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 Great, so we're back again in John's Gospel and following on from last Thursday, we're in the last 24 hours of Jesus' life, aren't we?

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 We're at the beginnings of what is known as the farewell discourse where Jesus prepares his disciples for his death and resurrection, for his departure.

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 Farewell.

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 And tonight is the night when the plan to betray Jesus and have him killed gets into full motion.

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 It is a dark, dark moment in the life of Jesus and in the Gospel.

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 Literally, isn't it, John tells us at the end that it was night time, meaning that it was a spiritually dark time as well as the time of the day.

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 This is the night when the greatest evil that has ever been committed on the face of this earth is about to transpire.

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 A dark, dark moment.

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 But, if you can see it, it is a passage full of encouraging light.

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 Evil done against Jesus and plotted against him and his people in its most concentrated form, we see here is under the control of Jesus himself.

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 You may have heard the story of a man called Glenn Chambers and he wanted to go and serve as a missionary overseas to South America in the 1940s.

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 He'd spent months preparing and eventually he was ready to leave.

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 It was likely that he wouldn't return home for a number of years.

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 And so just before boarding the plane, he scribbled a quick note to his parents, thanking them for their support and prayers and expressing his excitement at serving as a missionary abroad.

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 That night, though, the plane that Glenn Chambers was on got into difficulty.

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 Turbulent air currents caused the plane's engines to lose power and despite the pilot's best efforts, all of the passengers, including Glenn Chambers, were killed in a crash.

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 A few weeks later, after Chambers' funeral, the short, scribbled notes had amazingly survived and it was delivered to his parents.

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 They opened it.

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 And on the back of the magazine that he'd torn the corner off, happened to be printed one word in bold letters.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 That is the question that the disciples would be asking in about 24 hours, wouldn't it?

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 In this night of darkness, when tragedy comes into our lives, into their lives, why?

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 That's the question we ask.

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 But we see here Jesus' approach to evil and why it's so different

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 and why it helps us to trust in him when we're faced with it.

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 I want us to see three things in the passage.

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 First of all, Jesus' own experience of evil.

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 Jesus' own experience of evil.

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 We see, don't we, that he is a God who doesn't simply know about evil in an analytical sense,

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 but in Christ, he has experienced evil.

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 And amongst the many things that Jesus did suffer, he suffered betrayal.

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 It's one thing for the religious leaders to hate Jesus, isn't it?

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 And we come to expect that in John.

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 But it's another for a close friend to plot his death.

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 And we're introduced to Judas, aren't we?

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 One of Jesus' inner circle.

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 At the beginning of the passage, Jesus quotes from Psalm 41.

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 He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.

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 The one that has shared bread with me is going to kick me.

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 And verse 21, Jesus was troubled in spirit.

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 And he testified, he said, one of you is going to betray me tonight.

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 You see, Jesus is not immune, is he, from the emotion and the experience and the distress of evil.

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 And in this case, of people letting him down.

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 Just think, Judas is someone who's enjoyed an intimate friendship with Jesus.

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 He's somebody who's eaten bread with him.

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 He was invited and included at this supper.

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 He's enjoyed it.

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 He's been part of Jesus' inner circle.

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 He's been an evangelist, hasn't he?

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 One who's shown outward signs of affection to Jesus.

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 And so this evil is particularly painful for him.

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 He is someone who Jesus has honoured.

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 Apparently, dipping bread and giving it to a guest is a sign of honour.

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 He is, presumably, somebody that has had their feet washed along with all the other disciples just moments ago.

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 In Christ, then, God doesn't just know about evil from afar.

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 He experiences it.

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 In his relationships, in his interactions with people.

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 And this is an evil of a particularly dark nature.

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 It is concentrated evil.

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 John tells us that it was to do with the direct involvement of Satan himself.

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 Verse 27.

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 Satan entered Judas.

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 Satan, not just a demonic possession, but Satan himself, came and entered in Judas in some way.

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 Just think about that for a second.

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 Because Satan is not omnipresent.

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 He is not everywhere.

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 Like God is.

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 He is not like God in any way.

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 He is a creature.

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 His forces are in different places, maybe.

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 But Satan can only ever be in one place at one time.

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 He is not God.

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 He is a creature.

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 And tonight, he chooses to concentrate his presence in this one place.

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 And in this betrayal.

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 He is present most especially at this moment.

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 This is the night of the power of darkness.

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 And Jesus then is experiencing an intense satanic activity.

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 Luke calls it the hour of the power of darkness.

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 And that's why John says that he was troubled in his spirit.

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 It is an intense awareness, not just of human betrayal, but of the power of Satan.

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 And so he experiences undiluted evil.

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 You might know the story of Julius Caesar.

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 Where no treachery is worse than that of a family member.

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 Caesar was murdered, wasn't he?

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 But among the conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar was Marcus Julius Brutus.

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 Great name, isn't it?

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 And the thing with Brutus was that Caesar trusted him.

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 He treated him like a favoured son.

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 And Caesar managed to resist the first assassination attempts.

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 But the last straw was when his beloved friend Brutus approached with a dagger.

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 And at that point, Julius Caesar stopped struggling and famously asked,

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 You too, Brutus?

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 It's quite a pitiful image, isn't it, of Caesar.

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 And as Jesus is betrayed by his closest, we can think that it's like that story,

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 where he experiences this terrible evil, and he's able to sympathise with us,

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 but he's sort of caught off guard by it, isn't he?

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 Like Caesar was.

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 Like when things happen to us, and we're not expecting them.

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 And we can't see them coming.

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 That he was shocked that Judas was going to do this.

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 He experiences evil, though, but not exactly like we do.

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 Because we also see, secondly, Jesus' foreknowledge of evil.

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 Jesus' foreknowledge of evil.

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 If you look at verse 18,

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 Jesus speaks of betrayal, doesn't he, in that quote from the psalm.

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 He who ate bread has lifted his heel against me.

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 And here's the point in verse 19.

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 He says to the disciples,

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 I'm telling you this now, before it takes place.

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 That when it does, you will believe that I am he, your Messiah, your Saviour.

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 I want you to know, disciples, that this evil betrayal is not a Brutus moment.

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 In 24 hours, when you ask the question, why,

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 you will know that I knew.

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 I knew about it before it happened.

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 Evil events are not a surprise to me, even when they are to everybody else.

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 Notice how in the narrative, no one else had a clue what was about to happen.

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 Jesus says, one of you is going to betray me.

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 And they all look at each other, don't they?

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 Dumbfounded.

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 They haven't got a clue who the foggiest he is talking about.

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 None of them have seen it coming.

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 None of them are thinking, ah, Judas, I knew it.

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 I knew it all along.

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 There was something different about him, wasn't there?

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 They hadn't seen that.

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 But Jesus knew it.

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 The enemy was devising a plan, but Jesus knew the plan.

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 There's no sort of bunker, there's no secret cabinet war room,

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 there's no hidden code that Satan, that Jesus' enemies,

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 can use to hide their intentions from him.

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 God reads him like an open book.

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 And the dark enigmas that we face when evil things happen are as clear as day to God.

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 And when no one else understands what's being said,

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 they think Jesus is talking about Judas going and buying the meal, don't they?

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 They are totally unaware of the presence of evil in the room.

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 They're unaware of the threat that is posed to their king and themselves.

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 But the king knows.

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 Jesus knows, and he identifies the betrayer.

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 He dips bread and gives it to Judas.

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 And he makes John a witness to that identification, doesn't he?

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 It's worth mentioning the role that John himself has here.

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 There's this funny little exchange, isn't there, between Peter and John,

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 when Jesus says, someone is going to betray me.

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 Peter kind of looks at John and motions to him and says,

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 who's he talking about?

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 And John, he's close to Jesus,

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 and he's told the secrets of the Lord's mind, isn't he?

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 And this fills us in a little bit on John's role

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 in being made party to the deep, penetrating truths about Jesus.

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 It's part of his role later on in writing this gospel.

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 A deeply spiritual, a deeply penetrating gospel.

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 And that relationship between John and Jesus

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 is given airtime here to help build our confidence

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 in the words that we're reading here.

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 These are not just words of a biographer,

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 or even of an eyewitness,

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 but of a close friend and a confidant,

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 who was made witness to the inner workings

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 of Jesus' mind and character.

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 So we've seen with Jesus,

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 he is a God who suffers evil,

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 who feels it,

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 but he isn't ignorant of it like we are.

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 And there is this foreknowledge of it.

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 But lastly, and most encouragingly,

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 I think Jesus doesn't just know what is going to happen,

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 he controls what is going to happen.

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 He is master over it.

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 Thirdly, Jesus' sovereignty over evil.

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 This betrayal is not a surprise to Jesus,

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 but neither is it just blind fate.

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 Neither is it just destiny.

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 There's a Greek myth about a guy called Oedipus.

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 And he's the main character in a story

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 where an oracle predicts

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 that he will kill his father

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 and then marry his own mother in the future.

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 And Oedipus hates this idea.

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 He doesn't want that to happen,

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 so he tries to avoid that.

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 But all of his schemes to avoid that

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 simply end up hastening it.

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 The destined end is reached

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 despite his and everyone else's efforts around him

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 to avoid it,

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 because it's fate.

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 It's destiny for Oedipus.

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 And we can be a bit like that.

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 We can know something bad is going to happen,

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 but have no power to change it

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 and be drawn unavoidably towards it.

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 But again, that is not how Jesus experiences this evil.

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 That's not how he knows evil

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 or anything else evil

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 that is going to happen in the future for that matter.

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 Because John shows us

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 Jesus' absolute control

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 and his initiation of events.

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 Notice that the initiative

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 comes from Jesus himself.

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 Not Judas

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 or even Satan.

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 The cue

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 for Judas

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 to set things in motion

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 comes from Jesus

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 in the passage.

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 Did you see that?

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 Verse 27

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 Jesus gives Judas

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 the morsel of bread.

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 Then

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 Satan

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 enters him.

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 And then verse 13

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 After receiving

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 the morsel of bread

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 then

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 Judas went out.

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 Do you see?

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 It is Jesus

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 who gives the signal.

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 It is Jesus

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 who decides

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 when

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 Psalm 41

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 is going to be fulfilled.

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 It is Jesus

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 who gives the signal

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 for the betrayal.

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 The signal

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 for Satan

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 to enter in.

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 The signal

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 for Judas

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 to leave.

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 He says to Judas

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 now

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 go and do

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 what you're going to do.

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 And Judas

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 leaves.

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 And here's the irony

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 he's possessed

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 by Satan

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 and yet

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 Judas

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 still has to obey

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 Jesus

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 doesn't he?

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 Jesus

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 is the one

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 giving the orders.

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 He is the one

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 giving the cues

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 and the signals.

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 he is setting

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 the times

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 and the events

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 he is in control.

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 Jesus

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 identifies

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 his enemy

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 his betrayer

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 and Jesus

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 sends him away.

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 Jesus

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 tolerates

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 Judas

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 until the time

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 is right for Jesus.

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 Not before

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 and not after.

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 Jesus

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 sets the timetable

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 even for

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 Satan's activity.

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 Somebody once

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 said he may be

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 the devil

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 but he is

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 God's devil

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 and he's

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 on a leash.

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 And we see that

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 all over the Bible

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 don't we?

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 We see it

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 if you're familiar

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 with the book of Job

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Satan ruins

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 Job's life

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 for a time.

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 But it's all

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 under the limitation

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 and permission

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 and sovereignty

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 of God

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 to whom

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 Satan

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 has to give

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 an answer.

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 It was

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 the hour

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 of darkness

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 Luke says

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 but earlier

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 in John's

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 gospel

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 Jesus says

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 to Mary

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 at the wedding

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 in Cana

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 you can remember

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 all the way

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 back there

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 it is

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 my hour

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 my hour

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 has not yet

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 come.

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 So 24 hours

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 after

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 this supper

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 not only

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 will the disciples

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 remember that

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 Jesus knew

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 that it was

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 all going to

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 happen

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 but that he

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 was Lord

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 of all that

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 was going to

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 happen.

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 It is

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 my hour

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 it is

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 my time

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 it is

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 my betrayal

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 it's

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 my death

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 I lay

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 my life

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 down

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 no one

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 takes it

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 from me

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 I lay

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 it down

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 of my

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 own

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 accord

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 and so

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 can you

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 feel

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 there is

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 this

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 tension

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 isn't

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 there

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 who is

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 sinless

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 God

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 whose eyes

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 cannot bear

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 to look

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 upon

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 evil

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 controls

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 and initiates

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 evil

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 for his

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 purpose

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 Peter

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 who was

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 in the

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 room

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 that

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 night

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 he would

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 later

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 preach

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 in Acts

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 2

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 after the

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 resurrection

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 and he

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 says

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 this

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 Jesus

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 delivered

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 up

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 according

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 to the

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 definite

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 plan

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 and

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 foreknowledge

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 of God

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 you

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 crucified

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 and killed

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 by the

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 hands of

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 lawless

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 men

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 do you

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 feel the

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 tension

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.079
 there

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 and who

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.740
 was it

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 who sent

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 Jesus

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 to the

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 cross

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 who

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.599
 was it

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 who

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 betrayed

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 who

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 arranged

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 the

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 betrayal

00:17:59.639 --> 00:18:01.059
 from

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 Judas

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 I suppose

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 you could

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 say

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 well

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 it might

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 have been

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 a little

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 bit of

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 God

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 but it

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 was mainly

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 man

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 wasn't it

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 it was mainly

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 people

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 that did

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 it

00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:10.059
 so

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 20%

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 God

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 80%

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 evil

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:13.619
 men

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 or

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 you could

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 say

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 it was

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 50%

00:18:16.919 --> 00:18:17.379
 God

00:18:17.379 --> 00:18:18.879
 50%

00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:19.220
 evil

00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:19.639
 men

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 but

00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:21.780
 John

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 13

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 and

00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:22.960
 Acts

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 2

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 tell us

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 quite

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 clearly

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 even

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 though

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 it's

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 hard

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 to

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 grasp

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 that

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 actually

00:18:28.340 --> 00:18:28.660
 it was

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 100%

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.080
 evil

00:18:30.080 --> 00:18:30.600
 man

00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:31.860
 and it

00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:31.980
 was

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.920
 100%

00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:33.340
 God

00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:35.520
 there

00:18:35.520 --> 00:18:35.759
 were

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.560
 lawless

00:18:36.560 --> 00:18:37.500
 personalities

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.060
 like

00:18:38.060 --> 00:18:38.540
 Judas

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 and

00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:39.380
 Satan

00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:39.980
 who

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.120
 were

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.660
 responsible

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.100
 for

00:18:41.100 --> 00:18:41.300
 his

00:18:41.300 --> 00:18:41.720
 betrayal

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:41.980
 and

00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.380
 death

00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:43.300
 they

00:18:43.300 --> 00:18:43.500
 were

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:43.640
 the

00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:43.900
 ones

00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:44.060
 who

00:18:44.060 --> 00:18:44.400
 actually

00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:44.840
 killed

00:18:44.840 --> 00:18:45.240
 him

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.880
 yet

00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.099
 they

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:47.299
 were

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:48.120
 always

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:48.539
 under

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:48.960
 Jesus'

00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.620
 rule

00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:51.559
 without

00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:52.160
 removing

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.859
 the

00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.480
 responsibility

00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:54.000
 they

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.440
 had

00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:54.779
 for the

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.259
 actions

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.759
 since

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.220
 Judas

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.640
 and

00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:56.799
 the

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.200
 killers

00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:57.980
 did

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.359
 only

00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:58.620
 what

00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:58.839
 their

00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.099
 own

00:18:59.099 --> 00:18:59.539
 hearts

00:18:59.539 --> 00:18:59.740
 were

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.019
 moved

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.200
 to

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:00.480
 do

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:00.720
 what

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:00.859
 they

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.180
 wanted

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.420
 to

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.819
 do

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.740
 it

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.079
 wasn't

00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:03.279
 that

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.599
 Judas

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:03.839
 was

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.180
 turned

00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:04.460
 into

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:04.660
 a

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.079
 puppet

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.380
 that

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:05.799
 night

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.819
 kind

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.000
 of

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.440
 like

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:07.599
 a

00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.079
 robot

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:09.539
 he

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:09.839
 was

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.440
 moved

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:10.740
 down

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:10.960
 the

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.200
 road

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:11.339
 of

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.480
 his

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:11.720
 own

00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.220
 desire

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.480
 to

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:12.819
 betray

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.460
 Jesus

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:15.340
 and so

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:15.700
 without

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.500
 removing

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:18.019
 responsibility

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.660
 God

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.360
 works

00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.660
 through

00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:20.220
 people's

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:20.440
 own

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:21.079
 desires

00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:22.039
 and

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.660
 actions

00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:23.480
 however

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:23.880
 evil

00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:24.079
 they

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:24.319
 might

00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:24.720
 be

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.279
 to

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.779
 perform

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.200
 his

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.579
 good

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.259
 purpose

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:29.220
 it

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.720
 wasn't

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.460
 fate

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:32.640
 as if

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.160
 Judas

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.759
 was like

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.340
 that guy

00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:34.579
 in the

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:34.819
 Greek

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.140
 myth

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.440
 and he

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:35.960
 really

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.400
 didn't

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:36.660
 want

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:36.880
 this

00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.039
 to

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.319
 happen

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:37.600
 and he

00:19:37.600 --> 00:19:37.779
 wanted

00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.000
 to

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.380
 avoid

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.799
 it

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.640
 but he

00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:40.039
 couldn't

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.299
 because

00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.720
 someone

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.140
 made

00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:41.319
 him

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:41.559
 do

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:41.880
 it

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:44.100
 God's

00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:44.560
 sovereignty

00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:45.100
 does not

00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:45.660
 work like

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.000
 that

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:48.300
 rather than

00:19:48.300 --> 00:19:48.780
 working

00:19:48.780 --> 00:19:49.480
 against

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.020
 our

00:19:50.020 --> 00:19:50.560
 choices

00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:51.200
 and

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.820
 despite

00:19:51.820 --> 00:19:52.440
 them

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.740
 God

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.340
 works

00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:55.080
 through

00:19:55.080 --> 00:19:55.760
 people's

00:19:55.760 --> 00:19:56.340
 choices

00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:57.340
 and

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:57.880
 actions

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.580
 to work

00:19:58.580 --> 00:19:58.780
 out

00:19:58.780 --> 00:19:58.980
 his

00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.340
 will

00:19:59.340 --> 00:20:01.300
 he

00:20:01.300 --> 00:20:01.640
 doesn't

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:01.960
 just

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.540
 know

00:20:02.540 --> 00:20:02.880
 what

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.220
 people

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.360
 are

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:03.580
 going

00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:03.800
 to

00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.320
 do

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:04.700
 he

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:04.820
 kind

00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:04.900
 of

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.340
 arrange

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:05.600
 things

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:05.900
 around

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.300
 that

00:20:06.300 --> 00:20:07.860
 he

00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:08.720
 sovereignly

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.560
 ordains

00:20:09.560 --> 00:20:09.840
 what

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.160
 people

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.300
 are

00:20:10.300 --> 00:20:10.420
 going

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:10.540
 to

00:20:10.540 --> 00:20:10.840
 do

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:12.459
 and

00:20:12.459 --> 00:20:12.619
 that

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:12.899
 goes

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 for

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 this

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 betrayal

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 and

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 for

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 any

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 evil

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 thing

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 that

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 happens

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 in

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 the

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 world

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 it's

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 hard to

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 get our

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 heads

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 around

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 isn't

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 it

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 was a

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 real

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 victim

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 of

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 real

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 evil

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 he

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 experienced

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 it

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 really

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 and

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 fully

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 as

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 any

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 one

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 of

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 us

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 would

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 feel

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 it

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 and

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 yet

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 he

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 knows

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 beforehand

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 it

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 is

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 going

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 to

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 happen

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 and

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 he

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 rules

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 when

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 it

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 does

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 happen

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 I just

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 want to

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 say

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 as we

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 close

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 that

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 I know

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 some

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 of you

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 are going

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 through

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 especially

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 hard

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 things

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 at the

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 moment

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 housing

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 issues

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 loss

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 heartbreak

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 and there

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 will be

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 plenty

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 of

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 things

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 that

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 nobody

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 else

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 knows

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 about

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 as well

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 in your

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 lives

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 and if

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 we look

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 at each

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 other's

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 lives

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 on a

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 Thursday

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 afternoon

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 there will

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 be plenty

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 of things

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 that none

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 of us

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 have got

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 a foggiest

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 clue

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 about

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 won't

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 there

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 and there

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 will even

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 be things

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 in our

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 own

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 lives

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 that we

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 haven't

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 got a

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 clue

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 about

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 that are

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 coming

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 up in

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 the

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 future

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 evil

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 things

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 or

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 threats

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 that might

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 happen

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 and lie

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 ahead

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 and when

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 they do

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 happen

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 the question

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 we ask

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 is why

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 well

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 Jesus

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 knows

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 and all

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 is open

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 to him

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 the dark

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 moments

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 as well

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 as the

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 light

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 moments

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 are as

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 clear as

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 day to

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 him

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 and things

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 are never

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 left to

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 chance

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 things are

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 never left

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 to fate

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 with him

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 and you

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 are in

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 the situation

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 you are

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 in

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 because

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 he is

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 in control

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 of it

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 and when

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 evil comes

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 and if

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 evil comes

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 and if

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 there is

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 an evil

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 hour

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 or many

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 evil hours

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 in your

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 life

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 Jesus

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 says

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 no

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:01.980
 this

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.139
 is

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 my

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 hour

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:04.079
 if

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 you are

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 trusting

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 in

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 him

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 and all

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 things

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 are

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 worked

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 out

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 for the

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 good

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 of those

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 who

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 love

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 him

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 aren't

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 they

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 always

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 meticulously

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 timed

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 and controlled

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 and signalled

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 and motioned

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 by the

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 Lord Jesus

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 he is

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 Lord of

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 all

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 even of

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 the devil

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 he is

00:22:23.399 --> 00:22:23.680
 on a

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 leash

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 for his

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 perfect

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 and good

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 purposes

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 just as

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 they would

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 be on

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 that

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.599
 dark

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.019
 night

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:32.220
 and in

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.399
 that

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:32.720
 dark

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.099
 hour

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:34.740
 for

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 think

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.179
 about

00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:35.359
 the

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:36.019
 good

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.299
 that

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.500
 would

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.899
 come

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.299
 from

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.579
 his

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.079
 betrayal

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:39.679
 and the

00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:40.099
 killing

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:41.819
 because

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.619
 it was

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.200
 according

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.899
 to the

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 definite

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.960
 plan

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.919
 and the

00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.179
 full

00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:46.519
 knowledge

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:46.720
 of

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.059
 God

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:49.440
 we

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.679
 don't

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:49.839
 know

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:49.960
 the

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.259
 reasons

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.579
 why

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:50.919
 often

00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:51.399
 do we

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:52.799
 we

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.379
 might not

00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:53.720
 be able

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.159
 to think

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.579
 of the

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 reasons

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.319
 why

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.000
 but that's

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.439
 okay

00:22:56.439 --> 00:22:57.259
 it is

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.939
 because it

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 doesn't mean

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 that there

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.159
 isn't a

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 reason

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:02.859
 and when

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.139
 we're

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.539
 struggling

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.500
 with hard

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.059
 things

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.500
 we are

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.939
 to look

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:06.500
 to this

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.139
 betrayal

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:08.419
 to this

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 passage

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.359
 and to

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.039
 the cross

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.519
 and see

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.579
 right here

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.359
 the God

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.139
 who feels

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.559
 it with

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.059
 you in

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.539
 Jesus

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.619
 but not

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.500
 just that

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:20.259
 the God

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.220
 who knows

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.720
 it all

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.379
 beforehand

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:24.360
 and who

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.180
 controls

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.820
 it all

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:27.480
 for good

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:29.460
 and so

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.780
 let us

00:23:29.780 --> 00:23:30.220
 trust in

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.440
 him

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.100
 let's pray

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.540
 to him

00:23:31.540 --> 00:23:31.820
 now