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 Please do grab your Bibles again and turn to Mark chapter 14, starting verse 66.

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 We'll be looking at these six verses.

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 Lord God, we pray for Christ to be known this evening.

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 Would we know his grace and the forgiveness there is in Christ, and would your Spirit work

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 in us faith to receive that.

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 And we pray all this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 We are watching a red carpet tonight.

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 We stand on the sidelines as we watch a red carpet.

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 So you know when there's a big celebrity event like the Oscars, and they have a red carpet,

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 and you have all these actors walking down the red carpet toward a fancy building, and

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 the red carpet tells you about what kind of event they're heading to, doesn't it?

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 You see the red carpet, and you know that they're heading toward champagne and awards and glamour

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 and money.

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 The red carpet tells you about the kind of event coming up.

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 Well, today, Mark is showing us a red carpet.

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 It is the red carpet that Jesus walked on toward his death.

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 We are deep into Jesus' journey to the cross.

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 It is the night before he dies.

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 And as we see him walk there, we begin to see exactly what he's heading towards.

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 The journey there tells you about the main event itself.

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 This passage, in fact, all these events leading up to Jesus' crucifixion, they all tell us about

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 what's going to happen at the cross.

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 And we're going to look at these events, this night before the crucifixion, or the lead up

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 to the crucifixion.

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 We're going to look at these over the next few weeks.

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 And just like a red carpet before the main event, this shows us what's going to happen

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 on the cross.

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 But this red carpet, it's not fun.

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 It's not full of flashing lights.

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 No, it's dark.

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 And it's lonely.

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 And it involves Jesus' closest companion turning his back on Jesus.

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 So things will be dark this evening.

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 This red carpet is not leading to anything glamorous, but it is glorious.

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 Because we're going to see something in particular about the cross tonight.

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 We're going to see what kind of people Jesus died for.

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 As Jesus walks this red carpet to the cross, there's a question in the air.

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 Who is Jesus going to the cross for?

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 He's already said the Son of Man came to give his life as a ransom for many.

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 But who are the many?

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 What are they like?

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 Who did Jesus die for?

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 Well, today, as we see the story of Peter, we see exactly who he's dying for.

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 It is a very vivid and personal glimpse into the kind of person Jesus saves.

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 So let's watch Jesus walk the red carpet tonight and see who he died for.

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 And this is the first thing we see.

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 Jesus died for very bad sinners.

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 This story, as Paul read it earlier, it leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth, doesn't it?

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 And it should.

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 That is the point.

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 This is meant to be shocking.

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 And we need to appreciate how shocking it is.

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 This is the night before the crucifixion.

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 Jesus is currently arrested.

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 He's being tried by the Sanhedrin.

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 That's the Jewish court.

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 And tensions are high.

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 It's not a safe thing to be one of Jesus' disciples.

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 That is why only a few verses before, Mark writes that as soon as Jesus is arrested,

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 all his disciples left him and fled.

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 Jesus had no one.

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 But in verse 66, we see Peter.

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 He's below in the courtyard.

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 He's outside while Jesus is inside being condemned by the Jewish leaders.

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 Peter, he's kind of still following Jesus at this point.

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 But he's at a distance.

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 He's not too close, not too open.

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 He's laying low, trying not to draw attention to himself.

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 So he just stays outside, warming himself by the fire.

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 And why Peter?

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 Of all the disciples, why Peter?

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 Well, Peter is Jesus' closest companion.

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 When you read the Gospels, Peter, he's kind of like the go-to disciple.

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 We get to hear Jesus' conversations, private conversations with Peter.

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 For example, we don't hear much about Simon the Zealot.

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 But Peter is different.

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 Peter is, he's the loud disciple.

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 He's the one who shouts about how much he loves Jesus.

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 Back in verse 25, Jesus tells all his disciples,

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 you will all fall away.

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 And Peter, he's the only one to respond.

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 And he blurts out and he says,

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 even though they all fall away, I will not.

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 Peter, he's the big, keen disciple.

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 So just think of, for a moment, who followed Jesus?

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 Jesus.

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 So when we read the Gospels, Jesus had crowds following him.

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 They were kind of just the mass of people that were interested in Jesus.

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 And those people came and went.

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 And then within that big crowd, he had a large group of disciples,

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 people who really followed him.

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 Luke mentions the 72 disciples.

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 And within that larger group, you have the 12 disciples.

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 They're Jesus' closest group.

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 And within that, Jesus often picked out three.

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 It was Peter, James, and John.

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 He would kind of sometimes take them in just to a room to perform a miracle.

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 But within those three, Peter stands out.

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 He's the most eager one.

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 He's the close one.

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 Peter is Jesus' closest and most loyal companion.

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 Which makes what happens next all the more tragic.

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 Verse 66.

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 And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.

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 And seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said,

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 You also were with the Nazarene Jesus.

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 A young girl approaches Peter.

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 And she says, Hey, you're with that Jesus guy, aren't you?

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 And how does Peter respond?

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 Verse 68.

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 But he denied it.

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 Saying, I neither know nor understand what you mean.

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 How the mighty have fallen.

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 He's happy to follow Jesus from a distance.

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 But as soon as following Jesus means something,

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 Peter, the eager one,

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 he gives up Jesus in an instant.

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 And did you notice what makes Peter abandon the one he so proudly loved?

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 Look who makes him fold.

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 It's not a big bouncer coming along.

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 It's not a guy with a gun threatening him.

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 It's not a mob like they had for Jesus.

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 No, it's a little question from a servant girl

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 that makes Jesus' closest companion crumble.

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 He realizes what it means to be associated with Jesus.

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 It means maybe getting arrested.

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 It means danger.

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 It means trouble.

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 And he makes up his mind.

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 Jesus is not worth that.

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 And did you see how slippery his response was?

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 He doesn't say at first,

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 oh no, I don't know him.

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 He's not as blatant as that.

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 Instead he says,

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 no, I don't know what you mean.

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 He's cowardly about it.

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 He's trying to worm his way out.

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 He does what he can to kind of dodge

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 and worm his way out of the situation.

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 But Mark is clear what he's doing.

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 He denied knowing Jesus.

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 And this is just the beginning

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 because from here on in,

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 we see a shameful downward spiral of sin.

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 Peter moves away from the fire

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 and it says he goes into the gateway.

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 So away from the fire,

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 into the shadows.

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 And that says a lot about the nature of sin.

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 Sin is shameful.

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 It doesn't want to be seen.

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 Sin loves darkness.

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 Sin loves to stay secret and hide.

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 Sin loves to stay secret.

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 Peter heads into the darkness of sin.

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 But things get more public from here.

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 In verse 69,

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 the servant girl saw him

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 and began saying to the bystanders around,

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 this man is one of them.

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 But again,

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 he denied it.

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 Now,

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 Peter doesn't just deny Christ to one girl,

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 but he denies Christ to a crowd nearby.

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 His sin is clearer,

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 more public.

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 It's sharper.

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 And then comes the final nail in the coffin.

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 Maybe Peter was being slippery or vague about Christ before,

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 but now look in verse 70.

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 And after a little while,

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 the bystanders again said to Peter,

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 certainly you are one of them,

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 for you are a Galilean.

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 But he began to invoke a curse on himself

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 and to swear,

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 I do not know this man of whom you speak.

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 Remember who this is.

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 This is Peter.

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 This is the keenest of the disciples.

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 Only a few verses back in verse 31,

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 Peter said to Jesus,

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 even if it means dying with you,

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 I will not deny you.

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 Now listen again.

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 I do not know this man.

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 Peter's sin is on display here.

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 And it's ugly.

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 It's really ugly.

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 He's denied the Lord Jesus.

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 And it's not just a single slip up.

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 No, it's repeated,

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 thoughtful,

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 willful sin.

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 And he even does it with such force and aggression,

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 doesn't he?

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 He invokes a curse on himself.

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 He swears.

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 He says,

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 I swear on my life.

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 I don't know him.

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 I'm not interested in him.

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 I'm telling you,

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 I have nothing to do with Jesus.

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 And actually,

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 he can't even say his name.

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 He just calls Jesus this man.

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 He's a nobody to me.

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 What we have here are the details of a shocking and appalling sin.

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 Peter is a very bad sinner.

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 And it's written down for all of us to see.

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 And why do we see this?

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 As Jesus walks to the cross,

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 why is this on the red carpet?

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 Well, because it's showing us what Jesus is heading towards.

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 What the main event is all about.

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 We see here what kind of people Jesus died for.

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 Jesus is going to the cross to die for Peter.

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 To suffer for this very sin.

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 And he went to the cross for sinners just like Peter.

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 Jesus died for very bad sinners.

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 We have on display a particularly terrible sin

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 to show the sheer depths of sin that Christ died for.

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 Christ died for blatant, public,

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 repeated, spiralling down,

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 caught in the web of it,

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 painfully shocking sin.

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 And Jesus is on his way to die for this sin.

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 So Jesus didn't go to the cross

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 only just for small sins

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 or sins that we don't mind people knowing about that much.

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 No, Jesus went to the cross

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 even for the most shocking sins.

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 Sins that make us want to retreat into the shadows.

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 We have this passage in front of us

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 so that we know

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 there is no sin too shocking for Christ to save you.

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 He forgave Peter and he can forgive you.

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 So it needs to be said

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 there is no sin too shocking to confess.

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 If there's a sin in your life right now

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 and you're needing to talk about it

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 and you're wanting to confess it to Paul

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 or one of the elders

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 and you're needing help with it

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 but you're worried that maybe it's too shocking.

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 Well, whatever it is

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 and I mean whatever it is

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 it's not as shocking as this.

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 You can talk about it with Paul.

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 You can talk about it with the elders.

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 They won't be shocked.

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 They won't be shocked that someone could do

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 whatever sin that may be

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 because just look at Peter here.

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 Jesus died for very bad sinners.

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 Sinners just like you and me.

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 And as he walked this red carpet

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 as he approached the cross

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 this wasn't a surprise to Jesus either.

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 He knew how bad our sin was.

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 And this is my second point.

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 Jesus knew he would die for very bad sinners.

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 Jesus knew he would die for very bad sinners.

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 Just look at verse 72.

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 Verse 72.

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 And immediately

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 the rooster crowed a second time

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 and Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him

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 before the rooster crows twice

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 you will deny me three times.

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 And he broke down and wept.

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 Now we need to see a point here.

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 Not just that

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 Jesus did die for very bad sinners

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 but he knew that he was

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 to die for very bad sinners beforehand.

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 Did you notice

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 Jesus predicted this whole event.

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 You can read it in verse 30.

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 Jesus knew what Peter was going to do

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 and yet

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 Jesus still went to the cross for Peter.

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 He knew the very sin he was going to carry.

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 He knew the price that had to be paid.

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 And he still went there.

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 As Jesus approached the cross

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 he knew that he was to pay the penalty

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 for his people's sins.

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 And it wasn't vague sin.

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 It wasn't kind of a mystery punishment

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 that he was heading towards.

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 He knew who he was dying for

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 and he knew that their sin would be shocking.

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 He knew how bad it was.

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 He looked at the sin of his people

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 and he said

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 that sin

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 I need to die for that sin.

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 Jesus knew he would die for very bad sinners.

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 And just like Peter's sin

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 he knew it was sin against him.

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 We don't need to think

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 Peter's sin is so unique here

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 because we need to understand

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 that all our sin

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 is against Christ

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 and a denial of him.

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 We sung Psalm 51 earlier

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 and it's a prayer of confession to God

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 and it says

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 against you

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 you only

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 have I sinned.

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 So yes

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 we definitely sin against other people

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 all the time

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 but ultimately

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 all our sin

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 is against God.

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 All our sin

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 is a rejection of God.

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 All our sin

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 is a denial

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 of the Son of God.

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 the Apostle John

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 says this about Jesus

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 the world was made through him

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 yet the world

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 did not know him.

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 They rejected him

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 they denied him.

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 So even if this is

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 tonight

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 the first time

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 that you've heard about Jesus

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 all your sin

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 up to this point

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 has been a denial of him.

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 All our sin

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 is a denial of him.

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 That is what sin is.

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 And as Jesus

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 walked the road

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 to the cross

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 he knew

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 our sin

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 is shocking

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 and he knew

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 it was sin

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 against him.

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 So it wasn't just

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 generally bad things

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 that he knew

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 he would pay for

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 it wasn't just

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 wrong things

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 done out there

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 in the ether

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 no it was sin

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 against the Son of God

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 and the Son of God

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 came to die for it.

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 Jesus knew

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 he would die

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 for very bad sinners

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 which means

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 your sin

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 is not a shock

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 to the elders here

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 and it's not a shock

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 to Jesus either.

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 When we commit sin

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 in our shame

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 we want to hide

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 in the shadows

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 don't we?

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 We don't want to

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 come to Christ with it

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 almost as if

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 in our minds

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 we think that Christ

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 would somehow

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 be shocked

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 by it

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 or he didn't know

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 that we would do that

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 but don't think

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 that your sin

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 is a surprise

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 to Jesus.

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 He knew about it

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 as he walked

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 to the cross

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 and he's already

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 paid for it.

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 But let's ask

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 what about denying

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 Jesus like Peter did?

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 Can we say

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 Jesus died

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 for those who

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 deny him?

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 Well let's look

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 how this story ends.

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 This story is ending

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 it's a bit

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 ambiguous isn't it?

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 So end of verse 72

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 these last few words

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 and he broke down

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 and wept.

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 This short paragraph

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 it doesn't tell us

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 about Peter's fate.

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 We have to read on

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 to the resurrection

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 in chapter 16

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 where we see

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 that Jesus

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 he wants to meet

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 with Peter

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 and we see

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 Peter does not

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 deny him anymore

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 he's restored to Jesus

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 and if you come

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 on a Tuesday lunchtime

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 you can hear

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 Peter's own words

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 of the greatness

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 of his salvation

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 as we preach

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 to one Peter.

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 So it's looking ahead

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 that we can know

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 and we can say

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 that Christ died

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 for Peter's sin.

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 Peter denies Christ

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 but he doesn't

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.259
 keep denying Christ.

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 There is no salvation

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 for those who deny

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 Jesus forever.

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 there needs to be repentance

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 and we see

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 this glimmer

00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:56.779
 of hope

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 at the end.

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 And he broke down

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 and wept.

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 Peter weeps

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.219
 over his sin

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 and he weeps

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.399
 over the words

00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:07.919
 of Jesus.

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 So it's not just

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 sadness in general

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 he weeps

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 over the words

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 of Jesus.

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 This is a glimmer

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.019
 of repentance.

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 It is a Jesus

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 centered weeping.

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 In Matthew's gospel

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 we hear

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.759
 about Judas

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 after Judas

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 betrayed Jesus

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 it only says

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.360
 that he changed

00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:27.980
 his mind

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 and he felt

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 bad about it

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.960
 but he didn't

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.300
 weep.

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 There was no

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.920
 seeking after Jesus

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.820
 after his sin.

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 You know

00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:37.980
 Judas

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 hangs himself.

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 That isn't

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.440
 seeking Jesus

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:41.940
 that's seeking

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.920
 to escape Jesus.

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.840
 But Peter

00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:46.480
 weeps

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:48.559
 and that is

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.180
 the right way

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:50.059
 to react to sin.

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.940
 It's to recall

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.819
 the words of Jesus

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.500
 and weep.

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 Not in despair

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:57.660
 not to be

00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.700
 hopelessly crushed

00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:00.380
 but to hate

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.960
 our sin

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.640
 and to turn

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.160
 to Jesus.

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.860
 And that is

00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:05.259
 what happens

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.819
 with Peter.

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.559
 There is hope

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.400
 for this man.

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.980
 There is hope

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.500
 for Peter.

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.360
 And so as we

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:13.319
 see the story

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.819
 of Peter

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:15.240
 this very bad

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.480
 sinner

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.380
 and as we

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:17.579
 as we watch

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.360
 this red carpet

00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:19.579
 we see one

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.220
 final thing.

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.240
 There is hope

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:23.240
 for failed

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.779
 Christians.

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.380
 There is hope

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:27.920
 for failed

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.420
 Christians.

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.380
 Peter

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.079
 isn't just

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.680
 a very bad

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:32.980
 sinner.

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.579
 Peter was

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.380
 a backslider.

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.620
 A backslider

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.259
 is someone

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.740
 who's walked

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.259
 with Jesus

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.160
 but who's

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.940
 fallen away.

00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.120
 So

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:43.240
 not completely

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.000
 just fallen

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.960
 away for a time

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.259
 and in this

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.880
 moment

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.240
 Peter

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.039
 is a lapsed

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.440
 Christian.

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:49.740
 Someone who

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.519
 confessed Jesus

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.940
 and then denied

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.440
 Jesus.

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.140
 Peter was a

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.759
 backslider

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:57.120
 and here

00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.840
 in this passage

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.539
 we see

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.220
 that is very

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.039
 much a possibility

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.799
 for Christians.

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.420
 It's a warning

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.960
 for us.

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.279
 A sobering

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.460
 warning.

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.620
 This moment

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.100
 of the red

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.440
 carpet

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.860
 tells about

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.740
 what the cross

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.480
 will be like.

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:12.240
 we learn

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.839
 the cross

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.339
 is something

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.920
 we will be

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.400
 tempted to

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:14.900
 be ashamed

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.259
 of,

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.880
 to deny,

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.339
 to walk

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.960
 away from

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:20.799
 and that

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.160
 might be

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.519
 like you

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.980
 this evening.

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.900
 You might

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.339
 be like

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.720
 Peter

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.019
 and you

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.059
 grew up

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.559
 as a Christian

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.240
 and you

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.640
 confessed

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.259
 Jesus as the

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.640
 Christ

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.640
 but you've

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.059
 now walked

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.440
 away

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.880
 or you're

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.400
 living in

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.799
 sin and

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.079
 you're not

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.460
 willing to

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.980
 return.

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.700
 People may

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.440
 ask you

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.600
 if you

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.019
 know

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.360
 Jesus

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:39.640
 and you

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:39.759
 would

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.080
 deny

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.460
 it

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.240
 even

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.380
 though

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.519
 you

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.759
 might

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:41.980
 have

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.460
 before

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:44.340
 but you

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:44.740
 are here

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.039
 tonight

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.700
 in church

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:47.380
 like Peter

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:47.759
 you're

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.580
 still in

00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.160
 the courtyard

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:51.000
 and you

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.500
 can't let

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.900
 go of

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.180
 Jesus

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.860
 entirely.

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.100
 Well learn

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.559
 from Peter

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:55.880
 tonight

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.240
 there is

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.900
 still hope

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.279
 for you.

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:58.680
 There's

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.140
 forgiveness

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.680
 for those

00:22:59.680 --> 00:22:59.920
 who have

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.200
 denied

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.779
 Christ

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:03.039
 or maybe

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.340
 you know

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:03.820
 someone like

00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:04.140
 that

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.420
 and they're

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.700
 on your

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.160
 heart

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:07.320
 and you

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:07.800
 pray for

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.000
 them

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.340
 and you

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:08.820
 long for

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 them to

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 return

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 this is

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 all the

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 more reason

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 to pray

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 for them.

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 We don't

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 know the

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 Lord's

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 will

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 but we

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 see even

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 with someone

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 like Peter

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 someone who

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 has denied

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 Christ this

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 publicly

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 and aggressively

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 they can

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 return

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 and if that

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 is you

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 tonight

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 you can

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 come back

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 to Christ

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 he knows

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 your sin

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 and he

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 wants you

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 to return

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 it may

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 feel shameful

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 coming back

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 to church

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 and you

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 might be

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 worried about

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 what people

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 think

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 but we

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 won't be

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 shocked

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 we will

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 rejoice

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 forgiveness

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 was for

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 Peter

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 and it

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 can be

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 for you

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 too

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 but this

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 also goes

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 for all

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 those in

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 Christ

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 any

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 Christian

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 here today

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 there is

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 great

00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:55.659
 hope

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 and forgiveness

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 for the

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 failed

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 Christian

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 for any

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 believer

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.939
 here tonight

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 we can

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 so easily

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 feel like

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 Peter

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 can't we

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 we look

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.079
 at our

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 sin

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 we look

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 how we've

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 fallen

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 and maybe

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 you have

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 a particular

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 sin in

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 mind

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 when I

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 say that

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 and we

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 think about

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 it

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 and we

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 think

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 how could

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 I have

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 done that

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 how could

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 I have

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 done that

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.920
 to Christ

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 and we

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 weep

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 over what

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 we've done

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 and it

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 pains us

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 well there

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.839
 is astounding

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.359
 forgiveness

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:31.899
 for you

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 you're not

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.139
 some sort

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 of lost

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 cause

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.480
 no the

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.000
 cross

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.179
 is still

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 and always

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.299
 will be

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 your salvation

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 the cross

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 is salvation

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 for sinners

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 exactly like

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 you

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 as we

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 stand by

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 this red

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:48.039
 carpet

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.720
 we see

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 that Jesus

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 is heading

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 to the

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 cross

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 for failed

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 Christians

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 not perfect

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.559
 Christians

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 not sinless

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.639
 Christians

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 no Jesus

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.020
 went to

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 the cross

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 for Peter

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 he went

00:25:00.780 --> 00:25:01.500
 to the cross

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.180
 for Christians

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.620
 like me

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 and you

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.480
 failed

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 Christians

00:25:04.020 --> 00:25:06.080
 and there

00:25:06.080 --> 00:25:07.120
 is astounding

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.640
 forgiveness

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.320
 for us

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 Jesus

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 carried the

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.280
 weight of

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 shocking sins

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.660
 on his

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.020
 shoulders

00:25:14.020 --> 00:25:15.640
 even the

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:15.920
 sin of

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.300
 denial

00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:17.580
 and he

00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:17.980
 did it

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.460
 knowing how

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.040
 bad our

00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:19.520
 sin is

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 so yes

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 this is an

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.520
 ugly passage

00:25:23.520 --> 00:25:25.620
 but in so

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 many ways

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.419
 it is

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:26.899
 beautiful

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 there is

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.459
 hope

00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:29.719
 for

00:25:29.719 --> 00:25:30.199
 failed

00:25:30.199 --> 00:25:30.899
 Christians

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 a few

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.359
 years after

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:35.899
 this scene

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 in the

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:36.719
 courtyard

00:25:36.719 --> 00:25:38.079
 the apostle

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 Peter

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.019
 this man

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 in the

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 courtyard

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 he wrote

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 these words

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:43.439
 he himself

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:44.240
 bore our

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.919
 sins in

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.399
 his body

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.699
 on the

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:46.000
 tree

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:48.919
 what sin

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:49.519
 did he

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.839
 bear on

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.240
 that tree

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.539
 it was

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.019
 this sin

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.639
 and it

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:53.960
 was our

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.319
 sin

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:57.319
 those words

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.700
 were written

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.279
 by a very

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.799
 bad sinner

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.599
 but praise

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.000
 God

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.119
 Jesus died

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.799
 for very

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.559
 bad sinners

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:05.180
 amen

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.700
 let me pray

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:07.819
 to

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:07.819


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 to

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 to

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 to

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 to

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