1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,000 As we understand the setting. Now we know that Jesus concluded 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,300 his time with the 11 in the upper room. 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,000 From verses 13 through 17. We know that he spent time 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,900 promising. Those disciples wonderful 5 00:00:13,900 --> 00:00:17,800 blessings in the new age to come and praying to the father that 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,800 the father would care for them. And the time that Jesus would go 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,800 to the cross. And not only then, But 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,700 continuing at that point and now the hour is come to move toward 9 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:31,500 Calvary. And so Jesus leaves that upper 10 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,300 room with that little group of 11. 11 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:37,600 He goes out of the gate down the little slope of Kidron crossing 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,900 the Winterthur and up the other side into the Mount of Olives to 13 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:43,900 a place called The Garden of Gethsemane. 14 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:48,400 And in this Garden, Jesus spends time in prayer, agonizing over 15 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,600 the anticipation of sin, bearing and separation from God. 16 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,600 And as we studied a few weeks ago, Jesus went there because he 17 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:01,100 knew that Judas knew that he would go there, he realized that 18 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:04,700 his hour had come and it was time for him to die and it makes 19 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:07,900 it very easy for Judas to lead that angry mob on that. 20 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:13,000 Day on that night to find him, certainly proving that Jesus was 21 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,300 no man's victim but Jesus was the ultimate Victor. 22 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:20,000 You remember that? We also studied and saw the 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,800 great and tremendous power. That is magnified in Jesus. 24 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,500 You remember when Judas came and gave the Betrayal kiss saying, 25 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:32,600 hail Master? But Jesus turned their well 26 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,100 planned maneuver into a Triumph of his own power when he said, 27 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:39,700 who are you looking for? For and they said, we're looking 28 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:43,400 for Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus responded like this. 29 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,900 He says, I am he or that word? He is in italics, if we take 30 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:52,100 that out from the original Jesus simply said, I am. 31 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:56,300 And the Bible says, when he spoke these words, they all fell 32 00:01:56,300 --> 00:02:00,600 back. They all fell flat later on. 33 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,100 Jesus would ask them again. He said, who you looking for? 34 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:06,600 And they would respond. We're looking for Jesus of 35 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,600 Nazareth and Jesus proving that he was in complete control. 36 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:16,000 Said If you're looking for me, he said here I am and let these 37 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,600 men go. You see Jesus was building a 38 00:02:19,608 --> 00:02:23,400 little shelter over his disciples getting them to admit 39 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,300 from their own mouths that they were only looking for Jesus 40 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:31,500 proving again always in control and never a victim. 41 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,700 But you remember this and it was the last scene before we ended 42 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:41,700 our sermon last time, the Peter jumps out of this little shelter 43 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:45,000 of protection. And he tiny takes matters into 44 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,000 his own hands and he remember as they're standing there and Judas 45 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,300 is standing there. And all of a sudden, the Bible 46 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:55,300 says that Peter grabs, his sword and he cuts off the ear of 47 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:57,600 malchus. Now, I'm going to share 48 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,600 something with you. I thought about this this week. 49 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,900 Actually remembering how I used to think or are used to think 50 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:07,300 this was talking about and when I was a kid, I used to hit men. 51 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:10,600 Peter must have really been a skilled swordsman. 52 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:14,700 He took his sword, he took careful aim and he took that 53 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:19,100 sword went right down the side of Malcolm X's head and sliced 54 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:22,100 off his ear. Sending him a message. 55 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,500 Don't mess with us. I think that when I was a kid 56 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,500 You know, there's nothing in all the Bible that says, that he was 57 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:32,100 a skilled swordsman and I don't believe that he cut his ear off 58 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:34,500 because he took careful aim and hit his Mark. 59 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:36,600 I think he cut his ear off because he missed. 60 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:41,200 I think he swung to cut his head off, and Malcolm has turned his 61 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,200 head like this, maybe something like that. 62 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,400 And he sliced off his ear. What was wrong with Peters 63 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,500 reaction? Jesus had built a shelter of 64 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:54,000 protection over those disciples getting them to admit, not once, 65 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,800 but twice, we are only looking For Jesus. 66 00:03:56,900 --> 00:04:00,900 And Jesus says, well, if that's the case, you let these men go 67 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,500 Peter took matters into his own hands, didn't he? 68 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,100 Jesus grabs that ear? Whatever it was is mangled, as 69 00:04:08,100 --> 00:04:11,700 it was, the language seems to indicate that he mended the ear 70 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:15,100 creating almost a new one and he put it back on the side of the 71 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:18,200 head of this man called malcolmus. 72 00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:21,800 The problem with Peter is he tried to jump out of the 73 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,600 shelter, the Lord provided. And that's exactly what happens 74 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:29,200 today. When man stops listening to the 75 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,300 Lord and starts thinking for himself. 76 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:37,200 How many times religiously speaking has a man got himself 77 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,600 in trouble because he stopped listening to the Lord and 78 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:47,400 started thinking for himself every time man gets in trouble. 79 00:04:48,100 --> 00:04:50,700 And so, did Peter in the long ago. 80 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:54,600 We can almost hear the tone, in the, in the words of Jesus, as 81 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,000 he puts the ear back on malka, sand-based. 82 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Basically, as I paraphrase, turning to Peter and saying, 83 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,100 Peter, put that thing away. For he who will live by the 84 00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:12,000 sword shall die by the sword. Now then verses 12 through 27, 85 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,900 we find that there are two dramas that are taking place, 86 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:20,000 not one, but two, these are separate dramas, they are 87 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,800 separate scenes and they are in separate locations and it will 88 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,200 only be at the end of our sermon this morning when we will see in 89 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,300 Luke's account in Luke chapter, 22 that these two scenes are 90 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:33,800 going to come together and they're going to meet. 91 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:37,800 But what we have is we've got one drama going on over here and 92 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,300 we got another draw. AMA going on over there. 93 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:44,700 You got jesus' trial right here and you got Peters denial over 94 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:46,400 here. And as I mentioned, just a 95 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:51,300 moment ago, these scenes are interwoven in our passage. 96 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,900 It is almost like it's saying this talk about Jesus trial for 97 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:58,200 a little while and then all of a sudden it's as if it's saying 98 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:02,000 and meanwhile over here in Peters denial and a few more 99 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 things are said about Peters denial and then meanwhile back 100 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,400 over here at the try. It seems as though it's it's 101 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:09,800 written. And kind of like that. 102 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,500 But I'm going to tell you something folks. 103 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:15,800 There are two basic foundational truths. 104 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:19,200 That is found in these passages, and that is this. 105 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,400 We see the absolute Glory of Jesus Christ. 106 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:27,300 And at the very same time, we see the sinfulness of man. 107 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,300 And we see as sinful as man, was, we see the willingness that 108 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:35,300 Jesus had to pay the great price for sinful man. 109 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,700 That not only didn't deserve it, but was actually literally 110 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,400 denying him. At that moment. 111 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,300 Okay, here we go. Jesus Is trial. 112 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:50,400 I guess we'll call this act. 1 verses 12 through 14, and verse 113 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,700 12. The Bible says, then the 114 00:06:52,707 --> 00:06:55,600 Detachment of troops and the captain of the officers of the 115 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,600 Jews arrested, Jesus and bound him. 116 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,600 You know, there's a very interesting thought here and 117 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,600 description in this multitude because in this, we find a very 118 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,700 good illustration of the kind of people the world picture of 119 00:07:09,700 --> 00:07:15,000 those that deny Jesus today. In this multitude, you have 120 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,400 every kind of person, every kind of Walk of Life in this great 121 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:20,800 mob. And we've already proven that 122 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,900 there were hundreds of them, In this angry mob, there was 123 00:07:24,900 --> 00:07:29,700 Gentiles and Jews. There was heathens and religious 124 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:31,900 people. There were soldiers and 125 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:34,000 servants. There were priests and 126 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,500 Pharisees. There's every different kind of 127 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:40,400 fella that you can imagine was with this mob. 128 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,200 And, you know, they didn't have all things in common, but there 129 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,300 was one thing that every single one of these had in common and 130 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:53,000 that was this they were totally and completely stone-cold blind. 131 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:58,100 To the incomparable qualities of the Son of God, they were 132 00:07:58,100 --> 00:08:02,800 absolutely unaffected by the magnificence of Jesus Christ. 133 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:05,600 They were untouched. They were unmoved. 134 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:10,000 And I'll tell you this, that is a great picture of the grip, and 135 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:17,400 ugliness of sin, the blindness and ugliness and grip of sin. 136 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,800 You know, when we look at this scene, somebody tells me say why 137 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,600 people are interested more today than ever before. 138 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,900 We sit there with the word of God was showing me exactly what 139 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:30,900 they need to do to be saved. Just as simple as that and then 140 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:32,900 it but they don't accept it, they reject. 141 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,000 When we look at what happened on this occasion, it's easy for us 142 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,700 to understand what happened. What happens today? 143 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:42,400 Based on what's already happened? 144 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,500 Get this. They rejected Jesus, and he was 145 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:50,900 standing right in front of them. He speaks to words. 146 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:55,200 And they all fall down, unfazed and unaffected. 147 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,300 That's nothing new. Though the Apostle Paul said 148 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:03,000 this, the God of this world has blinded the minds of them that 149 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,400 believe. Not lest the light of the 150 00:09:04,408 --> 00:09:08,700 Glorious gospel of Christ. Should shine unto them. 151 00:09:09,100 --> 00:09:11,700 The God of this world is the same kind of idea. 152 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:14,700 When the Bible talks about Satan, being the prince of the 153 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:18,300 power of Darkness, Prince of the power of the air. 154 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:25,600 Now, they come in verse 12, in the Bible says that they bound. 155 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:28,900 Jesus, you know, there's probably several reasons why 156 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:31,900 they bound him. Jesus didn't fight back. 157 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,200 Jesus, didn't try to resist. If in fact, you remember 158 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,200 remember a couple times ago when they came into the Garden of 159 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,400 Gethsemane and they were aware that torches and lanterns and so 160 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,100 forth and so on, you remember that, I said that Scholars 161 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:48,100 indicate that there's probably a full moon at that time and 162 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:49,900 Jerusalem would have been little lid. 163 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,000 They didn't need that to fit to travel from Jerusalem to the 164 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 Garden of Gethsemane. They needed those lanterns 165 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,700 because they thought Jesus would hide, they'd have to go to every 166 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:03,700 nook and cranny In The Garden of Gethsemane and see where Jesus 167 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:06,500 was and they found him. Not only did they find him right 168 00:10:06,500 --> 00:10:09,600 off? He walked toward them. 169 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,000 Why they binding? Well first of all, is common 170 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:21,700 practice to secure a captive. If you go to a rest, somebody, 171 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:25,200 if you go to arrest, somebody even today. 172 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:27,800 What do they do? They put handcuffs on you, you 173 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:32,200 may not be resisting but it's a sign of your captivity or of 174 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:37,000 being arrested. Secondly, in Matthew chapter 26 175 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,900 and 48, do you remember when Judas is having making his deal 176 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:44,400 with these haters of Jesus? He's making his deal. 177 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:48,000 And he says this, when I as I paraphrase, when I lead you to 178 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:53,500 Jesus, when you see him when you get him, what did you say? 179 00:10:54,400 --> 00:11:00,100 He said hold him fast. I don't know why I said that, 180 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,200 but that's what Judas said and I would imagine that that's part 181 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:05,400 of it. But beyond that there's 182 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,000 something else. There's certainly a very 183 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,900 beautiful fulfillment of typical prophecy. 184 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:13,700 You remember, last time we talked about the fact that there 185 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:18,900 are two kinds of Prophecy there is verbal predictive prophecy, 186 00:11:19,100 --> 00:11:22,600 which is a statement that is made, that is fulfilled or will 187 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,700 be fulfilled. Then there's a typical prophecy 188 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:31,000 in which certain acts a certain person or certain thing typifies 189 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,900 a fulfillment. Here's an example of verbal 190 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:36,800 predictive prophecy. It's when a statement like this, 191 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:44,600 Has made about Jesus unto us. A child is born unto us a son is 192 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,200 given verbal predictive prophecy. 193 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:54,500 Now, on the other hand, there is sacrifices of the Old Law, and 194 00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:57,600 every time that a sacrifice was laid on an altar, it was a 195 00:11:57,608 --> 00:12:02,000 picture of Jesus Christ. It was a type that is typical 196 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,800 prediction. Now, both are accurate equally 197 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:09,300 Lee and both are important equally. 198 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,000 So Jesus is bound and in so doing fulfilled, typical 199 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,100 prophecy because in the Old Testament, according to Psalm 200 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:23,200 118 and 27, the Bible says, bind the sacrifice with cords under 201 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:28,300 the horns of the altar. In other words, when the 202 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:32,000 sacrifice was given it was to be bound. 203 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:36,300 Another example, very familiar, passage Genesis 22 and 9 204 00:12:36,300 --> 00:12:39,600 regarding Isaac. Isaac was a perfect prophetic 205 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,500 type of Jesus Christ, a picture of Jesus. 206 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:47,600 And the Bible says, when he was laid on that altar to be 207 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:56,000 sacrificed, he was bound to the altar, Something else to, this 208 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,100 is just a side note here. But you remember when they were 209 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:01,300 going they spent that three days and they were traveling 210 00:13:01,300 --> 00:13:04,600 together. And Abraham was with Isaac. 211 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:10,900 Who was carrying the wood? Bible says it was Isaac. 212 00:13:11,900 --> 00:13:15,700 And you know, never in time prior to that time, had that 213 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:19,000 which is to be sacrificed carry, the wood that it would be 214 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,100 sacrificed on never happened before. 215 00:13:22,100 --> 00:13:28,200 And it never happened again until Calvary when jesus carried 216 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,500 his cross. Perfect. 217 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:34,500 Perfect. Fulfillment of typical prophecy. 218 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,000 Being bound, was a fulfillment of typical prophecy. 219 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,500 Certainly Bound To the Cross was the ultimate fulfillment. 220 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:47,000 It of that prophecy in preparation for sin in verse 13. 221 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,100 We find we. Now get down to the nitty-gritty 222 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:53,000 of the trial, and the Bible says, they led him away to Anise 223 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,200 first for. He was the father-in-law of 224 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,000 Caiaphas. Who was the high priest that 225 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 year? Let me just say this. 226 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:08,900 Anna's and Caiaphas. These guys were real crumbs, I 227 00:14:08,900 --> 00:14:11,200 don't know how else to put that these with the Despicable the 228 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:16,900 lowest of the low. These guys are crumbs but they 229 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:19,900 are extremely important to our narrative. 230 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:23,800 When Jesus was taken to Anise, this is the first phase of 231 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:29,100 jesus' trial because Jesus had not one, but he had two trials 232 00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:33,100 that day. He had a religious trial and he 233 00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:37,300 had a Civil Trial, his religious trial had to do with Israel, his 234 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:42,000 Civil Trial had to do with Rome. Now, nothing could be done in 235 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,200 terms of Jesus has a Execution without Rome, Israel could 236 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,800 decide that he should die, but it was Rome that had to carry it 237 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,300 out. It was Rome that had to execute 238 00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:54,900 in. And so, first of all, we have a 239 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:59,200 religious trial and that trial had three phases. 240 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:02,300 Number one, right after he was bound in the Garden of 241 00:15:02,300 --> 00:15:06,200 Gethsemane, there was the arraignment and the indictment 242 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:09,600 and that was before this man named anise. 243 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,500 The second phase of this religious trial was an illegal 244 00:15:14,500 --> 00:15:18,400 Gathering when Caiaphas got together with the Sanhedrin, not 245 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,800 the next day, not a proper trial. 246 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:24,500 He got together with the Sanhedrin that very night, Phase 247 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:30,900 2, phase 3, the next morning again, Caiaphas and the 248 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:34,100 Sanhedrin, only this time, it was false Witnesses gathered 249 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:40,000 together in a mock trial. Three phases of his religious 250 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,200 trial. On the other hand, there were 251 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:46,300 three phases of the Civil Trial when Jesus was taken before 252 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:49,600 Pilate and pilate didn't know what to do with him. 253 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:52,900 In fact, pilot would never know what to do with, in fact, pilot 254 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:58,400 after examination later on says this he says I wash my hands of 255 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,300 the blood of this just man. I walked my hands of the whole 256 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:04,300 thing. I'm not going to be guilty of 257 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:07,600 the blood of this honest and true. 258 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:12,600 And just man. There's the pilot first, then he 259 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:18,500 said sent to Herod the tetrarch of Galilee who happened to be 260 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:22,600 down in Jerusalem at the time and hair didn't know what to do 261 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:23,800 either. So what's he do? 262 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,700 He sends him back to pilate. That's phase. 3 of the Civil 263 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:31,000 Trial. Let's talk about who anise was 264 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,700 for, just a little while, and this was a very powerful and 265 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:39,900 immensely rich, man. This was a man that really ran 266 00:16:39,900 --> 00:16:43,800 the show. He was a man that was in charge 267 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,500 of concession booths. Now, I'm not talking about when 268 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:51,300 I say concession booths, I'm not talking about hot dogs and 269 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:55,600 popcorn, not talking about, a concession stand, talking about 270 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,700 a couple of things. First of all, I'm talking about 271 00:16:57,700 --> 00:17:01,400 the sale of livestock and secondly, I'm talking about when 272 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:05,500 they would come to pay taxes. They would come and they were, 273 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:09,700 they bring foreign currency and they would need to exchange the 274 00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:12,300 foreign currency in order that they might pay taxes. 275 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,500 In fact, that's why. Jesus was infuriated, we'll get 276 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:18,599 to that in just a moment. The problem is and this was a 277 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:22,500 man that was full of extorting the people. 278 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:27,000 In fact, some Scholars say that as much as five times, he 279 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:32,300 extorted them as much as five times what the actual rate would 280 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:37,000 have been. An awful, man. 281 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:41,700 In fact, the Jews themself selves hated anise. 282 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:45,700 The talmud says this, which was a commentary of history. 283 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:51,500 And so forth, said this about anise and I quote, woe to the 284 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:55,700 house of anise. Whoa, to their serpents hiss. 285 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:59,300 They are high priests, their sons are keepers of the 286 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:02,300 treasury. There's sons-in-laws Guardians 287 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:06,000 of the temple and their servants, beat the people with 288 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:11,800 staves. Now, anise literally hated 289 00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:13,600 Jesus. Let's go back. 290 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,800 Just a few days now. Jesus, making his triumphal 291 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,200 entry into Jerusalem about a week prior to the time that he 292 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,300 would be taken to the Cross. You remember, when Jesus came 293 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:26,800 into Jerusalem, when Jesus overturned the tables of the 294 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,900 moneychangers member that he said, as I paraphrase in essence 295 00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:34,700 this, you have taken the house of prayer and you have made it a 296 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:39,100 den of Thieves. You don't think that was eaten 297 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:42,500 anise. It sure was He messed up his 298 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:46,800 whole plan. Jesus made messed up his entire 299 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:50,900 plan. Not only was he the brains 300 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:54,400 behind the Machinery? This man and us but he was 301 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,700 messing up his business. There was a great reason to 302 00:18:57,700 --> 00:19:02,000 bring Jesus before Anna's because if anybody had the power 303 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,800 and had the enticement to indict, Jesus, it certainly 304 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,100 would have been anise. So Jesus is brought before 305 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:14,100 Anna's first and then we meet a man named Caiaphas Caiaphas had 306 00:19:14,100 --> 00:19:18,200 to be introduced because Caiaphas was technically the 307 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:20,500 high priest. At this time, according to verse 308 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:23,800 13. And in verse 14, it says now it 309 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:28,000 was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient, that 310 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,900 one man should die for the people. 311 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:37,300 Now Caiaphas have been plotting, the death of Jesus all along. 312 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:41,500 Jesus began to be very very popular. 313 00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:45,400 You know, I think there's a lot of reasons as we mentioned 314 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,400 before, why they we Jesus had them come and take him in 315 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:50,800 private. Jesus was very popular. 316 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,900 They didn't do it in the downtown streets of Jerusalem. 317 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,300 There might have been a big Riot. 318 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,300 Jesus was giving himself up, so he did it in private and he knew 319 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:01,400 Judas would come there with that. 320 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,600 Angry mob. Absolutely. 321 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:07,800 Jesus was very popular. In fact, when Jesus came in and 322 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,700 his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. 323 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:13,000 The Bible says that he came on the back of a Colt of a donkey, 324 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,100 and they were crying out Hosanna. 325 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,700 They were magnifying Jesus. He was coming on the back of a 326 00:20:20,700 --> 00:20:24,900 Colt of a donkey, but they were elevating him those that loved 327 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:29,600 him and those that he was popular among Caiaphas was 328 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:34,000 worried sick about Jesus. And so Caiaphas had been 329 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:38,900 planning his death all along. Let's go back before the 330 00:20:38,908 --> 00:20:43,500 triumphal entry into Jerusalem and John chapter 11 and John 331 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:48,200 chapter 11 verse, 49 Caiaphas had gotten together with his 332 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,000 people, his cronies his whoever and they got together and they 333 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,500 were discussing the matter of Jesus. 334 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:58,100 Very important, we've got to discuss about Jesus. 335 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:01,000 Do you remember what they said? They'd send a kind Fisk when 336 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,500 Caiaphas began to extend to them his concerns. 337 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:07,300 They said back to Caiaphas, don't worry about that. 338 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:09,800 It's To go away. It's no big deal. 339 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:13,600 It will all just come to pass. It will all just be. 340 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:18,200 All right, you know what kind of just said he said, you know, not 341 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,500 what you say another word, you don't know what you're talking 342 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:24,000 about. He goes even further. 343 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:29,800 This is amazing, Caiaphas says now, this is long before know, 344 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,700 we're the reason they were talking about. 345 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:34,600 We got to do something about Jesus because Jesus raised 346 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,200 Lazarus from the dead and they were worried about their worried 347 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,400 about the people that would follow Jesus. 348 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,300 And so Caiaphas says this, not only do you not know what you're 349 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:47,900 talking about but you can't understand and you can't even 350 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:50,500 see that it is expedient, get this. 351 00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:55,500 Now it's expedient. That one man should die. 352 00:21:55,800 --> 00:22:01,100 That a nation be spared. You don't even understand that. 353 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:04,200 It's expedient. That a one man die for the 354 00:22:04,208 --> 00:22:07,000 nation. Now. 355 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,900 Interesting Caiaphas is saying this. 356 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:19,900 Because he wants literally Jesus taken out of the way because 357 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:22,000 Jesus is going to mess up the nation. 358 00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:25,000 There's going to be a revolution, the Romans are going 359 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,200 to come in. They're going to take over and 360 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,000 they're going to wipe us all out. 361 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,300 We've got to do everything that we can possibly fathom to kill 362 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:34,400 Jesus to take him out of the way. 363 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,900 But I like what the Bible says, in verse 51, because he was 364 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:43,800 speaking prophecy, and he didn't even know it in verse 51 of John 365 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,900 chapter 11. It says, now this he did not say 366 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:52,500 on his own authority, but being high priest that year he 367 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:55,900 prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation. 368 00:22:55,900 --> 00:23:01,500 Now, how do you like that? He opens up his ugly, hateful 369 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:06,900 mouth with political end in mind saying, we have to remove Jesus 370 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:09,600 from the equation and let's just kill one of them. 371 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:14,300 Let's kill the head and let the entire nation be spared. 372 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,500 He was prophesying that one man would die. 373 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:24,200 That a nation figuratively there or world with people may live? 374 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:28,700 And what's amazing, there is the Bible says Caiaphas didn't even 375 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:34,000 know what he was saying. And God still in control was 376 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:39,000 through his lips, speaking prophecy to those that would 377 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:44,300 hear him. Now, I said all that to say this 378 00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:52,200 Caiaphas hated Jesus and Caiaphas was plotting to get rid 379 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,200 of him. You know, sometimes people do 380 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,000 that, they get an idea in their mind. 381 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,300 For example, they may have a position on a certain Bible 382 00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:06,200 passage or position about something regarding our life. 383 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,900 And the things that we do and don't do what's right and what's 384 00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:12,600 wrong. And it seems though, people what 385 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,600 they want to do is they want to get the idea first. 386 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,400 I have this idea first, I think it ought to be this or I think 387 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:24,600 it is this then try to figure out a way to justify the belief. 388 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:28,800 And sometimes people make decisions in advance. 389 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:33,100 And then over time, try to justify the reason for making 390 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,300 that choice of the choice was already made. 391 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:37,800 Regarded. God's word. 392 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,600 We have to read God's work study, God's word know, God's 393 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,300 word and then obey and follow God's word, not the other way 394 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:47,800 around. Caiaphas wanted to kill him a 395 00:24:47,808 --> 00:24:50,900 long time ago. It was a done deal, he was going 396 00:24:50,900 --> 00:24:55,100 to make it happen. He just needed a reason. 397 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:00,700 Just needed a reason. To justify it. 398 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:06,800 Now, back over at Peters denial, verse 15 and Simon Peter 399 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,400 followed Jesus. And so did another disciple. 400 00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:12,800 Now that disciple was known to the high priest and went with 401 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,000 Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. 402 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:20,600 Now, in Mark chapter 14 and 54, it says that that Peter followed 403 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,500 Jesus of far off. Now, I don't know how far back 404 00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:28,700 he was following him but he obviously was following him afar 405 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:31,400 off. Jesus had been taken captive. 406 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,700 He was out. In front somewhere, and all of a 407 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:36,600 sudden, Peter is with some other disciple. 408 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,900 Now, number one, it was a far-off. 409 00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:43,000 He was sneaking around as it were, maybe just through the 410 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,000 bushes. I don't know behind the rocks, 411 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,900 trees. Of far off with another 412 00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:55,200 disciple. Who is this other disciple? 413 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,700 I'll just say right now. I have no idea. 414 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:04,100 I don't have a clue. Because it doesn't say it's kind 415 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:06,600 of like to Luke 24, replayed. This is walking along with 416 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,400 another psycho. Who's the other disciples some 417 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,400 say was Luke. Who knows? 418 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,400 Who knows? It doesn't matter because it 419 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,100 wasn't given, but I'll just say this in passing. 420 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:18,700 It's just a little free tip, if some commentators say that it 421 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:21,500 was John. And the reason for that is that 422 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:23,400 they believe that John actually sold. 423 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:26,400 It says that whoever this disciple was, it was known to 424 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,200 the high priest. Some say was, John because, 425 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,100 John's father probably sold fish to the high priest. 426 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:33,400 We don't know. Oh that either that's the 427 00:26:33,408 --> 00:26:34,700 problem. We don't know that he ever did 428 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:38,500 that some say it was Nicodemus and Nicodemus is going to come 429 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:41,900 on the scene to prepare the body of Jesus in a little while after 430 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:45,700 he was crucified some say it could have been him some say it 431 00:26:45,700 --> 00:26:49,200 was Joseph of Arimathea and the reason for that is the Bible 432 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,700 actually calls him a secret disciple and this guy, he would 433 00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:55,700 have been able to walk freely anywhere. 434 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:59,000 He wanted to go why he was a member of the Sanhedrin. 435 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,500 He was a secret disciple. And it wasn't, until after Jesus 436 00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:07,500 was crucified that this secret disciple, mustered up the 437 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:11,500 courage. To go and ask the body of Jesus. 438 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,100 I kind of think it might have been him. 439 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,400 Preference. Doesn't matter at all. 440 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:24,400 Bottom line is Peter, is walking along with this unnamed 441 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:30,600 disciple. Now, picture this No, sooner 442 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:35,100 that Jesus puts a shelter of protection over his disciples. 443 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:40,500 And you know, really if you remember there's a good reason 444 00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:44,500 why he did that, not because the disciples were scared, Jesus 445 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:48,400 needed these disciples after he had died on the cross. 446 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,500 And after Jesus was taken away, he needed these ambassadors. 447 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,400 That's number one. Number two, he needed him safe. 448 00:27:56,500 --> 00:28:00,100 Number two, he spoke to them about their faith. 449 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,600 In time past, the only said, oh, ye of little faith. 450 00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:08,500 He knew that they couldn't stand a trial like this. 451 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,700 He creates a shelter of protection over them. 452 00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:18,100 And fact Matthews account says, all forsook him and all fled, 453 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,600 everybody except Peter, what's Peter doing? 454 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,500 He's doing the same thing that he did regarding malcolmus. 455 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:31,200 He stopped listening to the Lord and started thinking for himself 456 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,400 and he's going along and he's walking along and he sneaking 457 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,400 along with this. Other disciple. 458 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,900 Now, let me just make this point for me, just really beat up 459 00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:45,800 Peter here in all fairness. Peter truly loved Jesus. 460 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:53,400 Peter loved Jesus. Peters motives were good. 461 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:59,300 His intentions were good. Here's the problem. 462 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:06,100 The problem was his overwhelming self-confidence, made him 463 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:10,000 believe that he could hack through any problem without the 464 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:15,000 security of Jesus Christ. He thought I can do it, I can 465 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,100 go, I can go and I can handle any problem that comes my way 466 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:21,400 and I can just hack right through the whole thing and I 467 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:25,400 can do so without the security that Jesus Christ. 468 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:30,100 Provided I can do that. You know, I'm gonna tell you 469 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:32,600 something, you need to have confidence to live your life. 470 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:37,800 That's true. We need confidence. 471 00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:42,500 We all need confidence. There's a difference between 472 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:45,000 confidence though. And overwhelming 473 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,400 self-confidence. Now, we need to be confident in 474 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,400 our life because of our faith and trust in God. 475 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:57,000 When our faith is planted in our faith is on what it ought to be 476 00:29:57,300 --> 00:30:00,600 that our confidence and our trust will be what it it ought 477 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,400 to be. But when we start thinking too 478 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,900 highly of our self that we can handle anything in the world, 479 00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:10,700 that comes our way and we don't need the security that Jesus 480 00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:13,900 provides that's when we get in trouble. 481 00:30:16,300 --> 00:30:19,900 Now, before we get too hot about Peter, let's look at our lives 482 00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:22,300 all of our Lives, shall we? I know. 483 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:25,900 That's not very fun. But the Lord says this, I'm 484 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:27,800 going to give you a secure place. 485 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,800 I'm going to give you a place where you can be secure. 486 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,400 The Lord said, don't get out in the world system ever that world 487 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:43,000 Cosmic the word Cosmos. It is the invisible evil. 488 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:50,100 Influence that combats. The church. 489 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:55,500 He says, don't get out into the world system, don't entertain 490 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:58,900 yourself with the world's entertainment, don't gobble up 491 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:01,300 the world's Customs. Don't be a part of that scene. 492 00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:04,700 I have built for you a place where you can grow and you can 493 00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:08,200 be safe and friends. That is the church. 494 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,000 We have Security in the body of Christ. 495 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,400 We encourage one another. We not only have the Lord, we 496 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,600 have each other, There are security and you know, we go to 497 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,900 a gospel meeting. Don't you feel strengthened? 498 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:29,600 I do why you just spent time on the same page worshiping god 499 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:30,800 with people. That works him. 500 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,300 Just like you and believe just like you do and have the same 501 00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:37,000 faith. Hope and trust in the same Lord. 502 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:43,000 What happens what happens is when Christians do this? 503 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,100 When they say, you know, your kid me, I can handle it. 504 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,400 I can go out in the world and remain strong. 505 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:52,800 I can go and do what the world does and I'll be all right. 506 00:31:53,900 --> 00:31:55,100 I'm going to tell you something, folks. 507 00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:58,500 Any time we do that, we fall. We really do. 508 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:02,000 You know, I'm at a some when I was younger I'm just going to 509 00:32:02,008 --> 00:32:03,600 throw myself out there. Here we go. 510 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:08,500 When I was younger. Okay, a lot lot, lot, lot 511 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:11,600 younger. Okay, I made poor choices 512 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:16,300 because I thought I was strong enough to handle it on my own. 513 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:24,300 You know what I sinned? I made mistakes and I send and I 514 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:30,900 fell Now, I never stop coming. But I guarantee I wouldn't ride. 515 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:33,300 I was a boy and I wouldn't, right? 516 00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:36,800 And I had to make those things, right? 517 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,600 I'm going to tell you any time that you think that you can take 518 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,700 yourself and remove yourself from the security of the Lord 519 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:48,000 has provided and go out in the world that participated things 520 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:53,400 in the world and be strong. You are kidding yourself. as was 521 00:32:53,400 --> 00:33:00,400 I, Verse 16, Peter stood outside the door. 522 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,700 Then the other disciple who was known to the high priest went 523 00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:09,500 out and spoke to her who kept the door and brought Peter in, 524 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,600 you know, I don't know exactly how the scene was, but it seems 525 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,100 to me that this other disciple goes in first and says something 526 00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:18,200 to this girl. And then kind of turns back to 527 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,400 Peter. Come on, Peter. 528 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:24,500 Let's go coast is clear. Jesus has already. 529 00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:28,200 He's already taken their far off. 530 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,300 Girl at the door. Come on Peter. 531 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:34,800 Let's go through. And notice what happens. 532 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,800 Now, the servants Verse 18 and the officers who made a fight 533 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:46,700 actually, Went too far. Okay. 534 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,400 Here we go verse 17, then the servant girl who kept the door 535 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,900 said to Peter. You are not one of this man's 536 00:33:53,900 --> 00:33:58,200 disciples, are you? And he said, I am not now 537 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:03,000 picture this Peter was not afraid to stand there. 538 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:07,800 In the Garden of Gethsemane side by side and fight for his Lord. 539 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:11,000 He was not afraid for that. Guess what else he was afraid? 540 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:14,500 He wasn't afraid. He was ready for what he was 541 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:18,100 ready to follow Jesus, and be there at this big trial. 542 00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:22,600 Bye. He was ready for the big stuff. 543 00:34:23,699 --> 00:34:26,000 He had planned for the big trial. 544 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,300 He had said to the Lord, if they take you and they take your 545 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:30,600 life, I'm going to be there with me. 546 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,600 If I lose my life, I will never leave your side. 547 00:34:33,699 --> 00:34:35,199 And remember what Jesus said to him? 548 00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:39,800 We'll get to that in a minute. He was ready for the big trial. 549 00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:43,199 He was ready for the big stuff. Sometimes we're like that too. 550 00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:47,500 We're ready for the big stuff. You're ready for that will stand 551 00:34:47,500 --> 00:34:50,900 for that. He was ready for the big stuff, 552 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,900 and he was not afraid of the big stuff. 553 00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:55,199 The guess, what? He was scared to death to tell 554 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:59,200 the truth. He was afraid and didn't have 555 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,700 the courage to tell the truth. You know why telling the truth 556 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:08,700 takes real courage? It is harder to tell the truth. 557 00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:12,800 When you have to accept the consequences of your answer, 558 00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:16,900 whatever that is, it's harder to do that than it is to fight. 559 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:21,700 Peter was ready for the big trial but he wasn't ready for 560 00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:26,100 the little girl at the door, interesting folks, That's what 561 00:35:26,100 --> 00:35:28,000 Satan does and that's how Satan works. 562 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,100 You get self overconfidence that you think in your mind, you can 563 00:35:32,100 --> 00:35:34,000 handle anything. And just about that time you 564 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,900 fall And you know what? Peter now is stuck with his lie. 565 00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:42,500 Everybody stuck with Evan been stuck on the LIE, you tell a lie 566 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,200 because you don't have the courage to say what's right? 567 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,800 You tell a lie and then you're stuck with the lie. 568 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,600 So you have to lie again and then you're stuck with a lie. 569 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,000 So you got to lie again. Then you can't remember, by the 570 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,500 way, it's always better to tell the truth. 571 00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:57,900 It is. You know, why you don't have to 572 00:35:57,900 --> 00:35:59,100 remember anything. You just say it. 573 00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:01,400 Like it was. You don't have to remember what 574 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,400 you said. Last time. 575 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,100 All you got to remember what the facts were. 576 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,500 But a liar somebody that tells lies you have to remember what 577 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:12,000 you said, the last time and then keep lying and lying and lying 578 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:15,200 and that's being stuck with the lie and that's exactly what 579 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:19,200 happened to Peter. And you know, with those words, 580 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,200 those three words amazing, he's ready to go. 581 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,900 And she says, you are not one of the disciples, are you, you 582 00:36:25,908 --> 00:36:29,500 know, it's written in a way that she knew the answer and he said, 583 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:37,900 I am not. With those three words gone. 584 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:42,000 We're all of his heroic promises that he made the Jesus with 585 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,500 those three words. Gone were all his all of his 586 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,200 courage that he had. In his heart. 587 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,600 Gone was all of his fleshly confidence, which became an. 588 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:54,300 And while he became an arrogant coward unable to confess his 589 00:36:54,300 --> 00:37:00,400 Lord, cringing and lying denial. And you know something The 590 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,200 entire thing happened so fast. He didn't even know what hit 591 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,400 him. Look at Verse 18, look at the 592 00:37:06,408 --> 00:37:08,300 progression. What's happening now to Peter. 593 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,700 Now, the servants and the officers who made a fire coals 594 00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:18,700 stood there for, it was cold and they warm themself Peter stood 595 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:23,500 with them and warmed himself. Now I got a question for Peter, 596 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:27,000 don't you? What in the world are you doing 597 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,000 there? What are you doing there, Peter? 598 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:35,400 Why are you there you stood next to the Lord in the garden? 599 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:39,300 But now you are standing among. You are denying the Lord now and 600 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:42,700 you are standing among the enemies of the Lord. 601 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,400 How does the guy get messed up so badly? 602 00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:51,700 How does that happen? First three ways first, his 603 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:55,200 overconfidence convinced him, he could make it on his own and 604 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,600 that happens today. Folks, I can go out and do what 605 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,500 the world does. I can do those things. 606 00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:01,500 I can buy a little bit of the world's morality. 607 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,000 I can flirt a little bit with the world's kind of thinking, 608 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:07,400 and it's going to be fine, and I'll be fine because I'm strong, 609 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,400 that's number one. Here's number two. 610 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:16,000 Peter was unprepared. I'm going to tell you, I've said 611 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,600 this so many times because my dad. 612 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:23,000 Screamed in my head, my whole life, you have to decide the 613 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,900 kind of person that you want to be in advance before you are 614 00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:30,200 faced with the Temptation, you have to understand, you have to 615 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,600 prepare yourself on how you're going to act in any time. 616 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,200 Are you going to stand up for the Lord? 617 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,100 Are you going to deny the Lord when you're at work? 618 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,900 What people are using foul language at work, but we going 619 00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:44,100 to laugh at their jokes a little ride along with those things. 620 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:45,900 Are we going to make the determined resolve? 621 00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:47,800 The we're not going to participate in those things. 622 00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:50,300 Are we going to be of, we ready for the big stuff? 623 00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:51,900 But scared of a girl with the door? 624 00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:55,500 You have to decide what you're going to be. 625 00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:59,700 So do I we all do before you're faced with the Temptation or you 626 00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:04,800 will fall Somebody asks you a reason of the hope that is in 627 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,300 you with meekness and fear. Somebody asks, you that are you 628 00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:09,600 real? Are you able to respond in like 629 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:15,400 manner? With meekness and fear, thirdly, 630 00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:18,600 because of his unpreparedness. He's now standing with the 631 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,800 enemies of Jesus and that was Peter and that's exactly the 632 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,900 pattern for falling. Starting off with getting 633 00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:27,500 involved in worldly things and then all of a sudden. 634 00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:31,200 Now here's Peter with warm hands and a cold heart. 635 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:40,400 Back at the trial verse 19. the high priest and asked Jesus 636 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,800 about his disciples and his Doctrine, you know what's 637 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,400 interesting to me about this is this this line of questioning 638 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:54,000 was illegal They're now asking questions about his disciples 639 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,400 and his Doctrine, the law stated that when anybody was brought on 640 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:03,400 trial, he could not testify to bring guilt upon himself. 641 00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:07,500 The evidence had to be presented from Witnesses, testifying 642 00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:10,700 against him. Another words, a man was 643 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:14,200 innocent until proven guilty. There was really a fifth 644 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:18,300 amendment thing going on, where no man could condemn himself by 645 00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:22,000 his own word. But this trial wasn't legal, 646 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,700 there's trial was a mockery. They already determined that 647 00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:29,300 Jesus would die, they were just trying to justify their actions. 648 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:34,300 So they asked Jesus, why don't you tell us about your disciples 649 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:38,300 tell us about your Doctrine. He wanted Jesus to talk about a 650 00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:43,100 planned Insurrection or to talk about his heresy, so they could 651 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:46,100 say there it is. Aha, gotcha. 652 00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:50,200 You're planning a revolution. You're a heretic. 653 00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:54,000 If they can do that, they already planned to kill him, but 654 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,300 if they can do that now they've got justification. 655 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,800 Look how Jesus responds. So beautifully and verse 20. 656 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:06,000 Jesus answered him. I spoke openly in the world. 657 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,700 I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple 658 00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:16,400 where the Jews always meet and in secret I said nothing verse 659 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,600 21. Why do you ask me? 660 00:41:19,500 --> 00:41:22,400 Ask those who heard me what I said to them. 661 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:27,800 Indeed, they know what I said. Verse 22 and when he had said 662 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,800 these things, one of the officers who stood by struck 663 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,500 Jesus, with the palm of his hand. 664 00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:36,500 Saying, do you not answer the high priest like that? 665 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,900 You know what's interesting is this word struck? 666 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:44,600 It could also mean it comes from a word rep yzma. 667 00:41:44,900 --> 00:41:47,500 And it could also mean to be struck with a stick. 668 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,500 I don't know if it's going to be symbolic or not but in Micah 669 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:52,700 chapter 5 and verse 1. We have these words, they shall 670 00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:56,500 Smite the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek. 671 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,400 Now, whether this was figurative or literal, there's certainly a 672 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:05,000 perfect fulfillment of prophetic language, Micah calls. 673 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:09,400 Jesus, the judge of Israel. Now, anise was the acting judge. 674 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,600 He was playing judge, but little did he know that? 675 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:16,900 This was the real judge. Jesus responds to this and verse 676 00:42:16,900 --> 00:42:20,800 23 by saying if I have spoken evil bear witness of the evil. 677 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,200 But if well, why do you strike me? 678 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,600 Jesus is saying where are your Witnesses and? 679 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:32,500 Why are they hitting me? Why is that verse 24 that Anna 680 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:34,400 sent him? Bound to Caiaphas the high 681 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,600 priest and it's messed up. He blew it. 682 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,700 He had been indicted. There were no charges against 683 00:42:41,700 --> 00:42:45,100 Jesus so he sends him to Caiaphas. 684 00:42:46,500 --> 00:42:49,200 And the trial was Caiaphas was certainly a mockery in the 685 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,400 middle of the night. During the time, he was with 686 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,700 anise there, they had gathered together, the Sanhedrin and 687 00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:58,900 Caiaphas to carry out this mock trial. 688 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,100 And all that was was a gathering of false Witnesses. 689 00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:06,400 Was a part of the plot all along they found no evidence against. 690 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,900 Jesus, finally, to agreed that they were going to he was going 691 00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:13,100 to destroy the temple. But that wasn't enough. 692 00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:21,100 So finally, he's simply asked, are you then the Messiah, And 693 00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:24,200 Jesus says, I am in the Bible says that the high priest 694 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:28,900 grabbed his clothes and ripped his clothes and yelled 695 00:43:28,900 --> 00:43:33,800 blasphemy. Bible says, they they push him 696 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,800 along now. Shoving him along. 697 00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:38,700 There were those that were part of the angry mob that were 698 00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:41,900 slapping him in the face and says, and says, to him prophesy 699 00:43:41,900 --> 00:43:47,900 unto us, Now, King prophesy, who is he? 700 00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:53,400 That smote thee? But, you know, just in case we 701 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:58,300 think that Jesus was being humbled here or in a real mess, 702 00:43:58,300 --> 00:44:02,600 I want you to notice Peter's Denial in verses 25 to 27 and 703 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:07,500 will close with this. Now, Simon Peter stood and 704 00:44:07,500 --> 00:44:10,900 warmed himself. Therefore, they said to him you 705 00:44:10,900 --> 00:44:13,200 are not also one of the, his disciples are you. 706 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,900 He denied it and said, I am not one of the Servants of the high 707 00:44:17,900 --> 00:44:22,000 priest are relative of him whose ear Peter cut off said, did I 708 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:26,000 not see you in the garden with him Peter then denied again and 709 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:32,100 immediately the rooster crowed. You know, Luke's account in, 710 00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:36,200 Luke 22, and verse 60 talks about these two, seems now that 711 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:39,000 have been inner woven throughout our text and and The Gospel 712 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:42,400 according to John, Luke brings them together. 713 00:44:43,700 --> 00:44:47,300 And right after Peter says, I know not what thou sayest. 714 00:44:47,300 --> 00:44:51,200 Another account says, With cursing and swearing, he said, I 715 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:55,000 know not the man. Right after. 716 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:58,400 He says, I know not what thou sayest Luke's account. 717 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:06,200 The Bible says that Jesus turned and he looked, Upon Peter. 718 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:11,300 When Peter heard the cock Crow, he remembered that the Lord said 719 00:45:12,100 --> 00:45:15,300 before the cock crows Peter, you will deny me three times. 720 00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:19,400 Peter goes out and he weeps bitterly. 721 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,900 I'ma tell you something, folks, any of us at any time, if we're 722 00:45:24,900 --> 00:45:28,000 not living as we should, there is only one way out. 723 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,300 And that's to look back to the face of Jesus and come back. 724 00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:34,500 That's it. And every time we sin, that's 725 00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:36,900 the only thing we can do, and have the blood of Jesus, wash 726 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:39,400 our sins away when we confess those wrongs and ask God to 727 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,000 forgive us once we are baptized into Christ. 728 00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:46,600 But there's a message here that we can all learn. 729 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:50,500 You know when the Bible talks about be careful when you go to 730 00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:53,800 restore somebody that has fallen be careful and don't ever have 731 00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:55,600 the attitude. It can never happen to me. 732 00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:59,600 That's the truth. We can't ever have the attitude 733 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,300 that it would never happen to us because I'm going to tell you 734 00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:04,000 something. Here's a perfect example of how 735 00:46:04,100 --> 00:46:08,900 a strong believer in Jesus. An apostle of Jesus Christ can 736 00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:12,400 be tempted, can be weak and can fall. 737 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:15,900 I could happen to anybody any of us. 738 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:23,700 At any time. We learned from this narrative, 739 00:46:23,700 --> 00:46:27,800 the danger of self overconfidence, we learn the 740 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,200 danger of prayerlessness. You know, Peter should have been 741 00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:32,700 praying in the garden and not sleeping. 742 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:37,100 We learn the danger of evil company in our life. 743 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:43,000 We learn the power that fear can have in our life to, we learn 744 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,600 all that But I'm going to tell you this. 745 00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:49,900 If you go with me and I'm almost finished, Stay With Me. 746 00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:54,500 I'm going to tell you this. It has a happier ending. 747 00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,700 Because Peter did fall and Peter was sorry. 748 00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:04,000 But the Lord restores him before Jesus ascended to his father 749 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:05,900 where he is now, He restored him. 750 00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:10,300 Please notice chapter 21 of John and beginning in verse 25 and I 751 00:47:10,308 --> 00:47:12,400 will be finished first 15. I'll be finished. 752 00:47:13,700 --> 00:47:16,000 And when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon, 753 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:20,400 Simon, son of Jonah. Do you love me more than these? 754 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:22,600 He said to him? Yes. 755 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:28,400 Lord you know that I love you. He said feed my Lambs He said to 756 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,700 him again a second time, Simon son of Jonah. 757 00:47:30,700 --> 00:47:32,800 Do you love me? He said, yes. 758 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:35,300 Lord, you know that I love you, he said unto him. 759 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:39,300 Tend my sheep. He said to him a third time, 760 00:47:39,300 --> 00:47:41,100 Simon son of Jonah? Do you love me? 761 00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,300 Peter was grieved? Because he said to him a third 762 00:47:43,300 --> 00:47:44,300 time. Do you love me? 763 00:47:44,500 --> 00:47:46,900 And he said to him, Lord, you know, all things. 764 00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:50,900 You know that I love you. Jesus said feed my sheep. 765 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,800 I think it's interesting, just in passing here. 766 00:47:56,000 --> 00:48:01,600 Jesus has this man confessed, his Lord, and confess his love 767 00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:07,800 for his Lord three times. One for every time you denied. 768 00:48:10,500 --> 00:48:15,300 Notice though. What Jesus says most assuredly I 769 00:48:15,300 --> 00:48:18,500 say to you. When you were younger, you 770 00:48:18,500 --> 00:48:21,000 girded yourself and walked where you wished. 771 00:48:21,500 --> 00:48:24,900 But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and 772 00:48:24,900 --> 00:48:29,400 another will gird you and carry you, where you do not wish, 773 00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:33,000 notice what this means. The next verse this, he spoke 774 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:37,000 signifying by what death he would glorify God and when he 775 00:48:37,008 --> 00:48:41,000 had spoken this, he said to him, follow me. 776 00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,000 You know, what? That tells me, that tells me 777 00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:48,400 Peter was restored. And it tells me that Peter was 778 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:53,100 going to pay the ultimate price. It always cost something to 779 00:48:53,100 --> 00:48:57,800 follow Jesus. It costs us everything to follow 780 00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,600 Jesus. Here's the thing. 781 00:49:00,900 --> 00:49:02,200 And this is what we hope for this. 782 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,100 What we hang our hat on in our life, right here. 783 00:49:05,300 --> 00:49:07,900 What Paul said, I have fought the good fight. 784 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,700 I have finished. My course, I have kept the faith 785 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:13,100 henceforth. There is laid up for me a crown 786 00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:15,900 of righteousness that the Lord. The righteous judge, shall give 787 00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:20,200 me on that day and not to me only, but to all those that love 788 00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:24,800 his appearing. There's a price but I take this 789 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,800 the reward far outshines the price. 790 00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:34,900 It's worth infinitely, more than the cost of being a Christian. 791 00:49:37,100 --> 00:49:39,700 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 792 00:49:39,700 --> 00:49:45,400 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you 793 00:49:45,408 --> 00:49:48,600 would like any additional information or you would like to 794 00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:51,700 receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail. 795 00:49:52,300 --> 00:49:56,200 Please email us at info at search of Christ. 796 00:49:56,200 --> 00:50:01,000 Bakersfield.com, our service times are on Sundays at 10:30 797 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:05,800 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. 798 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,900 Please make plans to join us. We would love for you to be our 799 00:50:09,900 --> 00:50:10,800 honored guest.