1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,300 I want to invite your attention to a passage is found in John, 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:06,500 the eighteenth chapter and I want to begin reading there in 3 00:00:06,500 --> 00:00:08,300 verse 1. We're just notice these two 4 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:12,300 verses for our introduction. John chapter 18, beginning in 5 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:17,200 verse 1, when Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,400 his disciples, over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,000 where he was there with his disciples and Judas, who 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,500 betrayed him also knew the place for Jesus often met there with 9 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:32,400 his His disciples for a little while. 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,900 I want to talk on the subject, I've simply entitled Gethsemane 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,000 will notice our remarks from John's account when Jesus was 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,800 arrested in the garden apart from the cross. 13 00:00:45,700 --> 00:00:49,400 No greater Agony has ever been experienced by any being that 14 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,400 has ever lived in this world in human form. 15 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:55,500 No man has ever suffered this way. 16 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,300 In fact, this is the second greatest Agony that our Lord 17 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:02,900 would experience. And obviously, the first being 18 00:01:02,900 --> 00:01:05,200 that, which is to come on the cross itself. 19 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,600 But this is the second great Agony. 20 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,600 This is the Apex of his life of sorrow and grief. 21 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,100 This is the high point of torturous suffering. 22 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:20,200 This is the night when Jesus anticipates drinking the cup of 23 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,000 divine wrath which would be his in full. 24 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,700 At the cross. And again, his sorrow was so 25 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:29,200 severe. And the struggle was so massive. 26 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:32,800 That the Bible says that his sweat was, as it were great 27 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,000 drops of blood falling to the ground. 28 00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:39,600 Now, if we look at the other gospel accounts, we see the 29 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,500 human suffering side of Jesus. I don't want to minimize the 30 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:49,400 human suffering side. Jesus was in tremendous Agony, 31 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:52,000 terrible. It was for the Son of God to go 32 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,800 through the things that he did. Did the night in which before he 33 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,400 would be crucified on a Roman cross for the sins of the world. 34 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,600 Earlier on in our meeting we talked about the fact that the 35 00:02:02,607 --> 00:02:08,600 Bible describes Jesus as the Messiah as the son of man and 36 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:13,800 also as the Son of God obviously he's the son of man, meaning 37 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,800 that our Messiah, Our Savior was fully human, there was a human 38 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:23,000 side to the messiahship but he's the son of God meaning. 39 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:27,700 There's the Divine side of his messiahship and it seems as 40 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:31,500 though if you look at the other gospel accounts, not John the 41 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:34,400 other ones. It seems as though they describe 42 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:39,000 the human side with the human suffering and John presents 43 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,300 something else. The Divine side, the deity of 44 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:47,700 Jesus Christ. Now, all of these things really 45 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:51,200 point to the supremacy of Jesus Christ and it's done. 46 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,100 So with for preemption Eminent features. 47 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:58,800 Now let me just say we're going to spend more time on number one 48 00:02:58,900 --> 00:03:02,200 then we are the rest of them and by the time we get to number 4, 49 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:04,600 it's going to be actually in the conclusion. 50 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,300 So don't think that because we're spending so much time on 51 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:10,200 number one, we're going to be here all day and night we're 52 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:15,000 just going to spend more time on number one, the first preeminent 53 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,600 feature that exalts Jesus to the highest in the event of The 54 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,900 Garden of Gethsemane, was his Supreme. 55 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,600 Courage, his courage is certainly seen and his 56 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,000 willingness to go to the cross. You know, I'll tell you it's 57 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,000 courageous when somebody would die for a cause that we call 58 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:40,600 that a hero when somebody would die for a cause we also find 59 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,700 that if someone is tremendously create a courageous because he's 60 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:48,500 willing to be martyred for a truth that he is he refuses to 61 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:52,100 reject. We call that Noble but purpose 62 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:54,800 in your mind. Jesus think about Jesus here. 63 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:59,000 Jesus is about to be have all of his Purity and all of his 64 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,700 sinlessness. Has violated and bear the sin of 65 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:06,800 every man that has ever lived. He would be on the cross 66 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,700 abandoned by God. And he would say those words, my 67 00:04:09,700 --> 00:04:12,800 God, my God. Why hast Thou, forsaken? 68 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,400 Me or is another translation? Renders it. 69 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:20,300 My God, my God. Why are you so far from helping 70 00:04:20,700 --> 00:04:23,400 me? This is courage, this is 71 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:28,200 infinite Supreme courage and Jesus sets, his face to go to 72 00:04:28,207 --> 00:04:31,500 the cross and does so Undaunted and he does. 73 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:34,600 So without hesitation, please understand. 74 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:40,600 This, though, when they came to arrest Jesus, He was not 75 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:46,900 tricked, he was not trapped, and he was not surprised. 76 00:04:48,100 --> 00:04:53,100 Please understand that it even magnifies his courage even more. 77 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:59,100 So he wasn't tricked. He wasn't trapped and he wasn't 78 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:01,500 surprised. Notice verse one. 79 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:03,000 Now is I'll put it on the screen. 80 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:08,800 Verse 1, John 18, and verse 1. When Jesus had spoken these 81 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,400 words he went out with his disciples. 82 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,300 Now obviously in some translations say he went forth 83 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:17,800 but evidently what it's talking about. 84 00:05:17,900 --> 00:05:21,600 About when he finished speaking, the words of the prayer in the 85 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,100 17th chapter, he's going to go with those disciples. 86 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:26,900 He's going to leave that Upper Room. 87 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,400 He's going to leave the city of Jerusalem and he's going to 88 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,300 cross a little Brook called Kidron, and he's going to go a 89 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:39,500 place there that we simply call The Garden of Gethsemane. 90 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:42,500 You know, it was his custom to retire there. 91 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:44,500 It's a place that he often went there. 92 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:49,100 In fact, the Bible says, in John Chapter 7, Very end of the 93 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:51,900 chapter. It says this, every man went to 94 00:05:51,907 --> 00:05:55,900 his own house, but then the beginning of chapter 8, says, 95 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,600 and Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 96 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,700 This was the closest thing to home that the Lord had. 97 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,700 Do you remember when Jesus was speaking to that? 98 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:09,600 Scribe who said, I will follow you wherever you go. 99 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:14,000 And Jesus said, foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, 100 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,900 but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head early on in the 101 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,100 This meeting we talked about what that means. 102 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:24,300 It meant that Jesus did not have the Creature Comforts of life. 103 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:28,300 That even the animals. Have not only that, he didn't 104 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:31,500 have a place of permanence in this world. 105 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,600 And that's what he was talking about. 106 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,600 Oftentimes though, he went to this place called The Garden. 107 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:42,200 He went to this place in the Mount of Olives. 108 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:46,900 Now, there were other times that he might go out a little ways 109 00:06:46,900 --> 00:06:50,000 crossed a little row. Road, go around a little Hill. 110 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,700 I'm told and go to the place called Bethany and be there with 111 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:59,100 dear friends, Mary and Martha, but not on this night, this was 112 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:03,100 time for Gethsemane. I want you to understand that, 113 00:07:03,100 --> 00:07:05,600 Jesus knew exactly what was going to happen. 114 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,700 Each. And every thing that did happen, 115 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:13,200 he not only, he not only knew, but he also planned every 116 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,800 detail. Now, first of all, there's 117 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,100 somebody else that also new. And I think this is very Very 118 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:20,800 important there. Somebody else that knew that 119 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:25,900 Jesus was going to go there, and it was the betrayer, it was 120 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:30,900 Judas Iscariot when we think about the relationship between 121 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:34,900 Jesus and Judas, there's actually a picture in the Old 122 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:39,300 Testament of two other characters that kind of fit that 123 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:41,800 description or that similar picture. 124 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 And because of that, it actually brings up a very interesting 125 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,800 point about prophecy. Let me just say, There's two 126 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,100 kinds of Prophecy. Number one, there's verbal 127 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:57,100 predictive, propers prophecy. And number two, there is typical 128 00:07:57,300 --> 00:08:01,300 prophecy verbal. Predictive prophecy, is a verbal 129 00:08:01,300 --> 00:08:03,900 prediction of something that's going to happen later, for 130 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:08,200 example, in Isaiah 9:6 For unto us. 131 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,800 A child is born unto us a son is given. 132 00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:16,100 That is a verbal prediction that's going to be fulfilled 133 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:20,000 later about Jesus Christ. Iced, we understand that, but 134 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,700 typical prophecy is different typical. 135 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:28,100 Prophecy is prophecy in types. For example, every Old 136 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:33,200 Testament, sacrifice was a picture of Jesus, the ultimate 137 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,400 and final sacrifice, he would be for the world. 138 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:43,799 Now sometimes men or characters, also typified Christ, for 139 00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:47,800 example, about Moses, Moses typified. 140 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,600 Jesus in that Moses was the deliverer to deliver God's 141 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,900 people. The children of Israel out of 142 00:08:54,900 --> 00:08:59,200 Egyptian bondage. Jesus is the Fulfillment of 143 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,200 that, in that he is the ultimate fulfillment. 144 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,600 He is the ultimate deliverer deliver to deliver people out of 145 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,500 the bondage of sin. What about Joseph? 146 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:13,500 You know, a preacher. One time said that he counted 147 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:17,800 over 100 points of likeness between the life of Joseph. 148 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:21,600 If and the life of Jesus, one of which would be how he was 149 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,300 betrayed and how he was sold. And the Bible would describe 150 00:09:25,300 --> 00:09:29,500 that his brothers sold him into slavery for 20 pieces of silver. 151 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:34,400 The price of a slave in like fashion, Jesus was sold and 152 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:39,600 betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, the price of a slave. 153 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:45,300 Now, there were also characters that were tip that typified 154 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:50,200 Jesus, in a, in an event, Like Isaac. 155 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:56,500 When God told Abraham, take thy son, thine only son, Isaac and 156 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:59,800 take him to a place that I will tell thee and offer him as a 157 00:09:59,808 --> 00:10:04,000 sacrifice unto me. Do you remember as they went on 158 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,900 and they spent about three days on this journey, you know, in 159 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:12,000 the mind of Abraham, the very second that he purposed to go 160 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,900 and obey, God and offer Isaac as a sacrifice when that three-day 161 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:20,800 period started in his mind as he began for three days. 162 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:23,800 Ways, Isaac was already sacrificed. 163 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:27,200 You know what happened? Three days later, God stayed his 164 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,800 hand and he received him back in like fashion. 165 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,600 Jesus was nailed to a Roman cross, he was buried. 166 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,600 And on the third day, guess what? 167 00:10:36,900 --> 00:10:41,000 He received him back. There's something else, too. 168 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:47,500 You know, when Isaac carried the wood that he would be sacrificed 169 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:49,800 on. Can you imagine that having 170 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,700 someone carry or something that you're going to sacrifice a 171 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:55,700 blood sacrifice? And you're going to carry the 172 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:58,000 wood that you're going to be sacrificed on. 173 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:02,200 That's exactly what Isaac did and, you know, that typified 174 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:03,600 Jesus. Because guess what? 175 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:09,300 Jesus also carried the wood that he would be sacrificed on as 176 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:14,100 well. All of this is Go prophecy. 177 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:18,800 Now I said all that to say this, there's a picture of the 178 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,200 relationship between Jesus and Judas. 179 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,600 In the Old Testament. It's found in the book of 180 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:30,300 second, Samuel chapter 15. We're talking about King David 181 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:35,000 and the Bible says that David had a familiar friend and his 182 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,300 name was a hit the fell. Now we know the story Absalom, 183 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:44,300 the bad son of David decides to rise up against David and all of 184 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:47,900 that, you know what happened familiar Friend by the name of a 185 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:53,100 hit, the fill lifted up his heel against David as it were and 186 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:56,200 went with Absalom. Do you know where David went? 187 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,700 David crossed, the Little Brook. At Kidron. 188 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,400 And he went to the Mount of Olives with his faithful 189 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:07,100 followers in like fashion. Judas, lifted up his heel 190 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:10,900 against Christ Judas. Being a familiar friend, he did 191 00:12:10,900 --> 00:12:14,800 the very same thing, you know what Jesus did he crossed the 192 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:19,200 Little Brook Kidron and he went into the Mount of Olives. 193 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:27,500 With his followers. Why did Jesus go there if he 194 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:29,600 knew that, all of that was going to happen? 195 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,500 Why did he do that? The Mount of Olives are the get, 196 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:37,600 or The Garden of Gethsemane was a place of prayer, it was a 197 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,600 place of rest and it was a place of fellowship with his 198 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,800 disciples. That's all true. 199 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:47,500 But all of that is secondary. The primary reason that he went 200 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:51,600 there is because he knew that Judas knew where he would go, 201 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:56,300 and he knew that Judas would take that mob and bring him 202 00:12:56,300 --> 00:12:58,600 right there. And he was going to surrender 203 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:04,600 himself wilfully to do that. Now, does that mean that Jesus 204 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,300 was actually setting up the confrontation? 205 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,000 That's exactly what that means. That's exactly what that means. 206 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,700 Look at the next verse verse 2, And Judas, who betrayed him. 207 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:22,800 Also knew the place for Jesus often met there with his 208 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:26,400 disciples. You know, I've often thought as 209 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,700 I've reflected back on that event. 210 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,000 I've often thought what if Jesus would have stayed in Jerusalem 211 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,100 and he ever thought about that? What if he would have stayed in 212 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:42,000 Jerusalem with his disciples? Then what what if the arrest 213 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,000 would have taken place in the city of Jerusalem? 214 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,500 Now, we know a few things about the life of Jesus. 215 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:51,000 In the last week of Jesus, we know a few things. 216 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,800 For example, we know that there were people that rejected Jesus 217 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:58,300 one week prior though they were saying Hosanna to the king. 218 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,500 I guess in today's common vernacular, three, cheers for 219 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:04,900 Jesus and then many other people just forsook him and all that. 220 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:09,900 We know that but then among others Jesus was very popular. 221 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,700 Can you imagine how it would have been if they would have 222 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:15,800 come to take Jesus? And in the life or in the, in 223 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,500 the midst of all of those that perhaps would have been 224 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,700 supporters of Jesus? Maybe it would have caused a 225 00:14:21,708 --> 00:14:23,500 revolution. I don't know, maybe an 226 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:27,400 insurrection. Jesus is going to a place where 227 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,900 he is taken and he controls everything. 228 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:35,100 This is willful voluntary, surrender. 229 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,300 Listen to John chapter 10 and verse 17. 230 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:40,600 Listen to this. Therefore my father loves me 231 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,500 because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 232 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:46,600 That's verse 17. Here's Verse 18. 233 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,300 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. 234 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:54,200 I have the power to lay it down. I have the power to take it 235 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,300 again. Again, this command I have 236 00:14:56,300 --> 00:15:00,700 received from my father. In other words, a coward would 237 00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:03,300 have gone anywhere, but the garden. 238 00:15:06,100 --> 00:15:11,600 You know, in Matthew chapter 26. It says, the great multitudes 239 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:17,800 came with swords, staves and clubs and they were ready for 240 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,700 action. You know, the best that I can 241 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:23,900 tell it was, it seems to me that the temple police were those 242 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:27,600 that use the club's, the soldiers of Rome, use the 243 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,900 swords, and staves, and they come to get Jesus. 244 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,800 And look at verse number 3, listen to this, then Judas 245 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:41,400 having received a Detachment of troops interesting about that. 246 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,300 What is the Detachment of troops? 247 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,800 A Detachment of troops, by the way, is a Roman cohort. 248 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:50,800 Now, I've read a lot of commentators. 249 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,900 I've read a lot of things, I know sha. 250 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:56,600 Hey, I'm sure he has but I'll tell you, I've read a lot about 251 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:01,100 how many men were would have been in this Roman cohort me to 252 00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:03,000 share with you some things that I have read. 253 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,200 One commentator said that a Roman cohort could have 254 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:11,100 constituted anywhere from two hundred, six hundred or even 255 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:15,700 twelve hundred men. All right, then I just Googled a 256 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:22,700 Roman cohort and I came up with this A Roman legion equaled, 10 257 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:29,600 cohorts now 10 cohorts, in a Roman legion, was 5,000 men. 258 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:33,900 So if there are ten cohorts you're talking about 500 men, 259 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,300 let's just grab that number. Let's just say five hundred men. 260 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:44,400 Can you imagine 500, man? And here they come to the Garden 261 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,100 of Gethsemane. And guess whose right out in 262 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:51,300 front. The vile betrayer. 263 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:57,000 And he's leading the way. He's in the front. 264 00:16:57,700 --> 00:16:59,400 I like what one man said one time. 265 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,200 What a compliment, 500 men plus all the others? 266 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,900 What a compliment to send so many? 267 00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:09,099 Did you take to get a Galilean Carpenter and his friends? 268 00:17:10,300 --> 00:17:14,099 I say that because that's all they considered him to be just a 269 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:17,099 Galilean Carpenter and his friends. 270 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:21,599 Now, it says, they came with lanterns and torches. 271 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,200 I read one commentator that said that during The time of the 272 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,400 Passover in that area, it would have been a full moon now 273 00:17:29,900 --> 00:17:33,900 because of that it would have lit up the skies and they would 274 00:17:33,900 --> 00:17:35,500 have been able to see where they were going. 275 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:39,600 In other words, they did not need a lantern or a torch to 276 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,700 find the way to navigate their way to the Garden of Gethsemane. 277 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,600 So, why did they have? Why they have lanterns and 278 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,300 torches, I'll tell you why. I think, I think they had 279 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:54,600 lanterns and torches because they thought they were going to 280 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,600 have to search every nook and cranny that Jesus would be 281 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,400 somewhere coward, somewhere, hiding somewhere, and all these 282 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,400 men were coming and Judas is out in front and they had to take 283 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,200 these torches and lanterns and find him somewhere because he 284 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:12,800 was hiding, you know, the irony here. 285 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,000 The irony, is that came with torches searching for the light 286 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,300 of the world. They came with swords searching 287 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:26,900 for the Prince of Peace. What an insult, what a cruel 288 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:32,100 misinterpretation of Jesus. Who he was and Judas is out in 289 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:34,300 front. And what does he do when he 290 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:35,800 arrives? Well, we look to the other 291 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,800 gospels and we find out about the kiss. 292 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:42,400 I got to make a point about the kiss, Mark chapter 15, listen to 293 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,900 this or 14. Mark chapter 14 in verse 44. 294 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:49,300 Here is the deal they set up watch this. 295 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,800 Now here's betrayer had given them a signal saying, whomever I 296 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,900 kiss. He is the one take him and lead 297 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:02,300 him away safely. Now, now, the deal was I'm going 298 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:04,400 to go and I'm going to kiss Jesus. 299 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,300 And that's what the word is in a singular fashion. 300 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,900 A term of welcome and loved and I'm going to term of greeting 301 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,700 and I'm going to give him one little kiss. 302 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:16,700 That's what the word means on the cheek as it were. 303 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,300 Now we don't go around kissing everybody today. 304 00:19:19,300 --> 00:19:22,700 We don't do that. Now I am Italian and some of my 305 00:19:22,700 --> 00:19:26,900 Italian relatives kiss, both cheeks and all that. 306 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,700 I've never done that. I have no no intention to ever 307 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:30,800 play. I'm doing that. 308 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:33,300 I'm just going to stick my hand out to shake your hand. 309 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:34,400 Hug your neck. That's it. 310 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:40,200 Here's the deal. Judas was going to use a term of 311 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,900 love and respect and honor of a friend in a greeting. 312 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:48,000 In a friendly greeting, whoever I kiss that's him. 313 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:50,400 Lay hold of him and take him away. 314 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:53,600 But look at verse 45, that's not what happened. 315 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:58,000 Verse 45 and as soon as he had come immediately, he went up to 316 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:05,700 him and said Rabbi Rabbi and kissed him that word kissed in. 317 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:09,200 Verse 45 is not the word kiss and verse 44. 318 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:15,200 In verse 45, it is a magnified verb of the word to kiss. 319 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,700 In other words, this terrible vile traitor. 320 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:23,000 Went up to the Lord and kissed him repeatedly. 321 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:30,500 What a terrible thing? And he kissed him repeatedly. 322 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:34,000 What? A devilish refinement of a kiss 323 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,200 and nowhere else. Can you find the disciples 324 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,600 kissed coupled with the traitors sign? 325 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:45,800 Now look at the next verse and verse 4 Jesus. 326 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,700 Therefore knowing all things that would come upon him went 327 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:53,000 forward. Now please understand, this is 328 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,200 Jesus understanding everything that was going to happen. 329 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,300 He's understanding all that's going to be and because he knew 330 00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:01,700 what was going to happen. Happen. 331 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:06,500 He went forward, in fact, in Chapter 13 of John and verse 18. 332 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:12,100 Jesus says he that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel 333 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:15,400 Against Me. Jesus knew that Judas would 334 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:20,600 betray him. This is humble willing 335 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:26,500 sacrifice, all right? Jesus initiated the whole thing. 336 00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:31,300 Now, if you put the whole thing together, we might say that the 337 00:21:31,308 --> 00:21:37,100 kiss came first, we might say, the kiss came first, maybe it 338 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:40,600 did. But did you know that nothing 339 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,200 happened until what Jesus does? Does next? 340 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:48,700 If you put all the accounts together, it may be that the 341 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:55,400 devilish kiss came first. But nothing happened until Jesus 342 00:21:55,400 --> 00:22:02,900 did this. He says, Whom are you seeking? 343 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:08,600 That's when things were going to happen, that's when things began 344 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,100 to happen. Who are you seeking? 345 00:22:10,100 --> 00:22:13,300 He went out the gate, they were coming to meet him. 346 00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:16,400 He had seen them all the way. He saw Judas, put the whole 347 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,500 thing together. He had seen them all come out, 348 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:21,600 the gate down the hill, back up the hill and he walks right out 349 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,400 to meet them. This is majestic boldness. 350 00:22:24,700 --> 00:22:29,600 This is courage that the Lord had set forth as he went to the 351 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,900 cross. And that brings us to verse 5 352 00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:36,600 and that covers the next point, which is Is not only Supreme 353 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:40,700 courage, but also supreme power now. 354 00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:45,500 Perhaps the kiss came first but nothing happened until Jesus 355 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:49,100 says, who are you seeking? Watch What Happens Next in verse 356 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:55,700 5, they answered him. Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus 357 00:22:55,700 --> 00:23:01,800 said, I am in the original just as I am, I am now. 358 00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:06,100 Watch this in verse 6, W. What happens? 359 00:23:06,100 --> 00:23:09,900 Look at the power of Jesus Watch What Happens and then when he 360 00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:16,300 said to them, I am They drew back and they fell to the ground 361 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,400 now. Have you ever wondered why 362 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,500 Judas? It says that Judas was out in 363 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:24,600 front of the whole thing? I think Judas, is there to prove 364 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,700 to Judas that he has no power at all. 365 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:31,300 He is nothing but a vile traitor, and the Lord was 366 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:34,600 totally in control. The Lord was laying down his 367 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,800 life. Nobody takes it from him now, 368 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,700 have you ever wondered why they all fell to the ground? 369 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:47,300 I actually read two commentators and this is what they said, I 370 00:23:47,308 --> 00:23:51,100 don't get it one commentator said this is what happened. 371 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:54,400 Now picture this picture. This got about 500 of these 372 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:59,800 soldiers there 500 in the Roman cohort and one commentator said 373 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,400 when they fail this is what happened. 374 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,000 You see the first guy just kind of stumbled back a little bit 375 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,400 and they were kind of lined up really close to each other. 376 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,700 So the first guy kind of stumbled into the second guy 377 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,300 pretty soon he knocked into the third guy. 378 00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:15,200 And pretty soon as it were all 500, they just kind of like 379 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,700 dominoes tipped each other over in the awful. 380 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:23,500 Yeah, really. That's what we're going with. 381 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:27,200 You don't think a soldier knew how to stand on his own two 382 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,700 feet. Here's another commentator, you 383 00:24:30,708 --> 00:24:34,000 know, he said, oh, they thought they were going to have to 384 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,200 really search for Jesus, but when they found him, they were 385 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,000 so surprised. They just fainted back soldiers, 386 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,000 really? I'm going to tell you why they 387 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,700 fell folks. They fell because of what he 388 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:50,400 said. They fell to the ground because 389 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:54,700 of what Jesus said, and this is supreme power. 390 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Jesus said, who are you looking for? 391 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:04,200 They said, Jesus of Nazareth. He said I am and they all fell. 392 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,300 Look at the power, the power of Jesus. 393 00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:13,100 He said I am and in the very presence, they all fell. 394 00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:17,200 You know, the Bible says that God created the world by what 395 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,700 created the World by his word. In fact, the Bible says God 396 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:24,400 would say let there be light, and there was light, God said, 397 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,300 let there be this and there was that all right, when Jesus 398 00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:32,200 Christ comes in Judgment, at the End of Time, the Bible says, he 399 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,300 has a sharp sword. Where's the sharp sword? 400 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:40,500 Coming out of his mouth. You see, it's the word of God. 401 00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:43,200 That's powerful. It's the word of God that would 402 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,200 judge, man. It's the word of God that will 403 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,000 condemn, man. It's the word of God that is 404 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:51,300 incisive and it comes out of his mouth. 405 00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:54,500 This mob that was there just got a little taste of judgment 406 00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:57,000 power. Supreme power. 407 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:00,000 Jesus says, who are you looking forward? 408 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:04,400 They said Jesus of Nazareth. He said I am he, our I am and 409 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,200 they fell to the ground that leads us to our third point. 410 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,700 And that is, we find Find another preeminent feature in 411 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:12,000 the arrest of Jesus. You know what? 412 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,700 We see. We see Supreme love. 413 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:21,500 Supreme love, you know, when Jesus anticipated the cross, he 414 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:26,000 was always concerned about his disciples always, they're 415 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:31,500 constantly on his mind, we see the selflessness of Jesus, we 416 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:33,600 see the endless love for his own. 417 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,400 In fact, in marks account and Mark 15 when he was praying to 418 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,900 his father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me but 419 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:44,100 not my will. But thine be done three times. 420 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:49,700 The prayer was Dated, and when he does that, he checks on those 421 00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:54,000 disciples. Now I got to ask you Don't you 422 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,000 think that Jesus was pretty busy just now? 423 00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:03,900 He was about to go and bear the sins of the world on the cross. 424 00:27:05,100 --> 00:27:09,400 I think he's pretty busy. But he was concerned about his 425 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:12,700 disciples Watch, What Happens. They've already asked the 426 00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:16,600 question once he already asked a question once, who you looking 427 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,300 for? They said, Jesus of Nazareth. 428 00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:23,900 He said I'm he and they all fall down and then verse 7 and then 429 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:25,700 he asked him again. Who are you seeking? 430 00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:30,200 And they said, Jesus of Nazareth now. 431 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,500 Little side point here. Wouldn't you think you'd be 432 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:40,700 impressed if Jesus said I am? And the power was so great that 433 00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:46,300 you as a soldier fell to the ground in his power Dutch, think 434 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:50,800 you'd be impressed by that. But they're unfazed. 435 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:57,700 They fall down. They get back up there, unfazed, 436 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,300 the Lord asks him again. Who you looking for? 437 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,600 They're unfazed. They just said, well, it's just 438 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,700 Jesus of Nazareth and they answer it again. 439 00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:13,100 Now, I got to thinking about this, you know. 440 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:15,100 Sometimes we wonder about people. 441 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,900 You preach the gospel. They hear about what the Lord 442 00:28:17,900 --> 00:28:21,400 has done for their sins, they learn about salvation, they 443 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,700 learn about Kevin, they learn about having a better life after 444 00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:28,000 this life. They learn about all of that and 445 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,400 you would think that they would be moved to make a decision to 446 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,600 obey the Lord, but they're unfazed, and they just kind of 447 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,500 walked right out the back door again, that's nothing new 448 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:38,800 member. When Paul was talking to Felix 449 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,600 the governor Felix, he reasoned with him of righteousness 450 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,500 Temperance and judgment to come. What happened to Felix? 451 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:49,800 He trembled, then he said go thy way for now. 452 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,600 And when I have a more convenient season, And I will 453 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:58,400 call for thee unfazed. Remember 911. 454 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:04,100 I remember exactly where I was. I remember exactly the time it 455 00:29:04,100 --> 00:29:06,700 was. I remember in California. 456 00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:09,900 The sun wasn't up yet. When I where I was I remember 457 00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:14,800 all of that when that happened, I also remember how people 458 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,500 change for just a little while, people started being drawn to 459 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:22,600 their Bibles and sometimes that happens with tragedy, people are 460 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:27,700 drawn to God in tragedy. But then in a period of time 461 00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:32,400 whatever we just go back, we just go back and be unfazed. 462 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:41,300 These men were unfazed, folks. So why did Jesus ask twice? 463 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:45,100 Watch this supreme love. Why did he ask twice here it is 464 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:48,200 verse 8. Jesus answered I have told you 465 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:53,200 that I am he therefore if you seek me, let these go their way. 466 00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:58,800 Oh, the Lord was so brilliant. He was so brilliant. 467 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,900 He repeats the order to them. And by the way, let me ask you 468 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,100 who looks like they're really in control. 469 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:12,800 He said, who you looking for? He made the initiative, he went 470 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,000 out to them, he knowing everything, orchestrated, all of 471 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,700 it, set it all in motion, we're looking for Jesus of Nazareth. 472 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,100 I Am All Fall Down back up again. 473 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,900 Who are you looking for? Jesus of Nazareth, then. 474 00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:26,500 Guess what? Jesus does? 475 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,000 He's not making a suggestion. He is commanding them. 476 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:34,400 He said, if you're looking for me, I have already told you that 477 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,500 I am he? So let them go. 478 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:43,900 Let him go. Totally in control, what a 479 00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:48,500 powerful concept, you know, Jesus is not the kind of 480 00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:51,200 Shepherd who rescues a lamb after. 481 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,900 It's half eaten by the wolf. In John chapter 10 and verse 12, 482 00:30:55,900 --> 00:30:59,400 listen to this. But the hireling, he who is not 483 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,300 the shepherd one, who does not own, the Sheep sees the wolf 484 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:07,400 coming, and he leaves the sheep and flees, and the Wolf catches, 485 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,100 the sheep and scatters them. This is Jesus referring to 486 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:13,100 himself as the shepherd and he describes the hireling. 487 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,900 Now, look at verse 13. The hireling flees because he is 488 00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:19,800 a hireling and does not care about the shape. 489 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:25,600 Watch this verse 14, but But I am the Good Shepherd and I know 490 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:30,900 my sheep and I am known by my own verse 15 as the father knows 491 00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:33,200 me even. So I know the father and I lay 492 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:39,400 down my life for my sheep. Now a couple things we have to 493 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:44,000 say, I Think Jesus knew that they would not be able to handle 494 00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:47,100 such a persecution or they wouldn't be able to handle 495 00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:50,500 having them come. How many times did Jesus say to 496 00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:52,300 them? Oh, ye of little faith. 497 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,900 They had faith. But they didn't have enough but 498 00:31:54,900 --> 00:31:58,700 there's so much more there's so much more Jesus needed the 499 00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:01,800 disciples to go forth and preach the gospel. 500 00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:04,900 In fact, the Bible says, in the book of Acts, they did just that 501 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:09,100 those disciples literally turned the world upside down preaching 502 00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:13,300 the gospel. Jesus knew he needed them, but 503 00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:19,000 he protected them in every way. You know, the lord always has 504 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:23,500 time for his own. He always has time for his own. 505 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,800 The Lord is always there for us. And when you think about your 506 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:33,100 life, let me just say this, we, the Lord doesn't leave us. 507 00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:36,800 Have you ever heard somebody say where was The Lord? 508 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,100 When this terrible thing happened in my life? 509 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,100 I like what one preacher said? One time. 510 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:43,100 Well I'll tell you where he was when your son died. 511 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:46,500 He was the same place that he was when his son died. 512 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,100 Folks, the Lord doesn't leave our side. 513 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:56,000 We leave him. We leave the Lord and when we 514 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,600 leave the Lord, we are away from the Lord. 515 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,600 But if we are doing what is right, the Lord will never leave 516 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,700 our side. Even if we have terrible things 517 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:06,200 that come our way, Listen to This Promise 1st Corinthians 518 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,000 10:13. No temptation has overtaken, you 519 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,500 such as is common to man, but God is faithful who will not 520 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:15,900 allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able. 521 00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:19,400 And with the Temptation will also make a way of Escape, that 522 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:24,600 you may be able to bear it. But folks, we can't do it on our 523 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,200 own. We can't do it on our own. 524 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:32,800 Look at this. Jesus says, let them go that the 525 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,500 saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke of those. 526 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:38,700 You gave me. I have lost none. 527 00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:43,800 He protected them all. What about Peter? 528 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,500 What about Peter? What about what did Peter do in 529 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:54,300 verse 10? Impulsive Peter, Simon, Peter 530 00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:57,500 having a sword drew it and struck the high priests servant 531 00:33:57,700 --> 00:34:01,900 and cut off his right ear and the servants name was malchus 532 00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:08,500 now, just a little freebie here, little freebie, I don't think 533 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:14,000 Peter was trying to be a great swordsman and I don't think he 534 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,699 was. So, So skilled that he intended 535 00:34:16,699 --> 00:34:20,400 on cutting off Mal khizr. So he just aimed really closely 536 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:23,100 and just slit. Sliced it off like that. 537 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,800 I think he was swinging for the cheap seats. 538 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:30,500 I think he was swinging with that sword to cut his head off. 539 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:37,900 And he cut off his ear Peter decides to do it on his own. 540 00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:41,400 You can't do it on your own. You can't do it on your own. 541 00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:46,699 Can't do it your own way. You can't do it that way. 542 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:52,000 Now that brings us to our final Point as we draw a remarks to a 543 00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:54,600 close. All this happens. 544 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,800 Who are you seeking? Jesus of Nazareth, they answered 545 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,600 twice. He said, then if you are looking 546 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:01,800 for me, I've already told you that I am. 547 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:05,400 He didn't let these go why that? It might be fulfilled, which we 548 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,400 spoke. All those that you gave me is 549 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:11,400 talking to his father, I have lost none, Simon, Peter cuts 550 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,800 off, Mal kazeer, Jesus puts it right back on. 551 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:20,600 Now one final thing. May the Lord shows a fourth 552 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,200 preeminent feature and that is supreme obedience. 553 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:30,300 Look at verse 11, then Jesus said to Peter, put your sword 554 00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:33,600 into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup? 555 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:38,300 Which my father has given me. I'll tell you people in the 556 00:35:38,308 --> 00:35:41,200 world. Don't like the word obedience. 557 00:35:42,900 --> 00:35:45,000 People don't like that word. Don't do that. 558 00:35:45,900 --> 00:35:49,400 People also don't like this word submission. 559 00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:54,900 And the reason that people don't like the word submission is 560 00:35:54,900 --> 00:35:58,300 because people misunderstand what it means. 561 00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:05,000 Submission and obedience is not a term of weakness. 562 00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:08,300 It is the ultimate term of strength. 563 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,000 It is something willful. It's not somebody putting you in 564 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,700 your place. It is something that is willful. 565 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:20,500 You Are by strength submitting yourself in obedience to God and 566 00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:25,300 incidentally, in the marriage relationship, I'll just say this 567 00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:28,700 to when a wife would be in submission to her. 568 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:34,000 A husband that is the ultimate ultimate Act of strength, not 569 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:39,500 weakness, not less than it's an act of strength, and it's 570 00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:44,200 willful active, obedience. The Lord set the stage. 571 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:47,400 He said to Peter, put that thing away, shall I? 572 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,600 Not drink the cup? Which my father has given me, 573 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:56,500 all right? Jesus paid a price, he didn't 574 00:36:56,500 --> 00:37:00,200 know. Because we had a debt, we 575 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:04,600 couldn't pay. And yet sometimes people today 576 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:10,400 are so unfazed. Unfazed by What the Lord Has 577 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,400 Done. What do we learn in these 578 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,400 verses, in the Garden of Gethsemane, we learn these 579 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,000 things right here. We learned number one, supreme 580 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:22,200 courage, Jesus went forward, he orchestrated the whole thing, he 581 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,200 set the whole thing into motion, he knew that's exactly where 582 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:29,400 Judas would take that mob. And so he went right there and 583 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,600 act of Courage. He's so showed supreme power, he 584 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,000 said, who you looking for? They said Jesus of Nazareth. 585 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,300 He said I am And all five hundred. 586 00:37:37,300 --> 00:37:40,000 Who else is there fell down. What else do we learn? 587 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,000 Supreme love. He said the second time who you 588 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,700 looking for? They said Jesus of Nazareth. 589 00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:46,300 He said I already told you it was me. 590 00:37:46,300 --> 00:37:52,400 Here I am let them go. And finally Supreme obedience. 591 00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:58,500 Folks, he drank the cup to the bottom. and we are so thankful 592 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,000 and we are so grateful because now we have the hope of 593 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:08,700 everlasting life, I'll close with this final remark. 594 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,200 The lord always has time for you. 595 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:17,700 How much time do you have for the Lord? 596 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:25,200 He always has time for us. How much time in our life do we 597 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,300 have for him? How much time have we devoted to 598 00:38:29,300 --> 00:38:33,500 serving him? How much time have we devoted to 599 00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:35,700 worshipping him when the doors are open? 600 00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:38,200 How much time?