WEBVTT 00:00:00.420 --> 00:00:03.160 On reaching the place, he said to them, 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:06.500 Pray that you will not fall into temptation. 00:00:07.900 --> 00:00:12.000 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:19.320 Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me, 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:24.120 yet not my will, but yours be done. 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.839 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 00:00:30.820 --> 00:00:33.140 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, 00:00:33.859 --> 00:00:37.600 and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:42.219 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, 00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:45.859 he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:49.840 Why are you sleeping? he asked them. 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:54.260 Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation. 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:58.879 Well, we're going to pray now. 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:00.840 So, let's do that together. 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:16.020 Father, we pray that we will not fall into temptation. 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:21.199 That as we hear your word, 00:01:21.199 --> 00:01:28.039 we would not be tempted to look away from you 00:01:28.039 --> 00:01:32.759 and to trust ourselves or other things, 00:01:33.759 --> 00:01:38.120 but that we would trust the truth of your word. 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:44.480 help us that we would obey your word. 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:50.020 And we ask that you would change us 00:01:50.020 --> 00:01:54.000 and make us more like Jesus. 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.859 We ask it in your name. 00:01:57.859 --> 00:01:59.099 Amen. 00:02:04.099 --> 00:02:06.840 Well, it's now Thursday evening. 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.960 By mid-afternoon tomorrow, 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:13.680 Jesus will be beaten, mocked, 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:17.560 brutally nailed to a wooden cross and left to die. 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:23.240 These last few hours are spent with his closest disciples. 00:02:23.780 --> 00:02:26.640 They've just celebrated the Passover meal together, 00:02:26.900 --> 00:02:31.500 but there's a heaviness and there's a sadness in their hearts. 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:34.520 Jesus has been talking about denial, 00:02:35.480 --> 00:02:35.960 betrayal, 00:02:36.659 --> 00:02:38.360 and death. 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:42.360 Jesus, too, is struggling. 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:45.100 So, verse 39, 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.100 Jesus went out as usual. 00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:50.860 This was his common practice to go and pray. 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.260 So, Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives 00:02:54.260 --> 00:02:58.000 to a familiar spot with his disciples, 00:02:58.180 --> 00:02:59.280 a little olive grove, 00:03:00.100 --> 00:03:04.220 and his disciples followed him. 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:09.800 You see, as Jesus makes his way to the cross, 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:12.759 as he gets closer to the cross, 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:16.020 disciples follow him. 00:03:17.699 --> 00:03:22.240 You see, it's only as we follow Jesus to the cross 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:26.599 that we begin to see our need of the cross. 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:30.259 So, here's an invitation for us all 00:03:30.259 --> 00:03:32.800 to step out and to follow Jesus 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:36.000 as he makes his way to the cross. 00:03:37.600 --> 00:03:40.060 Three things we're going to see as we follow. 00:03:42.260 --> 00:03:42.780 First, 00:03:44.219 --> 00:03:47.060 we all fail in temptation. 00:03:47.620 --> 00:03:49.240 We all fail in temptation. 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:50.340 Look at verse 40. 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:52.280 On reaching the place, 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:53.780 this little olive grove, 00:03:54.740 --> 00:03:55.880 he said to them, 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.420 pray that you will not fall into temptation. 00:03:59.419 --> 00:04:02.539 And then Jesus goes off on his own 00:04:02.539 --> 00:04:03.419 and he prays, 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:04.719 and when he is finished, 00:04:04.799 --> 00:04:06.459 he comes back to his disciples, 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:08.199 and verse 46, 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:10.359 why are you sleeping? 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:11.379 He asked them. 00:04:12.019 --> 00:04:13.899 Get up and pray 00:04:13.899 --> 00:04:16.500 so that you will not fall into temptation. 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:19.019 Why this persistence? 00:04:19.300 --> 00:04:20.919 Why this reminder? 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:24.139 Pray that you will not fall into temptation. 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:24.219 temptation. 00:04:27.419 --> 00:04:31.819 Well, Jesus knows that temptation will come. 00:04:32.939 --> 00:04:36.000 He's already told them that's what's going to happen. 00:04:36.620 --> 00:04:39.099 Look back a few verses to verse 31. 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:44.760 Here Jesus is addressing 00:04:44.760 --> 00:04:49.240 Peter or Simon as he's referred to here. 00:04:49.460 --> 00:04:51.120 Simon, Simon, 00:04:52.100 --> 00:04:56.960 Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:00.720 A temptation is going to come upon you 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:02.620 to see if you will stand. 00:05:02.620 --> 00:05:05.280 It's a striking picture, 00:05:05.420 --> 00:05:09.139 that image of Satan wanting to sift you. 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:14.500 This newly harvested wheat is being sifted. 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:15.899 It's being shaken 00:05:15.899 --> 00:05:19.939 to separate the good grain from the useless husk. 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:22.780 So Satan is out to shake 00:05:22.780 --> 00:05:25.560 and destroy the faith of the disciples. 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:28.699 So as Jesus makes his way to the cross, 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:31.139 will they follow him? 00:05:31.139 --> 00:05:34.680 Or are they going to abandon him? 00:05:37.979 --> 00:05:40.120 And if you're a disciple today, 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:41.259 a follower of Jesus, 00:05:42.039 --> 00:05:45.819 you will know that temptation also comes to you. 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:50.000 Perhaps it's different for each one of us. 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:53.079 Maybe it's a particular temptation 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:55.099 to lose your cool 00:05:55.099 --> 00:05:57.560 or to say words that you shouldn't say. 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:01.379 Maybe it's a temptation 00:06:01.379 --> 00:06:04.620 to never admit that you're wrong. 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:08.100 Maybe it's a temptation 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:09.959 with particular addictions. 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:12.240 Maybe pornography. 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:17.779 Maybe it's a temptation 00:06:17.779 --> 00:06:20.319 to be buying things that we don't need 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:23.519 and looking for our comfort in shopping. 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:26.459 Well, you see, 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:28.139 we've all got a common enemy. 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:29.240 His name is Satan. 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:31.680 And his one aim and purpose 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:33.600 is to keep people like us 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:35.120 from following Jesus. 00:06:36.779 --> 00:06:39.000 And when that pressure comes on, 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:41.819 will we resist temptation 00:06:41.819 --> 00:06:41.920 temptation? 00:06:43.099 --> 00:06:45.800 Or will we fall into temptation? 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:49.420 The problem is, 00:06:50.180 --> 00:06:52.480 and that's certainly my experience, 00:06:53.740 --> 00:06:54.579 the problem is 00:06:54.579 --> 00:06:57.040 we all fall into temptation. 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.180 Now, temptation is not sinful in itself. 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:02.319 We'll see that Jesus is tempted. 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.860 He already faced Satan in the wilderness. 00:07:04.860 --> 00:07:07.199 So, temptation is not wrong. 00:07:08.340 --> 00:07:09.199 The problem is, 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:10.680 we don't resist it 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:12.379 or reject it. 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:15.759 We willfully enter into it. 00:07:16.819 --> 00:07:19.960 We fall into following our own desires. 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:22.620 Just like Adam and Eve did in the garden. 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:24.819 Just like the disciples did. 00:07:25.139 --> 00:07:27.680 We fall into temptation. 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:30.080 Instead of saying, 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:31.319 God's will be done, 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:31.939 we say, 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:34.240 my will be done. 00:07:34.860 --> 00:07:36.960 And sadly, 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.680 the evidence is there to 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:40.420 see in our own lives 00:07:40.420 --> 00:07:41.780 and all around us. 00:07:41.960 --> 00:07:43.120 Broken relationships. 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:45.860 Conflict with our spouse. 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:48.560 Divisions in our families. 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:52.680 All because we fail to resist. 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:56.800 And we fall into temptation. 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:00.500 So the first thing we see 00:08:00.500 --> 00:08:02.800 as we follow Jesus to the cross is, 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:04.319 well, it's uncomfortable 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:05.459 because we're confronted 00:08:05.459 --> 00:08:06.560 with our own failure. 00:08:08.459 --> 00:08:09.420 We fail. 00:08:09.420 --> 00:08:10.339 We fall. 00:08:11.939 --> 00:08:13.180 So what do we do? 00:08:15.180 --> 00:08:16.300 Well, thankfully, 00:08:16.860 --> 00:08:20.279 Jesus deals with our failure. 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:23.100 As we follow Jesus, 00:08:23.219 --> 00:08:24.339 and that's what we're to do, 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:25.779 we're to follow him 00:08:25.779 --> 00:08:27.240 to the olive grove. 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:30.060 We're to watch Jesus 00:08:30.060 --> 00:08:31.620 face his own temptation. 00:08:31.620 --> 00:08:33.460 We're to listen to Jesus 00:08:33.460 --> 00:08:34.639 as he prays. 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:36.480 And as we do that, 00:08:36.560 --> 00:08:38.240 we will see our need, 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:39.620 our desperate need 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:40.580 for Jesus. 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:43.139 First, 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:45.379 the suffering of Jesus. 00:08:46.259 --> 00:08:48.120 As Jesus begins to pray, 00:08:48.700 --> 00:08:50.600 something has gripped him 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:51.720 with fear. 00:08:52.179 --> 00:08:53.179 Verse 44. 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:56.019 And being in anguish, 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:58.639 he prayed more earnestly. 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:02.059 Jesus is in physical 00:09:02.059 --> 00:09:04.080 and emotional agony. 00:09:05.199 --> 00:09:07.039 It's not what we always expect 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:07.620 of Jesus. 00:09:07.819 --> 00:09:09.460 Jesus is always in control. 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:10.819 He's always strong, 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:11.860 always confident. 00:09:12.319 --> 00:09:14.100 Jesus is the fearless one. 00:09:15.199 --> 00:09:16.240 But this time, 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:17.779 it's different. 00:09:19.100 --> 00:09:21.000 Jesus is so overwhelmed, 00:09:21.259 --> 00:09:22.059 verse 43, 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:24.059 that an angel from heaven 00:09:24.059 --> 00:09:25.139 appeared to him 00:09:25.139 --> 00:09:27.460 and strengthened him. 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:29.779 The God-man, 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:31.580 the creator of the universe, 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:33.960 is weak 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.000 and needs strengthened. 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:37.919 In fact, 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:40.120 he is in so much turmoil. 00:09:40.659 --> 00:09:42.120 Look at verse 44 again. 00:09:42.199 --> 00:09:42.980 Being in anguish, 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:44.299 he prayed more earnestly, 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:46.600 and his sweat 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:48.159 was like drops of blood 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:49.500 falling to the ground. 00:09:50.139 --> 00:09:51.980 When you or I get scared, 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:54.059 we might shake or stutter. 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:57.100 But Jesus is so overcome 00:09:57.100 --> 00:09:57.860 with fear, 00:09:58.179 --> 00:09:59.600 he starts to literally 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:01.139 sweat blood. 00:10:02.259 --> 00:10:03.899 Jesus is in great physical 00:10:03.899 --> 00:10:05.779 and emotional agony. 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:08.860 Well, what is it 00:10:08.860 --> 00:10:10.139 that is causing Jesus 00:10:10.139 --> 00:10:11.559 so much anguish? 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:14.799 Well, look back to verse 41. 00:10:17.319 --> 00:10:18.559 Jesus withdrew 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:19.980 about a stone's throw 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:20.720 beyond them, 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:22.299 so just enough 00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:24.139 to be private in prayer. 00:10:24.139 --> 00:10:25.100 Father, 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:26.620 knelt down and prayed, 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:28.919 Father, 00:10:29.980 --> 00:10:31.679 if you are willing, 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:33.620 take this cup 00:10:33.620 --> 00:10:34.939 from me. 00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:37.299 The cup. 00:10:38.819 --> 00:10:40.439 That's what's causing 00:10:40.439 --> 00:10:42.319 Jesus so much turmoil. 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:44.879 It's not a literal cup, 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:46.899 it's a metaphorical cup. 00:10:47.439 --> 00:10:48.480 That means Jesus 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:49.480 is going to face 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:50.840 something so terrible. 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:52.180 Jesus will have to 00:10:52.180 --> 00:10:53.060 endure something 00:10:53.060 --> 00:10:54.360 so awful. 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:56.580 He pleads with his Father, 00:10:57.100 --> 00:10:58.580 take this cup 00:10:58.580 --> 00:10:59.600 from me. 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:03.940 Now, for us to understand 00:11:03.940 --> 00:11:05.399 what this cup is, 00:11:05.800 --> 00:11:07.460 to know what it is 00:11:07.460 --> 00:11:09.000 that Jesus is going to face, 00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:09.960 we need to read 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:12.060 from the book of Jeremiah. 00:11:12.059 --> 00:11:14.079 So, if you keep your finger 00:11:14.079 --> 00:11:15.139 in Luke 22, 00:11:15.859 --> 00:11:17.139 go back to Jeremiah, 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:18.879 chapter 25. 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:20.379 If you're using 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:21.539 the red-covered Bible, 00:11:21.739 --> 00:11:23.819 it's on page 786. 00:11:28.619 --> 00:11:29.939 786, 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:31.500 Jeremiah 25, 00:11:31.500 --> 00:11:35.899 verse 15. 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:38.779 And in this section, 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:43.519 God had been saying 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:45.059 to his people that, 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:47.720 well, you've been wandering, 00:11:47.980 --> 00:11:48.879 you've been rebelling, 00:11:49.820 --> 00:11:51.379 a judgment is going to come, 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:52.980 you are going to be taken over 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:54.500 by the Babylonians 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:56.179 and be taken into exile. 00:11:56.179 --> 00:12:01.919 So, he's talking to the people 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:03.339 about what happens 00:12:03.339 --> 00:12:04.919 when we turn against God, 00:12:06.299 --> 00:12:07.399 against the evil 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:08.179 and wickedness. 00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:09.620 So, Jeremiah, 00:12:09.839 --> 00:12:10.179 chapter 25, 00:12:12.099 --> 00:12:13.219 verse 15. 00:12:14.500 --> 00:12:16.139 This is what the Lord, 00:12:16.239 --> 00:12:17.199 the God of Israel, 00:12:17.339 --> 00:12:18.019 said to me. 00:12:19.259 --> 00:12:21.179 Take from my hand 00:12:21.819 --> 00:12:23.179 this cup filled 00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:24.879 with the wine of my wrath, 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:27.639 and make all the nations 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:29.419 to whom I send you 00:12:29.419 --> 00:12:30.419 drink it. 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:32.879 When they drink it, 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:34.659 they will stagger 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:35.679 and go mad 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:36.860 because of the sword 00:12:36.860 --> 00:12:38.240 I will send among them. 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:41.159 Now go down to verse 28. 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:43.879 But if they refuse 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:44.799 to take the cup 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:45.899 from your hand 00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:46.679 and drink it, 00:12:46.779 --> 00:12:47.220 tell them, 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:48.779 this is what the Lord 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:49.679 Almighty says, 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:51.399 you must drink it. 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:53.279 See, I am beginning 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:54.480 to bring disaster 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:55.200 on the city 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:56.320 that bears my name. 00:12:56.820 --> 00:12:58.100 And will you indeed 00:12:58.100 --> 00:12:59.080 go unpunished? 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:01.440 You will not 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:02.500 go unpunished. 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:04.320 For I am calling 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:05.360 down a sword 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:06.659 on all who live 00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:07.320 on the earth, 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:08.240 declares 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:09.039 the Lord 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:10.100 Almighty. 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:15.139 Terrifying. 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:18.019 this cup 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:19.759 is not 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:20.600 literal. 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:22.580 It's a symbol 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:23.779 of God's wrath, 00:13:23.939 --> 00:13:24.899 His anger. 00:13:25.699 --> 00:13:26.580 It's a dramatic 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:27.819 picture of God's 00:13:27.819 --> 00:13:28.240 judgment, 00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:29.480 the punishment 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:30.480 that God will 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:31.799 pour out on those 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:33.220 who live sinful lives, 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:34.639 who willingly 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:36.419 fall into temptation 00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:37.120 and say, 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:38.980 my will be done. 00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:42.600 So as Jesus 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:43.440 prays, 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:45.600 He cries out 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:46.580 to His Father, 00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:48.860 if you are 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.200 willing, 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:50.820 take this 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:51.200 cup 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:52.680 from Me. 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:55.000 You see, 00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:55.879 it's not death 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:56.820 that Jesus fears. 00:13:56.940 --> 00:13:57.779 He knew He was 00:13:57.779 --> 00:13:58.720 going to Jerusalem 00:13:58.720 --> 00:13:59.340 to die. 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:00.740 It's judgment 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:02.000 that He fears. 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:03.360 Jesus knows 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.580 that when He dies, 00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:05.440 He will have 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:06.559 to drink the cup. 00:14:06.820 --> 00:14:07.340 He will have 00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:08.360 to face God's 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:08.620 wrath, 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:09.399 His punishment. 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:14.080 Let's go back 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:15.379 to Luke 22. 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:18.299 Now you might 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:19.399 not like the idea 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:20.720 of God being angry. 00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:22.320 It might not fit 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:23.700 into your understanding 00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.360 of God. 00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:25.899 Maybe you just 00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:26.500 like to think 00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:27.200 of God being 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:28.259 loving and kind 00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:29.659 and nice. 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:32.539 Well, let's 00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:33.240 understand that 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:33.840 God's anger 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:34.960 is not like ours. 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.500 He doesn't lose 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:37.080 His temper. 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:38.960 He doesn't have 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:40.139 uncontrolled fits 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.799 of rage. 00:14:41.940 --> 00:14:42.879 No, God's anger 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.960 is an expression 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:45.059 of His personal 00:14:45.059 --> 00:14:46.639 hate for all 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:47.500 the injustice 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.720 and all the evil 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:49.440 that there is 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:49.980 in the world. 00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:51.139 In other words, 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:52.019 it is God's 00:14:52.019 --> 00:14:52.659 just, 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:53.500 fair, 00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.720 and reasoned 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:55.879 response to sin. 00:14:59.139 --> 00:15:00.059 And we might 00:15:00.059 --> 00:15:00.700 be content 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:01.220 that God 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.740 is angry 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:02.240 with other 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:02.820 people and 00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:03.779 all the bad 00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.240 people, 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:05.460 but what about 00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:05.860 me? 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:07.440 What about 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:07.799 you? 00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:08.340 Has God 00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:08.960 got a right 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:09.620 to be angry 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:10.539 with me? 00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.860 Do you think 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.680 God should just 00:15:13.680 --> 00:15:14.879 turn a blind eye 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:15.799 to all the times 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.740 that I fall 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.620 into temptation 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.159 and say, 00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:19.399 Johnny's will 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:19.860 be done, 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:20.919 not God's? 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.860 Do we expect 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:25.220 God to put up 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:25.919 with our sinful 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.519 lives? 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.820 All the lies, 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:30.980 the crosswords, 00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:31.899 the hurts 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:32.740 that we cause, 00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:33.840 the selfishness, 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:35.039 the disobedience, 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.300 and just say, 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:36.740 you know what, 00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:38.039 it doesn't matter. 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:40.019 Of course it 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.480 matters. 00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:42.700 It's personal 00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:43.440 to God. 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.320 Do you think 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:49.060 God is just 00:15:49.060 --> 00:15:49.779 to look back 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.720 at all the wars 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.740 that are going on? 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:54.399 The trafficking 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.220 of children 00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:56.220 into the sex 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.800 industry? 00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:59.080 It doesn't 00:15:59.080 --> 00:15:59.680 matter. 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:01.440 Just let 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:02.060 people do 00:16:02.060 --> 00:16:02.540 what they like. 00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.700 It's okay. 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.300 It does 00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:05.779 matter. 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:08.540 We deserve 00:16:08.540 --> 00:16:09.180 to face 00:16:09.180 --> 00:16:10.120 God's judgment. 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:13.519 So what are we 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.120 going to do 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.779 about it? 00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:19.320 Well, 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:19.639 second, 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.639 the obedience 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:21.399 of Jesus. 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:22.220 Listen again 00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:23.019 to what Jesus 00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.740 prays in 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.899 verse 42. 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.379 Father, 00:16:28.540 --> 00:16:29.139 here's the 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:30.000 cry of agony. 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:31.500 Father, 00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:33.500 if you are 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:33.879 willing, 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:34.820 take this 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.420 cup from 00:16:35.420 --> 00:16:35.700 me. 00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:37.180 Jesus is 00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:37.960 fearing what 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.519 is ahead. 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:40.019 His sweat 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.460 is like 00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.060 drops of 00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:41.320 blood. 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.000 He's in 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.580 emotional 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.060 anger. 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.220 In a few 00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.600 hours' 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.019 time, 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.660 Jesus is 00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.000 going to 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.639 be nailed 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.100 to a 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.519 cross. 00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:48.940 But he 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.480 knows it's 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:49.940 not just 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.899 physical death 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.259 that he 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.620 faces. 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.539 It's God's 00:16:52.539 --> 00:16:53.000 judgment 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.459 that he 00:16:53.459 --> 00:16:53.860 faces. 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:55.899 So as 00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.259 Jesus 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:57.120 prays to 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.319 his 00:16:57.319 --> 00:16:57.720 father, 00:16:58.079 --> 00:16:58.459 it's as 00:16:58.459 --> 00:16:58.860 if he's 00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.539 looking into 00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:00.000 the cup. 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:00.879 He sees 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.600 something of 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.159 what lies 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:02.480 ahead. 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.399 He knows 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:03.740 that he 00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.059 will be 00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.660 separated 00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.180 from his 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.480 father. 00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.400 He knows 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:06.759 he will 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.160 have to 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.460 suffer 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:07.879 hell. 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:09.960 This is 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.539 not some 00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.240 rehearsed 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.720 play, 00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:12.359 some 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:12.720 acted 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.440 out drama 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:13.740 where 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.160 Jesus 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.680 has been 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.220 before. 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.039 This is 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.680 the real 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.420 temptation 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.279 that Jesus, 00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:19.000 the God 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:19.339 man, 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.039 is facing. 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:21.079 Father, 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:21.839 is there 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.440 some other 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:22.940 way that 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:23.319 we can 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.200 do this? 00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.480 Father, 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.279 can you 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.859 take the 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.819 cross away 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.399 from me? 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.299 I don't 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.740 want to 00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.279 go through 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:30.879 with this. 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.579 You see, 00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.119 we mustn't 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:35.700 think that 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.339 Jesus is 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:36.960 some kind 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:38.259 of robotic 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.519 person that 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.720 just does 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.720 without any 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:42.259 thinking. 00:17:43.639 --> 00:17:44.279 Jesus was 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.339 not immune 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:46.319 to temptation. 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:46.419 temptation. 00:17:48.659 --> 00:17:49.099 He might 00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:49.240 have 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.059 experienced 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.779 all the 00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.299 kinds of 00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:51.939 temptations 00:17:51.939 --> 00:17:52.519 that we 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:52.700 have 00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:53.519 experienced, 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:55.179 but he 00:17:55.179 --> 00:17:56.000 experienced 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.339 them in 00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:57.019 a way that 00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.819 just built 00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.439 up one 00:17:58.439 --> 00:17:58.939 after the 00:17:58.939 --> 00:17:59.139 other. 00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.359 The 00:17:59.359 --> 00:17:59.819 pressure 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.700 increased 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.500 more and 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.919 more and 00:18:01.919 --> 00:18:02.240 more. 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.359 But as 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.439 the writer 00:18:05.439 --> 00:18:05.879 to the 00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.200 Hebrew 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.259 tells us, 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.419 Jesus was 00:18:09.419 --> 00:18:10.319 tempted in 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:11.480 every way 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.399 just as 00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:12.899 we are, 00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:15.200 but he 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:15.620 did not 00:18:15.620 --> 00:18:15.940 sin. 00:18:17.080 --> 00:18:17.900 He did 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:18.580 not cave 00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.420 in under 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:20.019 the pressure. 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.380 He did 00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:22.019 not bow. 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.640 Verse 42, 00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.480 Father, if 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.800 you are 00:18:26.800 --> 00:18:27.519 willing, take 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.080 this cup 00:18:28.080 --> 00:18:28.640 from me, 00:18:30.040 --> 00:18:30.660 yet not 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:31.280 my will, 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:33.340 but yours 00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:34.519 be done. 00:18:36.100 --> 00:18:36.820 Jesus 00:18:36.820 --> 00:18:37.720 resists 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.800 temptation 00:18:38.800 --> 00:18:40.580 and in 00:18:40.580 --> 00:18:41.700 obedience to 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.500 his Father 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.480 he prays. 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.880 Not my 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.180 will, 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.339 your will 00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:47.779 be done. 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.859 Not my 00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.460 wants, 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:52.720 but Father, 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.240 what you 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.680 want. 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:56.079 Not my 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.720 desires, 00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.819 but Father, 00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.539 what will 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.460 please you. 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:05.019 How easily 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:06.380 we fall 00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:07.279 into temptation. 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.500 How willingly 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.359 we just so 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:12.180 quickly fall. 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.980 It comes 00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.720 upon us, 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:16.099 the pressure 00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.700 builds, 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:18.680 we fail 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.259 to resist 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.619 it. 00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.299 Jesus 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.880 is the 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.779 only one 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.460 who stands 00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.079 strong in 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.500 the face 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.240 of temptation. 00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.799 The only 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.339 man 00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:30.960 who has 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.680 resisted. 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:33.680 God's 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.140 God's 00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:34.779 is the 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.860 God's 00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:38.000 God's 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.340 judgment 00:19:38.340 --> 00:19:39.660 is to 00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.320 drink that 00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:40.960 cup for 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.420 us. 00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.100 In other 00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:43.380 words, 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:43.759 he has 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:45.360 come to 00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:46.380 prepare himself 00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.180 through prayer, 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:49.600 to take 00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:50.259 that place 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.660 for you 00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.000 and me 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.340 and to 00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:52.259 drink the 00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.700 punishment 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.220 that you 00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.620 and I 00:19:53.620 --> 00:19:54.519 deserve. 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.539 He exchanges 00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.460 places with 00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.100 us on the 00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:58.519 cross. 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.639 You see, 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.559 Jesus never 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.180 fell into 00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.779 temptation. 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.559 Jesus always 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.200 resisted. 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.240 He never 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:06.279 disobeyed. 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.000 He always 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.819 obeyed his 00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.200 father. 00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.220 He is the 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.059 only one 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:13.279 free from 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.779 God's 00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.119 judgment, 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.859 the only 00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:16.079 perfect man 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:18.480 who doesn't 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.400 deserve it. 00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.180 But yet in 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:22.319 love he comes 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:23.259 to this world, 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.279 he comes to 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:25.139 people like you 00:20:25.139 --> 00:20:25.920 and me and 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.299 he says, 00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:27.059 I will take 00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.980 all your 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:29.019 disobedience 00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:30.180 on myself. 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.879 Jesus is 00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.539 treated on 00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.259 the cross as 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.960 the one who 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.819 has fallen 00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.819 into temptation. 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.680 He makes 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:39.559 my sin his 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:41.379 own so 00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:42.159 that I can 00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:42.859 be free 00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:44.500 from what 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.200 I deserve. 00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.539 Imagine 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.139 you're holding 00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:50.799 that cup. 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.659 It's 00:20:52.659 --> 00:20:53.099 symbolic, 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.659 I know, 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.519 but as 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:54.919 you look 00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:55.419 into it, 00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:55.879 you see 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.380 this is 00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.820 God's 00:20:56.820 --> 00:20:57.180 judgment. 00:20:58.520 --> 00:20:58.960 You get 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:00.260 a glimpse 00:21:00.260 --> 00:21:01.900 of hell 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.480 itself. 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.320 And to 00:21:04.320 --> 00:21:04.900 drink it, 00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.240 you know, 00:21:05.300 --> 00:21:05.600 will be 00:21:05.600 --> 00:21:06.340 separation 00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:07.080 from God 00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:07.680 for all 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.300 eternity. 00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:10.600 Nothing, 00:21:10.840 --> 00:21:11.220 there's no 00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.680 beauty, 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.200 there's no 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.620 goodness, 00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:13.500 no laughter, 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.360 no joy. 00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.000 And you 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.440 have no 00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.160 choice but 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.880 to drink 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.260 it. 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.400 And yet 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.840 standing 00:21:21.840 --> 00:21:22.580 before you 00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:22.960 is the 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.580 Lord Jesus. 00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:23.759 Jesus. 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.419 And in 00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:25.919 love he 00:21:25.919 --> 00:21:26.740 reaches out 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:28.099 and he 00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.759 takes that 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.259 cup from 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.019 your hands 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.259 and he 00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.919 drinks it. 00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:33.699 And he 00:21:33.699 --> 00:21:34.259 drinks it 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.619 to the 00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.759 very last 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.299 drop. 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.859 So there 00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.579 is nothing 00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.399 left for us 00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:39.980 to drink, 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.339 not even 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:42.000 a taste. 00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.279 For when 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.119 Jesus died 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.839 on the cross, 00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.240 he is 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.980 drinking that 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.720 judgment for 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.899 you and 00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.339 for me. 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:52.559 Do you 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:52.839 see, 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.679 as we 00:21:54.679 --> 00:21:55.559 follow Jesus 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.179 into the 00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.559 garden, 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.559 not only 00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.000 do we 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:00.500 see that 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.259 we fall 00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.059 in temptation, 00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:04.179 but we 00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.619 meet the 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.519 perfect man 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.339 who passes 00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:07.139 the test, 00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:09.319 who passes 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.019 temptation, 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.939 who resists 00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.319 it, 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.899 and drinks 00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.699 judgment for 00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.699 you and 00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.179 for me, 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.379 dealing with 00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.619 our failure. 00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:21.059 So how 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.359 do we 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:21.859 respond? 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:23.679 Well, 00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.099 third, 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.799 we pray 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.619 not to 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.459 fall into 00:22:27.459 --> 00:22:28.079 temptation. 00:22:28.979 --> 00:22:29.379 You see, 00:22:29.459 --> 00:22:30.059 because of 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.399 Jesus' 00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.139 death on 00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.559 the cross, 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.339 temptation 00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.199 is now 00:22:33.199 --> 00:22:33.959 no longer 00:22:33.959 --> 00:22:34.299 this 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.379 irresistible 00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:35.939 force that 00:22:35.939 --> 00:22:36.719 we have 00:22:36.719 --> 00:22:37.239 to give 00:22:37.239 --> 00:22:37.659 into. 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.239 Three 00:22:40.239 --> 00:22:40.859 things that 00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.239 we can 00:22:41.239 --> 00:22:42.239 pray in 00:22:42.239 --> 00:22:43.139 regards to 00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.719 our 00:22:43.719 --> 00:22:44.539 temptations. 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.419 And before 00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:45.979 we look at 00:22:45.979 --> 00:22:46.479 these three 00:22:46.479 --> 00:22:46.919 things, 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.600 let me 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:47.840 just 00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.340 encourage 00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.880 you right 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.220 now, 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.940 each of 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.120 you 00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.779 personally, 00:22:51.300 --> 00:22:51.880 try and 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:53.080 identify for 00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:53.940 yourself right 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.240 now, 00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:55.180 what is the 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.880 area of 00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.220 weakness? 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.000 What is the 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.400 temptation that 00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.980 you most 00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.800 succumb to? 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.279 What is it 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.840 that you so 00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:04.120 easily fall 00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.500 into? 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:08.100 It could be 00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.860 an anger 00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.300 issue. 00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:12.660 It could be 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:14.039 addiction 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.800 issues. 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:16.940 it could 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.720 be the 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.299 temptation 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.379 to find 00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:20.079 your comfort 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.480 in material 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.180 things and 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.700 physical 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.339 things. 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.720 Where are 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.159 you most 00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.799 likely to 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.079 fall? 00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.799 And when 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.180 you've got 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.559 that in 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:31.980 mind, 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.379 now let's 00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:33.980 think through 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.740 what we 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.019 pray. 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.579 First, 00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.659 admit to 00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.180 our weakness. 00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:39.680 Look at 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.460 verse 45. 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:42.600 When he 00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.259 rose from 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.819 prayer and 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.299 went back 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.640 to his 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.120 disciples, 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.640 he found 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.299 them asleep, 00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.120 exhausted 00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.900 from sorrow. 00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:49.279 Why are 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.840 you sleeping? 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.319 He asked 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.460 them. 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.900 Get up 00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.420 and pray 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.259 so that 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.620 you will 00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.559 not fall 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.039 into 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.660 temptation. 00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.700 Jesus 00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.420 does not 00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.940 say, 00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.079 when you 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:01.960 enter into 00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.680 temptation, 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.140 pray. 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.079 No, 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:06.039 Jesus knows 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.640 our hearts. 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.480 He knows 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.019 what we are 00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.240 like. 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.039 He knows 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.440 that we 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.879 are weak 00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.279 people. 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.659 So he 00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:10.960 says, 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.420 pray that 00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.039 you will 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.119 not fall 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.460 into 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.159 temptation. 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.700 So it's 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.399 a cry for 00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.960 help saying, 00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.960 help me 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.980 before the 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.559 temptation 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.440 comes. 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.379 Isn't 00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.779 that what 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.519 Jesus taught 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.200 his disciples 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.960 to pray in 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.639 the Lord's 00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:28.920 Prayer? 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.879 Father, 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.799 hallowed be 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.379 your name, 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.480 and lead 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.099 us not 00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.500 into 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.200 temptation. 00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.299 Jesus 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.180 knows how 00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.819 weak we 00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.119 are. 00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.179 And 00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.519 Jesus 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.119 knew what 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.500 it was 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.859 to be 00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.220 weak. 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.279 And so 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.059 he cries 00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.539 out in 00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.339 prayer more 00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.359 earnestly 00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.980 in the 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.579 midst of 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.259 temptation. 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.639 If 00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.099 Jesus 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.859 knew that 00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.220 he had 00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.779 to pray 00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.139 in 00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.700 temptation, 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.619 how much 00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.200 more do 00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.639 you and 00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.439 I need 00:25:00.439 --> 00:25:00.919 to pray? 00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:04.980 We 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.559 admit our 00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:05.980 weakness 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.200 weakness. 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.799 And that 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.519 we so 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.420 easily fall 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.980 and fail. 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.839 Second, 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.579 we pray to 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:14.759 be 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.279 strengthened. 00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.220 As 00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.559 Jesus 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.180 prays, 00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.480 he is 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.059 dependent 00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.740 upon his 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.339 father for 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.640 help. 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.160 So, 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.019 verse 43, 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.059 an angel 00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.640 from heaven 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.339 appeared to 00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.180 him and 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.000 strengthened 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.420 him. 00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.140 God 00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.720 knows our 00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.099 weakness. 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.620 He knows 00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.039 how we're 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.779 so prone 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.420 to wander. 00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.379 So, 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:33.819 when we 00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.460 call out 00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.779 to him 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.180 in prayer, 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.740 he will 00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.279 strengthen 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.660 us. 00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.399 The writer 00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:38.779 to the 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.139 Hebrews 00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:40.359 reminds us. 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.240 I haven't 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.539 got it 00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:42.740 here, 00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.440 I'll just 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.819 read it 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.139 out to 00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.299 you. 00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.660 Hebrews 00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.099 4, 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.960 verse 15. 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.819 He says, 00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.279 we do 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.759 not have 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.180 a high 00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.859 priest who 00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.619 is unable 00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.200 to feel 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.799 sympathy 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.319 for our 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.839 weaknesses, 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.299 but we 00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.879 have one 00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.220 who has 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.420 been 00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.039 tempted 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:57.039 in every 00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.879 way just 00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.579 as we 00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:58.819 are. 00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.259 So, 00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.899 he knows 00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.299 what we 00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.920 go through. 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.420 Yet, 00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.799 he did 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.420 not sin, 00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.180 therefore, 00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:04.879 he's in a 00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.500 position to 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.099 be able to 00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.639 give to 00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:06.940 us. 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.440 So, 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.859 let us 00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.519 then approach 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.139 the throne 00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.680 of grace 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.519 with confidence 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.559 so that we 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.379 may receive 00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:13.160 the mercy 00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.139 and find 00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.839 grace to 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.420 help us 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.720 in our 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.480 time of 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.879 need. 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.940 Through 00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.440 Jesus' 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.119 death, 00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.059 we now 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.759 have access 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.299 to our 00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.899 Father, 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.220 a generous 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.299 Father who 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.299 gives what 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.099 we need. 00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.019 In the 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.779 face of our 00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.379 temptation, 00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:32.160 we pray 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.920 for grace 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.560 and mercy, 00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:35.460 pray to 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.720 be 00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.360 strengthened 00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:38.140 so that 00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.600 we do 00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.260 not fall. 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.560 So, 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.040 we admit 00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:45.720 our weakness, 00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.520 we pray to 00:26:46.520 --> 00:26:47.200 be strengthened, 00:26:48.040 --> 00:26:48.720 and third, 00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.580 we rejoice 00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.760 in our 00:26:50.760 --> 00:26:51.160 Savior. 00:26:53.260 --> 00:26:53.640 You see, 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.260 because of 00:26:54.260 --> 00:26:54.600 Jesus' 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.400 death on 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.020 the cross, 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.139 us, 00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:58.920 even when 00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.799 we fall 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.180 into 00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.920 temptation, 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.779 it is 00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.440 not the 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.079 end. 00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.000 Remember 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.700 what Jesus 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.379 said to 00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:07.180 Simon Peter? 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.259 Go back 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.639 to verse 00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.200 31. 00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.900 He's putting 00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.400 it up to 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.579 them, 00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:13.960 saying, 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:15.460 temptation is 00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.839 coming. 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.359 Verse 31, 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.019 Simon, 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.599 Simon, 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.779 Satan has 00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.319 asked to 00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.299 sift all 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.660 of you 00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.200 as wheat. 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:24.420 we're going 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.920 to face 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.580 temptation. 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.140 It's going 00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.740 to happen. 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.039 But that's 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.700 not all that 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.380 Jesus says. 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.900 Read on 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.680 verse 32. 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.039 But I 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.779 have prayed 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.299 for you, 00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.680 Simon, 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.180 that your 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.580 faith may 00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.539 not fail. 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:42.680 And when 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.299 you have 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.360 turned back, 00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.160 strengthen 00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.840 your brothers. 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:49.019 it's an 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.679 enlightening 00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:50.240 verse. 00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.579 Jesus is 00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:52.879 saying, 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.679 I pray 00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:54.139 that your 00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.779 faith may 00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.480 not fail. 00:27:56.199 --> 00:27:57.220 And when 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.599 you have 00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.319 turned back, 00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.179 in other 00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.639 words, 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.619 look Simon, 00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.679 and to 00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.079 all the 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.619 disciples, 00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.519 you will 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.039 fall, 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.599 but your 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.079 faith will 00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.639 not fail. 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.679 The prayers 00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:12.319 of Jesus 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.980 on our 00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.559 behalf 00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.919 cause us 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:16.539 to turn 00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.080 back to 00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:18.039 him when 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.519 we do 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.140 fall in 00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.720 temptation. 00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.240 And as 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.680 we'll see 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.240 that next 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.500 week, 00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.279 Simon Peter 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.980 did fall, 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.720 but the 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.320 prayers of 00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:26.120 Jesus means 00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.759 that Peter 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.980 will turn 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.720 back and 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.560 be restored. 00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.180 His 00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.759 faith 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:32.279 will not 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.120 fail. 00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.700 And because 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.539 Jesus died 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.000 for us 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.320 on the 00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:39.759 cross, 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.560 because he 00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.240 drank that 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.980 judgment for 00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.360 you and 00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:43.759 for me, 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.460 he now 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.420 continues to 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.340 intercede for 00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:46.840 us. 00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.539 You see, 00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:48.940 Jesus' 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.579 death is 00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.240 not just a 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.680 partial 00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.279 rescue, 00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.600 it's a 00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.279 rescue for 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.460 all eternity. 00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.059 He doesn't 00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.640 save us 00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.160 until we 00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.740 fall and 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:57.900 go, 00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.180 right, 00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.500 okay, 00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:58.759 I've 00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.160 saved you, 00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.460 but now 00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.720 you've 00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.000 fallen, 00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.840 that's 00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.120 it, 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.579 you're 00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.900 on your 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.440 own now. 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.480 Jesus 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.440 saves us 00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.360 even 00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.380 when we 00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.880 fall. 00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.200 He 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.940 drinks the 00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.340 cup of 00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:12.079 judgment 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.519 so that 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.840 we will 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.299 never, 00:29:14.459 --> 00:29:15.059 ever have 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.539 to drink 00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.919 of its 00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.419 dregs 00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.799 again. 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.480 Look at 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.279 verse 32. 00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.799 Read it 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.179 and put 00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.759 your own 00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.220 name 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.720 instead of 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.079 Simon. 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.939 But I 00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:31.379 have prayed 00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.980 for you 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:34.720 that your 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.259 faith may 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.879 not fail 00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:38.519 and when 00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.859 you have 00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.659 turned back, 00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:41.839 strengthen 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.119 your 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.519 brothers. 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.519 Jesus 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.959 has 00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:49.799 overcome 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.579 temptation 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.419 for us 00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:53.019 so that 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.359 we can 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.559 be 00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.119 restored, 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.599 not 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.199 living in 00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:56.839 a depth 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.639 of guilt 00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.459 and despair, 00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.919 but raised 00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.220 up, 00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.839 go and 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.459 strengthen 00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:02.720 your 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.039 brothers. 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.539 Go and 00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.179 encourage 00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.519 them. 00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.240 Go and 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.799 encourage 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.319 fellow 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.859 disciples 00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.679 who are 00:30:08.679 --> 00:30:09.159 going 00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.659 through a 00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.300 hard time, 00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:10.680 who are 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.300 struggling 00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:12.279 in their 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.779 faith. 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.779 As we 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.600 follow Jesus 00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.019 to the 00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.440 cross, 00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:20.420 we begin 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.120 to see 00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:22.060 our great 00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:22.540 need of 00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:23.120 the cross. 00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.720 Let us 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:27.680 pray that 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.080 we will 00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.819 not fall 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.419 into 00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.059 temptation. 00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.579 As we 00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.960 pray, 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:47.339 we all 00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.859 know the 00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.699 areas that 00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:49.720 we struggle 00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.119 with, 00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.899 the areas 00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.480 where we 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.259 conform. 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.980 Father, 00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.720 forgive us 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.079 for the 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.639 times we 00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.040 say, 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.480 my will 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.000 be done 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:02.780 and not 00:31:02.780 --> 00:31:03.240 your will 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.700 be done. 00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.920 Father, 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.400 we admit 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.060 to our 00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.800 weakness 00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:12.300 that we 00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:13.060 so often 00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:13.740 fail to 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.200 resist. 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.480 We 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.180 cave in 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.640 under the 00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.040 pressure. 00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.640 Father, 00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:27.380 draw near 00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.120 to us 00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:29.880 and strengthen 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:31.880 us as we 00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.440 go about 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.080 this week, 00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.440 as we 00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.920 go into 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.740 our workplace, 00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.780 our schools, 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.860 amongst our 00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.520 friends where 00:31:37.520 --> 00:31:38.000 we are 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:39.100 challenged to 00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.740 doubt you, 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.800 where we are 00:31:41.800 --> 00:31:42.420 pushed to 00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.360 remain silent 00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:44.180 about you. 00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.700 Strengthen 00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.020 us, 00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:47.860 pour out 00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.580 your grace 00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.340 and mercy 00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.140 and fill us 00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.520 with the 00:31:50.520 --> 00:31:50.980 power of 00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.420 your Holy 00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.940 Spirit, 00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.279 that we 00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.960 may walk 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:55.200 obediently to 00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.700 you and 00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.060 to your 00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.440 word. 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.680 And, 00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:01.080 Father, 00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.700 may we 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.539 rejoice in 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.060 a wonderful 00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.519 Savior, 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:07.039 who has 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.539 walked the 00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.060 path for 00:32:08.060 --> 00:32:10.340 us and 00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:10.840 drunk the 00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.220 cup of 00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.940 judgment so 00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.200 that we 00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.740 never have 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:12.980 to, 00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:15.100 who has 00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:15.860 rescued us 00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.500 completely 00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.240 and forever, 00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:20.819 who forgives 00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:22.579 even when 00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.959 we do 00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:23.319 fall, 00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.740 and who 00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.399 prays for 00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:26.879 us even 00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.219 now, 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.939 so that 00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.519 our faith 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.119 may not 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.459 fail. 00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.719 What a 00:32:32.719 --> 00:32:33.339 great Savior. 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.419 Thank you, 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.240 in Jesus' 00:32:36.479 --> 00:32:36.679 name. 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.240 Amen. 00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:48.479 Here's 00:32:48.479 --> 00:32:48.759 another 00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.179 prayer, 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.299 a prayer 00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.000 in song, 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.139 picking up 00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.559 on some 00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:53.899 of the 00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.639 things we've 00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:55.039 been looking 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.259 at. 00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.919 Before the 00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.379 throne of 00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:57.179 God above, 00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.740 I have a 00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.159 strong, 00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.719 a perfect 00:32:58.719 --> 00:32:59.119 plea, 00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.979 a great 00:33:00.979 --> 00:33:01.740 high priest 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.339 whose name 00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.899 is love, 00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:04.000 whoever lives 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.559 and pleads 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.139 for me. 00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.399 You ever 00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:08.279 think about 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.859 that as you 00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.399 go about 00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:10.000 your day, 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.939 oblivious to 00:33:11.939 --> 00:33:12.519 what's going 00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.740 on?