WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.220 By God's grace, on August 14th, a year and a half ago, we started with John chapter 1. 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:14.780 And before the summer, we're going to be wrapping up this wonderful little gospel. 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:18.539 It was the last gospel to be written by an eyewitness. 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:26.199 We're going to read today as our sermon text, John chapter 18, verse 1, all the way through verse 24. 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:35.019 As I read this, remember that this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word. 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:37.140 It's God's very own word for you, his people. 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:45.340 So if you receive it that way, after I'm done reading it, you follow along, then I'll say this is the word of the Lord and we'll respond, thanks be to God. 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:47.960 John 18, verse 1. 00:00:47.960 --> 00:01:00.859 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 00:01:01.939 --> 00:01:07.760 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:19.680 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:26.920 Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to him, whom do you seek? 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:29.900 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:33.960 Jesus said to them, I am he. 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:39.500 Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 00:01:40.399 --> 00:01:46.780 When Jesus said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. 00:01:47.899 --> 00:01:50.839 So he asked them again, whom do you seek? 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:53.379 And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:57.139 Jesus answered, I told you that I am he. 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.560 So if you seek me, let these men go. 00:02:01.119 --> 00:02:03.319 This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken. 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:07.259 Of those whom you gave me, I have lost none. 00:02:08.299 --> 00:02:14.060 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. 00:02:15.099 --> 00:02:16.780 The servant's name was Malchus. 00:02:17.299 --> 00:02:20.840 So Jesus said to Peter, put your sword into its sheath. 00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:24.979 Shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me? 00:02:24.979 --> 00:02:32.000 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:39.280 First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year. 00:02:39.819 --> 00:02:45.659 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people. 00:02:45.659 --> 00:02:47.799 Verse 15. 00:02:47.799 --> 00:02:52.199 Simon Peter followed Jesus and so did another disciple. 00:02:52.979 --> 00:02:58.419 Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. 00:02:58.699 --> 00:03:01.000 But Peter stood outside at the door. 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:10.000 So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl, who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in. 00:03:10.620 --> 00:03:16.639 The servant girl at the door said to Peter, you also are not one of his disciples, are you? 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:18.420 He said, I am not. 00:03:19.580 --> 00:03:24.599 Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire because it was cold. 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:26.919 And they were standing and warming themselves. 00:03:27.659 --> 00:03:30.259 And Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself. 00:03:31.259 --> 00:03:36.099 The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. 00:03:37.060 --> 00:03:40.359 Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world. 00:03:40.859 --> 00:03:44.919 I have always taught in the synagogues and in the temple where all Jews come together. 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:46.879 I have said nothing in secret. 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:47.859 Why do you ask me? 00:03:48.500 --> 00:03:51.759 Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. 00:03:51.859 --> 00:03:52.959 They know what I said. 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:59.040 When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:02.600 Is that how you answer the high priest? 00:04:03.340 --> 00:04:08.040 Jesus answered him, If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong. 00:04:08.200 --> 00:04:10.659 But if what I said is right, why do you strike me? 00:04:11.700 --> 00:04:15.500 Annas then sent him back to Caiaphas, the high priest. 00:04:16.540 --> 00:04:18.079 This is the word of the Lord. 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:20.920 Thanks be to God. 00:04:20.960 --> 00:04:21.519 You may be seated. 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:29.319 The Bible says that the grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever. 00:04:30.479 --> 00:04:31.139 Let's pray. 00:04:31.139 --> 00:04:31.159 Let's pray. 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:51.000 O Lord, your word is the sword of your spirit. 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:56.980 We ask that by the power of your spirit, you will use your word. 00:04:57.779 --> 00:05:03.259 How Jesus Christ is revealed in this passage to pierce us, Lord. 00:05:04.379 --> 00:05:13.800 Strike us down to the heart so that you will be glorified more and more in our private lives and in the life of this congregation. 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:18.680 And we ask this for the sake of our precious Savior, Jesus Christ. 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:19.379 Amen. 00:05:19.379 --> 00:05:19.480 Amen. 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:27.759 Well, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:05:31.180 --> 00:05:40.259 Today, I simply want to watch with you as God accomplishes your redemption in mine. 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:48.800 I want us to walk through these verses and watch God himself accomplish your redemption. 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:55.379 There's nothing more practical or applicable that we could do. 00:05:57.420 --> 00:06:00.939 If you are a Christian, then you want to be more holy than you are now. 00:06:00.939 --> 00:06:07.199 If you're like me, it is a battle, that sanctification marathon. 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:13.879 And the more you're in God's presence, the more you behold his holiness, the more you want to be holy, 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:16.120 and the more aware you are of your sinfulness. 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:17.300 Do you feel that too? 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:24.240 The energy for our sanctification comes from God. 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:33.600 And it's the love of God for you that elicits a response of love in you for God. 00:06:34.400 --> 00:06:38.939 And that simple truth, that's the secret to our sanctification. 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:42.939 So, do you want to be more holy? 00:06:43.220 --> 00:06:44.980 Do you want to grow in your sanctification? 00:06:45.840 --> 00:06:49.840 And God's people say, yes and amen, till the last day I have breath, right? 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:57.159 Then be reminded again today of how much God loves you in his son. 00:06:58.379 --> 00:07:01.859 And let that stir up in your heart a greater love for God. 00:07:02.159 --> 00:07:02.799 That's the key. 00:07:03.719 --> 00:07:04.339 That's it. 00:07:06.179 --> 00:07:12.500 In John 17, verse 4, Jesus had prayed to his father, and the apostle John is within earshot. 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:16.839 Jesus prayed, Father, I have glorified you on earth. 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:21.439 I have accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 00:07:23.659 --> 00:07:28.239 So, let's watch how God accomplishes our redemption. 00:07:29.500 --> 00:07:31.479 Here's the first word picture. 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:37.939 God the Son entered the valley to drink from the brook in the garden. 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:41.839 Watch God accomplish your redemption. 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:48.879 God the Son entered the valley to drink from the brook in the garden. 00:07:50.599 --> 00:07:51.779 Look at verse 1. 00:07:52.779 --> 00:07:58.039 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, 00:07:58.459 --> 00:08:00.439 where there was a garden. 00:08:04.159 --> 00:08:07.799 The brook Kidron runs north-south. 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.819 The valley Kidron follows that between the mountains. 00:08:13.420 --> 00:08:19.360 It is in between the eastern wall of the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives. 00:08:20.780 --> 00:08:26.180 So, in ancient Israel, this would have been the easternmost border of the city of Jerusalem. 00:08:26.180 --> 00:08:31.280 When the Jews would hear that phrase, the Kidron Valley, 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:36.220 they would have recalled 2 Samuel 15, 24 and 23, 00:08:36.340 --> 00:08:39.759 when David, the great king from Jerusalem, was betrayed. 00:08:41.139 --> 00:08:45.600 And he crosses the Kidron with the people following behind, 00:08:46.220 --> 00:08:47.720 weeping for their king. 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:54.460 The Kidron Brook is about three feet wide, 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:57.100 and it wides in between these mountains. 00:08:57.879 --> 00:08:59.019 We know this in Colorado. 00:08:59.180 --> 00:09:00.980 When the sun is setting behind the mountains, 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:03.420 it gets very dark quickly in the valley. 00:09:05.560 --> 00:09:08.399 And for a barren countryside that's much like Colorado, 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:10.180 with very few trees here and there, 00:09:10.580 --> 00:09:14.540 this was an area by a brook where vegetation would grow very abundantly, 00:09:14.940 --> 00:09:16.600 making it a natural garden. 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.159 And this garden was called the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:09:21.899 --> 00:09:25.320 What's more, we read in 2 Chronicles 29, 16, 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:30.259 that this was a common dumping ground and a common graveyard. 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.720 When the Levites found unclean things in the temple, 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:35.399 in the time of Reformation, 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:38.899 they threw it into the Kidron Valley to get rid of it. 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.680 One commentator said that there was a canal 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:46.719 that connected the temple itself. 00:09:47.379 --> 00:09:50.899 So all of those thousands of lambs that would be brought into the temple, 00:09:52.199 --> 00:09:53.699 they would be slit at the throat, 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:55.899 and their blood would drain into this canal. 00:09:56.699 --> 00:09:58.239 And guess where that canal dumps? 00:09:58.579 --> 00:09:59.899 It's into the Kidron Brook. 00:10:01.359 --> 00:10:02.699 Are you getting this scene, 00:10:03.059 --> 00:10:05.339 this word picture that John is painting for us? 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:09.920 And because that canal is passing through the city, 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:11.740 people would throw their waste, 00:10:12.680 --> 00:10:14.220 their personal dung, 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:17.240 they would throw all those pieces of trash and common waste 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:19.540 into this canal as it flowed into the brook, 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:21.620 making that water turn darker and darker, 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:23.240 more and more polluted. 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:28.340 Here's the word picture. 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:35.680 Adam's sin made the garden a valley of death. 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:41.340 Jesus Christ prays Psalm 23, 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:42.419 which is so familiar. 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:47.519 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 00:10:47.580 --> 00:10:48.799 I will fear no evil, 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:50.879 for you, Father, are with me. 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:57.899 Remember in Psalm 110, verse 7, 00:10:58.500 --> 00:10:59.659 the covenant of redemption, 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:03.539 the last image we're left with of this coming Messiah 00:11:03.539 --> 00:11:07.539 is that he shall drink from the brook by the way. 00:11:10.340 --> 00:11:11.419 And so our Lord Jesus, 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:14.039 the King leaving Jerusalem, 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:18.000 crossing over this black water of the brook, Kidron, 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:20.299 he's prepared. 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:22.019 And he prays, 00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:24.919 Father, not my will according to my human nature, 00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:27.480 but your will be done through me. 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:30.100 John Gill commented, 00:11:30.439 --> 00:11:35.220 so Jesus Christ went forth over on his own account, 00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:36.679 willingly, cheerfully, 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:39.059 not forced or compelled by any. 00:11:39.700 --> 00:11:40.439 Verse 1 says, 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:42.320 Jesus himself went forth, 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:45.200 and his disciples followed behind. 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.620 Now the disciples were following along, 00:11:47.740 --> 00:11:49.540 not to be partakers of his suffering, 00:11:49.920 --> 00:11:54.160 but as eyewitnesses of everything our Lord would accomplish, 00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:57.540 so that now you and I can sit here by the power of the Spirit 00:11:57.540 --> 00:12:01.420 and watch God accomplish our redemption. 00:12:01.419 --> 00:12:06.299 The first Adam cursed all mankind by his sin, 00:12:06.819 --> 00:12:09.740 and so he was banished from God's garden of light, 00:12:10.379 --> 00:12:11.740 and now Jesus Christ, 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:13.179 the second, final Adam, 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:15.519 he enters man's garden of darkness 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.500 to break the curse of man's sin. 00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:23.759 God the Son entered the valley 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.740 to drink from the brook in the garden. 00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:30.879 The second word picture John gives us is this. 00:12:32.460 --> 00:12:36.639 Soldiers of darkness seek the light of the world, 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:38.740 though he is never hidden. 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:43.720 Soldiers of darkness seek the light of the world, 00:12:43.820 --> 00:12:44.919 though he is never hidden. 00:12:46.560 --> 00:12:48.399 In verse 3 we read that Judas, 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:49.360 with a band, 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:52.000 which was at least 500 men plus officers 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:53.919 from the chief priests and Pharisees, 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:58.860 what Matthew 27, 47 calls a great multitude. 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:03.419 They approached Jesus with lanterns and torches. 00:13:05.579 --> 00:13:07.740 Descriptive language for light. 00:13:09.699 --> 00:13:11.779 These lanterns were Greek vessels 00:13:11.779 --> 00:13:13.479 in which you would put a candle, 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:15.159 and it had holes that would allow 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:17.259 the light of the candle to shine out. 00:13:18.699 --> 00:13:21.339 The torches would have been like a handle, 00:13:21.340 --> 00:13:23.420 and you would take rags, 00:13:23.540 --> 00:13:24.740 dip those rags in oil, 00:13:25.160 --> 00:13:26.540 stuff them inside that handle, 00:13:26.800 --> 00:13:28.019 and then light that on fire. 00:13:29.160 --> 00:13:30.420 Can you picture this scene? 00:13:31.920 --> 00:13:32.840 On top of that, 00:13:32.899 --> 00:13:34.460 we're told they were bearing weapons. 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.639 So here they march into the dark of the valley, 00:13:38.180 --> 00:13:41.540 bearing weapons with lanterns and torches. 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:45.559 In Psalm 3, 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:47.759 we get a glimpse, 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:50.259 a prophetic glimpse of what this would have been. 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:52.299 And David wrote, 00:13:52.620 --> 00:13:54.179 How many are my foes? 00:13:54.599 --> 00:13:56.219 Many are rising against me. 00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:57.740 Many are saying of my soul, 00:13:58.139 --> 00:14:01.019 there is no salvation for him in God. 00:14:02.699 --> 00:14:03.899 And in verse 4, 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:04.319 Jesus, 00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:07.379 knowing all things that should come upon him, 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:09.319 receives them. 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:12.600 Jesus knew all the sufferings he would endure 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:15.420 were determined by God. 00:14:16.160 --> 00:14:18.180 There would be nothing that would happen to Jesus 00:14:18.180 --> 00:14:19.540 that was not God's will. 00:14:21.280 --> 00:14:22.780 Jesus, on top of that, 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.000 agreed to this in the covenant of redemption. 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:27.760 Jesus, according to his human nature, 00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:29.400 had studied all of the Old Testament 00:14:29.400 --> 00:14:33.100 to see how the Messiah would fulfill God's plan 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:34.780 in God's perfect time 00:14:34.780 --> 00:14:37.260 to accomplish your redemption. 00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:40.120 We read again in verse 4, 00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:40.980 Knowing this, 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:44.019 Jesus went forth of his own accord. 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.279 Someone pointed out, 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:49.439 Jesus did not hide himself in the garden like Adam did. 00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:52.639 He was willingly apprehended by them. 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:56.740 He was voluntarily surrendering himself to suffer. 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.100 Why? 00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:59.620 To accomplish your redemption. 00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:02.500 We read in verse 5, 00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.000 that Judas, 00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:04.360 who betrayed Jesus, 00:15:05.560 --> 00:15:08.139 stood now with those soldiers of darkness. 00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:13.659 Judas had dipped the bread with Jesus. 00:15:15.100 --> 00:15:17.019 They had eaten the meal together. 00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:22.399 Now that same man is the head of this mob. 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:26.639 It's possible, dear friend, 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:30.120 to be so close to the light of God 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:31.179 in the person of Jesus. 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.539 It's possible to be that close 00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:36.120 and yet to remain cold, 00:15:37.340 --> 00:15:38.079 unrepentant, 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:40.159 distant from God. 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:45.000 Don't fall into that trap like Judas. 00:15:46.939 --> 00:15:47.360 Instead, 00:15:47.699 --> 00:15:50.980 watch God himself accomplish your redemption. 00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.799 In this scene, 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:54.319 these were soldiers of darkness 00:15:54.319 --> 00:15:56.740 seeking the light of the world 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:58.759 and he was never hidden. 00:16:01.319 --> 00:16:02.899 The third word picture 00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:05.339 is the long-suffering Savior 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:08.280 surrenders himself 00:16:08.280 --> 00:16:10.800 that his disciples might be free. 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:14.060 The long-suffering Savior 00:16:14.060 --> 00:16:15.240 surrenders himself 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:17.700 that you could be free. 00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.840 In verse 4, 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:21.220 Jesus asks this mob 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:22.180 that's approaching him, 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:23.660 whom do you seek? 00:16:25.060 --> 00:16:25.899 They say, 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:28.320 Jesus of Nazareth. 00:16:30.900 --> 00:16:32.180 We see while it's going through 00:16:32.180 --> 00:16:33.160 the mind of our Lord 00:16:33.160 --> 00:16:33.900 in verse 20, 00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:35.220 his argument is, 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:36.399 I have taught openly 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:38.420 for the whole world to hear. 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:40.320 Always in public, 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:40.980 at the synagogue 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.840 and in the temple, 00:16:42.780 --> 00:16:44.280 where you men always were, 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.120 I have said nothing in secret. 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:49.379 So he's asking, 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.200 who do you seek 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:51.100 for their sake? 00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:54.440 This is his gracious ministry to them. 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:57.259 They could have said, 00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:58.800 we seek the great rabbi, 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:00.379 the one who proclaimed 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:01.639 God's word with authority. 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.720 They could have said, 00:17:03.780 --> 00:17:05.039 we seek the great comforter. 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:06.099 who said, 00:17:06.199 --> 00:17:07.379 blessed are the meek, 00:17:07.379 --> 00:17:10.619 for they shall inherit the earth. 00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:16.199 To be meek is to be long-suffering, 00:17:16.479 --> 00:17:17.959 not easily irritated, 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.659 gentle, 00:17:19.179 --> 00:17:19.679 yielding, 00:17:20.179 --> 00:17:21.739 forbearing under injury. 00:17:23.399 --> 00:17:24.899 Jesus is the blessed one. 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:26.179 Jesus is meek. 00:17:28.179 --> 00:17:30.500 Jesus will inherit the earth. 00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.500 Jesus is the Messiah. 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:32.880 They could have said, 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.420 we seek the one 00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:35.519 who the people believe 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.420 is the Messiah, 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.720 the one they were saying, 00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.319 Hosanna. 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.299 But instead, 00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:40.759 they say, 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:42.299 we seek Yeshua 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:44.539 of that podunk town, 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:45.319 Nazareth, 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:47.119 a common man, 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:48.779 a carpenter by trade. 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:56.359 Jesus looks at them, 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:58.819 and in the original language, 00:17:58.959 --> 00:18:00.179 what Jesus says is, 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:01.740 I am. 00:18:03.899 --> 00:18:04.959 He declares, 00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:06.539 he is God. 00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:09.859 And when he says, 00:18:10.419 --> 00:18:10.959 I am. 00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:14.500 I am Yahweh, 00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:16.000 the God of the covenant, 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:18.619 the God who is the creator of all. 00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.719 I am. 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:22.799 They fall down backward. 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:28.539 A commentator observed, 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.559 his voice, 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:33.400 though delivered by human lung and lips, 00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:37.079 it would have been filled with the majesty 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:38.819 and the spiritual authority 00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:40.640 of heaven itself. 00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:43.680 I am. 00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:46.180 Full of divine power. 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.980 And our Lord Jesus Christ 00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:51.420 displayed in these two words, 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.480 he's capable not only 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:55.799 of knocking any creature down on their butt, 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:58.500 he's capable of slaying his enemies 00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.660 with his word. 00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:04.700 He could have as easily struck them dead 00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:06.799 as to cause them to fall to the ground. 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:11.200 But yet he's fulfilling the promise of God 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:13.660 in Psalm 147, verse 6. 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.599 Listen to this. 00:19:15.360 --> 00:19:18.079 The Lord lifts up the meek. 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:22.180 He casts down the wicked to the ground. 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.599 In verse 7, 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.700 then Jesus asked them again, 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:30.099 whom do you seek? 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:33.019 They had just felt 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:34.799 in their ears, 00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:36.579 in their souls, 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.640 on their backsides, 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.980 the power of God. 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:43.480 They had just felt it. 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:43.819 They had just felt it. 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:48.480 And yet they remained so darkened 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:50.140 by their own pride. 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:53.319 See how merciful our Lord is. 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:55.160 See his long-suffering 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:56.640 to be their Savior. 00:19:56.640 --> 00:20:02.700 Their answer is simply, 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:04.380 we seek Jesus of Nazareth. 00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:06.100 In verse 8, 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.800 Jesus answered, 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:08.520 I have told you that I am he. 00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.060 Therefore, 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:11.860 let these go their way. 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:15.100 Jesus Christ knew that he had come 00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:17.520 to be the good shepherd 00:20:17.520 --> 00:20:19.200 who would lay down his life 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:20.740 on behalf of his sheep. 00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:24.019 I am the one you need to tie up 00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:25.720 so that my disciples 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.759 can go free. 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:29.220 He surrenders himself 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:30.839 so that you 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:32.220 can be free. 00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:36.620 John the baptizer 00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.880 had been proclaiming that. 00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.500 Behold, 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.579 the Lamb of God 00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:41.079 who has come 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:42.039 to take away 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.559 the sin of the world. 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.700 He himself 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.539 would take it away 00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.740 as your substitute, 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.920 as the Lamb 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.599 who would die 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.779 in your place. 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.899 R.C. Sproul commented 00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:52.619 that at the center 00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:53.939 of Jesus Christ's teaching 00:20:53.939 --> 00:20:55.099 was the assertion 00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:56.399 that he was doing 00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:57.279 all of this 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.779 not for himself 00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.959 but for us 00:20:59.959 --> 00:21:01.299 to redeem us, 00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.480 to ransom us, 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.980 to save us. 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.099 And the Apostle John 00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:08.199 learned this lesson 00:21:08.199 --> 00:21:09.259 as the eyewitness. 00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.159 See what he writes 00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:11.980 in verse 8. 00:21:13.199 --> 00:21:14.119 The Son of God 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:15.699 loses none of those 00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:16.839 the Father gave him. 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:20.419 And what Jesus spoke 00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:20.980 in respect 00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:22.220 to his disciples, 00:21:23.619 --> 00:21:24.659 those 12, 00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.859 now 11 men 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.959 who were with him, 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:29.159 it is true spiritually 00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:30.579 of all God's elect. 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.819 All who are given 00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.539 to Christ, 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:35.299 none shall be lost. 00:21:36.459 --> 00:21:37.319 So Christian, 00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:39.819 if Jesus Christ 00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.819 gave himself 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:42.919 to be the Lamb of God 00:21:42.919 --> 00:21:43.859 for your sin, 00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:46.220 you cannot be lost. 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:47.960 You belong to him, 00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:49.480 body and soul. 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.900 Your soul is united 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.839 to God now 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.299 by the work of Jesus. 00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.420 And your body 00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.880 will be glorified 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:58.220 with him one day 00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.819 when he comes in glory. 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.480 Don't you long 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.059 for that day. 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.960 This is possible 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:06.000 because the long-suffering 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.180 Savior surrendered himself 00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:09.839 so that you and I 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.759 might be free. 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:13.360 All glory be to God. 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:15.899 Watch God accomplish 00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:17.199 your redemption. 00:22:17.979 --> 00:22:18.919 The fourth word picture 00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.439 is this. 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.759 God the Son 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:22.559 eager 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.759 to drink 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:25.179 the poison cup 00:22:25.179 --> 00:22:27.199 of God's wrath 00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:28.539 for you. 00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:30.819 God the Son 00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.459 was eager 00:22:31.459 --> 00:22:32.399 to drink 00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.319 that cup 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:34.240 of God's wrath 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.799 though it would kill him. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.839 And he did that 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.979 that you would live. 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:42.500 Now in verse 10 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.360 Peter 00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:44.519 had a sword. 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.980 Maybe Peter 00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.799 was one of those 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:48.140 concealed carry guys 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.140 always had it with him. 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.920 We know the Galileans 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.720 lived up north 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:53.039 and they had to travel south 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.839 and there were bandits 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.480 and robbers 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.880 and others 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:56.339 that would be known 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:57.079 to attack them 00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.019 and so it was common 00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.640 for travelers 00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:00.079 to carry a dagger. 00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.279 There will also be 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.860 wild beasts 00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.539 on these trails 00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.819 in a valley like that 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.720 in the dark of the night 00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.400 by the brook. 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.539 It was smart 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.720 to keep a weapon nearby. 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.839 The disciples 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.559 had asked Jesus 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.619 we have two swords 00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.200 and Jesus said 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.779 that's enough. 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.960 In other words 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.539 I'm not looking 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:16.139 for an armed rebellion 00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:18.220 against the ruling powers. 00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.899 We read that 00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:21.240 Peter drew his sword 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.980 most likely aiming 00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.859 to chop off 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.659 the head of the man 00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:25.119 or slit him 00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:25.920 across the throat 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:28.299 and cut off 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.139 his ear instead. 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.980 The other three gospels 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.599 tell us 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.899 that this happened 00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.599 but not that 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.500 the man's name 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.279 was Malchus. 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.519 Remember the gospel 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.839 of John 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.180 was written 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.839 much later. 00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.659 By the time 00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:42.240 John wrote 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.899 this gospel 00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.940 Peter was dead 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.700 he had been 00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.940 crucified upside down 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:47.799 for denouncing 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.659 the name of Jesus. 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.299 John is the only one 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.799 who gives us 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.740 the name Malchus. 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.700 Commentators think 00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.299 that perhaps 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.000 this is because 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.960 Malchus continued 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.500 to live 00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.359 and he was 00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.579 related to the high priest 00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.240 he was in that 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.180 upper echelon 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.619 that could have 00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.740 easily taken out 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.240 revenge 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.339 on whoever it was 00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.819 that did that 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.619 to him in the dark. 00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:07.799 But now John 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.579 wants everyone 00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.019 to know 00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.839 it was Malchus. 00:24:11.239 --> 00:24:12.059 Malchus might have 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.399 been one 00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:12.919 who continued 00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.599 to persecute 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.059 the church 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:16.519 and now John 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.379 needs the church 00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.799 to know. 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.519 In verse 11 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.579 Jesus said to Peter 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.519 Peter 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:25.079 put away your sword 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:26.199 put it back 00:24:26.199 --> 00:24:26.759 in the sheath. 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.639 God has given me 00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.279 this cup 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.719 shall I not 00:24:31.719 --> 00:24:32.279 drink it? 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:34.899 Peter it's not 00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.639 these men 00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.299 doing this 00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.700 to me. 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.420 This is how 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.139 God 00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:40.779 the Son 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:42.259 accomplishes 00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.980 your redemption. 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.899 Jesus is eager 00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.660 to drink it. 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.899 John Gill's comment 00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.859 is that this cup 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:50.660 it means the wrath 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.139 of God 00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:52.539 and the punishment 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.379 of a holy 00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.220 just God 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.200 that is due 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.980 to sin 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:58.019 and it was 00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.279 endured by Christ 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.339 in his sufferings 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:03.000 and he eagerly 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.759 receives it 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.559 from the Father. 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.139 Jesus says 00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:07.220 my Father 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.119 gave this to me 00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.980 shall I not 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.500 drink it? 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.859 Jesus was 00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.579 displeased 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.319 with Peter's 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.980 attempt here 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:15.779 to thwart 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:17.139 God's redemption. 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.799 Jesus had 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.740 wrestled in prayer 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.220 in the Garden 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.839 of Gethsemane 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.819 right before this 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:25.159 and in Mark 00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:25.759 we read that 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.720 it was a deep 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:28.000 agony in his soul 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.799 but now 00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:30.399 according to 00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.200 his human nature 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.180 Jesus was 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.200 perfectly willing 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.139 resolved 00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:35.419 and even eager 00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:36.359 to drink 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.779 this bitter potion. 00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.940 It's the only way 00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.599 to satisfy 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.299 the wrath 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.299 of an eternal 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.119 holy God. 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.099 We're watching 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.119 God accomplish 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.079 our redemption. 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.879 I ask you 00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.359 at the beginning 00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.940 do you want 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.779 to be more holy? 00:25:55.779 --> 00:26:00.579 Horatius Benar 00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:02.399 Scottish pastor 00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.399 in the 1800s 00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:03.940 he commented 00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.480 like this 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.879 he said 00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.599 it's only 00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.579 the free 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.059 pardon 00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:08.259 of the cross 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:10.619 that has the power 00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.500 to uproot 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.160 your sin 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:13.299 and wither 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.859 its branches. 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.579 It's only 00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.519 the certainty 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.359 of God's 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.660 love for you 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.559 his forgiving 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.119 love 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:22.639 that can replace 00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.619 the lust 00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.819 we have 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.399 for sin 00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:26.079 remaining 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.839 in our flesh. 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.679 It needs 00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.419 to be replaced 00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:29.479 with an even 00:26:29.479 --> 00:26:30.599 greater response 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.159 of love 00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:32.119 and gratitude 00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:33.259 for God. 00:26:33.739 --> 00:26:34.719 So watch God 00:26:34.719 --> 00:26:35.279 accomplish 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.199 your redemption. 00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:37.019 Here's the fifth 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.939 word picture. 00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.579 The Lamb of God 00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.339 was bound 00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.599 and carried off 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:43.359 to be sacrificed 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:45.619 as your substitute. 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.299 The Lamb of God 00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.919 we're told 00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.679 he was bound 00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:51.239 and he was carried off. 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:51.559 Why? 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:53.559 He's presented 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.240 to the priest 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.679 next 00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:56.519 and that's 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.119 so that he would 00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:58.779 be a substitutionary 00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.740 sacrifice 00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.819 for your sin. 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.879 In verse 12 00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.240 we're told 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.059 that this band 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.720 plus the captain 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.279 and officers 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.019 of the Jews 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.919 they took Jesus 00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:09.259 they bound him. 00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.740 Old Testament 00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.700 shadows 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.240 and types 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.099 are being fulfilled. 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.079 You recall 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.859 Isaac being 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.559 bound up 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.559 to be offered 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:20.079 as a sacrifice 00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:21.319 of his father 00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.759 Abraham 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.299 in obedience 00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.059 to the Lord. 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.339 When a sacrifice 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.899 was brought 00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:27.599 and put on top 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.259 of the altar 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.539 it was bound up 00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.099 and tied 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.859 to the altar. 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.279 And even when 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.839 the farmers 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.740 were out in the fields 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.179 and they would 00:27:35.179 --> 00:27:36.399 gather their grain 00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:37.299 they would bind them 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.179 up in sheaths 00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:39.079 and present them 00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.980 to God 00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.720 at the temple. 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.599 And so now 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.319 God the Son 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.819 himself 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.460 is bound 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.139 with cords 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:46.600 and carried 00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:48.100 to the high priest. 00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:52.240 This is God 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.860 accomplishing 00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.580 your redemption. 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.960 Jesus Christ 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.220 was bound 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.820 in order 00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.740 to unbind 00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.320 the cords 00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:01.000 of sin 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.880 that hold on 00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.600 to your sinful 00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.440 nature. 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.600 Jesus Christ 00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.220 was bound 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.320 to deliver you 00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:09.820 from the captivity 00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.540 of Satan. 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.140 Jesus Christ 00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.820 was bound 00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.740 to free you 00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.939 from the bondage 00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:16.599 of the law 00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.879 that accuses 00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.740 and condemns you. 00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.460 In verse 13 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.279 we read that they 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.639 led him away 00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.700 next to Annas. 00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.240 Annas was 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.919 father-in-law 00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.659 to Caiaphas 00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:29.139 who was the chief 00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:30.259 priest that year. 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.720 And at the end 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.299 of our passage 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.139 in verse 24 00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.879 we're told then 00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:36.099 after seeing Annas 00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.619 Annas 00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:38.599 had sent him 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.099 bound 00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:40.740 to Caiaphas 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.980 the high priest. 00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:44.519 in Luke 3 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.759 2 00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.120 we're told 00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.519 that both 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.940 Annas 00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.819 and Caiaphas 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.900 were the high priest 00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:49.059 which is 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.980 not possible. 00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.039 It shows 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.539 the corruption 00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.380 of this system. 00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:55.079 By this point 00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.019 in the history 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:57.079 of Israel 00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.360 the office 00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.059 of high priest 00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:00.019 with all the money 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.420 changers 00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.299 and temple collectors 00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.980 it had become 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.140 a giant scam. 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.500 The glory of God 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.400 had never re-entered 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.900 the temple. 00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.259 Scholars 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.120 have every reason 00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.480 to believe 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.259 the Ark of the Covenant 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.940 was not even 00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:11.079 in the Holy of Holies 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.819 it was empty 00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.799 of the presence 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.419 of God 00:29:13.419 --> 00:29:14.779 until Jesus Christ 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:16.480 steps into the temple. 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:18.879 Annas 00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.279 had been 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.019 the high priest 00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.059 after him 00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.759 he had had 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:23.079 five sons 00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.659 that served 00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.379 as high priests 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.539 now it's the turn 00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.359 of his son-in-law 00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.220 so Annas 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.059 the big mafia 00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.960 boss 00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:30.460 the grandfather figure 00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.299 that's making 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.079 everything run 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.659 so they know 00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.419 to check in first 00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:33.960 with the one 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.659 who really calls 00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.240 the shots 00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.679 and that's Annas. 00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.500 So Jesus Christ 00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.500 was bound 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.920 carried away 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.819 and then presented 00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.759 to these corrupt 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.680 leaders 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.759 these fake 00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.539 high priests 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:49.500 in a great twist 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.019 of irony 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.460 the perfect 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.339 unblemished 00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.519 Lamb of God 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.960 is presented 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.759 as the once 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.259 for all 00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.539 substitutionary 00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.299 sacrifice. 00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:04.700 and even 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.519 that corrupt 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.839 high priest 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:08.980 spoke the truth 00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.680 he says 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.299 it is 00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.599 good 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:14.480 that one 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.839 man 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:16.220 die 00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.559 in the place 00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.440 of the people 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:20.639 God even 00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.399 used this corrupt 00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.720 man 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.680 filling an office 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.740 as a shadow 00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.619 to show 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.659 the declaration 00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.519 of the righteous 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:26.980 God 00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.400 this will be 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.620 my substitutionary 00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:29.980 Lamb 00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:31.640 it's through 00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.799 his death 00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:34.200 that a great 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.759 multitude 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.819 will live 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.220 without compromising 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.940 my justice 00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.819 as God 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.400 the creator 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:41.220 the Lamb 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.700 of God 00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.120 bound 00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.620 and carried 00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:42.960 off 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:44.460 to be sacrificed 00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.819 as your substitute 00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:45.960 to. 00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.720 The sixth 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:50.679 word picture 00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:51.759 that I see 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.359 in this passage 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.919 for today 00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:53.460 is this 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:55.859 the true 00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.279 vine 00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:58.000 was struck 00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:59.679 so that you 00:30:59.679 --> 00:31:00.480 would be 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.179 grafted in 00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:03.139 Jesus 00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.659 had said 00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.399 I am 00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:05.000 the true 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.319 vine 00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.099 apart from me 00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.799 you can bear 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.819 no fruit 00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:11.279 and we read 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.639 that Jesus 00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:13.799 was struck 00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.899 in verse 22 00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:17.360 so there's a 00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.920 picture of the 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.600 true vine 00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:20.960 the only one 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.160 with eternal 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.540 life 00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:23.100 the only one 00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:23.600 with power 00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.019 to bear 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.720 good fruit 00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:27.000 being struck 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.860 so that you 00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.120 and I 00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.440 could be 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.400 grafted in 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:35.480 well in the 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.780 garden 00:31:35.780 --> 00:31:36.480 all of the 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.880 disciples 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.400 had fled 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:37.880 away from 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.240 Jesus 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.660 but now 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.000 we're told 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.480 that two 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.259 follow him 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.960 to the 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.920 high priest 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.700 Peter is 00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.039 named 00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.700 the other 00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.120 disciple 00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.700 is not 00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.340 which is a 00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:48.960 pattern for 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:50.080 most likely 00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.560 John the 00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:50.960 apostle 00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.420 the author 00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.800 of this 00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:52.080 book 00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:54.180 in Matthew 00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.740 26 00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.180 58 00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.580 we read 00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:55.820 that they 00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:56.779 followed him 00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:58.279 afar off 00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.060 unto the 00:31:59.060 --> 00:31:59.720 high priest's 00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.140 palace 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:03.160 so Peter 00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.519 is not 00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.259 following him 00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.580 like a 00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:04.840 close 00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.300 disciple 00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:05.660 instead 00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.060 he's 00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.580 curious 00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:09.080 and he's 00:32:09.080 --> 00:32:09.600 not wanting 00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:09.940 to be 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.440 discovered 00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.600 but he does 00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.240 need to see 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.660 what will 00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.059 happen 00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:16.640 if you 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.779 are a 00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.220 disciple 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.759 if you 00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.099 are a 00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.380 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