WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.080 And if you would open up your Bibles to Mark chapter 14, I will actually be preaching from 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:16.339 43 all the way to 72, but it's in page 10, 11, and 1011, 1012 of your pew Bibles. 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:24.500 Let me ask you, have you ever been rejected? 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:28.719 Have you ever been abandoned? 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:32.100 Falsely accused. 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:35.719 Have you ever been mocked? 00:00:37.299 --> 00:00:37.780 Denied? 00:00:38.120 --> 00:00:40.679 Has someone actually denied knowing you? 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:44.820 We can come at this at another angle. 00:00:47.260 --> 00:00:49.019 Have you rejected anybody? 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:53.000 Have you abandoned someone? 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.560 Have you falsely accused someone else? 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.039 Have you mocked someone? 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:06.319 Have you denied someone? 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:12.140 In Mark 14, Jesus is rejected. 00:01:13.140 --> 00:01:16.980 And what we're going to see, it's all according to God's plan to save us. 00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:26.060 Starting in chapter 8 of Mark, Jesus began telling his disciples that he would be rejected and that he'd be killed and that he'd be raised. 00:01:26.060 --> 00:01:33.120 And what unfolds in chapters 14, 15, and 16 of Mark is the climax of this gospel. 00:01:33.320 --> 00:01:35.680 So chapter 14, Jesus is rejected. 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:38.460 Chapter 15, Jesus is killed. 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:41.680 Chapter 16, Jesus is raised. 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:44.780 And it's all good news. 00:01:44.780 --> 00:01:44.800 It's all good news. 00:01:47.800 --> 00:01:49.320 It's all good news. 00:01:51.320 --> 00:02:05.300 Because in his rejection, in his death, and in his resurrection, Jesus is revealed for who he truly is and what he's done for sinners like you and me. 00:02:05.299 --> 00:02:07.379 Today, it's good news. 00:02:09.379 --> 00:02:17.479 Today, what we're going to see is that Jesus is betrayed and he's betrayed out of greed. 00:02:18.699 --> 00:02:26.120 We're going to see that Jesus is abandoned and he's abandoned because people fear what other people think more than they treasure Jesus. 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:32.020 And we're going to see Jesus condemned out of unbelief. 00:02:33.860 --> 00:02:35.439 People don't believe who he is. 00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:39.659 People are unwilling to submit to him. 00:02:41.500 --> 00:02:45.219 Greed, fear of man, unbelief, it's all in Mark 14. 00:02:46.060 --> 00:02:48.319 But do you know where it also is? 00:02:49.040 --> 00:02:50.259 It's all in our sanctuary. 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:54.360 We deal with greed. 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:57.759 We deal with fear of man. 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:00.560 We have moments of unbelief. 00:03:03.200 --> 00:03:07.860 So these sinful heart postures, well, you know what happens. 00:03:08.099 --> 00:03:10.520 They're the cause for falling away from Jesus. 00:03:12.379 --> 00:03:15.219 People fall away from Jesus out of greed. 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:19.900 People are ashamed of Jesus out of fear of man. 00:03:20.099 --> 00:03:23.120 And people will not follow Jesus because they don't believe who he is. 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:30.200 If I were to ask you this morning, of all those three, greed, fear of man, unbelief, 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:38.819 if you had to pick one as the chief suspect for your falling away of Jesus, which one would it be? 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:46.479 The good news of Mark 14 is that in the midst of all this human failure, 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:53.979 all this rejection, abandonment, betrayal, false accusation, condemnation, and denial, 00:03:53.979 --> 00:03:59.780 there is this unbelievable divine revelation. 00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:06.099 It's in the midst of his rejection that he's truly revealed. 00:04:06.099 --> 00:04:12.740 It's a climactic confession of the Christ. 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.360 And it will keep you from falling away. 00:04:21.139 --> 00:04:26.839 Mark 14 begins with the chief priest two days prior to Passover plotting the death of Jesus. 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:31.040 And then Jesus is, in his own words, anointed for burial. 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:37.100 Following that, Judas approaches the chief priests in order to betray Jesus for money. 00:04:37.660 --> 00:04:41.260 And then the disciples are in the upper room during the Passover. 00:04:41.980 --> 00:04:48.420 And Jesus tells them that one of them will betray them as the scriptures are written. 00:04:50.220 --> 00:04:54.100 Following that, they're out on the Mount of Olives. 00:04:54.100 --> 00:04:59.860 And Jesus goes on to say, they're all going to be scattered according to Zechariah 13. 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:01.379 More it is written. 00:05:03.140 --> 00:05:08.340 Then there's Gethsemane, those hours where Jesus in his turmoil is praying, 00:05:08.700 --> 00:05:10.360 and Peter, James, and John are sleeping. 00:05:12.700 --> 00:05:14.300 And that brings us to 43. 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:19.220 And what we're going to see unfold are several scenes. 00:05:19.780 --> 00:05:20.460 Betrayal. 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:22.040 Abandonment. 00:05:22.699 --> 00:05:23.740 False accusation. 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:25.379 Condemnation and mocking. 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:26.800 Even denial. 00:05:28.420 --> 00:05:32.420 And in the middle of it all is a revelation. 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:36.220 Despite all this human failure, 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:38.980 Jesus remains faithful. 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:41.180 And it's lovely. 00:05:41.180 --> 00:05:44.180 So let me pick up in verse 43. 00:05:44.500 --> 00:05:46.920 And we're just going to walk through each of these scenes. 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:50.639 And then we're eventually going to bring it to bear in our lives. 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:52.759 Starting in verse 43. 00:05:52.939 --> 00:05:54.560 And immediately while he was still speaking, 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:55.980 Judas came, one of the twelve, 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.600 and with him a crowd with swords and clubs 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:00.560 from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 00:06:00.699 --> 00:06:02.780 Now the betrayer had given them a sign saying, 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:04.879 the one I will kiss is the man. 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:06.980 Seize him and lead him away under guard. 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.620 And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:11.060 Rabbi! 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:12.519 And he kissed him. 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:15.300 And they laid hands on him and seized him. 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:17.819 But one of those who stood by drew his sword 00:06:17.819 --> 00:06:19.360 and struck the servant of the high priest 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:20.160 and cut off his ear. 00:06:20.699 --> 00:06:23.500 We know that's Peter from the other Gospels. 00:06:24.939 --> 00:06:25.759 And Jesus said to them, 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.079 Have you come out as against a robber 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:29.780 with swords and clubs to capture me? 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:32.120 Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, 00:06:32.840 --> 00:06:33.879 and you did not seize me. 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:36.319 But let the Scriptures be fulfilled. 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:40.819 What we see in verses 43-49 is an intentional betrayal. 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:46.079 Judas didn't betray Jesus by accident. 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.719 It wasn't a crime of passion in the moment. 00:06:51.579 --> 00:06:54.120 This was premeditated betrayal. 00:06:55.259 --> 00:06:57.259 Started days earlier. 00:06:57.259 --> 00:07:01.860 And what Mark points out is that greed 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:06.219 played a significant role in Judas' betrayal of Jesus. 00:07:06.620 --> 00:07:08.379 Have you ever been thrown under the bus? 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:11.639 Have you ever been thrown under the bus 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.379 by someone who wants to gain from it? 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.219 It's a taste. 00:07:18.899 --> 00:07:20.300 Do you know what's amazing 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:23.099 about what we're reading here 00:07:23.100 --> 00:07:26.300 of Judas' betrayal of Jesus? 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:30.000 It's all according to plan. 00:07:33.379 --> 00:07:34.860 In 1421, 00:07:35.760 --> 00:07:37.340 at the Passover, 00:07:38.140 --> 00:07:39.560 Jesus is telling His disciples 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:41.000 that one of them will betray Him. 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:42.220 And in verse 21, He says, 00:07:42.340 --> 00:07:43.379 For the Son of Man goes 00:07:43.379 --> 00:07:45.540 as it is written of Him, 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:47.700 but woe to that man 00:07:47.700 --> 00:07:49.300 by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. 00:07:50.379 --> 00:07:52.280 It would have been better for that man 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:53.599 if He had not been born. 00:07:56.039 --> 00:07:56.859 According to plan. 00:07:58.279 --> 00:07:59.659 If you look at verse 49, 00:08:00.299 --> 00:08:01.859 after Jesus has been delivered 00:08:01.859 --> 00:08:04.579 by the betrayer, 00:08:05.479 --> 00:08:06.000 Jesus says, 00:08:06.119 --> 00:08:07.699 but let the Scriptures be fulfilled 00:08:07.699 --> 00:08:10.059 according to plan. 00:08:11.739 --> 00:08:13.359 I think there's a good chance 00:08:13.359 --> 00:08:14.859 that part of those Scriptures 00:08:14.859 --> 00:08:15.899 being fulfilled is 00:08:15.899 --> 00:08:19.579 Psalm 55, 12 through 15. 00:08:19.579 --> 00:08:23.180 the betrayal of a close friend. 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:26.339 What's amazing about this 00:08:26.339 --> 00:08:28.639 is God is sovereignly 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:30.899 orchestrating these events. 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:33.319 And yet, 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:36.079 Judas is fully responsible 00:08:36.079 --> 00:08:37.220 for his actions. 00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:39.319 For the Son of Man 00:08:39.319 --> 00:08:40.819 goes as it is written, 00:08:41.620 --> 00:08:42.539 but woe to the man 00:08:42.539 --> 00:08:44.220 by whom the Son of Man 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:44.799 is betrayed. 00:08:45.779 --> 00:08:47.639 What I want you to see here 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:51.279 is that Judas valued money 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.100 more than he treasured Jesus. 00:08:56.199 --> 00:08:57.980 It was an intentional betrayal. 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:00.639 And it was according to plan. 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:06.600 We move from 43 to 49, 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:07.480 and now, 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:09.819 in verses 50 through 52, 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:12.019 we read of a shameful 00:09:12.019 --> 00:09:13.779 abandoning of Jesus. 00:09:13.779 --> 00:09:18.819 In verse 50, 00:09:18.959 --> 00:09:19.399 we read, 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:21.620 and they all left him and fled. 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:22.720 And a young man, 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:23.319 verse 51, 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:24.139 followed him 00:09:24.139 --> 00:09:25.600 with nothing but a linen cloth 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:26.319 about his body, 00:09:26.439 --> 00:09:27.339 and they seized him. 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:29.100 But he left the linen cloth 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:30.220 and ran away naked. 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:32.459 In verse 50, 00:09:32.579 --> 00:09:33.639 and they all left him. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:35.740 Do you know who they're talking about? 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:37.919 Mark's talking about the disciples 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:40.439 who just hours before 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:40.560 were, 00:09:40.880 --> 00:09:43.360 they were in the Mount of Olives, 00:09:43.880 --> 00:09:45.100 and they all said, 00:09:45.280 --> 00:09:46.380 we will never deny you, 00:09:46.460 --> 00:09:46.660 Jesus, 00:09:46.780 --> 00:09:48.060 even if we must die. 00:09:48.280 --> 00:09:49.100 Look at verse 31. 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:52.120 And here, 00:09:52.300 --> 00:09:53.360 just hours later, 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:55.640 they all leave him. 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:57.060 They fled. 00:09:57.700 --> 00:09:58.780 They abandoned him. 00:10:00.380 --> 00:10:02.600 And in verses 51 through 52, 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:04.640 the writer of this gospel, 00:10:04.880 --> 00:10:05.220 Mark, 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:06.380 makes a cameo. 00:10:07.900 --> 00:10:08.960 Scholars think that this is 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:09.900 actually Mark, 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:13.200 and who was intentionally 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:14.160 following Jesus, 00:10:14.920 --> 00:10:16.280 but is then seized, 00:10:16.780 --> 00:10:18.379 and then they grab 00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:19.320 his linen garment, 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:20.600 and then he runs away naked. 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:25.280 When the Bible talks 00:10:25.280 --> 00:10:26.120 about nakedness, 00:10:26.680 --> 00:10:28.480 it's often talking about 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:29.400 nakedness in terms 00:10:29.400 --> 00:10:30.259 of humiliation, 00:10:32.040 --> 00:10:33.680 exposure, 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:34.480 and shame. 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:35.620 We're not talking about 00:10:35.620 --> 00:10:36.860 a guy who for his 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:38.280 30 seconds of fame 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:38.919 is running naked 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:39.819 on a football field. 00:10:39.899 --> 00:10:40.360 Not that. 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:44.759 Not trying to get glory. 00:10:47.699 --> 00:10:49.360 This is shame. 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:52.779 Why would the disciples 00:10:52.779 --> 00:10:53.620 abandon Jesus? 00:10:56.199 --> 00:10:57.100 They've been walking 00:10:57.100 --> 00:10:58.159 with him for three years. 00:10:58.299 --> 00:10:59.559 Why would they abandon him? 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.739 They were afraid. 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:04.719 Here's this crowd 00:11:04.719 --> 00:11:05.839 with swords and clubs. 00:11:08.219 --> 00:11:10.779 They fear their association 00:11:10.779 --> 00:11:11.599 with Jesus, 00:11:11.939 --> 00:11:14.500 and so they bail on Jesus. 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:16.039 They're unwilling to suffer 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:17.419 for Jesus. 00:11:17.839 --> 00:11:19.299 They shrink away 00:11:19.299 --> 00:11:21.199 in their shame. 00:11:24.079 --> 00:11:25.639 I don't know what I would have done. 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:29.240 What would you have done? 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:34.639 Ashamed of Jesus, 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:35.980 afraid of the crowds. 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:37.580 They shrink away 00:11:37.580 --> 00:11:38.500 in cowardice. 00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:42.279 And what we see happening here, 00:11:42.419 --> 00:11:44.600 this rejection of Jesus, 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:45.340 at the heart of it, 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:46.399 is a fear of man. 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:49.019 Looking out for yourself. 00:11:50.179 --> 00:11:50.879 And you know what? 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:53.480 It was all according to plan. 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:57.860 If you look up at verse 27, 00:11:58.680 --> 00:12:00.659 and Jesus said to his disciples 00:12:00.659 --> 00:12:01.519 of the Mount of Olives, 00:12:01.659 --> 00:12:02.779 you will all fall away, 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.420 for it is written, 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:04.460 I will strike the shepherd 00:12:04.460 --> 00:12:05.960 and the sheep will be scattered. 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:07.779 Zechariah 13, 7. 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:10.220 Just let you guys know, 00:12:10.659 --> 00:12:11.720 you're all going to bail on me. 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:14.440 And then it happens. 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.639 In verse 49, 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:17.879 we see that scripture, 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:18.700 but let the scriptures 00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:19.360 be fulfilled. 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:24.539 It's Judas delivering up Jesus, 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:26.139 but it's also what follows. 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:28.399 And they all left him and fled. 00:12:29.680 --> 00:12:30.620 It all fulfills. 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:32.279 This is according to plan. 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:37.120 Betrayed, 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:38.460 abandoned, 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:40.519 and then falsely accused. 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:44.360 In 53 and 54, 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:48.100 they've laid hands on Jesus, 00:12:48.299 --> 00:12:49.980 and he's brought to the house 00:12:49.980 --> 00:12:51.679 of the high priest for a trial. 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:52.419 It's sketchy. 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:55.279 But in verse 54, 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:57.299 Peter also followed at a distance. 00:12:58.699 --> 00:13:00.139 And he just wants to blend in. 00:13:01.579 --> 00:13:03.779 So he sits next to some guards 00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:05.279 and warms himself by the fire. 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:06.960 The next time we're going to see Peter 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:08.159 is in verse 66. 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:11.779 After Jesus is condemned. 00:13:13.439 --> 00:13:15.719 But in verses 55 through 61, 00:13:16.719 --> 00:13:18.339 Jesus is falsely accused. 00:13:19.980 --> 00:13:21.219 Look at verse 55. 00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:23.559 Now the chief priests 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:24.519 and the whole council 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:25.539 were seeking testimony 00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:26.299 against Jesus 00:13:26.299 --> 00:13:27.079 to put him to death, 00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:27.839 but they found none. 00:13:28.319 --> 00:13:29.360 Does anybody else see 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:30.360 the miscarriage of justice 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:30.959 going on there? 00:13:32.339 --> 00:13:33.559 Do you see what they're doing? 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:36.419 That the most powerful men 00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:37.279 in Israel 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:38.579 have already decided 00:13:38.579 --> 00:13:39.259 that Jesus 00:13:39.259 --> 00:13:40.799 should be killed. 00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:42.719 And so what they're doing now 00:13:42.719 --> 00:13:44.319 is they're taking auditions 00:13:44.319 --> 00:13:46.579 for potential witnesses 00:13:46.579 --> 00:13:48.360 to give testimony 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:49.360 that in fact 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:50.919 he's worthy to be killed. 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:51.599 It's backwards. 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:54.679 This is a miscarriage of justice. 00:13:54.679 --> 00:14:01.939 In verses 55 through 59, 00:14:02.079 --> 00:14:03.579 there's this comedy of errors. 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.419 There's this, 00:14:05.239 --> 00:14:06.319 these testimonies 00:14:06.319 --> 00:14:07.259 of these witnesses 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:08.739 that they're saying, 00:14:08.839 --> 00:14:09.319 hey, we did this, 00:14:09.359 --> 00:14:10.099 he did this, 00:14:10.199 --> 00:14:10.699 and did this, 00:14:10.739 --> 00:14:11.139 and whatever. 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:13.919 But none of them can agree. 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:18.479 And so even in verse 58, 00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:18.899 look it, 00:14:18.959 --> 00:14:19.899 some stood up 00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:21.379 and bore false witness 00:14:21.379 --> 00:14:22.079 against them saying, 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:23.160 we heard him say, 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:24.320 I will destroy this temple 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:25.720 that is made with hands, 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:26.680 and in three days 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:27.759 I will build another 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:28.920 not made with hands. 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:29.920 Jesus, 00:14:30.280 --> 00:14:31.460 what they're referring to 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:32.980 is Jesus talking about 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:34.340 his death and resurrection. 00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:38.320 But they don't see it. 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:41.840 And even this, 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:43.120 verse 59, 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:45.660 their testimony did not agree. 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.040 Do you know what that means? 00:14:48.800 --> 00:14:49.800 Jesus is innocent. 00:14:49.800 --> 00:14:50.300 Jesus is innocent. 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:54.540 He's being railroaded. 00:14:57.900 --> 00:14:58.940 In verse 60, 00:14:59.020 --> 00:14:59.680 the high priest 00:14:59.680 --> 00:15:00.320 takes matters 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.320 into his own hands. 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:02.220 He's like, 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:02.700 great. 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:03.879 All right, 00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:05.320 let me try another tact. 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.700 In verse 60, 00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:08.379 the chief priest, 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.080 the high priest, 00:15:09.160 --> 00:15:09.960 says to Jesus, 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:12.060 have you no answer to make? 00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:14.020 What is it 00:15:14.020 --> 00:15:14.940 that these men 00:15:14.940 --> 00:15:16.420 testify against you? 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:19.040 What are they talking about? 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:22.439 this temple being destroyed 00:15:22.439 --> 00:15:24.019 and being built back 00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:25.319 without human hands? 00:15:27.719 --> 00:15:28.659 What's striking 00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:30.139 is what happens next 00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:31.179 in verse 61. 00:15:31.939 --> 00:15:32.620 The high priest 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:34.039 asked Jesus a question 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:35.279 and in verse 61, 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.980 but he remained silent 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:38.360 and made no answer. 00:15:38.819 --> 00:15:39.360 That, 00:15:39.719 --> 00:15:40.579 brothers and sisters, 00:15:40.579 --> 00:15:42.259 is an illusion 00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:45.219 back to Isaiah 53, 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.939 verse 7. 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:48.500 Let me turn there with you. 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:49.920 Turn there with me. 00:15:50.920 --> 00:15:51.900 It's on page 729 00:15:51.900 --> 00:15:52.940 of your pew Bible. 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:54.800 If you're familiar 00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:55.740 with Isaiah 53, 00:15:56.060 --> 00:15:57.220 it is a prophecy 00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:58.440 of the suffering servant. 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.820 This one who would come 00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:02.020 and die 00:16:02.020 --> 00:16:03.800 for his people. 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.640 Verse 7, 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:07.159 He was oppressed 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:09.159 and he was afflicted, 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.240 yet he opened 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.019 not his mouth. 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.379 Like a lamb 00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.059 that is led 00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:13.819 to the slaughter 00:16:13.819 --> 00:16:14.699 and like a sheep 00:16:14.699 --> 00:16:15.980 that before its shears 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:16.740 is silent, 00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:18.879 so he opened 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:20.460 not his mouth. 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:25.379 But he remained silent 00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:27.220 and made no answer. 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.720 It's all 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.980 according 00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:32.500 to plan. 00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:35.600 Jesus had 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:37.320 to be falsely accused. 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.580 He had to be abandoned. 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.240 He had 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.639 to be betrayed. 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.720 This is all 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.799 according to plan. 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:45.600 And now we get 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:47.539 to the climax 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:49.860 of this passage. 00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:54.340 It's in verses 61 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.000 and 62. 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:57.179 The high priest, 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.899 seeing that Jesus 00:16:58.899 --> 00:16:59.759 will not answer him, 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:01.720 he goes like 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.620 point blank, 00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:04.099 direct question. 00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:07.220 Are you the Christ? 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.440 The son of the blessed? 00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:12.359 Now that might sound 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:13.940 a little strange in your ear, 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:14.700 son of the blessed. 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:16.000 And what it is 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.900 is a Jewish euphemism. 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.319 What that means is 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:20.640 instead of the high priest 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.700 actually saying 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.559 the name of God, 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.819 he's using 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.920 a different word 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.579 in order to honor God. 00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:29.179 What he's actually saying 00:17:29.179 --> 00:17:29.339 is, 00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:30.039 are you the Christ, 00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:30.799 the son of God? 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:36.399 If you would flip back 00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:38.859 in the gospel of Mark 00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:40.259 to chapter 1, 00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:41.199 verse 1. 00:17:41.699 --> 00:17:42.579 Do you remember 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:44.019 where this gospel started? 00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:48.159 This is Mark 00:17:48.159 --> 00:17:49.359 and this is like 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:51.419 the purpose statement 00:17:51.419 --> 00:17:51.980 of the book. 00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.639 He wants 00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:54.659 the reader 00:17:54.659 --> 00:17:55.740 to believe this. 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.980 in the beginning 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:59.220 of the gospel, 00:17:59.339 --> 00:18:00.439 the good news of Jesus, 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:02.220 the Christ, 00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.439 the son of God. 00:18:05.919 --> 00:18:07.059 And here we have 00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.939 the high priest 00:18:07.939 --> 00:18:09.659 questioning that 00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.419 to Jesus. 00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.659 Are you the Christ? 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:13.019 Are you the son of God? 00:18:14.419 --> 00:18:15.039 Now mind you, 00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:16.299 Jesus has been very careful 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:16.960 all throughout 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.939 the gospel here, 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.759 all of what Mark 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.399 has recorded, 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.899 as to be very careful 00:18:22.899 --> 00:18:23.799 of what gets shared 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.220 about him. 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:24.539 Remember, 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.679 like demons would say, 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.560 I know who you are 00:18:27.560 --> 00:18:28.180 and Jesus is like, 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.820 you be quiet. 00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.080 Do you remember 00:18:31.080 --> 00:18:32.700 in Jairus' house, 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.940 Peter, James, and John 00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.720 are with Jairus 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.380 and his wife. 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.720 Jesus raises 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.759 Jairus' daughter 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:40.259 and he tells them, 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.539 don't tell anybody this. 00:18:42.820 --> 00:18:43.460 Coming down 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.160 from the mountain 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.320 which he was transfigured, 00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:46.340 he tells Peter, 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.019 James, and John, 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:48.759 don't tell anybody this 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.860 until after I'm 00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:50.539 raised from the dead. 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:52.440 Jesus has been 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.460 tapping down 00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.639 what gets said 00:18:54.639 --> 00:18:55.139 about him 00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:56.119 and it raises 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.980 why? 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.659 For this moment, 00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:02.619 this moment, 00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.460 he's been waiting 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:04.180 to go public. 00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:06.119 He knew this 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.740 was going to happen 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:08.500 and at this 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:10.000 very moment 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:11.420 when the high priest 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.500 who's representative 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.839 of all of Israel 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.159 said, 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.420 are you the Christ, 00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:17.200 the son of the blessed? 00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.440 What does Jesus say? 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:18.519 He said, 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:21.299 I am. 00:19:23.139 --> 00:19:24.259 And you will see 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.339 the son of man 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:26.859 at the right hand of power, 00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:28.420 another euphemism for God, 00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:31.859 and coming with the clouds 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.680 of heaven. 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.599 Coming with the clouds 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:39.000 of heaven 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.619 is a reference 00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:40.799 to Daniel chapter 7, 00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:41.859 the son of man 00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:43.900 who would be given 00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.779 dominion 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.400 and be given 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.420 a kingdom 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.660 that is eternal 00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:49.180 and indestructible 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:50.440 and he's given it 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.620 by the ancient of days 00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.240 and he's going to 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.340 establish this kingdom 00:19:53.340 --> 00:19:54.180 from people 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:55.140 from all the nations. 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:00.640 So Jesus goes public 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.540 with who he is 00:20:01.540 --> 00:20:04.240 in the midst 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.720 of all this rejection. 00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:09.040 This passage 00:20:09.040 --> 00:20:11.500 is actually about 00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:13.680 who Jesus is. 00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:13.940 Jesus is 00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:21.140 what's more spectacular 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:21.860 than claiming 00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.900 to be the son of man. 00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:23.800 If there's anything, 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:25.259 can there be anything 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.960 more spectacular 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.480 than that? 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:28.980 Are those two words 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:30.460 I am? 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.500 The high priest, 00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:34.180 point blank, 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.340 are you the Christ? 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.060 Are you the son 00:20:36.060 --> 00:20:36.540 of the blessed? 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.680 Initially, 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.940 you take this 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.560 I am 00:20:40.560 --> 00:20:41.320 as kind of like 00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:41.620 yes. 00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.779 Well, yes, 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.900 I am the Christ. 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:44.940 Yes, 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.100 I am the son of God. 00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.339 Yes, 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:49.419 I am the son of man. 00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:51.139 But, 00:20:51.379 --> 00:20:53.480 but those two words 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.379 are more than agreement. 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.159 Those two words 00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:57.859 are claim. 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.699 Claiming 00:21:00.699 --> 00:21:02.099 of who he is, 00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:03.219 of his identity. 00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.359 He's claiming 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:06.740 to be the great I am 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:09.579 as in Exodus chapter 3, 00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:12.679 as in the burning bush, 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:14.199 as in God speaking 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.779 to Moses, 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.420 sending him to Pharaoh 00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:16.779 and say, 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:18.120 tell that guy, 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.080 let my people go. 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.440 And then Moses was like, 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:20.940 well, 00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:21.539 I'll go, 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:23.580 but who do I tell them 00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.259 sent me? 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.920 And then God responds, 00:21:26.080 --> 00:21:27.720 I am who I am. 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.819 Tell them, 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:31.380 I am sent you. 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.580 The deliverer. 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.180 Exodus. 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.840 What Jesus is doing here 00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.259 is saying, 00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:41.080 I'm the great I am. 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:43.179 I'm the deliverer. 00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.519 I'm bringing about 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.259 a new Exodus 00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.399 and a new people. 00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:50.399 This is a clear 00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:53.199 and climactic claim 00:21:53.199 --> 00:21:54.859 of the Christ. 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.939 He goes public. 00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.039 And we've been waiting 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.819 for this to happen. 00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:02.939 This is the moment 00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:05.319 in the midst 00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.179 of his rejection. 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.939 He says, 00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:09.500 I am the Christ. 00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:10.500 I'm the son of God. 00:22:10.580 --> 00:22:11.460 I am the son of man. 00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:13.920 I am the I am. 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.019 And so Christ the King 00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.220 Church, 00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.559 behold your king 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:18.440 rejected 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:20.100 and revealed. 00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.759 It's all according 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.220 to plan. 00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:27.880 He's been waiting 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.580 for this moment. 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.740 And what happens next 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:37.519 is his condemnation 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:39.220 and mockery. 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:41.380 Verses 63 through 65. 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.620 63, 00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.599 the high priest 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.819 responds by saying, 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.440 we don't need 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.059 any more witnesses. 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.519 We've heard his blasphemy. 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.059 What's your decision? 00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:56.240 That blasphemy charge 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.000 should ring a bell 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.019 to Mark chapter 2 00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:59.700 where Jesus, 00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.380 instead of healing 00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.100 the paralytic, 00:23:02.280 --> 00:23:02.740 tells him, 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.800 your sins are forgiven. 00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.280 And then the scribes 00:23:05.280 --> 00:23:05.680 in the room 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.480 say to themselves, 00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:08.380 what? 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.360 That's blasphemous. 00:23:10.760 --> 00:23:12.240 Only God can forgive sins. 00:23:12.760 --> 00:23:13.860 Which is the point. 00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.900 He is the great I am. 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:20.060 And the high priest 00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:21.920 completely understood 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.720 his claim. 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.920 He tore his garments, 00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:29.620 which is a gesture 00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.960 of terrible grief 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:36.120 and the Sanhedrin, 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.259 the most powerful men 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.900 in Israel, 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.140 the elders 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.460 and the scribes 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:42.000 and the chief priests, 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:44.000 they reject him 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:46.120 and contend him 00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.620 to death. 00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:49.960 They reject the Christ. 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.380 They reject 00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:53.059 the Son of God. 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.980 They reject 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.039 the Son of Man. 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.940 They reject 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:58.440 the great I am 00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.559 who is there 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.400 to deliver 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.200 his people. 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.779 They rejected him. 00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:07.360 And it's all out 00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:08.240 of unbelief. 00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:10.660 They don't see him 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:12.059 for who he is. 00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:14.420 They choose not 00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.720 to believe him. 00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.120 And so, 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.360 if they don't believe him, 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:19.140 they're not going to 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:20.600 give him full reign 00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.500 of their lives. 00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:25.500 this Jesus, 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.819 well, 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:30.559 he's not going to be 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.079 killed, 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.500 executed by the Jews. 00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.359 They don't have authority 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.059 to do that. 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.539 But Pilate does. 00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.660 And we'll see that 00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.400 next week 00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.859 in chapter 15. 00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:43.059 What I want you 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.899 to look at 00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.859 is verse 65. 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.479 And some began 00:24:46.479 --> 00:24:47.759 to spit on him 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:51.079 and to cover his face 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.859 and to strike him 00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.699 saying to him, 00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.559 prophesy. 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.299 It was a game. 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:58.219 Here's what was happening. 00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.879 They would take 00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.959 some kind of fabric 00:25:00.959 --> 00:25:01.599 and put it over 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.359 Jesus' head 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.399 and punch him 00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:04.079 in the face 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.119 and say, 00:25:05.199 --> 00:25:05.979 which one of us 00:25:05.979 --> 00:25:06.539 did that? 00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:07.899 Prophesy. 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.759 Prophesy, 00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:10.459 son of man. 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.140 Prophesy, 00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:11.860 son of God. 00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:12.980 Prophesy, 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.779 Christ. 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.460 Tell us, 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.920 who's going to 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.700 punch you next 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.400 in the face? 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.220 Do you see 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.779 the mockery? 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.079 This too 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.000 is according to plan. 00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:28.380 Jesus said so. 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.559 In chapter 10, 00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:33.240 verse 33 and 34, 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.160 they're on their way, 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.039 he and his disciples, 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.900 into Jerusalem. 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:37.380 And Jesus says, 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.680 see, 00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.380 we are going up 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.860 to Jerusalem 00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.720 and the son of man 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.319 will be delivered 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.539 over to the chief priests 00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:43.000 and the scribes. 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.099 That's happened. 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.539 And they will condemn 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.299 him to death. 00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.159 It happened. 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.179 And deliver him 00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:52.240 over to the Gentiles. 00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.519 It's about to happen. 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:56.119 And they will mock him, 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.700 prophesy, 00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:59.839 and spit on him. 00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:00.819 We just saw it. 00:26:01.939 --> 00:26:02.639 And flog him 00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.139 and kill him. 00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:04.119 And after three days, 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.079 he will rise. 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.720 Do you see? 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:05.819 See, 00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:07.539 this is all 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:09.180 according to plan. 00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.420 Remarkably, 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:16.160 all according to plan. 00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.500 And then in verses 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:20.779 66 through 72, 00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:23.140 we move from 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.759 this condemnation 00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.460 and mockery 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.319 to 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:28.220 Peter's denial. 00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:30.140 And not just once, 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.180 three times. 00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.900 The last time we saw 00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:35.100 Peter was in 54. 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.400 He was warming himself 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.799 by the fire, 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.640 just blending in 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.620 with some of the guards. 00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:41.500 And then what follows 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.840 is three denials. 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:44.940 Denial one is 67 and 68. 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.759 This slave girl, 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.200 she's like, 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.640 says to Peter, 00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.519 hey, 00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:50.759 hey, 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:50.940 hey, 00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:52.120 I know you. 00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:54.100 You're with that 00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.900 Nazarene Jesus. 00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.360 Yes. 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.900 To which he plays 00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:00.019 like the dumb card. 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:03.079 I neither know 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.799 nor understand 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.440 what you mean. 00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.619 And then he leaves 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.160 the scene. 00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.779 He's like, 00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.440 I have no knowledge 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.759 of him. 00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.160 I don't know 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.019 what you're talking about. 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.859 There's a contrast 00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.720 being developed here. 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.619 Jesus is faithful 00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.660 before the most powerful 00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.460 men in Israel. 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.019 Peter folds 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.220 like a cheap suit 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.879 before a lowly 00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.379 servant girl. 00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:32.799 The second denial 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:34.240 happens in 69 and 70. 00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.180 That same servant girl 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:36.000 starts talking 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.079 to some bystanders. 00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:37.700 There, 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:40.099 this man is one of them. 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:42.119 So now word is getting out. 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.440 It's incrementally 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.160 getting a little bit 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.779 more tense. 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.079 Peter, 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.639 in his Galilean accent, 00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.160 denies it. 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.299 And then in verse 70 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.980 and 71, 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:57.019 now the bystanders 00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.019 bystanders 00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.500 who were there, 00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:01.019 they say to him, 00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.160 certainly you are 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.700 one of them 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.879 for you are a Galilean. 00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.359 We hear your accent. 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.420 But he began 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.160 to invoke a curse 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.740 on himself 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.259 and to swear, 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.879 I do not know 00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.700 this man of whom 00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.180 you speak. 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.879 You've got to understand 00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.859 the forcefulness 00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:17.200 of that third denial. 00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.059 He invokes 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.779 a curse. 00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.220 He swears. 00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.400 He's like saying this, 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:25.259 I swear 00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.820 by all things 00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.380 holy, 00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:29.060 I do not know 00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:29.820 this man of whom 00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.400 you speak. 00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.840 That's the force. 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.640 He's being contrasted 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.280 to Jesus. 00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.580 His denial 00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:42.320 contrasted to Jesus' 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.180 true confession. 00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:45.380 And he's being likened 00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.700 to the false witnesses 00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:48.980 who are trying 00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.120 to make a testimony 00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.620 stick, 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.840 but he was innocent, 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.840 Peter's more like 00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:54.660 the false witnesses. 00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.140 And what you need 00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.580 to understand 00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:01.100 is this denial 00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.960 is paramount 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.300 to lying. 00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.759 It's a lie. 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:09.880 He knows Jesus. 00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:12.660 Imagine all that Peter 00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:14.780 has seen 00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.560 and heard 00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:16.580 over the last 00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.620 three years. 00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:21.100 He was in the boat 00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.819 when Jesus 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.779 stilled the waters. 00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:24.019 He saw that 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.179 man possessed 00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.839 by a legion 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.240 of demons 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.399 made calm. 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.699 He saw the woman. 00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:30.059 He was there 00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:31.419 when she was healed 00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:32.839 of her 12 years 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.319 of bleeding. 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.740 And he was in the room 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.819 when Jairus' daughter 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.099 was, 00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.959 what do you mean 00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.959 you don't know him? 00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:40.719 He saw the 5,000 fed 00:29:40.719 --> 00:29:41.839 and the 4,000 fed. 00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.859 What do you mean? 00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:42.919 And he said, 00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:42.939 what do you mean? 00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:50.680 Judas didn't go this far. 00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.779 He denied him. 00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.620 In his shame, 00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.539 in his fear, 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:02.740 he denied him. 00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:04.580 And it was all 00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.420 according to plan. 00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.420 Verse 72. 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.820 Cockadoodledoo! 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:14.759 A rooster 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.879 announces fulfillment. 00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:20.339 If you look back 00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:21.319 at verse 30, 00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:23.079 Jesus says to Peter, 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.119 truly I tell you, 00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.799 this very night 00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.559 before the rooster 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.259 crows twice, 00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:27.000 you will deny me 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.639 three times. 00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:29.179 Verse 72. 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.559 And Peter remembered. 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.639 Cockadoodledoo! 00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:34.039 Peter remembers! 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.139 Before the rooster 00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.960 crows twice, 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.679 you will deny me 00:30:38.679 --> 00:30:39.379 three times. 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:40.400 It's verbatim. 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.260 And he breaks down 00:30:42.260 --> 00:30:42.800 and weeps. 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.980 He's cut to the quick. 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.220 Betrayed. 00:30:48.780 --> 00:30:49.380 Abandoned. 00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.420 Falsely accused. 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.280 Condemned and mocked. 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.900 And denied. 00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:57.000 What is this passage 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.540 all about? 00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.980 This passage 00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:04.480 is actually about 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.680 who Jesus is. 00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:08.360 this passage 00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:11.060 is about rejection, 00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.740 yes, 00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:13.180 but above and beyond 00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.519 that, 00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.660 it's about revelation. 00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:18.120 There's a striking contrast 00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:19.519 between the false 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.700 accusers 00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.299 and Jesus' 00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:21.960 truthfulness. 00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.519 There's a contrast 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.460 between the high priest 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.360 representing the people 00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.220 and rejecting Jesus, 00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.140 but Jesus 00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:28.380 staying true, 00:31:29.060 --> 00:31:30.759 being rejected 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.700 for his people. 00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:35.080 and there's the contrast 00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:36.580 between Peter 00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.980 who folds like a cheap suit 00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:39.539 before a lowly 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.759 slave girl 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:42.319 to save his skin 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:44.460 and Jesus 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:47.720 who boldly reveals himself 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.419 before the most powerful men 00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:50.480 in the land 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:52.200 to save us. 00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:55.779 There's this striking contrast 00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:57.019 and it's all 00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:58.039 according to plan. 00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.099 His betrayal 00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.559 was according to plan. 00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.079 Psalm 55. 00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.619 His abandonment 00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.819 was according to plan. 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.559 Zechariah 13. 00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:09.859 His falsely being accused 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:11.019 was according to plan. 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.819 Isaiah 53. 00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.559 His condemnation 00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.240 and mockery 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.240 was according to plan. 00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.579 Jesus himself, 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.299 Matthew 10. 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:19.879 And his denial by Peter 00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:22.519 all according to plan. 00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:28.259 The climax of this passage, 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:30.179 what is to get your attention, 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.359 is that pile up of titles 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.659 in 61 and 62. 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.759 He's the Christ. 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:38.000 He's the Son of the Blessed. 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:41.159 He is the Son of Man. 00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:44.540 And he is the great I Am. 00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:47.140 Behold your King, 00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:48.720 Christ the King Church. 00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.940 In rejection, 00:32:51.820 --> 00:32:52.700 he's revealed 00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:54.360 as God. 00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.399 God. 00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:58.799 In fact, 00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.679 if you were to ask, 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.539 well, 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.699 why is this 00:33:02.699 --> 00:33:04.319 according to God's plan? 00:33:04.459 --> 00:33:05.399 Why this way? 00:33:06.979 --> 00:33:07.259 Well, 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.879 this ends up being 00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.859 good news for us 00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:11.419 because it's because 00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.539 of his rejection 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:15.939 it resulted in our salvation. 00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.479 He had 00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:20.180 to go through this 00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:22.920 so that he could 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.360 and would 00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.279 save us. 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.799 So what? 00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.400 What do we do with this? 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.700 Well, 00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:33.099 I have three things 00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:34.039 written down here. 00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.759 I'm going to hit two. 00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.579 So what? 00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.299 First thing is this. 00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.859 There's a warning. 00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:42.079 There's a warning 00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.980 against greed, 00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.679 against the fear of man, 00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:46.059 against unbelief 00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.879 that's unwilling 00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.939 to yield control 00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:48.919 of your life to Jesus. 00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.839 It's a warning 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:52.500 about rejecting Jesus. 00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:53.319 It's a warning 00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:54.559 of going wayward 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.519 from Jesus. 00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.299 Either from greed 00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.299 or from fear of man 00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.279 or from unbelief. 00:33:59.679 --> 00:34:00.279 So this morning, 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.000 you know what I was doing? 00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.639 I was praying. 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.139 I was, 00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.960 Lord, 00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.039 Lord, 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.400 Lord, 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.920 is there 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:08.760 one of these three, 00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:11.199 is there something 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.199 in me right now 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:13.079 that is displeasing 00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.579 in you 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.800 that would result 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.820 in my waywardness 00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.360 from Jesus? 00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:18.280 And as I was praying, 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.079 do you know what happened? 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.320 I'm like, 00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.500 man, 00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.940 I need to text my mom 00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:24.320 because she asked me 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.880 what did I want 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.539 for my birthday 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:27.880 and I mean, 00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.260 there's those cool pants 00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:31.019 and then there are 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.639 these like, 00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:33.240 this like tailgate pad 00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:34.059 for my bike 00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.940 and you know, 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.099 you know, 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.300 maybe some cool handlebars 00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.780 and some great, 00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:39.039 I literally hit four things. 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.280 I asked God, 00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.599 God, 00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.920 which one of these 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.639 would get in the way? 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.860 And then, 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:47.159 I went materialistic. 00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.639 God showed me. 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:52.019 He exposed my heart 00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.599 right there. 00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.699 He shows me 00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.840 for the greedy man I am. 00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:01.000 It was a joy to confess it. 00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.860 I was so grateful. 00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:04.140 It is, 00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.780 I can actually see 00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.960 a number of these things 00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:08.340 leading to my falling away. 00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.539 But thanks be to God. 00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.660 His grace is greater. 00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:13.739 fear. 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:18.239 So there's a warning here, 00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:19.000 brothers and sisters. 00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.579 So if, 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:21.859 if you were to ask 00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:23.039 these three, 00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.619 greed, 00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.139 fear of man, 00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:27.039 unbelief of Jesus, 00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.420 who he is, 00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.519 if you were to say, 00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:31.039 what would be the chief suspect 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.899 of these three 00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:33.059 that would lead me away? 00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:35.099 Which one would it be? 00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.659 How's it showing up now? 00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.199 Second, 00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.719 there's a warning, 00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.899 but there is a way forward. 00:35:45.399 --> 00:35:46.519 How does a Christian 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:49.199 not fall away from greed? 00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.459 How does a Christian 00:35:50.459 --> 00:35:51.980 not shrink back 00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:53.059 in the fear of man? 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.719 How does a Christian 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.799 or someone who's considering 00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:56.739 becoming a Christian 00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.139 not, 00:35:57.359 --> 00:36:00.019 not give Jesus 00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:01.319 full sway of their life 00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:02.219 because they don't believe 00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.859 who he is? 00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.299 How do you, 00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:05.019 how do you keep that 00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.599 from happening? 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:11.619 You fight waywardness 00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.960 from Jesus 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.539 with the worship 00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:17.179 of Jesus. 00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.920 That's how you fight. 00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.480 You fight waywardness 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.339 from Jesus, 00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:23.519 what would lead you astray 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:26.139 from worshiping Jesus 00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:27.219 for who he is. 00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:27.799 And, 00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:29.779 and the material for that 00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:30.360 is right here 00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.059 in this passage. 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:35.079 In verses 61 through 62, 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:36.039 there's this pile up 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.239 of, 00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.920 of, 00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.739 of these titles. 00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.480 The Christ, 00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.340 the Son of God, 00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.199 the Son of Man, 00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.259 the I Am. 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.639 And you know how you fight? 00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.840 You speak these 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:46.239 to Jesus 00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:48.699 in a prayer of adoration. 00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:51.119 Go something like this. 00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.420 Jesus, 00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.519 you are the Christ. 00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.719 Jesus, 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.099 you, 00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:58.800 you are 00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:00.320 the Psalm 2 00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:02.440 Son of God. 00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.259 Jesus, 00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:05.219 you are 00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:06.400 the Daniel 7 00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.780 Son of Man. 00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.619 And Jesus, 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.599 you are 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.759 the Exodus 3 00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.900 I Am. 00:37:12.259 --> 00:37:13.340 You are 00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:14.699 these things. 00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.480 You, 00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:19.500 you speak that 00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.980 to him. 00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:24.579 And when you do that, 00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.880 you give your heart, 00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:26.480 you, 00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.159 you give the 00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:28.860 captain's chair 00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:30.320 of your heart 00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:32.800 to the great I Am. 00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:36.980 And out of that, 00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.280 of, 00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:39.300 of who Jesus is, 00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.780 you deny yourself. 00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.800 You take up your cross 00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:45.820 and you follow him 00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:47.599 out of joy. 00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.079 You, 00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.679 and so, 00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:52.740 what I'm suggesting is, 00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.920 the way forward 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:57.320 is Jesus. 00:37:58.900 --> 00:38:00.139 Make Jesus 00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:01.780 climactic confession 00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:03.260 to the Sanhedrin, 00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:05.760 your daily confession 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.340 of worship 00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:07.039 to him. 00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.840 And when you do, 00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:13.360 you'll find yourself 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.780 treasuring Jesus 00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:16.820 more than greed, 00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:19.320 more than cool pants, 00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:22.920 more than the fear 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.480 of man. 00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:29.260 And it shrinks 00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:30.559 unbelief. 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.719 I was going to tell you 00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.360 there's a third 00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:39.740 application. 00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.079 Wonder. 00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.039 Anybody else 00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.480 shocked 00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:46.420 by how God 00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.059 can remain 00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:48.159 sovereign over 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.980 all things 00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:50.460 and yet hold 00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.420 every person 00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:52.639 responsible 00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.619 for their 00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.400 actions. 00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:56.300 It is a wonder. 00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:58.519 A wonder. 00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.159 And he 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:01.800 did all these things. 00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.780 He orchestrated 00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.440 all this 00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:04.219 to save 00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:05.139 you and me. 00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.460 It's beautiful. 00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:07.519 people. 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.599 This morning 00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.199 we've seen 00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.800 Jesus 00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:14.940 in the midst 00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.679 of all this 00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.720 rejection 00:39:16.720 --> 00:39:18.659 make an 00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.460 unbelievably 00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:21.740 believable 00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:23.280 revelation. 00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.340 revelation. 00:39:26.120 --> 00:39:27.220 That he is 00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:27.980 the Christ. 00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.500 The son of God. 00:39:30.600 --> 00:39:31.500 The son of man. 00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:34.380 The great I am. 00:39:35.560 --> 00:39:36.620 And we see him 00:39:36.620 --> 00:39:37.519 for who he is. 00:39:38.620 --> 00:39:39.380 The suffering 00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.860 Messiah. 00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.980 Behold your king. 00:39:43.540 --> 00:39:44.540 Rejected and revealed. 00:39:45.660 --> 00:39:46.460 And next week 00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:48.519 you will behold 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.139 your king 00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.720 killed 00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:53.619 and confessed 00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:55.960 as the son of God. 00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:58.139 It's all good news. 00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.780 Let's pray. 00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.840 God in heaven 00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:06.280 we so 00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:07.400 need to be 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.480 reminded of ourselves 00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.280 and our 00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:11.559 our postures of heart 00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:12.179 that can lead us 00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:12.619 astray 00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.659 but it's 00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:14.900 seeing you 00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.539 Lord Jesus 00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:17.539 hearing you 00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.779 say who you 00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.539 are 00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:21.059 that puts 00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.759 in our 00:40:21.759 --> 00:40:22.559 hearts 00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:24.679 a joy 00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.019 and a 00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:25.960 treasuring of you 00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.259 that 00:40:26.259 --> 00:40:27.360 that crowds 00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.239 out greed 00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:29.079 and crowds 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.920 out the fear 00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.380 of man 00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:31.400 and crowds 00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:32.639 out unbelief. 00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.820 Lord Jesus 00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.579 thank you for being 00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.679 rejected for us 00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:41.099 and thank you 00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:42.039 for revealing 00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.880 yourself to us 00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:43.480 and giving us 00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.159 eyes to see 00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:45.500 and hearts to believe 00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.179 in Jesus name 00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:47.059 Amen.