WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.080 And after that description, you think that he'll do something really impressive, maybe, that demonstrates his power. 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:14.300 Maybe about to take up a crown for himself, having been declared king just the following day, just the previous day. 00:00:14.700 --> 00:00:18.480 And maybe he's about to do some amazing miracle to demonstrate his power. 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:29.300 But instead, what we find after the description is that he laid aside his outer garments and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.899 And then he begins to do the unthinkable in verse 5. 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:44.320 He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:48.480 You guys have to think about this, right? 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:50.159 Because people's feet are dirty, right? 00:00:50.159 --> 00:01:00.739 Maybe some of you guys are familiar with that moment when someone who's been working out or wearing tennis shoes all day enters a room and finally removes those tennis shoes. 00:01:01.199 --> 00:01:04.379 And the smell just kind of percolates throughout the room. 00:01:04.459 --> 00:01:06.060 You guys know that smell. 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:10.259 Maybe some of you guys are familiar with how wearing flip-flops in the summer. 00:01:10.739 --> 00:01:15.400 You wear the flip-flops for a few days or, you know, the bottom of your feet get really dirty. 00:01:15.459 --> 00:01:16.640 It looks black, right? 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:17.840 You guys know what I'm talking about? 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:19.739 It kicks up dirt. 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:20.420 It gets dirty. 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:22.319 And so imagine this. 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:24.540 This is in the Middle East, right? 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:25.480 This is Jerusalem. 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:26.960 It's a desert climate. 00:01:27.500 --> 00:01:29.260 It's a lot hotter than it is here. 00:01:29.460 --> 00:01:30.900 And it's a lot dirtier. 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:32.840 There's a lot of dust, dry dust on the ground. 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:38.040 And people walk around in sandals, even more shoddily constructed than today's flip-flops. 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:39.659 And they're wearing it all day. 00:01:39.659 --> 00:01:40.859 Imagine their feet. 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:47.259 It's both sweatier and dirtier than the feet that we're accustomed to smelling and seeing. 00:01:48.099 --> 00:01:53.340 And so because of that, it was customary for hosts, when they have guests over to their houses, 00:01:53.759 --> 00:01:59.159 to arrange for someone, a servant, to wash their feet because you didn't want that kind of feet in the house. 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:05.259 But this task was reserved for the lowliest of the menial servants. 00:02:06.179 --> 00:02:12.879 In fact, some of the Jews insisted that even Jewish slaves should not do such menial tasks. 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.079 Even the slaves shouldn't do it if you're a Jew, they said. 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:18.319 This should be reserved for the Gentile Jews. 00:02:18.579 --> 00:02:19.699 Some Jews taught that. 00:02:21.219 --> 00:02:23.199 And so that task, well, you can imagine the scenario. 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:26.459 So Jesus has come with his disciples to this place. 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:28.379 The guest meal has been prepared. 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:30.339 And Jesus sits as the host. 00:02:31.259 --> 00:02:32.780 Everybody knows what needs to happen. 00:02:32.959 --> 00:02:34.419 Somebody needs to wash their feet. 00:02:36.119 --> 00:02:40.780 But not a single one of the disciples is willing to swallow their pride and say, 00:02:40.899 --> 00:02:42.120 well, I guess I'll do it. 00:02:43.099 --> 00:02:45.780 Because perhaps they'd be willing to wash Jesus' feet. 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:47.239 Yeah, I mean, he's the son of God. 00:02:47.459 --> 00:02:48.199 He's the Messiah. 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:49.199 I'll wash his feet. 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:52.280 Oh, but Judas' feet? 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:53.699 Peter's feet? 00:02:55.580 --> 00:02:57.840 No, there's no way I'm washing their feet. 00:02:58.780 --> 00:03:00.020 That's the scenario. 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:04.800 And so you could imagine as there's this kind of tension in the room, 00:03:04.900 --> 00:03:08.240 the disciples are looking around themselves at how mortified they would be 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:12.039 when they find Jesus laying aside his outer garments, 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:13.979 pushing himself up from this mat. 00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:16.599 And he wraps a towel around his waist, 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:20.620 which is the attire of the menial servants during that time, 00:03:20.620 --> 00:03:24.539 and proceeds to wash their dirty, stinky feet. 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:30.280 This is a stunning demonstration of Christ's humility and love. 00:03:30.819 --> 00:03:33.640 And lest we miss it, John already reminded us in verse 2 00:03:33.640 --> 00:03:37.480 that Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of Jesus, 00:03:37.620 --> 00:03:39.420 is among the number of the twelve. 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:40.879 He's there. 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:43.659 And Jesus knows he's about to betray him. 00:03:43.659 --> 00:03:48.659 And he washes his feet, his enemy, his betrayer. 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.219 And others are just shocked and uncomfortable. 00:03:56.139 --> 00:03:59.120 So there's this uncomfortable silence in the room, 00:03:59.180 --> 00:04:00.719 and they don't say anything out of embarrassment. 00:04:01.300 --> 00:04:02.939 But Peter predictably objects. 00:04:03.219 --> 00:04:05.139 In verse 6, he says to Jesus, 00:04:05.139 --> 00:04:07.899 Lord, do you wash my feet? 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:13.339 In the Greek, the sentence is constructed to emphasize Peter's indignation. 00:04:13.459 --> 00:04:14.239 It reads like, 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:17.060 Lord, you will my feet wash? 00:04:17.479 --> 00:04:19.779 That's, Lord, you will my feet wash? 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:21.120 That's unthinkable. 00:04:22.740 --> 00:04:25.019 And then so Jesus answers in verse 7, 00:04:25.019 --> 00:04:27.839 What I am doing you do not understand now, 00:04:27.979 --> 00:04:29.639 but afterward you will understand. 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:33.120 When Peter refuses stubbornly, he says, 00:04:33.419 --> 00:04:35.319 You shall never wash my feet. 00:04:36.539 --> 00:04:39.159 He's well-meaning, but Jesus responds to him in verse 8, 00:04:39.479 --> 00:04:43.379 If I do not wash you, you have no share with me. 00:04:44.219 --> 00:04:47.139 See, Jesus is insistent that he's going to wash his feet, 00:04:47.259 --> 00:04:49.019 you know, not because of some false humility, 00:04:49.159 --> 00:04:51.599 saying, No, you are going to let me be humble and wash your feet. 00:04:51.779 --> 00:04:52.779 That's not what's going on at all. 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:56.560 Jesus is insistent because of the symbolic value of what he is doing, 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:59.600 because this act of humility and self-sacrifice, 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:02.660 it points to his death on the cross that is coming. 00:05:04.100 --> 00:05:06.699 Someone who is deserving of honor and glory, 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:10.600 the perfect one, laying down his life, 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:12.019 humbly serving the people, 00:05:13.540 --> 00:05:15.420 the people who ought to be serving him. 00:05:16.139 --> 00:05:17.240 And so that's why he tells me, 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:19.340 If I do not wash you, you have no share with me. 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:20.699 That's the inheritance language. 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:25.899 It's only those whose sins have been washed away by the blood of the Lamb 00:05:25.899 --> 00:05:30.179 who will have a share in Christ's heavenly inheritance. 00:05:31.579 --> 00:05:35.319 So Peter, of the famous all-or-nothing personality, 00:05:36.060 --> 00:05:37.439 responds in verse 9, 00:05:38.699 --> 00:05:42.659 Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and head. 00:05:43.599 --> 00:05:46.019 But Jesus restrains him in verse 10, 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:48.759 The one who has bathed does not need to wash, 00:05:49.500 --> 00:05:51.819 except for his feet, but is completely clean. 00:05:51.819 --> 00:05:53.379 And you are clean, 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:55.759 but not every one of you. 00:05:56.699 --> 00:05:59.219 So this explanation teaches a really important, 00:05:59.459 --> 00:06:01.839 but an impractical distinction 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:05.420 between the initial once and for all washing of the Christian 00:06:05.420 --> 00:06:07.860 and the ongoing continual washing 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:10.279 that must take place for the Christian. 00:06:10.740 --> 00:06:12.500 Because the follower of Jesus, 00:06:12.620 --> 00:06:14.360 once you place your trust in Jesus, 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:15.579 repent and believe in him, 00:06:15.779 --> 00:06:17.699 you are cleansed once and for all. 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:19.600 You're saved once and for all. 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:21.680 You're justified once and for all. 00:06:21.740 --> 00:06:24.240 And that is not a repeatable event. 00:06:24.620 --> 00:06:25.760 That's once and for all. 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:28.620 However, the Bible still commands us 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:31.800 to confess our sins to him 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:34.379 so that we might be forgiven. 00:06:34.540 --> 00:06:35.939 1 John, for example, 00:06:36.420 --> 00:06:39.040 it says, Apostle John is writing clearly to believers. 00:06:39.180 --> 00:06:40.540 He says in chapter 5, 13, 00:06:40.939 --> 00:06:43.480 that he's writing to those who believe in the name of the Son of God 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:44.900 and have eternal life. 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.340 So he's writing to people who have eternal life, 00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:50.779 yet he tells them in chapter 1, verse 9, 1 John 1, 9, 00:06:51.259 --> 00:06:53.359 if we confess our sins, 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:56.519 he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.839 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 00:07:00.539 --> 00:07:02.439 So this tension that we see here 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:03.919 is like so many other tensions, 00:07:04.299 --> 00:07:05.639 other truths of Christianity 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:09.500 is because of God's eternal and omniscient perspective, 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:10.679 the contrast between that 00:07:10.679 --> 00:07:12.519 and our finite and limited perspective. 00:07:12.939 --> 00:07:14.239 Because from God's perspective, 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:15.399 he's timeless and eternal, 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:17.339 he sees our past, present, and future 00:07:17.339 --> 00:07:19.239 all in one picture in the same way. 00:07:19.719 --> 00:07:20.399 So for him, 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:21.899 that once and for all justification 00:07:21.899 --> 00:07:23.560 deals with all of our sins. 00:07:24.299 --> 00:07:26.359 So from his perspective, 00:07:26.579 --> 00:07:27.819 we might rightly say that, 00:07:27.899 --> 00:07:31.039 yes, our future past sins also are forgiven. 00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:33.299 But from a human limited perspective, 00:07:33.539 --> 00:07:34.739 it's been appropriate to say 00:07:34.739 --> 00:07:36.399 that God forgives you of your sins 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:37.699 before you confess them, 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:39.899 your future sins before you commit them. 00:07:40.739 --> 00:07:43.319 Rather, the Bible calls us to confess those as we go, 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:44.980 and that's the continual washing, 00:07:45.099 --> 00:07:47.099 the feet washing that must keep taking place. 00:07:48.099 --> 00:07:50.259 But that's not the same 00:07:50.259 --> 00:07:51.899 as that once and for all, 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:54.019 the bath that takes place 00:07:54.019 --> 00:07:55.180 when we first believe in him, 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:55.920 repent in him. 00:07:56.159 --> 00:07:59.060 And the ground for that continual forgiveness 00:07:59.060 --> 00:08:00.920 is not our own confession, 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:03.120 but it's what Jesus has already done for us, 00:08:03.719 --> 00:08:05.399 his sacrifice on the cross. 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:08.519 So the one who has bathed 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:09.699 does not need to wash 00:08:09.699 --> 00:08:11.199 except for his feet, 00:08:11.479 --> 00:08:12.599 but is completely clean. 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:14.179 And you are clean, 00:08:14.419 --> 00:08:16.139 but not every one of you. 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:19.319 So by washing the feet of his disciples, 00:08:19.579 --> 00:08:21.039 Jesus simultaneously gives us 00:08:21.039 --> 00:08:23.719 a symbol of saving cleansing 00:08:23.719 --> 00:08:25.439 that he will affect on the cross. 00:08:25.739 --> 00:08:26.819 And at the same time, 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:29.699 he displays his great love for us. 00:08:29.899 --> 00:08:31.579 This is the love demonstrated. 00:08:31.579 --> 00:08:35.919 And having demonstrated his love for us, 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:37.919 Jesus calls us to emulate it. 00:08:37.939 --> 00:08:40.100 He commands this same love. 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:43.659 In verses 12 to 17, read it with me. 00:08:44.319 --> 00:08:46.699 Do you understand what I have done to you? 00:08:46.899 --> 00:08:49.279 You call me teacher and Lord, 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:51.240 and you are right, for so I am. 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:53.720 If I then, your Lord and teacher, 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:55.600 have washed your feet, 00:08:56.139 --> 00:08:58.699 you also are to wash one another's feet. 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:01.280 For I have given you an example 00:09:01.280 --> 00:09:02.820 that you also should do 00:09:02.820 --> 00:09:04.440 just as I have done to you. 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:07.240 Truly, truly I say to you, 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:09.500 a servant is not greater than his master, 00:09:09.640 --> 00:09:11.040 nor is a messenger greater 00:09:11.040 --> 00:09:12.240 than the one who sent him. 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:13.780 If you know these things, 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:16.840 blessed are you if you do them. 00:09:18.040 --> 00:09:19.900 Jesus has given us an example 00:09:19.900 --> 00:09:21.400 so that we might do them, right? 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:24.680 Now some people understand these words 00:09:24.680 --> 00:09:27.100 to mean that we should continue 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:29.300 to wash one another's feet in a literal way. 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:31.159 There are denominations 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.080 that practice foot washing as a ritual. 00:09:34.340 --> 00:09:36.980 But I don't think that's Jesus' intention 00:09:36.980 --> 00:09:38.279 for a couple different reasons. 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:41.840 And first is that nowhere else in the New Testament 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:42.680 is foot washing mentioned 00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:44.600 as a ritual to be practiced. 00:09:45.180 --> 00:09:47.620 And that may be why in the book of Acts 00:09:47.620 --> 00:09:49.060 you see the picture of the early church. 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:50.980 They don't, you don't see them 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:52.200 in the description of the early church, 00:09:52.500 --> 00:09:53.879 them washing feet, right? 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:56.820 And secondly, foot washing 00:09:56.820 --> 00:09:58.759 is not something that Jesus started, right? 00:09:58.860 --> 00:10:00.320 It's something that everyone 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:01.580 in that culture practiced. 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:03.779 What Jesus is doing is instead 00:10:03.779 --> 00:10:06.000 there's something that you would normally think 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:06.840 is beneath yourself. 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:08.580 This do for one another. 00:10:08.740 --> 00:10:10.939 Love and serve one another. 00:10:11.980 --> 00:10:12.980 And so Jesus, I don't think, 00:10:13.019 --> 00:10:13.860 is instituting something 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:14.919 that we need to practice 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:16.340 in a ritualized sense, 00:10:16.500 --> 00:10:17.620 but rather he's saying 00:10:17.620 --> 00:10:20.159 that we have to serve one another in humility 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:22.960 even to the point of washing one another's feet. 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.680 So no doubt, I'm sure, 00:10:24.800 --> 00:10:25.860 as Christians in the early church, 00:10:25.920 --> 00:10:27.240 they did wash one another's feet. 00:10:27.660 --> 00:10:29.180 And we have to think in our context, 00:10:29.300 --> 00:10:30.480 what does it look like for us 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:32.060 to wash one another's feet, 00:10:32.139 --> 00:10:34.080 to love and serve one another? 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:38.040 The fact that Jesus' point 00:10:38.040 --> 00:10:39.980 is far broader than just foot washing 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:42.879 we can see later in verses 33 and 35 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:45.360 because he expands the command. 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.100 And this new commandment I give to you 00:10:47.100 --> 00:10:48.500 that you love one another 00:10:48.500 --> 00:10:50.759 just as I have loved you, 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:53.519 you also are to love one another. 00:10:53.659 --> 00:10:55.799 That's the command that Jesus is saying, 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:57.679 emulate me, the command to love. 00:10:58.980 --> 00:11:00.500 And if our Lord and teacher 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:01.899 deign to wash our feet, 00:11:02.179 --> 00:11:04.519 then should we not also wash one another's feet? 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:07.980 If we are just servants of God, right? 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:09.399 But then if our master 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:11.259 washes his disciples' feet, 00:11:11.340 --> 00:11:13.100 then should we not also wash 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:15.019 one another's feet? 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:19.079 If Jesus was willing to wash his disciples' feet, 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:20.460 then there shouldn't be anything 00:11:20.460 --> 00:11:22.240 too demeaning for us, 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:25.179 too anything beneath us, 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:28.439 if it means loving and serving one another. 00:11:29.439 --> 00:11:30.720 Who should be willing to do? 00:11:33.059 --> 00:11:34.799 I don't know if you've ever been 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:36.679 a part of a volunteer organization. 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:37.779 I guess you are in the church, 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:39.559 but other volunteer organizations. 00:11:40.179 --> 00:11:42.699 If you have been, like I have, 00:11:42.700 --> 00:11:45.000 then you know it's really, really hard 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:46.379 to get people to do anything. 00:11:47.620 --> 00:11:48.759 Because there's no incentive, 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.560 there's no leverage, 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:50.240 you don't have anything. 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:51.480 You just have people's goodwill. 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:53.640 And so if you're in a volunteer organization 00:11:53.640 --> 00:11:54.020 like that, 00:11:54.040 --> 00:11:55.140 it's really hard to get people 00:11:55.140 --> 00:11:57.200 to just come and sit and do nothing. 00:11:57.780 --> 00:11:58.360 Like it's, 00:11:58.500 --> 00:12:00.259 let alone take on real responsibilities. 00:12:01.060 --> 00:12:02.840 But not so in the church. 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:04.120 Why? 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:06.259 Because Christ has given us this example. 00:12:06.540 --> 00:12:08.000 Because Christ as a commander says, 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:09.400 wash one another's feet. 00:12:09.780 --> 00:12:11.560 So we're eager to serve one another. 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:13.359 We've been saved to serve one another. 00:12:13.439 --> 00:12:15.000 So we're eager to take on tasks 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:16.779 that others will consider to demeaning 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:18.279 beneath our dignity. 00:12:19.359 --> 00:12:21.619 Because that's the humility, 00:12:21.839 --> 00:12:23.000 the hallmark of Christians. 00:12:26.839 --> 00:12:28.379 And note that this command 00:12:28.379 --> 00:12:30.259 applies specifically to one another. 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:30.739 Right? 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:31.699 It's in verse. 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:34.959 And that's why Jesus calls his disciples 00:12:34.959 --> 00:12:36.859 little children in verse 33. 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:39.799 He's referring to that circle of believers. 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:42.179 The Greek word behind the translation 00:12:42.179 --> 00:12:43.740 of that little children 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:44.939 is a diminutive form 00:12:44.939 --> 00:12:46.719 that conveys special affection. 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:48.259 It's an endearing term. 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:49.199 You could translate it as 00:12:49.199 --> 00:12:51.339 my dear little children almost. 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:52.139 Right? 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:53.719 And it's beloved children. 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:55.299 So Jesus is actually, 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:57.899 and the Passover was traditionally, 00:12:58.139 --> 00:12:59.679 the way Jews celebrated, 00:12:59.839 --> 00:13:00.659 a family meal. 00:13:01.479 --> 00:13:01.659 Right? 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:02.579 So the head of the household 00:13:02.579 --> 00:13:04.179 presided over the Passover meal. 00:13:04.179 --> 00:13:06.819 And so Jesus is radically breaking 00:13:06.819 --> 00:13:07.559 from tradition 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:09.479 when he gathers his disciples 00:13:09.479 --> 00:13:11.139 and sits as head of the household 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:12.279 over the Passover meal. 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:13.899 Because he's drawing them away 00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:14.979 from their families 00:13:14.979 --> 00:13:17.359 and constituting the new family of God 00:13:17.359 --> 00:13:18.099 as he does this. 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:20.159 That's why in Matthew 12, 50, 00:13:20.199 --> 00:13:20.479 he says, 00:13:20.599 --> 00:13:21.599 For whoever does the will 00:13:21.599 --> 00:13:22.679 of my Father in heaven, 00:13:23.239 --> 00:13:25.059 he, that person is my brother, 00:13:25.239 --> 00:13:26.919 and that person my sister and mother. 00:13:27.359 --> 00:13:27.500 Right? 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:29.199 So Jesus is forming that new community. 00:13:29.459 --> 00:13:30.620 And so he calls them, 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:31.199 his disciples, 00:13:31.199 --> 00:13:32.899 his little children. 00:13:34.179 --> 00:13:36.139 And so this applies particularly 00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:38.379 to the way we treat one another 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:39.199 and serve one another 00:13:39.199 --> 00:13:39.779 as believers. 00:13:40.939 --> 00:13:41.679 But what about the people 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:43.139 who are not part of the family of God? 00:13:43.819 --> 00:13:45.139 And do we not love them? 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:46.059 Well, of course, 00:13:46.299 --> 00:13:47.319 that's not it at all 00:13:47.319 --> 00:13:48.699 because Jesus calls us to love 00:13:48.699 --> 00:13:49.679 even our enemies 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:51.099 in Matthew chapter 5. 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.399 Of course, we're called 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:53.120 to love everyone. 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:53.879 Of course, we're called 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:55.919 to love our neighbor as ourselves. 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:57.620 But just as people reserve 00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:59.479 a special place of affection 00:13:59.479 --> 00:14:03.199 for an intimacy 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:04.740 for their family members, 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:06.240 we do the same 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:07.460 for the family of God. 00:14:09.560 --> 00:14:10.640 Doesn't mean we love 00:14:10.640 --> 00:14:11.440 other people less. 00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:11.800 We just, 00:14:12.379 --> 00:14:14.540 at the risk of saying 00:14:14.540 --> 00:14:16.460 something that seems paradoxical, 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:17.740 we don't love them less. 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.940 We love each other more. 00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:19.620 Right? 00:14:20.780 --> 00:14:21.759 And so that's why 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:22.860 Apostle Paul exhorts us 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.900 in Galatians 6, 10, 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:25.200 So then as we have opportunity, 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:26.860 let us do good to everyone, 00:14:27.300 --> 00:14:28.920 and especially to those 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:30.500 who are of the household 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.599 of faith. 00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:34.879 This command to love 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.299 one another 00:14:35.299 --> 00:14:36.279 is so simple 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:37.500 that the youngest member 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.599 of the church 00:14:38.599 --> 00:14:40.059 can grasp it 00:14:40.059 --> 00:14:40.939 and appreciate it. 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:42.139 But at the same time, 00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:43.099 it's so profound 00:14:43.099 --> 00:14:45.799 that even the most mature 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:46.339 among us 00:14:46.339 --> 00:14:47.500 can't exhaust it 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:49.360 or fully practice it. 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:52.379 So what does that mean? 00:14:52.439 --> 00:14:53.199 What does it look like 00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:54.419 to love one another? 00:14:54.579 --> 00:14:55.740 The command to love 00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:56.179 one another 00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:58.219 apprehends all the commands 00:14:58.219 --> 00:14:58.759 in Scripture 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:00.319 of the one another 00:15:00.319 --> 00:15:01.219 commands in Scripture. 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:03.439 It means we greet 00:15:03.439 --> 00:15:04.099 one another. 00:15:04.339 --> 00:15:06.059 We rejoice with one another 00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:07.099 in times of joy. 00:15:07.339 --> 00:15:08.899 And we cry with one another 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:10.000 in times of sadness. 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:12.819 It means we confess 00:15:12.819 --> 00:15:15.099 our gravest and slightest sins 00:15:15.099 --> 00:15:15.819 to one another 00:15:15.819 --> 00:15:16.759 in humility. 00:15:16.979 --> 00:15:18.419 And we accept one another 00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:19.500 in God's grace. 00:15:19.599 --> 00:15:20.299 And then we pray 00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:21.019 for one another 00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:22.279 so we might be healed. 00:15:23.959 --> 00:15:25.519 It means that we serve 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.059 one another 00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:27.599 and carry one another's burdens 00:15:27.599 --> 00:15:30.199 by meeting each other's needs, 00:15:30.319 --> 00:15:31.799 caring for the sick among us, 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:33.839 providing for the poor among us, 00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:36.339 assisting the heavy laden among us. 00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:39.619 It means we're to be hospitable 00:15:39.619 --> 00:15:40.279 to one another. 00:15:41.119 --> 00:15:42.539 We are to be eating 00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:43.459 in each other's homes. 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.319 It means we encourage 00:15:45.319 --> 00:15:46.659 and edify one another, 00:15:47.059 --> 00:15:48.000 exhort one another 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.879 to be faithful 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:50.179 and spur one another 00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:51.579 on toward good deeds. 00:15:52.739 --> 00:15:53.939 It means we bear 00:15:53.939 --> 00:15:54.699 with one another, 00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:56.840 forgive one another, 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:56.860 forgive one another, 00:15:57.040 --> 00:15:58.920 cover up one another's faults 00:15:58.920 --> 00:16:00.280 and idiosyncrasies. 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:04.039 It means we teach 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:05.519 and admonish one another 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.939 and speak the hard truth 00:16:06.939 --> 00:16:08.659 in love to one another. 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.339 It means we look out 00:16:12.339 --> 00:16:13.559 for one another's interests 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:15.179 and not just 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:16.459 to our own. 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.799 That's what it looks like 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:19.059 to love one another 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:20.439 as Christ has loved us. 00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:23.519 That's the church. 00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.860 That's the kind of community 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:26.179 that Jesus set out to build. 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:27.699 Nothing less than that. 00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:30.320 And loving one another 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:30.820 this way 00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:31.720 is actually also 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:32.640 the best way 00:16:32.640 --> 00:16:33.360 we can love 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.120 our non-believing friends 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.540 because it says 00:16:36.540 --> 00:16:37.480 in verse 35, 00:16:37.640 --> 00:16:38.980 by this all people 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.620 will know 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:41.460 that you are my disciples 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:43.640 if you have love 00:16:43.640 --> 00:16:44.879 for one another. 00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:47.100 Our love for others 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:48.400 flows from our love 00:16:48.400 --> 00:16:48.960 for one another 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:50.280 because if we love 00:16:50.280 --> 00:16:51.140 one another well, 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.080 people around us 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.759 will see that 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.340 and that's how 00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:53.840 they will come 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.520 to recognize 00:16:54.520 --> 00:16:55.800 Jesus in our lives 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:57.000 and His saving grace 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.639 in our lives. 00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.819 That's how we reveal 00:16:58.819 --> 00:16:59.819 Jesus to those people 00:16:59.819 --> 00:17:00.259 around us. 00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:01.359 We love one another. 00:17:02.479 --> 00:17:03.299 So that's really 00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:04.039 the most loving thing 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.659 we can do 00:17:04.659 --> 00:17:06.139 for our unbelieving friends 00:17:06.139 --> 00:17:07.000 and neighbors as well. 00:17:07.659 --> 00:17:08.740 We share the gospel 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.259 with them 00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:10.500 and we show them 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:10.940 the gospel 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.759 in the way we love 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.579 one another. 00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.740 And this has been 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:16.099 documented 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:17.240 throughout church history 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.339 of how people 00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:19.220 come to know the Lord, 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.279 how people come 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:21.180 to Christ 00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:22.460 because by watching 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.279 how people love one another, 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.339 how Christians love one another. 00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:26.019 In a book entitled 00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:27.039 The Rise of Christianity, 00:17:27.459 --> 00:17:28.220 Rodney Stark, 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.059 a sociologist, 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.659 writes about the 00:17:30.659 --> 00:17:32.079 meteoric rise of Christianity 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:33.000 from being this 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.039 minority religion 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:34.779 that was persecuted 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:36.240 to becoming the majority 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:37.559 religion in the Roman Empire 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:39.720 within a mere few centuries. 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.779 That's a remarkable 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.699 historical phenomenon. 00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:43.220 And he writes that 00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:44.639 during the two epidemics 00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:48.099 in year 165 AD 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:49.319 and 251 AD, 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.519 each of those epidemics 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.339 killed up to a third 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:54.579 of the entire Roman Empire, 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.980 most people in the empire 00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:58.619 deserted their friends 00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:59.339 and relations 00:17:59.339 --> 00:18:00.919 in order to save themselves 00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:02.079 because the disease 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.779 was contagious. 00:18:03.179 --> 00:18:04.599 But Christians stayed behind 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:05.959 and cared for their own. 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.199 And because of their care 00:18:08.199 --> 00:18:08.939 for their own, 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:10.659 the rate of survival 00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.399 was way higher 00:18:11.399 --> 00:18:12.079 among the Christians. 00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:13.679 And because of that 00:18:13.679 --> 00:18:14.279 tight in the community 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.720 that Christians exemplified, 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.879 the people outside 00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:18.199 looking in saw that 00:18:18.199 --> 00:18:19.439 and was attracted, 00:18:19.899 --> 00:18:20.619 drawn to it, 00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:20.879 said, 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.780 I want to be a part 00:18:21.780 --> 00:18:22.660 of that kind of community. 00:18:23.020 --> 00:18:24.160 I want to be a community, 00:18:24.300 --> 00:18:25.280 being a community of love. 00:18:25.520 --> 00:18:27.180 And so people came to Christ 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:29.620 and led to a great revival 00:18:29.620 --> 00:18:30.820 of Christianity 00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:31.740 in the Roman Empire. 00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:34.680 There's no silver bullet 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:36.280 for church growth. 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:50.119 We currently have 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:51.879 about six households 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:53.319 in our church 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:54.799 who live in East Cambridge proper 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:56.899 within a quarter mile radius 00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:57.960 of each other. 00:18:58.399 --> 00:18:59.660 And we have a lot more people 00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:01.099 who are also really close 00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:02.160 right outside of that. 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:04.360 And if we love one another 00:19:04.360 --> 00:19:04.960 in this way 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.279 as God's calling us to, 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:08.180 as Jesus is commanding us to, 00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:09.360 and showing us to, 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:10.259 if we do this, 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.300 I guarantee you, 00:19:11.580 --> 00:19:12.880 people will take notice 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:14.200 and we will grow 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:15.380 and people will come 00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.540 to know Jesus Christ 00:19:16.540 --> 00:19:17.800 and this community of love 00:19:17.800 --> 00:19:19.019 will grow and grow and grow 00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:20.080 until it overwhelms. 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:22.500 And people can't help 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.640 but go to a grocery store 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.360 without seeing 00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:25.860 a Christian loving one another. 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.900 That's the vision 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:29.240 for our church plan. 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:29.779 It's not, 00:19:29.900 --> 00:19:32.259 it's not some gimmick 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.940 trying to pull some stunts 00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.940 to attract people. 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.480 Our plan for growth 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.480 is to love one another 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.660 and to serve Jesus 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.640 and serve one another. 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.240 And so, 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.799 we are recipients 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:48.299 of an incredible commission 00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.160 and promise. 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.960 Because Jesus says 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:53.779 whoever receives 00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:55.200 the one he sends 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:56.339 receives him. 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:58.039 And whoever receives him 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.740 receives the one 00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.639 who sent him. 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.920 He's saying the way 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.940 you love one another, 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.940 the body of Christ, 00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.839 what you do for them, 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:06.440 you do for Jesus himself. 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.859 That's why in that parable 00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.859 of the sheep and the goats, 00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.519 you guys know 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.559 in the final judgment, 00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.299 Jesus divides the sheep 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:17.779 and the goats 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.519 and what does he say 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.159 to the sheep? 00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.920 When I was in prison, 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.920 you came and visited me. 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.539 When I was hungry, 00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:23.559 you came and fed me. 00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:26.099 He refers to these little ones. 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:27.019 He's referring to 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.799 the believers. 00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.019 What you do 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.900 for the body of Christ, 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.920 you do for Jesus. 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:33.900 And so, 00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.619 this is the love 00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.740 commanded by Christ. 00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.440 But though Christ 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.139 has demonstrated 00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.879 his love for us 00:20:39.879 --> 00:20:41.299 and he commands us 00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:42.000 to love one another 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.039 as he has loved us, 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:44.579 we often fail to do so. 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.480 And this brings us 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.359 to our final point, 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.680 love betrayed. 00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.960 Christ demonstrates 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.839 his love for his disciples, 00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.839 but he will soon 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:55.220 be betrayed by Judas 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:57.620 and denied by Peter, 00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.579 the foremost among 00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.240 his disciples. 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.339 Jesus says in verses 00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.400 17 to 18, 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.960 If you know these things, 00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:05.079 blessed are you 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.799 if you do them. 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.960 I'm not speaking 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.700 of all of you. 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.380 I know whom I have chosen, 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.360 but the scripture 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.440 will be fulfilled. 00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.600 He who ate my bread 00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.720 has lifted his heel 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.960 against me. 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.539 Now, 00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.259 I don't think Jesus 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.019 is saying here 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.779 that he knows 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.420 whom he has chosen, 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.539 meaning I chose you, 00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:19.960 11, 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.740 but not Judas. 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.420 I don't think 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.079 that's what he's saying 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:23.039 because he says 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.919 in John 6, 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.799 early in chapter 6, 00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.179 70, 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.699 Jesus says, 00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:27.199 Did I not choose you, 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.839 the 12, 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.559 and yet one of you 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.179 is a devil? 00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:31.359 So what Jesus 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.179 is saying here 00:21:32.179 --> 00:21:32.980 is that he chose 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.419 the 12. 00:21:33.679 --> 00:21:35.220 He knows whom he chose. 00:21:35.439 --> 00:21:36.619 He knew exactly 00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.299 what he was doing 00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.240 when he chose Judas 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.179 to be among the 12. 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.419 That's what he's saying. 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.659 And then he cites 00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.960 Psalm 41, 9, 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.639 where David laments, 00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:50.279 Even my close friend 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.299 in whom I trusted, 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.859 who ate my bread, 00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.160 has lifted up 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:56.099 his heel against me. 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.779 And this Psalm, 00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:59.079 which David wrote, 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:00.119 is applied to Jesus 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.819 because David 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.859 was a type 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.599 or a pattern 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.200 or a model 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.899 that's pointed to Jesus 00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:06.220 and Jesus fulfills 00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.440 David's life 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.220 and what he represented 00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:09.399 as a king of Israel. 00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.819 And so that verse 00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.920 is now applied to Jesus. 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.779 David's suffering 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:14.039 applied to Jesus 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.859 and he says 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:16.220 that he who ate his bread 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.500 has lifted his heel 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.480 against me. 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.200 Now, 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.900 eating once, 00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:20.940 sharing your bread 00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:22.100 is a big deal 00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:23.039 even in our culture, 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.440 right? 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.640 You don't eat together 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.880 with strangers, 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.400 right? 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.380 You generally eat together 00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:28.160 with your friends. 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.259 And when you invite 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.220 someone over to your home 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.460 that breaks another barrier. 00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:31.980 You're saying, 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.519 I'm trusting you 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.259 and inviting you 00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.340 into the intimate quarters 00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.900 of my life. 00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:37.299 That's what that represents. 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:39.160 In the Near Eastern culture 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.460 that Jesus is in, 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:42.039 this is an even bigger deal 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.059 than it is in our culture 00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:45.240 because you only eat 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.960 with the people 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:47.360 that you really are intimate with, 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.860 you love. 00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.799 Here, 00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:50.259 you don't associate 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.899 with enemies 00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:52.919 and sharing the bread 00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.599 with someone 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:55.179 and then to turn around 00:22:55.179 --> 00:22:56.240 and betray them 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.240 was considered 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.779 particularly heinous 00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.779 and evil. 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.179 And Jesus said, 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.000 that's what's happening 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.399 to him. 00:23:03.939 --> 00:23:04.519 The one 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:06.000 whom he has trusted, 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.479 he who ate my bread 00:23:07.479 --> 00:23:08.699 has lifted his heel 00:23:08.699 --> 00:23:09.839 against me. 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.699 Judas, 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.339 one of Jesus' 00:23:11.479 --> 00:23:12.819 most intimate companions. 00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:14.480 Judas, 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:16.480 whose feet Jesus washed, 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:17.980 Judas, 00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:19.339 who oversaw the money 00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:21.480 for the twelve, 00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:24.359 will betray him. 00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:27.759 Jesus speaks even more plainly 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.379 in verse 21, 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.139 truly, truly, 00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.119 I say to you, 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.839 one of you will betray me. 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.019 Now, 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:34.200 the disciples are confused 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:35.339 by the starting revelation, 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.939 but Jesus doesn't immediately 00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:38.240 follow that with exactly 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.539 who's going to betray him. 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.700 And it's because of that, 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.639 so Peter just kind of 00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.799 motions to John. 00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.180 He says, 00:23:43.659 --> 00:23:44.720 one of his disciples 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.700 whom Jesus loved 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.879 was reclining at table 00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.519 at Jesus' side. 00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:49.019 So Peter motions 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.119 to this disciple 00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:51.500 and the disciple 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.460 whom Jesus loved 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.319 is John, 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.220 the apostle John. 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:57.359 And this is 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.599 the conventional way 00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.319 of preserving 00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:00.859 authorial kind of humility. 00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:01.759 They don't, 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.119 authors try not 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.960 to put themselves 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.399 in the book, 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.819 in the book themselves. 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.579 Apostle Paul 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.500 does a similar thing 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.420 when he talks about 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.119 the man who ascended 00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.959 to the third heavens. 00:24:10.239 --> 00:24:11.419 He's talking about himself, 00:24:11.719 --> 00:24:12.979 most commentaries agree, 00:24:13.219 --> 00:24:13.919 but he doesn't refer 00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:15.299 to himself by name. 00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.359 And so, 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.959 and John, 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:19.719 and this is, 00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.579 don't think of it 00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.419 as a boast 00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:22.079 because I don't think 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.599 John's saying, 00:24:22.699 --> 00:24:23.039 oh, I, 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.039 the disciple 00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.019 whom Jesus loved, 00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:25.399 you know, 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.599 more than all the others. 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.799 That's not what's going on. 00:24:27.979 --> 00:24:30.059 That shows profound gratitude 00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.559 and sense of indebtedness 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.339 to what Jesus 00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.259 has done for him. 00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:34.339 I, 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.879 the one whom Jesus loved, 00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:36.959 the son of God loved. 00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.759 He says, 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:39.220 so he was sitting there 00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.099 and he was reclining 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.779 next to Jesus, 00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.220 apparently, 00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:43.920 on Jesus' left side 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.759 or right side, 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.039 it seemed. 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:45.879 And, 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:47.339 and you have to kind of, 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.160 in order to picture this, 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.619 you need to know 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:50.099 the customs of this era 00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:51.879 because when they're reclining, 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.680 that means they're actually 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.599 literally reclining, 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.700 usually leaning 00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.980 on their left arm 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.539 like this 00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.440 and they're kind of 00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.059 lying down 00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.339 on, 00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:58.900 on a mat 00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.500 and they're sitting 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.200 at a low table 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.759 and they would sit around 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:03.000 kind of in a staggered 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.559 kind of way 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.960 so that the person 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.279 on your left 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.480 would have their head 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.720 close to your chest 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.120 if you're, 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.680 I mean, 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:09.920 or, 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.240 you guys kind of know 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.779 what I'm talking about 00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.140 so it's, 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.120 they're kind of diagonal 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:14.340 and so they're dining, 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.519 reclining in that way 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.180 and their feet 00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.319 are all radiating outward 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.960 so it's kind of 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.059 around the table this way 00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.360 and so John was on, 00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.980 on an honor, 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.900 in an honored place 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.779 right next to Jesus 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:24.160 on the right hand 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.779 and so Peter 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.700 tells him, 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:26.840 hey, 00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.420 ask Jesus, 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.519 who is this person 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.620 who's going to betray him 00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:34.099 and then Jesus replies 00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:35.059 in verse 26, 00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:36.479 it is he to whom 00:25:36.479 --> 00:25:37.819 I will give this morsel 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.259 of bread 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.559 when I have dipped it 00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:41.359 and then he dips 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.879 the morsel 00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:43.279 and gives it to Judas 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.379 Iscariot. 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.399 Now, 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:47.000 the fact that Jesus 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.959 is able to give 00:25:47.959 --> 00:25:48.739 the morsel of bread 00:25:48.739 --> 00:25:49.319 that he's dipped 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.799 to Judas 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.719 might suggest 00:25:50.719 --> 00:25:52.500 and most biblical 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:54.099 commentators guess this 00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.339 that Judas was probably 00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:56.039 sitting on Jesus' 00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.719 left hand 00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:58.279 so John was on the right hand 00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.939 and Judas was sitting 00:25:58.939 --> 00:25:59.519 on the left hand 00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.940 so Jesus was able 00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:01.039 to pass it to him 00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:02.039 so it's, 00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:04.139 and dipping the morsel 00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.500 of bread 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.660 during the Passover feast 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.379 and giving it 00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.299 and the host 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.180 would do that 00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.940 traditionally 00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.139 that was also 00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:11.099 considered an honor 00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:12.319 and so Jesus 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.480 gives to Judas 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.720 a great honor 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.519 bestows on him 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.039 a great honor 00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.579 when he dips 00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.519 that morsel of bread 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.400 and gives it to him 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:20.759 it's almost 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.759 seems to me 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.960 like the last gesture 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.720 of his love 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:25.259 a plea even 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.519 an overture 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.859 and 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:33.519 and if you are 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.819 Judas 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.279 of course 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.059 by this point 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.639 you would have to 00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.160 really dull 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.960 to not know 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.039 that Jesus knew 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.740 what you were about 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.079 to do 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:40.420 I mean Jesus knows 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.079 and so Judas 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.359 has really two 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.619 stark options 00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:45.160 first is to 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.480 you know 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.359 rush out 00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:47.099 and immediately do 00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.759 what he was planning 00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.119 to do 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.139 to betray Jesus 00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.879 and the second 00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.660 is to just 00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.339 break down 00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.039 in front of Jesus 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.839 and repent 00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:54.559 unfortunately 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.700 he opts 00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.519 for the former 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.159 because he says 00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:58.579 in verse 27 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.420 then after he had 00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.279 taken the morsel 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.579 Satan entered 00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.259 into him 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.659 his sinful heart 00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.319 gives way 00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.519 to Satan's 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:05.899 possession 00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.659 and Jesus 00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.420 knowing this 00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.019 says to him 00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.899 what are you 00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.119 going 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.559 what you are 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.059 going to do 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:11.159 do quickly 00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:13.339 now apparently 00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.279 Jesus' answer 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.220 to John's question 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.359 who is it 00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.799 that's going 00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.879 to betray you 00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:19.740 wasn't really 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.759 audible to everyone 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:22.460 because it leads 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.500 to great confusion 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:25.240 now verses 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.180 28 and 29 00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.460 it says 00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.400 now no one 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:28.140 at the table 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:29.140 knew why 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.839 he said this 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.220 to him 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.420 some thought 00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.859 that because 00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.539 Judas had the 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.960 money back 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.740 Jesus was telling 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.440 him buy what 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.940 we need for 00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.359 the feast 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.079 or that he 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.839 should give 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.420 something to 00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.839 the poor 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:39.799 so it's 00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.460 very possible 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.240 that only John 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.599 and Judas 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.420 were able to 00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.799 hear what 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.420 Jesus was saying 00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.960 maybe the ones 00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.319 that were right 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.839 next to him 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.559 because they're 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.119 still confused 00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.480 when Jesus 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.019 says go 00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.779 whatever you're 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.180 going to do 00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.660 do quickly 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.140 they think 00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.519 that Judas 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.160 is going out 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.740 to buy 00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.539 more supplies 00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.279 for the feast 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.279 of unleavened 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.539 bread 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.559 which continues 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.059 the Passover 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.500 feast 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.380 or to go 00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.960 out and give 00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.660 alms to the 00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:57.839 poor 00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.420 which was also 00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.960 conventional 00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.740 traditional 00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:01.279 practice 00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.900 during the 00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.680 Passover feast 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.859 and so John 00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:06.099 even though he 00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.700 knows what's 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.279 going on 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.000 he's shell 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.440 shocked 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.359 probably a 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.859 nerd by 00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.200 Jesus' 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.240 incredible 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.880 declaration 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:13.599 and confused 00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.339 probably why 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.039 Jesus is so 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.660 calm and 00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.079 collected 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.559 and in 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.000 control 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.779 when he's 00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.120 announcing 00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.480 that someone's 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.759 about to 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.339 betray him 00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.099 so he doesn't 00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.699 say anything 00:28:20.699 --> 00:28:21.959 and then 00:28:21.959 --> 00:28:22.459 the rest 00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:22.639 of the 00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:22.879 disciples 00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.339 assumed 00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.879 just that 00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.259 he went 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.599 to do 00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:24.919 something 00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:25.139 that he 00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.379 was going 00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:25.579 to do 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.819 with the 00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.240 money bag 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.259 and then 00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.939 so it 00:28:27.939 --> 00:28:28.259 says in 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.819 verse 30 00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:30.099 after receiving 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.679 the morsel 00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:31.079 of bread 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.199 he immediately 00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:32.879 went out 00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:34.119 and it was 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.459 night 00:28:34.459 --> 00:28:36.119 so if you've 00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.679 been with us 00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:37.179 throughout the 00:28:37.179 --> 00:28:37.579 series in the 00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.179 gospel of John 00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.740 you know how 00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.500 John uses 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.359 day and night 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.119 to refer to 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.059 light and 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.500 darkness 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.679 so this 00:28:43.679 --> 00:28:44.419 now it is 00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:45.219 night when 00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:46.039 Judas leaves 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.619 it is the 00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:46.899 night 00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:48.600 the hour 00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.320 of darkness 00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:49.980 has come 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:51.600 the hour 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.000 of Jesus 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.600 departure 00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.340 his death 00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:55.060 has come 00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:56.460 the series 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.019 of events 00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.740 that would 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.320 lead to his 00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:59.340 trial and 00:28:59.340 --> 00:28:59.860 execution 00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:01.220 has now been 00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.620 triggered 00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:03.280 and ironically 00:29:03.280 --> 00:29:04.000 the hour 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.600 of darkness 00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.940 is also the 00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.560 hour of Jesus 00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:07.440 glorification 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.920 as we've been 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.519 talking about 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.140 so it says 00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.220 in verses 31 00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.000 and 32 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.440 now is the 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.019 son of man 00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.980 glorified and 00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.000 God is glorified 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.619 in him 00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.519 if God is 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.160 glorified in 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.440 him God 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.839 would also 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.539 glorify him 00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.079 in himself 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.039 and glorify 00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.960 him at 00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.500 once 00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:28.339 but when 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.140 Jesus talks 00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.299 in verse 33 00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.259 about him 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.180 departing 00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.859 even though he 00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.140 had been 00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.680 preparing the 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.240 disciples up to 00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.680 this point 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.819 everything that 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.579 just transpired 00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.819 including his 00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.480 exchange with 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.119 Judas and his 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.900 abrupt departure 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.380 is quickly 00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.539 forgotten and 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.099 they just kind 00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.680 of grab onto 00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.680 that piece of 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.000 information 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.480 what you're 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.799 about to 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.080 leave 00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:47.460 what are you 00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.900 doing Jesus 00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.420 so Peter 00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:50.160 tells him 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:52.380 Lord where are 00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:52.840 you going 00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.400 verse 36 00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:53.920 asks him 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.299 Jesus says 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.840 where I'm 00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.279 going you 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.880 cannot follow 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.299 me now 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.039 but you 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.980 will follow 00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.640 afterward 00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.700 so Peter 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.160 then asks 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.940 Lord why 00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.500 can I not 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.920 follow you 00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:03.140 now I 00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.600 will lay 00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:04.299 down my 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.980 life for 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:06.680 you and 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.100 then Jesus 00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.820 makes a 00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.200 stunning 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.720 prediction 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.480 verse 38 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.580 will you lay 00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.019 down your 00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.680 life for me 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:13.360 truly truly I 00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:14.160 say to you 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.720 the rooster 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.160 will not 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.820 crow till 00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.259 you have 00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.100 denied me 00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:18.440 three times 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:20.240 you could 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:22.740 just imagine 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.519 you could hear 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.120 his ego 00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.700 deflating 00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:26.779 I will die 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.259 for you 00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.320 no you will 00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.000 deny me three 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.220 times before 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.640 the rooster 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.080 crows 00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:33.560 and note the 00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:34.380 irony of Jesus 00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:35.120 question in 00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.820 verse 38 00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:37.820 will you lay 00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.360 down your 00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.440 life for me 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:41.500 right Peter 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.980 has got it 00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.779 all backwards 00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.539 who is going 00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:44.980 to lay 00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:46.120 who is life 00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.700 down for 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.240 who that is 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.620 the exact 00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.279 opposite of 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.279 what is going 00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.620 to happen 00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.559 Jesus is 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.039 laying down 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.680 his life 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.180 for him 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.019 and Peter 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.519 says to him 00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.100 no I will 00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.519 lay down 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.059 my life 00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:57.000 for you 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:58.180 and unfortunately 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.740 for Peter 00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.440 his boast 00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.799 that he would 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.340 never deny 00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:00.799 Jesus 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.380 even to the 00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.680 point of 00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.000 death 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:03.360 betrays his 00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.820 naivete 00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:05.160 and it 00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:06.000 betrays his 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.660 ignorance of 00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.500 human sin 00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.460 and weakness 00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:10.759 in fact his 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.400 his kind of 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.960 haughty self 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.619 denial is the 00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.339 very root 00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.460 is the seed 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.900 of his 00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.700 eventual denial 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:18.180 and so let 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.660 me ask you 00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.579 if if ever 00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.920 you're more 00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:22.799 aware of 00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.619 and if ever 00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.039 you're more 00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.500 aware of 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.180 and concerned 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.220 about how 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.799 you are 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.799 loving Jesus 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:29.420 than of how 00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.019 Jesus has 00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.819 loved you 00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:33.759 if ever 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.259 you're more 00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.799 aware of 00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.359 and concerned 00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:36.160 about your 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.759 righteousness 00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.579 and performance 00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:39.099 than Christ's 00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.500 righteousness 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.000 and what he 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.519 has accomplished 00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.900 for us 00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.480 on the cross 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:43.700 if you're 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.339 ever more 00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.079 aware of 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.720 and concerned 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.299 about the 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.799 work that 00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.279 you are 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.660 doing for 00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.019 the kingdom 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.420 and for 00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.779 Jesus 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.440 than the 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.879 work that 00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.440 Jesus has 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.920 already done 00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.519 for you 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.460 then that 00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.319 same pride 00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.799 that was 00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.480 at work 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.099 in Peter 00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.960 is now 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.420 seeking 00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.379 to bring 00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.920 you down 00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:00.400 therefore 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.960 let anyone 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.599 who thinks 00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.039 that he 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.720 stands 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.900 take heed 00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.460 lest he 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.839 fall 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:06.399 1st 00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.720 Corinthians 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.039 10 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.359 12 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:07.859 it's 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.299 the person 00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.559 who is 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.119 confident 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.459 in his 00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:09.759 own 00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.339 strength 00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.419 that is 00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:11.679 in the 00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:12.000 greatest 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.559 danger 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:12.819 of 00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.639 sinning 00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.319 and denying 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.899 Jesus 00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:17.179 and it's 00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:17.599 when we 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.139 are aware 00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.480 of our 00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.859 sinfulness 00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.539 and weakness 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.859 that we 00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.279 are most 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.240 grateful for 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.159 and dependent 00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:24.000 on God's 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.220 grace 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.659 that's when 00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:24.980 we're the 00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.319 strongest 00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.519 so in 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:28.759 his 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.959 autobiography 00:32:29.959 --> 00:32:30.339 entitled 00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.059 Confessions 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:32.139 Augustine 00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.619 a 4th 00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:32.919 century 00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.399 pastor 00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.980 and theologian 00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.299 writes 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.759 the recalling 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.160 of my 00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.960 wicked ways 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.660 is bitter 00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.180 in my 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.559 memory 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.599 but I 00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.140 do it 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.960 so that 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.680 you may 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.360 be sweeter 00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.839 to me 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:44.360 that's what 00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.680 we do 00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:44.920 when we 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.259 remember 00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.920 our weakness 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.539 when we 00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.900 remember 00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.799 our sins 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.500 when we 00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.099 remember 00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.960 our indebtedness 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.480 to Christ 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.420 that's when 00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.700 we are 00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.220 strong 00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.819 that's when 00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.539 Christ is 00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:53.980 sweet to 00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.140 us 00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.860 that's when 00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.120 we are 00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.839 invulnerable 00:32:55.839 --> 00:33:00.640 but Peter 00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.700 in another 00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.220 sense also 00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.039 speaks better 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.339 than he 00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:03.620 knows 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:05.059 because he 00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.579 will first 00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.219 deny Jesus 00:33:06.219 --> 00:33:06.919 three times 00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:08.079 but after 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.639 his denial 00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.439 and Jesus 00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:10.139 gracious 00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:11.059 reinstatement 00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.859 of Peter 00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:13.039 and after 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.459 he has been 00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:14.179 empowered by 00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:14.479 the Holy 00:33:14.479 --> 00:33:14.879 Spirit 00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.679 at Pentecost 00:33:15.679 --> 00:33:16.519 Peter 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.359 will lay 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:17.819 down his 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.239 life for 00:33:18.239 --> 00:33:18.559 Jesus 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:21.359 tradition 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.879 holds that 00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.319 Peter was 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.879 crucified 00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:24.139 upside down 00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.479 at his 00:33:24.479 --> 00:33:25.239 own request 00:33:25.239 --> 00:33:25.979 because he 00:33:25.979 --> 00:33:26.899 refused to 00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.759 be killed 00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.439 in the same 00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:28.919 manner as 00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:29.339 his Lord 00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.779 and Savior 00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:32.440 and where 00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.839 did the 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.259 strength 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.819 for Peter 00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.500 come from 00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.379 not from 00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.839 himself 00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.299 but from 00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.639 Jesus 00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:38.059 and that's 00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.519 why Jesus 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.279 calls this 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.599 command 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.119 new 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:41.099 if you guys 00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.500 caught that 00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.720 right 00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.319 he says 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.799 love one 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.259 another as 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.680 he has 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.500 loved us 00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.000 that command 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.379 he says 00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:46.339 is new 00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.200 it's not 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.660 new 00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.059 technically 00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.519 speaking 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.720 right 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.119 because the 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.460 command to 00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.819 love has 00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.220 been around 00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.579 since the 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:50.940 time of 00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.240 Moses 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.339 so it's 00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.879 not new 00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.119 in its 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:53.639 content 00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.599 but it's 00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.220 new in 00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.380 its 00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.900 covenantal 00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.579 context 00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:58.240 because Jesus 00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.779 has brought 00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.279 the people 00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.640 of God 00:33:59.640 --> 00:33:59.960 into a 00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.140 new 00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.539 community 00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:00.960 of love 00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.259 and he 00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.759 has formed 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.140 this new 00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.819 family of 00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.079 God 00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.579 and has 00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.140 empowered 00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.500 them 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.000 and dwelled 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.200 them 00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.880 with the 00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.640 Holy Spirit 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.440 and so 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.819 then this 00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.579 command to 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.220 love one 00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.500 another 00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.199 is new 00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.619 in the sense 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:10.960 that it is 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.420 given under 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.800 the new 00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.240 covenant 00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:13.119 we now 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.780 are empowered 00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.380 to obey 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.039 this commandment 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.659 in ways 00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.099 that the 00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.460 people of 00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.019 God never 00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.820 were previously 00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.440 empowered to 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.740 do 00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.920 so God 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.699 promised in 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.599 Jeremiah 31 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:23.019 behold the 00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.519 days are 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.059 coming when I 00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.619 will make a 00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.239 new covenant 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.599 with the 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.000 house of 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.319 Israel 00:34:26.319 --> 00:34:26.839 and the 00:34:26.839 --> 00:34:27.219 house of 00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.500 Judah 00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.500 not like 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.900 the covenant 00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.179 that I 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.519 made with 00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.079 their fathers 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.579 on the day 00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.079 when I took 00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.480 them by the 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.799 hand to 00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.079 bring them 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.319 out of 00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.579 the land 00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.079 of Egypt 00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.219 my covenant 00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.579 that they 00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.039 broke 00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.079 but this 00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.739 time I 00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.119 will put 00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.900 my law 00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.819 within them 00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.239 and I 00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.599 will write 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.000 it on 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.859 their hearts 00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.359 and I 00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:41.599 will be 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.139 their God 00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.440 and they 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.759 shall be 00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.460 my people 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.380 for I 00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.839 will forgive 00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.279 their 00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:45.739 iniquity 00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.279 and I 00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.739 will remember 00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.480 their sin 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.980 no more 00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:50.199 that's the 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.880 new covenant 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.380 reality 00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.880 and that's 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.339 why Jesus 00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:52.880 calls this 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.319 command to 00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:53.699 love one 00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:53.960 another 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.420 new 00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:55.220 because now 00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:55.559 we're in a 00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.199 new context 00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.679 in a new 00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:56.980 covenant 00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.440 community 00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.000 and now 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.440 we have 00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.800 the spirit 00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.179 of God 00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.500 and we're 00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.940 empowered 00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.679 to actually 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.340 obey 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.119 this 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.880 command 00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:05.400 so then 00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.019 let me remind 00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.280 you the 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.860 power for 00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.380 obedience 00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.260 then for 00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:08.800 the Christian 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.639 lies not 00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.000 in our 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.380 own 00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.099 willpower 00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.079 or self 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.659 discipline 00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:14.840 it lies 00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.460 in abiding 00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.099 in Christ 00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:17.260 it lies 00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.880 in remembering 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.440 and living 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.800 in light 00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.099 of his 00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.460 grace 00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.039 and glory 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.960 demonstrate 00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.559 on the 00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.960 cross 00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:23.139 because if 00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.980 Jesus washing 00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.279 of his 00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:25.019 disciples feet 00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.579 is shocking 00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.619 and unthinkable 00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:28.039 then the 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.579 notion of 00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.139 the eternal 00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.159 holy and 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:31.500 perfect God 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.119 the king 00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.779 the messianic 00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.819 promised messianic 00:35:33.819 --> 00:35:34.799 king dying 00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.299 the death 00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.980 of a criminal 00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.199 slave on 00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.859 the cross 00:35:37.859 --> 00:35:38.639 is even 00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.679 more unthinkable 00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:41.099 and shocking 00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.940 and that's 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.379 what the 00:35:42.379 --> 00:35:43.039 foot washing 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.639 here points 00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:43.920 to 00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:46.440 just think 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.799 about it 00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:47.279 in your life 00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:48.279 every moment 00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.620 in our 00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:50.000 lives 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.540 of petty 00:35:50.540 --> 00:35:51.540 selfishness 00:35:51.540 --> 00:35:55.200 and envy 00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:57.360 every lustful 00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.780 thought 00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:59.500 and a 00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.800 wandering 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.460 glance 00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:04.060 every harsh 00:36:04.060 --> 00:36:04.500 words 00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.160 in an 00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:05.560 anger 00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:06.740 every 00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.120 instance 00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:07.900 of greed 00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:09.800 materialistic 00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.460 hedonism 00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:12.660 every wasted 00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:13.500 hour of 00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.320 unproductive 00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:15.600 twittering 00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:16.500 surfing 00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:18.179 every 00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.820 prideful 00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.079 moment 00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.400 in which 00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.940 we judged 00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.280 others 00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.619 and thought 00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.059 ourselves 00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.480 better 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.599 now 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.179 instead of 00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.739 having our 00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.199 name 00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:25.059 associated 00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.539 with it 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.800 has 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.460 Jesus' 00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.099 name 00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.800 written 00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.340 over it 00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.820 in blood 00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:32.800 Jesus 00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:35.019 the holy 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.420 one of 00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.619 God 00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.079 who should 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.519 never 00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.599 be associated 00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.280 with our 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.519 sinful 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.280 squalor 00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:47.320 so that 00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.320 his holiness 00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.760 his righteousness 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:51.040 can be 00:36:51.040 --> 00:36:51.360 imputed 00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:52.120 to us 00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:55.280 for 00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.080 our 00:36:56.080 --> 00:36:56.580 sake 00:36:56.580 --> 00:36:57.000 God 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.480 made 00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.200 him 00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:58.840 to be 00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.080 sin 00:36:59.080 --> 00:36:59.260 who 00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.540 knew 00:36:59.540 --> 00:36:59.820 no 00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.120 sin 00:37:00.120 --> 00:37:01.080 so that 00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:01.440 in him 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.740 we might 00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.060 become 00:37:02.060 --> 00:37:02.260 the 00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:02.660 righteousness 00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:03.340 of God 00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:06.500 if you 00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.900 are not 00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.400 yet a 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.660 follower 00:37:07.660 --> 00:37:08.080 of Jesus 00:37:08.080 --> 00:37:08.460 I want 00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.920 to urge 00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.159 you 00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.680 this 00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:09.860 morning 00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.360 don't 00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.860 spurn 00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.240 Jesus' 00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.820 love 00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.380 as 00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.639 Judas 00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:12.960 did 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:15.059 and if 00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.159 you 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.400 already 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.800 believe 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.000 in 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.300 Jesus 00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.360 and have 00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.740 trusted 00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.599 in him 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.920 then I 00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.320 exhort 00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.599 you 00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.200 to lean 00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.659 not on 00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.019 your own 00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.500 strength 00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.960 as Peter 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.240 did 00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:23.680 but look 00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.159 to Jesus 00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.860 only 00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:26.760 for it's 00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.480 only in 00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.900 so doing 00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.119 that we 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.539 can love 00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.039 one another 00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.579 as Christ 00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.119 loved us 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.800 let's 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.059 pray 00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:37.700 God 00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:38.019 we 00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:43.500 are at 00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.559 a 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:43.780 loss 00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:43.940 for 00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.239 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00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.840 abide 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.460 in him 00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.760 and in 00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.380 so doing 00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:26.720 be transformed 00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.480 by your 00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.760 love 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:28.220 so we 00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:28.679 can love 00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.200 one another 00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:29.579 as you 00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:29.900 have loved 00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.220 us 00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:31.559 in Jesus 00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:31.960 name we 00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.179 pray 00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.860 amen 00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:38.480 for 00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.119 in 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:40.079 am 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.780 what 00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:42.480 about 00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:44.920 ti 00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.900 one 00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.220 who 00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:47.420 that 00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:47.880 would 00:38:47.880 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