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 Have you ever felt like you were born for something?

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 That you were put here on this earth for one particular purpose?

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 My father had a clear purpose for my life when I was growing up.

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 Since I'm from a Chinese background, you can probably guess what his purpose for me was.

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 He wanted me to become a doctor.

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 So my parents were migrants to Australia.

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 They came to Australia so that my sister and I could have a better life.

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 My father worked hard so that he could provide for his family.

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 Whilst I was growing up, he kept telling me,

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 Son, you need to become a doctor so that you don't have to work as hard as I have to work.

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 So that you can have an easier life and provide for your family.

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 So growing up, I could really feel this weight of expectation on my life.

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 I knew it was my father's will that I should become a doctor.

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 I'll come back to this story a little later on.

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 But as we look at the passage today, we see another man who bears the weight of expectation to do his father's will.

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 But unlike me, it was not the expectation to choose a particular career path.

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 It was we find a man who, in order to do his father's will, needed to die.

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 And we're going to be looking at three scenes of Jesus' life.

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 The first of these is a feast or a party.

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 The next is a private dinner.

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 And the final scene culminates on a mountain in a garden with Jesus before his father.

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 These are the final chapters of Jesus' life.

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 And so the passage begins with an introduction to let us know when these events are happening.

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 So please read with me from verse 1.

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 Now, the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away.

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 And the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him.

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 But not during the feast, they said, or the people may riot.

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 So it is two days before Passover.

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 What is Passover?

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 Well, Passover for the Jews was a big celebration.

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 It's a festival which lasts for seven days.

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 It commemorates God rescuing the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

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 So here we are, two days before the Passover begins, preparing for the celebrations.

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 But already, something isn't right.

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 The Jewish authorities were looking for a sly way to arrest Jesus and to kill him.

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 But they didn't want to kill him during the feast, during the celebrations, because it would upset the people.

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 So they waited for an opportunity to kill Jesus.

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 And as we approach the first of the scenes, Mark, the gospel writer, is already showing us that death is lurking.

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 Scene 1.

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 Jesus takes us into a home of a man named Simon the leper.

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 There is Jesus reclining at a table with a whole bunch of people around him.

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 This is a party, a celebration.

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 Suddenly, a woman bursts through the door, carrying a jar, and everyone's surprised by her entrance.

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 Seeing Jesus, she runs over to him and breaks open the lid of the jar.

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 The sweet scent of perfume fills the air.

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 It's a pleasing aroma, a very pleasing aroma, from a very expensive perfume.

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 The woman starts pouring the perfume over Jesus' head.

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 So what's the significance of what is happening here?

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 Why would the woman pour perfume over Jesus' head?

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 It seems quite strange.

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 Well, clearly, the woman loved Jesus and wanted to express her love by bathing Jesus with what would have been her prized possession.

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 A jar of perfume worth a whole year's worth of wages.

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 What she didn't realize, though, was her act of love was a far more significant act.

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 Pouring perfume over someone's head is an act called anointing.

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 And not just anyone was anointed.

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 Kings were anointed.

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 The great kings of Israel, Saul, David, Solomon, were all anointed.

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 But the person normally doing the anointing was supposed to be the high priest.

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 And so it's a bit surprised, it's not surprising why the Jews around Jesus didn't recognize what was happening here.

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 Rather than being anointed by a high priest, Jesus was anointed by a woman.

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 This still begs the question, though, why is Jesus being anointed?

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 So earlier in Mark chapter 8, verse 29, Jesus asks Peter,

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 Who do you say I am?

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 And Peter responds saying,

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 You are the Christ.

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 Jesus has been declared to be the Christ.

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 Christ.

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 Now, Christ isn't Jesus' last name.

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 Christ is his title.

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 He is Jesus the Christ.

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 And what does Christ mean?

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 Well, Christ means anointed one.

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 And why?

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 What's the significance of being an anointed one?

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 Well, because for the Jews, being anointed signified the start of a king's reign.

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 The declaration that Jesus is the Christ or the king has been made and now he is being anointed.

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 This is a really exciting moment.

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 Jesus' reign as king is about to commence.

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 But let's look at the reaction of the people to the anointing.

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 Verse 4.

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 Some of those presents were saying indignantly to one another,

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 Why this waste of perfume?

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 It could have been sold for a year's wages and the money given to the poor.

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 And so they rebuked the woman harshly.

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 The people around thought,

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 It was such a waste to be using this expensive perfume.

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 But what they failed to recognize was the importance of the person.

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 And the importance of the event.

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 Jesus is the Christ.

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 And he was being anointed.

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 The king was about to commence his rule.

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 And this was his inauguration.

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 Of course you would pull out the best for this occasion.

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 What is a year's worth of wages when you're talking about the inauguration of a king?

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 Jesus responds by highlighting the importance of the event.

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 But not in the way in which we would expect.

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 Let's keep reading.

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 Verse 6.

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 Leave her alone, Jesus said.

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 Why are you bothering her?

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 She has done a beautiful thing to me.

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 The poor you will always have with you.

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 And you can help them any time you want.

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 But you will not always have me.

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 She did what she could.

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 She poured perfume on my body beforehand.

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 To prepare for my burial.

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 What Jesus said would have left the people around him gobsmacked.

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 In stunned silence.

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 Jesus has just said that his anointing is the preparation for his burial.

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 Jesus is the king.

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 But his reign begins with death.

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 So as we close the first scene, we have this strange tension.

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 Jesus is the king.

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 But he is also going to die.

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 So immediately after this, Judas, one of Jesus' disciples, agrees to betray Jesus to the Jewish leaders.

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 We saw earlier that the Jewish leaders were looking for an opportunity to kill him.

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 Now they have their opportunity.

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 Death is coming.

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 But why does Jesus need to die?

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 The disciples might have been quite confused by this last encounter.

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 Why would this anointing be a preparation for his burial?

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 It can't just end like this, can it?

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 God's promised king has arrived.

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 And as soon as he arrives, he's going to be taken away.

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 Why does Jesus have to die?

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 Jesus gives the answer in the next scene.

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 And so let's look at what's happening.

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 We move from a larger gathering to a smaller gathering.

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 From a party with many people to an intimate dinner with a few friends.

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 This intimate dinner happens two days later on the first day of the Passover.

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 We are told that this is the day when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, foreshadowing the reason why Jesus needed to die.

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 As Jesus and his disciples are eating together, enjoying one another's company, Jesus gives this explanation.

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 Let's read from verse 22.

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 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks, and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying,

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 Take it, this is my body.

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 Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and offered it to them, and they drank from it.

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 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many, he said.

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 I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.

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 Jesus takes the bread, he breaks it, and he gives it to the disciples.

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 Jesus takes his cup, gives thanks, and passes it around to his disciples.

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 Jesus explains the bread is his body, and the wine his blood.

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 His body is about to be broken.

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 The blood spilled.

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 The symbolism is clear.

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 Jesus, the king, is going to die.

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 And the reason Jesus is going to die is there in verse 24.

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 So that many can be saved.

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 This is the reason why it is the will of the Father that Jesus dies.

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 Because by his death, Jesus can save many.

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 Jesus is the Passover lamb who needs to be sacrificed for us.

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 This is why Jesus came to earth.

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 This was his purpose in life.

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 His purpose in coming to this earth was to die so that many can be saved.

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 So that many can live.

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 Just because you were born to do something, though, doesn't make it easy.

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 As I mentioned before, my father wanted me to become a doctor.

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 And so my parents put me in one of the best private schools in Sydney.

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 I was in that school from kindergarten to year 12.

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 And not only that, I was in tutoring from year 3.

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 As the years went by, I studied hard and I did well at school

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 with the goal of getting a high enough mark in the HSC to get into medicine.

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 It was all going as planned.

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 But then in year 12, the weight of all this expectation started to bear down on me.

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 The pressure of performing at school year after year started to get to me.

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 I wanted independence.

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 I wanted to make my own decisions.

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 I wanted to be free.

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 Eventually, I couldn't bear it any longer.

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 With the finish line in sight, I made the decision not to do my father's will.

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 And I didn't apply to study in medicine.

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 I would not become a doctor.

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 Just because your life has been directed to do something,

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 doesn't mean it's easy to do.

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 Doesn't mean it's easy to carry it out.

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 I was living with the expectation that I should become a doctor.

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 Can you imagine what it would be like living with the expectation that you needed to die?

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 Here in the third scene, we come to the crux of the matter.

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 The turning point.

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 Will Jesus carry out what he was anointed to do?

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 Will he choose to die so that many will be saved?

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 This is the point of no return.

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 Will Jesus choose to go to his death?

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 Scene 3.

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 Jesus is now all alone.

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 He has just told his disciples that they would abandon him.

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 Every single one of them.

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 And now we can already see this taking place.

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 It's night time.

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 Jesus is in a garden called Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives.

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 He is with his most trusted disciples, Peter, James, John.

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 He asks them to keep watch for him.

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 But they cannot.

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 They keep falling asleep.

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 Jesus is utterly alone as he prays to his Father.

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 Let's look at what Jesus has to say.

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 Before he prays to his Father, he expresses his state of mind to his disciples.

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 Let's read from verse 33.

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 He took Peter, James, and John along with him.

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 And he began to be deeply troubled, deeply distressed and troubled.

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 My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.

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 He said to them, stay here and keep watch.

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 Can you imagine being in this state of mind?

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 Having your soul overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.

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 Here is a man who is clearly struggling under the weight of what he needs to do.

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 The weight of his Father's will for him.

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 Verse 35.

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 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that, if possible, the hour might pass from him.

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 Alone, Jesus prays to his Father.

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 Abba, Father, everything is possible for you.

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 Take this cup from me.

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 Yet not what I will, but what you will.

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 This prayer speaks volumes.

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 Abba, Father, Jesus is addressing his heavenly Father, the one with whom he's had an intimate relationship since before the creation of the world.

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 Everything is possible for you.

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 Here, Jesus is acknowledging the sovereignty of God, of his Father.

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 This is the same God who spoke the world into existence, who breathed life into it.

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 For God, nothing is impossible.

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 Jesus knows this.

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 Take this cup from me.

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 This is Jesus' plea.

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 The cup is the wrath of God.

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 By dying on the cross, God is asking Jesus to bear his wrath.

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 This wrath should not have been directed to Jesus.

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 No, this wrath should have been directed to you and me and all of humanity.

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 Because we could never obey God's will perfectly.

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 This is how Jesus will save many.

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 By drinking the cup of God's wrath.

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 By sacrificing himself for our sakes.

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 Jesus is standing before this cup and asking,

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 Father, if there is any other way for your purposes to be fulfilled,

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 if there is any other way to save humanity,

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 don't make me die on the cross and drink the cup of wrath which they deserve.

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 Yet, not what I will, but what you will.

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 This is Jesus' resolve.

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 Jesus submits himself to the Father's will because he loves the Father.

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 And he loves humanity.

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 Jesus loves the Father so much that he chooses to go on to the cross and die.

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 He chooses to bear the wrath of the Father so that we might be saved.

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 He chooses to bear the wrath which we deserve.

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 And through this, to fulfill God's great plan of salvation.

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 The Father loves Jesus as well.

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 And so after this, the Father will raise Jesus to life again.

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 And enthrone him as the rightful king and ruler of all.

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 Verse 41.

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 The hour has come.

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 Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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 Rise, let us go.

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 Here comes my betrayer.

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 With this resolve, Jesus chooses to do his Father's will,

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 to die on the cross so that by his death, many will be saved.

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 What does this mean for us?

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 Jesus did his Father's will and died on the cross precisely because we could never do the Father's will.

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 God's will for us is that we be in perfect relationship with him.

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 That we treat God as he deserves to be treated.

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 That we praise God for who he is and give thanks for everything he's done for us.

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 That we love God with all of our hearts, all of our soul, all of our strength, and all of our minds.

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 Who among us could even imagine loving God with all of our hearts, soul, strength, and mind?

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 Who among us could imagine living in perfect relationship with God?

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 None of us could do the will of the Father.

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 And so Jesus had to do the will of his Father by dying on the cross.

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 By this, our relationship with God could be restored.

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 All we need to do is believe in Jesus and accept this free gift of relationship.

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 If you haven't accepted God's offer for relationship, I urge you to accept it.

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 By your own strength, you can't please God.

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 You can't do the Father's will.

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 But the beauty of the gospel is God knows this.

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 God knows that you can't do his will.

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 And so he sent Jesus to come to earth 2,000 years ago to do his will perfectly.

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 And to die on the cross.

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 To bear the punishment of your failures and my failures.

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 And all we need to do is accept this free offer of relationship.

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 If you want to find out more about this, if you want to know more about this offer which God is making to you,

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 please come talk to me or one of the other church leaders at St. Paul's.

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 We would love to talk to you about this free offer of relationship which Jesus provides for us.

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 If you have already accepted this offer and are a follower of Jesus, let us rejoice.

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 Let us give thanks for what Jesus did.

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 That Jesus did what we could not do.

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 Nothing we could do could make us right with God.

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 All the works of our hands.

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 The good deeds we do.

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 Our attendance at church and Bible study.

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 The money we give.

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 All of these could not restore the relationship.

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 Could not restore our relationship with God.

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 Let us rejoice because Jesus did the will of the Father when we could not.

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 And by his death, he saved us.

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 We have seen today that Jesus was anointed to be God's king.

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 But as the king, he needed to die.

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 Because by his death, he would save many.

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 We saw the anguish and sorrow which Jesus experienced as he was faced with death and the wrath of God.

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 But Jesus chose to submit himself to the Father's will and die on the cross.

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 Jesus did what we could not do.

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 And for that, let us give thanks and praise.

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 You are clear to God's words.

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