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 Father, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you, Father, that you reveal yourself to us,

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 you speak to us by your word,

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 that every word in this book, the Bible,

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 is the word that you ultimately wanted to have here,

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 and that you are the ultimate author of Scripture,

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 the one who ultimately speaks to us through your word.

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 So we ask, Father, that the Holy Spirit

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 would still and quieten our hearts

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 so that we might receive from you this morning.

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 We ask that you would speak deep

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 into the very command centers of who we are.

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 And all these things we ask in the name of Jesus,

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 your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So amongst other things this morning,

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 I'm going to talk about the devil.

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 And I'm going to talk about the devil

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 not because I have a fixation about talking about the devil,

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 but because what we do is we preach through books of the Bible,

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 and the devil is mentioned twice in this text.

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 And you might say that twice isn't very much out of 38 verses,

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 but the two times are actually very significant,

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 and I wouldn't be serving you if we didn't look at it,

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 because it's important.

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 And I mention all of this because it's very interesting.

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 Those of you who've led Bible studies

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 or maybe done some preaching before,

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 you always have an interesting week.

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 I mean, the speaker always has an interesting week

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 when he's going to try to talk about the devil.

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 I don't know what it is.

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 It just seems as if there's more temptations that come my way,

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 more things that just don't work out in my schedule,

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 more reasons to be grumpy or angry or fill in the blank.

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 And I've had that type of week.

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 It's really as if the devil wants to knock you off your game.

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 He wants to knock you off

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 and either maybe try to dissuade you

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 from talking about the devil at all

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 or just, I don't know, just mess you up.

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 So that's been my week

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 because we're going to look at some things

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 that the Bible has to say about the devil.

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 And by the way, one of the things

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 that we're going to learn in this

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 is there's a very famous saying

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 from one of the English reformers

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 at the time of the English Reformation.

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 And he said that the devil never misses church.

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 And he's the one person who never misses the church.

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 The minister might not always be there,

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 but the devil is always there.

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 And some of you as well

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 might have had very, very odd weeks

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 and even now having very odd experiences

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 with your minds filled with all sorts of things.

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 And if that's what's going on,

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 it's just really good to remember

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 that even though when we gather together

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 in the presence of Jesus

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 to open his word

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 and to be together as Christ's people,

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 that it's a spiritual war

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 that we're involved in at the same time.

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 It really is.

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 And it's just important

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 to be gripped by the gospel

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 and to call out to the Father

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 to help us.

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 And when we come in,

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 especially if we're wrestling

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 with thoughts of despair

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 or depression

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 or worry

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 or sexual thoughts

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 or anger

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 or whatever it is,

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 to just try to remember

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 that the devil wants to have you

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 think about that the whole time.

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 And it's a really good opportunity

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 and invitation

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 just to call out to Jesus for help.

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 And he knows your frailty.

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 He knows your frailty.

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 And he loves you.

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 So let's look at the text.

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 It's John chapter 13.

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 We'll begin at verse 1.

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 And what's happened

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 in the way that John,

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 who's one of the original apostles,

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 the way he chose to write

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 this biography of Jesus

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 is basically from chapter 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.

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 This is after Jesus' public ministry.

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 This is now Jesus' private interactions

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 just with his disciples.

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 The public ministry has come to an end.

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 It's a Thursday.

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 Jesus, as he's saying all of these things,

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 knows that he's going to be dead the next day.

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 That's looming very present in his thought

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 that this is going to be a very momentous 24 hours.

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 And one of the interesting things as well,

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 because Judas is mentioned

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 with significance in this text,

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 is that Judas will also be dead.

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 Not at the same time as Jesus,

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 but within 48 hours,

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 Judas will be dead.

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 But Jesus knows that he is going to be dying.

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 And this is the private interactions of him

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 with his disciples.

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 And here's how it begins.

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 John chapter 13, verse 1.

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 Now, before the feast of the Passover,

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 when Jesus knew that his hour had come

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 to depart out of this world to the Father,

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 having loved his own who are in the world,

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 he loved them to the end.

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 Now, just sort of pause.

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 And I know this could end up taking us

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 like three hours to read through

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 if I pause after every verse and talk for a bit.

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 But this is a really important part to stop at.

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 If you're not that familiar with the Bible,

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 the Passover is a hugely significant event

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 in the history of Israel.

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 It's the event where God acts with great power

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 to deliver the people of Israel

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 out of slavery and bondage in Egypt.

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 And it's what propels them ultimately

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 towards the promised land.

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 And it's during this,

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 and it's a very, very important festival.

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 It's during, just as this festival is beginning,

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 that Jesus is doing this

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 and he's going to die during the Passover.

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 It's part of the whole overarching symbolism.

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 But the important thing I want to draw out to you

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 is this, it sounds, and this is just,

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 you don't know this in English,

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 but it's there in the original language.

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 Look at the very last words of verse 1.

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 He loved them to the end.

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 Now that word end is a very interesting word.

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 Those of you who are a bit familiar with Greek,

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 it's, I don't know if I'm pronouncing it correctly,

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 telos, telos.

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 It's the idea of,

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 it's not just that something's finished.

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 Okay, well, the movie's over,

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 let's do something else.

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 Or okay, my lunch is over,

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 it's something else.

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 It's a word that talks about

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 everything moving towards a purpose,

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 towards an end,

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 towards something that makes,

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 gives meaning to everything.

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 And that's the word that he's using.

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 But that's not the word that,

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 I mean, that's a very significant word.

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 But if you turn in your Bibles,

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 it's not going to be on the screen.

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 If you turn in your Bibles

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 to John chapter 19, verse 30.

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 John chapter 19, verse 30.

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 And if you have a Bible like mine

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 that gives you little headings,

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 you'll see that it,

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 just before verse 30,

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 it talks about the death of Jesus.

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 And what's happening the next day

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 is that Jesus is dying on the cross.

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 And whether this is the very last word

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 that Jesus says

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 or the second last word,

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 I mean, that's because

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 it's in different biographies.

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 This is the very, very important ending

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 in John's gospel.

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 And you'll see there,

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 it says in verse 30,

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 when Jesus had received the sour wine,

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 he said, it is finished.

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 And he bowed his head

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 and gave up his spirit.

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 And he dies.

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 And that word that says,

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 it is finished,

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 is basically the same word

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 as the end,

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 only in a different verb tense.

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 So what John is doing,

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 so when Jesus says

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 it's finished,

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 it's saying it's accomplished,

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 he's saying the telos,

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 the whole purpose,

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 the whole reason

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 of everything that I've gone through

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 in all of my life,

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 my conception in the womb

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 of Mary by God,

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 my time in the womb,

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 my birth,

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 my life,

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 everything that's gone through,

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 it's all moved to this purpose,

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 and I have accomplished

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 everything that it was

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 on my heart and mind

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 and on the heart and mind

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 of God the Father to do,

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 it has all come to its proper end

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 as I hang here on the cross

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 with blood coming out of my wrists

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 and out of my feet

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 and down my head

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 and my back is all scarred.

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 And as he dies,

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 he has accomplished everything

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 that he means to accomplish.

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 But if you go back

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 to John chapter 13 verse 1,

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 when Jesus says

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 he loved them to the end,

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 it's the same word,

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 it's the same idea.

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 In other words,

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 what Jesus,

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 what John is doing here,

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 and we're going to look at it

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 obviously a bit more,

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 is he's linking

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 what's now going to happen

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 with what's going to happen

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 at the end.

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 A way for you to think about it

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 is this,

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 that what's going to be,

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 you just sort of think about it

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 from the perspective of the disciples,

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 okay,

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 and of the high priests

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 and of Pilate

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 and the Roman soldiers

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 and the crowds

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 and Barabbas

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 and what's going to be happening

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 over,

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 and there's going to be

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 some teaching and everything.

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 You're going to see in a moment

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 that Jesus is going to be aware

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 of the devil being present

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 and he's going to be aware

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 of Judas' betrayal

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 and Judas is going to go out

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 into the night

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 and the soldiers are going to come

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 and Jesus is going to be captured

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 and he's going to be

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 falsely accused

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 and his disciples

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 are going to scatter

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 and he's going to be whipped

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 and he's going to be mocked

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 and he's going to die on the cross

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 and it looks like

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 he's completely underfailed

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 and on the ground,

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 you know,

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 it looks like Pilate

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 is doing this

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 because he's won

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 and the Jewish leaders

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 are doing this

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 and like this

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 because they've won

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 and Barabbas

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 is maybe just

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 having the biggest laugh

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 of his life

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 and getting drunk

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 after he's freed

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 and it's just going to be bloody

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 and it's going to be chaotic

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 and it's going to look like

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 it's a complete and utter failure

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 and everything is just sort of going

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 all this craziness

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 and what Jesus is going to do

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 in the very next story

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 is Jesus is telling his disciples,

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 I am about to go,

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 in a sense,

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 give you

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 from 10,000 feet up in the air,

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 so to speak,

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 I'm going to basically describe

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 in a simple act

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 and teaching

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 what's really going on.

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 I'm going to help you

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 to understand.

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 You're going to get caught up

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 in the betrayal

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 and the scattering

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 and the fighting

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 and the soldiers

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 and the mocking

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 and the blood.

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 You're going to get caught up

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 in all of these little details

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 down in the ground

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 but I am going to tell you a story

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 and I'm going to enact something

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 out in front of you

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 so that if you listen

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 and afterwards you'll understand,

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 it's like you're going to be

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 10,000 feet above the ground

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 and you're going to be with God

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 and God is giving you

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 a very, very,

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 I am God,

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 Jesus giving his disciples

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 a very, very simple image

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 to understand

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 what is really going on.

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 In Matthew, Mark, and Luke,

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 Jesus does the same thing

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 but he does it

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 by the Lord's Supper,

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 the institution

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 of the Lord's Supper.

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 He gives them a way

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 to understand

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 from 10,000 feet

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 from God's perspective

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 what's really going on

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 on the ground,

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 what's really happening

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 not just in history

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 but for all eternity

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 because it's happening

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 in two levels both.

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 It's happening

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 at a spiritual level

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 in terms of all eternity.

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 It's happening in history

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 in real time

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 and John chooses

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 a different story

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 to help us to understand.

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 Out of the two significant things

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 or more that he did,

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 Jesus did on that night,

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 John says,

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 you know what?

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 I think the other guys

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 are going to talk about this.

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 I'm going to say this

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 because this is also

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 really important to understand.

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 So what is it?

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 Well, we have to get through

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 something else first.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 So during supper,

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 when the devil

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 had already put it

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 into the heart

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 of Judas Iscariot,

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 Simon's son,

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 to betray him.

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 Now just sort of pause.

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 What this is saying

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 is that,

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 you know,

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 this larger story,

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 this story,

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 this image

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 that Jesus is going to give

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 to help his disciples

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 understand

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 what's really going on,

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 it's going to happen.

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 It takes into account

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 the reality of the devil.

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 And it's going to take into account

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 the reality of how the devil works

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 with feeble and frail human beings

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 like you and me.

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 And what he,

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 Jesus is aware of,

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 John is now aware

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 of it afterwards,

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 but Jesus is aware

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 of it at the time,

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 as we'll see,

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 is that the devil

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 has been putting thoughts

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 into Judas' mind.

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 In fact,

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 another translation

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 for put is cast.

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 It's almost like,

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 you know,

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 like you're fishing.

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 You cast,

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 you cast the hook

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 with the worm

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 and you hope

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 a fish will bite.

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 It's almost the same

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 type of way to understand.

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 It's as if the devil's

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 fishing your mind

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 and your heart

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 and your will,

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 throwing out those hooks

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 with the worm,

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 seeing if George will bite,

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 because that's what he's doing.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 you and I can't stop

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 the devil

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 from putting thoughts

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 into our mind

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 and into our heart.

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 But what we do with it

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 is on us.

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 And that's one of the things

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 that goes on in our lives.

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 You know,

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 it's amazing how often

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 in my own life

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 and in others,

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 I see people snatch

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 unhappiness

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 out of the jaws

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 of happiness.

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 Like,

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 they could be happy.

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 Things are going well.

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 And then all of a sudden,

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 there's a thought

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 in our head

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 to remind us

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 of that mean thing

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 that somebody did

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 to us before.

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 Or the mean thing

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 our mom said to us.

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 Or the coach said to us

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 30 years ago

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 and all of a sudden,

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 on the way to happiness,

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 whoa,

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 our mind is preoccupied

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 with that.

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 Or our mind is,

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 all of a sudden,

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 we're on the way

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 to happiness

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 and then we look

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 at somebody

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 and they,

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 I just discovered

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 how expensive

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 purses are

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 because I bought

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 my wife a purse

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 at Christmas.

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 I did not realize

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 how much money

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 some people spend

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 on purses.

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 It was a shock

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 to me.

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 Anyway,

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 and listen,

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 if you're a woman

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 trying to impress me

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 with your purse,

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 it is lost on me.

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 I did not realize

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 that one person

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 might have a $25 purse

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 and a $3,000 purse,

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 right?

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 They both just look

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 black to me.

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 But those of you

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 who are into those things,

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 you know and you understand.

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 Okay?

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 So, but anyway,

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 so, you know,

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 but you're on your way

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 and all of a sudden

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 you see this $2,000 purse

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 and now you're filled

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 with envy

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 and then you go

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 from envy

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 to feeling lousy

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 about yourself

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 and your prospects

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 and then you go

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 from envy

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 to going,

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 well, I'm better than you

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 and before you know it,

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 happiness is gone.

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 The devil has cast

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 a little thought

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 into your mind

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 and you grab on it

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 and that's what,

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 that's what's describing here.

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 It's a very important

00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:56.360
 spiritual teaching,

00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:57.039
 actually,

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 just sort of thrown

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 right in here

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 in terms of how

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 the devil works.

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 But we have to still see

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 whether Judas

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 is going to bite on it.

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 I mean, we know,

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 many of us know the story

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 but that's what's going

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 to happen here

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 in the story

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 is that not only

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 we discover that Judas

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 has been biting

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 on these thoughts

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 that come into

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 the devil's mind,

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 the devil has him hooked

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 at some point in time.

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 So, verse 3,

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 so remember we said,

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 so this is going

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 to be something

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 that Jesus does

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 to help all of his disciples

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 understand what's

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 really going on

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 and it's a very,

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 very, very important image

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 for some of us.

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 I'm going to tell you

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 right now,

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 not all of us

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 struggle with shame

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 but some of us,

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 shame is a very,

00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:42.940
 very powerful part

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 of who we are

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 and the following image

00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:47.379
 is a very powerful image

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:48.180
 for those of us

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 who deal with shame.

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 So, verse 3,

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 Jesus knowing

00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.379
 that the Father

00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.720
 had given all things

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 into his hands

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 and that he,

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 that is Jesus,

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 he'd come from God

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 and he was going

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:02.060
 to go back to God

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 and he rose from supper,

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 he laid aside

00:16:05.359 --> 00:16:06.599
 his outer garments

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 and taking a towel,

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 tied it around his waist,

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 then he poured water

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 into a basin

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 and began to wash

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 the disciples' feet

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 and to wipe them

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 with the towel

00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:19.639
 that was wrapped around him.

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 And we'll just sort of pause.

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 So what Jesus does here,

00:16:24.199 --> 00:16:25.779
 it's a bit of a gross image

00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:27.199
 to us,

00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:28.299
 but he strips down

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 to his loincloth

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 and a loincloth

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 would have covered

00:16:31.760 --> 00:16:32.540
 his genitals,

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 but not all of his buttock.

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 And he strips down to that.

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 And he strips down to that

00:16:38.760 --> 00:16:40.300
 complete,

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 and takes,

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 in other words,

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:43.540
 the complete humiliating place

00:16:43.540 --> 00:16:44.780
 of the lowest servant.

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 And he washes

00:16:47.260 --> 00:16:48.760
 his disciples' feet.

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 And that is going to be,

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 that with his explanation

00:16:56.439 --> 00:16:57.159
 that comes,

00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:59.700
 that is the image

00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:02.559
 that Jesus wants us

00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:03.620
 to have in our minds

00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.220
 to help us

00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:05.220
 to understand

00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:07.379
 the betrayal

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 and the running

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:11.660
 and the scaredness

00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:13.359
 and the beatings

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 and the blood

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 and the nails

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 and the whipping

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 and the mocking

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 and the death.

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 And Jesus

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 wants this

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 to be a story

00:17:23.820 --> 00:17:24.539
 and an image

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.100
 to help us

00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:25.860
 to understand

00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:27.440
 what's really going on.

00:17:30.080 --> 00:17:31.600
 Amidst all the events,

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 that's what we are

00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.220
 to understand

00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:33.840
 is happening.

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 That God,

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 the Son of God,

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 is setting aside

00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:38.680
 his glory and splendor

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 and divine prerogatives.

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 He's setting all of these aside.

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 He's taking the position

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 and the demeanor

00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.319
 of the lowest

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:46.000
 of servants and slaves

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 to clean,

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 to make you clean.

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 To make you clean.

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 That's what's really going on.

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 We'll unpack that

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 a little bit more

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:00.940
 in a moment.

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 But it's a very,

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 very powerful image.

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 And Peter doesn't like it at all.

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 You know,

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:13.519
 Peter doesn't like it at all.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 He came to Simon Peter

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 who said to him,

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:18.419
 Lord,

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 do you wash my feet?

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 And Jesus answered him,

00:18:22.959 --> 00:18:24.419
 what I am doing

00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:26.079
 you do not understand now.

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 Boy,

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 is that ever

00:18:26.979 --> 00:18:27.879
 an understatement.

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 They don't understand

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 it at all.

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 But afterward,

00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:33.379
 you will understand.

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 Because you see,

00:18:34.719 --> 00:18:35.539
 Jesus wants us

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 to understand.

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 And Peter said to him,

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.900
 you shall never

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 wash my feet.

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 And in the original language,

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 this is emphatic.

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 You shall never

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 wash my feet.

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 It's emphatic

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:49.299
 in the original language.

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 In the way

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 it's structured.

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 And,

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.860
 and Jesus

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 answered him,

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 if I do not

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 wash you.

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 Now here he's going

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:01.759
 beyond just the foot thing

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 and he's saying,

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 if I do not wash you,

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 if I do not make you clean,

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 so to speak,

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 you have no share

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 with me.

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 No participation

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 with me.

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 No,

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 you're not,

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 in a sense,

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 connected to me.

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 And in light of that,

00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:20.059
 verse 9,

00:19:20.219 --> 00:19:20.859
 Simon Peter,

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 because if there's one thing

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 Simon Peter wants,

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 he has lots of things

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 about him

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 that are weak and frail,

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 but he wants Jesus.

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 So he says,

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 Lord,

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 not my feet only then,

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 so to speak,

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 but also my hands,

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 my head,

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 like it's an image

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 of what I do,

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 how I think,

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 like all of me.

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 And then Jesus answers

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 in sort of a bit

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 of an elliptical way

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 and he's speaking,

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 of course,

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 in that culture

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 where you're walking

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 on dirt floors

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 all the time

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 and you're walking

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 on dirt

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 and dust

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 and Jesus said to him

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 in verse 9,

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 the one who was bathed,

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 you know,

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 had a bath,

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 does not need to wash

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 except for his feet.

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 In other words,

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 after they get out

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 of their bath,

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 the rest of them,

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 they're clean

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 from here up,

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 right?

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 But it's completely clean

00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:07.680
 and you are clean

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 because Jesus knows

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 what's going to happen

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 with them

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 and what's going on

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 in their lives

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 and then he says,

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 but not every one of you

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 for he knew

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 who was to betray him.

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 That was why he said

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 not all of you are clean.

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 See,

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 one of the things

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 which is so powerful

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 about this image,

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.759
 this is an image

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.240
 to help us

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 to understand

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 what's really going on

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 at the crucifixion

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 is that Jesus

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 also washed

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 Judas' feet.

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 In a sense,

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 with the devil

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 looking on,

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 while the devil

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 is casting hooks

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 with worms

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 into Judas' head,

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.900
 seeing if he'll bite,

00:20:46.580 --> 00:20:47.200
 jiggling it,

00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:49.180
 while that's all going on,

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.960
 Jesus washes

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 Judas' feet

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 as well as the disciples.

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 It's an act

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 of profound love

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 and an act of love

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 that respects our freedom.

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.860
 Now,

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:04.720
 I,

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.340
 you know,

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 sometimes in my sermons

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 I talk about shame

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 and stuff like that

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 and that's because

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 I struggled with shame

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 for decades,

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 not just a week,

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 a day,

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 but for decades.

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 Even as a Christian

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 I struggled with shame

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 and it was one of those things,

00:21:21.840 --> 00:21:23.000
 I don't know how it was,

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.500
 it's probably just in heaven

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.240
 I'll find out,

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 God will just say,

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.259
 George,

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 you are so dense,

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 like you listen to 15 sermons,

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:30.380
 150 sermons

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.819
 would have helped,

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.559
 he never listened,

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 never heard,

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 I don't know what he's going to say,

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 but I just didn't ever,

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 it seemed like it took decades

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 for me to start to have a sense

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 about the resources

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.880
 to try to handle,

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 I'd fight against it,

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 but for those of you

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 who struggle with shame,

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 you know,

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 it's that there's something

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 wrong with you.

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 It's not just that

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.359
 people who don't struggle

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 with shame,

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 they do wrong things,

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 but then they move on.

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 But for those of us

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 who struggle with shame,

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.779
 it's something at the very center

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.599
 of our identity,

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.579
 that there's just something

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:06.740
 fundamentally broken about me.

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 And I don't mean here

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.759
 in a scriptural sense,

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.779
 I used to think that,

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:11.120
 that somehow I'm just

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:12.519
 experiencing Genesis 3

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.279
 and on one level

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.920
 I am experiencing Genesis 3,

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.799
 but on another level

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.940
 there's a different thing

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:18.160
 going on within me,

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.200
 a different type of,

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:22.039
 an identity that I have,

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.160
 even though I acknowledge

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:24.539
 the gospel with my head,

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:26.399
 but an identity that's

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.559
 somehow not touched

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.819
 by what Jesus has done

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.759
 for me on the cross,

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.680
 that even though,

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.000
 yeah, yeah,

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.819
 I'm going to go to heaven,

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.879
 but in the meantime,

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.759
 things just aren't going

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.599
 to work out with me.

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.680
 There's something wrong

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.200
 about me.

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.879
 There's something

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:40.220
 that is just

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:42.779
 dirty.

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.879
 It's just dirty.

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.639
 And some of us

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:50.960
 in the room

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.619
 have no idea

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.460
 what I'm talking about,

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.279
 and some of you

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.019
 know very well

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.120
 what I'm talking about.

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.720
 And one of the wonderful

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:58.019
 things about Jesus

00:22:58.019 --> 00:23:00.559
 and one of the wonderful

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.880
 things about God

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:04.140
 is that God knows,

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.079
 Jesus knows,

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.860
 that you and I

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:06.680
 are all different.

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.640
 And that's why

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.940
 there's different ways

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.360
 that Jesus communicates

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:12.460
 this profound wonder

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:15.420
 about what he accomplishes

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.840
 for us on the cross.

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.259
 And for some of us,

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:19.460
 we struggle with guilt.

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:21.440
 And so there's all these images

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.380
 about how Jesus

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.200
 bears our guilt.

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.080
 And for some of us,

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.920
 we struggle with

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.660
 the fear of death.

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.380
 And so there's all

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:27.539
 these wonderful images

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.940
 about how Jesus

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.740
 brings life.

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.820
 And for some of us,

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.980
 we struggle with darkness.

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.759
 And there's all these

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.660
 wonderful images

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.580
 about how Jesus

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.779
 brings light.

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:37.480
 And for some of us,

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.940
 we struggle with

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.880
 a sense that there

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.519
 is something

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.019
 foul about us.

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.860
 There is something

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.400
 broken.

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.480
 There is something

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.960
 unclean and dirty

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.600
 about us.

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.799
 And so it is

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.620
 that the Bible,

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:50.519
 Jesus presents us this image

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:54.139
 that what Jesus is doing for us on the cross,

00:23:54.979 --> 00:23:58.199
 what he's going through

00:23:58.199 --> 00:24:01.359
 is sopping up all that

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:03.979
 which makes us unclean and foul

00:24:03.979 --> 00:24:06.179
 to make us clean.

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:10.879
 That when you put your faith and trust in Jesus,

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:13.919
 he makes you clean.

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:17.299
 He makes you clean.

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:24.659
 And that is the image that he is communicating here.

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.599
 If you think about it, isn't that so wonderful

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:31.859
 that Jesus would provide such an image to Judas

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:34.639
 who is eating the worms

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:39.919
 that the devil is casting into his mind and heart?

00:24:41.979 --> 00:24:43.539
 I will make you clean.

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:48.700
 You know, one of the things I read

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:50.859
 and thought about different secular things,

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:54.559
 and there's some help you can get from secular sources

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.839
 about dealing with shame.

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:59.139
 There's some help you can get in trying to understand

00:24:59.139 --> 00:25:00.319
 what it is and all of that.

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:01.539
 But you know, at the end of the day,

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:08.019
 the secular things to try to help you deal with shame,

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.240
 and they can help you to understand

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:11.319
 maybe a little bit about where it came from

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.619
 and the shape it takes

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:15.279
 and the different ways it forces you to act

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:17.059
 or leads you or encourages you to act.

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.039
 But at the end of the day,

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:20.200
 all it can really do

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:22.059
 is try to make me proud.

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:25.319
 Because at the end of the day,

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.639
 what it really tries to do

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.779
 is either shift it,

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:29.240
 don't feel ashamed,

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:31.400
 because it's really all your mom's fault,

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:34.319
 or it's really all your dad's fault,

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.440
 or your coach's fault,

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.519
 or your brother's fault,

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.579
 or your boss's fault.

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:38.880
 But you know what?

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:42.359
 You know, in a very fallen way,

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:44.819
 that can give you a certain type of pleasure

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:47.579
 to know that it's somebody else's fault,

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:50.079
 but it actually doesn't really deal with the shame.

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:53.120
 And the other thing that secular things often do

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.920
 is just try to say,

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.099
 look in the mirror and say,

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.279
 you're beautiful,

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.359
 you're powerful,

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.579
 you can do it,

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.740
 you're a success,

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.879
 you're wonderful.

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.059
 Well, first of all,

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.819
 isn't that sort of like,

00:26:03.939 --> 00:26:04.720
 yeah, really?

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:07.480
 But at the end of the day,

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:09.500
 it just makes you feel more proud,

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:09.960
 doesn't it?

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.099
 Like even if it works,

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:12.799
 it turns you into a narcissist.

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:16.559
 It turns you into a one who thinks,

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:19.000
 I'm the guy,

00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:19.980
 I'm the gal,

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.659
 look at me,

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:23.819
 I deserve applause.

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:26.539
 And get angry when there's no applause.

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.980
 But you see,

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:30.220
 the wonderful thing here about the gospel is

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:33.240
 that this story,

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.420
 on one hand,

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:37.299
 it helps us to understand

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:39.159
 those of us who struggle with shame.

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.659
 You know what the Bible is saying?

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.659
 Actually, George,

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.940
 you know you think you're clean

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:46.059
 and there's something foul about you.

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.960
 You don't know half of it.

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:49.200
 You're way more foul than you ever believed.

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:51.019
 Why is it saying that?

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:55.000
 Because my need for cleaning

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:57.940
 must be unbelievably great

00:26:57.940 --> 00:27:00.779
 if Jesus had to go to such lengths

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.099
 to make me clean.

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.319
 Leaving heaven.

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.240
 Suffering trial and temptation.

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.420
 Dying on the cross.

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:14.759
 On one hand,

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:17.120
 the insight of a person struggling with shame

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:18.380
 doesn't even begin

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:20.240
 to get to the tip of the iceberg.

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:22.600
 But at the same time,

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.620
 Jesus,

00:27:24.300 --> 00:27:25.880
 knowing our need,

00:27:26.800 --> 00:27:27.440
 descends

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:30.240
 into the absolute depths

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.920
 to make you and me clean.

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:34.420
 And if this was just a story,

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.960
 then it's just maybe a variation

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:37.680
 of what secular things do,

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:40.019
 of either trying to shift the blame

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:43.600
 or give you a type of self-talk

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.880
 that gives you the power

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:46.299
 to just sort of steamroller

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:48.600
 over your emotions.

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:51.500
 And this is maybe doing a different thing

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.580
 by giving you an image

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.259
 to think about

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.140
 that might be helpful.

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.500
 But it's not just an image

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.200
 because you see

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.420
 at the very, very center

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:59.100
 of this biography

00:27:59.100 --> 00:28:00.980
 is that it's true.

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:04.100
 It's a way that Jesus

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:05.180
 is giving you and me

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.880
 to understand

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:07.480
 what really happened in history.

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.440
 And in a sense,

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.240
 what not just happened in history

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.620
 but happened in eternity.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.380
 That God, the Son of God,

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:17.640
 really did enter our human race.

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.940
 That God, the Son of God,

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:21.060
 really did live amongst us

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:22.740
 suffering the trials and temptations

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.380
 that we suffer only without sin.

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:26.080
 That God, the Son of God,

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.500
 knows from the inside

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:29.320
 what it really is like

00:28:29.320 --> 00:28:30.100
 to be tempted

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:32.320
 and to be feeble and frail

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:33.039
 and to be troubled.

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.640
 And that God, the Son of God,

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:36.600
 really does get betrayed.

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:38.699
 He really does die upon the cross.

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.980
 He really does taste

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:41.339
 all there is to taste of death.

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.579
 And on the third day,

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:44.899
 He really does rise from the dead.

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:47.500
 The tomb really is empty.

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:49.539
 The body was not stolen.

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:51.740
 Jesus actually does deal

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.879
 with the foulness

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.879
 and the dirt

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.899
 and the shame

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.500
 and the sin.

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:57.019
 And He really does deal with it

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:59.059
 and emerge on the far side alive.

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.819
 He really does deal with it.

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:03.399
 And He really does offer

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:05.279
 to make you and me clean

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.779
 if we put our hand out

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:10.220
 and He crosses that infinite distance

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.919
 towards us.

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.059
 And for those of us

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.859
 who struggle with shame,

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.700
 we might not even be able

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.579
 to put our hand out like that.

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.839
 It might just be like this.

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.319
 We're out of our hand

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.359
 and we do like this.

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.859
 And He takes the least

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:21.639
 and He crosses that infinite distance

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:23.179
 and comes and takes you and me.

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:25.279
 And He really does make me clean.

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:27.240
 This is not just a story

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.220
 for self-talk.

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:30.039
 It is a story to understand

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.880
 what God, the Son of God,

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.600
 and the power of the Holy Spirit

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:36.059
 by the pleasure of the Father,

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:39.819
 God, the Trinity from all eternity,

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.799
 who is love out of love,

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.720
 did for you and me

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:45.740
 to make you and me clean

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:47.380
 when we put our faith

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:48.240
 and trust in Him.

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:52.880
 And our identity is clean.

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:56.480
 Our identity,

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:58.480
 my identity in Christ,

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.260
 is clean.

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:03.660
 Not because of self-talk

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.940
 or powerful emotions

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:06.600
 or drugs that change my emotions,

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:09.520
 but because it's true He did it.

00:30:10.080 --> 00:30:11.640
 My identity in Him

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:13.100
 is clean.

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:26.279
 Jesus helps us to understand more.

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.679
 We'll finish reading the text

00:30:27.679 --> 00:30:29.179
 and then I'll just sort of close

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.819
 because there's still

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:31.279
 some other important things

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.319
 that come out in the whole

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:34.480
 back and forward of the story.

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.399
 Look at verse 12.

00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:37.039
 When Jesus had finished,

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.500
 had washed their feet

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:40.000
 and put on His outer garments

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:41.139
 and resumed His place,

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.099
 Jesus said to them,

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:43.439
 Do you understand

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:44.879
 what I have done to you?

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:47.639
 You call me teacher and Lord

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.279
 and you are right,

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:49.119
 for so I am.

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:51.119
 Some translations say

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:52.019
 master and Lord.

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.480
 If I then,

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.559
 your Lord and teacher,

00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:55.519
 your Lord and master,

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.639
 have washed your feet,

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:58.719
 you also ought to wash

00:30:58.719 --> 00:30:59.899
 one another's feet.

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.019
 For I have given you

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.459
 an example that you also

00:31:03.459 --> 00:31:04.799
 should do just as I have

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.439
 done to you.

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.179
 Truly, truly,

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.879
 I say to you,

00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:09.179
 a servant is not greater

00:31:09.179 --> 00:31:10.019
 than his master

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.219
 nor is a messenger

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.140
 greater than the one

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.779
 who sent him.

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.600
 If you know these things,

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.319
 blessed are you

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.000
 if you do them.

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.120
 I am not speaking

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.839
 to all of you,

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.620
 of all of you.

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.880
 I know whom I have chosen.

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.660
 But the scripture

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.660
 will be fulfilled.

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.740
 It's very important.

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.220
 He tells them

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.779
 the Bible will be fulfilled.

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:28.940
 See,

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.920
 just as a,

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.039
 before I tell you about this,

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.559
 this is what I'm telling you

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.000
 right now.

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.799
 All I'm doing,

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.220
 I am just a messenger

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.339
 on behalf of Jesus.

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:38.079
 I am not an optimist.

00:31:39.699 --> 00:31:40.879
 I am a pessimist

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.759
 in recovery.

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:44.240
 And all I can do

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.139
 is when Jesus says

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:46.699
 the scripture will be fulfilled,

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.500
 he's going to share

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:49.000
 a dark fulfillment,

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.779
 so to speak.

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.039
 That's what I'm telling you

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.519
 right now by,

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.159
 you are clean

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:53.000
 if you put your faith

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.619
 and trust in him.

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:55.039
 The scripture will be fulfilled.

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.819
 God's word will be fulfilled.

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.939
 His word is sure.

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.899
 You can trust it

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.839
 if you put your hand

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.439
 out to him.

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.759
 But then back to the text,

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.819
 he who ate my bread

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:06.220
 has lifted his heel against me.

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.399
 Then verse 19,

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.619
 I am telling you this now

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.759
 before it takes place,

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.539
 that when it does take place,

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.159
 you may believe

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.899
 that I am he.

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.679
 Truly, truly,

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.319
 I say to you,

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:15.139
 whoever receives

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.939
 the one I send

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.720
 receives me.

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.659
 Isn't that what I said?

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:19.740
 I'm not,

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.779
 you don't have to receive me,

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.879
 it's the message.

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:23.879
 And if you receive Jesus,

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.779
 you receive him.

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.419
 And whoever receives me

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:27.379
 receives the one

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.059
 who sent me.

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.779
 After saying these things,

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:32.079
 Jesus was troubled

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.859
 in his spirit

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.579
 and testified,

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.519
 truly, truly,

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.160
 I say to you,

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.359
 one of you will betray me.

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.379
 One of the things

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:38.220
 which is so wonderful

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.859
 about that,

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.160
 those of you

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:42.160
 who were here early enough

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.859
 for the beginning

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.619
 of morning prayer,

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.920
 there's a wonderful line

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.379
 in the beginning

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.279
 of morning prayer.

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.779
 It's also at the beginning

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.740
 of evening prayer

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:50.940
 and it's three different times

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:52.019
 in the book of Ezekiel.

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.180
 It's said in the same,

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.680
 slightly different ways,

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.720
 but it's the same message.

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.680
 God takes no delight

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:59.039
 in the death of a sinner,

00:32:59.139 --> 00:32:59.980
 but rather that they will

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.039
 turn from their wickedness

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.480
 and live.

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:03.920
 And we see that here

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.360
 in Jesus.

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.620
 He's taking no delight

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:07.740
 in the fact that the Scripture

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.559
 is going to be fulfilled.

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.920
 He's taking no delight

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.960
 in the fact that Judas

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.860
 is going to refuse

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:13.079
 all of these options

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.799
 to repent.

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:17.220
 It troubles him.

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.279
 He takes no delight

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.200
 in the death of a sinner.

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.819
 What delights him

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.339
 is when you turn

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.259
 from your wickedness

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.720
 and live.

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.880
 That's what delights Jesus.

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.839
 That's what delights God.

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:29.679
 That is who God is.

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:33.299
 God is not a distant God

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.980
 who occasionally gets mad

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.779
 and wreaks destruction

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.459
 on earth.

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.399
 He's not just a force.

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.740
 He's not just sort of like

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.619
 a basic woo-woo-woo

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:44.079
 spiritual type of thing

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.579
 out there

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.299
 that we go to

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.079
 when we die.

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:48.419
 This is how we know

00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:49.799
 who God really is

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:51.699
 by Jesus.

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:55.339
 Verse 22,

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:56.139
 the disciples looked

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.599
 at one another

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.379
 uncertain of whom

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:58.099
 Jesus spoke.

00:33:58.199 --> 00:33:59.220
 They had no idea

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.119
 that somebody was going

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.299
 to betray him that night.

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.779
 They had no idea

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.539
 who it was going to be.

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.959
 Verse 23,

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.959
 one of his disciples

00:34:05.959 --> 00:34:07.000
 whom Jesus loved,

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:08.579
 that's John the writer,

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.980
 he was reclining

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:12.019
 at table right beside Jesus,

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.139
 one of the places of honor.

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.779
 So Simon Peter,

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.719
 not in a place of honor,

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.539
 motioned to him

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.279
 to ask Jesus

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:20.380
 of whom he was speaking.

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.699
 So that disciple

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:23.099
 leaning back against Jesus

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.719
 said to him,

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.139
 Lord, who is it?

00:34:26.100 --> 00:34:27.039
 Jesus answered,

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.880
 it is he to whom

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:30.039
 I will give this morsel

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.500
 of bread

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.400
 when I have dipped it.

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:32.940
 He would have dipped it

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.720
 into hummus

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.360
 or tabbouleh

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:36.519
 or something like that.

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.400
 So when he had

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.420
 dipped the morsel,

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.480
 he gave it to Judas,

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:42.600
 the son of Simon Iscariot.

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.320
 Then after he had

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.120
 taken the morsel,

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:47.140
 Satan entered into him,

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.840
 that is Judas.

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.800
 And Jesus said to him,

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:51.440
 what you are going to do,

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.100
 do quickly.

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:54.699
 You see,

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.719
 the wonderful thing,

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:56.460
 it's not that somehow

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.519
 the devil was in the bread.

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.480
 That's not what it's saying.

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.299
 You see,

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.839
 Jesus has already

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.619
 warned everybody

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.579
 that one of them there

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:05.079
 is going to betray him.

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.920
 This is Jesus'

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:07.440
 constant speaking

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.619
 to give Judas an honor.

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.239
 You see,

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:10.259
 God's desire

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:11.639
 is always that we repent.

00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:13.279
 That's his fundamental

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.400
 desire for us.

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:16.159
 He warns Judas repeatedly

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:17.579
 so that Judas will repent,

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:19.000
 will turn.

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:20.960
 And now in this moment

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.280
 of real intimacy,

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.920
 because that's what it is,

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:29.980
 if my wife was to come in

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:31.360
 to a room

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:33.360
 and I was feeding

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:34.500
 another woman

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.920
 by my hand,

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:37.739
 what would her reaction be?

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.539
 It would be biblical.

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.900
 No.

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:46.159
 We all recognize

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:47.199
 that that's a very

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.360
 intimate gesture.

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.380
 And that's,

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:51.300
 Jesus gives a very

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:52.219
 intimate gesture

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:53.739
 to Judas.

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.199
 And it is that moment

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.019
 of intimacy.

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:58.059
 It's dark outside.

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.019
 In Jerusalem

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.960
 at that time of the year,

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.980
 it's about 10 degrees.

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.440
 So it's,

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.980
 and that would feel

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.300
 very cold to people

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.179
 who are used to 40

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.820
 in the summer.

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.940
 It would feel pretty warm

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.619
 to us today,

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:10.099
 but it would feel cold to them.

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:11.280
 It's dark outside.

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:12.099
 It's cold.

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:14.039
 They're all huddled around

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.719
 to feast.

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:17.139
 Jesus and his disciples,

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.840
 the friends,

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:19.140
 it's a moment of intimacy

00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:20.000
 and it is the moment

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.840
 of intimacy

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:24.220
 that Judas decides

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:25.240
 to have the devil

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:26.519
 go all in

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.519
 and possess him.

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.960
 And the devil

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.420
 and Jesus

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.380
 are opposites,

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.320
 but they're not equal.

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.079
 The devil

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:36.519
 doesn't boss Jesus around.

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:38.039
 Jesus tells the devil

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.640
 what to do.

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.700
 Get it over with.

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.120
 Be out.

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.920
 Be gone.

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:46.119
 And the rest of Jesus'

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.079
 teaching now

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:48.280
 is with the devil gone,

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:49.300
 the betrayer gone.

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.159
 It's just Jesus

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:51.119
 and his disciples

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:52.159
 just to wrap it up.

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.180
 Verse 31.

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.840
 When Judas had gone out,

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.420
 Jesus said,

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:57.099
 now is the Son of Man glorified.

00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:00.039
 He knows the cross is coming

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.559
 and God is glorified in him.

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.900
 If God is glorified in him,

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:04.519
 God will also glorify him

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.119
 in himself

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:06.720
 and glorify him at once.

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.519
 Little children,

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.380
 yet a little while

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.099
 I am with you.

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.740
 You will seek me

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.739
 and just as I have said

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.759
 to the Jewish leaders,

00:37:13.399 --> 00:37:14.739
 so now I also say to you,

00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.439
 where I am going,

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.339
 you cannot come.

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:18.219
 A new commandment

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.859
 I give to you,

00:37:18.879 --> 00:37:20.139
 that you love one another

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:21.559
 just as I have loved you.

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:23.419
 You also are to love

00:37:23.419 --> 00:37:23.939
 one another.

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:25.000
 By this,

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:26.439
 all people will know

00:37:26.439 --> 00:37:27.719
 that you are my disciples,

00:37:27.919 --> 00:37:28.619
 not by your

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:30.139
 brilliant apologetics,

00:37:30.279 --> 00:37:31.659
 not by your brilliant preaching,

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:33.619
 not by your spectacular music,

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:35.179
 not by your unbelievably

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:37.299
 wonderful organizational church,

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.859
 but if you have love

00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:39.500
 for one another.

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:43.039
 Simon Peter said to him,

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:44.239
 Lord, where are you going?

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:46.139
 And Jesus answered him,

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:46.959
 where I am going,

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:48.859
 you cannot follow me now,

00:37:48.959 --> 00:37:50.319
 but you will follow afterward.

00:37:50.479 --> 00:37:51.179
 Peter will die.

00:37:52.459 --> 00:37:53.619
 Peter said to him,

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.919
 Lord, why can I not

00:37:54.919 --> 00:37:55.579
 follow you now?

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.259
 I will lay down

00:37:56.259 --> 00:37:57.179
 my life for you.

00:37:58.399 --> 00:37:59.519
 And Jesus answered,

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.539
 will you lay down

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.339
 your life for me?

00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:03.079
 Truly, truly,

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.799
 I say to you,

00:38:03.839 --> 00:38:05.019
 the rooster will not crow

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:06.899
 until you have denied me

00:38:06.899 --> 00:38:07.659
 three times.

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:07.779
 Amen.

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:12.159
 So just wrap it up

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:13.679
 with a couple of points

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.979
 to summarize where we've been.

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.339
 If you could put them up,

00:38:16.399 --> 00:38:17.039
 that would be great.

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.919
 The first one is,

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:20.719
 the true Lord of all creation

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.459
 loves you,

00:38:21.879 --> 00:38:23.719
 and he stooped like a servant

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:25.239
 to wash you

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:27.000
 and make you clean forever.

00:38:28.919 --> 00:38:31.179
 The true Lord of all creation

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.879
 loves you,

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.519
 and he stooped like a servant

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:35.000
 to wash you

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:36.759
 and make you clean forever.

00:38:36.919 --> 00:38:38.139
 That's the power of the image.

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:39.480
 That's what Jesus is saying.

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.579
 That what's going on

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.359
 in the cross

00:38:42.359 --> 00:38:43.960
 is me,

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:45.879
 the Lord of all creation.

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.559
 I am stooping

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.299
 and stooping

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.039
 and stooping

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.779
 and stooping,

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.719
 even stooping

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.759
 to the point of death,

00:38:52.339 --> 00:38:53.179
 even stooping

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:53.759
 to the point

00:38:53.759 --> 00:38:55.139
 of bearing all the sin

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:55.699
 and the shame

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:57.019
 of the entire world

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:58.400
 in my being.

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.559
 I am stooping

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.879
 lower and lower

00:39:00.879 --> 00:39:01.480
 and lower

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:03.579
 because I love you.

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:06.639
 And by my action

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.340
 for you,

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:08.460
 if you receive it,

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.679
 I will wash you

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:11.099
 and make you clean forever.

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.139
 Forever.

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.079
 That means,

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:18.099
 I stand before you right now,

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:21.579
 not because of arrogance

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.480
 or pride

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.559
 or narcissism,

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:25.440
 but because I believe

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:26.500
 the words of Jesus,

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:28.440
 I stand before you clean.

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:28.539
 clean.

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:36.820
 That's how I stand before you,

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.800
 in Jesus,

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:40.619
 clean.

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.920
 If you could put up

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.760
 the next slide.

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:48.380
 The Lord and the devil

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.360
 are opposites,

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:51.159
 but are not equal.

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:53.000
 The Lord is God.

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.179
 The devil

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:55.960
 is a fallen creature.

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:58.780
 It's a very important thing

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.619
 for us to remember.

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.699
 They are opposites.

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:04.220
 The Lord stoops

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:06.000
 out of love

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:07.599
 to make you clean.

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.519
 The devil

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:11.159
 casts worms

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:12.860
 that you might eat them

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:14.599
 and become foul

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.960
 and be destroyed.

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:18.960
 Many people in our culture

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:21.079
 who are afraid of God

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:22.940
 are really afraid

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:24.000
 of an imposter.

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:26.079
 They do not realize

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.920
 that who they think

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.599
 of as God

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:29.000
 and how they describe God

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.719
 is actually

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.599
 they are describing

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.219
 the devil.

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:33.380
 And they are right

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:34.820
 to run from him.

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:38.199
 But we are to proclaim

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:41.099
 that that is not

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:42.519
 the true God.

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.880
 He is an imposter.

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:45.400
 Then he is but

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:46.539
 a fallen creature.

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:48.340
 And Jesus

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:49.539
 is the one

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:50.480
 who reveals God

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.059
 to us.

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:54.299
 Next point.

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:56.340
 The Lord loves you

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:57.400
 knowing full well

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.960
 that you are fallen

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.619
 and frail.

00:41:00.299 --> 00:41:01.619
 The Lord loves you

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.519
 knowing full well

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.320
 that you are fallen

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:03.920
 and frail.

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.579
 He knew

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:07.279
 that Peter

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:08.579
 would deny him

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:10.539
 when he washed

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:11.099
 his feet.

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:13.579
 He knows

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:15.139
 your frailty

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.779
 and mine

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.559
 your sin

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.099
 and mine

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:18.400
 and still

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:19.840
 he died

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.760
 for you.

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:24.200
 And the final point

00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:25.280
 please.

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.620
 First the gospel

00:41:27.620 --> 00:41:28.400
 saves you

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:29.760
 then the gospel

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:30.460
 shapes you.

00:41:31.180 --> 00:41:32.400
 First the gospel

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:33.280
 saves you

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:35.100
 then the gospel

00:41:35.100 --> 00:41:36.700
 shapes you.

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.460
 That is what

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.420
 Jesus says here.

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:41.320
 That as this story

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:43.019
 of the fact

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:44.400
 that I am clean

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:46.900
 because the Lord

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.860
 of the universe

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.840
 stooped

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:49.780
 to die upon

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:50.500
 the cross

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.600
 and by his

00:41:51.600 --> 00:41:52.180
 death

00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:53.980
 I don't understand

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.860
 all of the

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.420
 in a sense

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.940
 what went on

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.220
 in it

00:41:57.220 --> 00:41:58.140
 but I understand

00:41:58.140 --> 00:41:59.559
 that what he does

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.620
 it is a profound

00:42:00.620 --> 00:42:02.100
 act to make me

00:42:02.100 --> 00:42:02.660
 clean.

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:04.380
 His stooping

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:06.260
 and loving

00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:07.100
 and stooping

00:42:07.100 --> 00:42:07.580
 and dying

00:42:07.580 --> 00:42:09.140
 and as that story

00:42:09.140 --> 00:42:10.640
 begins to grip us

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:12.579
 it shapes us

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:14.179
 to love one another

00:42:14.179 --> 00:42:16.119
 to serve one another

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:19.219
 to take a turn

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:20.099
 making coffee

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:21.879
 to take a turn

00:42:21.879 --> 00:42:23.759
 standing by a cold door

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:25.420
 so we can use

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.039
 this space

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:27.000
 to look after

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:28.420
 snotty nose

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:28.879
 little

00:42:28.879 --> 00:42:30.400
 nine month olds

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:34.159
 to serve the poor

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:35.779
 to take risks

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:37.879
 that as the gospel

00:42:37.879 --> 00:42:39.940
 first it saves you

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:42.280
 but as we

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:43.920
 think upon the gospel

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.619
 more and more

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:45.079
 and more

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:46.340
 it shapes us

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:47.940
 please stand

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:57.880
 and if you have

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:59.559
 you know

00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:01.280
 never given your life

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:01.760
 to Jesus

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.599
 there's no time

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:03.480
 better than right now

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.099
 to give your life

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.559
 to Jesus

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:06.200
 and I would just say

00:43:06.200 --> 00:43:06.800
 Lord

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:08.780
 be my savior

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.880
 and make me clean

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:11.160
 that's what I would say

00:43:11.160 --> 00:43:12.400
 you don't have to be

00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:13.340
 very complicated

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:15.140
 you don't have to remember

00:43:15.140 --> 00:43:16.700
 I struggled

00:43:16.700 --> 00:43:17.680
 I grew up in an

00:43:17.680 --> 00:43:18.620
 evangelical church

00:43:18.620 --> 00:43:19.340
 and I think the minister

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:20.260
 always used the exact

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.940
 same words

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:22.180
 and I would think

00:43:22.180 --> 00:43:22.940
 do I have to remember

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.660
 all these words

00:43:23.660 --> 00:43:23.980
 and they're like

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.240
 no

00:43:24.240 --> 00:43:27.280
 just think of John 13

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:27.620
 and say

00:43:27.620 --> 00:43:28.000
 Jesus

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:29.300
 make me clean

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:29.840
 forever

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:32.039
 I want to be yours

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:33.600
 that's all you have to do

00:43:33.600 --> 00:43:34.800
 just listen to Jesus

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:36.440
 there's no time

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 better than now

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 to do it

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 let's just bow our heads

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 in prayer

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:40.920
 Father

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 thank you so much

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 that you sent Jesus

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 Father

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 thank you

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 that not only

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 did you send Jesus

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 but Father

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 and Lord Jesus

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 thank you

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 comes to move within us

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 to draw us to Jesus

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 that Jesus

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 draws us to himself

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 Father

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 we just thank you

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 for

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 for

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 all that you have done

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 to save us

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 we thank you

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 for Jesus

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 that he died

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 on the cross

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 it's an act

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 of stooping

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 to make us clean

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 when we

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 put our trust

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 in him

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 and he washes us

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 and makes us clean

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 forever

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 you make us clean

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 forever

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 Father

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 we ask that you

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 would make us

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 disciples of Jesus

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 who are gripped

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 by the gospel

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 learning to live

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 selflessly

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 and free

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 with love

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 for your glory

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 and all these things

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 we ask in the name

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 of Jesus

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 your son

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 and our savior

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 amen