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 Thanks so much, Alistair. My name's Archie. I'm the pastor in training here.

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 And it's my job this morning to open God's word for us and to let him speak.

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 And before we do that together, why don't I pray just to prepare our hearts to hear from him.

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 Heavenly Father, as we hear from you in your word this morning, as we look to your son,

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 I pray that by your Holy Spirit, the words of my mouth and the meditations of all of our hearts would be acceptable to you this morning.

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 Amen.

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 I want to begin this morning with a story.

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 And this story is a completely made up story, but hopefully it gets us feeling some of the weight of this passage.

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 It's a story about Ahmed. Ahmed grew up in inner city Birmingham.

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 He was a happy kid, happy at school. He had lots of friends.

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 But when he was six years old, his best friend, Jonathan, was moving away.

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 He was moving to Carlisle.

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 Ahmed and Jonathan stayed in touch. Their parents got on quite well.

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 They even went on holiday together over the next couple of years, that kind of thing.

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 But school definitely wasn't as good now for Ahmed now that Jonathan had left.

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 They were still best friends, but life was just that little bit sadder.

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 A couple of years later, and the good news, one day Ahmed got home from school.

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 His parents sat him down.

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 His mum had got a new job.

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 It wasn't far from Carlisle, and they were going to be moving.

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 And so at the end of the summer, they were going to be moving up there.

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 Ahmed was going to get to go to school with his best friend, Jonathan, again.

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 They were on holiday together that summer, just a couple of weeks before the move.

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 And the boys were so excited.

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 You can imagine them planning their first day back at school together again.

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 And then the day came.

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 Ahmed arrived at this new school in Carlisle, and it was strange.

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 See, his school in Birmingham was just really multicultural.

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 Lots of kids that looked like him, who had families like his.

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 But here, it was just so obvious, as soon as he arrived in the playground,

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 all of the other kids at this school were white.

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 And when he got to registration, he realized that he wasn't going to be in Jonathan's class.

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 And everyone there was looking at him and whispering, some of them openly pointing and laughing.

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 No one said hello.

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 No one welcomed him.

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 No one sat next to him.

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 He could not wait for the first break time to get out into the playground to find Jonathan.

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 The bell goes.

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 It's break time straight out into the playground.

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 And there's Jonathan.

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 He's with a group of friends.

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 And Ahmed notices that some of them in this circle were those in his class.

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 Some were even those who had been pointing and laughing at him.

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 So he nervously approaches his best friend.

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 And Jonathan just totally ignores him.

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 The other kids ask if Jonathan knows this new kid.

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 He says he's never seen him before.

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 And he turns his back.

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 It's a horrible betrayal, that, isn't it?

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 I wonder if you've ever been betrayed.

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 Maybe betrayed like that.

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 Just think for a moment how that feels.

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 Betrayal is horrible, isn't it?

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 Very often when we're teaching children the gospel, we use this sort of metaphor, that Jesus wants to be your friend.

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 You've done things that would upset him, but he's willing to forgive you.

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 He wants to be your friend.

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 And that can be quite helpful, I think.

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 But if I can put it like this.

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 If you are a Christian here this morning, and Jesus is your friend, well, have you ever been a Jonathan-like friend?

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 I know I have.

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 Privately, Jesus and I are best friends.

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 But when it comes down to it, faced with temptation, in my weakness, even the merest temptation,

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 so often I can pretend it was as though I never knew him.

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 This passage that we're in today, we're told that both Judas and Peter are going to betray Jesus in their way.

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 Judas is going to hand Jesus over to the authorities.

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 Peter is going to deny that he ever knew him.

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 And if you're at all familiar with that story, it's very easy to sort of take the emotion out of it, but it's horrible.

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 This is a brutal story.

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 And my prayer for us this morning is that we would feel that.

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 And that we would respond rightly to it.

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 Key question for us then is this.

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 What might it mean to betray or deny Jesus today?

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 And when we do, what next?

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 Maybe you've explicitly done that.

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 A co-worker or a friend at uni or at school is asked,

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 are you a Christian?

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 And your response, what, me?

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 A Christian?

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 Maybe it's more subtle than that.

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 Well, yeah, I am a Christian, but I'm not one of those Christians.

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 We might not have done it with our words like that, but there are ways.

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 I think there are lots of ways for me that we betray Jesus,

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 that we deny that we belong to him,

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 that we do that in the way that we live.

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 Right?

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 If we're honest, Judas, in this passage, his betrayal is going to send Jesus to the cross.

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 But my sin, it hammers in the nails.

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 To betray Jesus, it means that you've chosen to follow him,

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 that you are a Christian, and yet you continue to deny it

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 in what you say and in what you do.

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 But the message here this morning is not, and so take a good look at yourself.

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 Clean up your act.

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 Commit a bit more earnestly, and don't you dare deny or betray again.

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 That is not the message here at all.

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 Instead, as we answer this question,

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 when we betray or deny Jesus,

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 when you experience the crushing weight of guilt,

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 where do you go with it?

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 Where are you going to run?

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 That's what we're going to do this morning.

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 That's where we're heading.

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 But where have we been in this series in John's Gospel?

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 We've returned, I guess, almost every week to chapter 20 near the end of the book.

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 John gives us his purpose.

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 He says this,

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 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples,

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 which are not recorded in this book.

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 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing, you may have life in his name.

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 In other words,

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 John wants his readers to see all the incredible stuff that Jesus did,

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 and to understand that all of it was supposed to point to something much bigger.

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 And so when John records Jesus turning water into wine,

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 when Jesus heals the lame and drives out a demon,

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 when he feeds a crowd of people,

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 when he walks on water,

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 it's all supposed to point to something about who Jesus is,

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 and the big thing that he came to do.

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 And throughout this book,

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 as if to make that really clear,

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 John repeats this phrase,

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 his hour had not yet come.

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 Nine times that phrase is repeated through the book,

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 his hour has not yet come,

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 until at last,

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 in John chapter 12,

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 verse 23,

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 we saw this a few weeks ago,

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 the hour has come.

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 For the Son of Man,

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 that is just a title for Jesus,

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 for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 The hour has come.

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 It's just around the corner.

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 And we saw last week with JT,

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 as chapter 13 starts back in verse 1,

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 Jesus knew that the hour had come

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 for him to leave this world

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 and go to the Father.

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 So you see,

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 we're in this new section in John's Gospel.

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 You might even divide John's Gospel into two halves,

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 chapter 12, verse 23,

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 kind of from the hour has not yet come

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 to where we are now.

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 The hour has come.

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 And we're in this room

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 in the passage that Alistair has read for us.

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 We're in this room that we first saw that last week with JT.

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 It's the same room in verse 2.

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 Jesus and the 12,

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 they're enjoying the evening meal together

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 and it's Passover.

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 JT helped us see last week

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 how the foot-washing episode

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 in the first half of the chapter

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 is both a wonderful example

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 of loving service

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 and also a symbol

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 of the cleansing for sin

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 that will be available at the cross.

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 That Jesus wants his disciples,

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 that he wants those who follow him

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 to likewise serve one another

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 and to point one another

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 to his work on the cross.

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 That's where we've been so far.

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 And here's where we're going this morning.

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 That passage that Alistair has just read for us.

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 I think it's got quite a clear structure.

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 Verses 18 to 30,

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 Judas is going to betray Jesus.

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 Verses 31 to 35,

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 Jesus is going to the cross.

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 And verses 36 to 38,

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 Peter is going to deny Jesus.

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 So first, Judas is going to betray Jesus.

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 See in verse 18,

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 Jesus has just been explaining

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 the foot-washing thing.

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 And he says in verse 18,

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 he says,

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 this isn't all of you.

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 I know those I have chosen,

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 but this is to fulfill

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 the passage of scripture.

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 He who shared my bread

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 has turned against me.

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 And if you're not in the Pew Bible,

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 you might have something like

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 he lifted his heel against me.

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 And that's just kind of a cultural way

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 of saying he stuck

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 the middle finger up at me.

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 He betrayed me.

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 And Jesus is quoting from Psalm 41,

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 where King David's own son betrays him.

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 In other words,

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 and we'll talk about this

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 a bit more in a second,

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 it's a family betrayal.

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 One who sat at the table with me,

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 shared food with me,

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 he will be the one to betray me.

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 And notice in verse 21

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 that that troubles Jesus.

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 He knows it's coming.

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 Of course he does.

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 He's the sovereign God of the universe.

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 But he has taken on human flesh

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 and he knows what it is

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 to feel the pain of that betrayal.

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 Just as you and I might feel it.

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 Just as you can imagine

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 Ahmed in that story

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 would have felt it.

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 But the disciples don't know

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 who he's talking about.

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 I see in verse 22,

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 they stared at each other.

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 You can picture it wide-eyed,

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 looking around.

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 Which one of us is it going to be?

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 And then in verse 23,

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 have a look at verse 23.

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 One of them,

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 the disciple whom Jesus loved

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 was reclining next to him.

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 Simon Peter in verse 24

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 tells this disciple

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 to ask Jesus who it is.

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 And then verse 25,

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 that's exactly what he does.

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 Just a brief aside here.

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 The disciple whom Jesus loved

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 is John,

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 the author of this gospel.

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 He's referring to himself.

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 It might not be obvious here,

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 but we get it explicitly

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 right at the end of the book

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 in chapter 21,

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 verses 22 to 24.

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 If you want to do that,

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 check that out in your own time.

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 But it is a very strange way

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 for someone to refer

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 to themselves, isn't it?

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 What is John getting at?

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 Is he somehow

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 especially loved by Jesus?

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 Jesus?

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 I think that's how I had always read this.

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 Almost like a kind of

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 humble brag from John.

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 You think you're loved?

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 Check me out.

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 But I don't think

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 that's what it is at all.

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 Instead, what I think

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 he is actually saying is this.

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 This is the most important thing

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 about me.

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 It might be true of you as well,

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 but I am loved by Jesus.

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 That's who I am.

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 It's why I'm writing.

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 It's my motivation.

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 It's my identity.

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 In fact, it's all you need

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 to know about me.

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 Jesus loves me.

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 And so knowing that Jesus loves him,

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 verse 25, he asks,

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 Lord, who is it?

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 Who is it that will betray you?

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 And Jesus responds, verse 26,

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 it is the one to whom

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 I will give this piece of bread

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 when I have dipped it in the dish.

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 Apparently, that was a sort of sign

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 of honoring someone,

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 a bit like we might raise a toast

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 to someone at a dinner today.

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 And Jesus, still in verse 26,

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 he dips the bread,

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 he gives it to Judas.

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 It's a special kind of honoring.

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 Yes, he's saying,

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 you will betray me,

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 but he honors him as he does that.

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 And remember I said that Judas' betrayal

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 was a family betrayal

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 and the Passover feast

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 that they're sharing together,

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 that was a family meal.

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 And here, Jesus is sharing it

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 with his closest followers

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 as if to say,

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 this is my family.

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 And Judas is included in that.

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 Jesus washes Judas' feet

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 earlier in this chapter.

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 And Jesus, as he quotes from Psalm 41,

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 he says, just like David,

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 in fact, in fulfillment of David,

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 I'm going to be betrayed

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 by my own family.

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 And more than that,

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 as he hands him the bread,

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 as he honors him in that way,

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 he says, Judas,

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 you are part of my beloved family.

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 He extends grace and honor

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 and the offer of life to him,

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 even in that final moment.

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 And it is final for immediately,

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 verse 27,

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 as Judas takes the bread,

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 he decides finally to betray Jesus

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 and Satan entered into him.

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 I don't think that's to say

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 that he's now possessed by Satan

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 or something like that

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 and no longer responsible

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 for his actions.

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 It's not as though Judas was innocent

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 up until this point.

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 In chapter 12,

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 John tells us that Judas used to

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 help himself to the money

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 and the money bag.

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 And in verse 2 of our chapter,

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 we saw that the devil

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 was already at work on Judas

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 to betray Jesus.

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 But this is a final rejection,

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 a rejection of Jesus's offer of love.

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 It sort of seals the deal,

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 signs the fated betrayal

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 as Judas finally allows evil

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 and darkness to overcome him.

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 In other words,

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 I think this is the point

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 of no return.

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 His heart is now so hard

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 that there is no going back.

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 The disciples,

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 as is typical of them

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 in John's gospel,

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 continue to fail to understand.

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 See in verse 29,

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 they think Jesus is sending Judas

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 out for supplies

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 or maybe to give to the poor.

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 He was the money bag guy after all.

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 But Judas,

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 he takes the bread

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 and he heads out into the night.

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 As Satan enters Judas,

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 so Judas enters into the darkness.

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 Earlier in the week,

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 Cater told me about this painting

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 that's on the screen.

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 It's an amazing painting.

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 It's currently hanging

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 in the National Gallery

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 down there on Princes Street.

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 You can go and check it out.

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 It's by a French artist, Poussin.

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 And just see the way

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 that he uses light

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 to tell the story,

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 just like John does

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 in his gospel.

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 That's Judas there on the left

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 as you look at it.

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 He's in the dark.

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 His back is turned to Jesus

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 and the disciples

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 and he's heading out

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 into the night.

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 Judas is going to betray Jesus.

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 Next, Jesus is going to the cross.

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 And we'll see here

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 that the cross is glorious,

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 that the cross is necessary

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 and that the cross is love.

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 Have a look at verse 31.

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 When he was gone.

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 In other words,

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 now that Judas has left the room,

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 Jesus can really get going

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 on his teaching and prayer

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 that will come

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 in the following chapters.

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 And Jesus says,

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 now the Son of Man

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 is glorified

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 and God is glorified in him.

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 If God is glorified in him,

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 God will glorify the Son

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 in himself

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 and will glorify him at once.

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 Now, those verses

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 are obviously quite difficult

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 to understand

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 and see the logic of,

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 especially I think

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 because on the Pew Bibles

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 they're over the page

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 from one another,

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 aren't they?

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 So it's hard to follow.

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 But let's just try

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 and see the logic of this.

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 First, the Son of Man

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 is glorified.

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 That is Jesus the man,

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 the human,

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 shown to be glorious.

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 And then God is glorified in him.

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 That I think is the divine nature

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 of Jesus.

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 God the Son

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 will be glorified

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 in Jesus the human.

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 It's true in that direction.

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 The second half of the verse

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 just says this is true

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 in the other direction too.

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 That is to say,

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 Jesus' humanity

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 and his divinity

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 will both be glorified

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 and what is to come.

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 But what does it mean

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 to be glorified?

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 I think it might be helpful,

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 first of all,

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 to say that you and I

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 cannot add to God's glory.

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 Maybe you've heard that

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 like a sports person

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 after they've won a match

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 or something might say,

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 all glory to God.

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 Or songs that we sing

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 where we say

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 we glorify his name.

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 When we do that,

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 it's vital for us

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 to understand

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 that we're not adding to God

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 something that wasn't

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 already there.

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 Instead,

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 when we say

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 that we glorify God,

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 we're revealing

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 or showing

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 something that already is,

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 showing God to be

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 who he already is,

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 who God really is.

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 In Isaiah chapter 6,

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 Isaiah sees the Lord

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 in his throne room

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 and the seraphim

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 calling to one another.

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 And here's what they say,

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 holy.

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 Three times they say,

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 holy.

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 That is who God is

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 in himself.

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 As he sits on his throne

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 in his splendor

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 and his majesty.

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 In other words,

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 God's holiness

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 is kind of like

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 his infinite worth.

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 God is holy.

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 And the seraphim say,

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 holy is the Lord almighty.

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 The whole earth

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 is full of his.

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 And you'd expect them

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 to say holiness,

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 I guess,

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 wouldn't you?

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 And maybe that phrase

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 is familiar to you

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 and so you know

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 that that's not what they say.

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 What they say is

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 the whole earth

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 is full of his glory.

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 In other words,

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 God's glory,

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 for God to be glorified,

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 it is for his holiness,

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 his infinite worth,

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 to be made public,

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 to be visible

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 in all the earth.

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 And so in Exodus chapter 33,

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 where Moses asks God

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 to show him his glory,

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 he is asking God

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 to make his holiness,

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 to make that known.

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 And here is how God responds.

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 I will cause all my goodness

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 to pass in front of you

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 and I will proclaim my name,

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 the Lord,

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 in your presence.

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 I will have mercy

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 on whom I will have mercy

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 and I will have compassion

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 on whom I will have compassion.

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 What does God's glory look like

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 as he reveals it to Moses?

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 It is his goodness.

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 It is the name,

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 Lord Yahweh,

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 the name that says,

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 I am faithful to my promises.

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 It is his mercy

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 and it is his compassion.

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 And so here in our passage

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 this morning,

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 Jesus is saying

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 that the glory of God

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 will be seen

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 in what he is about to do.

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 For God to be glorified

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 is for God to be seen

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 for who he is.

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 And nowhere in all of scripture

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 and nowhere in all of history

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 is that more true than here.

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 At the cross.

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 Notice in verses 31 and 32

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 of our passage

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 that this glorifying,

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 it happens now

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 at the start of the verse

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 and it is at once

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 at the end of the verse.

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 This is the hour

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 at which he will be glorified.

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 It's the cross.

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 Nowhere does Jesus look

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 more humiliated and defeated.

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 Nowhere does he look

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 less like God himself.

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 And yet nowhere is his glory

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 more evident than this.

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 At his lowest point,

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 he is raised up.

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 At his most defeated,

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 he is defeating death.

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 On the cross as he dies,

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 pouring out mercy

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 and compassion

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 and making a way

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 for you and for me

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 to know the Father.

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 When he looks most human,

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 he is most gloriously God.

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 Good and faithful

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 to his promises

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 and merciful and compassionate.

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 Do you see how glorious

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 the cross is?

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 And the cross is also necessary.

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 See how tenderly

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 Jesus speaks to his disciples

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 in verse 33.

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 He says,

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 my children

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 or little children.

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 And he tells them

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 that he won't be with them

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 for much longer

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 and that they can't come with him.

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 We saw back in chapter 8

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 of John's Gospel,

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 Jesus,

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 as John refers to here,

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 said the same thing

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 to the Jews,

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 that they can't follow him

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 where he's going.

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 Why does he say it?

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 Well,

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 in chapter 8,

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 he says specifically

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 it's because they will die

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 in their sin.

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 In other words,

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 Jesus is going to be

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 with the Father,

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 eternal resurrection life

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 and it is impossible

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 to follow him there

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 if you remain

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 wrapped up in sin.

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 That was true

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 of the Jews.

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 It's true

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 of the disciples

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 as he speaks to them here

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 and it is true

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 of us today.

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 This is the great problem

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 to which the cross

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 is the answer.

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 Here's why

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 the cross is necessary.

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 We are human beings

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 wrapped up in sin.

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 We all are.

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 It's the default position.

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 And because of that,

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.360
 we cannot go

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:54.200
 where Jesus says

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 that he is going.

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 We need the cross.

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 It's necessary

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 because notice

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 down in verse 36,

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.240
 he says,

00:23:01.320 --> 00:23:02.400
 you cannot follow now

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.680
 to Simon Peter.

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 You cannot follow now,

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 but you will follow later.

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 In other words,

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.920
 if you want to follow me,

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:11.560
 you need me to go first.

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 You can't come to the Father

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.980
 and enjoy eternal resurrection life

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 unless I first go to the cross

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 and deal with your sin.

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 This is the gospel's answer

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.759
 to that great problem

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.700
 for the Jews,

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.780
 for Peter,

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.660
 for the disciples,

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.360
 for us.

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 None of us can enter

00:23:29.540 --> 00:23:31.100
 into eternal life.

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:33.000
 None of us can follow Jesus

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 to the Father

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 unless he has dealt

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.440
 with our sin on the cross,

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 unless he has been shown

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 to be glorious in that way

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 as he takes all of our sin

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:43.860
 and our shame

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:45.180
 and our betrayal

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.519
 and denial of him

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 and he bears the weight

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.500
 of the guilt of that

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.299
 on his shoulders.

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 And unless we look to him

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 in that moment,

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 unless we recognize his glory

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 and humble ourselves

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 and trust him,

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 only then will we follow him

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:03.379
 through death

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:05.420
 to resurrection glory.

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.980
 The cross is glorious.

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 The cross is necessary.

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 And finally,

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 the cross is love.

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 See, Jesus gives them

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.259
 this command

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:17.480
 in verses 34 and 35.

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 A new command I give you,

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 love one another

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 as I have loved you.

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 So you must love one another.

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 By this,

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 everyone will know

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 that you are my disciples

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 if you love one another.

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 This command isn't really new at all.

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 Loving your neighbor

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 was central

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.779
 to the Old Testament law.

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 God had always commanded

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 that they love one another.

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 But of course,

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 there is a sense

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 in which it is new.

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 Jesus isn't lying.

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 And as Jesus literally

00:24:47.560 --> 00:24:49.259
 puts meat onto the bones

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.140
 of that command,

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 he takes it

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.860
 and he lives it

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 and he makes it flesh.

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 It's a new command

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 insofar as Jesus

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:59.140
 has given it a context

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 as I have loved you.

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 And that is ultimately

00:25:03.800 --> 00:25:05.160
 expressed at the cross.

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 The incredible,

00:25:06.820 --> 00:25:07.840
 self-sacrificial,

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:10.420
 life-giving love.

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:12.460
 As Jesus lays down

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.900
 his life in love

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:15.160
 to give life

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.759
 to those who follow him.

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.700
 The cross is love.

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 And as he explains this,

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:22.660
 Jesus is really preparing

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.740
 his disciples

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.720
 for his departure.

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.180
 He says,

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.720
 this is how you are to live,

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:30.060
 to echo the self-giving love

00:25:30.060 --> 00:25:31.820
 of the cross amongst you.

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 And this is how those

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:35.040
 in your community

00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:35.640
 will know

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.960
 that you follow Jesus

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:39.180
 as you love one another

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 like this.

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.440
 And we talked about this

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.860
 a bit last week with JT.

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.880
 Maybe you talked about it

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.740
 in your growth groups

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.519
 this week too.

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.380
 We did.

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:49.220
 Because this remains true

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.059
 for us.

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:52.259
 As we love one another

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.759
 in various ways,

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:55.380
 so we point one another

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.860
 to the love of Jesus

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:58.220
 on the cross.

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.740
 The glorious cross.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.779
 The necessary cross.

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:05.259
 The cross where God's love

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.779
 is ultimately expressed

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.880
 for us.

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.859
 But Peter,

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:12.579
 he still can't get over

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.799
 what Jesus has said

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:15.299
 in verse 33.

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.720
 He can't get over the fact

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.200
 that Jesus is going to leave.

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.900
 And so this is where we move

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.900
 from Jesus is going

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.559
 to the cross

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.599
 to Peter is going

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:25.099
 to deny Jesus.

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:27.000
 This is our final point

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:28.420
 and it won't take very long,

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.060
 I promise.

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.640
 See in verse 36

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.440
 Peter's question.

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.060
 Where are you going?

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.759
 Where is Jesus going?

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:36.160
 Why can't we go with him?

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:38.440
 Again, Jesus' response.

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:39.240
 We've seen it already.

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.539
 You can't follow now

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:42.380
 but you will follow later.

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.080
 Peter doesn't understand

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:46.420
 and he says in verse 37

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.400
 I will follow you.

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.180
 I would even lay down

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.259
 my life for you.

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.420
 See how zealous

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.940
 and forthright Peter is

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:53.420
 but he's misunderstanding.

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:55.019
 He thinks Jesus is going

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.700
 on some earthly journey

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.539
 that might result

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.440
 in his death.

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.420
 He doesn't realise

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.859
 that he needs Jesus

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.779
 to die for him

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.940
 and instead

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.379
 he wants to die

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.980
 for Jesus.

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.119
 Peter wants to do

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.960
 the saving

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:11.119
 and Jesus says

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.879
 verse 38

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.440
 you can make

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.559
 all your promises now

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:15.740
 but you will deny me.

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.980
 You will disown me

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.819
 three times

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:19.799
 before the rooster crows.

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:22.460
 Peter will deny Jesus

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.279
 as we read on

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.539
 over the next few weeks

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.299
 we'll see he does

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.099
 just that.

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:30.000
 I began this morning

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.319
 with that story

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.960
 of betrayal

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.720
 of Ahmed

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.500
 and Jonathan

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.299
 the betrayal

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.099
 and denial

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.279
 of a best friend.

00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:36.980
 It's brutal

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.500
 and it's brutal

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.960
 here in John's Gospel too

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:41.559
 as we've seen

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.379
 the big movements

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.180
 of the plot

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.940
 in this passage

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.779
 as Judas

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.659
 is going to betray

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.359
 Jesus

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.659
 as Jesus

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.559
 will be glorified

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.419
 at the cross

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:50.839
 and as Peter

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.480
 will deny

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.759
 Jesus too.

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.339
 Two of his

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.079
 closest friends

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.759
 it's brutal

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:57.199
 but as we

00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:57.959
 put all of that

00:27:57.959 --> 00:27:58.279
 together

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.319
 notice the importance

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.399
 for us this morning

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:03.099
 because it is also

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:04.159
 brutal when we

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.639
 betray

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:06.039
 and deny Jesus

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:08.199
 and in some ways

00:28:08.199 --> 00:28:08.959
 we could describe

00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:09.759
 all of our sin

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.279
 like this

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.079
 as we deny

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.759
 the one who

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.819
 created us

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:14.659
 and I think

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.639
 especially brutal

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.439
 if you're a Christian

00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:17.299
 here this morning

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:19.379
 adopted sons

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:20.220
 and daughters

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.399
 of our creator

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.240
 in him

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.600
 followers of Jesus

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:26.240
 and yet there are

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.880
 ways aren't there

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.640
 that we continue

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.220
 to betray

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.160
 and deny him

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.560
 still

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:31.820
 and so what

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.420
 do we do?

00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:34.980
 We've reached

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.780
 the end of the story

00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:36.080
 here

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.800
 the climax

00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:37.540
 the last hour

00:28:37.540 --> 00:28:38.100
 we have these

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.740
 two men

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.880
 Judas

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:41.060
 who followed

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.420
 Jesus

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.060
 but never

00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:42.860
 trusted him

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:44.080
 who never

00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:44.900
 confessed him

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.540
 as the son

00:28:45.540 --> 00:28:45.960
 of God

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.660
 the Messiah

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.420
 the Christ

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.220
 who never

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.820
 repented

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:51.859
 we have Peter

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:53.119
 often

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:54.200
 misunderstanding

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.519
 always zealous

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.740
 always the activist

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.559
 he wants to lay

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.379
 down his life

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.119
 for Jesus

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.799
 and not have

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.559
 Jesus lay down

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.059
 his life

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.899
 for him

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:03.919
 but despite

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.740
 that Peter

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.639
 who trusted

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.460
 Jesus

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:08.700
 who confessed

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.659
 him to be

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.919
 the son of God

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.799
 the Christ

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.700
 the Messiah

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:14.539
 and who we'll see

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.220
 in a few weeks

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.639
 time

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:17.379
 does repent

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:19.840
 the question

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.240
 for us

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.780
 this morning

00:29:20.780 --> 00:29:21.460
 then is not

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.940
 simply

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.780
 will I betray

00:29:22.780 --> 00:29:23.320
 or deny

00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:23.720
 Jesus

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.280
 the question

00:29:25.280 --> 00:29:26.040
 is when

00:29:26.040 --> 00:29:26.760
 I betray

00:29:26.760 --> 00:29:27.740
 and deny

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.120
 Jesus

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.860
 will I be

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.180
 Judas

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:31.040
 or will I

00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:31.580
 be Peter

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:33.260
 where will

00:29:33.260 --> 00:29:33.760
 I run

00:29:33.760 --> 00:29:35.540
 because if

00:29:35.540 --> 00:29:36.160
 like Judas

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.920
 you continue

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.720
 out into

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.320
 the dark

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:39.080
 this is what

00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:39.500
 happens

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.920
 as your

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.540
 heart

00:29:40.540 --> 00:29:40.960
 becomes

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.600
 increasingly

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:42.400
 hard

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.720
 it will

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.020
 become

00:29:43.020 --> 00:29:43.560
 easier

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.260
 and easier

00:29:44.260 --> 00:29:45.020
 to continue

00:29:45.020 --> 00:29:45.500
 in your

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.920
 sin

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.660
 you will

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.060
 continue

00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:47.820
 to convince

00:29:47.820 --> 00:29:48.340
 yourself

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:48.779
 that there's

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.300
 no harm

00:29:49.300 --> 00:29:49.640
 done

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.160
 and it

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.440
 will be

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.840
 harder

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.720
 and harder

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.440
 to return

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.960
 to him

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:55.600
 and it's

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.220
 very easy

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.600
 for us

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.100
 to be like

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.500
 Peter

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.820
 too

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.259
 to want

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.080
 to save

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.720
 ourselves

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:01.560
 when we

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.279
 betray

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.820
 or deny

00:30:02.820 --> 00:30:03.180
 Jesus

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.640
 we want

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:03.920
 something

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.580
 to do

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.039
 don't we

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.740
 to a

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:05.980
 prayer

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.500
 to say

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.820
 or an

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.259
 action

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.160
 to perform

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.820
 something

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.460
 concrete

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.120
 to pin

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:11.000
 our renewed

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.440
 faith

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.740
 to

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.200
 and it's

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.500
 subtle

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.039
 but wrapped

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.640
 up in that

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.380
 instinct

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.940
 is that we

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.340
 want to

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:15.940
 earn our

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.840
 way back

00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:19.100
 instead

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:19.740
 when we

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.140
 betray

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:21.000
 or deny

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.860
 Jesus

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:23.720
 would you

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.200
 remember

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.580
 what you

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:25.300
 have already

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:26.300
 received

00:30:26.300 --> 00:30:28.360
 look at

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.140
 the glorious

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:30.360
 cross

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.380
 notice how

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.260
 this passage

00:30:32.260 --> 00:30:32.900
 is structured

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.300
 with the

00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:33.720
 betrayal

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.140
 and the

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.480
 denial

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.260
 either side

00:30:35.260 --> 00:30:35.660
 but with

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:36.300
 the glory

00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:36.780
 of the

00:30:36.780 --> 00:30:37.240
 necessary

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.060
 and loving

00:30:38.060 --> 00:30:38.780
 cross

00:30:38.780 --> 00:30:39.120
 in the

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.440
 middle

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.680
 it's as

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.080
 if John

00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:41.580
 is saying

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:42.340
 the answer

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.099
 to the

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.500
 betrayal

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.819
 the answer

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.279
 to the

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.720
 denial

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.279
 the answer

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.879
 to all

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.279
 of our

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.579
 sin

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.259
 it's here

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.959
 it's

00:30:48.959 --> 00:30:49.459
 Jesus

00:30:49.459 --> 00:30:51.159
 glorified

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.539
 on the

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.099
 cross

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.480
 shown

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.199
 to be

00:30:54.199 --> 00:30:55.259
 the loving

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.240
 faithful

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.099
 merciful

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:58.179
 and compassionate

00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:58.619
 God

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.039
 that he

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.659
 is

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.919
 making a

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:01.379
 way for

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.859
 all of

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.459
 our sin

00:31:02.459 --> 00:31:02.899
 to be

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.259
 forgiven

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.399
 and making

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:04.740
 a way

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.259
 for us

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.959
 to know

00:31:05.959 --> 00:31:06.319
 him

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.220
 it is

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.779
 the centre

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.599
 of this

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.099
 little bit

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.559
 of John's

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:09.899
 gospel

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.940
 but it

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.380
 is the

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.700
 centre

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.540
 of history

00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:13.259
 and it

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.600
 is the

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:13.860
 centre

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.360
 of your

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.840
 story

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.160
 if you're

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.540
 a Christian

00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:16.019
 here this

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.340
 morning

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:18.900
 let me

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.280
 close

00:31:19.280 --> 00:31:20.120
 with this

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:21.060
 this poem

00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:21.759
 Glenn Scrivener

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.140
 wrote this

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.400
 poem

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.840
 I gave

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.259
 my life

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.759
 to Jesus

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.140
 it's

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.519
 brilliant

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.420
 it's

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.920
 well worth

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.620
 looking it

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:26.759
 up

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.040
 that's

00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:27.200
 just

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.460
 the

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.940
 first

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.680
 verse

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.200
 but notice

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.540
 how it

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:30.140
 begins

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:31.500
 I gave

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.920
 my life

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.400
 to Jesus

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.960
 about a

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.300
 thousand

00:31:33.300 --> 00:31:33.920
 times

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:35.400
 and he

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.960
 tells the

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.580
 story of

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:36.900
 how he

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.300
 committed

00:31:37.300 --> 00:31:37.860
 his life

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.340
 to Jesus

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.880
 at a

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.440
 camp

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.799
 as a

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.220
 teenager

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.000
 and then

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.400
 he walked

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.799
 away

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.279
 and a few

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.880
 months later

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.240
 another

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.700
 camp

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.059
 another

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.759
 conversion

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.240
 and the

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.620
 cycle

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:46.259
 kind of

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.980
 repeats itself

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.519
 throughout the

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:47.820
 poem

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.380
 a cycle

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.519
 that ultimately

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.980
 was all about

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.360
 Glenn

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:53.320
 about Glenn's

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:54.000
 coming to

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.320
 Jesus

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:55.759
 about Glenn's

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.480
 sin

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:58.400
 about Glenn's

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.900
 prayer

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.940
 and Glenn's

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.759
 response

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.600
 until one day

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.120
 he started

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.980
 reading the

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.620
 Bible for

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.120
 himself

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:06.880
 and he

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.759
 saw there

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.680
 that he

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.200
 wasn't the

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.460
 centre

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.880
 of the

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.200
 story

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.759
 at all

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:12.180
 he'd

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.380
 always

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.580
 been

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:12.920
 taught

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.259
 that the

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.620
 important

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:13.980
 thing

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.400
 was his

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.960
 response

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.440
 about what

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.940
 he might

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.360
 do

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:17.980
 but as

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.480
 he read

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.860
 God's

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.200
 word

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.700
 he saw

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.019
 that the

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.259
 gospel

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.620
 wasn't

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.360
 about Glenn

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:22.640
 but about

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.000
 Jesus

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:25.360
 and this

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.819
 is how he

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.500
 finishes his

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.160
 poem as he

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.539
 says to

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.960
 those who

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.600
 taught him

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:30.699
 you say

00:32:30.699 --> 00:32:31.619
 give your

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.259
 heart

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.599
 this says

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.379
 Christ

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:35.119
 is the

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.439
 donor

00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:37.019
 you say

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.919
 yield your

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.339
 life

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.000
 this says

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.579
 he was

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.259
 always

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.059
 the owner

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.740
 you say

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.299
 get on

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.719
 fire

00:32:43.719 --> 00:32:44.459
 he says

00:32:44.459 --> 00:32:45.099
 this says

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.679
 you are

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.759
 the light

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.839
 you say

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.579
 keep running

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.339
 to God

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.980
 this says

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.599
 walk

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.879
 in Christ

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:54.560
 you say

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.160
 dare to

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.640
 be a

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.100
 missional

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.800
 intentional

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:58.120
 incarnational

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:59.100
 contextualized

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.900
 no compromise

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.800
 countercultural

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:01.320
 radical

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.060
 red letter

00:33:02.060 --> 00:33:03.180
 fully devoted

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.840
 disciple

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.920
 this says

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:06.120
 follow

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:08.280
 you say

00:33:08.280 --> 00:33:08.900
 get hungry

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.640
 for God

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.980
 this says

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.560
 take

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.440
 eat

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.600
 swallow

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:16.520
 you say

00:33:16.520 --> 00:33:17.480
 press into

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.980
 God

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.520
 this says

00:33:19.520 --> 00:33:19.800
 you're

00:33:19.800 --> 00:33:20.120
 hidden

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:21.300
 in Christ

00:33:21.300 --> 00:33:22.320
 you say

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.759
 be a

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.079
 world

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.480
 changer

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.099
 this says

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.899
 live a

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.299
 quiet

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.019
 life

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:27.740
 you say

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.359
 surrender

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.919
 all

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:30.179
 this says

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:30.720
 you're not

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.460
 your own

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:33.419
 you say

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:34.179
 step up

00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:34.500
 to the

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.759
 plate

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.279
 this says

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.579
 you're

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.099
 raised

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:37.019
 to a

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.399
 throne

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:39.200
 you say

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.960
 burn out

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.619
 this says

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.200
 shine

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:43.099
 you say

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.539
 you've got to

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.079
 work on your

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.639
 relationship

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.359
 with Jesus

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:47.500
 this says

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:49.000
 I am

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:50.139
 my beloved

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:51.500
 and he

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.159
 is

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.000
 mine

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.279
 let me

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.600
 pray

00:33:55.600 --> 00:34:04.200
 heavenly

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.600
 father

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:06.259
 I pray

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.880
 that as we

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.759
 have opened

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.440
 your word

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.980
 to us

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.559
 this morning

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.039
 we might

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.860
 have seen

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.860
 the glory

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.420
 of your

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.920
 son

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.480
 there

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:16.519
 and I

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.079
 pray for

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.639
 each of

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.079
 us

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:19.340
 that you

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.860
 would help

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.480
 us to

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.420
 receive him

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.319
 with open

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:23.299
 hands

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:25.500
 that we

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.299
 might humbly

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:27.219
 accept what

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.940
 he has done

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.900
 for us

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:31.019
 and I

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.000
 pray that as we

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.720
 go from

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.360
 here your

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.200
 holy spirit

00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:34.940
 would continue

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.720
 to work in

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.500
 our hearts

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:39.579
 revealing to

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.360
 us the

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.940
 ways in which

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.519
 we betray

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.480
 and deny

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.139
 your love

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.940
 for us

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:46.639
 and pointing

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:48.139
 us to

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.460
 what you

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.099
 have already

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.900
 won for us

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.200
 on the

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.700
 cross

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:52.839
 Lord I

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.839
 pray that we

00:34:53.839 --> 00:34:54.319
 would each

00:34:54.319 --> 00:34:54.659
 of us

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.059
 know

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.699
 your new

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.439
 mercies to

00:34:57.439 --> 00:34:57.939
 us

00:34:57.939 --> 00:34:59.079
 day by day

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.659
 in Jesus

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.079
 name

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:02.179
 Amen

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:03.779
 name

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.059
 In

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.159
 name

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:07.819
 In