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 Well, thank you very much, Alistair, for reading that passage for us.

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 We are going to be spending the next 20 minutes or so looking at this passage in John 13.

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! I should introduce myself. I'm Craig. I'm a pastor in training here at Brunsfield.

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 And I want to extend Graham's welcome, especially if this is your first time here,

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 or maybe you've not come here too many times before. You're very welcome here.

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 As Graham said, this is Good Friday. This is one of the most important events.

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 In the Christian calendar. And Graham stole my thunder already. In my introduction,

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 I was going to ask ourselves, why is this day called Good Friday? Now, you may have seen this

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 cartoon. It's maybe a little bit far away. I'll read it out for you. You may have seen it before.

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 I hate the term Good Friday. Why? My Lord was hanged on a tree that day.

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 If you were going to be hanged on that day and he volunteered to take your place,

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 how would you feel? Good. Have a nice day.

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 Now, the reason Good Friday is called Good is because our Lord Jesus chose to die in our place on the cross so that we wouldn't have to.

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 That is what Good Friday is all about.

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 And we know that Easter Sunday is coming. We know that Jesus has risen.

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 But we pause on Friday to reflect on the love and the humility of Jesus and the depths that he went to to save sinners like us.

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 So that's what we're going to do this evening.

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 But you may be asking, why are we spending our evening thinking about John 13?

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 A passage all about feet.

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 Now, that's a very good question.

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 John 13 may seem like an odd place to go on Good Friday,

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 but it is full of reflections of the cross.

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 John 13 is great because we see Jesus in action and his actions, his love and his humility all point towards the cross

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 where his love, grace and humble service was ultimately displayed.

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 So it's my intention this evening to keep pointing forwards from John 13 to the cross

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 to show how Jesus's love was fully displayed.

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 So our big idea tonight is that Jesus lovingly and humbly invites all people to come to him

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 to be washed clean from their sins and to follow in his example of love and service.

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 That is the big idea that we're thinking about tonight.

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 So do come along with me as we track through this story.

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 Keep your Bibles open in front of you.

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 We're going to make lots of references to the verses in the chapter.

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 And we're going to start in verses 1 to 5.

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 So just a run through of what we're going to look at.

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 We're going to start in 1 to 5 and see that Jesus serves his followers because he loves them.

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 Then in verses 6 to 11, we'll focus on the humility of Jesus

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 and see how he humbly invites everyone to come to him and be washed from sin.

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 And then finally, we're going to look at verses 12 to 17

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 and we'll see that Jesus gives his followers an example to follow.

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 So that's where we're going tonight.

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 So let's start in verses 1 to 5.

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 Jesus serves his followers because he loves them.

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 Now, this story features Jesus and his disciples

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 and they are spending time in Jerusalem.

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 And we see in verse 1 that they are on the cusp of a really important festival.

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 That is the festival of Passover.

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 Now, Passover was a celebration of God's rescue of his people,

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 the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt.

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 And so they meet every year to celebrate and to remember that time.

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 So the disciples and Jesus, they're gathered together for this festival.

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 And the next thing we're told is that an evening meal is in progress.

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 They are enjoying the Passover supper together.

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 Now, this is the meal that is famously known as the Last Supper.

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 You may have heard of that.

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 It's depicted in a very famous piece of art.

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 And it is the last meal that Jesus shared with his disciples

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 before he went to his death and before he was resurrected.

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 And in John's Gospel, there are five chapters devoted to the events

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 and the discourse which takes place at this meal.

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 So it is a very important scene, the Last Supper.

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 Now, looking at our passage in verse 1,

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 we're told that Jesus knew that the time had come

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 for him to leave the world and go back to the Father.

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 We see that in verse 1.

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 Now, this means that he has entered the last and most important scene

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 of his life, of his earthly ministry.

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 He knows what is coming in the next 24 hours.

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 His death on the cross, his resurrection from the dead,

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 and finally, his ascension to heaven.

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 That's all to come very soon.

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 And Jesus' imminent suffering on the cross

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 for the sins of the world,

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 it's fully on his mind at this moment during this meal.

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 Now, it's probably not something that you've ever thought about before,

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 but how would you prepare if you knew you were about to suffer a horrible death?

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 That's a bit of a grim thought, isn't it?

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 How would you prepare yourself if you knew that was coming?

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 I think I would give up.

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 I think I would curl up in a ball.

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 I want it to pass quickly.

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 Or maybe I would try and run away and delay the inevitable.

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 What would you do?

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 Well, despite heading towards a horrible death,

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 Jesus wasn't concerned about saving himself.

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 He wasn't concerned about running away.

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 His greatest concern was for his followers, his disciples.

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 Now, we're told in verse 1 that having loved his disciples up till now,

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 Jesus chose to love them to the end.

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 Literally, Jesus chose to love them to the uttermost.

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 Everything Jesus was about to do,

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 from the foot washing to his suffering and death on the cross,

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 he did it because of his immense love for his followers.

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 Now, we have a very low view of love in our society, in our world.

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 What are some of the things that we say that we love?

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 What do you love?

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 Well, I love pizza.

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 I love dogs.

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 I love the Star Wars franchise.

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 That's a bit of a controversial one.

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 Not everybody does.

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 And I love the Scottish Islands.

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 I love getting out and about.

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 Now, maybe some of you might say that you love your family.

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 You love your children or your parents or your spouse or your siblings.

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 What do you love?

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 Who are the people that you love?

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 How far does your love go?

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 How much do you love the things that you love and the people that you love?

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 Can you quantify it?

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 Or to ask a slightly different question.

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 How much does God love us?

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 Now, because of our fallen view of love, because we're sinners,

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 we fail to appreciate the magnitude of Jesus' love for us.

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 The love that we experience for others is only a shadow of the immense love that Jesus has for us.

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 And I don't think we'll fully grasp how great Jesus' love is for us in this life.

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 But Jesus loved his followers, and he demonstrated that by stooping low and washing their feet.

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 What a strange thing to do.

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 We're going to think a little bit more about that in a minute.

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 But this was just a reflection of the ultimate expression of his love.

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 As I said before, in less than 24 hours' time, Jesus would die for the ones that he loves.

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 For his disciples, for his followers, but also for you and I.

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 He died for us, too, on that cross.

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 But apart from dying, what was Jesus doing on the cross?

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 Well, he was willingly enduring the punishment of God that we deserve for our sins.

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 Every wrong thought, every wrong word or deed that we have done,

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 that judgmental thought that we've had for somebody else,

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 that impatient word that we said that we snapped,

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 or that selfish action that we performed.

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 Jesus hung on the cross and suffered for that action,

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 and for that thought and for that word and every other sin that we have committed in our lives,

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 so that we wouldn't have to bear the punishment for it.

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 So what was he doing?

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 He was willingly suffering the punishment that we deserve for everything that we've done.

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 And why did he endure it for us?

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 Because he loves us to the uttermost.

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 So in the last days and hours of Jesus' life,

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 he sets his sights on the cross.

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 He knows what it will cost him,

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 but he goes towards it,

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 because he loves undeserving sinners like you and I,

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 and he loves us to the uttermost.

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 Now the other thing that we see in these first few verses

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 is that Jesus knows certain things.

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 Now I wondered, as we went through the passage,

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 and you can look at it again now,

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 I wondered if you noticed all the kind of knowing

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 or understanding language that we see.

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 I counted seven instances of the words knowing or knew or understanding.

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 But what does Jesus know?

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 And what is the significance of him knowing these particular things?

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 Well, in verse 1,

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 Jesus knows that his death was imminent.

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 Now, maybe if you saw it in verse 2,

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 Jesus knows that his death is imminent,

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 but there is a certain trouble brewing in the background.

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 Satan is at work.

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 He wishes to unsettle Jesus,

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 to distract him.

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 He wishes to swerve Jesus from his path of salvation.

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 We're told that Satan had already prompted Judas to betray Jesus.

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 Satan uses someone who is close to Jesus,

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 someone who Jesus loves with that great love

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 that we thought about a minute ago.

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 But Jesus is not unaware.

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 The next thing that we see that Jesus knew,

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 it's all the way in verse 11, halfway through.

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 Jesus knew who was going to betray him.

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 What else does Jesus know?

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 Verse 3,

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 In other words,

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 Jesus knows that he had true power and control in this situation.

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 And we're told that Jesus knew where he had come from.

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 And we're told that Jesus knew where he was going.

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 Jesus had come from the throne room in heaven.

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 Then he stepped down into earth.

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 And Jesus was going back to that throne very soon

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 after his death and resurrection.

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 And as Jesus later hung on the cross,

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 it looked like he had lost.

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 It looked like the forces of evil had won.

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 But even then,

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 as Jesus gasped and struggled for breath,

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 he knew in that moment

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 that the whole of the created order was under his control.

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 Even in that moment,

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 Jesus was holding the universe together

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 by the power of his word.

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 What an amazing thing.

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 And as those mockers taunted him

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 and told him to come down from the cross,

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 if you are indeed the Son of God,

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 why don't you bring yourself down?

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 Why don't you come off that cross?

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 It doesn't look like you're so great after all.

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 Jesus knew that he could come down,

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 didn't he?

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 But he chose to remain there

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 to keep suffering until his last breath

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 because of his tremendous love for us.

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 He chose to remain on the cross

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 knowing that he was suffering

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 and dying to buy back the people that he loved

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 from the curse of sin.

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 And he chose to remain on the cross

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 knowing that his destiny

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 with the Father on the throne of heaven

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 was sure.

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 Can you imagine a greater expression of love?

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 Do you know of a greater expression of love?

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 Often when we watch movies

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 and we see great examples of sacrifice,

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 Hollywood is just copying this idea of Jesus.

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 I don't think we know of a greater expression of love.

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 Now, on the cross,

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 Jesus was fulfilling the very words

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 that he would go on to say

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 a few minutes later to his friends

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 in chapter 15.

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 Jesus says that

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 greater love has no one than this,

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 that someone laid down his life for his friends.

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 You are my friends

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 if you do what I command you.

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 Jesus lays down his life for his friends.

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 That is you and I today.

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 So with these things in his mind,

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 what's in his mind?

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 So his imminent death is in his mind,

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 the forefront of his mind.

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 In his mind is his tremendous love for his disciples

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 and also in his mind,

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 that knowledge of his power and his destiny.

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 And with these things in his mind,

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 he rises up from the table.

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 He takes off his outer garment.

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 He wraps a towel around his waist.

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 He prepares a bowl of water

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 and he begins to wash and dry

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 the feet of his disciples.

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 Did you see the meticulous description

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 of Jesus' actions in these verses?

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 The writer uses six verbs.

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 When he could have just used one or two,

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 he could have just said,

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 Jesus got up and started washing the disciples' feet.

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 This is a very visual scene.

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 You can almost picture Jesus doing these things.

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 Getting up,

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 taking his outer garment off,

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 wrapping a towel around his waist,

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 filling the bowl with water,

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 and then bending down.

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 And you can imagine the disciples

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 looking on,

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 slightly stunned.

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 Okay, so let's look at our next part.

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 So verses six to 11,

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 Jesus humbly invites everyone

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 to come and be washed from sin.

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 So let's get back into the action

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 in chapter 13.

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 Jesus comes over to Peter

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 with a bowl of water

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 and he expects to watch Peter's feet.

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 Now, that might seem like a strange thing to do,

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 but at that time in the first century

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 in Jerusalem,

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 this was a perfectly normal thing to do.

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 It was a hot country

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 and these folks likely went around wearing sandals.

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 And by the end of the day,

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 their feet would have been filthy.

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 Their feet would have been covered in sweat

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 and dust and dirt and dung

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 that lay all over the streets in Jerusalem.

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 So it was normal

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 on entering someone's home

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 to have your feet cleaned.

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 maybe by a servant

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 if you entered a house

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 of someone who was rich.

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 So,

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 what is unusual

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 in this instance

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 is that Jesus performs his action

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 in the middle of the meal.

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 I don't know if you noticed that

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 in verse two,

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 that the meal has already begun.

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 It's in progress.

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 You've got to ask yourself the question,

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 why had this not been done already?

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 Why didn't someone else

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 stoop to wash their feet?

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 Wasn't there a servant in attendance

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 to do this?

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 Why didn't one of the disciples do it?

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 These are questions

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 that we don't have answers to,

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 but I'm sure the disciples

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 must have felt super awkward

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 when Jesus got up

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 and started to do it.

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 Now,

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 the reason that Peter

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 objects

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 so strongly

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 to Jesus washing

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 his feet

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 in verse six

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 is because he recognizes

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 that as their master

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 and teacher,

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 it is completely

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 inappropriate

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 for Jesus

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 to stoop

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 and serve his followers

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 in this slowly manner.

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 Peter literally says

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 in verse six,

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 would you,

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 such a one

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 as you are,

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 wash the feet

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 of such a one

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 as I am?

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 Peter recognizes

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 that Jesus

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 is far greater

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 than him.

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 This was not the job

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 for the master.

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 We're supposed to be struck

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 by Jesus'

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 humility here.

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 Jesus isn't just doing

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 a weird thing.

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 He's choosing

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 to bend

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 low.

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 Now,

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 just like Jesus' love,

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 sometimes Christians

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 can be prone

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 to over-familiarity

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 with the idea

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 of Jesus

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 having humility.

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 But when we grasp

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 who Jesus is

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 and where he had

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 come from,

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 the heights of glory,

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 then we can better

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 understand how this

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 was a lowly task

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 for him.

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 Think of the dirt,

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 the sweat,

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 and the dung

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 that Jesus had

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 to come into contact

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 with as he washed

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 their feet.

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 Now,

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 as we point forward

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 to the cross again,

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 this foot-washing scene

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 points to an even

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.960
 greater example

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 of Jesus' humility.

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 It is at the cross

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 where Jesus goes

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 as low

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 as it's possible

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 to go

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 to cleanse us

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 from the dirt

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 and dung

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 of sin

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 in our lives.

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 So,

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.179
 Jesus stepped down

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 from the glory

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 of heaven

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 and to use

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 the words

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 of Philippians

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 chapter 2,

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 Paul describes

00:20:10.820 --> 00:20:11.680
 Jesus' humility

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 really well.

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.660
 Jesus steps down

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 from the glory

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.700
 of heaven.

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 He made himself

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 nothing

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 by taking

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 the nature

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 of a servant

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 and being made

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 in human likeness.

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 Then he humbled

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 himself

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 by becoming

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 obedient

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 to death.

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 We see in these

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 verses

00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:31.279
 this sort of

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 double humbling

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 of Jesus.

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:34.420
 he humbled

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 himself

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 as he stepped

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 down

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 to the earth

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 and took

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 on a human

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 body.

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 Then he humbled

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 himself again

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 as he went

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 willingly

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 to the cross

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 and suffered

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 a cruel

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 and unjust

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 and torturous

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 and deeply

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:51.319
 humiliating death.

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.940
 Jesus' death,

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 it wasn't just

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 painful for him.

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 It was deeply

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 shocking

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 and it was

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 completely shameful

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 for him.

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 The whole point

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 of crucifixion

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 was to make

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 an example

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 of the victim.

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 Look how

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 terrible they are.

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 Look how

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 shameful a death

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.859
 that they are

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 experiencing.

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 The cross

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.419
 of Christ

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:20.799
 is a total

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.859
 scandal.

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 Never

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.039
 was there

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:25.059
 one so

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 undeserving

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:27.159
 of that sentence.

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 The creator

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 of the universe

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.819
 was put

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 to death

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 on a cross

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 made of

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 the very

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.900
 wood

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.460
 that he

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 thought up

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 that he

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.100
 designed

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:37.740
 and created.

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 As we

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.779
 consider the

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.180
 shame

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:42.480
 and lowly

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.819
 nature

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.460
 of Jesus'

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.120
 death,

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.360
 let us be

00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:46.839
 filled

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.900
 again

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.579
 with awe,

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.920
 with thankfulness

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:51.200
 that Jesus

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.279
 chose to tread

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.440
 this path

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:55.000
 to save us.

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.460
 So,

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.279
 we thought

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.019
 about the love

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:59.559
 and the humility

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.660
 of Jesus.

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.299
 But what does

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.139
 Jesus want to

00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.539
 teach his

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.160
 disciples in

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.579
 this scene?

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.180
 Well, after

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.740
 a further

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.980
 objection from

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.519
 Peter in

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.079
 verse 8,

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:11.079
 Jesus says

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.839
 more firmly

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.500
 this time,

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:15.759
 unless I

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.400
 wash you,

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.180
 you have no

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.660
 part with

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:17.900
 me.

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.140
 Unless you

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.880
 accept my

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.279
 washing,

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.619
 you will

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.000
 have no

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.819
 part with

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.059
 me.

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.440
 Unless you

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.079
 accept what

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.599
 I'm doing,

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.339
 you can't

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:29.019
 join me in

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.480
 my kingdom.

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.680
 With the

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.339
 cross looming,

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.880
 this act of

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.500
 foot washing

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:38.180
 is a picture

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.279
 of the

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.100
 washing of

00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:41.539
 souls that

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.200
 Jesus is

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.820
 soon to

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.680
 offer to

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.460
 all people.

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.860
 Jesus

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:48.360
 insisted that

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.759
 he washed

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.700
 everyone's feet

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.279
 in that room.

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.980
 Judas

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.720
 hasn't departed

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.140
 the scene

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.380
 yet.

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:56.900
 Jesus

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.680
 insists on

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.820
 washing all

00:22:58.820 --> 00:22:59.120
 of their

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.519
 feet,

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:01.200
 not because

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.700
 the action

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:03.039
 itself cleansed

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.700
 their souls,

00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:05.000
 it certainly

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.660
 did not.

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:08.019
 Jesus

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.440
 washes their

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.820
 feet because

00:23:10.820 --> 00:23:11.440
 it is a

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.500
 clear picture

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.440
 of the soul

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.980
 cleansing that

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.580
 Jesus was

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.019
 about to

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.900
 offer to

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.960
 all people

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:19.019
 through the

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.460
 cross,

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.960
 even to

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.440
 people like

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.840
 Judas,

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.180
 even to

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.740
 people who

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.420
 would ultimately

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.580
 reject him.

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.620
 Jesus

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.580
 explains to

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:28.860
 Peter,

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.480
 unless I

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.060
 wash away

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.620
 your sins,

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:31.980
 Peter,

00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:35.100
 you have

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.560
 no

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.759
 part with

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.000
 me.

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.639
 And Jesus

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.179
 speaks the

00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:39.740
 same word

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.299
 to us

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.659
 today.

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.819
 Unless you

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.279
 come to

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.720
 Jesus and

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.519
 accept the

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.399
 soul cleansing

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.539
 that he

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.299
 offers you,

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.399
 then the

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.059
 filth and

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.639
 stains of

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.940
 sin will

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.399
 forever

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:53.179
 remain in

00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:53.720
 your heart.

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.919
 There is

00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:56.259
 nothing else

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.819
 that we can

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.839
 do to make

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.539
 ourselves clean

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:58.980
 before a

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.440
 holy God.

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.779
 Before a

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.259
 holy God.

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.059
 Only Jesus

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.200
 can offer

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.419
 the soul

00:24:05.419 --> 00:24:06.139
 cleansing

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.839
 that we

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.200
 need from

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.539
 sin.

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.819
 Because he

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.639
 himself was

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.539
 without sin.

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.379
 He was a

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.960
 perfect,

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.099
 spotless

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.480
 lamb.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.940
 And he was

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.559
 offered up as

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.220
 a sinless

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.419
 sacrifice.

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.159
 And his

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:20.259
 blood was

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.000
 poured out

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.480
 at the

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.919
 cross,

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.579
 purifying

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.559
 sinners from

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.639
 their uncleanness.

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.460
 And this is

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.759
 very sacrificial,

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.279
 ritualistic language.

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.359
 It pictures

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.539
 the sin

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.180
 cleansing that

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.639
 the Israelites

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.200
 went through

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.539
 in the Old

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:33.899
 Testament.

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.339
 And if you

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.720
 want to read

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.480
 a bit more

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.879
 about how

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:37.240
 Jesus fulfills

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.099
 these kind

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.700
 of ritual

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.379
 cleansing

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.680
 requirements,

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.399
 then Hebrews

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:41.940
 is a really

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.660
 good book

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.720
 to go to.

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.740
 But without

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.559
 going too

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.019
 much further

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.720
 into that,

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.079
 I want to

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.619
 say that these

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.119
 are the most

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.279
 important claims

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.759
 of the

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.639
 Christian faith.

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.500
 All of

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.639
 humanity has

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.160
 been defiled

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.660
 by sin,

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:58.460
 but Jesus

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.540
 offers salvation

00:24:59.540 --> 00:25:00.720
 to all

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.120
 people,

00:25:01.820 --> 00:25:02.660
 even to

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.160
 those who

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.880
 continually

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:05.140
 reject him,

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.820
 and he

00:25:06.820 --> 00:25:08.120
 alone is

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.720
 able to

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.100
 wash us

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:10.060
 clean and

00:25:10.060 --> 00:25:10.480
 make us

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.140
 acceptable

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.779
 before a

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.279
 holy God.

00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:13.180
 These are

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.400
 exclusive claims

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.240
 of Christianity.

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.360
 Jesus asked

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.180
 everyone today,

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.320
 come and

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:21.200
 accept my

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.660
 offer of

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.019
 cleansing.

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.480
 Come to

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.740
 me and

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.200
 be made

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.860
 clean.

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:28.740
 Okay,

00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:30.340
 finally and

00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:30.680
 briefly,

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.480
 in verses

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.940
 12 to

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.480
 17,

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:34.980
 Jesus gives

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.600
 his followers

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:37.060
 an example

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:37.920
 to follow.

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.519
 In verse

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.880
 12,

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.580
 Jesus puts

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.120
 back on

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:43.560
 his outer

00:25:43.560 --> 00:25:43.980
 cloak.

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.340
 He returns

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:45.940
 to his place

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.180
 at the

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.460
 table,

00:25:47.300 --> 00:25:48.200
 and he

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.620
 asks his

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.040
 disciples,

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.700
 do you

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.380
 understand

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.519
 what I've

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.420
 just done

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.880
 for you?

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:55.300
 Now,

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.020
 you rightly

00:25:56.020 --> 00:25:56.540
 call me

00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:57.720
 teacher and

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.060
 Lord,

00:25:58.320 --> 00:25:58.840
 for that

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.160
 is who

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.600
 I am.

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.620
 So now,

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.720
 as I,

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.420
 your teacher

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.980
 and your

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.340
 Lord,

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.340
 have washed

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:06.000
 your feet,

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.100
 then you

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:08.040
 also ought

00:26:08.040 --> 00:26:08.500
 to do

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.280
 the same

00:26:09.280 --> 00:26:09.860
 for one

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.240
 another.

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.460
 Now,

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.480
 Jesus isn't

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.540
 expecting all

00:26:13.540 --> 00:26:13.780
 of his

00:26:13.780 --> 00:26:14.340
 followers and

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.420
 for Christians

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.020
 throughout the

00:26:16.020 --> 00:26:16.640
 ages to come

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.380
 to wash

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.840
 each other's

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.140
 feet.

00:26:19.260 --> 00:26:19.900
 Rather,

00:26:20.040 --> 00:26:20.460
 this is a

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:22.020
 picture of

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.619
 what he

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.599
 was going

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.079
 to do.

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.460
 So,

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.359
 Jesus wants

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.500
 us to

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.400
 follow his

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.480
 example of

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.359
 stooping really

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.920
 low and

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.779
 serving others

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.000
 out of love.

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:35.139
 Do as I

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.720
 have done,

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.539
 he says.

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.000
 Now,

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.180
 it's like a

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:40.220
 football coach

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.980
 demonstrating a

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.519
 drill out in

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.900
 the practice

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:44.440
 field and

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.059
 expecting the

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.940
 players to

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:47.460
 go about

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.019
 the same

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.259
 drill.

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.980
 I've just

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.440
 shown you how

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.940
 to do it.

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.779
 now you

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.140
 can do it

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.480
 like me.

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.820
 Or like a

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:54.759
 master tradesman

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.240
 showing his

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.940
 apprentice how

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.779
 to perform a

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.559
 particular skill.

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.240
 Now that

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.660
 you've seen

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.320
 me do it,

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.000
 now I expect

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.500
 you to do

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.860
 it too.

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.860
 It's not

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:07.440
 easy and

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.660
 it will

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.340
 require us

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.140
 to swallow

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:10.059
 our pride

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:11.380
 and stoop

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.660
 low,

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.000
 but Jesus

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.680
 says himself

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.059
 in verse

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.620
 17,

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:15.960
 there is

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:17.340
 great blessing

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.480
 when we

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:18.980
 choose to

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.039
 love and

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.920
 humbly serve

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.399
 one another

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:21.899
 in this

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.119
 way.

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.779
 Now,

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.359
 we've spent

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.779
 a lot of

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.180
 time this

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.440
 evening

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.539
 reflecting on

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.200
 the amazing

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.659
 love,

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.299
 the amazing

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.480
 humility that

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.279
 Jesus displayed

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:34.059
 on the cross

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:35.720
 in order to

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.420
 offer us a

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.259
 full and

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.539
 final deep

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.299
 clean for

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.980
 our souls.

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.659
 And we will

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.180
 have a moment

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.299
 very soon to

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.639
 quietly reflect

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.519
 and express our

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.240
 thanks to

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.200
 Jesus in

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.579
 our hearts

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:47.880
 as we

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.519
 spend time

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.180
 during

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.700
 communion.

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.900
 But I

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.279
 just want to

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.500
 say before

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.880
 we get

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.099
 there,

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.620
 for those

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.180
 here tonight

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.519
 who have

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.359
 not accepted

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.500
 Jesus'

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:58.440
 offer of

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.880
 cleansing

00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:00.420
 and forgiveness

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.480
 for your

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.000
 sins,

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.359
 he offers

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.940
 you now

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:06.480
 to come

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.220
 and be

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.480
 clean.

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.519
 You can

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.019
 see that in

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.539
 these verses.

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.059
 You can

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.740
 pray to him

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.380
 in your heart

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.940
 tonight and

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.579
 ask him to

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.199
 forgive you

00:28:15.199 --> 00:28:16.319
 and clean

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.799
 you and

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.099
 you can

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.480
 say to

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.699
 him,

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.220
 I commit

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.159
 to follow

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:22.059
 you with

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.639
 my life.

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.699
 I commit

00:28:23.699 --> 00:28:24.159
 to follow

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.619
 you as

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.099
 my Lord

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.759
 and my

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.000
 master.

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.240
 And we

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.480
 can do

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.079
 that tonight

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.079
 if that

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.460
 is you.

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.960
 See the

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.439
 tremendous

00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:32.179
 love that

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:32.639
 he has for

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:32.899
 you.

00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:34.639
 See how

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.240
 low he

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.919
 stooped to

00:28:36.919 --> 00:28:37.500
 save you.

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.299
 Come to

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.779
 him and

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.279
 be made

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.819
 clean.

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.039
 And for

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.339
 those of

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.920
 us who

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.879
 are

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.500
 followers of

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.700
 Jesus,

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.200
 who have

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.359
 been

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.680
 following

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.359
 him and

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.740
 have been

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.180
 washed

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:50.319
 by him.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.839
 Now the

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.799
 right response

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.139
 to him

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.940
 now after

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.680
 being forgiven,

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.379
 after having

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:58.039
 our debt

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.639
 of sin

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.220
 erased,

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.319
 after being

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.460
 loved by

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.339
 him so

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.799
 much,

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.119
 the only

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.799
 appropriate

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.519
 response

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.599
 now is

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.099
 to worship

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.619
 him with

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.839
 praise and

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.559
 thankfulness

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.920
 and to do

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.319
 as he

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.879
 says,

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.500
 to swallow

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.139
 our pride

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.819
 and seek

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:18.279
 ways to

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.859
 serve one

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.179
 another

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.679
 humbly

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:21.039
 and lovingly.

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.839
 Are there

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.439
 ways that

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:25.720
 you could

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.819
 practically

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:28.299
 love and

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.899
 serve somebody

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.439
 this week?

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.740
 Maybe there's

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.119
 someone that's

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.519
 been on your

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.839
 mind.

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.599
 Maybe you

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.039
 could check

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.659
 in and pray

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.139
 for someone

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.659
 that you've

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.339
 not seen

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.099
 for a

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.359
 while.

00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:38.839
 Or maybe

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.359
 you could go

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.099
 towards somebody

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.500
 that you

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.659
 know has

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.219
 been struggling

00:29:42.219 --> 00:29:43.740
 even if you

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.359
 don't know

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:45.500
 what to

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.779
 say.

00:29:46.959 --> 00:29:47.819
 I'll let you

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.299
 fill in the

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.399
 blanks in

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.939
 your mind.

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:52.279
 Who and

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.679
 how can

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:54.179
 you love

00:29:54.179 --> 00:29:55.639
 this week

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:57.339
 and humbly

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.019
 and lovingly

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.399
 serve

00:29:58.399 --> 00:30:01.199
 in the same

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.559
 way that

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.119
 Jesus has

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.659
 lovingly

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.819
 and served

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.159
 us?

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.459
 Let's ask

00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:06.959
 him to help

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.319
 us.

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:09.200
 Let's pray.

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.539
 Our Lord

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:18.860
 Jesus,

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.819
 we thank

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:23.279
 you for

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.420
 this scene

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.140
 in John

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.600
 13.

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 We thank

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 you that

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 your life

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 was so

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 clearly set

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 out in the

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 Gospels

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 that we can

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 read it

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 today and

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 see how

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 you love

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 us.

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 See how

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 you stooped

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 so low

00:30:40.560 --> 00:30:40.940
 for your

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 disciples

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.560
 in this

00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:42.960
 particular

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 scene but

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 that we

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.360
 can see

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 how at

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 the cross

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 you went

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 so low

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 the creator

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 of the

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 universe

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 and you

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 willingly

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 gave your

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 life up

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.380
 on the

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.759
 cross.

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 You

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 didn't

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 just suffer

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 pain but

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 you endured

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 the wrath

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 and the

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.440
 punishment

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.960
 of God

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.940
 that we

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.300
 deserve

00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:00.539
 Lord.

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 And we

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.340
 confess

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:01.620
 Lord

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.860
 Jesus

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.400
 that we

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:02.779
 have

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.580
 messed

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:03.960
 up so

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.460
 many times

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 we've

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 sinned,

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:05.900
 we've

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.259
 rejected

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 you,

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.320
 we've

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.640
 told you

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.280
 we don't

00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:08.740
 want anything

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.060
 to do

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.500
 with you

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.660
 and Lord

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.220
 we are

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.780
 sorry for

00:31:11.780 --> 00:31:13.240
 that but

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.640
 we thank

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.000
 you so

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.360
 much that

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.940
 you have

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.460
 gone to

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.880
 the cross

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.240
 on Good

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.320
 Friday and

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:17.540
 that you

00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:18.560
 have suffered

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:19.019
 and died

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.320
 in our

00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:21.220
 place and

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.540
 that you

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:21.980
 hold out

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.500
 to us

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:24.080
 today this

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.740
 offer of

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.160
 forgiveness

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:26.660
 and washing

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:28.000
 of our

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:29.740
 sins and

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.160
 that you

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.000
 can make

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.440
 us perfectly

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.200
 clean and

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.680
 perfectly

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.580
 acceptable

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:36.240
 before a

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.799
 holy God

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:38.259
 we thank

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.519
 you that

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.920
 you have

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.340
 done that

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.940
 for us

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:41.519
 Lord I

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.900
 just pray

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.440
 for those

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.120
 here tonight

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.700
 who have

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.980
 not grasped

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.880
 what you

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.220
 have done

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.779
 for us

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.900
 I just

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.340
 pray that

00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:48.640
 you would

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.080
 be speaking

00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:49.440
 to them

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.900
 this evening

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.840
 and that

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.120
 they would

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:52.120
 know that

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.519
 tonight in

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.940
 their hearts

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.259
 that they

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.200
 can commit

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.600
 their lives

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:54.900
 to you

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.299
 they can

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.299
 say sorry

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.700
 for what

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.140
 they've done

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.980
 the sins

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.440
 that they

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.820
 have done

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.279
 and that

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.039
 know that

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.539
 you will

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.139
 forgive them

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:04.859
 and Lord

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.259
 for those

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.720
 of us

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.879
 that have

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.299
 maybe been

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.759
 following you

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.259
 for a while

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.399
 Lord I

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:09.740
 just pray

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.059
 that you'd

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.420
 help us

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.220
 to grasp

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.980
 your

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.460
 tremendous

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.399
 love

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:14.599
 and humility

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.940
 to an

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.420
 even greater

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.019
 level than

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.639
 we maybe

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.200
 have before

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:20.159
 please help

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:20.799
 us to see

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:22.180
 you in an

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.639
 even greater

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.139
 light Lord

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:24.379
 Jesus our

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:25.000
 Lord and

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.639
 our Saviour

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:25.980
 and our

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.539
 God and

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.960
 so we pray

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.319
 all these

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.500
 things in

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.880
 your amazing

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.279
 and blessed

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.599
 name

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.539
 Amen