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 Now, all four Gospels record this particular event with Peter.

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 We know the story well.

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 Mark's Gospel is unique, at least, if not for any other reason, for this.

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 I want to remind you that Mark is actually writing Peter's eyewitness account.

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 Do you remember that?

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 It's been about two years since we talked about that.

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 But that is the case.

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 We go back to the early church fathers, and we see a number of them,

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 beginning with a man named Papias, who was born in AD 60.

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 So Papias is coming up at the end of the apostolic era.

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 He personally knew the apostle John, who had passed on to Papias

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 that the Gospel of Mark was actually written by Mark as a result of Peter's preaching.

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 It was Peter's eyewitness account.

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 And then that testimony passes on to many other early church fathers,

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 Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Clement of Rome, certain manuscripts,

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 some of the oldest manuscripts we have notate this.

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 So when we come to Mark's Gospel here, we're not reading Mark's perspective necessarily.

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 We're reading his structure, but we're not reading his testimony necessarily.

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 We're actually reading Peter's,

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 which makes this a little bit more significant as we come to this particular part, doesn't it?

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 It doesn't make it more or less reliable.

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 That's not what I mean.

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 But it does help shape our thoughts about Peter himself.

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 Because for Mark to have recorded this with such detail and with such clarity

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 indicates that in the decades following Jesus' resurrection,

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 as Peter went through the places that God would send him preaching the Gospel,

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 he routinely tells this embarrassing story of his own failure.

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 Do you see that?

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 The only way this becomes such a prevalent story is if Peter's actually the one sharing it,

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 because none of the other apostles were with Peter in that moment.

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 The only way anybody knows about Peter's denial is either if Peter tells them or Jesus tells them.

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 And so Peter goes on preaching the Gospel and he begins to open up.

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 So it would seem then that the spiritual pride we so often characterize Peter by

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 is ultimately transformed to sincere humility

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 by the loving restoration that he experiences by Jesus.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 Isn't it amazing the transforming power that Jesus has on our lives?

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 That in a moment of forgiveness, as we'll get to at the close of our study,

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 in a moment of forgiveness and restoration,

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 this one thing that we often regard Peter as being,

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 which is kind of rash, passionate, but rash, not really thinking clearly,

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 certainly prideful,

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 is actually the very thing that probably in the early church he wasn't known for.

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 In the early church, he's probably known for humility,

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 known for meekness.

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 So then this story, as we come to it,

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 is not so much a story of failure,

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 it's a story of forgiveness.

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 It's a reminder that even the strongest of us

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 have the potential for great sin,

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 great defeat,

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 but the faithfulness of Jesus here

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 provides the gift of restoration,

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 the gift of reconciliation

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 to all who will love and follow him.

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 So it's a lesson then for any believer

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 who falls short of Jesus' call to discipleship.

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 In other words,

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 it's a story meant for all of us to learn from.

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 Let's jump into it.

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 Number one,

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 first thing is very simple,

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 just one word,

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 failure.

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 Failure.

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 Now all of us have experienced failure in our discipleship,

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 perhaps even catastrophic failure.

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 No one else may be aware of all the events of your life,

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 but perhaps there have been times in your life

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 where your sin was so severe

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 that you would categorize it

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 as catastrophic spiritual failure.

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 But perhaps it's maybe just you

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 and a couple others

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 who have to really think about that,

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 or whoever would even know

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 that some of those things unfolded in your life.

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 Can you imagine being Peter?

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 And there is someone

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 who has come along the way

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 and taken perhaps your greatest failure in life

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 and written it down for the sole purpose

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 that for the next 2,000 years

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 people can gather on Sunday mornings

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 and they can study the details

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 and scrutinize your particular failure.

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 We haven't experienced it quite like that, have we?

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 There is some irony here.

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 Peter is what we refer to him as.

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 His name was Simon.

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 Jesus is the one that began to call him Peter,

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 which means rock or the rock.

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 Jesus calls him that.

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 And then it's ironic that in this moment,

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 what we actually,

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 maybe most of us know Peter most for,

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 is actually crumbling

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 rather than being firm, steadfast.

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 But let's remember,

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 Jesus didn't give Simon the name Peter

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 because of what he was,

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 but because of what he was going to make him into,

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 what he's going to make him to be.

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 And before we begin to examine his sins,

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 let's at least acknowledge

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 that Peter was faithful enough

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 to find his place

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 in the courtyard of Caiaphas

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 at considerable personal risk.

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 There's only one other disciple

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 who is even in the vicinity

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 and it's John.

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 You'll have to go to John 18

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 to see how his story begins to unfold.

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 He has some connection.

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 It actually gets him inside the courtroom

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 to see what's actually unfolding with Jesus.

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 But Peter perhaps is there

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 not because he knows anyone,

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 but because he just loves Jesus.

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 No other disciple followed along.

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 No other disciple on the runaway

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 stopped and realized what they were doing

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 and decided to follow along.

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 This is in one sense,

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 his commitment to Christ

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 making his fall so dramatic.

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 And we don't need to forget that.

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 That had he not been so faithful to the Lord,

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 and he wouldn't have fallen so severely.

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 That sounds a little backwards,

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 but this is kind of what's unfolding here.

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 Let's just work through the denials here.

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 There's three of them.

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 Let's work through the narrative itself

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 and then we'll draw an application.

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 Denial number one is verse 66.

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 As Peter was below in the courtyard,

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 one of the servant girls of the high priest came

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 and seeing Peter warming himself,

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 she looked at him and said,

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 you also were with the Nazarene Jesus.

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 But he denied it,

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 saying, I neither know nor understand what you mean.

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 And he went out into the gateway

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 and the rooster crowed.

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 So as Jesus is upstairs in the courtroom,

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 Peter is just outside downstairs in the courtyard.

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 And with his face illuminated by the fire,

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 it's not very surprising that someone recognized him

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 as one of Jesus' followers.

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 Now Mark says that it was one of Caiaphas'

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 young servant girls.

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 She immediately accuses him

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 of being a follower of Jesus.

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 Now she's not just trying to strike up

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 some chit-chat with Peter here.

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 We get that, right?

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 At this point, she views him as an outsider,

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 perhaps even an imposter,

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 who has worked his way into the crowd

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 in order to disrupt the proceedings

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 and defend his teacher.

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 If she was among the crowd

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 that went to the Garden of Gethsemane,

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 she would have perhaps recognized Peter

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 as the one who has already drawn his sword

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 and tried to take care of business himself.

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 Maybe she wasn't there.

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 We don't really know.

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 But at some point, she recognizes him

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 as being one who has been with Jesus

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 and she immediately is on guard

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 and accuses him of being a follower of Christ.

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 So recognizing that his cover has been blown

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 and understanding the danger that he was in,

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 Peter denies the accusation

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 and he just brushes his off

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 as if he didn't even understand

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 what she was talking about.

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 This is kind of a sly way.

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 You notice his phrase here.

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 I don't even know what you're asking me.

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 What do you mean?

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 He's playing a little dumb here, isn't he?

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 I don't even know who that guy is.

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 Now, I don't know why nobody stopped

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 and asked Peter,

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 then why are you here at two in the morning

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 at a trial at the high priest's house?

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 He doesn't make a lot of sense,

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 but he's just kind of casting it off

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 as if, no big deal,

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 I just kind of wandered in.

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 Maybe you'd get to this point

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 and you'd think,

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 well, you know,

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 Peter's just acting in self-preservation.

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 All of us would probably do this.

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 We're just trying to save our own lives.

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 Not really that big a deal.

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 But that's precisely what makes it a big deal.

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 At the very least,

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 it was a blatant lie,

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 a sinful behavior,

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 unbecoming of anyone who would say

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 that they're following Jesus.

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 But more than that,

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 it was an outright denial

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 of the one who he had committed

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 his entire life to serve.

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 This is a terrible sin.

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 The moment of self-preservation

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 is actually the worst part of it.

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 That he's saving his own hide

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 in order to deny Christ.

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 Sinclair Ferguson said that

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 our personal weaknesses

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 need only the least pressure

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 from temptation

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 to bring us to our knees.

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 The inquiries of a servant girl

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 were enough to draw out from him

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 the horrible realities

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 of his own heart.

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 So despite Peter's bombastic insistence

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 that he would follow the Lord

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 to the death,

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 he falters and stumbles

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 at the meager opposition

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 of a young servant girl.

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 It's not even one of the soldiers.

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 It's not one of the leaders of the Jews.

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 This is a slave.

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 She's responsible to clean the house,

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 to wash people's feet.

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 And it takes this one meager opposition

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 from the young servant girl

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 for Peter, the rock,

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 to completely fall apart.

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 That's why I think Paul writes

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 to the Corinthians

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 that we are to take heed

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 if we think much of ourselves

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 lest we fall.

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 Mark's the only gospel author

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 to record this first rooster crow.

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 And perhaps it was an important element

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 of Peter's testimony about the moment.

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 Maybe that's why Mark includes it

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 because maybe Peter mentioned it so often.

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 I point it out

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 because it should have served

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 as a warning to Peter.

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 Jesus had already told Peter

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 that there would be three denials

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 before the second crow.

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 Surely this was one of God's gracious warnings

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 meant to get us to recognize

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 our temptation.

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 So this Peter goes to the first denial.

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 He hears the first rooster crow.

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 Perhaps that's meant by God

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 to get his attention.

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 Peter, what are you doing?

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 Stop.

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 Listen to yourself.

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 Listen to what you're doing.

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 And maybe that's why Paul follows up

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 that earlier verse with this

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 in 1 Corinthians 10.

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 No temptation has overtaken you.

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 That is not common to man.

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 God is faithful

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 and he will not let you be tempted

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 beyond your ability.

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 But with the temptation

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 he will also provide a way of escape

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 that you may be able to endure it.

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 Maybe that's what God's doing here for Peter.

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 Here's rooster crow number one.

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 Here's your warning, Peter.

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 Don't go any further.

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 You've already messed up.

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 Don't go any further with it.

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 Do you remember in the whole scenario

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 with David and Bathsheba?

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 David looks out of his window

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 and he notices Bathsheba

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 and he sends one of his servants

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 to go and get her for him.

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 And remember what his servant does.

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 This is not right, king.

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 You shouldn't do this.

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 What is that?

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 It's an early warning in temptation, isn't it?

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 Don't go there, David.

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 Don't go there, Peter.

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 Doesn't God do this for us?

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 We get to moments of weakness

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 and we're beginning to move forward

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 in a moment of temptation

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 and God through his spirit perhaps

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 just brings to mind

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 and calls us to recognize

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 what we're about to do

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 or how we're about to fall.

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 Or perhaps it's a spouse

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 that steps in and says,

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 hey, I've noticed this going on here.

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 You need to think about this.

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 Or maybe it's someone

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 that you go to church with

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 and you have coffee

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 and they just hit on the one thing.

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 Or maybe it's a church service

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 and you hear the one passage

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 and it's just the Lord sending these warnings to you.

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 Don't go there.

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 Don't do that.

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 Watch what you're doing.

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 I think that's the graciousness of our God.

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 This also might be why Peter would later write

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 that vigilance was so necessary

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 for defeating the attacks of Satan.

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 Satan is indeed fierce

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 but God is faithful, Paul says.

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 And with every temptation

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 there is grace to persevere.

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 And I think this is an evidence

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 of that being true.

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 That's denial number one.

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 Look at denial number two.

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 Verse 69.

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 And the servant girl saw him

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 and began again

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 to say to the bystanders,

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 this man is one of them.

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 But again, he denied it.

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 So Peter withdraws from the fire at least.

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 He gets away from the crowd a bit.

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 The servant girl can't let it go.

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 We know people like that, right?

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 They just can't let stuff go.

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 She follows along to where Peter goes

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 at maybe the door of the courtyard.

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 And she says,

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 no, I think you're one of them

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 except this time is different.

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 This time it's not just

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 the servant girl questioning Peter.

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 This time she's accusing him

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 and she's accusing him to the others.

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 So she's not looking at Peter now.

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 She's looking at the others.

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 She says, he's one of them.

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 So the threat is taken up a notch, isn't it?

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 And Peter again denies it.

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 Look at denial number three, verse 70.

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 And after a little while,

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 the bystanders again said to Peter,

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 certainly you are one of them

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 for you are a Galilean.

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 But he began to invoke a curse on himself

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 and to swear,

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 I do not know this man of whom you speak.

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 So a little time passes by.

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 I don't take it that Peter

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 was a very introverted, quiet person.

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 He seems very extroverted in the scriptures.

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 I imagine he can't go very long

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 without talking to somebody.

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 And maybe that's what's happening here.

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 He begins to talk

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 and his accent betrays him.

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 This would be like,

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 you know,

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 a trial taking place

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 maybe up in the Northeast

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 in New York

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 and one of us is the outsider

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 and you step in to testify

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 and everyone knows

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 you're not from around here.

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 And there's something like that

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 going on with Peter here.

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 He's talking and the group now,

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 it's not the servant girl anymore,

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 it's the whole group.

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 Now they're saying,

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 you're one of them.

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 We can tell by the way you're talking.

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 You've been with him.

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 You follow him.

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 You're one of them.

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 And with each circumstance,

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 the accusations intensify

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 and so do Peter's denials.

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 He passionately,

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 his passionate personality

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 finally explodes in this moment.

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 Only this time

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 it was to deny the Lord

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 rather to defend him.

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 It's a complete 180 now

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 with Peter.

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 He swears that he doesn't know Jesus

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 not in the sense of using profanity

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 but in the sense of invoking

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 a curse upon himself.

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 And maybe he used profanity.

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 He was a fisherman.

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 We have no idea.

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 But that's not the point

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 of what Mark was saying here.

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 It would be akin to one of us

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 saying I swear to God

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 or with God as my witness

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 except in that culture

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 a statement like that,

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 an oath like that

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 was very serious.

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 Peter's essentially saying to them,

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 if I'm lying to you,

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 I'm calling God as my witness

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 and he can deal with me.

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 He can kill me if he so chooses.

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 And if you're lying,

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 he can kill you too.

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 And he brings about this oath.

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 He invokes this curse upon himself.

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 And think about that for a moment.

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 Not only is he denying Christ,

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 not only is he lying,

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 but now he is invoking

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 a curse upon himself

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 saying God can kill me

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 if I'm lying,

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 knowing full well

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 that God knows he's lying.

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 He's making a mockery,

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 foolish mockery

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 of the God that he's supposed

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 to love and worship.

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 Do you see how quickly

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 our temptations and our sins

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 can begin to snowball?

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 And we don't listen

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 to the warnings.

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 And we continue on

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 chasing the thing

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 that we really want

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 or maybe out of fear

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 we refuse to do the thing

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 that maybe we should do.

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 And then before long

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 we stop and we realize,

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 what have I done?

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 Look how far this has gone.

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 This is not just about

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 self-preservation.

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 Look what it has taken me to.

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 I've made a mockery of my God.

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 Sinclair Ferguson says,

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 poor Peter,

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 he loved his master

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 too much to desert him.

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 And so he followed him

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 at a distance

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 at considerable risk.

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 Yet he loved himself

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 too much

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 to remain indifferent

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 to the consequences

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 of all out faithfulness.

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 Now it's really easy

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 to write that.

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 But it's true, isn't it?

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 Peter in this moment,

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 the one who said,

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 I won't do it,

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 is actually the one

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 who does it worst.

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 Failure.

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 Number two,

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 fulfillment.

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 Fulfillment.

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 I said earlier

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 that Mark's primary purpose

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 is this contrast,

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 encouraging believers

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 regarding failures

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 and faithfulness.

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 We can't ignore the fact

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 that Peter's failure

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 was actually

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 an explicit fulfillment

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 of what Jesus said

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 would happen.

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 And this prophecy

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 is actually key

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 to understanding

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 why Peter is so devastated.

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 Just look back with me

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 at verse 29 for a moment.

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 You're there in Mark 14.

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 Verse 29,

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 Peter said to him,

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 even though

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 they all fall away,

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 speaking of the other disciples,

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 even though

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 they all fall away,

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 I will not.

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 And Jesus says to him,

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 truly I tell you,

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 this very night

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 before the rooster crows twice,

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 you will deny me three times.

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 But he said emphatically,

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 if I must die with you,

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 I will not deny you.

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 And they all said the same.

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 Now there's the bombastic statement,

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 there's the spiritual pride,

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 there's also the prophecy.

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 No, Peter,

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 that's not gonna work that way.

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 You're actually gonna deny me

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 three times tonight.

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 Look at verse 72,

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 and immediately

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 the rooster crowed

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 a second time.

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 Peter remembered

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 how Jesus had said to him,

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 before the rooster crows twice,

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 you will deny me three times.

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 I don't wanna bore you

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 with unnecessary lectures

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 about roosters crowing habits,

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 but I'm going to.

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 Just to give a little context,

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 I think it helps us here

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 understand Peter's predicament.

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 But William Lane

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 notes the historical relevance

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 of this,

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 and the way that it would unfold.

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 He actually cites

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 a 12-year study.

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 I don't know who chooses

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 to study for 12 years

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 the crowing habits

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 of roosters in Jerusalem,

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 but apparently somebody

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 did the study,

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 and he cites it

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 in his commentary.

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 It's actually quite interesting.

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 The way that this would have worked,

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 and it still does today,

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 there are three distinct crowings

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 in that particular area.

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 I don't know if it would be

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 the same here.

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 I'm a city slicker,

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 so I wouldn't know.

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 Some of you could correct me probably,

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 but at least in that area,

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 there's three distinct crowings.

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 The first one happens

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 between about 12.30

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 and 1 o'clock in the morning.

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 The second one happens

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 about an hour or so after that,

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 and then the final one happens

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 about an hour or so after that.

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 So in Roman timekeeping,

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 when they said

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 the final watch of the night,

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 they actually referred

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 to that final watch

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 as the rooster crow,

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 because that's what signified

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 about three o'clock

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 in the morning,

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 the final crowing of the rooster

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 in that particular area.

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 Now Lane also acknowledges

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 that the roosters crowed

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 for about three to five minutes

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 at a time

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 before they went quiet again.

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 Now here's why I bring

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 all of that up.

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 That means between the first crow

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 and the second crow

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 that Peter experiences here,

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 there's about an hour of time

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 that probably has elapsed.

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 That means that Peter's denial here

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 is not, we can't just reduce it

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 to a momentary misjudgment.

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 We can't reduce it to that

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 because over the course of an hour,

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 he decidedly, willfully denies the Lord

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 three different times.

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 See, this is in his mind at this point.

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 He's not going to admit

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 in this moment to following Christ

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 and being a follower of Christ

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 to save his own hide.

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 That's the thing.

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 And it's not just because

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 he slipped up in a moment.

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 No, he's doing this over and over,

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 over the course

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 of an extended amount of time.

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 In other words,

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 there's no way for us

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 to justify Peter's sin.

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.980
 Now again, Lane notes

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.820
 that the rooster would crow

00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:57.039
 three to five minutes

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 before everything goes quiet.

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 So there's no way for Peter

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.320
 to have missed

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 the significance

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:06.519
 of this crowing.

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:10.160
 So immediately after denying Jesus

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:11.740
 for the third and final time,

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.779
 the rooster crows

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:16.220
 and Peter remembers.

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:18.759
 And what is it that he remembers?

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.640
 Just a few hours before

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:22.559
 when he so foolishly

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:26.720
 confronted Jesus

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.559
 and said,

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.720
 you're wrong.

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:31.100
 I'm not going to forsake you.

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.799
 And Jesus says,

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.539
 no, actually,

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:36.100
 before you hear the second crow,

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.759
 you're going to deny me three times.

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.740
 Peter never imagined

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.339
 a circumstance

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.339
 that would lead him

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.240
 to deny the Lord

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.319
 that he loves so much.

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.579
 The sound of that rooster

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.600
 settled on his heart

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.240
 and mind

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.319
 like nothing

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:53.500
 he had ever experienced before.

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:56.099
 And Luke's account

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:58.000
 adds a fascinating element

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.660
 to the story

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.859
 that dramatizes it

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.460
 even further.

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.599
 You read it to you.

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.480
 Luke chapter 22

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.380
 and verse 60.

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:07.200
 Immediately while he was speaking,

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.119
 the rooster crowed

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:11.619
 and the Lord turned

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:13.339
 and looked at Peter

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:16.019
 and Peter remembered

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.920
 the saying of the Lord

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:18.400
 how he had said to him,

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.200
 before the rooster crows today,

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.880
 you will deny me three times.

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.660
 Now remember,

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.880
 between the first crow

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.680
 and the second crow,

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:26.200
 probably about an hour

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.240
 if not a little bit more.

00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:29.820
 Peter's at least there

00:24:29.820 --> 00:24:30.480
 for an hour.

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:32.380
 Long enough for Jesus

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:32.940
 to go through

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.020
 this kangaroo trial.

00:24:34.760 --> 00:24:35.760
 Long enough for Jesus

00:24:35.760 --> 00:24:36.380
 to have endured

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.540
 the things that he endured

00:24:37.540 --> 00:24:39.520
 and is now being led away

00:24:39.520 --> 00:24:40.860
 from Caiaphas' house

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:42.220
 in order now

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.440
 to go see Herod

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.280
 and then eventually

00:24:44.280 --> 00:24:45.100
 to see Pilate.

00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:47.620
 And at the moment

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:49.360
 that Jesus is being escorted

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:50.860
 out of Caiaphas' house,

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.780
 being brought down

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.539
 from upstairs

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.559
 to the courtyard

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.940
 in order that he can leave,

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.180
 Peter denies him

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.059
 for the third time.

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.200
 The rooster crows

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.099
 and Peter looks up

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.660
 and who's there?

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.720
 Jesus.

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:03.180
 And Jesus and Peter

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.819
 lock eyes.

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.720
 And what do you think

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.420
 was the impact

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:09.579
 of that on Peter?

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.879
 Do you remember

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.740
 how the trial ended?

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.259
 We read it

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.160
 just a moment ago.

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:17.079
 When they're finished,

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:18.440
 they cover Jesus' head

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.720
 and one by one,

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.680
 they take turns

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:22.160
 punching him in the face

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.320
 and trying to get him

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:24.580
 to say who it was

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.160
 that did it.

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:27.440
 And when they were tired

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.039
 of doing that,

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.640
 whoever it was

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.380
 that was involved,

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.660
 they pass him off

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.840
 to the temple police

00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:32.500
 who were outside

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.140
 in the courtyard

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:34.240
 to take him over

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.980
 to the next place

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.420
 of judgment.

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.080
 And remember

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:37.000
 what it said they did.

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.680
 They received him

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.400
 with blows.

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.740
 So these men

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.660
 inside the courtroom

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.660
 pass him off

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.160
 to the soldiers

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.820
 in the courtyard

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:45.200
 and as he's being

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.980
 passed off,

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.339
 the soldiers themselves

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.480
 begin to beat him.

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.559
 So when Peter

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.740
 looks up at that moment

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.539
 and he locks eyes

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.139
 with Jesus,

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.159
 what he saw

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:55.460
 was a beaten,

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.579
 bloodied,

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:58.019
 abused man.

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.700
 It's not just about

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.579
 seeing the eyes

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.119
 and remembering

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.679
 the statement,

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:05.059
 it's about what he saw

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.179
 in Jesus' condition

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:06.819
 in that moment.

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.659
 The very thing

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:09.039
 that Peter was afraid of,

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.799
 the very thing

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:11.179
 Peter wanted to avoid

00:26:11.179 --> 00:26:12.839
 which led to his denial

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.899
 is the very thing

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.480
 that Jesus

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.539
 was so faithfully

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.500
 enduring

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:18.159
 for Peter's sake.

00:26:20.959 --> 00:26:21.839
 King Hughes says,

00:26:21.959 --> 00:26:23.240
 Peter looked at the torn,

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.679
 bleeding visage

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:25.259
 of Jesus

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:27.059
 and their eyes locked.

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.599
 Oh, the pain.

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.439
 The rooster began

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:30.919
 to crow

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.480
 for the next

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.539
 three to five minutes

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:34.179
 over and over

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:35.220
 and over

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.220
 and over

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.980
 and Peter remembered

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.919
 Christ's prophecy.

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.399
 He remembered

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:41.819
 and he remembered

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:43.279
 and he remembered

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.839
 and he remembered.

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:47.819
 You know,

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.319
 what do you think

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.819
 he saw

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:50.519
 in Jesus' eyes

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.079
 that night?

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:54.619
 I don't think

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:56.200
 that Jesus

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.759
 would have rolled

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.379
 his eyes

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:59.220
 and looked at Peter

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.059
 with disgust.

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.480
 I don't think

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.980
 that that would have

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.799
 been true of Jesus.

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.919
 I don't think

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:05.379
 that he would have

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.279
 gotten one of those

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.700
 I told you so,

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.779
 I can't believe

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.619
 you would do this

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.119
 to me

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:11.419
 kind of looks.

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.939
 What did Peter see?

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.819
 I think Jesus

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.740
 looked at Peter

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:19.579
 with the same

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:21.019
 compassionate eyes

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:23.059
 with which Peter

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.980
 had seen Jesus

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.619
 look at so many others

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:27.639
 over the course

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.679
 of three years.

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.200
 What has Mark

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.159
 noted so often

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.859
 about Jesus?

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.119
 His compassion.

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:35.000
 His compassion

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.720
 on the people.

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.779
 His compassion

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.419
 on the hurting.

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.579
 His compassion

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.639
 on the sinful.

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.840
 His compassion

00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:42.320
 on the outcast.

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.960
 And now Peter's eyes

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.840
 lock with Jesus

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:46.080
 and what he sees

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:47.040
 is those same eyes

00:27:47.040 --> 00:27:47.680
 that he's seen

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.400
 for so many

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.440
 other people.

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.880
 Perhaps

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:53.200
 for the first time

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.700
 Peter's recognizing

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.280
 himself

00:27:55.280 --> 00:27:57.220
 as the unclean leper.

00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:00.060
 Perhaps for the first time

00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:01.040
 Peter's recognizing

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.640
 himself

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:03.120
 as the Gentile

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.560
 quote

00:28:03.560 --> 00:28:04.360
 dog.

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:06.860
 Perhaps for the first time

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:08.119
 Peter's recognizing

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.859
 himself

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:10.279
 as the demoniac

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.659
 in the cave.

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.240
 And however

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.899
 a person

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.779
 can communicate

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.899
 with a look

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.959
 a thought

00:28:16.959 --> 00:28:17.979
 and we know

00:28:17.979 --> 00:28:18.919
 people can do it

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.939
 because our wives

00:28:19.939 --> 00:28:20.779
 do it all the time.

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.579
 If it's possible

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.240
 to communicate

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.119
 with your eyes

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:27.099
 I'm doing this

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.579
 for you

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.899
 that would have been

00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.899
 what Peter

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.899
 saw that night.

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.139
 He sees the compassion

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.680
 of the Lord.

00:28:34.020 --> 00:28:34.660
 And I think

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.200
 ultimately

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.420
 that's what

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.040
 broke him.

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:39.180
 It's a combination

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.160
 of recognizing

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.040
 his own failure

00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:42.120
 he's reminded

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.780
 of that failure

00:28:42.780 --> 00:28:44.100
 with the crowing

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.640
 of the rooster.

00:28:44.800 --> 00:28:45.560
 But it's not just

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.120
 the reminder

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.780
 of his failure

00:28:46.780 --> 00:28:48.240
 it's being confronted

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.960
 with the image

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.600
 of Jesus

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.820
 beaten and bloodied

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:52.520
 on his behalf

00:28:52.520 --> 00:28:54.060
 in that very moment.

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.820
 Saying because

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:57.200
 of what I just did

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.840
 he has to do that.

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.720
 And that's what

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.380
 breaks him.

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:03.860
 Failure

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.900
 fulfillment

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:06.240
 number three

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.420
 forgiveness.

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.700
 And this is the part

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.360
 we want to hurry up

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:10.000
 and get to right?

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.240
 Forgiveness.

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:12.880
 Verse 72

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.860
 the last phrase

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:15.620
 he broke down

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:17.300
 and wept.

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.960
 Matthew and Luke

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.440
 record it

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.020
 just a little bit

00:29:21.020 --> 00:29:21.320
 differently

00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:22.440
 but basically the same

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.320
 he went out

00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:25.000
 and wept bitterly

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:26.380
 they both say.

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.680
 He ugly cries

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.780
 this moment.

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.880
 The weight

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.500
 of that moment

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.020
 for Peter

00:29:34.020 --> 00:29:34.740
 is unlike

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.500
 anything else.

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.900
 You've experienced

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.580
 those moments

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:39.840
 right?

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:43.880
 So upset

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:45.300
 with your own sin

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:46.800
 so upset

00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:47.780
 with the fact

00:29:47.780 --> 00:29:48.460
 that you have

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.720
 fallen again

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:52.600
 and the weight

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.160
 of that

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.360
 settles on your heart

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:55.020
 it settles

00:29:55.020 --> 00:29:55.800
 on your mind

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:58.220
 but what

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.899
 makes Peter

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.299
 different

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.119
 from Judas?

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.440
 That's a question

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.220
 I want us to ask

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.779
 before we get

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.440
 to the forgiveness.

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.440
 Why did Peter

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.579
 get to the restoration

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.339
 but Judas

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.839
 didn't?

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.200
 What made him

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.779
 so different?

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.480
 Didn't Judas

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.200
 demonstrate

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.079
 extreme levels

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.619
 of regret

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.779
 as well?

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.419
 Yeah he did.

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.079
 Why don't I

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.639
 read it to you?

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.700
 Matthew 27

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:26.600
 when Judas

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.340
 his betrayer

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:27.799
 saw that

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.380
 Jesus was

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.799
 condemned

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:30.039
 he changed

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.580
 his mind.

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.759
 He brought

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.340
 back the

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:33.860
 30 pieces

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.380
 of silver

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:35.000
 to the

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.559
 chief priest

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.799
 and the

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.039
 elder

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.400
 saying

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.000
 I have

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.640
 sinned

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.400
 by betraying

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.100
 innocent blood

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:40.740
 and they said

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.620
 what's that to us?

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:43.400
 That's a you

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.180
 problem Judas

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.039
 is what they said.

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.360
 Throwing down

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.799
 the pieces

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.340
 of silver

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.900
 in the temple

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:50.259
 he departed

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.360
 and he went

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.460
 and he hanged

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.960
 himself.

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:55.140
 Judas

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.860
 had regret.

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.200
 Judas

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.779
 probably

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.900
 wept.

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.519
 What makes

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.840
 him so

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.259
 different

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.500
 from Peter?

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.779
 There's a lot

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.140
 of ways to

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.740
 answer that.

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.180
 The way the

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.819
 scriptures tend

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.180
 to answer

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.940
 this question

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:12.380
 is by pointing

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.160
 to what happened

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.980
 beyond those

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.500
 moments of

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.900
 regret.

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.940
 Judas's

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.660
 regret didn't

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.180
 lead him to

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.960
 repentance and

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.420
 faith.

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:23.200
 his remorse

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.980
 didn't indicate

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.480
 that he was

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.060
 now willing

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.680
 to believe

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.320
 and follow

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.740
 Jesus.

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.759
 It only

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.600
 indicated that

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.039
 he couldn't

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.580
 live with

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.080
 himself.

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:30.980
 He couldn't

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.320
 live with

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:31.900
 the burden

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:33.200
 of condemning

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.620
 and taking

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.420
 part in

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.279
 the condemnation

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.940
 of an

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.640
 innocent man.

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.380
 It just

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.300
 shows that

00:31:38.300 --> 00:31:38.680
 he had a

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.279
 moral compass

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.700
 like every

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.320
 other person.

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:42.099
 God

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:43.179
 but he

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:43.419
 doesn't

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:43.980
 seek for

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.359
 mercy.

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.379
 He doesn't

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.319
 seek for

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.599
 forgiveness.

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.339
 Instead he

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.000
 just tries to

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.819
 remove himself

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.000
 from the

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.839
 experience of

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.099
 guilt.

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.240
 Now that's a

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.939
 very different

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.299
 thing than

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.799
 what Peter

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.259
 does.

00:31:59.419 --> 00:32:00.740
 Peter probably

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.639
 by faith in

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.119
 the words of

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:03.240
 Christ actually

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.359
 continues in

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.339
 his discipleship

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:07.019
 despite the

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.339
 guilt.

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.200
 Do you

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.559
 remember the

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.299
 promise Jesus

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.819
 had given?

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.640
 Look back in

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.240
 Mark 14.

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.559
 Look at

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.819
 verse 28.

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.259
 This is in

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.819
 the midst of

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.440
 telling Peter

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.840
 and the other

00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.480
 disciples that

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.840
 they're going to

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.400
 forsake him.

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:20.140
 And look at the

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.620
 promise in

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.360
 verse 28.

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.519
 After I'm

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.039
 raised up,

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.380
 in other words

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.600
 I'm going to

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:23.940
 die, I'm

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.279
 coming back

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.840
 to life.

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:25.960
 Then what does

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.299
 he say?

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.460
 I will go

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.080
 before you

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:29.000
 to Galilee.

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.059
 In other words,

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.259
 I'm going to

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.000
 meet you again.

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.240
 We're going to

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:35.039
 fellowship again.

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.720
 And it's going

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.140
 to be in

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:37.660
 Galilee after

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.740
 I raise up

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.059
 from the

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.299
 dead.

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.819
 Now I want

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.180
 you to flip

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.559
 over to

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.980
 chapter 16.

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.420
 Chapter 16.

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.799
 This is the

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.460
 morning of

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.720
 Jesus'

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.539
 resurrection.

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.759
 Mary Magdalene

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.200
 and the other

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.740
 Marys have

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:51.500
 come to

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.000
 the tomb.

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:52.940
 And look

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.680
 at verse

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:55.859
 7.

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.519
 This is the

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.259
 words of the

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.759
 angel that

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.259
 awaited them

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.779
 at the tomb.

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.740
 He's telling

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.299
 them what to

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.539
 do.

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.519
 Jesus has

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.819
 risen.

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.480
 And then he

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.740
 says,

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.779
 but go tell

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.500
 his disciples,

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.279
 and then he

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.120
 emphasizes Mark

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.460
 does,

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:08.519
 and Peter

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:10.039
 that he's

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.680
 going before

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.779
 you to

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.340
 Galilee.

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.680
 There you

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.360
 will see

00:33:14.360 --> 00:33:15.720
 him just

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.559
 as he

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.079
 told you.

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.500
 So remember

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.920
 the ladies

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.240
 have come

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.539
 to the

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.819
 tomb.

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.819
 They don't

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.440
 see Jesus.

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.380
 One of them

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.700
 does,

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.480
 most of them

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.819
 don't.

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.240
 They don't

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.819
 see Jesus.

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.400
 They want

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:25.620
 to,

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.259
 they just

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.579
 see the

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:26.799
 empty

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.120
 tomb.

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:27.900
 The angel

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.360
 says,

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.299
 go to

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.759
 Galilee,

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.380
 tell the

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.039
 disciples to

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.380
 go with

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.480
 you.

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:31.819
 And by

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.140
 the way,

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.000
 make sure

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.440
 you tell

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.440
 Peter to

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.779
 go there

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.039
 too,

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.600
 because there

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.160
 you will

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.799
 see him.

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.539
 And that's

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.920
 significant,

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.500
 isn't it?

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.940
 Promise after

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.620
 promise to

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:41.940
 Peter.

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.400
 I'm going

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.700
 to meet

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.000
 you.

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.920
 I'm going

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.240
 to meet

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.539
 you in

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.019
 Galilee.

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:46.740
 Now,

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:46.920
 I don't

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.360
 know if

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.180
 Peter imagined

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.880
 that restoration

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.720
 and forgiveness

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.440
 was possible

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.799
 at that

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.140
 moment,

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.160
 but he at

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.700
 least had

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.720
 enough faith

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:55.420
 and love

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.080
 for Jesus

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:57.299
 to actually

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.960
 go back

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.580
 to Galilee.

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.640
 So flip

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.059
 over with

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.600
 me to John

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:02.320
 chapter 21,

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.819
 and that's

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.099
 where we

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.419
 see,

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.399
 as Paul

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:04.919
 Harvey would

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.240
 say,

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.200
 the rest

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.460
 of the

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:06.819
 story.

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.199
 John

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.099
 chapter 21.

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.960
 Now,

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.500
 just because

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.179
 Jesus gave

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.619
 the promise

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.219
 doesn't mean

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.019
 that Peter

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.519
 has enough

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.920
 faith to

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.360
 believe the

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.759
 promise,

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.360
 okay?

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.920
 That's where

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.460
 Judas is.

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.159
 Judas just

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.759
 doesn't believe,

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.319
 so he goes

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:22.619
 and kills

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:22.980
 himself,

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:23.940
 all right?

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.779
 Peter's heard

00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.420
 the promise,

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.659
 Peter is

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.279
 overwhelmed

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:28.460
 by his sin,

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.559
 but he has

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.299
 enough faith

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:31.299
 to follow

00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:31.719
 Jesus,

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.839
 to Galilee,

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.480
 and wait

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.819
 for him

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.079
 there,

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.659
 and that's

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:34.919
 what he's

00:34:34.919 --> 00:34:35.119
 doing.

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.459
 In John

00:34:35.459 --> 00:34:35.819
 21,

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.739
 look at

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.179
 verse 1,

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.459
 let's read

00:34:37.459 --> 00:34:37.779
 the first

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.299
 six verses.

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.379
 After this,

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.119
 Jesus revealed

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.839
 himself again

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.179
 to the

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.899
 disciples by

00:34:41.899 --> 00:34:42.219
 the Sea

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.919
 of Tiberias,

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.279
 that's the

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.519
 Sea of

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:43.939
 Galilee,

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.559
 and he

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:44.919
 revealed

00:34:44.919 --> 00:34:45.439
 himself in

00:34:45.439 --> 00:34:45.879
 this way.

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:46.939
 Simon

00:34:46.939 --> 00:34:47.279
 Peter,

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.299
 Thomas called

00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:48.739
 the twin,

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:49.899
 Nathanael of

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.319
 Cana in

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:50.779
 Galilee,

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.579
 the sons of

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.059
 Zebedee,

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.719
 and the

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.119
 others,

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:53.699
 and two

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.239
 others of

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.779
 his disciples

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.439
 were together.

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.299
 Simon

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:56.899
 Peter said

00:34:56.899 --> 00:34:57.279
 to them,

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.980
 I'm going

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.379
 fishing.

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.519
 They said

00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.759
 to him,

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.039
 we'll go

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.539
 with you.

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.280
 They went

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.539
 out and

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:01.860
 got into

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.280
 the boat,

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.059
 but that

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.480
 night they

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.079
 caught nothing.

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.480
 Just as day

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.059
 was breaking,

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.099
 Jesus stood

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.639
 on the shore,

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.239
 yet the

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:08.960
 disciples did

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.360
 not know

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.619
 that it

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.099
 was Jesus.

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.320
 And Jesus

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.759
 said to

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:11.940
 them,

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.259
 children,

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.559
 do you

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:12.900
 have any

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.300
 fish?

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.300
 And they

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.519
 said,

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.820
 no.

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.400
 And he

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.739
 said,

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:18.440
 did you

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.840
 try the

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.460
 other side?

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.519
 Cast the

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.960
 net on the

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.500
 right side of

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.960
 the boat,

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.500
 and you'll

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.139
 find some.

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.199
 And what's

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.900
 amazing about

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.219
 it is they

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.920
 don't recognize

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.259
 that it's

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:27.699
 Jesus at

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.039
 this moment,

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.400
 but they

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.539
 still cast

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.879
 it on the

00:35:29.879 --> 00:35:30.319
 other side.

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.719
 I would

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.259
 imagine,

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.199
 as most of

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.699
 the fishermen

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.179
 you know,

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.799
 these fishermen

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.259
 were pretty

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.900
 superstitious,

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.219
 right?

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.119
 So they

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.659
 cast it.

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.539
 Now,

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.139
 they were

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.639
 not able

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.039
 to haul

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.579
 it in

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.199
 because of

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.639
 the quantity

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:40.980
 of the

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.379
 fish.

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.960
 So they've

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.279
 gone back

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:43.859
 to Galilee,

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:44.659
 and what

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:44.859
 are they

00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:45.119
 doing?

00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:45.779
 I don't

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.159
 think this

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.440
 is an

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.879
 indication

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.319
 that they

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:47.759
 were quitting.

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.500
 I don't

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.960
 think that's

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.199
 it.

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.359
 Because Jesus

00:35:50.359 --> 00:35:50.599
 said,

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:51.259
 go to Galilee

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.719
 and wait

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.039
 for me

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.259
 there.

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.059
 So what

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.259
 do they

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:53.539
 do?

00:35:53.899 --> 00:35:54.239
 They go

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.759
 to Galilee

00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:55.039
 and they

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.299
 wait.

00:35:55.959 --> 00:35:56.480
 And what

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.899
 do fishermen

00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:57.279
 do while

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.659
 they wait?

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.179
 They go

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.599
 fish.

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.459
 They're

00:35:59.459 --> 00:36:00.019
 waiting for

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.339
 Jesus.

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.119
 Now,

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:01.759
 I want you

00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:02.199
 to see

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:02.879
 how Peter

00:36:02.879 --> 00:36:03.599
 responds to

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.919
 this.

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.439
 Look at

00:36:04.439 --> 00:36:05.239
 verse 7.

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.339
 That disciple

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:07.899
 whom Jesus

00:36:07.899 --> 00:36:08.359
 loved,

00:36:08.439 --> 00:36:09.219
 probably John,

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.399
 therefore said

00:36:10.399 --> 00:36:10.859
 to Peter,

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:11.679
 it's the

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.039
 Lord.

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.719
 And when

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.539
 Simon Peter

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.739
 heard that

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.219
 it was the

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.559
 Lord,

00:36:16.959 --> 00:36:17.579
 he puts

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:17.980
 on his

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:19.099
 outer garment

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.659
 for he was

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.179
 stripped for

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.639
 the work,

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.379
 and he

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.300
 threw himself

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:22.780
 into the

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.059
 sea.

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.519
 That's

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.220
 amazing.

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:28.340
 Kind of

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.800
 ridiculous,

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.740
 but amazing.

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.660
 They're out

00:36:31.660 --> 00:36:31.900
 there,

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.460
 not too

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.760
 deep,

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.180
 they're out

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.500
 in a bit

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:33.720
 of the

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.240
 shallows,

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.519
 and they're

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.099
 fishing all

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.460
 night,

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:36.480
 and this

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.960
 wonderful

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.660
 miracle takes

00:36:37.660 --> 00:36:37.940
 place,

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.200
 and they

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:38.900
 finally realize,

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.240
 okay,

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.140
 that's not

00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.740
 just anybody

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.220
 on the

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:41.519
 shore,

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.420
 that's

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.880
 Jesus,

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.940
 and Peter

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.300
 in his

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.960
 excitement

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.599
 because he's

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.380
 been waiting

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.420
 for Jesus,

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.700
 throws himself

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.180
 into the

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:51.119
 lake so he

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.659
 can swim

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:51.980
 to the

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.279
 shore.

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.799
 Now the

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.099
 rest of

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.420
 them just

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.099
 paddle behind

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.400
 him in

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:54.799
 the boat,

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.559
 but Peter

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.099
 swims there.

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.500
 What does that

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.000
 tell you about

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.559
 Peter in this

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.920
 moment?

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.519
 He loves

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.900
 Jesus.

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.239
 He wants

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.940
 to see

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.400
 Jesus.

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.299
 He wants

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:04.139
 to be

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.480
 with Jesus.

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.099
 That is a

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.880
 very different

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.339
 thing than

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:08.039
 what we see

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:09.980
 in Judas.

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.599
 It doesn't

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.239
 mean he wasn't

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:14.980
 carrying the

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.719
 discouragement of

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.339
 his failure,

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.400
 and we'll see

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.759
 that in a

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.039
 moment,

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.179
 it.

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:19.619
 But he

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:19.820
 had a

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.279
 consuming

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.860
 love for

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.420
 Jesus that

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.860
 couldn't be

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.219
 denied.

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.440
 Now, if

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.699
 you're in

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.019
 the midst

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.279
 of a

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.800
 moment of

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.179
 failure,

00:37:25.779 --> 00:37:26.320
 that's the

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.940
 question to

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.400
 ask.

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.920
 Is the

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.639
 regret that I

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.659
 feel and

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.259
 the guilt that

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:32.000
 I sense

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.639
 merely because I

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.719
 have a moral

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.619
 compass that God

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.420
 has built into

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.179
 the fabric of

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.699
 my DNA,

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:39.920
 or do I

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.619
 really love

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:40.980
 Jesus,

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:41.940
 am I

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.639
 committed to

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.539
 following him,

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:44.119
 and I'm

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.860
 discouraged because

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.679
 I failed him?

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.440
 There's a big

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.119
 difference between

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.639
 those two

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.639
 responses.

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.739
 And they all

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.279
 finally get to

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.679
 the shore.

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.139
 Jesus has

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:55.019
 breakfast prepared.

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.159
 They have a

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.799
 meal together,

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.980
 and then a

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.940
 conversation breaks

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.480
 out between

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.619
 Jesus and

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.119
 Peter.

00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:02.460
 This is in

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.739
 front of

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.219
 everybody.

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.460
 Look at

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.099
 verse 15.

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.799
 They had

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.460
 finished breakfast.

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.279
 Jesus said to

00:38:08.279 --> 00:38:08.879
 Simon Peter,

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.339
 Simon, son of

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:13.159
 John, do you

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.659
 love me more

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.179
 than these?

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.299
 And he said

00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:16.579
 to him,

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.079
 yes, Lord,

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.659
 you know that I

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.079
 love you.

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.839
 And he said

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.559
 to him, feed my

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.000
 lambs.

00:38:23.379 --> 00:38:23.899
 And he said

00:38:23.899 --> 00:38:24.219
 to him a

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.699
 second time,

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:25.779
 Simon, son of

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.219
 John, do you

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.619
 love me?

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.099
 And he said

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.599
 to him, yes,

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:30.039
 Lord, you know

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.500
 that I love

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:30.699
 you.

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.419
 And he said

00:38:32.419 --> 00:38:32.980
 to him, tend

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.539
 my sheep.

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.639
 And he said

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:35.940
 to him a

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.419
 third time,

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.219
 Simon, son of

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:37.739
 John, do you

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.179
 love me?

00:38:38.899 --> 00:38:39.419
 Peter was

00:38:39.419 --> 00:38:40.219
 grieved because

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:41.539
 he had said

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.079
 this to him the

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.799
 third time.

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.639
 Do you love

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:44.899
 me?

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.419
 And he said

00:38:46.419 --> 00:38:46.919
 to him, Lord,

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.000
 you know

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.500
 everything.

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.199
 You know

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.519
 that I love

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.779
 you.

00:38:52.879 --> 00:38:53.339
 And Jesus

00:38:53.339 --> 00:38:54.799
 said, feed

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:55.379
 my sheep.

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.679
 Truly, truly,

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.399
 I say to you,

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.299
 when you were

00:38:59.299 --> 00:39:00.279
 young, you used

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.679
 to dress

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.399
 yourself and

00:39:01.399 --> 00:39:02.019
 walk wherever

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.559
 you wanted.

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.480
 But when

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.980
 you're old,

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:04.839
 you will

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.279
 stretch out

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.899
 your hands

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.839
 and another

00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:07.359
 will dress

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:08.379
 you and

00:39:08.379 --> 00:39:09.019
 carry you

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:09.699
 where you

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:10.279
 do not want

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.659
 to go.

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.279
 This he said

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:12.859
 to show by

00:39:12.859 --> 00:39:13.419
 what kind of

00:39:13.419 --> 00:39:13.980
 death he was

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.659
 going to glorify

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.079
 God.

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.659
 And after

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.379
 saying this,

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:17.879
 he said to

00:39:17.879 --> 00:39:19.539
 him, follow

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.940
 me.

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.239
 And I'm

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:22.299
 going to

00:39:22.299 --> 00:39:22.659
 have to leave

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.019
 it to you

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.599
 to really dig

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.199
 into this

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:24.599
 particular

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.000
 paragraph,

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.440
 and I hope

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:26.000
 you will if

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.379
 you have some

00:39:26.379 --> 00:39:27.119
 quiet time this

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.519
 afternoon.

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:28.819
 I want to

00:39:28.819 --> 00:39:29.279
 note just a

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.579
 couple of

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.079
 things as we

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.579
 wrap it up,

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.019
 though, okay?

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.339
 First,

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.679
 restoration is

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:36.500
 available for

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.179
 every disciple

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.759
 of Christ,

00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:39.079
 but the

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.739
 process is

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.199
 painful.

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:42.980
 Jesus

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.659
 wastes no

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.239
 time cutting

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:44.559
 to the

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:44.980
 chase with

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.439
 Peter here

00:39:45.439 --> 00:39:46.079
 in Galilee.

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.480
 Notice

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.239
 verse 15.

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.460
 Simon,

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:50.899
 son of

00:39:50.899 --> 00:39:51.239
 John,

00:39:51.859 --> 00:39:53.319
 do you

00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:53.679
 love me

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:54.000
 more than

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.339
 these?

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.619
 Remember

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:57.139
 what Peter

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.699
 had said

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.000
 on that

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.339
 night?

00:39:59.419 --> 00:39:59.859
 Jesus

00:39:59.859 --> 00:40:00.219
 says,

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:00.519
 you're all

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.719
 going to

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.099
 forsake

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.259
 me.

00:40:01.359 --> 00:40:01.539
 Peter

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.059
 says,

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.039
 they

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.439
 might,

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:05.139
 but I

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.480
 won't.

00:40:05.919 --> 00:40:06.279
 In other

00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:06.519
 words,

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.500
 I love you

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:07.839
 more than

00:40:07.839 --> 00:40:08.000
 them.

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.639
 I'm more

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.000
 committed

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.419
 than they

00:40:09.419 --> 00:40:09.719
 are.

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:12.239
 Jesus

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.679
 deals with

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:12.819
 the

00:40:12.819 --> 00:40:13.099
 spiritual

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.519
 pride

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.259
 immediately.

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:14.839
 Peter,

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.339
 do you

00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:15.500
 really

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:15.819
 love me

00:40:15.819 --> 00:40:15.960
 more

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.119
 than

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.339
 them?

00:40:17.439 --> 00:40:17.759
 Were you

00:40:17.759 --> 00:40:18.019
 right,

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.339
 Peter?

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:22.039
 Jesus'

00:40:22.279 --> 00:40:22.519
 three

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.099
 questions

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.399
 then

00:40:23.399 --> 00:40:24.079
 reflect

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:25.099
 Peter's

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.319
 three

00:40:25.319 --> 00:40:25.859
 denials.

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:27.419
 Now,

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.679
 I've heard

00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:28.619
 people try

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.059
 to point

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:29.359
 to the

00:40:29.359 --> 00:40:29.559
 Greek

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.819
 that's

00:40:29.819 --> 00:40:29.980
 used

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.239
 here

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:30.419
 in

00:40:30.419 --> 00:40:30.819
 different

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:31.379
 Greek

00:40:31.379 --> 00:40:31.619
 words

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:31.819
 for

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:32.219
 love.

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.480
 That's

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:33.759
 not the

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:33.919
 point

00:40:33.919 --> 00:40:34.179
 of this

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.679
 passage.

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.299
 The

00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:35.539
 same

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.019
 words

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:37.079
 that are

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.359
 used

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:37.579
 for

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:37.859
 love,

00:40:37.939 --> 00:40:38.019
 the

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.299
 different

00:40:38.299 --> 00:40:38.699
 Greek

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:38.939
 words

00:40:38.939 --> 00:40:39.119
 for

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.359
 love

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:39.460
 in

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.639
 this

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:39.980
 passage

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.380
 are

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.820
 all

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.119
 used

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.579
 elsewhere

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:41.920
 for

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.240
 God's

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:42.500
 love.

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.240
 So this

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.559
 is not

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:43.980
 a matter

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.480
 of

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.500
 Jesus

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.019
 using

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.340
 different

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.579
 words

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:46.740
 for

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:46.920
 love.

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.099
 That's

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.220
 not

00:40:47.220 --> 00:40:47.340
 what

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:47.480
 this

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:47.639
 is.

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.199
 Jesus

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:48.500
 isn't

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.679
 even

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:49.000
 speaking

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.440
 Greek.

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.960
 So we

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.220
 know that

00:40:51.220 --> 00:40:51.559
 that wouldn't

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:51.800
 be the

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.139
 case.

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.019
 So what's

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.920
 the purpose

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.380
 of these

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.579
 three

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.059
 questions?

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.679
 Well,

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:56.619
 it mirrors

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.139
 Peter's

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:57.360
 three

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.840
 denials.

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.800
 That's

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.139
 why when

00:40:59.139 --> 00:40:59.360
 you get

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.679
 to the

00:40:59.679 --> 00:40:59.940
 third

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.260
 one,

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.000
 Peter's

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.519
 grieved

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:01.940
 by the

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.179
 third

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:02.420
 one,

00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:02.900
 not

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.199
 because

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:03.380
 the

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:03.639
 word

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:03.940
 Jesus

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.320
 uses,

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:04.760
 but

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.920
 love

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.579
 reflects

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:10.780
 a

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.280
 denial

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.840
 of

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.220
 Jesus

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.639
 that

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.019
 night

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.699
 in the

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.179
 courtyard.

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:15.519
 Restoration's

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:15.960
 painful.

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.800
 Our sin

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.280
 has to be

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:18.740
 confronted,

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.400
 and Jesus

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.500
 wastes no

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.300
 time confronting

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.639
 it.

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.639
 Then after

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.320
 his questions,

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.320
 notice that

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:27.740
 Jesus

00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:28.619
 affirms

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.800
 that he

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:30.440
 still intends

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.000
 to use

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.380
 Peter.

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.320
 Verse

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.760
 21,

00:41:34.240 --> 00:41:35.320
 or verse

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:35.780
 15,

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.699
 feed my

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.220
 lambs.

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.699
 Verse

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:38.199
 16,

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:39.199
 tend my

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:39.539
 sheep.

00:41:39.899 --> 00:41:40.339
 Verse

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:40.919
 17,

00:41:41.359 --> 00:41:41.939
 feed my

00:41:41.939 --> 00:41:42.279
 sheep.

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:43.719
 Action

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.299
 statements,

00:41:44.939 --> 00:41:45.460
 ways that

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:45.819
 Jesus

00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:46.480
 intends to

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:46.779
 use

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.059
 Peter.

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.359
 What do

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:47.619
 we get

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.079
 from that?

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:48.899
 Well,

00:41:48.899 --> 00:41:49.039
 there's

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.339
 always

00:41:49.339 --> 00:41:49.919
 usefulness

00:41:49.919 --> 00:41:50.419
 in God's

00:41:50.419 --> 00:41:50.719
 plan,

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.139
 not for

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.480
 perfect

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.879
 people,

00:41:53.439 --> 00:41:54.559
 but for

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.119
 repentant

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.480
 people.

00:41:56.939 --> 00:41:57.619
 Peter in

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.139
 this moment

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.619
 is going

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.039
 through the

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.939
 painful process

00:41:59.939 --> 00:42:00.779
 of restoration,

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.279
 and Jesus

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:01.779
 says,

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:04.219
 feed my

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:04.500
 sheep.

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.859
 Do what

00:42:05.859 --> 00:42:06.039
 I've

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.319
 called you

00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:06.739
 to do.

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:09.719
 then he

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:10.279
 affirms

00:42:10.279 --> 00:42:11.299
 that one

00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:11.659
 day,

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.480
 Peter will

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:12.960
 face a

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.239
 similar

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.839
 circumstance,

00:42:14.399 --> 00:42:14.980
 but this

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.339
 time he'll

00:42:15.339 --> 00:42:15.839
 succeed.

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.539
 He talks

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:17.859
 about the

00:42:17.859 --> 00:42:18.179
 way he's

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:18.379
 going to

00:42:18.379 --> 00:42:18.659
 die,

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.239
 which

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:20.779
 church

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.219
 tradition

00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:21.599
 teaches

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.079
 us that

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:22.460
 he was

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:22.919
 crucified

00:42:22.919 --> 00:42:24.139
 and unwilling

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.539
 to be

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:25.219
 crucified in

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:25.460
 the way

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.759
 that his

00:42:25.759 --> 00:42:26.379
 Lord was.

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.000
 He

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.379
 demanded

00:42:27.379 --> 00:42:27.699
 to be

00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:28.079
 crucified

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.460
 upside

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.919
 down,

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:30.599
 and tradition

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.259
 says that's

00:42:31.259 --> 00:42:31.799
 exactly what

00:42:31.799 --> 00:42:32.339
 happened with

00:42:32.339 --> 00:42:32.599
 Peter.

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.579
 What's

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:33.819
 Jesus'

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.500
 point here?

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.719
 I think

00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:36.179
 this is a

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.579
 moment of

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.380
 encouragement

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:38.579
 for Peter's

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.159
 anxieties.

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:39.780
 I don't

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:40.039
 know,

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:40.920
 maybe it

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.500
 produced more

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.400
 anxiety to

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:42.780
 know that

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.059
 you're going

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.300
 to be

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:43.639
 murdered.

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:45.079
 I don't

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.320
 know.

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:46.000
 I think

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:46.420
 there is a

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.699
 bit of

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:47.260
 comfort from

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:47.900
 Jesus here,

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.179
 saying,

00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:49.480
 I know

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.679
 you're

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:50.159
 bothered by

00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:50.480
 how you

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:50.800
 failed,

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.340
 but the

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:51.719
 next time

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:51.880
 you're

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.179
 presented

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:52.599
 with this,

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:52.860
 you're not

00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:53.079
 going to

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.400
 fail.

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:54.500
 You're

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.639
 going to

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:54.940
 succeed.

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:55.880
 Now,

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.199
 that's not

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.599
 to say

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.119
 that we

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.719
 never fall

00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:57.980
 in the

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.460
 same way.

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.219
 It only

00:42:59.219 --> 00:42:59.679
 means to

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.480
 say that

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.380
 Jesus is a

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:02.619
 comfort to

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:03.340
 our anxieties,

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:04.480
 and he

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:04.840
 is a

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.200
 faithful

00:43:05.200 --> 00:43:05.740
 minister

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.620
 to our

00:43:06.620 --> 00:43:07.039
 failures.

00:43:08.100 --> 00:43:08.480
 And the

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:09.059
 final thing

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:09.360
 that we'll

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:10.400
 note is

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:10.760
 in verse

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:11.300
 19.

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.380
 And after

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.059
 saying this,

00:43:13.100 --> 00:43:13.559
 he said to

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:13.740
 him,

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.000
 what?

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.380
 Follow

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:15.700
 me.

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.740
 So the

00:43:17.740 --> 00:43:18.120
 fundamental

00:43:18.120 --> 00:43:18.700
 key to

00:43:18.700 --> 00:43:19.539
 discipleship

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:20.620
 is heeding

00:43:20.620 --> 00:43:21.000
 Jesus'

00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:22.039
 call to

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.880
 follow me.

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.360
 Not just

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:25.700
 at the

00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:26.079
 moment of

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.220
 our

00:43:26.220 --> 00:43:26.800
 conversion,

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.100
 but every

00:43:28.100 --> 00:43:28.900
 day following

00:43:28.900 --> 00:43:29.240
 that.

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.740
 It's

00:43:30.740 --> 00:43:31.180
 amazing,

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:31.539
 isn't it?

00:43:31.620 --> 00:43:32.160
 The same

00:43:32.160 --> 00:43:32.700
 phrase that

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.500
 Jesus uses

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.139
 to call

00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:34.679
 Peter to

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:35.199
 conversion

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:36.159
 three years

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:37.599
 before at

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.119
 the Sea of

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:38.579
 Galilee.

00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.259
 He says,

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:39.839
 follow me,

00:43:39.859 --> 00:43:40.159
 and Peter

00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:40.599
 leaves his

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:40.960
 nets and

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:41.559
 follows him.

00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:42.219
 That's the

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:42.799
 same phrase

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:43.219
 he used

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:43.859
 here to

00:43:43.859 --> 00:43:44.359
 restore him

00:43:44.359 --> 00:43:45.119
 to usefulness

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.960
 and acknowledge

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:46.559
 his forgiveness

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.460
 in God's

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:47.759
 plan.

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.599
 Follow me.

00:43:48.779 --> 00:43:49.079
 What does

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.460
 that tell

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:49.639
 us?

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:50.419
 That's his

00:43:50.419 --> 00:43:51.099
 desire for

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:51.359
 us.

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:51.879
 You've

00:43:51.879 --> 00:43:52.199
 fallen?

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:52.859
 Okay.

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.500
 Restoration

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:55.039
 might be a

00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:55.659
 bit painful.

00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:56.619
 Repent,

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.439
 believe the

00:43:57.439 --> 00:43:57.639
 Lord,

00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:58.439
 and get up

00:43:58.439 --> 00:43:59.199
 and follow

00:43:59.199 --> 00:43:59.599
 Jesus.

00:44:00.799 --> 00:44:01.199
 You fall

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.799
 again tomorrow?

00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:02.740
 Okay.

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:04.360
 There's

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:04.700
 forgiveness

00:44:04.700 --> 00:44:05.280
 for you.

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:07.160
 Follow me.

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:08.900
 You fall

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.280
 again in

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:09.660
 the same

00:44:09.660 --> 00:44:10.000
 way?

00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:11.200
 Okay.

00:44:12.100 --> 00:44:12.500
 There's

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:12.820
 forgiveness

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.420
 for you.

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:15.100
 Follow me.

00:44:15.640 --> 00:44:16.320
 We'd all do

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:16.680
 well to

00:44:16.680 --> 00:44:17.060
 wake up

00:44:17.060 --> 00:44:17.560
 every morning

00:44:17.560 --> 00:44:17.940
 and maybe

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:18.780
 have it

00:44:18.780 --> 00:44:19.100
 written on

00:44:19.100 --> 00:44:19.440
 the wall

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:19.820
 next to

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:20.340
 our bed.

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.420
 Follow

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:21.900
 me.

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:22.860
 Follow

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:23.519
 me today.

00:44:24.240 --> 00:44:24.600
 So the

00:44:24.600 --> 00:44:25.060
 first thing

00:44:25.060 --> 00:44:25.420
 we see

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:25.760
 when we

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:26.120
 wake up

00:44:26.120 --> 00:44:26.340
 in the

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:26.560
 morning

00:44:26.560 --> 00:44:27.120
 is Jesus'

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:27.780
 call for

00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:28.260
 us to be

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:28.780
 faithful to

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:28.920
 him.

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:29.519
 And the

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.019
 last thing

00:44:30.019 --> 00:44:30.300
 that we

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:30.700
 see before

00:44:30.700 --> 00:44:31.039
 we go

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.380
 to bed,

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.659
 no matter

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:32.220
 how much

00:44:32.220 --> 00:44:32.639
 we failed

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:32.960
 him that

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.240
 day,

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:34.039
 is he's

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.720
 still calling

00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:35.480
 us to

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:36.119
 follow him.

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:36.720
 There is

00:44:36.720 --> 00:44:37.119
 forgiveness.

00:44:37.720 --> 00:44:38.180
 There is

00:44:38.180 --> 00:44:38.639
 restoration.

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:39.720
 There is

00:44:39.720 --> 00:44:40.460
 usefulness.

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:40.700
 It doesn't

00:44:40.700 --> 00:44:41.139
 matter how

00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:41.380
 you've

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:41.680
 fallen.

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:43.360
 Follow

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:43.740
 him.

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:45.740
 So Peter's

00:44:45.740 --> 00:44:46.400
 failure begins

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:47.300
 with spiritual

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:47.800
 pride.

00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:48.440
 We see that

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:49.200
 in 26 to

00:44:49.200 --> 00:44:49.760
 31.

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:51.240
 It's

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.639
 guaranteed

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:52.559
 by spiritual

00:44:52.559 --> 00:44:53.500
 complacency.

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:55.039
 We see that

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.460
 in his

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:56.280
 sleepiness in

00:44:56.280 --> 00:44:56.780
 the garden,

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:58.280
 verses 37 to

00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:58.680
 42.

00:45:00.120 --> 00:45:00.500
 And the

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.260
 lessons for

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:01.800
 faithful

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:02.720
 discipleship are

00:45:02.720 --> 00:45:04.140
 many, not

00:45:04.140 --> 00:45:04.700
 the least of

00:45:04.700 --> 00:45:06.240
 which is

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:06.620
 Jesus'

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:07.440
 pattern of

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:07.840
 prayer in

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:08.260
 the garden.

00:45:09.580 --> 00:45:10.220
 But what do

00:45:10.220 --> 00:45:10.420
 you think

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:10.840
 should be the

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:11.640
 primary takeaway

00:45:11.640 --> 00:45:12.080
 of this

00:45:12.080 --> 00:45:12.500
 text?

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.840
 I think it's

00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:15.500
 the faithfulness

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:18.140
 of Jesus to

00:45:18.140 --> 00:45:18.660
 endure the

00:45:18.660 --> 00:45:20.860
 cross so

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:21.440
 that forgiveness

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:22.340
 can be ours,

00:45:22.620 --> 00:45:23.720
 not just

00:45:23.720 --> 00:45:24.800
 today, but

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:25.519
 tomorrow as

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.540
 well, and

00:45:26.540 --> 00:45:26.900
 the next

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:28.140
 day, and

00:45:28.139 --> 00:45:28.379
 moving

00:45:28.379 --> 00:45:28.839
 forward.

00:45:29.839 --> 00:45:30.460
 And if

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:30.659
 there's

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:31.119
 anything that

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:31.599
 I hope you're

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:32.319
 encouraged by

00:45:32.319 --> 00:45:32.980
 as we

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:35.000
 pray, it's

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:36.839
 this, that

00:45:36.839 --> 00:45:37.119
 if you

00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:38.039
 follow Jesus,

00:45:38.659 --> 00:45:39.900
 your failures

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:41.199
 will always,

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:43.799
 always end

00:45:43.799 --> 00:45:44.480
 in forgiveness.

00:45:45.299 --> 00:45:46.639
 In fact, the

00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:47.299
 forgiveness has

00:45:47.299 --> 00:45:47.739
 already been

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:48.259
 provided.

00:45:50.259 --> 00:45:51.359
 That failure

00:45:51.359 --> 00:45:52.139
 you may commit

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:53.299
 this week has

00:45:53.299 --> 00:45:53.699
 already been

00:45:53.699 --> 00:45:54.519
 paid for if

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:54.819
 you're in

00:45:54.820 --> 00:45:55.220
 Christ.

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:57.620
 It's already

00:45:57.620 --> 00:45:58.180
 paid for.

00:46:00.120 --> 00:46:00.780
 That's why

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:01.320
 you can get

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:01.880
 back up and

00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:02.340
 follow him

00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:02.680
 the next

00:46:02.680 --> 00:46:03.000
 day.

00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:06.580
 He's not

00:46:06.580 --> 00:46:06.820
 going to

00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.340
 remove a

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:08.000
 sin off of

00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:08.580
 Christ and

00:46:08.580 --> 00:46:09.080
 put it back

00:46:09.080 --> 00:46:09.500
 over your

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:09.840
 head.

00:46:10.680 --> 00:46:11.340
 That's not

00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:11.780
 how God

00:46:11.780 --> 00:46:12.320
 works.

00:46:13.160 --> 00:46:13.420
 No.

00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:14.840
 Your sin's

00:46:14.840 --> 00:46:15.380
 paid for.

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.940
 So rest in

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.180
 that.

00:46:18.240 --> 00:46:19.019
 Rest in his

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.420
 forgiveness.

00:46:21.220 --> 00:46:22.019
 Acknowledge that

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:22.900
 sometimes it's

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:24.880
 painful to

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.519
 go through a

00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:25.980
 restorative

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.699
 process.

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:29.000
 But seek his

00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:30.440
 forgiveness and

00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:30.860
 just start

00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:31.679
 following again.