WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.240 And now we'll read from John chapter 13, beginning at verse 18, and that's on page 1045 of the Bibles in the pews. 00:00:15.580 --> 00:00:24.760 And of course, this is the Last Supper. Jesus has washed the disciples' feet, and now he goes on to speak to them. 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:35.920 I am not referring to all of you. I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfil the scripture. 00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:49.460 He who shares my bread has lifted up his heel against me. I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe that I am he. 00:00:49.460 --> 00:01:00.760 I tell you the truth. Whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me. 00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:12.540 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, I tell you the truth. One of you is going to betray me. 00:01:12.540 --> 00:01:19.300 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. 00:01:20.500 --> 00:01:25.800 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 00:01:27.080 --> 00:01:32.640 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, ask him which one he means. 00:01:34.300 --> 00:01:38.780 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, Lord, who is it? 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:46.859 Jesus answered, it is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish. 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:52.500 Then dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:57.560 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. 00:01:59.060 --> 00:02:02.760 What you are about to do, do quickly, Jesus told him. 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:07.420 But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. 00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:14.300 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:16.340 or to give something to the poor. 00:02:17.819 --> 00:02:21.159 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. 00:02:21.860 --> 00:02:23.040 And it was night. 00:02:24.700 --> 00:02:26.900 When he was gone, Jesus said, 00:02:26.900 --> 00:02:32.760 Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 00:02:33.819 --> 00:02:40.960 If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:45.840 My children, I will be with you only a little longer. 00:02:46.920 --> 00:02:51.900 You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now. 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:54.700 Where I am going, you cannot come. 00:02:54.699 --> 00:02:58.319 A new command I give you. 00:02:59.239 --> 00:03:00.179 Love one another. 00:03:01.079 --> 00:03:04.479 As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 00:03:05.679 --> 00:03:10.819 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. 00:03:12.359 --> 00:03:13.979 Simon Peter asked him, 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:16.239 Lord, where are you going? 00:03:17.419 --> 00:03:18.579 Jesus replied, 00:03:19.359 --> 00:03:23.739 Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later. 00:03:24.699 --> 00:03:26.079 Peter asked, 00:03:26.579 --> 00:03:29.339 Lord, why can't I follow you now? 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:31.819 I will lay down my life for you. 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:34.399 Then Jesus answered, 00:03:35.060 --> 00:03:37.739 Will you really lay down your life for me? 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:39.979 I tell you the truth, 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:42.139 Before the rooster crows, 00:03:42.539 --> 00:03:44.359 You will disown me three times. 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:46.639 This is the word of the Lord. 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:48.219 Thanks be to God. 00:03:48.219 --> 00:03:48.339 Amen. 00:03:48.339 --> 00:03:48.419 Amen. 00:03:48.419 --> 00:03:48.919 Amen. 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:49.419 Amen. 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:49.919 Amen. 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:50.419 Amen. 00:03:50.419 --> 00:03:50.919 Amen. 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:51.919 Amen. 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:52.419 Amen. 00:03:52.419 --> 00:03:52.919 Amen. 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:52.959 Amen. 00:03:52.959 --> 00:03:53.419 Amen. 00:03:54.699 --> 00:04:00.879 Amen. 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:21.719 Hasta Gordon. 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:24.920 We do pray, Lord Jesus, that as we come to your word now, 00:04:24.980 --> 00:04:28.240 as I proclaim it, that you would speak to us powerfully by your spirit, 00:04:28.900 --> 00:04:30.460 that you would lead us in what is true, 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:33.660 and we pray, Father, that you would work amongst us, 00:04:33.740 --> 00:04:37.480 growing us in righteousness, that we might be the people of God 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:40.020 and that we would reflect you in the way that we're meant to be. 00:04:40.580 --> 00:04:43.560 And we pray this in Jesus' name and for his sake. Amen. 00:04:45.260 --> 00:04:47.280 Do you remember when we were best friends, 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:52.159 when we'd share our every thought, every smile, every laugh? 00:04:53.419 --> 00:04:56.779 Oh, and did you remember when you broke my heart? 00:04:58.259 --> 00:05:01.279 Because I seem to remember that more than anything. 00:05:02.739 --> 00:05:03.759 I trusted you. 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:06.739 I trusted you to take care of my heart. 00:05:07.599 --> 00:05:10.739 I trusted you not to take it and stomp on it. 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:14.779 And the day that you betrayed my trust 00:05:14.779 --> 00:05:17.599 was the day that I lost all my trust for you. 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:21.359 I believed that you would take care of my heart 00:05:21.359 --> 00:05:22.939 and that's why I left it with you. 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:26.879 Well, I'm taking it back because at this very moment, 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:28.719 I can't trust you with my heart 00:05:28.719 --> 00:05:31.959 in fear that you will hurt me once more. 00:05:32.979 --> 00:05:36.159 Look at me through my eyes and feel the pain I hide inside. 00:05:38.459 --> 00:05:39.659 It breaks my heart. 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:42.279 It makes me sad to think of all the times we had. 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:43.859 You made me laugh. 00:05:43.939 --> 00:05:44.839 You made me cry. 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.739 And all that I can do is sigh and wonder why. 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:52.439 I wish I could walk away and forget what we have, 00:05:52.539 --> 00:05:53.219 but I can't. 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:55.899 Because I know you won't come after me 00:05:55.899 --> 00:05:58.099 and I guess that's what hurts the most. 00:05:59.579 --> 00:06:01.519 It's really amazing when two strangers 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:02.839 become the best of friends, 00:06:03.539 --> 00:06:06.059 but it's really sad when the best of friends 00:06:06.059 --> 00:06:07.819 become two strangers. 00:06:07.819 --> 00:06:11.060 Trust can take years to build, 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:12.779 but only a second to break. 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:16.759 How can it be that two of the greatest friends in the world 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:18.839 can go from being each other's everything 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:20.399 to absolutely nothing? 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:25.579 The anguished heart of a young woman 00:06:25.579 --> 00:06:30.019 whose heart has been crushed by betrayal. 00:06:30.019 --> 00:06:33.459 And that's a very, 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:35.379 there's a very close relationship 00:06:35.379 --> 00:06:37.799 between love and betrayal. 00:06:39.479 --> 00:06:41.639 How many of us have experienced the bitterness 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:42.699 of love gone wrong? 00:06:42.779 --> 00:06:44.939 We've seen it in our parents or our children 00:06:44.939 --> 00:06:46.899 or amongst our friends. 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:50.479 Love which has been smashed in a moment of betrayal, 00:06:51.060 --> 00:06:52.919 maybe even ours. 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:57.080 A heart crushed and anguished 00:06:57.080 --> 00:07:00.120 as someone makes their decision and walks away. 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.040 Now we saw last week in John 13, 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:06.460 I hope you got John 13 open 00:07:06.460 --> 00:07:08.340 because that's where I'm speaking from this morning. 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:10.720 We saw last week in John 13 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:11.920 that the clock is ticking. 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:14.879 There is less than 24 hours 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:16.340 to the crucifixion of Jesus. 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:18.379 He's spending his last day 00:07:18.379 --> 00:07:20.000 with his 12 chosen friends 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.360 and he is preparing them for his departure. 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:24.560 And in verse 18, 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:25.960 he stuns them by revealing 00:07:25.960 --> 00:07:27.640 that there is a traitor in their midst. 00:07:28.140 --> 00:07:29.879 I'm not referring to all of you. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:31.699 I know those that I have chosen, 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:34.319 but this is to fulfill the scripture 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:36.620 that he who shares my bread 00:07:36.620 --> 00:07:38.680 has lifted up his heel against me. 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:41.500 I tell you now before it happens 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:42.740 so that when it does happen, 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:44.560 you will believe that I am. 00:07:45.780 --> 00:07:47.180 I tell you the truth, 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.720 whoever accepts anyone I sense accepts me 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:52.200 and whoever accepts me 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:54.259 accepts the one who sent me. 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:57.180 After he had said this, 00:07:57.300 --> 00:07:59.300 Jesus was troubled in spirit 00:07:59.300 --> 00:08:00.099 and testified, 00:08:00.979 --> 00:08:02.079 I tell you the truth, 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.680 one of you is going to betray me. 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:08.199 And his disciples stared at one another 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:10.839 at a loss to know which of them he meant. 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:14.519 Jesus has been hinting at this 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:15.919 for a while back in chapter 6, 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:16.599 verse 70. 00:08:16.779 --> 00:08:17.139 He said, 00:08:17.239 --> 00:08:18.319 Have I not chosen you, 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:18.879 the 12, 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:20.659 and yet one of you is a devil? 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:23.000 And then earlier on in this chapter, 00:08:23.139 --> 00:08:24.679 in John chapter 13, 00:08:25.239 --> 00:08:26.560 Jesus said to the disciples, 00:08:26.739 --> 00:08:27.659 You are clean, 00:08:27.819 --> 00:08:29.299 though not every one of you. 00:08:30.179 --> 00:08:32.379 For he knew who was going to betray him, 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:34.159 and that was why he said, 00:08:34.299 --> 00:08:35.759 not everyone was clean. 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:40.399 Now Jesus takes the words of Psalm 41 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:42.659 and makes them his own. 00:08:44.059 --> 00:08:45.240 And so in Psalm 41, 00:08:45.439 --> 00:08:46.819 King David sees the Lord, 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.620 he talks about the Lord being a Lord 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:49.720 who will deliver him, 00:08:50.059 --> 00:08:51.100 and protect him, 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:52.279 and preserve him, 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:53.120 and bless him, 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:54.179 and sustain him, 00:08:54.340 --> 00:08:55.939 and he's going to restore him 00:08:55.939 --> 00:08:57.460 in the face of a bunch of enemies 00:08:57.460 --> 00:08:58.840 who are looking to bring him down. 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:02.539 And the enemies say things about David, 00:09:02.539 --> 00:09:02.939 like, 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:05.120 When will he die and his name perish? 00:09:05.219 --> 00:09:06.339 When will we be done with him? 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:09.699 And they come to him in conversation, 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:11.179 and they pretend to be interested, 00:09:11.539 --> 00:09:12.459 and he says, 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:13.599 All that they're really doing 00:09:13.599 --> 00:09:15.799 is gathering slander in their hearts, 00:09:15.860 --> 00:09:17.519 and then going out and spreading it 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.079 to anyone who will listen. 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:24.819 And in verse 9 he says, 00:09:24.819 --> 00:09:26.599 Even my close friend, 00:09:26.699 --> 00:09:27.679 whom I trusted, 00:09:28.579 --> 00:09:30.120 he who shed my bread, 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:33.460 has lifted up his heel against me. 00:09:34.700 --> 00:09:36.500 And Jesus takes these words 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:37.299 from the Old Testament, 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:39.440 and he applies them to his situation. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:41.679 And I think it's reasonable to think 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.480 that when Jesus quotes one verse 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:44.179 from this psalm, 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:45.679 he's actually got the whole meaning 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:46.919 of the psalm in mind. 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:49.440 The king is being plotted against 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:50.379 from all directions. 00:09:50.899 --> 00:09:53.700 He's experiencing the agony of heart 00:09:53.700 --> 00:09:55.019 that comes from the betrayal 00:09:55.019 --> 00:09:56.080 of a close friend. 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:58.700 And the psalm finishes 00:09:58.700 --> 00:10:00.500 with the confident assertion 00:10:00.500 --> 00:10:03.720 that my enemy does not triumph over me. 00:10:04.780 --> 00:10:07.340 And John's gospel will soon show 00:10:07.340 --> 00:10:09.500 that the enemies of Jesus 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:11.360 do not triumph over him. 00:10:14.980 --> 00:10:16.620 The disciples are stunned 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:17.720 by what Jesus says. 00:10:19.180 --> 00:10:21.100 Seems like nobody except Judas 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:22.500 knows that betrayal's at hand. 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:24.100 He's been very quietly going 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:25.740 about his deathly business. 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:28.340 It's only afterwards 00:10:28.340 --> 00:10:29.180 when they look back 00:10:29.180 --> 00:10:30.040 that they find out 00:10:30.040 --> 00:10:31.139 about his love of money 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:32.600 and its corrupting influence 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:33.400 on his soul. 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:36.520 He's been the treasurer of the twelve. 00:10:37.340 --> 00:10:38.480 In John chapter 12, 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:39.580 he fussed over Mary 00:10:39.580 --> 00:10:40.680 wasting so much money 00:10:40.680 --> 00:10:42.259 pouring perfume over Jesus' feet. 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:42.980 Don't you know 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:44.280 that that perfume 00:10:44.280 --> 00:10:45.139 could have been sold 00:10:45.139 --> 00:10:46.400 and the money given to the poor? 00:10:47.259 --> 00:10:48.480 Very self-righteous. 00:10:49.940 --> 00:10:51.060 And John tells us 00:10:51.060 --> 00:10:52.040 that Judas didn't care 00:10:52.040 --> 00:10:52.660 about the poor, 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:53.900 but because he was a thief 00:10:53.900 --> 00:10:55.180 as keeper of the money bag, 00:10:55.179 --> 00:10:56.479 he used to help himself 00:10:56.479 --> 00:10:57.859 to whatever was put into it. 00:11:03.139 --> 00:11:04.959 This is not an easy matter 00:11:04.959 --> 00:11:05.539 for Jesus. 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:08.579 Verse 21, 00:11:08.779 --> 00:11:09.179 it says, 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.159 he was troubled in spirit 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:12.639 and testified, 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:14.000 I tell you the truth, 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:14.739 one of you 00:11:14.739 --> 00:11:17.259 is going to betray me. 00:11:17.259 --> 00:11:21.100 When he says 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:22.399 he was troubled in spirit, 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:23.740 he uses the same word 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:24.419 that was used 00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:25.639 in John chapter 11 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:26.559 when Jesus went 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:27.419 to see the family 00:11:27.419 --> 00:11:28.080 of Lazarus 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:29.460 after Lazarus had died. 00:11:29.939 --> 00:11:31.519 He was deeply troubled, 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:32.840 he was deeply moved 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:33.559 in spirit 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:35.000 and wept. 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:40.600 Very difficult for Jesus. 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:43.639 And I don't think 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:44.659 the grief is solely 00:11:44.659 --> 00:11:45.159 for himself, 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:45.940 I don't think it really 00:11:45.940 --> 00:11:46.779 is about him. 00:11:48.620 --> 00:11:49.920 It's got to do 00:11:49.920 --> 00:11:50.480 with the loss 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:51.259 of relationship. 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:52.420 In John chapter 11, 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:53.019 the distress 00:11:53.019 --> 00:11:53.659 at what death 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:54.060 had done 00:11:54.060 --> 00:11:55.259 for his friend Lazarus 00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:56.100 and for his family. 00:11:57.139 --> 00:11:57.940 And now here 00:11:57.940 --> 00:11:58.800 in John 13, 00:11:58.940 --> 00:11:59.779 distress for what 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:00.759 was about to happen 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:02.200 with Judas. 00:12:03.659 --> 00:12:04.480 Judas is going 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.060 to be lost. 00:12:07.660 --> 00:12:08.519 He'll be gone 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:09.740 and he will not recover. 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:11.860 From what he does. 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:14.000 And Jesus says, 00:12:14.139 --> 00:12:14.779 one of you 00:12:14.779 --> 00:12:15.960 is going 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:16.960 to betray me. 00:12:18.300 --> 00:12:19.500 It's a certain 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:20.279 finality. 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:22.639 He knows 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:22.980 there's going 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:24.000 to be no turning back. 00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:25.220 He has loved Judas 00:12:25.220 --> 00:12:27.040 and Judas 00:12:27.040 --> 00:12:27.940 is turning away 00:12:27.940 --> 00:12:28.600 from Jesus. 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:31.420 Jesus isn't 00:12:31.420 --> 00:12:31.980 turning away 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:32.860 from Judas. 00:12:35.420 --> 00:12:36.379 People walk 00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:37.360 away from Christ. 00:12:37.560 --> 00:12:38.200 Christ doesn't 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:38.680 walk away 00:12:38.680 --> 00:12:39.340 from people. 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:41.680 But we are 00:12:41.680 --> 00:12:42.120 confirmed 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:42.639 in our own 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:43.040 decision. 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:48.040 And up until now, 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:48.720 Judas has been 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:49.420 doing his dirty 00:12:49.420 --> 00:12:50.259 work in the darkness. 00:12:51.800 --> 00:12:52.580 And Jesus 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:53.220 outs him. 00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:55.460 Here he is, 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:56.019 he's in the group 00:12:56.019 --> 00:12:56.680 of disciples 00:12:56.680 --> 00:12:57.620 and Jesus 00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.379 says something 00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:59.200 which provokes 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:00.139 a final decision 00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:00.860 from Judas. 00:13:02.560 --> 00:13:03.500 Even up to this 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:03.720 point, 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:04.200 he's still got 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:04.680 options. 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:07.759 Judas could still 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:08.540 be on his knees 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:08.939 saying, 00:13:09.819 --> 00:13:10.240 oh Lord, 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:11.839 I've made 00:13:11.839 --> 00:13:12.360 a terrible 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:13.000 mistake. 00:13:14.059 --> 00:13:14.959 I've sold you 00:13:14.959 --> 00:13:15.860 for 30 pieces 00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:16.419 of silver. 00:13:16.579 --> 00:13:17.219 I'm so wrong. 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:17.819 I just don't 00:13:17.819 --> 00:13:18.459 know what to do. 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.559 Please forgive me. 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:25.599 But he doesn't. 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:29.339 And his heart 00:13:29.339 --> 00:13:30.319 is set on his 00:13:30.319 --> 00:13:31.199 course of action 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:31.900 and he is 00:13:31.900 --> 00:13:32.620 not changing 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:33.340 direction. 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:38.960 Now there's 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:39.600 some intriguing 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:40.400 clues in this 00:13:40.400 --> 00:13:41.000 passage about 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.500 how much 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:42.280 Jesus still 00:13:42.280 --> 00:13:42.900 loves Judas 00:13:42.900 --> 00:13:43.360 right up 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:43.800 till now. 00:13:44.340 --> 00:13:44.700 I'm not going 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:44.900 to spend 00:13:44.900 --> 00:13:45.400 much time 00:13:45.400 --> 00:13:45.660 on it, 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:47.360 but the 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:48.060 disciples are 00:13:48.060 --> 00:13:48.560 probably all 00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:49.320 reclining around 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:49.820 the table, 00:13:49.940 --> 00:13:50.240 around the 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:50.720 lounges. 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:51.340 They're sort of 00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:51.900 head to head, 00:13:52.060 --> 00:13:52.460 shoulder to 00:13:52.460 --> 00:13:52.700 shoulder, 00:13:52.800 --> 00:13:53.120 back to 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:53.400 back. 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:55.360 And it 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.319 seems like 00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:57.120 Judas is 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:58.159 actually lying 00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:58.459 on the 00:13:58.459 --> 00:13:58.899 left-hand 00:13:58.899 --> 00:13:59.379 side of 00:13:59.379 --> 00:13:59.740 Jesus, 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:01.240 which would 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.699 have been 00:14:01.699 --> 00:14:02.480 the place 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:03.139 of honour 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:03.879 at this 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.159 dinner, 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:04.679 the very 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.179 last dinner 00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:05.559 with his 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:06.079 disciples, 00:14:07.079 --> 00:14:07.679 and Judas 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:08.139 is given 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.699 the place 00:14:08.699 --> 00:14:09.079 of honour. 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:11.939 And John 00:14:11.939 --> 00:14:12.699 is on the 00:14:12.699 --> 00:14:13.179 other side 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:13.600 of Jesus, 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:14.220 the right-hand 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:14.620 side of 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:14.879 Jesus. 00:14:16.319 --> 00:14:17.159 John refers 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:17.639 to himself 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:18.019 as the 00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:18.720 disciple whom 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:19.399 Jesus loved. 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:19.860 John is 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.360 the one who 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:20.919 hears every 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:21.460 word of this 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.139 conversation, 00:14:22.139 --> 00:14:23.340 that not 00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:23.799 all of the 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:24.000 other 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.840 disciples hear. 00:14:26.699 --> 00:14:27.399 And Jesus 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:27.699 says, 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:28.159 one of you 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:28.419 is going 00:14:28.419 --> 00:14:28.799 to betray 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:29.059 me. 00:14:31.340 --> 00:14:31.899 And in 00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:32.600 verse 24, 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.000 Peter, 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.399 somewhere out 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:35.019 there across 00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:35.600 the table, 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.679 catches John's 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:37.980 eye and 00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:38.340 looks at him 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:38.580 and says, 00:14:38.899 --> 00:14:39.379 ask him 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:39.639 who he 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.059 means. 00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.759 And John 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.559 quietly leans 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:46.019 back on 00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:46.519 Jesus and 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:46.879 he says, 00:14:47.439 --> 00:14:47.919 who is 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:48.100 it? 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:50.899 And Jesus 00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.360 answered, 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:51.899 it is the 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.259 one to 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:52.600 whom I 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:52.919 will give 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:53.139 this 00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:53.579 piece of 00:14:53.579 --> 00:14:53.959 bread when 00:14:53.959 --> 00:14:54.259 I have 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:54.639 dipped it 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:54.939 in the 00:14:54.939 --> 00:14:55.279 dish. 00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:56.659 And then 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.139 dipping the 00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:57.600 piece of 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:57.919 bread, 00:14:58.500 --> 00:14:59.019 he gave 00:14:59.019 --> 00:14:59.360 it to 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:00.379 Judas Iscariot, 00:15:00.579 --> 00:15:00.939 son of 00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:01.299 Simon. 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:02.959 And as 00:15:02.959 --> 00:15:03.399 soon as 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:03.939 Judas took 00:15:03.939 --> 00:15:04.319 the bread, 00:15:04.439 --> 00:15:04.659 Satan 00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:05.240 entered into 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.100 him and 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:06.860 Jesus said, 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:08.220 what you 00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:08.699 are about 00:15:08.699 --> 00:15:09.259 to do, 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:10.319 do quickly. 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.220 Judas 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.740 took the 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:15.019 bread and 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:15.620 verse 30 00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.019 says, 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:16.740 he went 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.079 out, 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.659 it was 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:19.019 night. 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:25.179 it was 00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:25.360 the 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:25.779 moment of 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:26.299 departure. 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:28.439 This 00:15:28.439 --> 00:15:28.980 friend of 00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:29.319 Jesus 00:15:29.319 --> 00:15:30.559 walked away 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:31.419 never to 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:31.919 return. 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.439 The only 00:15:34.439 --> 00:15:34.840 time that 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:35.439 John mentions 00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:36.179 Judas again 00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:36.899 is when he 00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.279 leads the 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:37.620 group of 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.159 soldiers to 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:38.679 Jesus to 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:39.220 arrest him. 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.539 Doesn't even 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:41.240 bother referring 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:41.720 to Judas' 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.340 suicide. 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.519 He went 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:46.039 out is 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:46.639 the end 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.179 of his 00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.939 association 00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:48.699 with 00:15:48.699 --> 00:15:49.100 Jesus. 00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:50.659 He'd 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.059 known him 00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:51.519 intimately, 00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:52.919 he sold 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:53.379 him out, 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:54.939 it was a 00:15:54.939 --> 00:15:55.639 moment of 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.059 immense 00:15:56.059 --> 00:15:56.759 betrayal. 00:15:59.419 --> 00:16:00.199 And the 00:16:00.199 --> 00:16:01.039 scripture says 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.639 it was 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.019 night. 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:05.139 It was 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.519 night. 00:16:08.079 --> 00:16:08.899 One of the 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.539 great themes 00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:10.059 of John's 00:16:10.059 --> 00:16:10.620 gospel is 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:11.319 light and 00:16:11.319 --> 00:16:12.059 darkness and 00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:12.519 the struggle 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:13.159 between them. 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:14.319 in John 00:16:14.319 --> 00:16:14.939 chapter 8 00:16:14.939 --> 00:16:15.539 verse 12 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:16.219 Jesus said 00:16:16.219 --> 00:16:16.620 I am the 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:16.939 light of 00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.299 the world. 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.639 He who 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.179 follows me 00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:18.559 will not 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:18.959 walk in 00:16:18.959 --> 00:16:20.059 darkness but 00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:20.379 will have 00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:20.740 the light 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.240 of light. 00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:22.879 The light 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.500 of life. 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.000 Jesus 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.919 loves Judas 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.539 even to the 00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:29.139 very last 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:31.319 moment but 00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:31.959 he goes into 00:16:31.959 --> 00:16:32.600 the night to 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.019 do his 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:35.279 dark deed and 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:36.059 it becomes a 00:16:36.059 --> 00:16:36.740 very dark 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.480 night for his 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:38.120 own soul. 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.379 He walks 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.899 away from 00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.819 Jesus out 00:16:41.819 --> 00:16:42.199 into the 00:16:42.199 --> 00:16:42.579 darkness 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:44.080 never to 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.560 return. 00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:48.780 Brothers and 00:16:48.780 --> 00:16:49.480 sisters if we 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.139 walk away from 00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.460 the Lord 00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.240 Jesus Christ 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.740 there is 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.600 nowhere else 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.120 to go. 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.560 For John 00:16:57.560 --> 00:16:58.540 this is an 00:16:58.540 --> 00:16:59.220 absolutely 00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.900 poignant 00:16:59.900 --> 00:17:00.660 moment in 00:17:00.660 --> 00:17:01.320 his gospel. 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.340 It seems 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:03.720 as though 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.259 darkness 00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.039 begins to 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.539 rain but 00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:06.279 Jesus turns 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.620 to his 00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.460 disciples and 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:09.240 says it 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.640 is not 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:10.079 so. 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:13.519 verse 31 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.539 when Judas 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:14.980 was gone 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.639 Jesus said 00:17:15.639 --> 00:17:16.339 now is the 00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.879 son of man 00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:18.299 glorified and 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.799 God is 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.639 glorified in 00:17:19.639 --> 00:17:19.939 him. 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.419 If God is 00:17:21.419 --> 00:17:22.240 glorified in 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.720 him God 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.419 will glorify 00:17:23.419 --> 00:17:24.039 the son in 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.960 himself and 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.779 will glorify 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.339 him at 00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:26.919 once. 00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:28.279 See 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.000 despite the 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.599 darkness of 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.119 the hour the 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:30.819 glory of God 00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.419 is at work in 00:17:31.419 --> 00:17:31.759 the most 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.259 extraordinary 00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.779 way. 00:17:33.199 --> 00:17:33.539 God is 00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:33.759 doing 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.519 something big. 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.379 The son 00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:36.079 will glorify 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:36.599 the father 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.359 God himself 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:38.059 will glorify 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.639 the son. 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:39.539 It's a 00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.279 magic moment. 00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:40.879 The disciples 00:17:40.879 --> 00:17:41.500 still really 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.179 don't understand 00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:42.759 what's going 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.039 on. 00:17:43.379 --> 00:17:43.959 Satan has 00:17:43.959 --> 00:17:44.539 just made 00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.079 his big 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.399 move. 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:45.639 He's 00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:46.199 played his 00:17:46.199 --> 00:17:46.559 hand. 00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:47.240 God is 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.219 about to 00:17:48.219 --> 00:17:49.059 come up 00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.339 trumps 00:17:49.339 --> 00:17:49.859 with his. 00:17:50.959 --> 00:17:51.259 And a 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.639 cosmic 00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:52.299 struggle is 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:52.859 being played 00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:53.019 out. 00:17:53.159 --> 00:17:53.719 Satan acts 00:17:53.719 --> 00:17:54.500 malevolently 00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.480 and God is 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:55.959 about to 00:17:55.959 --> 00:17:56.500 triumph in 00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:56.839 the most 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:57.319 unexpected 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.939 way. 00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:58.659 It's a 00:17:58.659 --> 00:17:59.079 glorious 00:17:59.079 --> 00:17:59.559 moment. 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.359 The son 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:01.059 will glorify 00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.599 the father 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.279 by submitting 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:02.719 to his 00:18:02.719 --> 00:18:03.240 father's 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:03.419 will. 00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:03.959 He will 00:18:03.959 --> 00:18:04.399 die for 00:18:04.399 --> 00:18:04.959 our sins. 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:06.640 God will 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.160 glorify 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.720 the son 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:10.259 by raising 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.840 Christ from 00:18:10.840 --> 00:18:11.140 the dead 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.559 and making 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.100 him lord 00:18:12.100 --> 00:18:12.779 of all. 00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.279 Feel the 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:13.660 moment. 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.220 Judas 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.799 makes a 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.140 fatal 00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.680 decision. 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.620 He walks, 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.140 he goes 00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:18.579 out from 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.400 Christ and 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:20.200 Jesus turns 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.660 to those 00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:20.900 who are 00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.319 left and 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.500 says again, 00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.420 very shortly 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:23.880 I'm going 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:24.400 away from 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:24.720 you but 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.120 this is 00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:25.440 what I 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:25.759 want of 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:25.980 you. 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.559 A new 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:28.120 command I 00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:28.579 give you, 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.440 love one 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:30.039 another as 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.420 I have 00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:31.220 loved you so 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.680 you must 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.240 love one 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.600 another. 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.299 By this 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:34.960 all people 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.399 will know 00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:35.740 that you 00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.180 are my 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:36.940 disciples if 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.399 you love 00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:37.980 one another. 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.220 Judas the 00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.819 betrayer of 00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.220 love is 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.759 gone, a 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.319 cancer has 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.799 gone from 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.220 amongst 00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:44.480 them and 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.139 now Jesus 00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:45.639 gives a 00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.159 command that 00:18:46.159 --> 00:18:46.799 is designed 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.220 to keep 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.659 everyone 00:18:47.659 --> 00:18:48.339 together when 00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:48.879 he is no 00:18:48.879 --> 00:18:49.139 longer 00:18:49.139 --> 00:18:51.240 present and 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:52.139 this command 00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:52.919 lived out 00:18:52.919 --> 00:18:53.539 will bring 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.279 unity to 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.799 the body 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.599 of Christ. 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.299 Love one 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.000 another as 00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.419 I have 00:18:59.419 --> 00:18:59.960 loved you, 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.680 you must 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.220 love one 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.579 another. 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.259 Brothers and 00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:06.240 sisters, we 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:07.200 must love 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.819 one another. 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:11.059 Came up on 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.559 the ABC 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.599 Q&A program 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:12.919 the other 00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:13.240 night, I 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.599 don't know if 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:13.980 you saw it 00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.519 last Monday 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.359 night, but 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:16.019 the discussion 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.700 had moved to 00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.619 homosexuality. 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.859 Can't tell you 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:19.319 the background, 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:19.940 don't need to 00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.259 know, but 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.779 what happened 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.700 was people 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.279 who called 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.759 themselves 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.839 atheists were 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.819 very quick to 00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.299 turn on 00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:26.339 Christians and 00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:27.019 tell them that 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.919 Jesus said to 00:19:27.919 --> 00:19:28.519 you guys that 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:28.799 you've got to 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.539 love everybody. 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.559 Unbelievers 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.220 quoted the 00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.859 verse back at 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.359 Christians. 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.319 Now a 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.000 better verse 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.659 for them to 00:19:36.659 --> 00:19:37.039 have quoted 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.480 back at 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.059 Christians would 00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.559 have been from 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.099 Luke chapter 00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:39.799 10, the 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.399 parable of the 00:19:40.399 --> 00:19:41.099 Good Samaritan, 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.399 because believers 00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:43.139 are taught by 00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:44.039 Jesus to love 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.799 our neighbours as 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.460 ourselves by 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.519 being merciful to 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:46.799 them. 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.919 And we are to 00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:49.819 show mercy to 00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.799 people outside the 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.500 Christian family. 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.159 That's a true 00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:52.819 thing from Luke 00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.519 chapter 10. 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.720 But in John 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.700 13, where we 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.519 are, Jesus is 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.180 addressing the 00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:58.200 11 disciples who 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.220 are left and he 00:19:59.220 --> 00:19:59.940 tells them to 00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.819 love one another. 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.579 He tells them to 00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.379 love the team. 00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:04.580 This is about 00:20:04.580 --> 00:20:05.460 love within the 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.380 Christian community. 00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.420 It's about the 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.640 depth of 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.600 relationship which 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:10.280 we are to have 00:20:10.280 --> 00:20:11.100 with one another 00:20:11.100 --> 00:20:12.100 in Christ. 00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:14.100 Now this is a 00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:14.840 team that has 00:20:14.840 --> 00:20:15.480 come together. 00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.040 They didn't 00:20:16.040 --> 00:20:16.700 self-select. 00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:17.300 They weren't a 00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:18.060 bunch of friends. 00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:18.980 They weren't 00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.700 people who just 00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.380 got themselves 00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.840 together. 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.600 They were people 00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:22.180 who had been 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:23.460 selected, chosen 00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.200 by their Lord 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:24.940 and Master, the 00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.980 Lord Jesus Christ. 00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.660 When I first 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.320 came to church, 00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:29.760 when I first 00:20:29.760 --> 00:20:30.600 became to Christ, 00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:31.420 not church, 00:20:31.560 --> 00:20:32.780 Christ, my dad 00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.559 took me aside for 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.180 a father-son 00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.839 talk, which was 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.839 a very unusual 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.819 father-son talk 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.379 because it didn't 00:20:37.379 --> 00:20:38.279 happen very often. 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.779 And I can remember 00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.680 where I was standing 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.460 down in the garage 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.359 at home and my dad 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.059 turned and very 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.899 quietly said, 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:47.220 it's all right to 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.299 go to church but be 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.420 careful how involved 00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:50.119 you get because 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.879 there's a lot of 00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:51.759 funny people around 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.480 those churches. 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.639 And you can see 00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:55.680 I've really heeded 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.240 his advice about 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.539 how involved to get. 00:20:58.539 --> 00:21:00.619 And I talked to 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:02.240 the minister about 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.279 what my dad said, 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.420 looking for his 00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.220 support, looking for 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.899 some encouragement. 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:08.099 He said, yeah, 00:21:08.159 --> 00:21:08.859 your dad's right. 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.079 There are a lot of 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.920 funny people around 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.319 churches. 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:14.279 We are a weird 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.680 mob. 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.259 And if you are in 00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.920 Christ, if you are my 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.879 brother or sister, 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.839 it's because Christ 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.899 has chosen you and 00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.799 he's chosen me. 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:26.619 And we are his 00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.559 because of him. 00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:31.059 And the Lord Jesus 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:32.059 has laid down his 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:33.259 life for both of us. 00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:35.359 And he has loved us 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.519 and so we have 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.539 become his. 00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:41.099 So the old thing 00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.899 about coming to 00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.500 church, sitting 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:44.440 quietly, getting it 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.240 all from the front, 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.299 going home without 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.359 any interaction with 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.480 other believers was 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.539 sterile and it was 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:49.899 wrong. 00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.399 It's nonsense. 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:56.519 How can we even 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.659 begin to love one 00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.539 another if we do 00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.200 not know one 00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.559 another? 00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:04.099 In 1 John 2 00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:05.200 verses 9-10, 00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.819 love amongst 00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.680 believers is the 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.539 test of whether we 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.220 are walking with 00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.659 Christ. 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:11.319 Anyone who claims 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.859 to be in the 00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.500 light but hates 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.180 his brother is 00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:13.680 still in the 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.079 darkness. 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.539 Whoever loves 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.339 his brother lives 00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.980 in the light and 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.579 there is nothing 00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.539 in him to make 00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.159 him stumble. 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.259 I can think of a 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.980 terrible fallout 00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.500 between two 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.099 brothers 30 00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.680 years ago. 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.619 One refusing to 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.400 be reconciled, 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.099 the other making 00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.920 numerous attempts. 00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.160 I can tell you 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:33.680 that today only 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.279 one of them 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:35.299 continues to walk 00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.839 and grow in 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.240 Christ. 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.880 Not hard to 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.599 guess which one 00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.299 still participates 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.819 or no longer 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.900 participates in the 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:42.279 church family even 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:43.099 though his wife and 00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:44.000 children still do. 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.119 I was a young 00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.500 believer. 00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.240 I was deeply 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.539 impacted by that 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:48.960 conflict. 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.740 It was the first 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.619 time that I'd seen 00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:52.119 two brothers whom I 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:53.240 loved and respected 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:55.120 fall out with one 00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:56.000 another and not be 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.740 reconciled. 00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:58.359 Couldn't believe it. 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.799 As the pastor at 00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.799 St Paul's responsible 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.620 for our community 00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.480 groups I have a 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.180 dream that our 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.980 groups will be a 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.640 place where we 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.599 connect deeply with 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.120 each other. 00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.900 I hope they're not 00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.839 places that we come 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.500 to demonstrate who I 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.120 am and all my 00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.880 knowledge and stuff 00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.319 like that. 00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.200 I hope that they 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.079 will be places where 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.079 we are known for our 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.940 love of each other. 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:21.420 I hope that they are 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.180 places where we 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.200 encourage and support 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:24.940 one another to walk 00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.620 with Christ. 00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.380 I hope that they are 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.360 places where we will 00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.460 show practical care to 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.000 one another. 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.000 When do you feel 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.420 loved? 00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:39.920 What makes you feel 00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.440 loved? 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:48.700 someone notices you, 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:51.920 speaks with you, 00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:55.519 they seem interested in 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.600 you before they want to 00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.759 tell you who they are and 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.860 everything that's going on 00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.380 for them. 00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:03.060 I was at the oxygen 00:24:03.060 --> 00:24:05.140 conference for pastors at 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:06.040 the Australian Technology 00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:07.100 Park the other week with 00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:08.180 numbers of members of the 00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.460 team. 00:24:09.540 --> 00:24:11.680 2,000 pastors or Christian 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.740 workers under the same 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.040 roof. 00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.980 It was a great time. 00:24:16.540 --> 00:24:17.760 But what if a bomb went 00:24:17.760 --> 00:24:18.060 off? 00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:23.280 And the Christian church in 00:24:23.280 --> 00:24:24.720 Australia suddenly lost its 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.160 leadership? 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.680 Or if we're in another 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.600 country where they were 00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.019 imprisoned? 00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.880 So what if we were left 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.980 without any clergy? 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.200 And what if our buildings 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.400 were confiscated and 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:36.860 destroyed? 00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:39.640 And what if we did not 00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:41.759 have prayer books or 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.620 musical instruments and 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.740 some of the things that 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:47.640 make our gatherings on 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:49.039 Sunday happen? 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.799 And what if God left us, 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.440 all that God left us with 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:55.220 were the Bible and the 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.860 people of God, what would 00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.240 we do? 00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:01.380 I hope that we'd gather 00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.779 together. 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.660 We'd do it like the 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.019 Russians. 00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.880 We'd go out into the 00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.720 trees and meet in the 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.880 bush if we had to, if we 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.560 weren't allowed to. 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.039 And I hope that we would 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.120 read the Bible to each 00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.299 other and teach each other 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.820 what it meant. 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.420 And I hope that we would 00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.200 pray and that we would 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.220 care for one another in 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.100 practical ways. 00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.820 Not unlike the first 00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.200 believers. 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.299 believers. 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:27.140 They became persona non 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:28.799 grata at the traditional 00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:31.580 church, a band from the 00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:33.180 local synagogue preaching 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.600 that Jesus is risen from 00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.019 the dead. 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.500 They met together to 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.580 encourage each other in 00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.700 Christ on the first day of 00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.039 the week. 00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:42.160 They became known for the 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.160 way that they loved each 00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.360 other. 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.920 They had caring ministry to 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.819 one another that cost 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.500 serious money. 00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:49.180 They sold houses and land 00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.940 and laid it at the 00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.660 apostles' feet. 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.319 Money was used to assist the 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.980 poor among them. 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.339 The world looked on and 00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:56.319 they saw the extraordinary 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.399 love of these people who 00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.339 kept talking about a 00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.559 crucified and resurrected 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.259 saviour. 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.799 Their preaching was backed 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.279 up by care that cost them. 00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.939 Jesus said to the eleven 00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:08.599 when Judas is gone, a new 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:10.779 command I give to you, love 00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.679 one another as I have loved 00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.000 you. 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.359 So you must love one 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.720 another. 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:18.200 By this all men will know 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:19.579 that you are my disciples if 00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.480 you love one another. 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:24.379 We can say that we believe 00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:26.740 in Jesus but it will be 00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:28.299 evidenced by how we love 00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.220 other believers. 00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:33.019 It's a nonsense to say that 00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:34.319 you believe in Christ if you 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.399 don't love other believers. 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.799 I heard a wonderful story of 00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:41.939 forgiveness the other day. 00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:44.899 A believer went to assist you 00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:46.399 in Christ and confessed a 00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:48.439 great offence against them from 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.240 years ago. 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.420 It was a powerful act of love 00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:54.680 and a powerful act of 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.299 reconciliation. 00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:59.140 Some of you have done hard 00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:00.980 yards, you know, going up and 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.100 down to the nursing home every 00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:04.259 Sunday morning until Joan died 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:06.180 recently, bringing her up for 00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.580 church. 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:09.660 That was an act of love and 00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.539 service to her. 00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:14.440 Charles Spurgeon was a Baptist 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:16.539 preacher in the 19th century and 00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:18.180 Joseph Parker was another preacher 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:20.240 in London and they both had 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.940 churches and on one occasion 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:23.460 Parker commented on the poor 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:25.639 condition of children who were 00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:27.279 admitted to Spurgeon's orphanage. 00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:30.240 And it was reported to Spurgeon, 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.440 however, that Parker had 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:33.220 criticised the orphanage itself. 00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:36.539 And Spurgeon blasted Parker the 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.619 next week from the pulpit. 00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.559 And the attack was printed in the 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:41.079 newspapers and it became the talk 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:43.000 of the town and people flocked to 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.740 Parker's church the next Sunday to 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.659 hear his rebuttal. 00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:47.259 People love scandal, don't they? 00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:52.420 And he said, I understand Dr. 00:27:52.540 --> 00:27:54.500 Spurgeon is not in his pulpit today 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:56.680 and this is the Sunday that they 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:58.360 used to take an offering for the 00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:59.040 orphanage. 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:02.580 And I suggest that we take a love 00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:04.279 offering here this morning for it 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.720 instead. 00:28:07.300 --> 00:28:09.480 And the crowd was delighted and the 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:11.000 ushers had to empty the collection 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:12.200 plate three times. 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:15.580 And later that week there was a knock 00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:17.220 at Parker's study and it was 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.819 Spurgeon. 00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:23.279 You know, Parker, you've practised 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.220 grace on me. 00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:27.059 You have given me not what I 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.700 deserved. 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.400 You have given me what I needed. 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:35.820 God reconciled those two men through an 00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.540 act of love. 00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:39.080 In 2 Corinthians chapter 8, the 00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:41.780 Macedonian churches gave money to 00:28:41.780 --> 00:28:44.560 believers in Judea and their giving is 00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:46.519 described as out of the most extreme 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.040 trial. 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:50.660 Their overflowing joy and their extreme 00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:53.300 poverty welled up in rich generosity. 00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:55.539 That is an act of love. 00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:00.480 Brothers and sisters, in the end, the 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:02.319 love of the Lord Jesus is seen in 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.700 action. 00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:06.339 He is about to willingly go to the 00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.579 cross. 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:08.200 He will become the Lamb of God who 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.940 takes away the sins of the world. 00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:13.359 And when Christ commands us to love 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:15.519 one another as I have loved you, he 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:18.220 gives us what we need for true unity 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.240 when he is gone. 00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:22.319 He gives us what we need to witness 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.179 to the world. 00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:27.200 Love will always be seen in action. 00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:31.439 St. Paul's has a rich evangelical 00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:33.579 history for which we can give God 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:33.980 thanks. 00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:36.500 This is a church that has raised up and 00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:38.799 sent many people into ministry both 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.839 here and overseas. 00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:45.720 But wouldn't it be great if people 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:48.099 looked at St. Paul's now and into the 00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:51.339 future and said, look at how those 00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:53.159 believers love one another. 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.399 Look at how they care. 00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.859 Look at how they forgive. 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:02.119 Look at how they delight to be with 00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.699 each other. 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:05.599 Look at how they delight to know and 00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:08.899 proclaim the crucified and risen 00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.459 Saviour. 00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:16.880 By this all men will know that you are my 00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:20.059 disciples if you love one another. 00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:22.019 Amen.