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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to John chapter 18.

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 We have made our way to the 18th chapter of John,

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 and we are going to cover verses 1 through 27 this morning.

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 So John 18, verses 1 through 27.

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 As I always encourage you, please have a Bible open.

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 We're going to look with our own eyes at God's Word this morning

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 as we walk through this passage together.

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 So when you found it, John 18, verses 1 through 27,

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 if you would please stand in honor of the reading of God's Word.

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 When Jesus had spoken these words,

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 he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron,

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 where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.

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 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place.

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 For Jesus often met there with his disciples.

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 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees,

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 went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

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 And then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him,

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 came forward and said to them,

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 Whom do you seek?

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 They answered him,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 I am he.

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 Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

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 When Jesus said to them,

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 I am he,

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 they drew back and fell to the ground.

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 So he asked them again,

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 Whom do you seek?

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 And they said,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 Jesus answered,

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 I told you that I am he.

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 So if you seek me,

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 let these men go.

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 This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken.

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 Of those whom you gave me,

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 I have not lost one.

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 Then Simon Peter,

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 having a sword,

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 drew it

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 and struck the high priest's servant

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 and cut off his right ear.

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 The servant's name was Malchus.

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 So Jesus said to Peter,

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 Put your sword into its sheath.

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 Shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?

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 So the band of soldiers and their captain

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 and the officers of the Jews

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 arrested Jesus and bound him.

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 First they led him to Annas,

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 for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas,

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 who was high priest that year.

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 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews

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 that it would be expedient

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 that one man should die for the people.

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 Simon Peter followed Jesus

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 and so did another disciple.

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 Since that disciple was known to the high priest,

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 he entered with Jesus

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 into the courtyard of the high priest,

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 but Peter stood outside at the door.

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 So the other disciple,

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 who was known to the high priest,

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 went out and spoke to the servant girl

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 who kept watch at the door

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 and brought Peter in.

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 The servant girl at the door said to Peter,

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 You also are not one of this man's disciples,

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 are you?

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 He said,

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 I am not.

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 Now the servants and officers

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 had made a charcoal fire

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 because it was cold

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 and they were standing and warming themselves.

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 Peter also was with them,

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 standing and warming himself.

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 The high priest then questioned Jesus

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 about his disciples and his teaching.

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 Jesus answered him,

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 I have spoken openly to the world.

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 I have always taught in synagogues

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 and in the temple

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 where all Jews come together.

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 I have said nothing in secret.

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 Why do you ask me?

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 Ask those who have heard me

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 what I said to them.

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 They know what I said.

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 When he had said these things,

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 one of the officers standing by

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 struck Jesus with his hand,

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 saying,

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 Is that how you answer the high priest?

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 Jesus answered him,

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 If what I said is wrong,

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 bear witness about the wrong.

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 But if what I said is right,

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 then why do you strike me?

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 Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas,

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 the high priest.

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 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself,

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 so they said to him,

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 You also are not one of his disciples,

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 are you?

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 He denied it and said,

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 I am not.

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 One of the servants of the high priest,

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 a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off,

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 asked,

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 Did I not see you in the garden with him?

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 Peter again denied it,

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 and at once the rooster crowed.

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 Grass withers and flower fades,

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 but the word of our Lord endures forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord,

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 we thank you for the truth of your word,

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 and we pray as Jesus has just prayed in John 17,

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 would you sanctify us in the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Amen.

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 About every six months,

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 we enter into what is called eclipse season.

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 I found myself reading about this this week.

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 We're actually just a few weeks away from an eclipse season,

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 March 24th and 25th.

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 I know you have your calendars marked for this.

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 There will be a partial lunar eclipse,

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 called a penumbral eclipse,

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 where just part of the moon's brightness

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 will be partially blocked by the earth's shadow.

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 The earth, as it orbits and rotates,

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 it gets in the way of the sun's direct light

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 from directly hitting, reaching, and reflecting

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 off of the surface of the moon.

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 And if it's a total eclipse,

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 what happens is that the earth,

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 it completely blocks direct sunlight from hitting the moon.

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 It moves right in the way.

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 And for a moment,

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 but only for a moment,

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 that moon that normally shines

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 and lights up the night sky

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 is partially darkened,

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 but only partially,

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 because even in this unique moment

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 of unusual darkness,

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 the light still makes its way through.

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 It's still visible.

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 The contrast is still seen.

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 Sometimes the moon is a reddish color

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 instead of bright white,

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 but it's still there.

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 It's still visible.

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 It's still shining forth in the darkness.

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 The darkness cannot overpower the light.

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 As we enter into this final section

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 of John's gospel this morning,

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 I want to remind you of what John told us

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 all the way back in John chapter 1.

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 He told us how this story would go.

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 Do you remember what he said?

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 The light shines in the darkness,

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 and the darkness has not overcome it.

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 You can take that phrase

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 and slap it right across chapters 18 through 21,

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 because what we see here

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 is a moment of intense,

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 unusual darkness.

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 And yet,

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 as much as the earth and the world

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 and the sinful nature of the world

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 attempts to block out the light

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 of the Son of God,

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 the light shines in the darkness,

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 and the darkness has not overcome it.

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 In fact, what we see in this passage

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 so clearly is the sharp contrast

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 between light and darkness.

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 We see, as we've been singing about

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 all morning long,

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 the depth of our dark sin

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 and the height of His holiness.

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 What I want you to see

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 as we walk through this passage together

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 this morning is two contrasts

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 between the darkness and the light

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 this morning.

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 This will be our outline

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 if you're a note taker,

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 help you follow along.

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 We're going to see two contrasts

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 between the darkness

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 and the light this morning.

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 The first is here in verses 1 through 11.

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 Look there with me.

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 It's the contrast between Judas and Jesus.

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 This is a contrast between

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 betrayal and obedience.

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 Verse 1 tells us that

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 when Jesus had finished speaking,

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 probably referring to the whole

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 upper room discourse

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 and His priestly prayer

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 in chapters 13 through 17,

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 when He finished these words,

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 He went out with His disciples

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 across the brook Kidron

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 to a garden.

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 I want you to try as best as you can

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 to picture this scene with me.

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 It was nighttime.

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 It was dark.

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 Here on the night before the Passover,

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 it would have been a full moon.

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 And you can picture

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 kind of an eerie scene.

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 It has all the characteristics

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 of the beginning of a horror movie.

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 It was a dark, quiet, moonlit night.

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 And John tells us that

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 Jesus takes His disciples

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 across the brook Kidron.

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 The brook of Kidron

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 was actually a wadi,

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 which means that typically

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 year-round it's dry,

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 except for after an intense rain

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 when it pulls up with water,

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 much like a lot of our property

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 here in the Lowcountry, right?

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 Typically dry,

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 except for after a heavy rain

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 like last night.

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 And this brook,

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 it ran through the Kidron Valley.

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 It separated the Temple Mount

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 on one side

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 from the Mount of Olives

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 on the other.

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 And as you imagine this,

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 you can imagine the Mount of Olives

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 would be covered with olive trees

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 sprawling across the hill.

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 And Jesus had apparently found

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 in there a comfortable,

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 familiar meeting place

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 where He could engage

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 and interact and teach

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 and meet with His disciples.

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 And maybe you have a place like this.

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 Some of you know,

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 every now and then,

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 sometimes, usually on a Monday,

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 whenever I feel particularly overwhelmed

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 or burdened or stressed

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 or worn out,

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 I will walk right out here

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 past the yard

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 into the trees

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 of the Francis Marion Forest

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 and walk as far back

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 as I can get

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 until I feel like

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 I am completely alone.

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 And there,

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 I've done it often enough now

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 where I'm familiar

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 with some of the areas.

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 I have a couple of places

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 that to me

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 have become meeting places,

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 holy places of prayer

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 where I can go

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 and speak

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 and interact

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 with the Lord.

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 Verse 2 says that Jesus,

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 here,

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 He went across the brook Kidron

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 to His meeting place

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 where He often met

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 with His disciples.

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 And the three other gospel writers,

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 Matthew, Mark, and Luke,

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 they fill us in

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 on what's just happened

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 just moments before this

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 as Jesus went out

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 and prayed

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 in the Garden of Gethsemane

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 praying that

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 if it be at all possible

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 that this cup

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 might pass from Him.

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 You remember,

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 He's agonizing

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 over this coming moment.

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 He's sweating drops of blood

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 as He met with God

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 in prayer.

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 And do you remember

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 how He rose

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 and how He finished that prayer?

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 Yet not my will,

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 but Yours be done.

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 And as He rises

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 from His prayer,

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 as He resolves

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 to perfectly obey

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 the will of God,

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 to fulfill this plan of God

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 to a T,

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 John fills us in

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 on what Judas,

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 is up to.

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 And I want you to notice here

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 the contrast

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 that John is trying

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 to lay out for us.

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 Jesus is resolved

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 to obey

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 to the point of death.

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 He is willing to

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 pay the price

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 of His own life

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 for obedience

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 to the Father's plan.

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 But here,

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 Judas betrays Him

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 for just 30 pieces of silver,

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 according to Matthew.

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 And this is a contrast

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 of rebellion against God

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 as Judas rebels

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 and perfect submission

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 to God

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 as Jesus rises

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 to obey.

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 Judas, of course,

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 he knew the place

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 where Jesus would be.

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 He had met there

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 with Him many times before.

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 You can only imagine

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 the sweetness

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 of those meetings,

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 of that personal time

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 with Jesus

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 as Jesus often led Him

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 there to the garden

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 to meet.

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 But now,

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 verse 3 says,

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 Judas leads

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 a band of soldiers

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 and some officers

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 from the chief priests

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 and the Pharisees

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 with lanterns

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 and torches

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 and weapons.

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 Jesus returns

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 to that familiar

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 meeting place.

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 I'm not sure

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 how you picture

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 this scene in your mind

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 or if you've ever seen

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 a dramatization

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 of this moment,

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 but anytime

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 I tend to imagine it,

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 usually there's just

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 a handful of men

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 there to arrest Jesus.

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 In fact,

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 I was curious

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 and so I went back

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 and I re-watched

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 the scene

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 from The Passion

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 of the Christ.

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 Have you ever seen

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 that movie,

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 The Passion of the Christ?

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 I re-watched the scene

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 where Jesus was arrested

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 and parts were moving,

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 it was going kind of fast,

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 but I could only count

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 maybe as many as five men

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 in the scene

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 coming to arrest Jesus.

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 Certainly no more

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 than ten men

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 were there.

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 And that's where

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 some dramatizations

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 like that

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 can be a little

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 unhelpful for us.

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 And my apologies

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 to Mel Gibson,

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 right,

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 but as I studied

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 this text,

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 this week,

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 I was reminded

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 that these two groups

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 of people,

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 the band of soldiers

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 and the officers,

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 would likely have added

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 up to approximately

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 1,000 men.

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 The band of soldiers

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 is a Roman detachment,

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 which in and of itself,

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 by the strictest definition

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 of the term,

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 is 1,000 men.

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 Typically,

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 they didn't roll

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 with that many men.

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 It's normally

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 approximately

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 six to 700 individuals.

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 But then you add

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 the Jewish officials

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 from both the Sadducees

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 and the Pharisees.

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 These were the temple police.

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 You add these two groups together

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 and the best estimates

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 are that there are

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 about 1,000 men

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 gathered there together,

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 all with their torches

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 and their weapons

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 coming to arrest

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 one man.

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 Jews and Romans together.

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 This is an image,

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 isn't it,

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 of the entire world

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 banding together

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 against this one man.

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 It's just as the psalmist

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 said in Psalm chapter 2,

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 isn't it?

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 Why do the nations rage

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 and the peoples plot in vain?

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 The kings of the earth

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 set themselves

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 and the rulers

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 take counsel together

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 against the Lord

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 and His anointed.

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 And here in verse 4,

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 John says,

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 Jesus,

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 knowing all that would happen

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 to Him,

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 came forward

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 and said to them,

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 Whom do you seek?

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 They replied,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 So Jesus simply said to them,

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 I am He.

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 I am He.

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 Just two words in the Greek,

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 ego, a, me.

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 I am He.

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 And if you've listened closely

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 as we've walked through

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 the Gospel of John,

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 you should know that

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 these two words

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 carry a weight beyond

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 simply just saying,

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 here I am.

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 Right?

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 Jesus is saying,

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 once again,

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 I am.

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 He's claiming identity

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 of being the I am.

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 Yahweh,

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 the God of the Old Testament.

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 Who are you seeking?

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 Jesus,

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 I am.

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 Now the power of these

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 two words,

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 Ego, a, me.

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 Judas and the Roman detachment

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 and all the temple police,

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 all of the hundreds of men

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 that came with weapons reared

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 drew back and fell to the ground.

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 And so He asked them once more,

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 Who are you seeking?

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 And they said,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 And so He replied,

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 I told you I am He.

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 And so if you seek Me,

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 let these men go.

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 And John tells us

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 He spoke these words

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 as fulfillment

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 of the word that He had spoken

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 of these men

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 whom you gave Me, Father.

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 I have not lost one.

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 He's come to die.

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 He's come to fulfill

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 the plan of God.

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 He's come to save

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 and to preserve

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 and to protect His own.

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 This was the plan of God.

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 And Jesus was obedient,

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 willing to lay down His life

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 to save His own.

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 Well, as always,

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 Peter was a step behind.

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 He had to do something

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 about this.

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 And John tells us

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 that he took out his sword

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 and he cut off the ear

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 of the high priest's servant.

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 Not exactly a good shot

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 or a good idea, right?

00:16:06.300 --> 00:16:08.900
 But he still wasn't quite understanding

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 that all of this

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 was according to plan.

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 So Jesus tells him,

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 Peter, put your sword back

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 in its sheath.

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 Now listen to this.

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 Shall I not drink the cup

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 that the Father has given me?

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 Shall I not drink the cup

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 that the Father has given me?

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 Do you see the difference here?

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 Do you see the contrast

00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:37.259
 that John is laying out for us

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 between our sin

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 and His holiness?

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 Do you see the contrast here

00:16:41.839 --> 00:16:43.000
 between Judas and Jesus?

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 Judas goes to betray God.

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 Jesus goes to obey God.

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:54.339
 Judas unwittingly fulfills

00:16:54.339 --> 00:16:56.179
 the plan of God in his sin.

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 And Jesus knowingly fulfills

00:16:58.779 --> 00:17:00.319
 the plan of God in his obedience.

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 Judas sides with the powers of man.

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 Jesus sides with the powers of God.

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 And Judas and the hundreds of men

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 came with weapons ready.

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 And Jesus says to Peter,

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 put your sword away.

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 We're told elsewhere,

00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.240
 he tells him,

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 don't you know I can call down

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 as many legions of angels as I need

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 if I were to want to defend myself

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 here in this moment.

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 But I've come here for this purpose.

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 To obey the plan of God.

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 Church, as we walk through this journey

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 to the cross,

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 as we follow John,

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 as he takes us to Golgotha,

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 as we prepare our hearts

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 for Good Friday

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 and for Easter here

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 in just a couple of short weeks,

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 I want you to understand

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 once again

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 that the death of Jesus

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 is not a tragic accident.

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 This is not an innocent man

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 caught by surprise

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 by the powers of darkness.

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 Jesus was not taken by surprise.

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 This betrayal did not take Jesus by surprise.

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 He told Judas back in chapter 13,

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 what you are about to do,

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 do it quickly.

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 Jesus wasn't hiding.

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 He went to a familiar place

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 on purpose,

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 knowing that this would be

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 the first place Judas would look.

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 He wasn't trying to hide.

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 These hundreds of men

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 didn't sneak up on Jesus.

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 How could they?

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 He didn't try to run away.

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 He came out to them.

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 He didn't wait for them

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 to ask who he was.

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 He asked them,

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 what do you want?

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.800
 Who are you looking for?

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 And he told them,

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 I am he.

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 He did not hide.

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 He did not run.

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 He did not need his followers

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 to rise up

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 and defend him.

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 He came for this purpose,

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 to drink the cup

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 that the Father has given him.

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 He was obedient.

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 Judas betrayed God,

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 yet Jesus fully submitted to God.

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 That's contrast number one.

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 John shows us another contrast

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 here in this passage.

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 It's the contrast between

00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:10.080
 Peter and Jesus.

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 It's a contrast between

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 the unfaithfulness of Peter

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 and the faithfulness of Jesus.

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 The scene shifts now

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 in verse 12

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 to Jesus' informal trial with Annas.

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 And the storytelling here,

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 I want you to notice this

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 because it's brilliant.

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 I want you to see it.

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 John, he bounces back and forth,

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 doesn't he?

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 Between the scene with Jesus

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 and the scene with Peter

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 and then back to Jesus

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 and then back to Peter.

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 And oftentimes,

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 when a biblical narrative does that,

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:42.280
 the author's doing that on purpose

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 to help us to see a connection

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 between these two events.

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 They want us to make

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 some sort of conclusion

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 as we read these stories together.

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 And here,

00:19:52.139 --> 00:19:53.799
 what I think John wants us to do

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:55.639
 is to see a contrast

00:19:55.639 --> 00:19:58.359
 between Jesus' faithfulness

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 and Peter's unfaithfulness.

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:00.440
 Okay?

00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:01.720
 So we'll get to Peter

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.379
 in just a moment,

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:03.159
 but let's look at what

00:20:03.159 --> 00:20:05.159
 is happening with Jesus first.

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.819
 Verse 12.

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 Look there with me.

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 Verse 12 says that

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:12.339
 the band of Roman soldiers

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:13.119
 and their captain,

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 along with the Jewish officers,

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.179
 arrest Jesus,

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.720
 and they bound him.

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.380
 And first,

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.060
 they said it,

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:21.440
 they led him to Annas,

00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:24.340
 who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas,

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:26.720
 who was the high priest that year.

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:26.920
 Now,

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.740
 there's a little bit

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.640
 of confusing language

00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:30.360
 going on here,

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.700
 isn't there?

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 It's a little bit hard

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.440
 to keep up

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.320
 with the characters

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 in this scene.

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 There's a bit of political drama

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.660
 behind the scenes here

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 because Caiaphas

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:41.560
 was the official high priest

00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:42.799
 by Roman appointment,

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 but Annas was the high priest

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:47.759
 before Caiaphas,

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 and by Jewish law,

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:49.899
 when you're appointed

00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:50.419
 the high priest,

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 that appointment is for life.

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 And so it may be

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:56.099
 that what's happening here

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:57.519
 is that the first leg

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:59.079
 of this informal trial

00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:01.180
 was to bring him to Annas,

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.960
 who many thought

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:04.359
 was truly the real high priest,

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:06.039
 before bringing him to Caiaphas,

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:08.079
 who was the official high priest.

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:10.559
 Verse 19 says that

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 the high priest,

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 meaning Annas,

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 then questioned Jesus

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:16.099
 about two things,

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.019
 his disciples

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:18.740
 and his teaching.

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 And Jesus, again,

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:23.379
 staying faithful to his promise

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 to protect his disciples

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 to the end,

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 he just ignores

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.720
 the first question completely,

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 doesn't he?

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 And he said,

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:31.240
 I've spoken openly

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 to the world.

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 I've always taught

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 in synagogues

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 and in the temple

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 where all the Jews

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 come together.

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 I've said nothing in secret.

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 Why do you ask me?

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 Ask those who have heard me

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 what I said to them.

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 They know what I said.

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.899
 Now, on the one hand,

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:49.000
 what Jesus is doing here

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.720
 is simply stating

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 an obvious fact, right?

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.799
 His teaching predominantly

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:55.220
 has been in public.

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:57.139
 He's already had

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:58.240
 his public run-ins

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 with the Pharisees.

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 He's taught the multitudes.

00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:02.379
 He's taught in synagogues

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:03.339
 and in the temple.

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:05.379
 Any one of these hearers

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.299
 can bear testimony

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.919
 to what Jesus has taught.

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.319
 That's an obvious fact,

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:09.700
 isn't it?

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:11.580
 But on the other hand,

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.220
 what he's doing

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.799
 is he's also,

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:14.380
 he's digging in here

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:16.120
 to show that this line

00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:17.039
 of questioning

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:19.340
 really isn't legitimate.

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.819
 This whole trial

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:23.819
 really isn't legitimate.

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:27.220
 Now, the proper legal procedure,

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.460
 according to Jewish law

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.019
 at the time,

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.120
 would be to question

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:31.100
 the witnesses

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:33.259
 before questioning

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.799
 the defendant.

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 And typically,

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.100
 you would question

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.559
 the witnesses

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:38.539
 on behalf of the defendant

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.619
 first before you

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.059
 would question

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 the witnesses

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.559
 that are accusing

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.279
 the defendant.

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.379
 And all of this

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.039
 goes right out

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.720
 the window here.

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.240
 They just start

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.359
 questioning Jesus.

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.460
 So Jesus says,

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.480
 I have witnesses.

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 They've all heard me.

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.980
 Why are you bypassing

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.940
 the legal requirements

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.819
 and coming straight

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.619
 after me?

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.180
 Ask them.

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.019
 They heard what I said.

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:59.119
 He's pointing out

00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:00.220
 that the real lawbreakers

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.779
 in the room,

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.420
 if we're going to be

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.899
 serious about this,

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.940
 the real lawbreakers

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.359
 in the room

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.980
 is not me.

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.120
 It's you.

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.880
 But here,

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.480
 before an illegitimate

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.279
 high priest

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:14.299
 with an illegitimate

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.279
 line of questioning,

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.279
 all decorum

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.960
 goes right out

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.360
 the window.

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 This isn't going

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.099
 to be a fair trial.

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.360
 And make that clear

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.940
 that they're not here

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.680
 to play nice.

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.740
 When he said these things,

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.500
 one of the officers

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:28.019
 there strikes Jesus

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.779
 with his hand,

00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.099
 saying,

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.960
 is that how you answer

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.460
 the high priest?

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:34.700
 But again,

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.559
 Jesus answered him,

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.740
 if what I said

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.539
 is wrong,

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.920
 bear witness

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:41.200
 about the wrong.

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.819
 But if what I said

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.440
 is right,

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.740
 why do you strike me?

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.680
 If I've done wrong,

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:47.400
 if I've spoken wrongly,

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.360
 testify.

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.660
 Hold a fair trial.

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.539
 Bear witness.

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.740
 Bring witnesses in here.

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:54.759
 Jesus is calling them

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.880
 to a fair trial.

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.500
 But of course,

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:58.299
 this won't be

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.519
 a fair trial.

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.319
 They've made up

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.900
 their mind.

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.519
 This man deserves

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.480
 to die.

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.759
 None of this was fair.

00:24:08.860 --> 00:24:10.040
 None of this was right.

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.000
 He was the only

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.880
 innocent man

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.840
 to ever walk the earth.

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.340
 And yet here,

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:13.900
 he's treated

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:15.120
 as a criminal.

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.680
 Jesus willingly

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.460
 stands in the place

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.620
 of the guilty.

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.660
 Willingly subjects

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:23.259
 himself to public

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.940
 shame and ridicule.

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.460
 Why?

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:28.480
 For his disciples' sake.

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:31.700
 For faithfulness

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.380
 to the promises

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.200
 that he's made.

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.620
 For faithful obedience

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.880
 to the plan of God

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.940
 to save his own.

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.980
 Meanwhile,

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.880
 let's change the scene.

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.620
 John tells us

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.420
 that while Jesus

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.980
 is inside being questioned,

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:45.700
 outside is Peter

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.960
 and he's being interrogated

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.640
 in his own way.

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.579
 John says,

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.360
 verse 15,

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.279
 Simon Peter

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.299
 followed Jesus

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.960
 and so did

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.700
 another disciple.

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.380
 There's good reason

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.960
 to believe that

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.920
 that other disciple

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.759
 is John.

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.839
 And since that disciple,

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.420
 John,

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:01.200
 was known to the high priest,

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.339
 he entered with Jesus

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.200
 into the courtyard

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.099
 of the high priest.

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.339
 But Peter stood

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.680
 outside the door

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.859
 and at the other

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.960
 disciples' request,

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:10.559
 Peter was brought in

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:12.259
 and the servant girl

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.579
 who's holding the door

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.480
 open for him

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:16.279
 takes one look at Peter

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:17.000
 and asks him,

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.940
 not you too.

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.460
 You're not also

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:23.039
 one of this man's disciples,

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.519
 are you?

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.619
 You're with him too?

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:24.700
 You?

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:27.160
 And Peter,

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.940
 without any indication

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.819
 that he gave more

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.740
 than a moment's thought,

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.779
 I'm not.

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:36.100
 How could he do this?

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:39.000
 How could he say that?

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.039
 You remember,

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.920
 this is Peter

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.200
 we're talking about,

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.500
 right?

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.160
 It's the same Peter

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:46.220
 who just moments ago

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.120
 was willing to take on

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:48.000
 a thousand men

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.580
 for Jesus.

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.220
 And here,

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.840
 he's unwilling

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:52.580
 to identify with him

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:54.319
 for fear of public shame

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.559
 from one servant girl

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.439
 holding a door.

00:25:57.679 --> 00:25:58.500
 It's the same Peter

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.779
 who in chapter 13,

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.599
 verse 37,

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:00.939
 said,

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.199
 Lord,

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.139
 I will lay down

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.220
 my life for you.

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.720
 I'll die for you,

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.019
 Jesus.

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.639
 I'll lay down

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.359
 my life for you.

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:09.199
 I'll do anything.

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:11.000
 I'll pay whatever it costs

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.740
 to follow you.

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.199
 And Jesus,

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.259
 at that point,

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.359
 you remember what he said,

00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:14.740
 don't you?

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.619
 He called him on it.

00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.000
 He said,

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:17.240
 will you lay down

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.019
 your life for me,

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.319
 Peter?

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.759
 Truly,

00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:19.159
 truly,

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.040
 I say to you,

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.680
 the rooster will not crow

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:23.700
 till you have denied me

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:25.620
 three times.

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.240
 Jesus knew

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:30.620
 even Peter

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:32.700
 would betray him.

00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:35.580
 Here is Jesus's

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:37.340
 is in the proverbial

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.140
 hot seat

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.740
 protecting his disciples.

00:26:40.040 --> 00:26:40.180
 Here,

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.040
 Peter goes out

00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:42.259
 and he warms himself

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.040
 by the fire

00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:44.320
 beside Jesus's enemies.

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.620
 And as he stood here

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.840
 in the light of the flames,

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.919
 somebody else asked him

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.659
 a second time,

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.879
 you're not also

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.839
 one of his disciples,

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.419
 are you?

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.740
 Here's another chance

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.459
 to get it right.

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.720
 Here's another opportunity.

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.119
 Peter,

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.459
 okay,

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.779
 it's time for redemption.

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.459
 Claim him.

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:01.799
 Yes,

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.379
 say yes,

00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:02.779
 yes.

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.000
 And again,

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.699
 he denied it.

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:07.599
 I am not.

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.859
 How could he say that?

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.339
 After all that

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.720
 he had seen and heard,

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.980
 after all that he'd experienced

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.799
 as a personal friend

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:17.459
 and disciple of Jesus,

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.420
 how could he say,

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:20.279
 I'm not one of his people?

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.819
 And finally,

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.819
 one of the servants

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.840
 of the high priest,

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.240
 a relative of the man

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.740
 whose ear,

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.100
 Peter,

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.299
 has just cut off.

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.740
 He gets a little bit more

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.900
 pointed with him,

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.279
 doesn't he?

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.640
 He says,

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.559
 didn't I see you

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.960
 in the garden

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.740
 with him?

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:37.980
 Didn't I see you

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:39.120
 there with him?

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.759
 One more opportunity

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:43.360
 to get it right,

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.759
 Peter.

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:43.839
 Peter.

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.079
 And once again,

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.099
 Peter denied it

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.960
 and at once

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:51.019
 the rooster crowed.

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:55.400
 Do you see the contrast

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:57.140
 that John wants us to see?

00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:00.019
 Do you see the contrast

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.220
 between Peter's

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.480
 unfaithfulness

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.240
 and Jesus'

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.680
 faithfulness?

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:07.379
 Now here is Peter

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:09.180
 eager to protect himself

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.660
 while Jesus himself

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.599
 is willing to die

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.579
 to protect sinners.

00:28:13.959 --> 00:28:14.839
 Here is Peter

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:16.339
 denying the Lord

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:17.740
 as Jesus defends

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.659
 Peter and the other

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.779
 disciples to the end.

00:28:20.719 --> 00:28:21.919
 Here is Peter

00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:23.899
 avoiding association

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.799
 with the perfect

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.779
 Son of God

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:27.119
 as Jesus was willing

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.879
 to associate

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.740
 with sinners

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.339
 like Peter.

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.139
 Do you see it?

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.559
 Peter wanted out

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.619
 of any punishment

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.419
 coming his way

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:36.439
 but Jesus came

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:37.299
 for this hour.

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.599
 He was willing

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.219
 to die

00:28:39.219 --> 00:28:39.879
 in the place

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.880
 of sinners.

00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.980
 Jesus accepts

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.700
 the public

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.540
 humiliation

00:28:43.540 --> 00:28:44.420
 and the shame

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.960
 but Peter

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.880
 can't even bear

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.720
 a little suffering

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.460
 for his sake.

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:50.540
 Jesus remains faithful

00:28:50.540 --> 00:28:51.280
 and Peter

00:28:51.280 --> 00:28:53.220
 is unfaithful.

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.160
 Church,

00:28:56.260 --> 00:28:57.180
 there is a

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.840
 sharp

00:28:58.840 --> 00:29:00.840
 and distinct

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:02.940
 and undeniable

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.880
 contrast

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:06.300
 between holiness

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:07.960
 and sinfulness.

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.180
 Do you see it?

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:11.580
 between darkness

00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:13.120
 and light.

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.220
 But before we

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.260
 shake our heads

00:29:16.260 --> 00:29:17.500
 and wag our finger

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:19.300
 at Judas

00:29:19.300 --> 00:29:20.100
 and Peter

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.700
 here is what I want

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.100
 you to see

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.500
 church.

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:23.140
 We are

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.640
 Judas.

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:27.220
 We are

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.900
 Peter.

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:31.440
 We are

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.320
 guilty.

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:34.420
 Every one of us

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.020
 of sinning

00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:36.040
 against a holy

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:36.520
 God.

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:38.139
 we have

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:39.220
 joined together

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.799
 with the rest

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.319
 of the world

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.900
 to try and

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.799
 snuff out

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.279
 and block

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.759
 the light.

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.660
 John told us

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.079
 how this would

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.619
 play out.

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.859
 The light

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.359
 has come

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.079
 into the world

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.900
 and people

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:49.119
 loved the

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.579
 darkness

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.680
 rather than

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.160
 the light

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.700
 because their

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.639
 works were

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.259
 evil.

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.139
 We are

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:55.220
 not neutral

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.740
 here.

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.980
 Every one of us

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.619
 is guilty

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.460
 of betrayal.

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:02.200
 We join together

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.700
 with the rest

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.139
 of the world

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.680
 in sinful

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.200
 rebellion

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.900
 against God

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.519
 just like

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.060
 Judas.

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.480
 We have

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.019
 betrayed

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.880
 the Lord.

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.500
 Haven't we?

00:30:10.540 --> 00:30:11.100
 We have

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.660
 made idols

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:13.360
 for ourselves

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:14.600
 of sex.

00:30:16.040 --> 00:30:16.340
 Idols

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:17.340
 of power.

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.120
 Idols

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.800
 of money.

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.220
 Idols

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.300
 of control.

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.720
 Every one

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.080
 of us

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:24.019
 has exchanged

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.740
 the truth

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.420
 of God

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.240
 for a lie

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.920
 and worshipped

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.540
 and served

00:30:27.540 --> 00:30:28.840
 created things

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.680
 rather than

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.300
 the creator

00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:31.220
 who is blessed

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.700
 forever.

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.500
 Amen.

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.000
 As Romans

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.620
 chapter 1

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.699
 tells us,

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.919
 we have

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:36.619
 done this.

00:30:38.239 --> 00:30:38.619
 We have

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.039
 chosen to

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.399
 take our

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:40.059
 30 pieces

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.639
 of silver

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.039
 and be

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.439
 content

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:42.759
 with trinkets

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.799
 and the

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.279
 glory of

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.719
 God is

00:30:44.719 --> 00:30:45.039
 held out

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.379
 to us

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.899
 in Christ.

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.339
 We are

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.779
 just like

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.439
 Judas

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:52.219
 and

00:30:52.219 --> 00:30:54.079
 we are

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.759
 just like

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.099
 Peter.

00:30:56.959 --> 00:30:57.919
 How often

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.419
 have we

00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:58.959
 denied

00:30:58.959 --> 00:30:59.619
 him?

00:31:00.979 --> 00:31:01.799
 How often

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.279
 are we

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.159
 hot and

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.500
 cold?

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.179
 On and

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.539
 off.

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.059
 Hot and

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.259
 cold.

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.599
 I will

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.259
 cut someone's

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.799
 ear off

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.099
 for you

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.359
 Jesus.

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.299
 I will

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.659
 fight a

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:09.959
 thousand

00:31:09.959 --> 00:31:10.519
 men for

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.679
 you

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:10.959
 Jesus.

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.319
 But the

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.579
 next

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.219
 moment

00:31:12.219 --> 00:31:12.619
 we can't

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.079
 even speak

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.459
 up to

00:31:13.459 --> 00:31:13.679
 a little

00:31:13.679 --> 00:31:14.000
 servant

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.259
 girl

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.559
 holding

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:14.759
 the

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.000
 door.

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.379
 How often

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:18.719
 have we

00:31:18.719 --> 00:31:19.619
 pledged our

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.239
 complete and

00:31:20.239 --> 00:31:21.059
 total allegiance

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.639
 to God

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:21.919
 and then

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:23.039
 moments later

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.519
 turned our

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.139
 back to

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.439
 him?

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.099
 How often

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.379
 have we

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.759
 said to

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.039
 him in

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.299
 prayer,

00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:27.579
 Lord,

00:31:27.699 --> 00:31:28.439
 I am

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:28.879
 yours.

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.179
 I would

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:29.839
 die for

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:29.919
 you.

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.079
 I would

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.179
 do

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:30.879
 anything for

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.019
 you,

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.299
 Lord.

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.839
 Then we

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.299
 go out

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.539
 and we

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:32.899
 live our

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.279
 lives as

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.500
 if he

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.740
 didn't

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:33.980
 even

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.359
 exist.

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.059
 I don't

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.680
 know him.

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.700
 I don't

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.299
 know him.

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.359
 I don't

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.879
 know him.

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.460
 How often

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.740
 have we

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.379
 been unwilling

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:41.079
 to bear a

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.220
 little

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.819
 criticism

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:43.859
 for identifying

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.539
 with Jesus?

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:47.259
 how often

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.500
 have we

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.019
 been unwilling

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.819
 to be

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:50.019
 mocked

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.899
 or ridiculed

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:52.019
 for him?

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.740
 How often

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.839
 have we

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.399
 preferred to

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.159
 warm ourselves

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:55.480
 with the

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.099
 comforts of

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.659
 the world

00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:57.159
 rather than

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.740
 just endure

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.059
 a little

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.579
 suffering

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.000
 for his

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.279
 sake?

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.639
 I spent

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:05.799
 a few

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.420
 days this

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.819
 week at

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.259
 the Charles

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.839
 Simeon

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.440
 Trust

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.359
 preaching

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.139
 workshop.

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.619
 And Charles

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.099
 Simeon,

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.099
 if you're not

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.579
 familiar with

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:13.720
 him,

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.000
 was the

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.600
 pastor of

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.140
 Trinity

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:16.059
 Church in

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.460
 Cambridge,

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:17.160
 England for

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:18.079
 49 years.

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.019
 And he

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.720
 was once

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.339
 asked by a

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.380
 friend how

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.740
 he had

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.660
 lasted that

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.140
 long.

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.980
 49 years

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.200
 in the

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.519
 ministry.

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.380
 How have

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.819
 you lasted

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.839
 that long

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.259
 through all

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.700
 the many

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.759
 attacks and

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.839
 persecutions

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:31.079
 and shame

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.640
 thrown his

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.720
 way against

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.319
 him for

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.120
 identifying

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:35.160
 faithfully

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.059
 with Christ?

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.200
 Here's what

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.539
 he said.

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.980
 My dear

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.519
 brother, we

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.240
 must not

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.440
 mind a

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.579
 little

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.259
 suffering for

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.700
 Christ's

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:43.940
 sake.

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.960
 When I'm

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.420
 getting through

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.039
 a hedge,

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.319
 if my head

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.799
 and shoulders

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.319
 are safely

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.119
 through, I

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.799
 can bear the

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.339
 pricking of

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.980
 my legs.

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.379
 Let us

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:54.379
 rejoice in

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:54.940
 the remembrance

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:56.039
 that our

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.279
 holy head

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.720
 has surmounted

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.460
 all his

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.720
 suffering and

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.740
 triumphed over

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.299
 death.

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.460
 Let us

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.420
 follow him

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.140
 patiently.

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.759
 We shall

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.539
 soon be

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.440
 partakers of

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.720
 his victory.

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:08.819
 glory.

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.319
 Friend, as

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.579
 we read

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.160
 this account,

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.700
 we have to

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.460
 understand that

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.680
 we are

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.480
 guilty.

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.279
 We often

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.680
 sing the

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:19.920
 song,

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.500
 Behold the

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.200
 man upon

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.740
 the cross,

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.900
 my sin

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.640
 upon his

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.059
 shoulders.

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.440
 My sin

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.339
 upon his

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.640
 shoulders.

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.299
 Ashamed I

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.299
 hear my

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.400
 mocking voice.

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.500
 It was my

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.620
 sin that held

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.299
 him there until

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.900
 it was finished.

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.259
 My sin.

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:36.119
 We have to

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:36.759
 acknowledge that

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:38.059
 each one of

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:39.039
 us, we

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.079
 have betrayed

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.759
 Christ.

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.240
 We have

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:43.559
 denied Christ.

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.299
 We have

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.500
 earned death

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.379
 with our

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:47.019
 sin.

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:48.019
 This darkness

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.660
 is ours.

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:53.099
 But church,

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.680
 the good news

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:53.980
 of the

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:56.220
 gospel is

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.680
 that Christ

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.420
 Jesus has

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.420
 succeeded where

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.960
 all of us

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.480
 have failed.

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.180
 Amen?

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.799
 1 Peter 3.18

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.319
 says,

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:06.139
 Christ also

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:07.460
 suffered once

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.199
 for sins,

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.579
 the righteous

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.320
 for the

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.340
 unrighteous,

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.860
 that he might

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.719
 bring us

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.779
 to God.

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.920
 Isaiah 53,

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.940
 he was pierced

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.500
 for our

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.539
 transgressions.

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.900
 He was

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.539
 crushed for

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.960
 our iniquities.

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.079
 Upon him

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.460
 was the

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.059
 chastisement

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.619
 that brought

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.519
 us peace,

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.159
 and with his

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.699
 wounds we

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.400
 are healed.

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.519
 All we like

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.019
 sheep have

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:31.059
 gone astray.

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.239
 We have

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.759
 turned every

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.320
 one of us

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.640
 to his

00:34:33.640 --> 00:34:34.160
 own way,

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.860
 and the

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.740
 Lord has

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.539
 laid on

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.720
 him the

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:38.900
 iniquity of

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:40.140
 us all.

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.760
 Christ Jesus

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.380
 has tasted

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.019
 the wrath of

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.660
 God that we

00:34:46.660 --> 00:34:47.200
 deserved.

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.420
 He's taken

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.420
 death head

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.180
 on, and he

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.800
 alone has

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.440
 come through

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.100
 victorious.

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.519
 Why?

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.380
 So that

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.320
 sinners like

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:56.539
 us, who

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.140
 just can't

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:57.440
 get it

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.840
 together,

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.440
 the sinners

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.100
 like us,

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:00.340
 who are

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.140
 united to

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.659
 him by

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.039
 faith,

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.759
 might share

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.059
 in his

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.719
 victory over

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.500
 sin, death,

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.719
 and the

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.019
 grave.

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.219
 Now the

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.699
 message that I

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.019
 want you to

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.400
 hear this

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.879
 morning from

00:35:09.879 --> 00:35:10.859
 this passage

00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:13.659
 is not

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:15.500
 stop being

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.139
 like Judas,

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.539
 be more like

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.900
 Jesus.

00:35:19.319 --> 00:35:19.960
 It's not

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.559
 stop being

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.119
 like Peter,

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:22.319
 be more like

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:22.639
 Jesus.

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:23.119
 That's not

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.619
 the gospel,

00:35:23.859 --> 00:35:24.139
 church.

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.139
 In fact, if

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.699
 that's how you

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.420
 understand the

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.960
 gospel, I

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.460
 would say you

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.019
 don't really

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.559
 understand it

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.079
 very well at

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.279
 all.

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.719
 You might

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.139
 not be a

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.420
 Christian.

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.659
 The gospel

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.759
 is not stop

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.460
 doing this

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.960
 and start

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.739
 doing this.

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.320
 The gospel

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.960
 is the

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.980
 recognition that

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.279
 our sin is

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:41.159
 dark and

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.940
 heavy, as

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.840
 distinct from

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.440
 the light as

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.039
 the moon from

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.519
 the darkness,

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.039
 and yet Christ,

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.599
 the light of

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.179
 the world, has

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:48.159
 stepped into

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.039
 the darkness

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:50.239
 to redeem us

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.159
 out of the

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.759
 light of the

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.059
 darkness.

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.840
 He stepped

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.360
 into the

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:54.920
 darkness to

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.779
 do what we

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.820
 cannot do

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.460
 ourselves.

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.420
 We can't

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.980
 stop being

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.659
 like Judas

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:01.159
 unless he

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.559
 comes and

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:01.980
 he changes

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.480
 our heart,

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.280
 calls us

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.579
 out of

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.159
 darkness to

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.860
 belong into

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.579
 his marvelous

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.119
 light.

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.760
 The gospel

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.079
 is the

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:11.280
 invitation not

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.559
 to do

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:13.340
 better, but

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.960
 to receive

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.659
 what he

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.300
 alone has

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.760
 done.

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.900
 As we

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.320
 walk with

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:22.099
 John over

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.619
 these final

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.220
 chapters and

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.820
 follow Jesus

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.380
 to the cross,

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.159
 I want you

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.699
 to ask

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.099
 yourself,

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:26.780
 have I

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:28.340
 received what

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.420
 Jesus has

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.940
 done?

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.300
 Do I

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.760
 really know

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.200
 that I've

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:34.000
 sinned against

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:35.080
 him and

00:36:35.080 --> 00:36:35.740
 have I truly

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:37.200
 received his

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.820
 forgiveness?

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.560
 Have I truly

00:36:39.560 --> 00:36:40.840
 turned away from

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.440
 this life of

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.780
 sin and

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.500
 trusted in

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.220
 Christ alone

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.540
 to say,

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.080
 yes, I'm

00:36:44.080 --> 00:36:45.019
 guilty, but

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.920
 I trust that

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.760
 you came to

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.580
 take my guilt

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:48.360
 away from

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.880
 me, that

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:50.080
 you died for

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:51.180
 my sin,

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:52.240
 that you were

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.180
 punished on

00:36:53.180 --> 00:36:53.940
 my behalf.

00:36:54.040 --> 00:36:54.300
 Have you

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:55.160
 received his

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.820
 work, friend?

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:58.640
 And if

00:36:58.640 --> 00:36:59.360
 you have, if

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.500
 you are a

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:02.260
 believer, and

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.040
 resting in

00:37:03.040 --> 00:37:03.640
 that finished

00:37:03.640 --> 00:37:04.120
 work of

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:06.420
 Jesus, what

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.900
 steps of

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.580
 repentance do

00:37:07.580 --> 00:37:07.940
 we need to

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.720
 take this

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:09.019
 morning?

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:11.080
 In what

00:37:11.080 --> 00:37:11.840
 ways have we

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:13.000
 denied him

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:14.019
 this week?

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.600
 In what

00:37:15.600 --> 00:37:16.100
 ways have we

00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:17.100
 betrayed him

00:37:17.100 --> 00:37:18.300
 this week?

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:18.700
 And in what

00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:19.240
 ways have we

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.840
 been unwilling

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.400
 to bear a

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:21.000
 little suffering

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.820
 for the sake

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.360
 of Christ?

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:24.360
 God's

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.059
 renew your

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.740
 commitment once

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.200
 again to

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:26.920
 follow him

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.480
 and praise

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.340
 the Lord for

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:29.640
 his obedience,

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.300
 for his

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:32.420
 faithfulness.

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.840
 Our sins, they

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.559
 are many, but

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.200
 his, what?

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:37.599
 His mercy is

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.140
 more.

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.420
 Praise God.

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.240
 I want to

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:42.860
 close with one

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.160
 final contrast

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:45.099
 this morning.

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.519
 This is a

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.599
 bonus for you,

00:37:46.700 --> 00:37:46.960
 okay?

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:49.840
 Contrast number

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.559
 three is the

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.519
 contrast between

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.260
 Judas and

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:52.619
 Peter.

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.139
 This is a

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:56.340
 contrast between

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:59.340
 condemnation and

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.740
 forgiveness.

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:03.380
 Matthew tells

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.940
 us in Matthew

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.039
 chapter 27 that

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.880
 Judas, when he

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.780
 saw that Jesus

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.840
 was condemned,

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.320
 changed his

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:10.300
 mind and came

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.260
 to the chief

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.900
 priests and the

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.480
 Pharisees and

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.119
 tried to give

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.619
 them their money

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:13.900
 back.

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.619
 He said, I've

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.599
 sinned by betraying

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.260
 innocent blood.

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.860
 He realized

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.620
 he messed up,

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.240
 but for him,

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.940
 it was too

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.360
 late.

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:22.340
 It says he

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:23.200
 threw down the

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:23.640
 money on the

00:38:23.640 --> 00:38:24.360
 temple floor and

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.960
 he left and he

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.880
 hanged himself.

00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:30.000
 Judas felt

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:31.640
 sorrow for his

00:38:31.640 --> 00:38:34.160
 wrongs and he

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:34.760
 went out and he

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.420
 died in his

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.700
 sin.

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.579
 But Peter,

00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:41.900
 Lord willing,

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.480
 we'll see what

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.019
 happens with

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.920
 Peter in just a

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.760
 couple of weeks.

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.640
 Peter, although

00:38:45.640 --> 00:38:46.800
 he had denied

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.360
 the Lord,

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:47.800
 although he

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.460
 had sinned

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.600
 mightily against

00:38:49.600 --> 00:38:50.019
 the Lord,

00:38:50.100 --> 00:38:50.720
 this was not

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.519
 the end for

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.800
 Peter.

00:38:52.580 --> 00:38:53.280
 He would be

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.680
 forgiven.

00:38:54.640 --> 00:38:55.480
 He would be

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.260
 restored.

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.820
 He would be

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:57.880
 washed clean.

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.260
 He would be

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:59.360
 made a pillar of

00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.160
 the early church.

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.620
 The Lord sought

00:39:01.620 --> 00:39:02.800
 him out and

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:04.100
 restored him,

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.620
 forgave him for

00:39:05.620 --> 00:39:06.440
 what he had

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.800
 done.

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.500
 The difference

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:09.240
 between Judas

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:10.580
 and Peter is not

00:39:10.580 --> 00:39:11.120
 a difference of

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.720
 sin.

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.220
 Do you see

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.460
 that?

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.800
 both have

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.980
 sinned greatly

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.920
 against Jesus.

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 The difference

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 between Judas

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 and Peter is

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 forgiveness.

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 The Lord

00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:23.699
 sought Peter

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:25.559
 out and

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 forgave him

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 of his sin.

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 This is the

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.380
 contrast that I

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.699
 want to put

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.400
 before us this

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:31.960
 morning as we

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.380
 close.

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:34.179
 Church, all of

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:35.360
 us have sinned

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 and fallen short

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.039
 of the glory of

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.320
 God.

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:39.300
 all of us

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 are guilty.

00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:43.440
 But Christ

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 has come

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 that sinners

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.920
 like us

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:47.300
 might receive

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:48.800
 him and

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.940
 find forgiveness

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 by the finished

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.200
 work of Jesus.

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.660
 Let's pray.

00:39:54.660 --> 00:39:54.720
 Let's pray.

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 Lord, the

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:06.059
 darkness of our

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:07.259
 sin is so

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:08.219
 evident in

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.820
 these chapters.

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:13.480
 We confess

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.340
 our sin to

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.779
 you this

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:16.460
 morning in

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.900
 many ways

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.500
 that we have

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.519
 denied you,

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.400
 betrayed you,

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.059
 sinned against

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.400
 you.

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.599
 Father, for

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.440
 those who you

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.000
 have sought

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.559
 out and

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.340
 forgiven, we

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:26.159
 praise you,

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:27.619
 Lord, for the

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.340
 finished work of

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.099
 Christ that you

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:30.000
 have obeyed in

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:31.719
 our place, that

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.259
 your perfect

00:40:32.259 --> 00:40:33.139
 righteousness is

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.960
 credited to our

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:35.019
 bankrupt account by

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.440
 faith.

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:38.219
 God, for the

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:38.759
 people who

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:39.980
 do not know

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:42.719
 you, Lord, we

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.900
 pray in this

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.840
 moment, would you

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.759
 show them their

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.900
 need for Christ?

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.779
 Would you open

00:40:49.779 --> 00:40:51.299
 their eyes to see

00:40:51.299 --> 00:40:52.579
 the glory of

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:54.440
 Jesus that he

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:55.579
 alone can save,

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:56.400
 not by any

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:57.320
 goodness in our

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:59.380
 account, but by

00:40:59.380 --> 00:40:59.960
 his perfect

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.759
 righteousness and

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.599
 faithfulness to the

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.239
 plan of God?

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 God, we love

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.619
 you, Lord, we

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:05.000
 pray this in

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.579
 Jesus' name.

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:06.959
 Amen.

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.960
 Amen.