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 Good morning, everyone. Thanks, Ed. I really appreciate that.

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! This morning our passage is Matthew 26, 36 through 56.

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! I ask you to turn there in your mouth.

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 I ask you also to stand for the reading of God's Word if you're able to.

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 Let me pray for the reading of teaching.

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 Lord, thank you for your Word.

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 Thank you for the guidance that you give us.

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 Thank you that you stand with us in our prayers.

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 Thank you for the comfort that you give.

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 Lord, I pray as we look at your Word, as we look at Jesus at a low point,

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 and then the high point through prayer,

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 pray that you would just guide and instruct us,

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 pray that your Spirit would speak to us,

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 and we would all look a little more like you after this.

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 Amen.

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 Alright, Matthew 26, 36 through 56.

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 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane,

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 and he said to his disciples,

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 sit here while I go over there and pray.

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 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,

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 he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

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 Then he said to them,

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 My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.

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 Remain here and watch with me.

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 And going a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed,

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 saying, My Father, if it be possible,

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 let this cup pass from me.

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 Nevertheless, not as I will,

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 but as you will.

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 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping.

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 And he said to Peter,

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 So, could you not watch with me one hour?

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 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation.

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 The Spirit indeed is willing,

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 but the flesh is weak.

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 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed,

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 My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it,

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 your will be done.

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 And again he came and found them sleeping,

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 for their eyes were had them.

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 So, leaving them again,

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 he went away and prayed for the third time,

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 saying the same words again.

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 Then he came to his disciples and said to them,

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 Sleep, take your rest, lay it alone.

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 See, the hour is at hand,

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 and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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 Rise, let us be done.

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 See, my betrayer is at hand.

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 While he was still speaking,

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 Judas came, one of the twelve,

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 and with him a great crowd with swords and gloves,

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 from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

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 Now the betrayer had given them a sign,

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 saying,

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 The one I will kiss is the man.

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 Seize him.

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 And he came up to Jesus at once,

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 and said,

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 Greetings, Rabbi.

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 And he kissed him.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Friend, do what you came to do.

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 Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus,

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 and seized him.

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 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus

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 stretched out his hand,

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 drew his sword,

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 and struck the servant of the high priest,

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 and cut off his ear.

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 Then Jesus said to him,

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 Put your sword back into its place,

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 for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

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 Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father

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 if you will at once send me

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 more than twelve legions of angels?

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 But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled

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 that it must be so?

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 At that hour,

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 Jesus said to the crowds,

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 Have you come out again?

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 Have you come out as against a robber

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 with swords and gloves to capture me?

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 Day after day,

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 I sat in the temple teaching,

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 and you did not seize me.

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 But all this has taken place

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 that the scriptures of the prophets

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 might be fulfilled.

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 Then all the disciples left and fled.

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 This is God's holy and thoroughbred word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Layoffs in white-collar companies

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 have been rampant in the 2020s.

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 I know a number of brothers and sisters

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 in our church who have been in companies

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 where they happened,

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 and working ten years in tech,

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 I've probably been through four or five myself,

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 depending on how you can.

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 Personally,

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 I don't think I've ever heard

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 a strong justification for layoffs

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 as an employee that sits right with me.

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 No matter what the financials are

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 or the company needs are said to be,

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 the fact at the end of the day

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 is that people lose their livelihoods

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 with little say in the end.

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 One of the worst industries

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 for layoffs in recent years

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 have been video games.

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 Reports say that one in three

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 American game developers

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 have been laid off in the past five years.

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 In the midst of all this,

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 an old news story

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 featuring Satoru Iwata,

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 former Nintendo president,

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 has been making the rounds.

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 Back in the early 2010s,

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 Nintendo was struggling with sales

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 with their new console lineup.

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 Instead of layoffs,

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 President Iwata and his team

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 took a 50% pay cut in 2011,

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 and then again in 2014,

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 and opted to trust

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 in the current team to pull through.

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 The shareholders naturally had questions,

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 and when they asked about why,

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 this was his answer.

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 If we reduce the number of employees

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 for better short-term financial results,

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 employing morale will decrease,

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 and I sincerely doubt

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 employees whose fear

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 they may be laid off

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 will be able to develop

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 software titles

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 that can impress people

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 around the world.

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 And partly due to

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 a lot of business decisions,

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 Nintendo is one of the most

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 successful game companies today,

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 as my kids can also address

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 when something goes wrong.

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 When things go wrong,

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 studies show we humans

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 are likely to blame

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 anything but ourselves.

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 This is what makes

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 Iwata's response so strong.

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 In a scenario where

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 most executives choose

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 to push consequences outward,

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 one prominent business leader

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 instead chose to take

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 financial risks on himself.

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 And we'll see similar principles

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 at play in our story today.

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 The disciples are faced

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 with a hard situation,

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 and act like most of us will.

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 Try to fight off or avoid

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 a losing scenario.

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 We're also going to see

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 Jesus fixing the hard situation,

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 the hardest, in fact,

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 in human history.

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 And rather than exercise

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 his rights or power

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 to escape or defer the problem,

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 we'll see Jesus

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 pit a different path.

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 We'll see him as

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 the suffering king

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 who reigns through submission.

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 And the passage today

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 breaks into two parts.

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 First, we'll see Jesus

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 in Gethsemane reigning

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 in submission to the Father.

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 in trouble.

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 Then, we'll see

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 the suffering king

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 in control,

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 even in the importance

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 of Jesus.

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 Now, this passage

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 starts out with Jesus

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 and the disciples

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 moving from the Last Supper

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 to Gethsemane.

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 We know Gethsemane

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 is an olive orchard

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 simply because

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 the word means

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 olive press.

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 And it's likely

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 this garden is

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 close to Jerusalem

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 and a place

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 that the disciples

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 regularly go.

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 Otherwise,

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 Judas wouldn't have been

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 able to go out,

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 gather a crowd,

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 and then find them

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 again so quickly

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 any of those of the night.

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 Jesus leaves

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 both of the disciples

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 in one spot

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 and takes three

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 with him to go pray.

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 These are the

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 inner three disciples,

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 Peter, James, and John.

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 Quick reminder

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 that this is

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 Jesus' inner circle.

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 These are the three

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 that saw

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 the transfiguration

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 of Jesus.

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 Peter seems to be

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 involved in a little

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 bit of everything.

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 and he's walking

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 on water

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 and then he's

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 sinking.

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 And then he's

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 being handed the keys

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 to the kingdom

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 and professing

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 Jesus as Lord

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 and then he's

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 rebuking Jesus

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 the next day.

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 And James and John,

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 remember,

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 were the two that

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 asked to sit

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 at the left

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 and the right

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 hand of Jesus.

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 So it's pretty clear

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 that they know

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 their social standing

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 within the circle

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 at least

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 to make that

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 in the past.

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 And so it's

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 no wonder

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 that Jesus

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 brings these three

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 close to him

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 in one of his

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 most difficult moments.

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 And commentators

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 point out a couple

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 things about

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 Jesus' sorrow here.

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 First,

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 this is the first

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 time in Matthew

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 that Matthew,

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 the author,

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 has explicitly

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 drawn attention

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 to what Jesus

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 has seen.

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 This is a rare

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 time that Jesus'

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 inner life

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 is explicitly

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 editorialized.

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 Second,

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 it's worth noting

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 that the first

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 words that Jesus

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 uses to describe

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 his sorrow

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 are a paraphrase

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 of Psalm 42.

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 Why were you

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 cast down,

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 oh my soul,

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 is very similar

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 in Greek.

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 To,

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 my soul,

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 is very sorrow.

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 But,

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 Jesus goes even

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 further in those

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 words of lament

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 and adds on

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 the end,

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 even to death.

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 And now,

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 I don't think

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 he's literally

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 saying he's

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 going to die

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 soon,

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 though that is

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 true,

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 it's something

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 that's coming.

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 It seems more

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 like he's saying

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 the emotional

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 weight of the

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 scenario is so

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 great that the

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 turmoil itself

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 makes him.

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 So,

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 Jesus asks

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 the Greek

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 to remain

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 watched.

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 And at this

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 point,

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 Matthew starts

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 intermedium

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 the reactions

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 of the

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 disciples

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 with the

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 interactions

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 of Jesus.

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 And so,

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 I'm going to

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 split those

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 out a little

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 bit,

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 and first

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 I'm going

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 to talk

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 about

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 Jesus'

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 path in

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 prayer,

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 and then

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 I'm going

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 to talk

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 about

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 the

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 disciples'

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 reactions.

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 So,

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 Jesus steps

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 away to do

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 his own

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 watching and

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 praying in

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 response to

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 his sorrow.

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 Commentators

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 hopefully point

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 out that

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 Jesus'

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 prayer follows

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 the pattern

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 of the

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 Lord's

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 prayer.

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 I actually

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 have a slide

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 for this

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 part to make

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 it a little

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 more clear.

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 prayer.

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 So,

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 we'll see

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 Jesus'

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 prayer,

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 my father,

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 which is

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 similar to

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 our father

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 from the

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 Lord's

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 prayer,

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 relating

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 as a

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 child of

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 God.

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 Then he

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 says,

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 let this

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 talk

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 past

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 the

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 man,

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 which is

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 now to

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 give us

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 this day

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 our daily

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 bread,

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 give me

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 what I

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 need in

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 this

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 moment.

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 But,

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 only if

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 it can

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 possible,

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 not as I

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 will,

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 but as you

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 will,

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 which is

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 really

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 similar to

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 your kingdom

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 come,

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 your will

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 be done.

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 So,

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 Jesus

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 covers his

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 own sorrow

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 with the

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 prayer he

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 taught his

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 disciples to

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 pray.

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 But the

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 important part

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 to this

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 whole prayer

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 is the

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 copy.

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 What is

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 the copy?

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 That's the

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 thing that's

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 overwhelming

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 him.

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 Is it

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 just his

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 forthcoming

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 death?

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 Is it

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 the abandonment?

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 Is it

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 the torture?

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 Any of

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 these things

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 alone,

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 I think,

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 would cause

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 any of

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 us great

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 emotional

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 turmoil.

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 But,

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 the

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 common

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 instance

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 specifically

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 represents

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 something,

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 God's

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 wrath.

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 When we

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 talk about

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 God's wrath,

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 we're talking

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 about God's

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 just response

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 to the

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 wrongdoing

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 that people

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 incurred.

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 There's a

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 number of

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 Old Testament

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 passages that

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 refer to the

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 cup specifically

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 in this web,

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 and Jeremiah

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 has a very

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 succinct

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 presentation of

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 it.

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 In Jeremiah

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 25,

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 5-6,

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 we read,

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 Thus the

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 Lord,

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 the God

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 of Israel,

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 said to

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 me,

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 Take from

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 my hand

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 this cup

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 of the

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 wine of

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 wrath,

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 and make

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 all the

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 nations to

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 whom I

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 send

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 you drink

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 it.

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 They

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 shall drink

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 and stagger

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 and be

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 crazed because

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 of the

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 sword I

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 am sending

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 among them.

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 So the

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 cup here

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 is clearly

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 symbolic,

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 the wine

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 of wrath.

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 Whole

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 nations of

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 wrongdoers

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 are made

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 to drink

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 of it.

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 The

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 immediately

00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:47.899
 following

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 verses

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 to this

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 passage

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 are a

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 long list

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 of nations.

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 Judah,

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 Egypt,

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 Uz,

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 Edom,

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 Moab,

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 the list

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 goes wrong.

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 The

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 drunkenness

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 symbolizes the

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 instability and

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 weakness brought

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 on by the

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 government,

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 the sword

00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:01.460
 in this

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 case.

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 So

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 specifically,

00:11:03.459 --> 00:11:04.059
 other nations

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 conferring through

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 war.

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 God's judgment

00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:08.279
 will come to

00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:08.639
 those who

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 oppose him.

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 This, then,

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 is the burden

00:11:12.019 --> 00:11:12.659
 that Jesus

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 is taking

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 on.

00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:15.279
 Wrath reserved

00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:16.220
 for nations

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 full of people

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 is coming on

00:11:17.459 --> 00:11:18.299
 to one person,

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 Jesus.

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 Sometimes it's

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 Christians,

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 we think,

00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:22.519
 and I know I

00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:22.679
 think,

00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:23.360
 Jesus died

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 individually for

00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:25.000
 my sins.

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 And we

00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:27.179
 realize the

00:11:27.179 --> 00:11:27.839
 individual burden

00:11:27.839 --> 00:11:28.600
 he bears for us,

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 and that's what we

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 said.

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 But,

00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:31.700
 Jesus takes

00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:32.220
 on the wrath

00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:32.600
 of God

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 for all

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 who we

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 need.

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 For every

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 tribe,

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 every tongue,

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 every nation,

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 a great

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 multitude,

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 too vast

00:11:39.020 --> 00:11:39.379
 account,

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 is represented

00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:40.540
 in the world.

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 This

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 exponential

00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:43.600
 multiplication

00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:44.520
 of responsibility

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 reminds me of

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 how our

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 students'

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 responsibility

00:11:47.379 --> 00:11:48.020
 naturally

00:11:48.020 --> 00:11:48.500
 expand in

00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:48.900
 our own

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 lives.

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 When you're

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 a kid,

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 you're responsible

00:11:51.700 --> 00:11:52.660
 for yourself,

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 sort of,

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 but your

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 parents are

00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:55.879
 all taking

00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:56.360
 on account

00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:56.800
 and taking

00:11:56.800 --> 00:11:57.240
 responsibility

00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:57.940
 for you.

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 But,

00:11:59.500 --> 00:11:59.920
 then you

00:11:59.920 --> 00:12:00.400
 grow up,

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 and you

00:12:00.780 --> 00:12:01.080
 age into

00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:01.460
 adulthood,

00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.000
 and you

00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:02.240
 end up

00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:02.620
 taking on

00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:02.960
 more and

00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:03.080
 more

00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:03.759
 responsibilities.

00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:04.800
 Homework,

00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:05.440
 driving,

00:12:05.820 --> 00:12:06.140
 work,

00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:06.740
 housing,

00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:07.160
 food,

00:12:07.280 --> 00:12:07.560
 laundry,

00:12:08.160 --> 00:12:08.879
 until eventually

00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:09.360
 most of us

00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:10.379
 are fully

00:12:10.379 --> 00:12:10.940
 sustaining

00:12:10.940 --> 00:12:11.540
 ourselves in

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 some way or

00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:12.080
 another.

00:12:13.460 --> 00:12:13.940
 Personal

00:12:13.940 --> 00:12:14.200
 life,

00:12:14.280 --> 00:12:14.500
 you're going

00:12:14.500 --> 00:12:14.940
 to expand

00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:15.259
 from this

00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:15.500
 area.

00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:16.220
 You get

00:12:16.220 --> 00:12:16.560
 married,

00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:17.220
 you have

00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:17.520
 a kid,

00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:18.220
 you have

00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:18.840
 more kids.

00:12:19.560 --> 00:12:19.960
 Now you're

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 responsible for

00:12:20.660 --> 00:12:21.180
 more than

00:12:21.180 --> 00:12:21.700
 just yourself.

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 or maybe

00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:23.420
 you start

00:12:23.420 --> 00:12:23.860
 a PhD,

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 and then

00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:25.440
 partway through

00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:25.840
 you own

00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:26.200
 a research

00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:26.580
 product,

00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:27.200
 and then

00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:27.560
 you get

00:12:27.560 --> 00:12:28.020
 the PhD,

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 and now

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 you're

00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:29.160
 in charge

00:12:29.160 --> 00:12:29.340
 of a

00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:29.640
 lab.

00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:31.360
 You start

00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:31.580
 as an

00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:31.879
 employee

00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:32.120
 at a

00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:32.379
 company,

00:12:32.800 --> 00:12:33.100
 you take

00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:33.300
 on a

00:12:33.300 --> 00:12:33.400
 bigger

00:12:33.400 --> 00:12:33.820
 project,

00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:34.780
 now suddenly

00:12:34.780 --> 00:12:35.140
 you're

00:12:35.140 --> 00:12:35.379
 ending

00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:35.820
 the team.

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 With all

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 of these

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 blessings

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 come more

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 stressors.

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 Your day

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 no longer

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 just involves

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 yourself,

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 but affects

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 many different

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 lives of

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 people who

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 depend on

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 you.

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 I think

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 this is

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 similar to

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 what Jesus

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 is experiencing.

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 He's

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 bearing a

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 large little

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 responsibility,

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 the weight

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 of

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 nations.

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 But he's

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 going much

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 further than

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 what I just

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 said.

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 Everything I

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 just described

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 is a good

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 blessing in

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 our lives.

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 Jesus is

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 only bearing

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 judgment,

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 only the

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 negative

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 aspect for

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 all of

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 these

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 people,

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 and so

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 the weight

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 is immense.

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 Now,

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 our culture

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 tends to be

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 uncomfortable

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 with the

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 wrath of

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 God.

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 God,

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 the proposition

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 is often

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 like this.

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 How is

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 God,

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 who is

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 a God

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 of

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 all,

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 sorry,

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 how could

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 a God

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 who is

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 love

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 punch

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 people?

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 And one

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 of the

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 points that

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 people will

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 often bring

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 up against

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 God's wrath

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 is what's

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 happening

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 here.

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 The Father

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 is putting

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 a nation's

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 worth of

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 wrath onto

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 his Son.

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 Is this

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 some sort

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 of cosmic

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 child abuse

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 at play?

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 And I

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 hear the

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 concern.

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 In fact,

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 I've even

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 seen Christian

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 families take

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 the principle

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 of godly

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 submission

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 that's present

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 in the

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 Bible and

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 what Jesus

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 is doing

00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:45.019
 here,

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 and twist

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 it in a

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 manipulative

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 way to

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 get kids

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 to listen

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 to any

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 parenting,

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 even abusive

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 parenting.

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 But there

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 is a

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 significant

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 difference

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 between

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 horrible

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 parenting

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 and what's

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 happening

00:13:56.620 --> 00:13:57.100
 to Jesus

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 here.

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 Jesus,

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 in full

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 knowledge,

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 is the

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 one taking

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 the cup

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 and drinking.

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 He is an

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 active

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 participant.

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 Note that

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 even the

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 difference

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 between

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 the

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 language

00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:08.539
 and

00:14:08.539 --> 00:14:08.980
 Jeremiah,

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 which I

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 just read,

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 and what

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 Jesus says

00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:11.259
 in his

00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:11.480
 prayer.

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 In

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 Jeremiah,

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 it says,

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 make the

00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:15.159
 nations

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 drink the

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 cup.

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 In

00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:17.580
 verse

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 42,

00:14:18.300 --> 00:14:18.519
 Jesus'

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 second

00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:19.220
 prayer,

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 Jesus is

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 participating.

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 He says,

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 your will

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 be done.

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 Hebrews

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 9,

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 14,

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 makes this

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 point very

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 clearly.

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 Jesus

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 offered

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 himself

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 without

00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:30.899
 lunch to

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 God as

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 a sacrifice

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 for us.

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 This is

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 not a

00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:34.659
 God of

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 love,

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 harming

00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:36.259
 his

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 son.

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 This is

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 Jesus,

00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.340
 the

00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:38.820
 God of

00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.120
 love,

00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:39.639
 taking

00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.019
 punishment

00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.639
 for us.

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 And I

00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:42.519
 want to

00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:42.800
 be clear,

00:14:42.920 --> 00:14:43.180
 the cup

00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:43.580
 of wrath

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:44.019
 that Jesus

00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.519
 is talking

00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.379
 about is

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 not just

00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.279
 some

00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:47.019
 Old Testament

00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:47.620
 thing for

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 ancient

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.100
 eerie

00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:48.379
 strength

00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:48.920
 countries who

00:14:48.920 --> 00:14:49.200
 practice

00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:49.480
 child

00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:49.899
 sacrifice.

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 In

00:14:51.540 --> 00:14:51.940
 Revelation

00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:52.620
 14,

00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:52.920
 10,

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.399
 it says

00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:54.000
 that when

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 Jesus

00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:54.960
 returns to

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.259
 earth in

00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:55.620
 glory,

00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:56.680
 those who

00:14:56.680 --> 00:14:56.980
 do not

00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:57.240
 worship

00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:57.759
 Jesus as

00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:58.440
 God will

00:14:58.440 --> 00:14:59.420
 drink the

00:14:59.420 --> 00:14:59.940
 wine of

00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:00.279
 God's

00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:00.620
 wrath,

00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:01.480
 pour full

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.139
 strength into

00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:02.720
 the cup of

00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:02.840
 his

00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:03.139
 anger.

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 If you're

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 here today

00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.039
 and you're

00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:06.559
 not a

00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:06.799
 Christian,

00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:08.000
 maybe you're

00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.740
 interested in

00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.819
 Christianity or

00:15:09.819 --> 00:15:10.779
 a friend invited

00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:11.100
 you,

00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:12.179
 and Jesus is

00:15:12.179 --> 00:15:12.819
 intriguing but

00:15:12.819 --> 00:15:13.399
 not someone you

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.039
 personally know

00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:14.259
 yet,

00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:15.960
 I ask you

00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:16.399
 to consider

00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.279
 what this

00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.000
 passage says.

00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.220
 God takes

00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:20.159
 seriously the

00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:21.000
 bad accents

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.080
 and words and

00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:22.960
 even thoughts of

00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:23.600
 every person.

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.399
 And I ask you

00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:25.740
 to hear the

00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:26.600
 good news too.

00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.159
 God takes

00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:28.759
 sin so

00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:29.960
 seriously that

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.399
 Jesus,

00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:31.920
 his son,

00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:33.920
 took all

00:15:33.920 --> 00:15:34.320
 judgment,

00:15:34.920 --> 00:15:35.540
 all guilt,

00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.840
 and all shame

00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.200
 for your

00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:37.759
 wrongdoings

00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.480
 upon himself.

00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.360
 For anyone

00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:41.019
 who repents,

00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.980
 turns away

00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.620
 from the

00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:43.200
 wrong things

00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:43.720
 they've done,

00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:45.100
 proclaims that

00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:45.740
 Jesus is the

00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.200
 king of all

00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:46.500
 things,

00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:47.120
 who suffered

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.460
 for his

00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:47.720
 people,

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.580
 there is

00:15:48.580 --> 00:15:48.960
 forgiveness

00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:49.820
 for everything

00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:50.500
 you've ever

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:50.779
 done,

00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:51.700
 and a new

00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:52.160
 life in

00:15:52.160 --> 00:15:52.680
 his family

00:15:52.680 --> 00:15:52.940
 in the

00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:53.200
 church,

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:53.940
 the people

00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:54.180
 here.

00:15:55.180 --> 00:15:55.840
 If that

00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.320
 speaks to

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:56.620
 you right

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.080
 now and

00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:57.320
 you have

00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:57.640
 further

00:15:57.640 --> 00:15:58.060
 thoughts or

00:15:58.060 --> 00:15:58.420
 questions,

00:15:58.640 --> 00:15:59.080
 feel free to

00:15:59.080 --> 00:15:59.520
 talk to me

00:15:59.520 --> 00:15:59.980
 after the

00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:00.340
 service,

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.100
 or with

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.500
 our prayer

00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:01.800
 today,

00:16:01.920 --> 00:16:02.120
 who will

00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:02.360
 be up

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:02.840
 after the

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.100
 service,

00:16:03.260 --> 00:16:04.040
 or honestly

00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:04.540
 any of our

00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:05.040
 members here.

00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:06.520
 We'd love to

00:16:06.520 --> 00:16:07.000
 introduce you

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.280
 to this

00:16:07.280 --> 00:16:08.120
 Jesus who

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.620
 actively

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.400
 died for

00:16:09.400 --> 00:16:09.660
 you.

00:16:11.900 --> 00:16:12.340
 Now,

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:12.879
 we know

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.120
 what the

00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:13.580
 cup represents,

00:16:14.140 --> 00:16:14.540
 so we can

00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:14.920
 take a look

00:16:14.920 --> 00:16:15.180
 at the

00:16:15.180 --> 00:16:16.080
 entirety of

00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:16.300
 Jesus'

00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:16.740
 prayers.

00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:18.460
 And in

00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:18.900
 these prayers,

00:16:19.020 --> 00:16:19.540
 we see

00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:20.340
 Jesus growing

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:20.980
 in submission

00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:22.060
 to and

00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:23.020
 confidence in

00:16:23.020 --> 00:16:24.020
 the Father's

00:16:24.020 --> 00:16:24.360
 plan of

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.700
 salvation.

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:26.700
 commentators

00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:27.200
 note the

00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:27.500
 difference

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:27.879
 between the

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.480
 two prayers

00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:28.900
 that Jesus

00:16:28.900 --> 00:16:29.520
 offers in

00:16:29.520 --> 00:16:29.920
 itself.

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.140
 In the

00:16:31.140 --> 00:16:31.759
 first prayer,

00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:32.400
 we see

00:16:32.400 --> 00:16:33.300
 Jesus ask a

00:16:33.300 --> 00:16:33.860
 more positive

00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:34.960
 plan, if it

00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.840
 is possible

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.440
 for the

00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:36.720
 cup to

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.840
 pass, an

00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.480
 open question,

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.420
 a sign of

00:16:39.420 --> 00:16:40.080
 exploration.

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.080
 In the

00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.780
 second prayer,

00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:43.300
 we see

00:16:43.300 --> 00:16:44.160
 Jesus instead

00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:44.860
 consider that

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:46.440
 if it is

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:47.500
 not possible,

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.759
 the realization

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 becomes that

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 he must take

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 this cup in

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 order to save

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 his people.

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 And in

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 total, we

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 see three

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 prayers, a

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 sign of

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 certainty and

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 confidence that

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 this thing

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 will be done.

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 We will see

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 this confirming

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 pattern of

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 three actions

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 just a bit

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 later.

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 Peter is

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 going to

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 deny Jesus

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 three times,

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 making clear

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 his betrayal.

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 But in

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 this act of

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 three, we

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 see Jesus

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 fully submitting

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 to the

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 Father and

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 fully owning

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 the work

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 to come.

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 Now, we've

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 seen Jesus

00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:17.640
 in his

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 prayer, submitting

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 himself to the

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 Father and

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 building confidence

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 and certainty

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 to do his

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 life.

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 What about

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 the disciples?

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 Well, we've

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 been bouncing

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 around, so

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 let's go back

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 and reread

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 verses 40

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 to 41.

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 Verse 40

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 says,

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 He came to

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 the disciples

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 and found

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 them sleeping.

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 And he

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 said to

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 Peter,

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 So, you

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 could not

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 offer me

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 one hour?

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 Watch and

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 pray, but

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 you may not

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 enter into

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 temptation.

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 The spirit

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 in he is

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 will, but

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 the flesh

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 is weak.

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 Okay, there

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 are some

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 passages in

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 the Bible I

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 relate with,

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 and this is

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 one thing.

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 I'm a light

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.539
 sleeper, but

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 I fall asleep

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 everywhere.

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 I don't

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 sleep on

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 planes, cars,

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 my work

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 desk.

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 My work

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 desk, when

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 I'm

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 calls the

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 customers,

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 we have

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 videos of

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 kids screaming

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 around me or

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 stacking toys

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 on me while

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:01.839
 I'm napping

00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.240
 on the couch.

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 I can

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 easily imagine

00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.399
 sitting down

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:06.059
 to pray,

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 but it's late

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.519
 at night,

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 we're exhausted,

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 and, wait,

00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:11.279
 is Jesus back

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 already?

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 Oh, it's

00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.039
 been an hour?

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 But Jesus

00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.460
 comes back

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 and emphasizes

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 the importance

00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.259
 of prayer,

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 once again

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.019
 stealing a line

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 from his own

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 playbook in

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 the Lord's

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:20.720
 prayer,

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 keep us

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 from temptation.

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 What's the

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.480
 temptation to

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 sin here?

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 When I first

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 read this

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 passage, I

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 assumed that

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 the sin was

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 thoughtlessly,

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 because Jesus

00:18:30.379 --> 00:18:31.019
 is looking for

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.480
 prayer support

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:31.980
 from his best

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 friends.

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 Hey, guys,

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 I'm literally

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.319
 about to die a

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 double death

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 for the sins

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 of the world.

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 Could you spare

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 me one prayer?

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 However, when

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.759
 Matthew says

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 the flesh is

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 weak here,

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 commentators

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 note that

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 flesh does

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 not mean

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 something

00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.259
 morally wrong.

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 This isn't

00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.360
 Paul, right?

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.059
 Paul in his

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 letters often

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 uses flesh to

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.640
 indicate sin.

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 Instead, in

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.519
 Matthew, it

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 seems much more

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 likely to indicate

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.100
 just the natural

00:18:56.100 --> 00:18:56.720
 difficulties of

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 being human.

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 This has

00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.380
 already been a

00:18:59.380 --> 00:19:00.019
 long back to

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 the disciples.

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 The Passover

00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.519
 meal that ate

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.120
 likely started

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:03.799
 after sundown,

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.880
 so now it's

00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:05.559
 really late.

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.000
 Jesus is going

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.400
 to die,

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:07.920
 and Jesus

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.400
 is left

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.220
 and is at

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.580
 least up

00:19:09.580 --> 00:19:09.900
 the sun

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.140
 in the

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 various.

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.360
 Their spirit

00:19:12.360 --> 00:19:12.820
 is willing

00:19:12.820 --> 00:19:13.240
 to follow

00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.740
 Jesus in

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.200
 this act,

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 but their

00:19:14.780 --> 00:19:15.240
 bodies are

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.720
 just mortal

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:16.240
 and more.

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 So the

00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:19.060
 temptation

00:19:19.060 --> 00:19:19.519
 and the

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:19.980
 topic of

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.620
 prayer is

00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.300
 likely the

00:19:21.300 --> 00:19:21.600
 same as

00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:21.880
 Jesus'

00:19:22.060 --> 00:19:22.340
 prayers,

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:22.980
 to be

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.460
 ready for

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:23.840
 the hard

00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:24.480
 time that

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:24.960
 is in it.

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.519
 The disciples

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.280
 will also be

00:19:27.280 --> 00:19:27.700
 faced with a

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.700
 scenario where

00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.480
 falling away

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:29.960
 from God's

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.519
 will will be

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.220
 very easy,

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:31.980
 and they

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.519
 need to

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:32.780
 pray.

00:19:34.320 --> 00:19:35.080
 This also

00:19:35.080 --> 00:19:35.440
 makes sense

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.040
 of why Jesus

00:19:36.040 --> 00:19:36.440
 needs to

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:36.620
 pray.

00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.139
 He's

00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.539
 human as

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:37.819
 well.

00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:38.619
 His flesh

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.019
 is also

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.279
 moving.

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.639
 And after

00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.019
 the prayer,

00:19:41.179 --> 00:19:41.459
 we'll see

00:19:41.459 --> 00:19:42.019
 the stark

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.799
 contrast in

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.079
 how the

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.399
 disciples

00:19:43.399 --> 00:19:44.379
 react and

00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:44.779
 how Jesus

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.339
 reacts to

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:45.779
 his arrest.

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.119
 Jesus,

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.719
 after prayer,

00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.319
 is about to

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.819
 take full

00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.500
 control of

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.099
 the situation,

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.219
 while the

00:19:51.219 --> 00:19:51.619
 disciples,

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.759
 after an

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.239
 app or two,

00:19:53.659 --> 00:19:54.199
 are about to

00:19:54.199 --> 00:19:54.579
 flounder

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.039
 through a

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.259
 fighting

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.859
 light mode.

00:19:56.979 --> 00:19:57.259
 That's it.

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.039
 Prayer is

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.919
 preparation for

00:20:00.919 --> 00:20:01.359
 trials.

00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:02.239
 It reminds

00:20:02.239 --> 00:20:02.659
 me of something

00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:03.359
 a few of us

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:03.579
 in the

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:03.759
 church

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:03.879
 that

00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.119
 does

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:04.199
 this

00:20:04.199 --> 00:20:04.439
 journey,

00:20:04.939 --> 00:20:05.439
 which is

00:20:05.439 --> 00:20:06.000
 wake up

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.240
 early,

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.359
 drive down

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.459
 to

00:20:07.459 --> 00:20:07.639
 Harvard

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:07.939
 Stadium,

00:20:08.399 --> 00:20:09.139
 and run

00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.559
 the stairs.

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.059
 For those

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:11.319
 that don't

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.539
 know,

00:20:11.979 --> 00:20:12.299
 the Harvard

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.819
 Stadium is

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.259
 an outdoor

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.639
 one,

00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.279
 like a

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.699
 coliseum

00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:15.079
 with one

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.659
 open end.

00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:16.679
 There's

00:20:16.679 --> 00:20:17.679
 37 seconds,

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.119
 over a

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.939
 thousand stairs,

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.159
 and they're

00:20:20.159 --> 00:20:20.799
 almost twice

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.159
 the size

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:21.500
 in the whole

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:21.759
 step.

00:20:22.479 --> 00:20:22.719
 And the

00:20:22.719 --> 00:20:23.099
 exercise

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.619
 between there

00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:23.979
 is to go

00:20:23.979 --> 00:20:24.599
 up and

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.000
 down,

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 almost all

00:20:25.939 --> 00:20:26.219
 of them.

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.879
 For those

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.099
 that are

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.599
 excited about

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:28.859
 this,

00:20:29.179 --> 00:20:29.699
 it's cool.

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.740
 It's gorgeous,

00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:31.160
 it's a

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.539
 sunrise,

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:31.920
 it's a

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.120
 strong

00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:32.500
 workout,

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.380
 come with

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:33.460
 the

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:33.579
 group

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:33.799
 sometime.

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:34.900
 For those

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.160
 who think

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.500
 that sounds

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:35.920
 terrible,

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:36.940
 you're also

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.259
 correct.

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.420
 So for

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:39.660
 me,

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:39.940
 I've

00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.200
 gone a

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.319
 few

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.700
 times.

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.279
 I can

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.519
 do the

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.640
 full

00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.000
 round of

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.180
 stairs

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.559
 in about

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.019
 50

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.319
 minutes,

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.740
 which is

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.120
 fine,

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.500
 and I've

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.720
 never

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.039
 improved

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.180
 my

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.420
 time

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.579
 ever

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:45.759
 because

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:45.839
 I've

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.000
 gone

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.120
 to

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.240
 this

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.359
 for

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.599
 out.

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.019
 In

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.539
 contrast,

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.160
 Sean,

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.720
 our pastor,

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.019
 has been

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.220
 going

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:51.559
 weekly,

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:52.839
 and he's

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.059
 told me

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.539
 after months,

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 he's

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.240
 down from

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.380
 the

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:54.620
 50

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:54.920
 minutes,

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.480
 even

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.700
 some

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:01.819
 of

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:01.920
 our

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.240
 long

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.559
 distance

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:02.819
 runners

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.019
 in

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.160
 this

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.380
 church.

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.000
 Now,

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.000
 I do

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.480
 not expect

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.980
 myself to

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.380
 improve

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.900
 without

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.160
 going

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.519
 regularly,

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.839
 and neither

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.299
 does anybody

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:10.640
 else.

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.740
 We all

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.059
 know it

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.240
 takes

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.680
 preparation.

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:13.960
 Practice

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.640
 restraining

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.079
 the muscles

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.799
 necessary to

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.440
 endure and

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.019
 then go

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.380
 faster.

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.859
 Prayer is

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.160
 the same

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.480
 here.

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.559
 Jesus has

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.200
 run the

00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:21.480
 medical

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.019
 stairs,

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.500
 and the

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.880
 disciples

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.720
 have

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:23.940
 stayed

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.220
 home and

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:24.559
 slept in

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.700
 it.

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.799
 We

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.019
 should

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.420
 not

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:26.859
 expect

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:26.980
 them

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.099
 to

00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.380
 perform

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:27.660
 well

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:27.859
 at this

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.180
 upcoming

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.559
 challenge.

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.279
 One

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.819
 commentator,

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.200
 Dr.

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.480
 Grant

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.879
 Osborne,

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.539
 says on

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:32.899
 the difference

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.200
 between

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.639
 flesh and

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:33.859
 spirit

00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:34.200
 here,

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:34.859
 for

00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.319
 Jesus,

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:35.940
 the

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.319
 spirit

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.539
 has

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.920
 made

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.180
 the

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.440
 flesh

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.839
 strong,

00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:38.720
 and for

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:38.839
 the

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.220
 disciples,

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.559
 the

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:39.799
 flesh

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:39.980
 has

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.279
 made

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.619
 their

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:40.899
 spirit

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.160
 be.

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:42.839
 And

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.079
 this is

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.559
 a great

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:43.940
 reminder

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.339
 for us

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:44.599
 of the

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.059
 importance

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.339
 and

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:45.660
 power

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:45.899
 of

00:21:45.899 --> 00:21:46.119
 prayer

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:46.299
 in

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.420
 our

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:46.639
 own

00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:47.039
 lives.

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.139
 One

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.359
 of my

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.639
 favorite

00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.039
 parts of

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.339
 community

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.579
 group

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:49.960
 over the

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.240
 years

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.500
 is

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:50.819
 seeing

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.099
 things

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.259
 we

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.480
 pray

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.700
 for

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:51.899
 get

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.160
 answered.

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.220
 In

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.319
 the

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.559
 last

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:53.899
 year or

00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:54.180
 smaller,

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.519
 we've

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.779
 seen

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.100
 a

00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:55.299
 healthy

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:55.480
 new

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:55.640
 baby

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:55.920
 corner,

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:56.759
 multiple

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:56.960
 new

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.180
 jobs

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.720
 acquired,

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.039
 including

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.279
 one

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.640
 just a few

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.080
 days ago,

00:21:59.600 --> 00:21:59.980
 a couple

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.580
 near misses

00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:01.340
 from financial

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:01.720
 stresses,

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.779
 at least a

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:02.980
 couple

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.519
 friends led

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.080
 to saving

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.480
 faith in

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.720
 Jesus,

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:05.700
 and multiple

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.220
 healings,

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.140
 all made

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.740
 possible through

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.140
 praying,

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:08.779
 we end,

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.279
 we go.

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.320
 But we've

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:12.019
 also seen

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.560
 those prayers

00:22:12.560 --> 00:22:13.519
 sustain and

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.060
 grow people

00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:14.539
 through those

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.080
 hard moments.

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.080
 Job searches

00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.620
 are wrong,

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.360
 recovery from

00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:17.799
 injury is

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.100
 tedious,

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.580
 financial

00:22:18.580 --> 00:22:19.279
 distress is

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.759
 very

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.180
 concerning.

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:21.539
 God has

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.180
 grown all

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.620
 of us in

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:23.200
 patience and

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.640
 perseverance,

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.360
 even as

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:24.860
 his answers

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.220
 and prayers

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.660
 themselves.

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.460
 In the

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.860
 last few

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.220
 years in

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.600
 my own

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:28.900
 personal

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.259
 life,

00:22:29.560 --> 00:22:29.900
 I've

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.120
 started

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.420
 noticing

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.820
 that I

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:30.980
 have

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.340
 roughly

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.720
 two

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.120
 bodies,

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.039
 things that

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.340
 I pray

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:34.039
 for and

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.460
 things that

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.940
 I don't

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.340
 regularly

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.840
 pray for.

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:36.820
 For

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.120
 example,

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.880
 for years

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.220
 as an

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.460
 adult,

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.019
 I did

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.519
 not have

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:39.980
 a regular

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.600
 prayer habit

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:40.940
 for my

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.480
 studies or

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.960
 my career.

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.400
 First,

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.180
 I rarely

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.580
 prayed about

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:44.960
 college,

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.200
 and then I

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.720
 rarely prayed

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.100
 about grad

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:47.340
 school,

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.340
 and then I

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.799
 rarely prayed

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.259
 about work.

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.580
 I've been

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:50.860
 thinking of

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:51.480
 so many

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.820
 stressful

00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.380
 situations

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.840
 in those

00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:53.380
 years that

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:53.799
 I did

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.299
 not handle

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.660
 well,

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.259
 because I

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.660
 let my

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:55.920
 class

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.340
 make my

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:56.560
 spirit.

00:22:57.840 --> 00:22:58.519
 The last

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.960
 couple years

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.160
 though,

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.620
 I started

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.080
 praying for

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.620
 work more

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.000
 regularly,

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.560
 and goodness,

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.019
 this is being

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.380
 recorded,

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:03.860
 and I'm a

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.320
 manager at my

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:04.580
 company,

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.140
 so I'm not

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.519
 sure I want

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.740
 to share

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.279
 too much,

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.660
 but I've

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.220
 seen so many

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.900
 things resolved

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.400
 this past

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.620
 year,

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.259
 so many

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.779
 issues,

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.700
 just work out,

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.039
 so many

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.700
 tough situations

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:12.980
 are to

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.180
 teach,

00:23:14.060 --> 00:23:14.440
 and I

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.799
 wonder if

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.080
 God's

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.560
 changed me

00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:15.799
 too,

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.460
 because the

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:16.960
 part of my

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.400
 work hasn't

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:17.840
 necessarily

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.360
 become any

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:18.700
 easier,

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.440
 but some

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.660
 of my

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.100
 responses

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.460
 seem to

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.800
 change

00:23:20.800 --> 00:23:21.019
 for the

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.280
 best.

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:22.800
 Now,

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.140
 I'm definitely

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.620
 not bragging

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:23.880
 here,

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.720
 I just

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.080
 spent the

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.440
 first part

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.960
 talking about

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.280
 how I

00:23:26.280 --> 00:23:26.820
 barely pray

00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:27.360
 for very

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:27.700
 important

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.120
 things for

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.480
 a large

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:28.780
 time of

00:23:28.780 --> 00:23:28.980
 month,

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.640
 but I'm

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.040
 encouraging

00:23:31.040 --> 00:23:31.500
 you to

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.860
 stop and

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.100
 think,

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.759
 are there

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.360
 areas in

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:33.740
 your life

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.320
 you're not

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:34.880
 praying about?

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.060
 A job?

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.900
 A relationship?

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.519
 A project?

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.360
 A family

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:38.660
 member?

00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.220
 A financial

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.580
 need?

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.000
 A physical

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.259
 family?

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.440
 I'm actually

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.980
 really encouraged

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.720
 by what Rona

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.220
 and Lauren

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.880
 shared this

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.500
 point as well,

00:23:44.840 --> 00:23:45.120
 and I think

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.500
 that helps you

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.740
 be willing to

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.300
 pray for us

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:48.519
 because of

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.840
 the part

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:49.200
 that you're

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.620
 going from.

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.400
 Remember,

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.340
 the flesh is

00:23:52.340 --> 00:23:52.720
 weak.

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.580
 I think it's

00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:54.560
 incredibly easy

00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:55.380
 to not pray

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.860
 about something,

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.220
 and it's

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.160
 incredibly hard

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.860
 to pray

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.340
 about something,

00:23:59.040 --> 00:24:00.380
 but assuming

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.740
 that you'll

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.180
 be prepared

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.680
 for trials

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.259
 without prayer

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.100
 is like me

00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:03.700
 assuming I'm

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.060
 going to cut

00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:04.480
 my stairs

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.820
 time and

00:24:04.820 --> 00:24:05.200
 half without

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.620
 practice.

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.360
 So start

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:08.100
 eating today

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.700
 a quick

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.019
 prayer,

00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:09.900
 or ask

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.320
 others to

00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:10.600
 pray for

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:10.920
 you after

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.060
 you.

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.720
 So,

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.700
 after the

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.280
 final time

00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:15.680
 to pray

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.240
 for Jesus

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.180
 and the

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.560
 final time

00:24:17.560 --> 00:24:17.840
 sleeping

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.160
 for his

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.480
 disciples,

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.740
 Judas comes

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.180
 and we

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.600
 see the

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:20.940
 suffering

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.320
 king

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.799
 now in

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.060
 heaven.

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:24.360
 Verse 47

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:25.120
 shows us

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.940
 Judas arriving,

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.700
 leading the

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.299
 way of an

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.960
 armed and

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.580
 seemingly

00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.100
 ready-to-be

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.360
 violent

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:29.759
 mom.

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:30.980
 Judas

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.840
 likely kisses

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.620
 and calls

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.000
 Jesus

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.680
 rabbi

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.500
 in verse

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.980
 48 as

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.320
 says to

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.700
 identify

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.000
 him,

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.380
 you know,

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.580
 picture

00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:38.360
 maybe a

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.840
 dark room

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.120
 with some

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.299
 bubble

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.720
 cakes for

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.240
 people so

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.420
 that they

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:40.980
 know exactly

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.240
 who they're

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.660
 coming to

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:41.799
 see.

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.880
 In this

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.320
 context,

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.100
 calling Jesus

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.500
 rabbi

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.920
 sound

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.660
 irreverential,

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:49.100
 but it's

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.519
 actually an

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.400
 implicit denial

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.920
 of who

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.580
 Jesus is.

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.240
 And all

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.660
 the rest of

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.100
 his disciples

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:55.060
 consistently

00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:55.759
 call Jesus

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.440
 Lord,

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.440
 even Peter

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.759
 who is

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.100
 about to

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.200
 be

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.420
 praying.

00:24:59.560 --> 00:25:00.200
 Jesus

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.560
 actually

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.100
 responds

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.600
 in kind.

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.560
 He calls

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:02.860
 Judas

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.240
 friend,

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.759
 which seems

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.140
 familiar,

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.539
 but it's

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.980
 actually a

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.660
 pretty alienated

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:06.980
 word.

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.420
 The word

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.160
 friend here

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.700
 is basically

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.200
 someone who

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.620
 has a

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.060
 relationship,

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.060
 but is not

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.480
 holding up

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.840
 their end

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.060
 of the

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:13.279
 bargain.

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.399
 friend.

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.480
 We've

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.079
 actually seen

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.480
 this word

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.220
 used in a

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.359
 couple

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.700
 parables

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.059
 already,

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.299
 and I

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.460
 have a

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.899
 slide for

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.220
 a cross

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.599
 comparison.

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.240
 Friend shows

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.599
 up in

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.240
 Matthew 20,

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.299
 the parable

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.619
 where the

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.220
 master gives

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.920
 the same

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.639
 wages to

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.099
 everyone,

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.720
 regardless of

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.200
 if they

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.579
 work the

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.059
 whole day

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.740
 or just

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.019
 evening.

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.759
 When the

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.339
 workers from

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.720
 the whole

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.399
 day complain,

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.559
 hey, we're

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:33.859
 going to pay

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.160
 the same

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.599
 amount as

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:34.899
 the people

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.399
 who overwork

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.720
 a part of

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:35.960
 the day,

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.899
 the master

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.460
 specifically

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.859
 says,

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.539
 friend,

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.680
 I do

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:40.880
 who you

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.060
 know

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:41.360
 about.

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.840
 And in

00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:43.560
 Matthew 22,

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.240
 when everyone

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.680
 is invited

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:44.920
 to the

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.360
 wedding feast

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.799
 and the

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.259
 king catches

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.740
 someone without

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.060
 a wedding

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.299
 garment,

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.019
 he calls

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.220
 him,

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:48.880
 friend,

00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:49.940
 how did

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.180
 you get

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.539
 in here

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.980
 without a

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.160
 garment?

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.560
 Right before

00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:53.000
 you take

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.200
 some of

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.539
 the best.

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.560
 So right

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:56.060
 after Jesus

00:25:56.060 --> 00:25:56.539
 kisses him

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.019
 and identifies

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.380
 him,

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:57.960
 note that

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.720
 Jesus is

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:58.980
 the one

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.279
 who takes

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.640
 control.

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.860
 It's

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.420
 kind of all

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.700
 of it.

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.560
 Jesus basically

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:02.940
 says to

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.140
 Judas,

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.060
 okay,

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.620
 you can

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:04.860
 betray

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.160
 her now.

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.299
 Judas,

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.640
 with the

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:06.920
 money in

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.240
 the bag

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.480
 and the

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.960
 mom behind

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.259
 him,

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.600
 still is

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.259
 taking orders

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.879
 from Jesus.

00:26:11.719 --> 00:26:12.099
 And we're

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.639
 going to see

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:13.219
 Jesus take

00:26:13.219 --> 00:26:13.779
 this same

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.259
 path as

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.879
 everyone in

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.299
 this passage.

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.919
 Jesus may

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.279
 be the one

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.839
 taken away,

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.579
 but he is

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.259
 fooling by

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.859
 his power

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.399
 and is in

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:20.740
 his own

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:20.980
 hand.

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.740
 So after

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:22.919
 this,

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.379
 a disciple

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:24.059
 lunges out

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.439
 and cuts

00:26:24.439 --> 00:26:24.879
 off the

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.099
 servant,

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.500
 the high

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.799
 priest's

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:25.980
 here.

00:26:26.699 --> 00:26:27.139
 This is

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.819
 the fight

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.199
 part of

00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:28.439
 the fight

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:28.679
 or flight

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.019
 reaction

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.240
 of the

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.519
 disciples.

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.500
 They

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.279
 clearly

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.639
 are not

00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:31.919
 going to

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.240
 Jesus

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.459
 or

00:26:32.459 --> 00:26:32.819
 themselves

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.019
 be

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.240
 taken

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.559
 away,

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:33.980
 so they

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.480
 react quickly

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.399
 when the

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.039
 suddenly

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.519
 sees Jesus.

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.059
 But

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.619
 a

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.179
 servant

00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.879
 seems like

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.219
 a random

00:26:40.219 --> 00:26:40.579
 action.

00:26:40.959 --> 00:26:41.259
 Was the

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.279
 disciples attacking

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.679
 the person

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:43.099
 nearest to

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.439
 them or

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:44.179
 maybe flailing

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:44.559
 around with

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:44.879
 the sword?

00:26:46.239 --> 00:26:46.739
 Note that it

00:26:46.739 --> 00:26:47.439
 says the

00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:48.299
 servant of the

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.719
 high priest.

00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:50.039
 Given that the

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.779
 mob is organized

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.599
 by the chief

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.079
 priest and

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.619
 Pharisees,

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.439
 this guy is

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.119
 likely the

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:55.059
 representative of

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.500
 the high

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.319
 priest and

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.959
 thus actually

00:26:56.959 --> 00:26:57.379
 the one

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.739
 you target

00:26:57.739 --> 00:26:58.159
 the mob.

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.539
 I'm picturing

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.000
 the disciples

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.539
 trying to end

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.959
 this quickly,

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.839
 striking the

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.379
 leader to

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.739
 stay on the

00:27:02.739 --> 00:27:02.919
 group.

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:05.019
 Again,

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.560
 note that

00:27:05.560 --> 00:27:05.779
 Jesus

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.539
 specifically

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.200
 takes control

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.400
 of the

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.840
 situation.

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:08.660
 We have

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.120
 an entire

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.580
 mob,

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.140
 arms to

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.500
 the teeth,

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.500
 watch the

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.840
 people that

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.080
 come to

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.720
 arrest draw

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.380
 a sword and

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.779
 their leader

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.100
 take a

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.360
 brutal

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.700
 inquiry.

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.420
 You'd

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.900
 expect an

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.300
 instant call

00:27:16.300 --> 00:27:16.620
 of arms,

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:16.980
 perfect

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.480
 opportunity.

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.220
 The boss

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.480
 is hit,

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:18.900
 cut down

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.400
 the traitors,

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:20.039
 taking them

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.420
 alive.

00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:21.720
 But there's

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.660
 no retaliation.

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.440
 Jesus

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.100
 steps in and

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.700
 he's the

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:24.980
 one who

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.360
 rebuked the

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.960
 disciples here.

00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.779
 He gives

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.519
 a few reasons

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.779
 for this

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.000
 review.

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:29.880
 First,

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.680
 the inherent

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.340
 truth that

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.720
 violence

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.079
 begins.

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.700
 He warns

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:33.920
 them,

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.440
 this

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.720
 pattern

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:34.900
 of

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.240
 following,

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.819
 it may

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.180
 seem

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.559
 right in

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.700
 this

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.000
 moment,

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.400
 but it

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.539
 is

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.039
 inherently

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.839
 self-starved.

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.420
 This is

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.960
 totally in

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.420
 line with

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.680
 Jesus in

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.220
 Matthew so

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.519
 far,

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.240
 flipping the

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.059
 script entirely

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.400
 on the

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.839
 palliation.

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.779
 He's made

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.299
 statements such

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.539
 as,

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.019
 love your

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.420
 enemies,

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.200
 and don't

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.819
 resist the

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.100
 one who

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.380
 is healed.

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:52.200
 Jesus is

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.140
 not saying,

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.880
 hey guys,

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.400
 fools are

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.640
 cool,

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.100
 but this is

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:55.420
 a special

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.740
 moment,

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.160
 so let's

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.420
 this one

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.680
 fly.

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.839
 He's

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.160
 giving a

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.680
 cautionary

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:58.960
 statement

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.339
 against

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.079
 violence that

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.319
 is in

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.700
 line with

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.059
 all those

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.580
 teachings so

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:01.840
 far.

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.720
 For a

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.220
 second reason

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.580
 not to

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:04.880
 resist,

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.819
 Jesus assures

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.380
 the disciples

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:06.819
 that there's

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.240
 a fact,

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.900
 no need

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.039
 for

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.440
 force.

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:09.400
 Do you

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.759
 think I

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.039
 cannot

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.440
 appeal to

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.580
 my

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.100
 father and

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.440
 people at

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.980
 once send

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.360
 me more

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.920
 than 12

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.420
 legions of

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:13.660
 angels?

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.940
 Now,

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.680
 there's an

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.019
 interesting

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.660
 number stuff

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:16.920
 here.

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.299
 12

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.860
 legions is

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.200
 probably

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.480
 about 60,000

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.860
 angels,

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.660
 depending on

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.059
 the count of

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.519
 legions at

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.819
 the time.

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.180
 So at

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.519
 first this

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.840
 reads like

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.259
 he's saying,

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.559
 okay,

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.059
 we've got the

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.279
 mob,

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.860
 100 people

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.140
 guys,

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.539
 but I've

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.900
 got tens

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.259
 of thousands

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.680
 of angels

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:27.940
 who were

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.160
 good.

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.879
 But I

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.200
 want you to

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.619
 think for a

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:30.779
 minute,

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.000
 how strong

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.579
 are angels

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.420
 compared to

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.640
 humans?

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.940
 Who would

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.299
 win this

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.420
 fight is a

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.140
 plot exercise

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.579
 that is

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.200
 beloved by

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.539
 internet

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:41.960
 forums and

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.200
 YouTube

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.519
 alike.

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.059
 Who would

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.000
 win Batman

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.740
 versus Superman,

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.119
 100 men

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.619
 versus one

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:47.859
 world?

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.740
 And I

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.500
 joke, but

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.339
 the Bible is

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:51.779
 seriously

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.579
 interested in

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.140
 asymmetrical

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.900
 power stories

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:55.040
 to specifically

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.759
 prove that

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.680
 God gets

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.100
 the victory.

00:28:57.780 --> 00:28:57.980
 It's

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.660
 tiny David

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.000
 versus

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.440
 large

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.920
 life.

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:00.519
 It's

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.940
 Gideon

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.240
 with his

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.880
 300 men

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.360
 versus an

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:02.800
 army of

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.140
 thousands.

00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:04.759
 But again,

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.440
 note that

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.960
 these are all

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.800
 human versus

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:08.060
 human conflicts.

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.660
 There's a few

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.620
 times when angels

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.200
 fight humans.

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.400
 Sorry, let me

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.900
 rephrase that.

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.400
 There's a few

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.519
 times when a

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.360
 single angel

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:17.000
 completely

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.800
 obliterates

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:18.380
 humans.

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.880
 Listen, for

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.440
 example, to

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.000
 2 Kings

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.140
 1935.

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.560
 And that

00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:23.860
 night,

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.460
 the angel

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.740
 of the

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.140
 Lord went

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.540
 out and

00:29:25.540 --> 00:29:26.140
 struck down

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:28.019
 185,000 in

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.380
 the canopy

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.660
 of the

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:28.820
 earth.

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.040
 And when

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:30.660
 people arose

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.180
 early in

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.440
 the morning,

00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:31.880
 behold,

00:29:32.040 --> 00:29:32.340
 these were

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:32.980
 all dead

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.340
 bodies.

00:29:34.280 --> 00:29:34.880
 So one

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.780
 angel wiped

00:29:35.780 --> 00:29:36.140
 out the

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.300
 day.

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:38.160
 One angel

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.720
 keeps all

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.180
 of humanity

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.620
 out of the

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.180
 garden after

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.560
 the fall.

00:29:41.040 --> 00:29:41.900
 One angel

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.700
 kills all of

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.200
 the firstborn

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.600
 in Egypt.

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:45.000
 In physical

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.720
 warfare, there

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.259
 is no

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:48.300
 amount of

00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:48.780
 humans stand

00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:49.160
 a chance

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.700
 to get even

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.320
 a single

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.960
 angel sent

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.240
 in this

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.440
 door.

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:52.400
 In this

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.860
 case, Jesus

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.240
 is saying,

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.440
 I have 60,000

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.940
 angels in

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.279
 my heart.

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.500
 Jesus is

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.019
 in control

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.279
 here.

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.660
 Third, Jesus

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.180
 mentions that

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.839
 everything happening

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.680
 is in order to

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.240
 fulfill scripture.

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.400
 And he'll say

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.799
 that to the

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.620
 mob again in

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:04.839
 a minute.

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.440
 Keep in mind,

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.440
 I'm not quite

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.240
 sure what

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.900
 properties Jesus

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.420
 has in mind

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.620
 here.

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.519
 a couple of

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.179
 close ones to

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.839
 exactly what's

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.500
 happening are

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.719
 Isaiah 53, 12,

00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:14.459
 which we read a

00:30:14.459 --> 00:30:14.819
 little bit of

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:16.059
 earlier, where

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.699
 Jesus is

00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:17.259
 numbered with

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.000
 the lawbreakers,

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:18.799
 he's being

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.759
 arrested, and

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.339
 died for our

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.579
 sinners.

00:30:21.239 --> 00:30:22.659
 Or Zechariah 13,

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.919
 7-9, where the

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.619
 shepherd is struck

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.239
 and the sheep are

00:30:25.239 --> 00:30:25.559
 scattered.

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.539
 The disciples are

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.939
 about to run

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.119
 away.

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.679
 But this is

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.359
 likely just the

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.779
 sense that

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.719
 everything Jesus

00:30:30.719 --> 00:30:31.759
 is doing is a

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.399
 fulfillment of

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.099
 all God's

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.399
 promises.

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.339
 And this scene

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.219
 is just one

00:30:35.219 --> 00:30:35.639
 small part.

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:37.980
 Finally, we

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.660
 see Jesus in

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.460
 charge of the

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.720
 crowd as well.

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.960
 In fact, he

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.560
 sort of blocks

00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:42.759
 them.

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.680
 He's been out

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.460
 invisible plenty

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.920
 of times,

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.540
 teaching in the

00:30:45.540 --> 00:30:46.220
 temple during the

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.460
 day.

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.780
 Why not arrest

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:48.340
 the non-fair to

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.720
 be such a

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:48.900
 criminal?

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.980
 But even their

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.880
 cowardice plays

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.640
 in the fulfillment

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.100
 of the scripture.

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:54.860
 The disciples

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:56.280
 clearly do not

00:30:56.280 --> 00:30:56.980
 understand even

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.460
 after all.

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:58.980
 If they can't

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.740
 fight back, what

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.160
 can they do?

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.780
 In the end, they

00:31:01.780 --> 00:31:02.540
 do the opposite

00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:03.160
 of what Jesus

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.560
 asks.

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.660
 They leave, and

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.060
 they leave.

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.059


00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.039
 instead of

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.639
 remaining and

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:06.899
 watching.

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.039
 And that makes

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.019
 the question, what

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.519
 should the

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.019
 disciples have

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.700
 done exactly?

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.819
 What would it

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.240
 look like

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.220
 specifically to

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.980
 resist temptation

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.579
 in this scenario?

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.659
 And we already

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.319
 know the answer.

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.700
 Some of you, when

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.099
 I was talking

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.579
 about the cup

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.399
 earlier, were

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.000
 probably thinking,

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.220
 wait, we've

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.779
 talked about the

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.279
 cup before.

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.159
 In Matthew

00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:26.919
 20, remember,

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.700
 James and John,

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.419
 the two of the

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:29.000
 three in a circle,

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:29.720
 asked if they could

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.279
 sit in the left

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.659
 and the right

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:32.119
 hand, and oh,

00:31:32.179 --> 00:31:32.859
 Jesus was thrown

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.279
 in heaven.

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.119
 And listen to

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.919
 Jesus' response.

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.360
 in Matthew

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:36.759
 20, 22-23.

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:39.180
 Jesus answered,

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.420
 you do not know

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.759
 what you are

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.039
 asking.

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.180
 Are you able to

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.279
 drink the cup

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.019
 that I am about

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.360
 to drink?

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.840
 They said to

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.840
 him, we're able.

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.279
 He said to

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.160
 them, you will

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.320
 drink my cup, but

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:51.100
 the sit at my left

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:51.720
 and my right hand

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.519
 is not lying to

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.700
 me.

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:55.319
 the cup for Jesus

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.880
 specifically, clearly

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.420
 means more than

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.880
 what it means to

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.319
 the disciples.

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.680
 Jesus will bear

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.900
 punishment due to

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.840
 his people, and

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:02.539
 he will do it by

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.039
 submitting the

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.600
 Father's plan.

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.640
 But it's also

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.200
 clear that his

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.860
 followers were

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.500
 called to take the

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.059
 cup as well.

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.600
 In this case, the

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.259
 disciples could have

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.299
 stayed with Jesus

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.920
 rather than

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.460
 fighting it or

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.660
 clean.

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.920
 What would they

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.279
 have faced?

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.480
 Trial?

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.160
 Mockery?

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.319
 Maybe even death?

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.779
 It's obviously

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.299
 kind of hard to

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.519
 say.

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.379
 They don't seem

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:21.039
 in any actual

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.500
 dating period

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.980
 in the encounter

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.799
 as the crowd

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.539
 never acted out

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.179
 and only ever

00:32:24.179 --> 00:32:24.579
 seen this

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.819
 Jesus.

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.419
 But this is

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.939
 still what they

00:32:26.939 --> 00:32:27.319
 should have been

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.059
 praying to prepare

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.299
 for.

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.859
 The strength

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.339
 to drink the

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.559
 cup.

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.139
 And the three

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:33.000
 eventually end up

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.740
 doing it anyway.

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.399
 James is executed

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:36.419
 an axe, Peter

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.500
 later on, and

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.299
 John is exiled

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.799
 for the end of

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.119
 his life.

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.639
 In fact, the

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.200
 early church

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.460
 fathers specifically

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:43.619
 described Peter's

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.439
 martyrdom as

00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:45.299
 drinking the cup

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.740
 of Jesus.

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:47.740
 This is our

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.319
 counterintuitive

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.460
 call, in the

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.200
 face of difficulty

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.200
 to stay with

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.579
 our suffering

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:51.960
 king.

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.700
 But what does

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.140
 that look like

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.579
 for us?

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.259
 Maybe someone

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.339
 here, or a

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.920
 few people here,

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.400
 there may be

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.079
 legitimate risk

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.960
 of hostility from

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.740
 a foreign nation

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.299
 or even from

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.880
 your own family.

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.960
 I suspect, though,

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.539
 for most of us,

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.079
 unless something

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.940
 changes drastically,

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.019
 the United States

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.660
 is a legally

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.660
 safe place, if

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.480
 not an empowering

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.299
 place, to practice

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.579
 Christianity.

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.240
 You may not

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.960
 always feel it

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.420
 here in Boston,

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.140
 but I have other

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.640
 friends who look

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.160
 in other cities

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.660
 in the U.S.

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.520
 where there's a

00:33:17.520 --> 00:33:18.080
 truth on every

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.740
 block, as they

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.200
 describe it.

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.680
 Does that mean

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.360
 we're exempt from

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.900
 bearing the cup?

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:24.400
 Well, when Jesus

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.000
 is discussing

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.860
 blessings in

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.400
 exchange for

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.460
 difficulties earlier

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.160
 on in Matthew

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.520
 and the

00:33:28.520 --> 00:33:28.940
 Sermon on the

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.980
 Mount, Jesus

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.460
 says,

00:33:31.020 --> 00:33:31.600
 blessed are you

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.180
 when others

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:34.080
 revile you and

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.780
 persevere you,

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.880
 and utter all

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.540
 kinds of evil

00:33:36.540 --> 00:33:37.540
 against you falsely

00:33:37.540 --> 00:33:38.420
 on my account.

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.320
 And I think we

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:41.340
 do face this

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:42.100
 kind of resistance,

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.380
 the reviling and

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.960
 uttering evil

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.660
 parts, in our

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.300
 post-Christian

00:33:45.300 --> 00:33:45.620
 culture.

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.120
 I like to

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.680
 talk to one

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.200
 pastor to

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.040
 find post-Christian

00:33:49.040 --> 00:33:49.380
 culture.

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.840
 Post-Christian

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.640
 culture wants

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.279
 the kingdom

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.360
 without the king.

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.180
 People long

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.940
 to the morals,

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.600
 the ethics,

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.180
 and the justice

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.680
 that Jesus

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.600
 brings, but want

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.360
 to shrug Jesus

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.860
 entirely.

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.640
 So, when we

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.259
 add spiritual

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.200
 conversation to

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.680
 something that

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.320
 could remain

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:06.300
 secular, we

00:34:06.300 --> 00:34:07.080
 often get pushback.

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.920
 Ross doubt that

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.680
 a journalist in the

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.299
 New York Times

00:34:10.299 --> 00:34:11.179
 highlighted an

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.779
 example of

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.419
 post-Christian

00:34:12.419 --> 00:34:13.940
 secularization in

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.259
 2019, when the

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.839
 table of Notre

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:16.239
 Dame burned

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.500
 down.

00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:18.019
 At that time,

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.419
 he wrote,

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.940
 there's a palpable

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:21.099
 desire to claim the

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.039
 still-smoking Notre

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.899
 Dame for some

00:34:22.899 --> 00:34:23.899
 abstract idea of

00:34:23.899 --> 00:34:24.519
 liberal monarchy,

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.819
 to imagine how a

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.940
 cathedral might be

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.819
 reconstructingly

00:34:27.819 --> 00:34:28.619
 somehow more

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.259
 secular and

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:30.659
 cosmopolitan, more

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.440
 of a cathedral for

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.179
 our multicultural

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.719
 times.

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.219
 This seems

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:35.159
 strange, since as

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.699
 Ben Sixthman,

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.440
 another journalist,

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.759
 noted, it never

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.519
 crossed anyone's

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.259
 mind to suggest

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:40.079
 that Mecca, the

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.639
 Golden Temple,

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.219
 can lose their

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:42.079
 distinctively Islamic

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.579
 and secret

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.820
 characteristics, to

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.420
 accommodate people

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.759
 of different

00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:45.059
 things.

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.619
 But an ancient,

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:48.059
 famous Catholic

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.719
 cathedral is

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.320
 instinctively

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:50.259
 understood as

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:50.800
 somehow the

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.420
 common property

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.099
 of an officially

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.840
 post-Catholic

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:54.179
 world, especially

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.880
 when the opportunity

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:56.000
 suddenly arises to

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.239
 wednesday.

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.159
 And I think we

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.780
 all feel this

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.599
 extends somewhat to

00:34:59.599 --> 00:34:59.960
 our personal

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.340
 lives.

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.460
 There's plenty of

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.219
 social situations

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.119
 where discussing

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.960
 Jesus would fit

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.320
 naturally.

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.440
 What am I

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.039
 interested in?

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.759
 What's my

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:07.019
 hobby?

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.920
 What did I do

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.400
 last weekend?

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:10.000
 The only thing

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.679
 that makes giving

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.539
 the spiritual

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.219
 answer in this

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.900
 scenario difficult

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.960
 is the unspoken

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.980
 cultural expectation

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:16.300
 that the abstract

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:17.639
 values of Christianity

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.599
 are finally discussed,

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.880
 justice, spiritual

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.759
 exploration in

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.920
 community, but not

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.380
 the specific

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.739
 content, Jesus'

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.800
 prayer, attending

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.079
 worship.

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:27.400
 And honestly, I'm

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.920
 proud of the

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.559
 brothers in this

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.159
 church that have

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.920
 faced ridicule for

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.599
 being open and

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.300
 specific about

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.800
 their faith in

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.059
 Jesus.

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.480
 I know a couple

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.340
 brothers who have

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.099
 been explicit about

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.699
 their beliefs to

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.420
 their bosses and

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.639
 co-workers, and have

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.500
 received either subtle

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.619
 pushback or even

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.360
 mockery in the

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.920
 tasks of God.

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.960
 I know another

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.800
 brother who used to

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.699
 attend our church that

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.619
 lost friends because

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.199
 of sticking to

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.780
 principles of his

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.039
 faith.

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.199
 Those friends wanted

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:50.119
 him to specifically

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.079
 break with some of

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.760
 his own personal

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.699
 beliefs to support

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:54.400
 activities that they

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.519
 were doing, and when

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.280
 our brother wouldn't

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.380
 compromise, he lost

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.760
 the friendships.

00:35:58.940 --> 00:36:00.159
 We even got a prayer

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:01.119
 request from a sister

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.820
 in the church in

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.780
 Slack literally right

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.659
 around the time I was

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.280
 iterating on this

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.840
 part of the sermon.

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.059
 I'll keep her

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.559
 anonymous to

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.600
 recording, but last

00:36:07.600 --> 00:36:08.360
 week she requested

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:11.420
 prayer and boldness

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.460
 for sharing her faith

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.059
 with an atheist

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.380
 friend.

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.400
 This atheist friend

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.820
 has apparently

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:17.180
 specifically cut out

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.860
 Christians from her

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.460
 life and Christians

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.280
 get too explosive

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.940
 about their faith.

00:36:21.120 --> 00:36:22.000
 I think it's a big

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.740
 step for our sister

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.700
 to pray for boldness

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.519
 and evangelism like

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.539
 that and an admirable

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.620
 example of standing

00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:27.000
 with Jesus.

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:30.559
 Now, isn't this a big

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.519
 thing for Jesus to ask

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.920
 all of us to give

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.860
 up work stability,

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:35.099
 relationships, social

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.420
 standing?

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.719
 Remember, it's not

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.519
 that Jesus hasn't

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.440
 already done for us

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.860
 in South.

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.699
 He didn't have to

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.300
 take the punishment

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:43.940
 and treatment, but he

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.780
 chose to take the

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.980
 cup so that he could

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.900
 stand with us.

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.519
 May we all have the

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.500
 same grace as Jesus

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.320
 in the basics of

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.619
 the Bible.

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.800
 Let's pray.

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:58.159
 Lord, we thank you

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:59.320
 for the reminder for

00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:00.820
 the word of how you've

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.760
 given everything for us.

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.000
 And I pray that you

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.660
 would encourage

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:05.680
 specifically those who

00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:07.200
 have given away

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:09.760
 social stability or

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.980
 standing or finances,

00:37:11.220 --> 00:37:11.800
 whatever it might be

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.180
 for you.

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.600
 And I pray that you

00:37:13.600 --> 00:37:14.620
 would strengthen the

00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:15.100
 rest of us in the

00:37:15.100 --> 00:37:16.460
 rest to stand with you

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.260
 even when times are

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.480
 different.

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.980
 Jesus said, amen.