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 This morning we're continuing the story of Jesus from the vantage point of John.

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 So if you have your Bible with you, please open it to John chapter 13, verse 18.

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 If you don't have a Bible, you can grab one in the front of the seats there, the black book.

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 The words will also be on the screen for you this morning too.

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 We're kind of jumping right back into the middle of what took place on the evening prior to Jesus' death.

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 We're in the upper room.

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 Jesus has just finished washing the feet of his disciples.

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 A beautiful and humble act of love.

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 And after doing this, Jesus made it clear that this does not change their relationship to him.

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 He is still the teacher, they the students.

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 He the master, they his servants.

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 And yet Jesus' command is for them to lovingly serve one another.

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 To humbly meet the needs of one another, just like he has now done for them.

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 The evening meal is now in progress.

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 And here at the table, Jesus has more to say.

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 We'll pick it up in verse 18.

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 He says,

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 I am not referring to all of you.

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 I know those I have chosen.

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 But this is to fulfill this passage of scripture.

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 He who shared my bread has turned against me.

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 I'm not referring to all of you, says Jesus.

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 Now it's not entirely clear what Jesus is referring back to here.

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 Is it that the instructions to serve one another and the blessing that goes along with that does not apply to all of them?

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 Or is Jesus reaching even further back to verse 10 where he said,

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 And you, plural, are clean, though not every one of you.

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 Whatever the case, it seems clear who Jesus is referring to.

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 He's bringing the conversation back to Judas.

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 As John explained above in verse 11.

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 For he knew who was going to betray him.

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 And that was why he said, not everyone was clean.

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 And Jesus makes another sort of mysterious statement.

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 He says, I know those whom I have chosen.

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 Again, we're kind of left with the disciples wondering what Jesus means.

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 Imagine that you're one of the disciples sitting there around the table as he says this.

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 What do you mean, Jesus?

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 You chose all of us.

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 It was Jesus who from the beginning had called or invited each one of them to follow him.

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 And then again, it was Jesus who had selected 12 out of all of his followers

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 and designated them to be his apostles.

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 Luke chapter 6, verse 13.

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 So what do you mean, Jesus?

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 I know those whom I have chosen.

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 Is it that some are chosen in a deeper sense and some are not?

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 Or is it that Jesus has chosen all of them and knows all of them,

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 including which one it is who is about to betray him?

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 Whatever the case, Jesus tells them that scripture is about to be fulfilled.

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 This is to fulfill this passage of scripture.

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 He who shared my bread has turned against me.

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 Jesus quotes here from Psalm chapter 41, verse 9.

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 Psalm 41 is a psalm of David in which David reflects on his own afflictions

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 and prays about his own troubles.

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 And if you know the story of David, he had some pretty deep and painful afflictions

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 and many troubles.

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 Let's look at a couple verses from Psalm 41, starting in verse 7.

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 David says,

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 All my enemies whisper together against me.

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 They imagine the worst for me, saying,

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 A vile disease has afflicted him.

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 He will never get up from the place where he lies.

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 Even my close friend, someone I trusted,

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 one who shared my bread, has turned against me.

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 Now exactly who David meant here in Psalm 41, verse 9, we can only guess.

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 Perhaps this came from David's latter years when he was old and frail,

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 a time of political intrigue when various men were envious of David's power

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 and wanted to steal his throne.

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 Whatever the case, let's not miss the anguish in David's voice.

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 Even my close friend, someone I trusted,

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 one who shared my bread, has turned against me.

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 What is David lamenting here?

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 Betrayal.

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 Betrayal of the worst kind.

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 This is not just some rival who has long opposed David.

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 This was a close and trusted friend of his.

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 How close?

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 Close enough that David could say,

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 He was one who shared my bread.

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 In other words, we used to eat together at the dinner table.

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 And now, says David, he's turned on me.

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 Now David, I believe, is speaking to God about the anguish of his own betrayal

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 by a close friend.

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 But now Jesus is saying that what happened to David

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 is about to happen again to the son of David, the Messiah.

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 It's as though Jesus is saying,

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 I too am about to suffer the anguish of deep betrayal

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 by a dear and close friend.

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 A friend so close, he has shared my bread.

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 A man I've reclined at the table with countless times.

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 He's about to turn against me.

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 In verse 19, Jesus says,

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 I'm telling you now before it happens

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 so that when it does happen,

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 you will believe that I am who I am.

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 When it comes to signs that prove Jesus is the Messiah,

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 we tend first to think about the miracles that Jesus did.

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 Those great works of God's power.

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 But Jesus, in a sense, says,

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 this too will be a sign for you.

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 Just as David was betrayed by one of his closest friends,

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 so the Messiah, the son of David,

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 will also be betrayed by one of his closest friends.

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 Jesus speaks about what will happen.

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 And that clear ability to declare the future

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 is meant for us to believe that he is the one

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 as we see it all unfold, just like he said it would.

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 Now what Jesus says next in verse 20 is this,

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 very truly I tell you,

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 whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me.

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 And whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.

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 These words hearken back to what he said before

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 and they point ahead to what he is about to do

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 to send his disciples into the world on his behalf.

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 But we're not gonna sit here too long this morning.

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 We're gonna keep moving through the story here.

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 Verse 21.

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 After he had said this,

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 Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified.

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 Very truly, I tell you,

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 one of you is going to betray me.

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 Notice how Jesus is the one who brings it back again

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 to this betrayal that's at hand.

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 This is what is weighing heavily

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 on the mind and heart of Jesus right now.

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 Do you hear the anguish in the soul of Jesus?

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 He was troubled in spirit

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 as he said this.

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 Truly, truly, I tell you,

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 one of you is going to betray me.

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 Because we know the story,

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 maybe we tend to just think of Judas

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 as that guy who was the black sheep

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 right from the beginning.

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 Maybe we assume that things between him and Jesus

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 were always kind of cold.

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 Or that Jesus, long time before this,

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 had already shut his heart to Judas,

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 knowing that Judas would betray him.

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 But now here, as Jesus utters the words,

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 we see that this betrayal deeply affected Jesus.

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 The thought of his close friend

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 doing what he was about to do,

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 it troubled him in spirit.

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 These are the same words that John used

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 to describe the grief that Jesus felt

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 as he saw Mary crying over Lazarus' death.

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 These are the same words that Jesus used

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 just not too long ago in the gospel

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 to describe how he felt about his own death

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 being very near at hand.

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 When he said,

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 now my soul is troubled,

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 and what shall I say?

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 Father, save me from this hour?

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 And so it's here that I want to invite you

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 to consider.

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 Not all of us,

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 but some of us,

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 have felt the anguish

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 of betrayal

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 by a loved one,

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 a close friend,

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 a dear family member,

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 maybe even a spouse.

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 I cannot say to you

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 that I know what that's like,

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 but Jesus can.

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 He's experienced it.

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 He was troubled in spirit

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 and testified,

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 truly, truly, I tell you,

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 one of you is going to betray me.

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 Jesus knows the anguish of betrayal.

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 And so if you have felt that

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 or are feeling that right now,

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 know that you are not alone.

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 Verse 22,

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 his disciples stared at one another

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 at a loss to know which of them he meant.

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 One of them,

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 the disciple whom Jesus loved,

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 was reclining next to him.

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 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple

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 and said,

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 ask him which one he means.

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 Leaning back against Jesus,

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 he asked him,

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 Lord,

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 who is it?

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 Let these words sink in.

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 None of the other disciples

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 saw this coming.

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 None of them.

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 They were all at a loss

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 to know who Jesus was talking about.

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 Peter didn't know who it was.

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 John,

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 the beloved disciple,

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 didn't know who it was.

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 They were part of the inner circle of three.

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 Neither of them knew who it was.

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 None of them saw this coming.

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 And it's here at this point

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 that we probably need to reflect back

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 over the whole story of Jesus.

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 It wasn't as though

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 all of these disciples,

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 well, they somehow knew,

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 yeah, I'm a true follower of Jesus,

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 but Judas over there,

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 I'm kind of suspicious about him.

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 No.

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 They didn't have suspicions about Judas.

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 To them,

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 Judas was one of them.

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 He'd been there from the beginning

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 with the rest of them

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 over the past three years.

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 He was there at the feeding of the 5,000.

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 He was there being sent out

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 with the rest of them

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 back in Luke chapter 6.

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 He was there in the boat

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 when Jesus calmed the storm

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 and when Jesus walked out to them

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 on the water.

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 He walked along the roads with them.

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 He ate with them.

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 He worked with them.

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 He rode with them.

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 He witnessed all of it

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 together with them.

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 And so,

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 the bond between Judas

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 and the rest

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 was probably pretty strong.

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 They had been through

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 all of this together with him.

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 But though Judas had already

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 been meeting secretly

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 with the religious leaders,

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 he was able to keep up

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 appearances well enough.

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 None of the 11 disciples

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 knew it was him

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 or saw this coming.

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 Now, some of them,

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 of course,

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 knew that he had helped himself

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 to the money

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 from the money purse

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 on occasion.

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 But did that make him

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 make them think

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 that he was disloyal?

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 Apparently not.

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 Could it be that they were

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 all so aware

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 of their own sins

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 that Judas'

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 just seemed somewhat normal?

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 Just like the rest of them.

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 James and John

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 had their arrogance

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 and their pride.

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 Peter had his brashness

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 and loved the praise of others.

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 Thomas was a cynical guy

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 who...

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 And they all argued

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 and fought with each other

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 from time to time.

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 And then Judas,

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 yeah,

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 he helped himself

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 occasionally to the money

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 from the money purse.

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 Some people are very skilled

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 at hiding

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 what's really going on

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 inside of them.

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 And I can't help

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 but think here

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 that for Judas

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 to be convincing

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 and to have had them

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 all fooled,

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 no doubt

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 there were moments

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 in which he acknowledged

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 and even loved

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 the good things

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 that came

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 with following Jesus.

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 But there was a war

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 going on inside of him.

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 A secret love affair

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 with the world

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 and the things in it.

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 And all of that

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 was just too much

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 to give up

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 for this Jesus.

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 I imagine that inwardly

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 he vacillated

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 back and forth

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 through it all

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 truly enough

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 until now at least

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 that he had them

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 all fooled.

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 All except Jesus,

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 the one who knew

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 what was in a man.

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 So here they are

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 reclined around this table.

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 Apparently they had tables

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 that were low to the ground

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 back then

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 and they sort of

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 lay on their sides

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 with their feet

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 kind of back out

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 from the table

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 around the table.

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 and John refers

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 to himself

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 discreetly here

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 as the one

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 whom Jesus loved.

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 That's where he gets

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 his nickname

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 the beloved disciple.

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 The picture we get here

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 is of Peter

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 and then John

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 beside Peter

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 and then Jesus

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 beside John.

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 And they're at the table

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 and it seems

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 as though Peter

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 basically kind of

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 discreetly asks John

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 maybe even in a whisper

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 ask the Lord

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 who is it?

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 And then John

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 leans his head back

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 on the chest of Jesus

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 right beside him.

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 Who is it?

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 And then Jesus

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 speaks to John

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 and tells him

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 straight up

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 verse 26

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 Jesus answered

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 it's the one

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 to whom I will give

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 this piece of bread

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 when I have dipped it

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 in the dish.

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 And then dipping

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 the piece of the bread

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 he gave it to Judas

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 the son of Simon Iscariot.

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 As soon as Judas

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 took the bread

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 Satan

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 entered into him.

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 So Jesus

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 told him

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 what you're about

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 to do

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 do quickly.

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 But no one

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 at the meal

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 understood why

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 Jesus said this

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 to him.

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 Since Judas

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 had charged

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 with the money

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 some thought

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 Jesus was telling him

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 to buy what was needed

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 for the festival

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 or to give something

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 to the poor.

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 As soon as Judas

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 had taken the bread

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 he went out

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 and it was night.

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 So it seems

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 pretty obvious

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 that this little exchange

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 where John

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 asks Jesus

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 who is it

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 and Jesus

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 tells John

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 it's the one

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 who I will

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 give this piece

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 of bread to

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 it was quite discreet.

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 Nobody except

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 for John

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 seemed to really

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 understand

00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:45.620
 what was going

00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.180
 on here

00:16:46.180 --> 00:16:46.899
 or even knew

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.399
 that Judas

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 was the betrayer

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 even after he

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 had left.

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 They thought

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.920
 well Jesus

00:16:51.920 --> 00:16:52.659
 must have sent him

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 on an errand

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 or something.

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 Imagine for a moment

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 that you

00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.580
 or John

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 right in the middle

00:16:59.420 --> 00:17:00.159
 of all this

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 and you ask Jesus

00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:03.080
 and Jesus

00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.700
 tells you

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 it's the one

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 to whom I

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 give this piece

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 of bread

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 and for the rest

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.000
 of that meal

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.180
 till the moment

00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:12.099
 that Judas leaves

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 you have that knowledge

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 something's going

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 on here.

00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:18.559
 Nobody else

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.839
 really understands

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.720
 what's going on.

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 what are you

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:22.920
 thinking?

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 What are you

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 feeling in this

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.559
 moment?

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 This part of the

00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:33.079
 story ends

00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:33.960
 rather ominously.

00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:35.940
 Jesus tells

00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.759
 Judas to go

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.220
 and do what

00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:38.019
 he's about to do.

00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:40.200
 John tells us

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.839
 that Satan

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:42.839
 entered

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.860
 into Judas

00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:45.019
 the devil

00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.620
 himself

00:17:45.620 --> 00:17:47.980
 and then Judas

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.720
 went out

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 and it was

00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:49.559
 night.

00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:49.599
 night.

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 When we partake

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.039
 of the Lord's

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:54.579
 table each

00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:54.960
 month

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 it's easy

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 it's natural

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.639
 to want to

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 focus on the

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 bread

00:17:58.639 --> 00:17:59.980
 and the cup

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 and we should.

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 Those are the

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 symbols

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.919
 that the Lord

00:18:02.919 --> 00:18:03.639
 has given us

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.579
 to remember

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.159
 his death

00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:06.900
 but this bread

00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:07.740
 that was broken

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:09.019
 and this cup

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.660
 that was passed

00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:10.140
 around the

00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:10.540
 table

00:18:10.540 --> 00:18:12.220
 came in the

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 midst of

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 sorrow

00:18:13.360 --> 00:18:15.180
 grief

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:17.220
 betrayal

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:19.700
 and treachery.

00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:22.519
 a man

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.340
 sitting at this

00:18:23.340 --> 00:18:24.140
 same table

00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.779
 was about to

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.580
 hand Jesus

00:18:25.580 --> 00:18:26.580
 over to

00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:27.059
 men

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:28.059
 who were

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:28.580
 bent

00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:29.660
 on putting

00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.100
 him to

00:18:30.100 --> 00:18:30.460
 death

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:34.539
 and it

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:34.920
 broke the

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.279
 heart of

00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:35.720
 Jesus

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.480
 what Judas

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:37.960
 was about

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.380
 to do.

00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:40.059
 Not only

00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.840
 was it evil

00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:42.779
 but it was

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.279
 personal.

00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:45.720
 Matthew

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.220
 tells us

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.519
 that when

00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.039
 they had all

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.640
 heard Jesus

00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:48.280
 say that

00:18:48.280 --> 00:18:49.160
 one of them

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.740
 would betray

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.020
 him

00:18:50.020 --> 00:18:50.320
 that they

00:18:50.320 --> 00:18:50.800
 all began

00:18:50.800 --> 00:18:51.220
 to say

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.680
 to Jesus

00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:52.220
 one after

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.520
 another

00:18:52.520 --> 00:18:53.520
 surely not

00:18:53.520 --> 00:18:53.920
 I

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.560
 Lord

00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:57.000
 in other

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.300
 words

00:18:57.300 --> 00:18:57.920
 I would

00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.360
 never do

00:18:58.360 --> 00:18:58.759
 such a

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.000
 thing

00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:01.460
 and when

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.800
 it came

00:19:01.800 --> 00:19:02.240
 around to

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.540
 Judas

00:19:02.540 --> 00:19:03.180
 he too

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.620
 it says

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.140
 looked into

00:19:04.140 --> 00:19:04.640
 the eyes

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.320
 of Jesus

00:19:05.320 --> 00:19:07.880
 a friend

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.900
 like no

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.340
 other

00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:12.020
 and he

00:19:12.020 --> 00:19:12.300
 said

00:19:12.300 --> 00:19:13.660
 surely you

00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:14.080
 don't mean

00:19:14.080 --> 00:19:14.400
 me

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:14.780
 Rabbi

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:17.759
 he lied

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.319
 to Jesus

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.879
 face

00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:21.420
 and it

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:21.920
 doesn't say

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.379
 this in the

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:23.019
 Bible but I

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.639
 imagine that

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:23.980
 there were

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.980
 tears almost

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.539
 in Jesus

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:26.339
 eyes as he

00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:26.920
 held that

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.619
 dipped piece

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.099
 of bread

00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:28.940
 out to

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.379
 Judas

00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:31.079
 a token

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.619
 of friendship

00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:32.819
 and love

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:37.379
 we might

00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:37.740
 hear all

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.259
 this and we

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.799
 might think

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.859
 well what

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.399
 tragedy

00:19:40.399 --> 00:19:42.039
 what darkness

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:43.139
 why bring us

00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:43.720
 here to

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.579
 hear about

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.319
 this today

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.579
 to look at

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.119
 this awful

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:47.599
 betrayal

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:50.720
 but this is

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.500
 another example

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.319
 of how God

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:53.960
 can use

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:54.799
 even the

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.240
 worst

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.579
 and most

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.119
 wicked of

00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.539
 things

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:59.519
 and bring

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.240
 something good

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.579
 and beautiful

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.379
 out of it

00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:05.180
 it's through

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.079
 this betrayal

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:07.500
 that Jesus

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.139
 will come

00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:08.659
 to die

00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:10.420
 and it's

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:11.039
 through Jesus

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.839
 death

00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.899
 on that

00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:13.379
 cross

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:15.119
 that forgiveness

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:16.599
 and cleansing

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.920
 of sin

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.559
 will come

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.319
 to all of

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:19.639
 us

00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:20.980
 who repent

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.799
 and believe

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.460
 in Jesus

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:24.879
 through Judas

00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:25.420
 betrayal

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:27.359
 came Jesus

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.899
 death

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:30.000
 but through

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:31.059
 Jesus death

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:33.379
 came salvation

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:34.440
 for all

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.019
 who will

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.440
 believe

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:37.700
 and so as

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.119
 we come to

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.539
 the table

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.039
 again this

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.379
 morning

00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:41.140
 we're going

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.660
 to have a

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.520
 moment of

00:20:42.520 --> 00:20:43.600
 quiet here

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:43.940
 and I want

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.460
 to invite you

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.000
 to confess

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.660
 your sins

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.480
 to the

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.740
 Lord

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:48.060
 quietly

00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:49.900
 to ask

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.240
 for his

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.660
 forgiveness

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:52.840
 to reflect

00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:53.620
 on Jesus

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.060
 death

00:20:54.060 --> 00:20:54.440
 and how

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.260
 his blood

00:20:55.260 --> 00:20:57.220
 brings

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.660
 forgiveness

00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.580
 and atonement

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.080
 for you

00:20:59.080 --> 00:21:01.500
 after a few

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.100
 minutes of

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:03.000
 quiet

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.540
 prayer

00:21:03.540 --> 00:21:05.680
 Dave will

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.020
 come up

00:21:06.020 --> 00:21:06.460
 and pass

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:06.799
 out the

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.259
 elements

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.100
 and if

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:08.539
 you

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:10.039
 are here

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.539
 this morning

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 and you

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 have confessed

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 your sins

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 you have

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 confessed

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 that Jesus

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 is Lord

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 and believe

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 in your heart

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 that God

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 raised him

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 from the

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 dead

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 then I want

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 to invite

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 you to

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 partake

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 with us

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 this morning

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 to eat

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 and drink

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 together

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 with us

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 if not

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 simply let

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 the bread

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 and the cup

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 pass you

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 by

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 we'll wait

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 until everyone

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 has been

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 served

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 and then we'll

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 partake

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 together

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 prayer

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