00:19:30.659
 and will

00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:31.740
 do all

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.099
 that is

00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:33.419
 needed to

00:19:33.419 --> 00:19:34.179
 protect us.

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:36.379
 Can you

00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:37.059
 imagine this?

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.740
 We don't

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.480
 know exactly

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.139
 where everyone

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.740
 was standing

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.299
 there in the

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.819
 garden that

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.139
 night,

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.679
 but I

00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:44.039
 imagine

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.440
 Jesus

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.159
 perhaps a

00:19:45.159 --> 00:19:45.639
 little out

00:19:45.639 --> 00:19:46.339
 in front

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.919
 of his

00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:47.639
 disciples and

00:19:47.639 --> 00:19:48.099
 them just

00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:48.619
 behind.

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 He's doing

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.859
 the talking

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:52.059
 can you

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.519
 imagine if

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:52.699
 you were

00:19:52.699 --> 00:19:52.979
 one of

00:19:52.979 --> 00:19:53.099
 his

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.559
 disciples

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:53.879
 just

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.339
 kind of

00:19:54.339 --> 00:19:54.979
 watching

00:19:54.979 --> 00:19:55.599
 all this

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:55.979
 taking

00:19:55.979 --> 00:19:56.519
 place?

00:19:57.939 --> 00:19:58.799
 Like what's

00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.219
 about to

00:19:59.219 --> 00:19:59.899
 happen here?

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 And the

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.099
 way this

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.719
 conversation

00:20:03.719 --> 00:20:04.399
 is going,

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:07.819
 I imagine

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.439
 Jesus just

00:20:08.439 --> 00:20:08.939
 begins to

00:20:08.939 --> 00:20:09.519
 walk forward

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.119
 and surrender

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:11.759
 himself to

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.039
 them.

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:14.240
 And if I'm

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.539
 one of the

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:14.959
 disciples,

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.500
 I'm thinking

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.279
 now what do

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.699
 we do?

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.500
 Do we

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.959
 fight?

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:20.259
 should we

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.600
 run?

00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.440
 John tells

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.759
 us that

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.299
 there was

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:25.940
 a brief

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.660
 struggle that

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.380
 took place.

00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:28.440
 Peter,

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.259
 one of the

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.700
 disciples,

00:20:29.840 --> 00:20:30.200
 had a

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.579
 sword and

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:31.059
 he pulls

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.579
 it out and

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.279
 strikes with

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.519
 it.

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.779
 Verse 10,

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.819
 then Simon

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.160
 Peter,

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.720
 who had a

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:35.940
 sword,

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:36.920
 drew it

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.840
 and struck

00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.380
 the high

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.980
 priest's

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.340
 servant,

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.299
 cutting off

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:40.740
 his right

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.019
 ear.

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.079
 The

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.460
 servant's

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.960
 name was

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.519
 Malchus.

00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:46.980
 Now we

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.340
 can only

00:20:47.340 --> 00:20:47.880
 guess at

00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.460
 what Peter

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.740
 was thinking.

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.900
 Was it

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.440
 just gut

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.640
 instinct that

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.279
 led him to

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.779
 do this?

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.559
 Did he feel

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.100
 that he might

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:56.759
 be a traitor

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.319
 if he just

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:58.079
 let Jesus

00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:00.059
 be captured

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.680
 and taken?

00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:04.740
 And you

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.100
 can just

00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:05.920
 imagine that

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.840
 right in this

00:21:06.840 --> 00:21:07.440
 moment as

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.440
 Peter is

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.059
 striking

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.720
 Malchus,

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.500
 every other

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.360
 man with

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:13.079
 their weapon

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:14.319
 is just

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.360
 ready to

00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:16.019
 jump into

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.600
 the fray.

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.959
 and this

00:21:17.959 --> 00:21:18.259
 is going

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.619
 to be a

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.240
 bloodbath.

00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:21.919
 Probably

00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:22.639
 some if

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.139
 not all

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.500
 of the

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.059
 disciples

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.500
 would have

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.799
 lost

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.039
 their

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.579
 lives.

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.439
 But

00:21:28.439 --> 00:21:28.879
 Jesus

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.980
 intervenes.

00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:32.319
 Verse 11,

00:21:33.179 --> 00:21:33.459
 Jesus

00:21:33.459 --> 00:21:34.039
 commanded

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.480
 Peter,

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.539
 put your

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:35.819
 sword

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.279
 away.

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.980
 Or as

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.480
 Luke has

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.559
 it also,

00:21:42.439 --> 00:21:43.039
 no more

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.539
 of this.

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.519
 And the

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:46.879
 sense we

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.299
 get here

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.599
 is that

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.139
 everyone,

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:48.960
 the whole

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.399
 group,

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.220
 just

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.039
 stopped

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:52.639
 for a

00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:53.119
 moment at

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.420
 Jesus'

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:53.859
 command.

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.819
 According to

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.180
 Matthew,

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.039
 Jesus followed

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.639
 up his

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.200
 command with

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.539
 a bit of

00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.159
 a rebuke

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:01.200
 to Peter.

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.819
 Put your

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.519
 sword back

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.839
 in its

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.279
 place,

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.139
 for all

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:04.740
 who draw

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.319
 the sword

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.359
 will die

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:07.019
 by the

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.319
 sword.

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:14.299
 He

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.799
 follows it

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.240
 up with,

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.099
 do you

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:16.519
 think I

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:16.879
 cannot

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.460
 call on

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.639
 my

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.039
 father?

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.960
 And he

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.279
 will at

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.139
 once put

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.480
 at my

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.000
 disposal

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.480
 more than

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.980
 twelve

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.899
 legions

00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:24.099
 of angels.

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.480
 In other

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.819
 words,

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.679
 Peter,

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:30.039
 I don't

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.539
 need

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:32.200
 you to

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.879
 defend me

00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.740
 or to

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.339
 fight for

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:34.579
 me.

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.039
 If this

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.460
 is just

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.279
 about us

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.700
 versus

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.139
 them,

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.920
 I could

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.500
 handle it

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.000
 myself,

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.440
 Peter,

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.660
 without even

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.200
 lifting a

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.519
 finger.

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.259
 Put your

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.160
 sword away.

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.899
 Now,

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.399
 John doesn't

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:50.819
 tell us

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.339
 about this,

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.799
 but Luke

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.299
 tells us

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.599
 that in

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.180
 this moment,

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.000
 Jesus actually

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.660
 goes to

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.220
 Malchus,

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.160
 the servant

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.519
 of the

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.079
 high priest,

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.079
 and touches

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.799
 his ear

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.839
 and heals

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.839
 it on

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.399
 the spot,

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.940
 basically

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:04.019
 undoing

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:05.019
 the damage

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.799
 that Peter

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.319
 has just

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.660
 done.

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:10.920
 and Jesus

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.440
 says,

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:14.399
 shall I

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:14.779
 not

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.599
 drink

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.359
 the cup

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.359
 the

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.700
 Father

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.619
 has

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:18.879
 given

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.160
 me?

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.539
 Shall I

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:22.799
 not

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.259
 drink

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.899
 the cup

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.799
 the

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.099
 Father

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.399
 has

00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:25.660
 given

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:25.920
 me?

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.500
 What a

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.899
 question.

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.139
 What a

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:31.500
 statement.

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:35.940
 verse 12.

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.099
 Then the

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:37.559
 detachment

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.180
 of soldiers

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.720
 with its

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.140
 commander

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.579
 and the

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:39.799
 Jewish

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.359
 officials

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.259
 arrested

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.740
 Jesus.

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.380
 They bind

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.240
 him and

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.579
 they lead

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.019
 him away

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.420
 and we

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.920
 will hear

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.140
 what happens

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.619
 next,

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.880
 next Sunday.

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.660
 this was

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.020
 the final

00:23:51.020 --> 00:23:51.420
 outcome.

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:51.800
 Jesus

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.080
 was

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.500
 arrested

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.540
 and as

00:23:53.540 --> 00:23:53.800
 one of

00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:54.100
 the other

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:54.460
 gospel

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:54.780
 writers

00:23:54.780 --> 00:23:55.240
 mentions,

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.500
 his

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.960
 disciples

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.900
 in this

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.200
 moment

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.420
 they

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.800
 scatter,

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.560
 they flee.

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.520
 As we

00:24:02.520 --> 00:24:02.800
 come to

00:24:02.800 --> 00:24:03.240
 the Lord's

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.760
 table this

00:24:03.760 --> 00:24:04.080
 morning,

00:24:04.520 --> 00:24:05.580
 I want to

00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:05.960
 help us

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.520
 focus in

00:24:06.520 --> 00:24:06.840
 on this

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.340
 last

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.020
 question

00:24:08.020 --> 00:24:08.540
 or statement

00:24:08.540 --> 00:24:09.200
 of Jesus.

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.980
 Shall I

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.640
 not drink

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.180
 the cup

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:14.480
 the Father

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.080
 has given

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.340
 me?

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:17.220
 let's

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.720
 reflect on

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.179
 these words

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.539
 for a

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.839
 moment.

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.279
 At first

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:24.339
 we hear

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.879
 a question

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:27.199
 but then

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:27.659
 we notice

00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:28.079
 that this

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.659
 question is

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.119
 really a

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.539
 statement.

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.539
 He's not

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.059
 looking for

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.720
 reassurance

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.000
 about this

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.659
 from the

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.099
 disciples,

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.759
 he's making

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.299
 a statement,

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.359
 this is how

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.019
 it has

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.519
 to go.

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.039
 Fighting is

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.399
 not an

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:41.720
 option,

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.439
 running away

00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:42.959
 from this

00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:44.000
 is not an

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.339
 option.

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:46.000
 I must

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.500
 go through

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.059
 with this.

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.000
 The time

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.500
 has come.

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.779
 In these

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.399
 moments we

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.899
 think back

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.259
 to when

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.919
 Jesus on

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:54.439
 that earlier

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:56.179
 occasion spoke

00:24:56.179 --> 00:24:56.759
 about how

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.399
 he was going

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:57.939
 to suffer

00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:59.099
 and die.

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.039
 And do you

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.559
 remember how

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.699
 Peter back

00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:03.939
 then tried

00:25:03.939 --> 00:25:04.539
 to rebuke

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:04.939
 Jesus?

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.919
 That's the

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.299
 whole get

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.919
 behind me

00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:08.740
 Satan moment.

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.799
 And at that

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.539
 time Jesus

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.579
 rebuked Peter.

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.619
 He said to

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.000
 him back

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.299
 then,

00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:14.000
 you do not

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.559
 have in

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:14.939
 mind

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.259
 the things

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.880
 of God

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.759
 but the

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.200
 things of

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.460
 men.

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.480
 This is

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.940
 the moment

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.820
 that Jesus

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.460
 was speaking

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.779
 of.

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.380
 And it

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.840
 comes down

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.400
 to this.

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.000
 Will Jesus

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.600
 cling to

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.180
 the things

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.860
 of God

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:32.380
 or the

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.799
 things of

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.019
 men?

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.440
 Will he

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.960
 cling to

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.600
 the concerns

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.720
 of man?

00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.600
 How to

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.240
 avoid

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.240
 personal

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.860
 discomfort

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:41.580
 and suffering?

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:41.980
 How to

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.500
 beat his

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.880
 opponents?

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:44.460
 or will

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:44.940
 he hold

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.420
 firmly

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.280
 to the

00:25:46.280 --> 00:25:47.160
 will of

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.560
 God

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:48.640
 the things

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.140
 that God

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.940
 wants in

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.680
 these moments

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.520
 no matter

00:25:51.520 --> 00:25:52.140
 the cost?

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.860
 Shall I

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.940
 not drink

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.460
 the cup

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.040
 the Father

00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.680
 has given

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.040
 me?

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.360
 In the

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.920
 midst of all

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.620
 this tension

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.600
 and conflict

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:04.140
 with all

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.620
 these armed

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.400
 men staring

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.080
 him down

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.640
 ready to

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.120
 pounce on

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.360
 him,

00:26:07.760 --> 00:26:08.260
 how does

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.599
 Jesus see

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.539
 the situation?

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.720
 According to

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:13.980
 what he

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.420
 says,

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:16.140
 he sees

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.119
 it as

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:17.799
 coming to

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:19.500
 him from

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.740
 the Father,

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:23.059
 given to

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.599
 him by

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:24.980
 God,

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.960
 his Father.

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.180
 This is

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.619
 amazing.

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.839
 Let's talk

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.420
 about the

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.700
 cup.

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.559
 Jesus uses

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.319
 this language

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.059
 of the

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.319
 cup.

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.819
 This

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.359
 cup that

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.779
 the Father

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.339
 is giving

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.039
 him to

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.599
 drink from.

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.039
 What is

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.279
 that?

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.579
 What does

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.099
 that mean?

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.799
 There's

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.179
 some rich

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.679
 meaning to

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:47.000
 this.

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.019
 Long

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.339
 ago in

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.619
 the Old

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:48.960
 Testament

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.559
 times,

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.500
 language of

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.319
 cup was

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.259
 often used

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.079
 metaphorically

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.019
 or poetically

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.359
 to refer to

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.019
 a person's

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.439
 portion.

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.019
 Like

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.740
 Psalm 16

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.339
 verse 5,

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.679
 Lord,

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.299
 you alone

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.679
 are my

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.159
 portion

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:03.259
 and my

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.619
 cup.

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:05.119
 you make

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.699
 my lot

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.459
 secure.

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.479
 The cup

00:27:07.479 --> 00:27:07.959
 had to

00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:08.319
 do with

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.000
 a person's

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.039
 lot in

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.459
 life.

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.639
 What God

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.299
 had decided

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.759
 a person

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.019
 should

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.599
 receive.

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:15.399
 And

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.000
 metaphorically

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.459
 speaking,

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.079
 what's in

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.579
 the cup

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.979
 that you

00:27:18.979 --> 00:27:19.759
 must drink

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.119
 from

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:22.239
 reflects what

00:27:22.239 --> 00:27:22.679
 God has

00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:23.119
 given for

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.419
 you.

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.359
 It

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:25.759
 reflects

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.479
 your lot.

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.439
 So if

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:27.619
 there's

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:28.159
 something good

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.419
 in your

00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:28.679
 cup,

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:28.859
 well,

00:27:28.939 --> 00:27:30.839
 that often

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.379
 speaks of

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.799
 blessing.

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.379
 But if

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.579
 there's

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:34.859
 something

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.219
 bitter

00:27:35.219 --> 00:27:36.119
 or

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.559
 poisonous,

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.879
 it speaks

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.039
 of

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.559
 hardship,

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.119
 grief,

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.199
 betrayal,

00:27:41.739 --> 00:27:42.759
 and especially

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.299
 judgment.

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.539
 Sometimes

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.819
 this language

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.339
 of cup

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.819
 was used

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.299
 to refer

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.759
 to good

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.119
 things,

00:27:49.199 --> 00:27:49.759
 like the

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.099
 cup of

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.599
 salvation

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.259
 is mentioned,

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.399
 or the

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:53.179
 23rd Psalm,

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.699
 which most

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:53.939
 of you

00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.219
 know.

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.279
 My cup

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.219
 overflows.

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:58.099
 Speaking of

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:59.000
 God's

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.839
 blessing

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.619
 coming so

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.500
 abundantly,

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.279
 more than I

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.619
 need.

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:04.519
 But most

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:04.959
 often in

00:28:04.959 --> 00:28:05.199
 the Old

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.599
 Testament,

00:28:06.439 --> 00:28:07.239
 this metaphor

00:28:07.239 --> 00:28:07.719
 of cup

00:28:07.719 --> 00:28:08.159
 was used

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:08.679
 to refer

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:10.059
 to judgment,

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.679
 like in

00:28:10.679 --> 00:28:11.699
 Job 21

00:28:11.699 --> 00:28:12.379
 verse 20,

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.639
 where Job

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.239
 speaks about

00:28:14.239 --> 00:28:14.719
 the wicked

00:28:14.719 --> 00:28:16.159
 and says,

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.359
 let their

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:18.199
 own eyes

00:28:18.199 --> 00:28:18.979
 see their

00:28:18.979 --> 00:28:19.539
 destruction.

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.279
 Let them

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.079
 drink the

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.059
 cup of

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.739
 the wrath

00:28:22.739 --> 00:28:23.979
 of the

00:28:23.979 --> 00:28:24.379
 Almighty.

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.379
 Or Psalm

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.339
 75 verse

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.619
 8,

00:28:28.959 --> 00:28:30.099
 in the hand

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.659
 of the Lord

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.379
 is a cup

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:32.119
 full of

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.459
 foaming

00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:32.959
 wine,

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.079
 mixed with

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.479
 spices.

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.039
 He pours

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.419
 it out,

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.539
 and all

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:37.919
 the wicked

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.239
 of the

00:28:38.239 --> 00:28:38.779
 earth drink

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.219
 it down

00:28:39.219 --> 00:28:39.639
 to its

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.039
 very

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.919
 dregs.

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:43.139
 Or

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.539
 Jeremiah

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.459
 25 verse

00:28:44.459 --> 00:28:44.979
 15,

00:28:45.979 --> 00:28:46.779
 this is what

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.199
 the Lord,

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.619
 the God

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.039
 of Israel

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.500
 said to

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.759
 me,

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.259
 take from

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.719
 my hand

00:28:50.719 --> 00:28:51.299
 this cup

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.179
 filled with

00:28:52.179 --> 00:28:52.599
 the wine

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:52.959
 of my

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:53.439
 wrath and

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:53.819
 make all

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.339
 the nations

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.759
 to whom

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.139
 I send

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:56.359
 you drink

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.619
 it.

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.939
 Now there's

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.399
 more of

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:58.619
 these,

00:28:58.699 --> 00:28:58.939
 we won't

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.259
 go into

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.660
 all of

00:28:59.660 --> 00:28:59.839
 them.

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.940
 Altogether

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.640
 this language

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.220
 of cup

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.879
 speaks

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.339
 mainly

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.259
 of

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.680
 judgment.

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.180
 It's a

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.539
 portion

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.519
 that God

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.480
 gives to

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.940
 the wicked.

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.079
 The contents

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.799
 of the cup

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.879
 is his

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.339
 wrath,

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.319
 his punishment,

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.299
 and those

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.720
 who drink

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.000
 it are

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.440
 brought to

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:19.119
 ruin and

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.680
 destruction,

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.519
 sorrow and

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.980
 disgrace.

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.519
 It comes

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.539
 as punishment

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:25.779
 for sins.

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.279
 But then

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.599
 we come

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.099
 to Jesus

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.579
 and this

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.960
 is so

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.299
 rich,

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.839
 I hope

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.139
 we don't

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.759
 miss this.

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.539
 All this

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.159
 that's happening

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.700
 to Jesus

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.159
 in this

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:35.720
 moment is

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.240
 not just

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.000
 a tragic

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.099
 accident.

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.819
 There is

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.339
 a cup

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.740
 being given

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.940
 by the

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.319
 Father

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:46.399
 to the

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:46.680
 Son

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:48.579
 to drink.

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.319
 This is

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.899
 the portion

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.619
 assigned to

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.359
 Jesus in

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.919
 the plan

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:54.139
 of God.

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.459
 It is

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:57.079
 the cup

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.659
 of God's

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.079
 wrath.

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.339
 And Jesus

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:00.839
 has just

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.459
 been praying

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:02.259
 in the

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.539
 garden

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.419
 asking God

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:03.979
 to take

00:30:03.979 --> 00:30:04.439
 the cup

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:05.339
 away from

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.639
 him.

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.899
 Yet

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:09.179
 he said

00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:10.659
 not my

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:10.959
 will

00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:12.559
 but yours

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.859
 be done.

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:16.359
 So right

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.819
 here and

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.240
 now we

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.799
 see Jesus

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.699
 put action

00:30:18.699 --> 00:30:20.319
 to his

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.740
 willingness.

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.839
 He doesn't

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.259
 call on

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.439
 his

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:23.740
 father

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.240
 for those

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.699
 legions

00:30:24.699 --> 00:30:25.299
 of angels.

00:30:26.479 --> 00:30:26.799
 Instead

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.379
 he steps

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.759
 forward

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.500
 and surrenders

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.000
 himself

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:31.139
 to the

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.359
 armed

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.719
 men.

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.679
 This is

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.179
 the portion.

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.639
 This is

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.039
 the lot.

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.479
 This is

00:30:35.479 --> 00:30:36.179
 the assignment

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.719
 that has

00:30:36.719 --> 00:30:37.219
 been given

00:30:37.219 --> 00:30:38.699
 him by

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:38.939
 his

00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:39.279
 father.

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.179
 In

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.619
 suffering

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.219
 as he's

00:30:43.219 --> 00:30:43.699
 about to

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:44.000
 suffer,

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:44.439
 Jesus

00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:45.419
 will receive

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:45.959
 wrath.

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.979
 He will

00:30:47.979 --> 00:30:48.519
 receive

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.199
 punishment.

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:51.660
 not for

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.080
 his own

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.460
 sins

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:54.640
 but for

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.000
 ours.

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.840
 And so

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.240
 this is

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.519
 Jesus

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.200
 saying I

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.740
 must

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:01.200
 do this.

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.960
 I must

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.039
 take

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.420
 this.

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.180
 This is

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.860
 my portion

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.279
 from the

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.519
 father.

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:05.940
 This is

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.360
 the plan.

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.740
 This is

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.180
 the only

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.680
 way for

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.059
 you to

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.660
 be saved

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.480
 from

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.880
 drinking

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.140
 it

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.740
 yourself.

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.420
 As the

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.680
 prophet

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.039
 Isaiah

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.779
 foretold,

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.779
 Isaiah

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.360
 53,

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:18.559
 surely

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.519
 he took

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.859
 up our

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.439
 pain and

00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:20.799
 bore

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.139
 our

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.759
 suffering

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.459
 yet we

00:31:23.459 --> 00:31:23.879
 considered

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.579
 him punished

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.319
 by God,

00:31:25.979 --> 00:31:26.359
 stricken

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.839
 by him

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.639
 and afflicted.

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:30.039
 But he

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:31.279
 was pierced

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.299
 for our

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.319
 transgressions.

00:31:33.979 --> 00:31:35.039
 He was

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.859
 crushed

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.879
 for our

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.639
 iniquities.

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.719
 The

00:31:39.719 --> 00:31:40.240
 punishment

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.719
 that brought

00:31:40.719 --> 00:31:41.500
 us peace

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.319
 was on

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.959
 him

00:31:42.959 --> 00:31:45.179
 and by

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:46.000
 his wounds

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:47.940
 we are

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.299
 healed.

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.720
 We all

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.220
 like sheep

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.640
 have gone

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.099
 astray.

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.500
 Each of

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.839
 us has

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.460
 turned to

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.079
 our own

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.599
 way

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:58.359
 and the

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.779
 Lord has

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.460
 laid on

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.160
 him

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.220
 the

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.759
 iniquity

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:03.019
 of us

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.319
 all.

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.940
 For the

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.519
 transgression

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.539
 of my

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.059
 people

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:09.700
 he was

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.200
 punished

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:12.240
 says the

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.500
 Lord.

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.640
 Shall I

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.359
 not drink

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.899
 the cup

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.139
 the

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.479
 father

00:32:16.479 --> 00:32:16.879
 has

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.199
 given

00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:17.559
 me

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.719
 says

00:32:18.719 --> 00:32:19.139
 Jesus.

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.579
 And with

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.079
 that said

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.740
 he surrenders

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.379
 himself to

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:22.939
 these wicked

00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:24.219
 and abusive

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:25.039
 men who

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.479
 will make

00:32:25.479 --> 00:32:26.019
 him suffer

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.799
 and put

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.119
 him to

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.459
 death

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:29.279
 before the

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.619
 end of the

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:29.919
 following

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.259
 day.

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.459
 What do

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:32.899
 you think?

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:35.320
 do you

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.640
 think it's

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.160
 a coincidence

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.240
 that just

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.220
 hours earlier

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:39.480
 Jesus

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.900
 sat around

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.320
 the table

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:41.720
 with his

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.200
 disciples

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:44.440
 with his

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.000
 own

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.519
 cup

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:48.560
 and asked

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:49.140
 his disciples

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.840
 to pass it

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.240
 around the

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.740
 table and

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.259
 divide its

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.680
 contents

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.240
 among them.

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.500
 What did

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.019
 Jesus say

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.540
 about that?

00:32:57.280 --> 00:32:57.980
 He said

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.579
 this cup

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.059
 is the

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.360
 new

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.860
 covenant

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:01.400
 in my

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.039
 blood.

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.579
 My

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.420
 blood

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:04.460
 which is

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.079
 poured out

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:06.299
 for the

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.700
 forgiveness

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:08.039
 of sins.

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.620
 And then

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:10.960
 he told

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.519
 his disciples

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.039
 to drink

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.480
 it in

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.900
 remembrance

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.440
 of him.

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.420
 The contents

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.960
 of Jesus

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.599
 cup at

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.380
 the Lord's

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:17.860
 supper

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.920
 represented

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.700
 his blood

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:21.960
 death.

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.740
 Jesus

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.440
 drank from

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.099
 it himself

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.059
 that night.

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:30.000
 symbolizing

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.920
 that he

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.400
 was about

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.220
 to surrender

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.960
 his life

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.079
 to death.

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.819
 To drink

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.360
 the cup

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:37.140
 of wrath

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:38.880
 being given

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.360
 to him

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:40.240
 from the

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.579
 Father.

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.160
 I don't

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.539
 think it's

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.039
 a coincidence.

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.539
 These

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.940
 things are

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.640
 tied together.

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.240
 Jesus

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.799
 drinks

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.660
 the cup

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:48.680
 and from

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.500
 his portion

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.259
 we all

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.019
 receive

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.860
 the benefit.

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.259
 Jesus

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.720
 willingly

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.180
 chooses

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.819
 to suffer

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.720
 and die

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.099
 for his

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.500
 people.

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.940
 And we

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.319
 who are

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.700
 his

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.360
 followers

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.779
 receive

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.240
 what his

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.620
 death

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.700
 brings.

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.620
 Forgiveness

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.579
 of our

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:06.940
 sins

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:08.440
 and a

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.920
 new

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.079
 relationship

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.740
 with God.

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.860
 That's

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.240
 what this

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:14.000
 table

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.460
 represents.

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.019
 Both the

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.360
 bread and

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.679
 the cup

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.219
 represent

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.599
 Jesus'

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.619
 death

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:18.980
 but the

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.179
 cup

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.559
 very

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.159
 specially

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.679
 speaks

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.039
 of the

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.420
 kind

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.639
 of

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:21.980
 death

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.800
 he would

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.139
 die.

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:23.800
 That

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.179
 wrath

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.599
 is about

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.059
 to fall

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.500
 on him

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.780
 for the

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.219
 salvation

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.839
 of others.

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.839
 So we're

00:34:29.839 --> 00:34:30.019
 going to

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.480
 come now

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.819
 to the

00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:31.179
 Lord's

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.839
 table

00:34:31.839 --> 00:34:32.519
 and eat

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.099
 and drink

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.859
 again from

00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.939
 it in

00:34:35.939 --> 00:34:36.319
 remembrance

00:34:36.319 --> 00:34:37.000
 of Jesus.

00:34:38.899 --> 00:34:39.739
 If you

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.399
 have not yet

00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:40.899
 put your

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:41.399
 trust

00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:42.859
 in Jesus

00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:43.639
 and surrendered

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.259
 your heart

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.779
 to him

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.899
 let me

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:46.679
 encourage you

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:48.000
 to do

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.339
 that.

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:51.200
 do you

00:34:51.200 --> 00:34:51.680
 see how

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.100
 worthy

00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:52.539
 of your

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.019
 trust

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.780
 and your

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.220
 heart

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:55.880
 Jesus

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.860
 is?

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.280
 Do you

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.740
 see how

00:34:58.740 --> 00:35:00.660
 he is

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.120
 the good

00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:01.500
 shepherd

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.200
 who loves

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.840
 his people

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.600
 and protects

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:03.900
 them?

00:35:04.600 --> 00:35:04.860
 Do you

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.180
 see how

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:05.600
 willingly

00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:06.539
 he embraces

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:08.059
 this suffering

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:09.340
 and anguish

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.100
 of the cross

00:35:10.100 --> 00:35:10.980
 for your

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.480
 forgiveness

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.719
 forgiveness

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:16.139
 for the

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.599
 sins that

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.159
 we have

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.559
 committed

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:19.820
 to be

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.199
 forgiven

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.679
 to bring

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.039
 us back

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.539
 to God?

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.260
 He is

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:23.800
 absolutely

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.599
 worthy of

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.119
 your trust

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.840
 and your

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.179
 heart

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.240
 all of it

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:29.199
 and so I

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:29.719
 urge you

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.139
 if you

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.659
 haven't done

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.059
 this yet

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.659
 to surrender

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.079
 to him

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.500
 today

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.739
 to believe

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.219
 in him

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:35.479
 today

00:35:35.479 --> 00:35:37.599
 for all

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.839
 of us

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.219
 who have

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.739
 done that

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:40.719
 we are

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:40.919
 going to

00:35:40.919 --> 00:35:41.239
 partake

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:41.699
 together

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.419
 again of

00:35:42.419 --> 00:35:42.719
 the bread

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.000
 and the

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.239
 cup

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:44.699
 and we

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.019
 do this

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.500
 to remember

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.939
 Jesus

00:35:45.939 --> 00:35:46.419
 and his

00:35:46.419 --> 00:35:46.899
 sacrifice

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.759
 for us

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:49.859
 so if

00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:50.059
 you have

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.439
 put your

00:35:50.439 --> 00:35:51.279
 trust in

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.459
 him

00:35:51.459 --> 00:35:51.919
 and believe

00:35:51.919 --> 00:35:52.279
 in him

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.679
 if you have

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.279
 made that

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.799
 profession

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.399
 that Jesus

00:35:54.399 --> 00:35:55.000
 is Lord

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.879
 and believe

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.179
 in your

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.399
 heart

00:35:56.399 --> 00:35:56.819
 that God

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.119
 raised

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.279
 him

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.440
 from

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.599
 the

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:57.859
 dead

00:35:57.859 --> 00:35:59.400
 to save

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.599
 you

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.940
 then join

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.539
 with us

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.179
 partake

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.619
 with us

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.179
 this morning

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:04.519
 we are

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.679
 going to

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.099
 take a few

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.599
 minutes now

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.199
 just to

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:07.159
 quietly reflect

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.099
 and pray

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:09.440
 I encourage

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.679
 you

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.239
 talk to

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.559
 God

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.539
 in the

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.839
 quiet

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:12.139
 of these

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.579
 moments

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:14.199
 and then

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.719
 after a few

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.099
 minutes of

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.339
 that

00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:16.199
 the bread

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.440
 and the

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:16.619
 cup

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:16.920
 will be

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.219
 passed

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.539
 out

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.900
 and

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:20.859
 if you

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.279
 don't wish

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.920
 to partake

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.400
 I would

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:22.759
 encourage

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:22.960
 you

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.440
 just to

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:24.079
 signal

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.759
 with your

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.119
 hand

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:27.039
 to those

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.639
 serving

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:29.300
 and Dave

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.820
 or Charles

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.340
 will just

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.759
 pass you

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.019
 by

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:32.619
 we'll wait

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.039
 until

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:34.119
 all have

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.679
 been served

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:36.019
 and then

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.719
 we'll partake

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.139
 together

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:49.039
 inici unexpectedly

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:52.859
 in the

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BER

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 Thank you.

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