WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.839 If you turn with me once again to Genesis, those opening chapters of the book of Genesis, 00:00:07.140 --> 00:00:13.599 about the fact that according to the Bible, you and I are made for friendship. 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:21.879 C.S. Lewis, the Christian author, described friendship as the greatest of worldly goods. 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:26.219 And when we take time to stop and reflect on what we have and what we enjoy, 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:33.339 then surely friendship is right there as one of life's great gifts to us. 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:42.980 Maybe like me, you find that there was a day you can look back on when making friendships and enjoying friendships used to be so simple. 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:47.579 And my brother got married just after Christmas, 00:00:48.179 --> 00:00:53.019 and my two boys made a really strong friendship with another little boy 00:00:53.020 --> 00:00:57.200 over their shared love of taking a Lego car and crashing it down some steps. 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:04.040 My best friend in primary school, I knew we were going to be good friends because he had an inhaler and I had an inhaler. 00:01:04.299 --> 00:01:09.140 It used to be really simple, but now friendship can be quite difficult. 00:01:09.800 --> 00:01:14.100 And we find that we are a lot more busy probably than we used to be. 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:17.379 As people, we tend to be more mobile. 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:19.640 We don't stick in the same community. 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:24.400 So we're constantly saying goodbye to others and having to think about making new friends. 00:01:24.540 --> 00:01:28.799 And then we've got the sort of disconnection that comes when we live in the digital age 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:32.599 and everything is done on screens rather than face-to-face. 00:01:33.579 --> 00:01:34.579 And it's lost. 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:38.219 The loss of friendship is having a major impact on society. 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:43.439 I don't know if you knew that the UK is one of the few countries in the world 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:46.579 that has a government minister for loneliness, 00:01:47.459 --> 00:01:53.519 recognizing the sort of epidemic level of loneliness in communities. 00:01:54.259 --> 00:02:00.840 Health studies will show that having friends around will increase the likelihood of recovery, 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:06.680 will speed it up, whereas trying to recover in isolation will tend towards decline. 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:12.980 To quote from J.C. Ryle, a pastor from a previous generation, 00:02:13.540 --> 00:02:14.060 he said, 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:19.420 Friendship halves our sorrows and doubles our joys. 00:02:20.219 --> 00:02:25.200 And if you imagine experiencing life without friends and without family, 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:27.420 we begin to appreciate what he's saying. 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:31.920 When you think back to those trials and difficulties that you've had in your life, 00:02:31.920 --> 00:02:36.020 imagine going through them without having anyone else to turn to. 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:40.700 Or in those good times, those moments of joy and celebration, 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:45.920 how good it is to be able to open up and to share that with others. 00:02:47.460 --> 00:02:52.040 We discover that friendship is very good for us. 00:02:52.580 --> 00:02:54.500 It's very good for our character too, 00:02:55.140 --> 00:02:58.540 because friends have that ability to shape us. 00:02:58.540 --> 00:03:02.319 I think one of the reasons the Bible so often tells us to be wise 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:04.319 in the people that we spend time with, 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:05.579 in the friends that we choose, 00:03:05.659 --> 00:03:09.219 because we tend to become like those that we are like. 00:03:09.819 --> 00:03:13.680 But friends can helpfully show us our areas of weakness 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:16.759 and help us to develop in strength. 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:20.919 And then there's the Christian understanding of friendship, 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:27.419 which is distinct because it includes in it the idea of friendship with God, 00:03:27.419 --> 00:03:33.659 that you and I are made for community and friendship on this level with one another. 00:03:33.659 --> 00:03:38.179 But we're also made for friendship with God. 00:03:39.239 --> 00:03:42.799 And the Bible would also say that the more that we know God, 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:44.459 the more that we spend time with Jesus, 00:03:44.779 --> 00:03:47.119 the better friends that we are able to be. 00:03:47.959 --> 00:03:51.139 If we become like the one that we spend time with, 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:52.339 if we become more like Jesus, 00:03:52.459 --> 00:03:56.199 then we'll be the best kind of friends that we can be. 00:03:56.199 --> 00:04:00.319 So our big idea this morning is just to remind ourselves 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:05.619 or to see for ourselves that the Bible teaches that we are made for friendship 00:04:05.619 --> 00:04:08.839 and then to think about the fact that Jesus came into the world 00:04:08.839 --> 00:04:11.780 to save us again for friendship, 00:04:11.939 --> 00:04:14.919 to restore what has been lost. 00:04:15.620 --> 00:04:17.240 So that takes us to Genesis 1. 00:04:17.300 --> 00:04:22.159 In the garden, we are made for friendship. 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:25.320 I remember sometimes in school, 00:04:25.620 --> 00:04:28.600 we would have sort of these little group exercises, 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:30.200 I think just to get us talking and thinking. 00:04:30.460 --> 00:04:31.740 And one of the questions was, 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:35.080 what are the things that are essential for life? 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.560 And you had to make a little list in a few minutes of what you thought was essential. 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:40.780 I don't know where you would put friendship. 00:04:40.960 --> 00:04:43.620 Would you put it on an essential list 00:04:43.620 --> 00:04:47.120 or a kind of nice, but it's a luxury sort of thing? 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:49.519 Where does friendship fit in our thinking? 00:04:50.459 --> 00:04:53.459 According to the Bible, it's necessary. 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:55.759 It's true from the beginning. 00:04:55.939 --> 00:05:01.160 When everything was perfect, God designed us for friendship. 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:05.959 Now let's read together in Genesis chapter 1 and at verse 26. 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:08.339 Then God said, 00:05:08.339 --> 00:05:15.759 Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule. 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.839 Here is God saying, let us. 00:05:20.299 --> 00:05:25.819 Here is a hint of what becomes much clearer as the Bible goes on. 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:29.240 That our God is not a solitary being. 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:34.439 He is a Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:38.160 And what we discover in the Bible is that Father, Son, and Spirit 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:43.819 eternally live in this perfect union of perfect love. 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:48.459 The Bible says, 1 John 4, God is love. 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.839 And that's true of God perfectly and eternally. 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.519 Some people have the idea that God made the world 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.459 because he was lonely and he wanted someone to love. 00:06:00.100 --> 00:06:02.519 And that's not true because God is not solitary. 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:06.479 He is a fellowship, Father, Son, and Spirit. 00:06:06.799 --> 00:06:13.139 Rather, we are created to enjoy the overflow of his perfect love. 00:06:13.379 --> 00:06:16.399 In his goodness, he gives us this opportunity, 00:06:16.620 --> 00:06:21.099 this invitation to experience his love. 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:27.659 Genesis 1 also makes clear that we are made in the image of God. 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:31.220 And what becomes clear in Genesis is that part of that 00:06:31.220 --> 00:06:33.300 is that we are to reflect his rule. 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:38.080 God is king and he's established us as people to be wise stewards 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:40.220 and to rule over the earth. 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:43.680 But also, we are the image of God 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:47.220 in that we are to reflect his character and his glory. 00:06:47.760 --> 00:06:51.260 What do we learn of God in the early chapters of Genesis? 00:06:51.259 --> 00:06:54.060 Well, we see that he is a God who speaks, 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:57.139 a God who speaks to Adam and to Eve. 00:06:57.219 --> 00:06:58.300 He's a speaking God. 00:06:58.599 --> 00:07:00.659 He is a God who is relational. 00:07:00.860 --> 00:07:05.259 He relates to his creation and especially to the man and the woman. 00:07:05.579 --> 00:07:08.480 And he is a loving God. 00:07:10.139 --> 00:07:13.439 That this God who is Father, Son, and Spirit is love 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.839 and he creates us in his image so that we might love 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:19.399 and that we might enjoy friendships. 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:25.180 Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 are two different ways 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:26.560 of looking at the creation story. 00:07:26.699 --> 00:07:29.160 Genesis 1 is like the wide angle view. 00:07:29.579 --> 00:07:32.659 Genesis 2 much more is a zoom lens focus 00:07:32.659 --> 00:07:36.199 on the creation of Adam and Eve. 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:41.019 So if Genesis 1 finishes that God saw everything that he made 00:07:41.019 --> 00:07:45.500 and it was very good, as we zoom in and see the process 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.879 of creating the man and the woman, 00:07:46.979 --> 00:07:48.740 we discover something perhaps surprising. 00:07:48.979 --> 00:07:52.319 Chapter 2, verse 18, the Lord God said, 00:07:52.979 --> 00:07:55.819 it is not good for the man to be alone. 00:07:56.740 --> 00:07:59.819 I will make a helper suitable for him. 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:02.799 So focusing on the creation of human beings 00:08:02.799 --> 00:08:04.959 focuses us on the first man, Adam, 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:06.919 and we discover that in the beginning, 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.000 he was created solitary. 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:10.379 He was alone. 00:08:10.379 --> 00:08:12.500 And attention is drawn to this fact 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:16.379 that to be alone is to be less than good. 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:20.399 To be alone is to have a sense of something being incomplete. 00:08:21.579 --> 00:08:23.040 This is before sin, 00:08:23.899 --> 00:08:25.939 but without there being friendship and relationship, 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:27.899 there is something incomplete. 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:31.920 Tim Keller, a pastor from New York, says, 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:36.320 the ache for friends is the one ache 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.700 that is not the result of sin. 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:43.920 Adam couldn't enjoy paradise without friends. 00:08:44.420 --> 00:08:48.340 There is something in us that needs other people. 00:08:48.520 --> 00:08:52.200 To be human is to be made to enjoy friendship. 00:08:53.460 --> 00:08:55.100 We're placed in families. 00:08:55.400 --> 00:08:57.220 We enjoy friendships in communities. 00:08:57.220 --> 00:09:01.300 We enjoy connections at work and also in churches 00:09:01.300 --> 00:09:03.740 because that's how we are wired. 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:07.539 And so as the creation story goes on, 00:09:07.860 --> 00:09:11.779 we discover in verse 20 that Adam needs, 00:09:12.180 --> 00:09:13.620 verse 18 and verse 20, 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:16.240 Adam needs a suitable helper, 00:09:16.820 --> 00:09:20.340 but that no animal would be enough. 00:09:21.680 --> 00:09:22.659 So verse 21, 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:40.459 God creates Eve. 00:09:40.459 --> 00:09:43.839 And now there is side by side. 00:09:43.939 --> 00:09:45.759 Now there is face-to-face friendship. 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:49.039 And what we discover of Adam and Eve 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:51.939 is that they are called by God to work 00:09:51.939 --> 00:09:53.600 and they need each other for that. 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:56.159 They are called to rest and to enjoy God 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:57.939 and they need each other for that. 00:09:58.019 --> 00:09:59.419 They're called to worship. 00:09:59.580 --> 00:10:02.159 And again, they do that together. 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:05.179 For work and rest and play and worship, 00:10:05.319 --> 00:10:07.460 we need other people. 00:10:07.860 --> 00:10:09.879 And now with friendship, 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:11.620 now with Adam and Eve, 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:16.399 creation can be described as very good. 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:21.659 So Genesis 1 and 2 tell us 00:10:21.659 --> 00:10:24.679 that we are made for friendship. 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:28.320 So let's just think about what that means for us. 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:30.419 Well, first of all, a very basic level, 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:34.340 we discover that friendship is a gift from God. 00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:38.080 And so we are to be thankful 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:41.220 both to God and to our friends. 00:10:41.800 --> 00:10:43.440 When there are people in our lives 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:45.940 who care for us, who are there for us, 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.820 we are to be thankful, not just for them, 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:51.600 but also to be thankful to them, 00:10:52.300 --> 00:10:55.019 to appreciate friends that we have 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:56.899 as a gift from God. 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.040 Also, it's helpful for us to reflect. 00:11:02.040 --> 00:11:04.240 If God said that in the beginning 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.160 we were made for relationship, 00:11:07.680 --> 00:11:11.139 is that something that we are actively pursuing? 00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:15.220 Are we investing ourselves, 00:11:16.160 --> 00:11:19.279 seeking to be a good friend to others? 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:22.840 Am I making this a priority 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:26.740 to make sure I have enough time for my family 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:29.779 or to be developing friendships 00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:32.519 within a church community? 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:33.179 Church. 00:11:36.860 --> 00:11:37.299 Church. 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:40.019 One of the functions of church 00:11:40.019 --> 00:11:43.079 is as a vehicle for friendship, 00:11:43.179 --> 00:11:44.199 that we're gathered together 00:11:44.199 --> 00:11:45.059 from different places, 00:11:45.179 --> 00:11:45.799 different backgrounds, 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:46.699 different countries, 00:11:46.819 --> 00:11:48.259 but we're brought together, 00:11:48.419 --> 00:11:49.740 and it's an opportunity then 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:53.159 for us to develop friendships together. 00:11:54.100 --> 00:11:55.500 A church should always be a place 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:56.980 where anyone can feel welcome, 00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:58.819 where anyone who wants to 00:11:58.820 --> 00:11:59.720 should be able to feel 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:00.720 that they can belong, 00:12:01.140 --> 00:12:03.760 to have a place of community 00:12:03.760 --> 00:12:05.080 and friendship. 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:06.140 But especially, 00:12:06.940 --> 00:12:08.500 as we reflect upon the fact 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:09.760 that we're not just created 00:12:09.760 --> 00:12:12.879 for friendship on a human level, 00:12:13.280 --> 00:12:14.100 that we're also created 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:15.400 for friendship with God, 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.020 church becomes a place 00:12:18.020 --> 00:12:19.379 where we can develop 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:20.760 that deep relationship 00:12:20.760 --> 00:12:21.740 with God as well. 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:23.840 Again, going back to 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:26.500 why do we have community groups 00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:27.220 that meet together? 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:29.340 Why do we have a women's Bible study? 00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:30.980 It's so that together 00:12:30.980 --> 00:12:32.279 we can develop in friendship 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:34.659 and know God better 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:36.759 and enjoy God more. 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:38.240 So again, an encouragement to you. 00:12:38.299 --> 00:12:39.039 If you're not part 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:39.980 of one of those groups, 00:12:40.580 --> 00:12:41.740 they're really helpful 00:12:41.740 --> 00:12:45.060 for Christian development 00:12:45.060 --> 00:12:46.980 and for developing 00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:48.620 Christian friendships. 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:51.120 So in the garden, 00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:52.440 we discover we're made 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:53.139 for friendships, 00:12:53.340 --> 00:12:54.179 but in the garden, 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:55.100 in the garden of Eden, 00:12:55.100 --> 00:12:57.340 we also see that friendship 00:12:57.340 --> 00:12:58.600 is lost. 00:12:59.019 --> 00:12:59.899 That takes us to 00:12:59.899 --> 00:13:02.600 Genesis chapter 3. 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:04.460 Genesis 2 ends 00:13:04.460 --> 00:13:06.740 with this perfect picture 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:07.500 of relationships. 00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:08.600 There's the man and the wife 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:09.220 and they're together 00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:09.860 and they're naked 00:13:09.860 --> 00:13:10.759 and there's no shame, 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:13.080 but then the snake comes, 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:14.799 the devil comes. 00:13:15.019 --> 00:13:15.600 In the Bible, 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:16.539 the devil is described 00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:17.500 as the deceiver 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:18.779 and the father of lies. 00:13:19.079 --> 00:13:20.539 He is the destroyer. 00:13:20.599 --> 00:13:22.299 He is the enemy of God 00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:24.000 and we see him at work 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:26.139 looking to destroy 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:27.719 these friendships 00:13:27.719 --> 00:13:29.159 that God has established. 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:31.659 So he comes into the garden 00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:33.319 and he tempts the woman 00:13:33.319 --> 00:13:35.319 and the man. 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:36.679 In verse 1, 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:38.379 he said to the woman, 00:13:39.099 --> 00:13:40.360 did God really say 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:42.000 you must not eat 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.519 from any tree in the garden? 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:44.620 Then, 00:13:45.699 --> 00:13:46.799 here's this questioning 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:47.879 of God's goodness, 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:49.840 God's generosity. 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:51.919 The whole thrust seems to be 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:53.460 God is holding something 00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:54.279 back from you. 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:55.519 There is something better 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:57.679 that God does not want you 00:13:57.679 --> 00:13:59.039 to enjoy. 00:14:00.079 --> 00:14:01.059 Verse 4, 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:04.319 a deliberate encouragement 00:14:04.319 --> 00:14:05.879 to doubt and mistrust 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.699 the word of God. 00:14:06.819 --> 00:14:07.399 God had said, 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:07.939 if they sin, 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.639 they will die. 00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:09.519 The serpent says, 00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:11.139 you will not surely die. 00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:14.799 And any place is this desire 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:17.559 to be God-like in their heads. 00:14:17.699 --> 00:14:18.840 For God knows that 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:20.199 when you eat of it, 00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:22.059 your eyes will be opened 00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:24.019 and you'll be like God 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:26.879 and knowing good and evil. 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.639 And all of a sudden, 00:14:27.699 --> 00:14:29.480 there's this God complex. 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:31.960 This is attractive to Eve 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:33.699 and attractive to Adam 00:14:33.699 --> 00:14:34.899 to have that position 00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:36.840 of absolute rule and authority 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:39.439 to leave God to one side. 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:41.140 And what we see is Adam and Eve 00:14:41.140 --> 00:14:42.480 believe the lie. 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:46.960 Sin comes and chaos comes, 00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:47.880 in particular, 00:14:48.640 --> 00:14:51.140 in terms of relationships. 00:14:52.660 --> 00:14:54.380 One of the things we discover 00:14:54.380 --> 00:14:56.400 in the Bible about sin 00:14:56.400 --> 00:14:58.960 is that sin is going against 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:01.780 the Creator's good and wise design. 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:03.440 That God made us 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:06.520 and He knows how we are to live best. 00:15:07.040 --> 00:15:08.900 And sin is rejecting that. 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:09.659 And the effects 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:10.439 when Adam and Eve 00:15:10.439 --> 00:15:12.720 reject God's good and loving rule 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:16.559 are devastating on friendships. 00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:19.259 Perfect relationships 00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:20.740 that God had established 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:22.980 are now gone. 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:25.259 Verse 7, 00:15:25.319 --> 00:15:25.899 what do we see? 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:27.120 The eyes of both of them 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.579 were opened 00:15:27.579 --> 00:15:29.000 and they realized 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:29.659 they were naked. 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:31.939 So they sewed fig leaves together 00:15:31.939 --> 00:15:33.899 and made coverings for themselves. 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.480 This is the beginning of hiding. 00:15:35.699 --> 00:15:36.519 Gone is openness, 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:37.799 honesty, transparency. 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:38.979 There's covening up. 00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:40.339 There's a sense of shame 00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:43.259 into their relationship. 00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:45.079 There's also blaming, 00:15:45.339 --> 00:15:46.699 accusing, blame shifting. 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:47.479 Verse 12, 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:48.299 the man said, 00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:49.879 the woman you put here with me, 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:51.159 she gave me some fruit 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:51.799 from the tree 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:53.659 and I ate it. 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.459 So this, 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.979 the human relationship 00:15:55.979 --> 00:15:58.120 is now being spoiled by sin 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.120 and we see it too 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:01.159 in their friendship with God. 00:16:01.359 --> 00:16:01.979 Verse 8, 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:03.639 the man and his wife 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:04.539 heard the sound 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:05.539 of the Lord God 00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.980 as he was walking 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.580 in the garden 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.700 in the cool of the day 00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:10.180 and they hid 00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:11.680 from the Lord God 00:16:11.680 --> 00:16:13.340 among the trees 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:15.200 of the garden. 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.680 Not only hiding 00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.539 from one another, 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:18.879 now they're hiding 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.480 from God. 00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:20.320 Now there is guilt, 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:21.180 now there is shame, 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:23.500 now there is fear. 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.740 One of the things 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.519 that we discover 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.200 about sin 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:27.800 is that it is 00:16:27.800 --> 00:16:29.139 anti-social. 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:30.299 It separates, 00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:31.259 it isolates, 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:32.779 it spoils 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.939 and breaks. 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:36.340 Friendship with one another 00:16:36.340 --> 00:16:38.100 and friendship 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:39.580 with God. 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:41.480 And so we find 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:43.759 that in this beautiful garden 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:45.379 there is darkness, 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:47.240 there is devastation, 00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.919 but there is also 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:50.879 in the middle 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.840 of human rebellion 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:54.600 God's words of hope. 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:56.200 Genesis 3 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:58.319 and verse 15. 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.879 As God speaks 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.600 to the serpent, 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:01.980 he says, 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:03.199 I will put enmity 00:17:03.199 --> 00:17:04.440 between you 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.319 and the women. 00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:06.460 And then there is 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.099 this promise 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:08.559 between your offspring 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:10.220 and hers. 00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.779 He will crush 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.740 your head 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.819 and you 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:15.139 will strike 00:17:15.139 --> 00:17:15.940 his heel. 00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:16.720 A promise 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:18.279 of a son, 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:19.039 a seed 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:20.579 of the women 00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:21.579 who would come 00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:22.839 to be 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:24.500 God's chosen hero. 00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.720 The one who would 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.740 defeat the devil 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:28.400 and his schemes. 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.660 the one who would 00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:31.840 inflict that wound 00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:33.519 on the serpent 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.259 so that we would 00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:35.100 not be left 00:17:35.100 --> 00:17:36.280 as people without hope. 00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:38.360 So that we might know 00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:39.460 that reconciliation 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.940 with God 00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.720 is possible. 00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:42.960 So that we would know 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:44.019 that it is possible 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.740 to live in community 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:47.040 and to enjoy 00:17:47.040 --> 00:17:47.900 friendship 00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:48.920 because our God 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.700 is a God of grace 00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:51.900 and a God 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.700 with a plan 00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:54.019 of salvation. 00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.160 salvation. 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.400 But as we think 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:58.220 about the friendship 00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:59.480 that's lost in the garden, 00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:00.220 we see 00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:01.779 that sin 00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.920 is damaging 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.319 to our friendships. 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:06.000 And again, 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:07.359 as we reflect on that 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.200 in our own lives, 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:09.139 don't we see that 00:18:09.139 --> 00:18:11.019 it's our selfishness 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:13.059 where we want 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:14.039 everything to be 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.660 about us 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.440 and on our terms 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:16.319 where it's 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:17.359 our pride 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.719 or maybe 00:18:18.719 --> 00:18:20.199 it's jealousy 00:18:20.199 --> 00:18:20.759 where we're 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.219 unable to celebrate 00:18:22.219 --> 00:18:22.899 the success 00:18:22.899 --> 00:18:23.539 of someone else. 00:18:23.659 --> 00:18:23.779 Instead, 00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:25.079 we want to tear them down 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.639 so that we 00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:27.359 might have that play. 00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:29.199 It's our gossip 00:18:29.199 --> 00:18:31.059 and the lies 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:32.199 that we spread, 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:32.839 the anger 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.439 that we show 00:18:33.439 --> 00:18:34.879 towards the people 00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.519 that we care for 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.119 that cause 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:37.779 so much destruction 00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:40.119 in our relationships. 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:41.419 And the question 00:18:41.419 --> 00:18:41.559 is, 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.139 what do we 00:18:42.139 --> 00:18:43.659 do with that? 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:46.000 Sin is a reality 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.159 in all of our 00:18:47.159 --> 00:18:47.519 relationships. 00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:48.279 What do we 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.479 do with it? 00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:51.159 And the Bible 00:18:51.159 --> 00:18:51.879 teaches us 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.799 that we don't 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.579 cover up. 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.079 We don't try 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.839 and minimize it. 00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.259 We don't try 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.279 and blame someone else. 00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:57.719 We don't try 00:18:57.719 --> 00:18:59.019 and justify it. 00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.319 Rather, 00:18:59.719 --> 00:19:00.559 we are to 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:02.539 honestly confess it. 00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.079 We're going to 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.819 focus on this 00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:06.099 next week. 00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.759 But we can maybe 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.639 think about David 00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.719 in Psalm 51. 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:11.259 who honestly 00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.699 confess to God 00:19:12.699 --> 00:19:13.739 his sin. 00:19:14.459 --> 00:19:16.039 1 John chapter 1 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.619 where we're told 00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:18.000 to confess our sin 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:19.359 to one another. 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.879 If we are to be 00:19:20.879 --> 00:19:21.759 reconciled, 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.519 we need to deal 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.339 with the sin 00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:24.859 that separates 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.679 and spoils. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.359 Another point 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:29.899 of application 00:19:29.899 --> 00:19:30.539 is that 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.879 friendship has been 00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.239 lost, 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:33.119 but God is looking 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:33.899 to restore. 00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.799 And one of the ways 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.479 that he does that 00:19:35.479 --> 00:19:36.500 is through the church. 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.259 As a church, 00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:39.219 as God's people, 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.140 we are to be 00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:41.000 on a mission 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.660 of friendship. 00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.600 Paul, 00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:46.319 in 2 Corinthians 5 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.240 and verse 18, 00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:47.640 said, 00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:49.960 God reconciled us 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.720 to himself 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.740 through Christ 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:53.240 and gave us 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.279 the ministry 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.059 of reconciliation. 00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.319 So, 00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:57.000 first of all, 00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:58.759 God sends Jesus 00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.880 and he takes our sin 00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:00.900 and he dies on the cross 00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.360 for our sin 00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.120 so that we can have 00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:03.039 peace with God. 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.200 And then, 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:05.500 that's the message, 00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.860 that's the heart 00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.699 that we bring 00:20:07.699 --> 00:20:09.000 to the world, 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.659 into our neighborhood, 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.439 into our community, 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:12.459 into our family. 00:20:12.719 --> 00:20:12.899 So, 00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:14.419 in our friendships, 00:20:15.699 --> 00:20:16.459 we're seeking 00:20:16.459 --> 00:20:17.419 to point people 00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:18.659 towards friendship 00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:19.379 with God 00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:21.159 through Jesus. 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.699 So, 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.279 as a church, 00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:24.219 our friendships 00:20:24.219 --> 00:20:25.379 are significant. 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.619 It's also important 00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.059 for us 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:29.479 to acknowledge 00:20:29.479 --> 00:20:31.359 that we will know, 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.059 to use the words 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.539 of Tim Kelly, 00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:35.639 the H of Eden, 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.980 that we will experience 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.940 in friendships 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:41.399 pain and loss 00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:43.299 and disappointment. 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:45.299 And there will be times 00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:46.259 where we are perhaps 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:47.639 tempted to 00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:49.659 give up on friendships. 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.379 It's too difficult, 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.960 it's too demanding, 00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:54.779 it's too disappointing. 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.980 But again, 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.960 as we are reminded 00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:59.220 at the beginning 00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.920 of Genesis 00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:01.180 that we are made 00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:02.480 for friendship, 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.360 we are made 00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:04.620 for others. 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:04.880 So, 00:21:05.080 --> 00:21:06.820 let's keep pursuing 00:21:06.820 --> 00:21:08.740 those friendships 00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:10.560 that God gives to us, 00:21:10.580 --> 00:21:11.779 even when it's 00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:13.060 difficult for us. 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.500 So, 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.880 we've seen 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.860 that in the Garden 00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.320 of Eden, 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.060 we were made 00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:18.779 for friendship, 00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.860 but in that same garden, 00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:22.380 friendships were lost. 00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:23.160 Now, 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.220 let's now turn back 00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:26.400 to Matthew 26, 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.740 page 997. 00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:32.799 because it's important 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:34.720 for us to remember 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:37.400 that Jesus came 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:38.920 to save 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.960 and to restore. 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.420 And here we find 00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:42.359 Jesus 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.900 in the Garden 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:45.039 of Gethsemane 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.279 and we have 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.880 a reminder here 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:49.079 that we are saved 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:50.559 for friendship. 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:50.839 So, 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.620 the context 00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:52.359 for this passage 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:53.079 that we read, 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.940 chapter 26, 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.640 verse 36, 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:57.420 this is the night 00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.540 of Jesus' 00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.460 betrayal, 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:02.020 of his arrest, 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.880 where there will be 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.840 all sorts of 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.580 injustice 00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:07.020 against Jesus 00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:09.180 until the next day 00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.620 when he will die 00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:12.640 on the cross. 00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:14.720 Two things 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:17.020 to look at 00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:18.080 in the Garden 00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:19.180 here as it relates 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.860 to friendship. 00:22:20.040 --> 00:22:20.740 First of all, 00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.500 Jesus, 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:24.560 the perfect man, 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.700 needed 00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.799 friendships. 00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.799 We see that 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.440 in this passage. 00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.460 Verse 36, 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.419 Jesus went 00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:33.539 with his disciples, 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.419 his twelve, 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.779 well now, 00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:36.480 his eleven friends 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.079 to a place 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.279 called Gethsemane 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.339 and he said 00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.740 to them, 00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.679 sit here 00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:41.799 while I go 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.599 over there 00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.659 and pray. 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.279 Jesus wanted 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.940 his friends 00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.599 with him 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.819 in this 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.819 moment. 00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.779 He took 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.359 Peter and the 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.859 two sons 00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.500 of Zebedee 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.460 along with him 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.640 and he began 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.860 to be sorrowful 00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:57.180 and troubled. 00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.539 Then he said 00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:58.860 to them, 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.579 my soul 00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.740 is overwhelmed 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:02.039 with sorrow 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.600 to the point 00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.460 of death. 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.279 Stay here 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.380 and keep 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:07.980 watch 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:09.059 with me. 00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.440 So here is 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.319 Jesus in 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:12.059 anguish 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.960 of the soul, 00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.400 a sorrow 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.319 so intense 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.319 that he feels 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.640 like it's 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.519 almost killing 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:19.059 him and he 00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.920 takes his 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:21.200 close friends 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.880 to be with 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.120 him. 00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:25.180 He values 00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.160 their support 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.500 and their 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.019 prayers. 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.039 He wants 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.580 them to 00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.559 keep watch 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.600 and to 00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:32.200 pray 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.500 with him. 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.440 And so we 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.100 see Jesus 00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:37.120 in this 00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.759 moment 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:39.580 leaning on 00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:41.000 the friendship 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.420 of his 00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.680 disciples. 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:45.380 But we 00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.460 also see 00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.840 where else 00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.180 Jesus 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.740 turns. 00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.700 Verse 39, 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.160 going a little 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.680 further, 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.779 he fell 00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.140 with his 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.660 face to 00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.160 the ground 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:55.140 and prayed, 00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.039 my 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.820 father, 00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.120 if it is 00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.700 possible, 00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.840 may this 00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.340 cup be 00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:01.120 taken from 00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.440 me, 00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.799 yet not as 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.420 I will, 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.680 but as 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.500 you will. 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.340 So again, 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.060 here is 00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.900 Jesus feeling 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.500 a sorrow 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.259 that almost 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.960 kills him. 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.000 What does 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.460 he do? 00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.539 he turns 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.559 to pray. 00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.240 He wants, 00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.460 he needs 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.539 to enjoy 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.319 the eternal 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.680 love of 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.180 God the 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.600 father. 00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.400 He finds 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.480 strength from 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:25.200 that eternal 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.279 loving 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.880 communion 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.160 he has 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.620 with his 00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.220 father. 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.960 And when you 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.299 read the 00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.799 gospels, 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.380 you discover 00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.920 that this is 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.420 a feature 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:34.900 of Jesus' 00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.519 life and 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.920 ministry. 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.900 We find 00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.920 Jesus often 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:39.259 spending time 00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.259 alone with 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.680 God the 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.220 father in 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.539 prayer. 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.019 We also 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.120 find Jesus 00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:45.339 praying with 00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.960 his disciples 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.400 to God 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.980 the father 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.980 and we 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.700 see Jesus 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.740 living life, 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.660 sharing life 00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.539 with his 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.160 friends. 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.279 Jesus, 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.980 the perfect 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.440 man, 00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:57.000 is a 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.079 return to 00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.660 the perfection 00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.180 of Eden. 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.259 Perfect 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.839 relationships 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.539 with people 00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.700 and a 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.000 perfect 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.600 relationship 00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:05.039 with God. 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.400 And so 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.100 he becomes 00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.839 a model 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:08.319 to us 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.120 of the 00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.799 two kinds 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.759 of relationships, 00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.720 the friendships 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.919 that we 00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:13.579 are to 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.119 pursue. 00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.240 So Jesus, 00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.740 the perfect 00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.000 man, 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.299 needed 00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.879 friendship, 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.500 but Jesus 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.359 also comes 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.799 as Savior 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.919 in order 00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:23.119 to restore 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:24.259 friendship. 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.539 What causes 00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:28.039 Jesus such 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.639 sorrow 00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.940 at this 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.759 moment? 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.919 What is it 00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:33.000 that causes 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.720 him to ask 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.159 in verse 00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.879 39, 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.980 if it's 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.700 possible, 00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:37.800 may this 00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.320 cup be 00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:39.100 taken from 00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.380 me? 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.200 I think 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.520 we need to 00:25:41.520 --> 00:25:41.980 understand that 00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.200 it's not 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.560 just the 00:25:42.560 --> 00:25:43.140 fact of 00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.600 death, 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.600 but it's 00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:45.200 the kind 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.820 of death 00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:46.700 Jesus is 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.220 about to 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.680 endure that 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.520 causes him 00:25:48.520 --> 00:25:49.240 this 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.080 soul 00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:51.000 sorrow. 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.920 He talks 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.580 about a 00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:55.960 cup, 00:25:56.280 --> 00:25:56.900 the cup 00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.500 that he 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:57.960 wants to 00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.400 be taken 00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.960 from him. 00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.280 What does 00:25:59.280 --> 00:26:00.420 that mean? 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.180 Well, 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.540 in the 00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:02.320 Old Testament 00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:02.780 we find 00:26:02.780 --> 00:26:03.440 the cup, 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.420 it is used 00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.920 as a 00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.400 symbol 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.740 of God's 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.660 judgment 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.799 against sin. 00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.400 For those 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.160 people who 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:12.259 rebel and 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.940 reject and 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.779 resist God 00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.080 and his 00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:14.680 purposes, 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.820 there is a 00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.380 day coming 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.759 when they 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.620 will drink 00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.480 the cup 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.700 of God's 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.480 just anger 00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.259 against sin. 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.620 And now 00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.259 we find 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.500 Jesus, 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.740 and he 00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.259 is going 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.980 to drink 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.600 this cup, 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.539 the perfect 00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.180 sinless 00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.600 Son of 00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:30.900 God. 00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.600 It is 00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.340 about to 00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.659 take 00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:34.039 to 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.959 himself 00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:37.279 the 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.679 just 00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.000 anger 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.480 of God 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.980 against 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.439 sin as 00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:40.319 he becomes 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.399 the sin 00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:41.939 bearer 00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.799 of the 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.240 world. 00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.240 Here 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.879 is Jesus 00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.720 facing 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.319 death 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.220 as a 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.919 sacrificial 00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.399 lamb, 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:49.980 the one 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.339 who came 00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.779 to turn 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.279 God's 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.659 anger 00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:52.240 away from 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.659 his people 00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.000 and he 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.419 will do 00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:54.059 so alone. 00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.379 And so 00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:54.879 he asks, 00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.039 is there 00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:57.220 any other 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.059 way? 00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.699 Is there 00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:00.220 any way 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.599 that I 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.199 can avoid 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.140 the agony 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.799 of losing 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.960 the joy 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.319 of the 00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.960 presence 00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.720 of my 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.200 Father 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.779 in heaven? 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.279 Because when 00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.480 Jesus becomes 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.100 the sin 00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.440 bearer, 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.380 he feels 00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.700 abandoned 00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:15.080 by his 00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.519 Father. 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.680 Jesus 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.440 feels 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.380 alone 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.420 as he 00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:19.980 dies 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.700 on the 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.259 cross. 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.100 And he's 00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.640 doing that 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.180 so that we 00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.620 might be 00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.319 welcomed 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.080 as friends, 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.460 so that we 00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.880 might be 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.380 forgiven 00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.440 and reconciled 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.779 and become 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.519 friends of 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.839 God. 00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.680 But this 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.200 is something 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.579 that is 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.440 hard. 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.779 It causes 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.839 him sorrow 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:36.039 in his 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.539 soul. 00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:37.920 But yet 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.720 he prays, 00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.160 yet not 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.720 as I 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.079 will, 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.279 but as 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.920 you will. 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.579 He is 00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.119 willing to 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.720 submit to 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.259 the Father's 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.720 good plan 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.220 because he 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.500 knows there 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.920 is no 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.440 other way 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.799 for us 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.319 to enjoy 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.839 friendship 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.480 with God. 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.539 Something 00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.099 must be 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.519 done 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.720 about our 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.019 sin. 00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.559 The penalty 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.160 must be 00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.720 paid and 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.299 Jesus comes 00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.920 to pay 00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.660 that penalty 00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.600 so that 00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:58.980 we can 00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.480 enjoy 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.440 once again 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.660 friendship 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:03.100 with God. 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.800 Now as 00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.259 we think 00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.480 about this 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.740 section, 00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.000 as we 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.580 think about 00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.540 what Jesus 00:28:09.540 --> 00:28:11.360 does all 00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:11.680 through his 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:11.980 life, but 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.560 especially in 00:28:12.560 --> 00:28:12.980 his death, 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.900 I think it's 00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.560 helpful for us 00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:15.940 to think 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:17.060 about Jesus 00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.840 as the 00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.380 kind of 00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:20.540 friend that 00:28:20.540 --> 00:28:21.320 if we knew 00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:22.180 them in our 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.460 life, we 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.140 would admire 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.500 them. 00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:24.900 Jesus is the 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.480 kind of friend 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.980 that we would 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.920 want to know. 00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.400 And we 00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.800 would want 00:28:28.800 --> 00:28:29.140 to be 00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.480 light. 00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:30.900 Why? 00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.160 Because Jesus 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.240 was consistently 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.800 through his 00:28:33.800 --> 00:28:34.400 life saying, 00:28:35.060 --> 00:28:35.680 it's you 00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.980 before me. 00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.600 Jesus 00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:40.740 lived a 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.259 life of 00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:42.519 self-sacrifice. 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:43.940 Jesus 00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.900 gave his 00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:46.160 life as 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.880 a ransom 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.600 for sin. 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.440 Jesus 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.400 gave himself 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.160 to die 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:51.279 in order 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.440 to save 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.480 his friends. 00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.279 The greatest 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.920 demonstration 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.700 of love we 00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.560 can possibly 00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.899 imagine. 00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.919 And so 00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.359 Jesus, 00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.819 when we 00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.839 examine his 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.740 life, is 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.460 the kind 00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.839 of friend 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.240 that we 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.220 don't just 00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.919 admire, 00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.200 but we 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:07.200 also worship. 00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:09.000 Because through 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.899 his self-giving 00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.720 friendship, we 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:12.299 can know 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:13.200 God. 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.419 Next week, 00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.960 as a church, 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.759 we will share 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.759 the Lord's 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.019 Supper 00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.899 together, 00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.960 and that will 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.940 remind us 00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.399 of the cost 00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.440 to Jesus 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.700 of our 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.240 restored 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.759 friendship 00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.380 with God. 00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.980 That Jesus 00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:28.299 dies to 00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.279 reconcile us, 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.799 and he does 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.320 that through 00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:31.740 his broken 00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.980 body and 00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.620 through his 00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:35.120 blood poured 00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:36.039 out for 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.900 us. 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.680 And also, 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.140 as we sit 00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.660 at the Lord's 00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:39.900 table, 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.960 it's a reminder 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.820 that Jesus 00:29:41.820 --> 00:29:43.059 dies to 00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:44.000 make a 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.080 people his 00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.640 family, 00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:46.640 that we are 00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.140 connected 00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:48.680 together in 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.279 our love 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.319 for 00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.119 Jesus. 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.259 So the 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.759 Bible says 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.039 to us, 00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.460 we are 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.799 made for 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.279 friendship. 00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.779 And Jesus 00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.460 comes into 00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:58.779 the world, 00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.079 and he 00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.700 saves us 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.859 to restore 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.879 our 00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.740 friendship 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.440 with God. 00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.639 And so I 00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.019 hope we can 00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.519 all see that 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.160 you and I, 00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.119 we need 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.420 to value 00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:10.500 deep 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:12.279 friendship, 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.279 meaningful 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.279 friendship. 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.859 And so maybe 00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.379 as we close, 00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.779 we can just 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:16.940 think, 00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.099 well, 00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.339 how can 00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.459 you and I 00:30:19.459 --> 00:30:19.959 this week, 00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.679 how can I 00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:22.439 be a good 00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:23.879 friend to 00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.639 someone else? 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.959 What time 00:30:25.959 --> 00:30:27.079 can I carve 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.740 out in my 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.539 schedule to 00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.220 invest in the 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.599 life of 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.159 someone else? 00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.000 What good 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.980 questions can I 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.720 ask to take a 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.539 friendship further, 00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.399 to get to know 00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:36.859 someone's heart, 00:30:36.959 --> 00:30:37.679 to see what 00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.599 causes them joy 00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.139 and sorrow 00:30:39.139 --> 00:30:39.919 and anxiety 00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:41.099 and hope? 00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:44.279 Maybe it's a 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.919 very basic 00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:46.019 case of looking 00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.539 around and 00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.779 thinking, 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.839 I need a 00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:50.180 friend and 00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.519 asking someone, 00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.759 would you like 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.279 to have coffee? 00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.660 Would you like 00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.160 to go for a 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.319 walk? 00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.920 Would you like 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:57.059 to spend 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.619 some time 00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.079 together? 00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.240 Because we 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.480 need one 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.819 another. 00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.220 But more 00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.740 than that, 00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.160 will we 00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:06.019 enjoy and 00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:08.160 celebrate being 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:09.319 a friend of 00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.460 God through 00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.160 Jesus this 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.359 week? 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.480 Will we make 00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.619 time to enjoy 00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.960 that friendship, 00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:16.039 to spend time 00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.259 reading God's 00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.700 word and 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:19.099 praying and 00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:21.180 worshiping because 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.740 of what He's 00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.299 done for us? 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.299 Because of 00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.480 what He's 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.339 done for us.