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 Good morning. Have you ever been called a control freak? Or do you know someone that is?

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 You know, that person who has to be in control of every situation, whether it's at work,

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 on the sporting field, or in a group assignment. You know, the person that says,

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 if I want it done properly, I will just do it myself. Steve and I got back from the US just

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 over a week ago, and I've always prided myself on the self-control I have over my body, particularly

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 when it comes to sleep. Through having kids, I've taught myself how to sleep anywhere,

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 and I can survive without too much sleep. But coming back from the US, jet lag hit me hard.

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 My whole body clock was shifted a couple of hours. So I would, you know, put Micah, our two-year-old,

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 to sleep at about 7pm, and Alyssa would find me asleep on his floor. And then I'd wake up in the

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 lounge, Alyssa would be standing over me. I thought I was in control. I thought I had control of my body,

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 but my body had different ideas. And the consequence was that I was wide awake from 3am

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 each morning. Don't worry, I'm over it now. Thank you for your concern. But feeling like we are in

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 control can give us the false impression that we are safe, and we are secure, and everything is taken

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 care of. We can think we are in control of our lives, and the decisions we make until reality hits.

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 It might be the fragility of our bodies. It might be how dependent we are upon other people.

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 It might be how much we depend on the current job we have to have the life that we want.

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 And for Christians, we might say that we trust in God, and that He is the one who is in control of

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 all things. He is the one who has saved us. But practically, we can hold on to control.

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 It makes us think that we are safe and secure, because we all have trust issues.

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 We don't trust that God has everything in control. So we stress and we get anxious about the future.

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 We don't trust that He'll keep being generous, and so we hoard, and we hold on to our things,

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 our time and our money, instead of being radically generous. How do we go from hogging control

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 to handing over control to God? Today, as we see Jesus in His last moments before He is crucified,

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 Jesus will model handing over control to God. Let me pray, and we'll have a look at John 18 together.

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 Heavenly Father, we come before You, all of us having different control issues. Father, You have done so

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 much for us. You have loved us incredibly through Jesus. And we ask that today we would be reminded

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 about how amazing You are, and that You are a sovereign God in control of all things.

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 Help us to place all of our trust in You. Amen.

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 Over the last couple of weeks, Jesus has been speaking His last conversation before His crucifixion.

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 Last week in chapter 17, Jesus spent an extended period of time praying for Himself, for His disciples,

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 and for us. And now Jesus is here in the Garden of Gethsemane. Have a look with me. Please have your

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 Bibles open. John chapter 18. We'll start in verse 2.

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 Now Judas, who betrayed Him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

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 So Judas came to the Garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief

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 priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons. John sets the scene

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 for us. He doesn't specify that it's the Garden of Gethsemane, but that's where it is. The author,

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 John, tells the story of Jesus' arrest slightly differently to the other Gospel writers, Matthew,

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 Mark, and Luke. Matthew, Mark, and Luke all focus on Jesus in the Garden, praying to God in anguish

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 before His crucifixion. John doesn't focus on that. Matthew, Mark, and Luke also have the conversation

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 between Judas and Jesus. Again, John doesn't focus on that. John focuses on the interaction between

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 Jesus and those who've come to arrest Him, those who think they are in control. This group that has

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 come out is a massive group. First, we have a detachment of soldiers. A detachment of Roman

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 soldiers is a cohort, and this usually consisted of a thousand men. Practically, they would usually

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 only send out 600. So we have 600 men, soldiers armed, ready for battle, coming out to 12 men

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 sitting in a garden in the middle of the night. The Romans would often use overwhelming force

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 to ensure that if a mob formed, they could just crush it. So we've got hundreds of Roman soldiers

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 ready to crush any opposition. Then there's the officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees.

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 This group would have included the temple police, the ones who would actually arrest Jesus,

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 and they would ensure that the temple was protected overnight. And they come with torches and lanterns

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 and weapons. They've come to arrest Jesus in the middle of the night, when Jesus has the least

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 amount of followers to reduce the size of the mob that He's going to form. They've come expecting that

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 Jesus would flee. And so they've come with torches and lanterns to hunt Him down. In their eyes, Jesus

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 was a dangerous religious rebel who needed to be quashed. It's pretty clear who they think is in control.

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 They've got the army. They've got overwhelming force to crush any resistance. They've got the tools

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 to hunt down Jesus. And so the temple police, the soldiers, the religious leaders, they've come full

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 of swagger. They're going to hunt Jesus. They're going to suppress this rebellion. But Jesus, He knows

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 what is going to happen. And John records a fascinating interaction between this giant army

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 and this lone man. They've come to arrest Him in full force. But it's Jesus who leads the

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 investigation and the arrest. He is the one that asks the questions. Have a look at verse 4.

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 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to Him, went out and asked them,

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 Who is it you want? Jesus of Nazareth, they replied. I am He, Jesus said. And Judas, the traitor,

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 was standing there with them. When Jesus said, I am He, they drew back and fell to the ground.

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 Jesus responds to their question with the divine I am. It's the words that God used to Moses

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 to identify Himself. He's not just saying, I'm the guy you're looking for. He is identifying with God.

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 He's saying, I am God. And this giant army that they've brought, who thought they were in control

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 of the situation, is flawed. They literally fall to the floor before Jesus. Now, we don't know exactly

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 what's going on here. We don't know why they've fallen to the floor. We don't know whether they've

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 seen a glimpse of Jesus' true glory. Are they just responding to Jesus calling Himself God?

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 It could have been a moment of realization about what they have come to do.

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 These people who have heard the rumors that Jesus healed the sick, He raised the dead,

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 He cast out demons, He preached with authority unlike anyone else, and they are here to arrest Him?

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 It stops them in their tracks.

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 Those who have come with power and might and control are humbled before the Lord of the universe.

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 This delegation representing the world comes forward to arrest Jesus, and Jesus offers Himself.

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 And for one brief moment, it is like the world recognizes who He is and what they are about to do.

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 But it is only for a moment.

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 Jesus continues to lead this investigation. Again, He asks them,

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 Who is it you want?

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 Oh, Jesus of Nazareth, they said.

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 Jesus answered, I told you that I am He.

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 If you were looking for me, let these men go.

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 This happens so that the words He had spoken would be fulfilled.

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 I have not lost one of those you gave me.

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 Jesus focuses all the attention on Himself.

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 Who are you here to arrest? It's me.

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 Well, come on then.

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 Come and get me. Arrest me.

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 Leave these disciples here.

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 Just take me.

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 But Peter, one of the eleven disciples remaining,

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 couldn't let them take Jesus so easily,

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 so he pulls out a sword,

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 cuts off the ear of the high priest's servant,

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 and verse 11,

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 Jesus commanded Peter,

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 Put your sword away.

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 Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?

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 Jesus' response is,

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 it's not about fighting for control.

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 Jesus knows what is happening.

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 It seems that in this arrest,

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 Jesus is the one who is in control.

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 He is the one that is asking all the questions.

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 The army is just there.

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 He is leading the investigation.

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 But Jesus reveals,

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 He is not even the one who is in control.

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 God the Father is the one who is in control.

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 Jesus is in obedience to Him.

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 Jesus is the one who will drink the cup the Father has given Him.

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 And so Jesus is arrested.

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 There is a sham of a trial that happens,

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 and Jesus is crucified.

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 It seemed like Jesus was in control,

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 but He showed that He does not have control issues.

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 He handed over control to God,

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 and followed Him in full obedience,

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 knowing what was going to happen.

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 And so from this arrest,

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 we see three things about Jesus and control.

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 So first of all,

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 Jesus lets God be in control.

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 Jesus knew what was going to happen.

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 And the cross that He was going to,

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 and He lets God be in control.

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 Obeying God,

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 and letting Him be in control,

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 gives Jesus the confidence,

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 and ability to lead this investigation and arrest.

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 He goes out into the garden on His own,

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 and faces down this daunting army.

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 When faced with a situation like this,

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 when it seems like the enemy is in control,

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 the fight or flight response could have set in.

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 You know the response that He could have fought like Peter?

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 Not with a single sword,

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 but Jesus could have called down an army

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 to crush this 600 strong army in opposition.

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 If He felt the need to control the situation,

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 He could have done that.

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 He could have fled.

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 He could have responded through fear.

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 And the army came ready for Him to do that.

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 But He just does something that is so different.

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 Knowing God is in control,

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 knowing God is sovereign,

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 and knowing that what God plans happens,

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 Jesus acts with full confidence in God,

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 and walks out and says,

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 here I am.

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 Arrest me.

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 He is willing to be arrested

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 so that He can drink the cup of wrath

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 that God has for Him.

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 The wrath that all of us deserve.

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 The second thing we're reminded about,

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 about Jesus here,

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 is that Jesus sacrifices for those He loves.

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 Even here, as He is being arrested,

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 Jesus loves His followers.

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 I imagine this scene,

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 you've got the army on one side,

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 you've got the garden,

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 and you've got Jesus coming out of the garden.

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 And He's shooing the disciples behind Him.

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 You know, I've got this,

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 like someone with little children

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 who are trying to escape out the front door

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 and run on the road.

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 Jesus is defending His sheep.

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 Get back, get back.

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 Take me.

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 Take me.

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 Let them live.

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 And really, it's a microcosm

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 of what He offers us.

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 We are loved by Jesus.

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 And He puts Himself in our place.

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 And He willingly suffers

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 and dies for us to have life.

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 It's a simple act of care for His disciples,

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 but it shows His sacrificial love,

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 even in His arrest.

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 He is soon to go to the cross and suffer

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 and sacrifice for all the nations.

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 But for these 11 men, He says,

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 don't take them.

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 I'm the one you want.

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 The third thing we see about Jesus and control

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 is that He obeys God in the garden.

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 Unlike Adam and Eve that John read for us,

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 Jesus obeys God in the garden.

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 One of my favorite parts of this book of John

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 that we've been reading

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 is that John has all of these references

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 to the garden.

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 It's like they're Easter eggs in the story.

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 It appears that John has deliberately written his book

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 to remind us of Genesis.

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 You only have to think of the very start

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 of the book of John.

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 Both Genesis and John start with,

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 in the beginning.

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 And when John writes it,

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 he just adds Jesus more clearly

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 into the creation account.

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 This story here is reminiscent

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 of the Garden of Eden.

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 In one sense, you've got Adam and Eve.

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 They were perfect.

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 And they are tempted and they sin.

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 And when they do, they run and they hide

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 and they're fearful of God

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 and God goes searching for them

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 and He finds them.

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 But Jesus totally flips this.

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 Here Jesus is and He is in a different garden.

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 And there is temptation around Him.

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 He has a choice.

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 Will Jesus sin like Adam and Eve?

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 Will He flee after He sins like Adam and Eve?

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 Or will He obey God

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 and stand out in the open?

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 Jesus isn't fearful.

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 He doesn't blame anyone else

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 like Adam and Eve.

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 He says, I am.

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 I'm Jesus.

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 I'm the one you're looking for.

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 And here it's not God searching for the people.

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 It is God who comes out

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 to the people who are searching for Him.

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 Jesus is the one who comes out

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 and says, here I am.

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 There is no searching.

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 Jesus comes out.

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 He turns this garden scene

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 all on its head.

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 He is preparing to fix

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 all the problems

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 that began on the day

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 when sin entered into the world

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 in that garden.

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 He is obeying God in the garden

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 when Adam and Eve didn't.

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 He is making it so that God's garden

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 can spread once again

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 to not just be a garden

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 but to be a city

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 that we will all dwell in.

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 So when it comes to Jesus

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 and the issue of control

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 He hands His control over to God.

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 He willingly self-sacrifices

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 and He obeys in the garden

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 so that we can come to the city.

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 We learn some things about us

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 and control as well.

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 It helps us to understand ourselves.

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 The first thing that we learn about us

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 and people generally

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 is that it's possible to acknowledge Jesus

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 without following Him.

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 It's possible to acknowledge Jesus

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 without following Him.

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 We saw the army's response

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 to Jesus' declaration

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 that He was God.

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 They fell to their feet

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 when He identified as God

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 but it didn't last long.

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 It was long enough

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 to stop the army in their tracks

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 before going ahead and arresting Him.

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 Is it possible

00:17:42.760 --> 00:17:46.620
 that we can say Jesus is Lord

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 without actually following Him as Lord?

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 Jesus warns against this in Matthew 7.

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 Not everyone who says to me

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:57.940
 Lord, Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 But only the one who does the will

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 of my Father who is in heaven.

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 There can be a moment of acknowledgement

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 but that does not equal faith.

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 We are people that have stopped

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 for one moment in our lives

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 and said that Jesus is Lord

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 instead of following Him

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 with our whole lives.

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 The second thing we learn

00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:23.559
 about ourselves

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 is that we

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 are like those eleven

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 that Jesus sacrificed Himself for.

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 Can you imagine

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 what it would have been like

00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.859
 in that moment,

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 in that night,

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 in the middle of prayer,

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 in the garden,

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 and a six,

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 seven hundred strong army

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 comes to arrest you

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 and hunt you down.

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 But Jesus stands in the way

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 and allows you

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.019
 to flee,

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.720
 to escape,

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 to have life.

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 Take me instead.

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 In a very real way,

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 that is who we are.

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 We are the ones who,

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:04.140
 Jesus has said no to an army.

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 It's not the army,

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:07.039
 but it's the wrath of God.

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 God has said to the wrath of God,

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 I have paid for these.

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 I was sacrificed for these little ones here

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 at St. Paul's Chatswood.

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 I sacrificed myself for you.

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 I drank the cup of wrath

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 that God asked me to drink

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 to take your place.

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 Now you can call God Father.

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 We are not in control,

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 but we need our Jesus

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 to sacrifice himself

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 to take our place.

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 So we've seen how Jesus trusted God

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 with sovereign,

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 but the reality is

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 we struggle

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 and we fight for control.

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 And yet,

00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:54.480
 it was us that Jesus came

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:56.220
 and sacrificed himself for.

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 God is the one who is in control.

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 Jesus showed we can trust him.

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 So I want to encourage us

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 to hand control over to God

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 in three ways.

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 First of all,

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 by admitting that we are not in control.

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 Second,

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 being aware

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 of what we try to control

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 and being aware of why

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 we try to control things.

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 So first of all,

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.539
 we need to admit

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 that we are not in control.

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 I think it's really easy for us

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 in life

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 to assume

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 that we are in control

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.920
 and we have

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:29.700
 the place we are in

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 because of us.

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 I have this job

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 because of our,

00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:35.340
 I have worked hard

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 and I've saved this money

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 and I am in this position

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 because of my hard work

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 and my effort.

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 But the reality is

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:46.660
 we don't have as much control

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.460
 over these factors

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.360
 as we think.

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 God is the one

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 who has blessed us with health

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 so that we can work.

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 He is the one

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 who has uniquely gifted us.

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 He is the one

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 who is sovereign

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 over whatever situation

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 we are in.

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 If we have a job,

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 it's because of God's

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.759
 sovereign grace to us.

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 If we are able to study

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 at school

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 or TAFE

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 or uni,

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 it is because of God's

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 sovereign grace.

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 The first thing

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.200
 that we need to do

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:20.099
 is we need to admit

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:22.179
 that we are not in control

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:24.700
 and that it's only God

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.480
 who is in control

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 of all things.

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 The second

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 is to be aware

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:30.299
 of what we try

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.960
 and control.

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.259
 All of us

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:33.420
 have different control issues.

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 I'm not sure

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:36.560
 what you try

00:21:36.560 --> 00:21:37.220
 and control

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.940
 particularly.

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.880
 For some of us,

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.640
 it might be

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.560
 an issue with money.

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.880
 We really

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:44.320
 hoard our finances.

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.259
 We don't trust God

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.980
 that He will continue

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.580
 to provide

00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.740
 and so we hoard.

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.880
 For some,

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.660
 it might be

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:52.220
 that we are really

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.980
 concerned about

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.640
 the image

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.800
 we present.

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 When Steve and I

00:21:57.040 --> 00:21:57.740
 were in the US,

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.259
 we put up a number

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.800
 of Facebook photos

00:22:00.800 --> 00:22:02.480
 showing what we were doing.

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 I'm not sure

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.720
 if you saw any of those

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:07.160
 but I've had people say,

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.040
 it looks like you

00:22:08.040 --> 00:22:09.360
 had a really great time

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.840
 over there

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:11.200
 and it was

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.019
 a wonderful time

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.759
 but we all

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.840
 have control issues

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:16.240
 and we do this

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.820
 with Facebook

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:18.160
 and the way

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:19.440
 we present ourselves.

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:21.120
 Steve and I

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:22.039
 didn't post

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:23.299
 photos of the night

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.700
 we got into

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.559
 a particular city

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.640
 at 12am

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.220
 and it was

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.240
 minus 2 outside

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.200
 and there was

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.740
 bags under our eyes.

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.860
 Maybe I'll post

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.400
 that photo

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.140
 next time.

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.900
 Fear and anxiety

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.799
 over the way

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.900
 people view us

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:41.180
 leads to a control issue.

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.880
 To present

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.680
 a fake image.

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:47.500
 Jesus had no issue

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:49.240
 being arrested

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:50.859
 by this giant mob

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.559
 and hung

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.859
 on a tree for us.

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.680
 He wasn't worried

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.039
 about how it looked.

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.400
 Let me encourage

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.799
 all of us

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.500
 to embrace

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.400
 the value

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.599
 of humble authenticity.

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.799
 Not feeling

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.279
 the need

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.839
 to present

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.519
 a fake

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:05.259
 controlled image

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.339
 that everything

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.099
 is okay

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:09.400
 but with humility

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.940
 show our true face.

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.740
 Trusting that

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.660
 God loves us

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.220
 and that

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.759
 you know what

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:15.160
 at church

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:17.019
 our brothers

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.680
 and sisters

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:19.000
 will love us

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.940
 for who we really are

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.940
 and God is working

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.860
 to change us

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.380
 as well.

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:26.160
 So we need to be aware

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.080
 of what we

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:28.080
 try to control

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:30.220
 and what we want

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.680
 to control

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.380
 reveals

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.220
 something

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.480
 about us

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.080
 as people.

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.180
 The things

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.019
 we fight

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.900
 to hold on to

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.960
 shows

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.140
 something

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.019
 about our hearts.

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:41.720
 I was talking

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.400
 to someone

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.879
 recently

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:44.000
 about an injury

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.559
 they had.

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.660
 She had fallen

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:49.099
 and injured

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.700
 her shoulder

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:51.259
 and she couldn't

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.420
 clean her house

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:54.139
 as well as she wanted

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:57.099
 and you know

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.980
 this might seem

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:59.740
 like a joy

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.319
 for those

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.900
 who were always

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.299
 cleaning

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.319
 well I can't

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.579
 clean

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.059
 that's alright

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.639
 but for her

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:06.559
 it brought up

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.259
 issues for when

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.900
 she was younger

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:09.200
 when her family

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.940
 situation

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.140
 wasn't ideal.

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.420
 She couldn't

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.680
 control a lot

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.920
 about life

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.519
 around her

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.480
 but she could

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.980
 control her room

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.519
 she could keep

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.160
 that clean

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:21.100
 and so it became

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:22.320
 immaculately clean

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:23.500
 and when she got a house

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.420
 it became

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.480
 immaculately clean

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.539
 I have never seen

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:28.000
 someone stoop down

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.000
 and pick up so much

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.120
 fluff off the ground

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:32.400
 but now

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.160
 because she was

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.620
 injured

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:35.120
 she couldn't

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:36.160
 clean as much

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.140
 and this was

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:38.320
 causing her grief

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:40.240
 the house

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.859
 was clean

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.359
 let me tell you

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.779
 this house

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.319
 was clean

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.960
 you wouldn't

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.519
 even realize

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.919
 there was an

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.220
 issue

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:46.720
 but she had

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.079
 an issue

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.720
 of control

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.079
 she felt

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.740
 at peace

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.819
 and in control

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.619
 of her life

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.399
 because her

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.819
 house

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.899
 looked a

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.839
 certain way

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:56.939
 but even if

00:24:56.939 --> 00:24:57.319
 the house

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.819
 is clean

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.279
 that is

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.259
 that is not

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.679
 peace

00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:01.679
 that is not

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.220
 security

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.839
 you can have

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.839
 a clean house

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.720
 and you can have

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.599
 relationships that

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.319
 are falling apart

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.460
 you can have no

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.159
 relationship with

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.480
 God

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:11.039
 but that injury

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.859
 that she got

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.519
 helped her to

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.399
 understand

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:15.079
 where her need

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.859
 for control

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.759
 over the house

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.399
 came from

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.879
 the cleanliness

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.480
 of the house

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.419
 had become an

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.839
 idol

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:22.059
 that would give

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.639
 a false

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.859
 sense of security

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:26.980
 what are the

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.839
 things that you

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.519
 are holding

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.659
 very tightly

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.079
 to

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:31.960
 maybe they

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.679
 don't reveal

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.460
 deep problems

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.240
 from your childhood

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.440
 like this friend

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:37.539
 maybe they

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.299
 point to how

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.940
 you are not

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.740
 trusting God

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.579
 that he is in

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.500
 control of all

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 things

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 none of us

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.599
 feel like

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 we are out of

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.900
 control

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.559
 none of us

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:48.620
 like to feel

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.460
 like we don't

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 have control

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.480
 over the

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.079
 situation

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 and we fight

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 and struggle

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:55.519
 even just

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.279
 to have that

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.059
 false sense

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.640
 of security

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 Jesus

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 as we've seen

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.079
 in John 18

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:03.299
 knew what was

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 going to happen

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 and he handed

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.539
 control over

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.000
 to God

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:09.180
 we are not

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.759
 safe

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.159
 when we feel

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.599
 we are in

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.019
 control

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 we are safe

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 because we have

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:15.399
 a God who is

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 sovereign over

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 all things

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 and he loves

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 to care for us

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 let me pray for us

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 dear heavenly

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.000
 father

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 thank you that

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 you have

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 reminded

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 us from

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 your word

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 today

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 that you

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 are the one

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 that is in

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 control

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 that not even

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.700
 Jesus

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:39.579
 was in

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.119
 control

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.819
 of what was

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.160
 happening

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.279
 but that he

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.339
 handed control

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.079
 over to you

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.400
 Lord

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 father we ask

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.299
 that we would

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.099
 trust you

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:50.039
 that we would

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.619
 trust you

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 with every

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.119
 moment of our

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.579
 days

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 God help us

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.199
 to

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:57.639
 consider our

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.159
 lives

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:59.099
 and consider

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.699
 the things

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 that are

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.939
 very important

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.500
 to us

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.419
 and we must

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:04.259
 hold

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.179
 tightly to

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.539
 Lord

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:07.980
 father help us

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.619
 to consider

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:10.759
 our hearts

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.519
 before you

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:13.359
 and the things

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:13.919
 that give us

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:14.819
 a false sense

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.460
 of security

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:17.879
 father help us

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.720
 to hand those

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.679
 over to you

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.720
 knowing that

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.620
 it is only

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.180
 you that are

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.779
 in control

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 and that you

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.279
 love us

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 and that you

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.220
 take care of

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.560
 us

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 and that you

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.680
 will send

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.680
 Jesus back

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.700
 to bring us

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.259
 to be with

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.480
 you

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:34.279
 we ask all

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.940
 this in your

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.539
 son's name

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.779
 amen