1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,200 Pastor Jim Michael went a little too long and the coffee, the 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:15,680 coffee suffered for it can turn in your Bible to Matthew, 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:25,280 chapter 27. In our series on Matthew, this 4 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:30,120 is episode 102. For those who are keeping track, 5 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:34,560 it's 100 and 203. Which is it? 6 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,800 OK, one or two. We've walked through Matthew 7 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,440 verse by verse. We've watched King Jesus March 8 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,880 on his mission, step by step, day by day, unfazed, 9 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,840 undistracted, when his own. Disciples told him, Lord, don't 10 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,320 go to the cross, that'll never. Happen to you he said get behind 11 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,240 me, Satan. You're not thinking about the 12 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,160 things of God. You're thinking about the things 13 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,040 of man. So Jesus comes in on Palm 14 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,320 Sunday. They're. 15 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,920 Worshipping. They're saying blessed is he who 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,680 comes in the name of the Lord. Maybe there was some confusion, 17 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,840 maybe there was some. Hope, but I want to remind you 18 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,320 everybody who was, everybody knew who Jesus was At this 19 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:17,200 point, He's been ministering in Israel for 3 1/2 years. 20 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,360 You know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody at. 21 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,240 Least who has been healed by Jesus. 22 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,280 You know somebody who has been blessed by Jesus. 23 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,280 You know somebody who has heard Jesus preach, You know somebody 24 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,920 who was there that day on the mountainside when he fed 25 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,400 probably over 15,000 people, 5000 men for sure. 26 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,480 All the women and children weren't even counted. 27 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,840 You know, somebody was like, yeah, the bread just kept 28 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,040 multiplying, the fish kept multiplying. 29 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,520 Everybody knows Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, probably 30 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,880 just a few weeks ago. So everybody knows somebody who 31 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,080 knows somebody who knows about something about him. 32 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,760 Everybody's probably seen him at this point. 33 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,720 You've probably heard him preach at this point. 34 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,520 He comes to Jerusalem for all the feasts, just like every 35 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,280 other Jew does, and he shows up. The Pharisees don't like him. 36 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,200 You hear ramblings, you hear conversations, you hear debates. 37 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,639 But you're hopeful. You're hopeful that the Messiah 38 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:11,240 is really here to take over and conquer the Romans. 39 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,520 Jesus is here to conquer. Jesus is here to take over. 40 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,000 And like we said, he's going to do it in a way that's different 41 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,440 from what the Romans have always done it. 42 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,720 So he comes in, people are worshipping, people are 43 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,240 celebrating. We've walked through what's 44 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,480 called Holy Week day by day, where Jesus is preaching, where 45 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,120 he is blasting the religious leaders. 46 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,440 We've also clarified Jesus doesn't just blast religious 47 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,000 people. Because they're religious 48 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,400 people. Jesus doesn't go. 49 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,640 I hate religious people. And start blasting. 50 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:43,120 What he hates is pride and arrogance and the manipulation 51 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,720 that the. Shepherds of Israel. 52 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,880 Were. Giving to the people what he 53 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,160 wanted was humility. So he didn't say you're 54 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,840 religious leaders, I hate you, I'm angry with you. 55 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:57,000 He said you are hypocrites, you're liars, you're deceivers. 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,520 You don't want what God wants. You're pretending to be holy, 57 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,240 but you're not. Remember what they did? 58 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,840 They put the scripture, they took the scriptures of God, the 59 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,360 scrolls, and they would mount them on these things on top of 60 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,760 their head and it sticks off their head. 61 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,040 And then the thing became, well, who's got the biggest scripture 62 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,000 box? I have so much scripture in my 63 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,960 scripture box. Dude, you look super stupid. 64 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,720 And also you don't have good. Fruit in your life. 65 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,200 Jesus is saying I I want the fruit. 66 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,200 I want the heart of man, not the presentation. 67 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,880 Look at my robes. This tassel represents this. 68 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,680 That's from Deuteronomy. This tassel represents this. 69 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:36,360 Aren't you impressed? With me. 70 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,920 Look at me, everybody. Aren't you impressed with me? 71 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,800 That's what Jesus hates. Instead of Look at Jesus, aren't 72 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,160 you impressed with Jesus? Isn't he amazing? 73 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,400 Aren't you blown away at his goodness, at his grace, at his 74 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,560 power, at His Majesty? He walks through the week. 75 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,880 He offends people more and more and more. 76 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,360 He is setting everything up so he can go to the cross, because 77 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:05,200 it's the week of Passover. Remember in Egypt the Jewish 78 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,000 people were slaves in Egypt. And the Lord said, I'm going to 79 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,680 judge them, I'm going to condemn them. 80 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,040 And he said, I'm going to send the death Angel, he said. 81 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,560 But Moses, whoever takes the blood of the Lamb and puts it on 82 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,880 the doorpost, the death Angel will come and he will Passover. 83 00:04:21,079 --> 00:04:24,000 He won't go in and kill the first born son, but if you don't 84 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,840 have the blood applied, then he will not Passover. 85 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,840 So now that it's time for the Passover, remember everything in 86 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:34,960 the Bible is always about Jesus. So the Passover, it really 87 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,360 actually happened in Egypt, just like the Bible says it did. 88 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,600 But also, everything's always about Jesus. 89 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:46,080 Jesus is the true and the final Passover lamb. 90 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,240 So he is the fulfillment of the prophecy. 91 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,960 That's why at the Last Supper, when they think they're eating 92 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,320 the Passover meal, like they've done with Jesus for multiple 93 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,880 years, and he goes, hey, here's the here's the drink, and here's 94 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,240 the bread. And they're like, Yep, just like 95 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,640 Moses and just like the lamb, Jesus goes, hey, stop. 96 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:04,880 This is the new covenant in my blood. 97 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,480 They go on. This is a different Passover 98 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,080 meal. He's never said that before, and 99 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,520 he's gone. The Passover was always about 100 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,680 me. I am the Passover lamb. 101 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,720 If you apply my blood to the doorpost of your heart, the 102 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,240 death Angel, the wrath of God will pass over you, and you will 103 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,720 be spared, and you will leave Egypt, which is representation 104 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,160 of our sin and slavery to Satan. And you leave Egypt, And where 105 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,600 do you go after Egypt? The promised land, and you enter 106 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,680 into God's glory. The Bible's awesome. 107 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,600 The Bible's way better than you thought. 108 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,520 The Bible's not boring, you're boring. 109 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,600 Everything points to Jesus. Jesus gets all credit, Jesus 110 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,400 gets all glory. And you see that God has 111 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,080 sovereignly orchestrated all of his scripture and all of history 112 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,880 to give himself more glory. Have you ever watched a 113 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,360 television series? And it was just incredible. 114 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,280 Like you could just tell they wrote the whole thing out before 115 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:58,720 they started making it. And by the time you get to the 116 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:03,320 last episode, you're just like, it was a masterpiece. 117 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:04,680 Have you ever seen one like that? 118 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:06,360 I haven't. I. 119 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,320 Always end up in the last episode and I'm just mad. 120 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:09,560 And you can tell they just like we didn't. 121 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,160 Know if we were going to have enough money for the next 122 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,400 season, so we had to write a new story and then we didn't know if 123 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,160 we were going to have enough money for the next season so we 124 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,800 had to write a new story. So it kind of ties in, but it 125 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,120 kind of doesn't that's not the Bible. 126 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,360 God saw the beginning from the end. 127 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,560 God is the beginning from the end, so he perfectly 128 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,120 orchestrates every. Single thing all the way down to 129 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,080 the last episode, all the way through the Book of Revelation, 130 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,480 when we're going to be together with him forever and it's 131 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,960 perfect and it's beautiful. So now that's why it's so 132 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,600 significant. Now on the last, the night of 133 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,760 the Last Supper, that was, you know, that that last night, that 134 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,680 Thursday night, we've come through Holy Week, that Thursday 135 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,200 night happens. Jesus says this is a new 136 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,880 covenant in my blood. They go to the garden there. 137 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,800 Jesus says, please pray, pray that you don't fall into 138 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,480 temptation. They don't pray. 139 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:56,080 Jesus prays, but the Saints don't. 140 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,520 And then he's arrested, the false trials have happened, and 141 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:05,800 now it's been all night long. And now we come here in chapter 142 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,760 27 and verse one. When morning came, all the chief 143 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,920 priests and the elders of the people took counsel against 144 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:17,040 Jesus to put him to death, and they bound him and led him away 145 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,320 and delivered him over to Pilate, the governor. 146 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,040 Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he 147 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,760 changed his mind and brought back the 30 pieces of silver to 148 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,240 the chief priests and the elders, saying, I have sinned by 149 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,280 betraying innocent blood. And they said, what is that to 150 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,280 us? See to it. 151 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,160 Yourself and throwing down the pieces of silver into the 152 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,280 temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself, but the 153 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:49,440 chief priests taking the pieces. Of Silver said it's not lawful 154 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,400 to put them into the treasury since its blood money. 155 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,720 So they took counsel and bought with them the Potter's field as 156 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,360 a burial place for strangers. Therefore that field has been 157 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,480 called the field of blood to this day. 158 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,560 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah 159 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,160 saying, and they took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of 160 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,040 him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, 161 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,840 and they gave them for the Potter's field as the Lord 162 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,840 directed me. Lord, we thank you for your 163 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,120 powerful word. I pray that light and revelation 164 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,800 would breakthrough and that everybody would just see Jesus 165 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,440 with more glory today. That we would feel more 166 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,760 gratitude, that we would feel more safety to come in under the 167 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,520 blood of Jesus, to put the blood of Jesus on the doorposts of our 168 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,760 hearts with our faith, to trust and expect for his blessing, for 169 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,679 his provision, for his love and His care to save us, to 170 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,120 strengthen US. Holy Spirit. 171 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:44,320 Bring light. Bring. 172 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,160 Clarity open the eyes of every heart. 173 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:48,840 That we would be. Committed to obedience, 174 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:51,760 obedience to your word before it's even preached. 175 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,080 We commit to obedience and submission to you in Jesus name. 176 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:58,640 Amen. In verse one it says. 177 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,320 When the morning. Came all the chief priests and 178 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,000 the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him 179 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,400 to death. Does that phrase took counsel? 180 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,240 Sound familiar to anybody? For those of you who remember, 181 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:15,480 in Psalm 2 it says the rulers take counsel together against 182 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,000 the Lord and against His anointed. 183 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:19,760 That's what the rulers of the earth do. 184 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,960 They take counsel together and they say, how do we give the 185 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,080 middle finger to the one who knows, to the one we know really 186 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,760 rules over all of us? And that's what they're thinking 187 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,080 about. That's what they're planning 188 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:31,640 for. And that's what these men have 189 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,240 been doing against Jesus. They want to kill the author of 190 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,400 life. Jesus told us, remember the 191 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,680 parable about the man who owned a vineyard? 192 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,480 And he rents it out to some tenants and he goes, hey guys, 193 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,880 this is my place, but I'll rent it out to y'all. 194 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,120 And every now and then I'll send some, some of my team members 195 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,360 back and we'll collect the money and we'll collect the grapes and 196 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,960 we'll collect the wine and my portion of things. 197 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,280 Well, remember what happened? He sent one of his servants 198 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,240 back, but they beat the servant and they treated him shamefully, 199 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,400 and they sent him away and the masters. 200 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,120 Like that's crazy. I can't believe they did that. 201 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,960 So he sent another servant and they beat that servant. 202 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,000 And he did this with multiple servants and they killed some of 203 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,720 his servants and treated them shamefully. 204 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,440 And he says this is unreal. I know what I'll do. 205 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,480 This is a parable Jesus taught. He said I'll send my son, they 206 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,280 will honor and they will respect my son. 207 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,080 And they send the son. And it says while the tenants 208 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,640 saw the son was still coming, they said that is the air, let's 209 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,360 kill him and take his inheritance. 210 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,160 And they killed his son. Of course, Jesus was saying this 211 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,880 was a parable to show what God has done for Israel. 212 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,160 He sent his servants. Those are the prophets. 213 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,520 He sent the prophets. He sent the prophets, and they 214 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,880 kill the prophets, and they reject the prophets. 215 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,440 And finally the Father says, I'll send my son, and he sends 216 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,160 the Lord Jesus Christ. And they take counsel together 217 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,800 against the Lord and against his anointed, the Lord Jesus Christ. 218 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,400 Have you ever taken counsel within yourself against the 219 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:59,360 Lord, shaking your fist at the Lord, or sidestepping the Lord's 220 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:04,760 authority? But of course, once the Master 221 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,800 finds out what they've done to his Son, he comes and he cuts 222 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,000 them into pieces, and he takes back his vineyard. 223 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,280 But these men fulfill what the rulers of the earth always do 224 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,040 when they're left to themselves. They Rage Against God and they 225 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,400 Rage Against His Christ. I want you to also notice here 226 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,720 in verse one, when morning came, all the chief priests and all 227 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,960 the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus. 228 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:26,760 All the chief priests and all the elders. 229 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,920 That's about 70. Some guys, you got Sadducees, 230 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,560 you got Pharisees, people. Who hate each other, very 231 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:35,120 different theologically, don't like each other. 232 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,320 You got about at least 70 guys here, not to mention all the 233 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,040 crowd. Remember, Jerusalem is packed 234 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,600 right now for the Passover. Today is the Passover. 235 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,760 The Passover lamb, the final Passover lamb is about to be 236 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:48,360 slaughtered. The high priest was preparing 237 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:49,680 him, even though he didn't realize it. 238 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,120 But they noticed what all these important men have done. 239 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,640 This is the busiest week of their entire year. 240 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,800 These are prominent men. These are not guys with nothing 241 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,840 to do. These are not guys who are just 242 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,080 wasting their days away, wasting their time, wasting their lives. 243 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,520 These are not guys who are just scrolling Instagram all the 244 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,560 time. They're responsible for a lot of 245 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:11,480 people. They're responsible for a lot of 246 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:11,960 stuff. They're. 247 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:16,600 Prominent men, and they've got tons of people who have come in, 248 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:18,520 people they haven't seen in months. 249 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:20,560 Some of these people they haven't seen since last year at 250 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:22,920 the Passover meetings that are happening. 251 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,120 All kinds of official business, temple business that has to 252 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,640 happen, managing all the sacrifices. 253 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,080 These are busy and important men legitimately. 254 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,840 And you know what they did? They pulled an all nighter so 255 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,840 that they could kill the Lord Jesus Christ. 256 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,280 The disciples of Jesus couldn't even stay awake and pray, but 257 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,240 the enemies of Jesus worked hard all night long. 258 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:46,520 Have you ever pulled an all nighter? 259 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,400 Some of us have pulled all nighters for good reason. 260 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,080 Some of us have pulled all nighters for bad reasons. 261 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,640 We won't ask which was which, but if you've ever pulled an all 262 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,560 nighter and then you still have to work the next day and you're 263 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:59,800 just like you're a zombie going through life. 264 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,360 I mean, I've. Pulled all nighters and worked 265 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,200 all nighters. I've worked, you know, just 266 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,160 multiple shifts straight. Some of you've done that kind of 267 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,480 thing as well. And just, you're just a zombie. 268 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:10,600 You're just worthless. These men decided it's worth it. 269 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,000 It's that important. It's that important that we 270 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,200 murder Jesus. I'll I'll sacrifice my meetings. 271 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,440 I'll sacrifice my sleep. Tomorrow's the Passover. 272 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,560 Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're going to focus on this. 273 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:23,200 We got meetings. I've got an appointment at this 274 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,680 time in the morning. I've got all this going on. 275 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,600 We've got to get this done. We've got to kill him. 276 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:34,880 We've got to stop him. Their busiest season, their 277 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,840 busiest day, they pull an all nighter because their hatred for 278 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,240 Jesus. I just want you to remember 279 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,280 what's the point here, Pastor? I want you to see how much when 280 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,920 people hate Jesus, what they're willing to. 281 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,360 Do to unite against him. I want you to understand that 282 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,160 Satan really, really hates you. I want you to understand that 283 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,960 the devil and his demons, they don't go to sleep. 284 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,280 You should go to sleep. God wants you to go to sleep. 285 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,000 Thankfully, Jesus doesn't go to sleep. 286 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,120 Just like in the garden, the Saints went to sleep when Jesus 287 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,360 told him not to. There's a time to stay up and 288 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,720 pray. There's a time to push through 289 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,360 with prayer and fasting. But you need to be aware that 290 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,920 your enemy is real and your enemy is motivated. 291 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:15,720 Satan is actually working against you. 292 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,560 He actually wants to destroy your marriage. 293 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,320 He actually wants to take your kids to hell. 294 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,760 He actually wants to destroy your your health, your soul, 295 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,720 your life every. Part of you, he really does hate 296 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,760 you. But I think we naively forget 297 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:32,640 that we're actually set in a war. 298 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,400 We're in a war. John Eldridge says it all the 299 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,520 time. He says, beloved, we are in a 300 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,520 love story. You know, that's sweet, That's 301 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,800 nice, That's true. And he says, But it's set in a 302 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,840 war. Yeah, Also true. 303 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,760 Definitely true. It's a love story. 304 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,960 Yeah, but it's set in the middle of a war. 305 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:57,360 Jesus wins and we live together forever, happily ever after. 306 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,000 And yet, in the meantime, there's much fighting to be 307 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,360 done. Christ crushed the enemy at the 308 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,240 cross. Satan bruised his heel, but 309 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,480 Jesus bruised his head. You'd rather have a heel injury 310 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,400 than a head injury, in case you were wondering. 311 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,120 So Jesus is dominant there. He's dominant through the 312 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,600 resurrection. He's dominant throughout 313 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,160 history. He's dominant in the future. 314 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,600 And yet you and I have to enforce that dominance. 315 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,000 We have to walk out the authority of Jesus. 316 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,360 Jesus is given authority and power to his Church, but you 317 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,960 will not walk in it if you have a prayerless life. 318 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,480 And you'll just go, If God wanted it to happen, then it 319 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,840 would happen. Except that's not true. 320 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:38,400 Because Jesus told Peter, pray that you don't fall into 321 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,880 temptation. That was a very plain statement. 322 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,440 If you do this, then this will happen. 323 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,520 If you don't do this, then this won't happen. 324 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,640 Pray that you don't fall into temptation. 325 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,920 Not Peter. It's my sovereign will. 326 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,960 I've preordained it. I've predestined it. 327 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,400 I have controlled it. You actually have no way out of 328 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,560 it. You will betray me, he told him. 329 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,360 You will betray me. But then he gives him the 330 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:05,920 warning. Peter, pray that you don't fall 331 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,120 into temptation. Jesus warning was not a 332 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,440 guarantee. It was a prophetic warning to 333 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,160 Peter. It didn't have to happen. 334 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,840 But it did happen. God sees the beginning from the 335 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,640 end, so he can, with precision, say what is about to happen 336 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:24,800 next. Jesus was praying all night. 337 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,480 He was fighting in the Spirit while his enemies were attacking 338 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,520 Peter and the disciples. Slept in the garden. 339 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,160 Why would you not pray? Or you, you say I'm going 340 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,680 through something even particular. 341 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,440 I'm going through something even stronger than normal. 342 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:39,920 I'm going through something even more difficult. 343 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,840 Why would you not fast, fast and pray. 344 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,560 Separate yourself particularly. For prayer, well, how long do I 345 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:48,200 have to? I'm not giving you parameters or 346 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,160 rules. I'm just saying set aside food. 347 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,400 It could be a meal. You just say I'm going to devote 348 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:53,400 this time to prayer. Why? 349 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,400 Because I need to press in and I need to breakthrough, not that 350 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:58,840 I'm going to. Earn it or deserve it? 351 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,640 Look, Lord, that's 45 minutes. So how about the blessings now? 352 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,040 It's not what's happening. Prayer is not a formula, and yet 353 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,119 we move things in the Spirit when we pray with our hearts, 354 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:13,040 but we must actually pray with our hearts. 355 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:16,560 More of what you're experiencing in your life is more spiritual 356 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,760 than you think and less natural than you think. 357 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:21,760 One pastor said. If Christians would give half 358 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,800 the effort that the enemy gives, we would be so completely 359 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,200 dominant. We need an offensive posture, 360 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,640 not just playing defense and hoping for the best. 361 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,320 People say people say things that are hopeful, but they're 362 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,400 not reality. They say things that imply that 363 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,000 things will automatically go their way. 364 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,640 They say things like God's got me. 365 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,400 I like that. But could you unpack that? 366 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,560 Do you mean that you're not walking by the fruit of the 367 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:51,840 Spirit? Do you mean that you're not 368 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,440 living a life of prayer, that you're not dependent upon the 369 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,360 Lord? Do you just have like a bumper 370 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:58,480 sticker statement? God's got me? 371 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,560 Is that just in your Instagram profile or is it like in your 372 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:02,640 heart? Because there's a. 373 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,240 Difference God's got me. He's not a terrible theological 374 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,320 statement, but it's it's it's not the most complete thing 375 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,320 either. So we just have to know what do 376 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:18,000 you mean and what do you? Believe keep going here in verse 377 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,320 2 they bound him and led him away and delivered him. 378 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,120 Over to pilot the governor. Why do they bind him? 379 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:29,320 He hasn't resisted arrest after he said I am. 380 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,840 They all fell to the ground and he basically is like, all right, 381 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:36,480 you can take me away now. But it says they bound him and 382 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:37,520 they let him away. Why? 383 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,880 He's already yielded himself. They bind him because it makes 384 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,080 him look like a criminal as they March him back and forth. 385 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,640 Through the city throughout the morning now. 386 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,120 As they go, let's go to Pilot, let's go to Harriet, let's go 387 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:49,720 back to all the back and forth that they did with with all the 388 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,920 commotion and all the confusion. It makes him look bad. 389 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,200 If the government. Wants to make somebody look bad? 390 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,880 They could Simply put a spectacle around that person and 391 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:01,800 let thoughtless people assume guilt. 392 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:05,720 What would you think if you saw seven cop cars roll up on your 393 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,840 neighbor's house? You're like, they did something 394 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:13,320 bad maybe? Or maybe the clever governments 395 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,600 like make sure we destroy their life, roll up with seven cop 396 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,640 cars, have a helicopter flying above the whole thing too. 397 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,720 It's just going to impose like this guilty conscience on the 398 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,440 whole community. And they're going to. 399 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,560 Be like, I know it. I know he did. 400 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,080 I know she did it. I'm certain. 401 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:33,080 Because they sent a helicopter. Because our government's 402 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,600 incapable of lying, right? They would never manipulate, 403 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,440 right? I'm being facetious, of course. 404 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,960 So they're lying about Jesus. They're they're being deceptive. 405 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,880 They're manipulators. But the crowd, they're hoping 406 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,560 might think, well, maybe he's done something wrong. 407 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:49,680 So here an innocent man is bound. 408 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,400 This is manipulation. These men are wolves. 409 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,760 These men are snakes. And why do they deliver him over 410 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,600 to Pilot? They deliver him over to Pilot. 411 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,160 Remember they just had their fake trial. 412 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,760 They they got themselves all hyped up, he said. 413 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,080 They said, are you the son of God? 414 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,880 He said, you say that I am. And you will see the Son of man 415 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,520 coming on the clouds. And they, they're outraged. 416 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,560 They tear their clothes, fake outrage. 417 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,440 You see it all the time. You see it every day if you're 418 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,560 on social media or if you watch the news. 419 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,400 News anchors who are so concerned. 420 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:23,320 Have you ever seen the clip of like 500 different news anchors 421 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,800 saying the exact same phrase? And they say it's a threat to 422 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,600 our democracy? Have you seen that clip? 423 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,120 It's wild. It's. 424 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:33,320 Super, super wild. I'm not making it up. 425 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,120 It's not AI. This is before AI. 426 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,320 This is like 5 minutes ago before AI. 427 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,840 It's a bunch of local news stations all over the nation. 428 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,320 But they all have this perfect script that they're reading and 429 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,360 somebody syncs up all the videos and shows you and they're all 430 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:46,760 standing in front of you with such concern. 431 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,840 And then they go, I don't even, I don't even know what they were 432 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,120 talking about, but they were going. 433 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:54,120 It's a threat to our democracy. And this line has been given by 434 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:57,600 someone from above and all of these networks and all now. 435 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,160 All of our. Local Susie, who we used to 436 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,440 trust, goes a threat to our democracy. 437 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,760 So that we would go a threat to our democracy, a threat to our, 438 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,200 I don't even know what it's about, but apparently something 439 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:08,960 was a threat to our democracy. How do I know? 440 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,120 Because I saw it on TV, That's how I know. 441 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,840 Delivered him over to Pilot. So why do they deliver him over 442 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,400 to Pilot? They had their fake. 443 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:22,760 Trial. Oh, that's where I was going. 444 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,040 Their fake trial, their manipulations through the night, 445 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,040 their fake outrage. I can't believe Jesus said this. 446 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,080 I can't believe it. I'm so outraged He's a threat to 447 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,680 our democracy. And they said what does he 448 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,400 deserve? And they all shout as they had 449 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,560 predetermined he deserves death. Which is a joke. 450 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,160 It's ridiculous because the Jews aren't allowed to kill anybody. 451 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,080 They're not allowed to execute anybody. 452 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,320 Why? Because when the Romans came in 453 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,000 and conquered them, they said, hey, we have the sword, which is 454 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,280 biblically accurate. The the the government has the 455 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,840 power to kill and to take life as given to them by Jesus wind 456 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,440 unrighteously, but they don't let the. 457 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,760 Jews do that. So now they had their little 458 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,760 fake pretend trial and they're like, OK, let's go get 459 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,120 permission from Daddy. To see if. 460 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:05,560 We can actually do the thing we just decided to do, and now 461 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:06,520 they're not going to pass. Hey. 462 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,560 Daddy, we had a big huffing, puffing party. 463 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,920 We're super mad at this guy and we need you to. 464 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,720 Kill him now. By the way these guys hate 465 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,040 Pilot, and by the way Pilot hates them. 466 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,760 It is a mutually hateful relationship Pilot. 467 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,240 Was a terrible ruler. Not every Roman ruler was as 468 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,160 idiotic as Pilot was, but he was really idiotic with the people 469 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,120 that he ruled over. So, so the ruler, you know, the, 470 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,680 the, the, the Caesar would, would send out different 471 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,160 governors over different regions to say, you get this region, you 472 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:39,360 get this region, you get this region. 473 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,920 Pilot was notoriously famous for being a bit of an. 474 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,120 Idiot. He. 475 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:47,640 Took money from the temple that's going into the people's 476 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,600 religious world in their Worshipful. 477 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,360 World which was full of corruption. 478 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,640 And he knew that. But still he went into their 479 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,120 temple and took their money to build Roman aqueducts. 480 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,840 And when the Jews created an uprising out of this, this is 481 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,280 before this is all before this situation happened. 482 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,680 When all this happened, this would have happened in Jesus 483 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,040 lifetime so he would have known about this. 484 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,440 When all this happened, there was an uprising and he crushed 485 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,280 it with violence. He eventually is recalled to 486 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,560 Rome because of his poor management of the region of 487 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,000 Judea that he's responsible for. They hate Pilate. 488 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,600 Pilate hates them. And now look how the enemies of 489 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:25,520 God unite still, Sadducees and Pharisees, we will unite against 490 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:30,360 Jesus. Jews and Romans, we can unite 491 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,160 against Jesus. All the people in the community, 492 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,480 people can unite against Jesus. Joe, Michael, why does everybody 493 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,520 hate Jesus so much? Well, everybody doesn't hate 494 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,040 Jesus, but those who do really do. 495 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,320 Why do we hate the light? Jesus told us in John 3? 496 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,360 Because men love their sin. That's why. 497 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,840 Jesus is the ultimate authority. He is over the United States 498 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,640 government. He is over the Israeli 499 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,080 government. He is over the Jewish rulership 500 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,600 today. He's over the body of Christ 501 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,400 today. I'm not saying all these people 502 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,520 submit to Him. I'm saying He is an authority 503 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,360 over all of them. He is in charge. 504 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:14,400 Everyone should submit to him. All rulers, all authorities, 505 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,360 when they're making their decisions should be deferring 506 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:21,360 and saying what does Jesus want? Well, I don't believe in Jesus. 507 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,960 Nobody asked if you believed in Jesus. 508 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,880 Nobody cares that you're that deluded that you don't believe 509 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,400 in the Lord Jesus Christ. The point is, Jesus is king. 510 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,840 So the question that every human should always be asking is what 511 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,320 does Jesus want and what pleases him? 512 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,840 Well, I don't quite think you still aren't hearing it. 513 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:44,240 Jesus is king. He is. 514 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,200 He's not going to be. He's not just king of the 515 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,400 Christians. Jesus is king over everything, 516 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,960 everybody, everywhere. This tiny little blue speck that 517 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:58,280 we call Earth, that's hanging out in our solar system, that's 518 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,960 hanging out in our Milky Way Galaxy, that's hanging out in 519 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,120 this tiny little universe. Jesus is king over all that. 520 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,720 This universe that they claim is expanding into something, What 521 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,200 must it be expanding into? It must be Jesus himself. 522 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,560 He's king over everything, so everyone should submit to him, 523 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,600 but instead they unite against him. 524 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,960 So Pilate has to give the permission to the Jews. 525 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,840 All right, we'll, we'll kill this guy for you. 526 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:26,800 But that's why there's the debate. 527 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,480 That's why there's the issue with him, with Pilate. 528 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,760 Pilate goes. OK, I know what's going on. 529 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,320 Here come all the Jewish elders, like this guy's giving them a 530 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:35,920 hard time. He knows what's happening. 531 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,400 He knows about this Jesus. He's heard the stories. 532 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,720 Like they hate this guy and I'd like to mess and I hate them. 533 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,400 So I'm actually even kind of like this guy. 534 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,480 And plus, my wife had a dream last night that said have 535 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,160 nothing to do with this man's death. 536 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,080 And she's scared to death. And now I'm scared to death. 537 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,360 And now I'm scared of this man who won't even answer to me 538 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:55,440 because it seems like he has power over me because he says 539 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,480 Jesus. Because pilots feel a little bit 540 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,280 insecure. Don't you know? 541 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:06,080 I have power over you, Jesus. Said that's cute. 542 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,560 You have no power over me except which was given to you from 543 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,560 above. But he who has delivered me over 544 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,120 to you is guilty of the greater sin. 545 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:16,360 He's trying to comfort Pilate. He's like, it's OK, buddy, you 546 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:18,840 can crucify me. I give you permission. 547 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,760 He's soothing Pilate so that Pilate will actually do the 548 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,440 thing. They're all a bunch of 549 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,760 manipulators. Pilot's a manipulator. 550 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,040 He's like, what am I going to do? 551 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,600 And the Jews are like, we only have one King, Caesar that. 552 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:33,800 One's going to come back and haunt him on the day of 553 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,360 judgement. So they threaten Pilot. 554 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,600 It's political manipulation. It's games. 555 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,720 Meanwhile, they think that Jesus is the is the pawn. 556 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:44,600 He's not. They're the pawns. 557 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,920 Jesus is fulfilling his will to save you and to save me from my 558 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:53,840 wicked sin, from my filth, from my perversion, from my pride, 559 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,160 from my anger, from my selfishness. 560 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,000 I need a Saviour and Jesus is going. 561 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,720 I'm going. All the way through the cross. 562 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,280 So they come to Pilate, they've had their fake trial, their fake 563 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,880 outrage. And they're demanding. 564 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,680 Pilate, you got to do something. This guy's the worst. 565 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,640 And we know from other gospels they don't even make the claims 566 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,320 to Pilate that Jesus made to them. 567 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,120 Remember, Jesus's claim is to be the Son of God. 568 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:23,000 They don't go to Pilate and say Pilate. 569 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,120 He's he's saying he's the son of God they come with. 570 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:29,480 Other accusations and other claims that would be more 571 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,280 interesting to Pilate. So they keep changing the story 572 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,000 because they're liars. So that's why they taken to 573 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,720 Pilate. Pilate has to be the one who 574 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,160 approves it. Now in verse 3, then when Judas 575 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,360 his betrayer saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind 576 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,400 and brought back the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests 577 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,880 and the elders, saying, I have sinned by betraying innocent 578 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,840 blood. They said, what is that to us? 579 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,480 See to it yourself. And throwing down the pieces of 580 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,080 silver in the temple, he departed and he went and hanged 581 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,560 himself. What a tragedy. 582 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,040 At first glance, this looks like repentance. 583 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,840 Repentance is not just saying I'm sorry. 584 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,360 Repentance is also seeking the reconciliation and bringing it 585 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,160 all the way. Through and making it all the 586 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:11,760 way. Right. 587 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,520 It's not just sorry about that. I said I'm sorry. 588 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,600 I said I'm sorry. I used the S word SORRY. 589 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,560 Maybe you didn't hear me. I'm sorry. 590 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,240 What more could I possibly? Do, Judith. 591 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,200 Shows us you return the money. Just like we said with 592 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,800 Zacchaeus. The joy of the Lord brought real 593 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,560 repentance in his life, and he said, everything I've ever 594 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,320 stolen from anyone, I'll return it up to seven times. 595 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,800 That is repentance talking. That is a new heart talking. 596 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:43,120 Not I'm sorry for everything I stole from everybody in the past 597 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:47,520 and I'll never do it again. Zacchaeus, what about everybody 598 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,680 you stole from who's still hurting today? 599 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:51,840 How will you? Seek. 600 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,520 Reconciliation there. And he goes, well, I will, I'll 601 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,920 pay back seven times. I'll go broke to do it. 602 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,200 That sounds like repentance. That's like sounds like somebody 603 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:06,520 who's actually trusting the living God with their future, 604 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,160 with their life, with their finances, with their spouse, 605 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:13,320 with their kids. So Judas shows us this picture 606 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:18,200 man, it looks like repentance. I'm sorry for what I did and 607 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,000 take the money. I'm not keep I'm sorry for what 608 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,080 I did and I've already spent the money. 609 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,000 I bought a big screen TV and. I'll see y'all later, I'm going 610 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:30,800 on a nice vacation. The problem is he confessed I 611 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,440 have sinned. But this is remorse and it's not 612 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,120 true repentance. How do we know? 613 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:39,720 Because repentance leads to Jesus and repentance leads to 614 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,760 you being restored. That's how you know if you're 615 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,840 repentant, then you'll actually be fully restored because it'll 616 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,440 you'll run all the way back into the arms of Jesus. 617 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,040 There should be some scene where Judas throws the money in the 618 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,120 temple and says I'm sorry and they go. 619 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,120 Whatever. Get out of here, because they 620 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:55,520 don't. Care. 621 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,200 They're manipulators. And then he takes off running 622 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,200 and presses through the crowd, banging on doors. 623 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,400 Where's Jesus? Let me in. 624 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,360 The guards have get out of here. Like there's no pursuit of 625 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,280 Christ. There's no pursuit of mercy. 626 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,120 So unfortunately, Judas is full of remorse like we saw Peter. 627 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,160 He cries and he runs farther away from Jesus. 628 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,320 Peter is not repentant yet. He will be, thank God. 629 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,360 He is restored and fully repentant, but in that moment he 630 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,720 just runs away even farther. So Peter also had remorse, but 631 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,000 later he would turn. Judas seems to start in the 632 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,320 right direction, but he never reaches the Lord. 633 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,360 He confesses to men, but he does not run to God for mercy. 634 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,040 And of course the priests answer like the snakes that they are. 635 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,880 What is that to us? See to it yourself. 636 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:48,400 Dead religion has no mercy. There's no mercy in dead 637 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,760 religion. There's just more doing on your 638 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:52,920 part. You got to do better. 639 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,680 You got to try her, try harder. But dead religion has no mercy 640 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,760 for guilty men, The priests, Judas. 641 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,480 Served Judas Served their. Purposes now remember he was the 642 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,240 one who initiated that contact, not them. 643 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,600 But he served their purposes and now they're just discarding him. 644 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,840 They pretend like what do you mean you did something with with 645 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,040 money and blood, then it's not our business. 646 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,280 We're we're dealing with this Jesus on our terms. 647 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,520 If you feel bad about something, go settle it for yourself. 648 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,080 Unfortunately, he didn't settle it. 649 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,040 He didn't press through the crowd to get Jesus. 650 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,280 There's no movement toward the Lord. 651 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,080 He turns away in despair and he hangs himself. 652 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:31,720 Jesus elsewhere called Judas the son of perdition, and the book 653 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,040 of Acts tells us that Judas went to his own place. 654 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,160 It's tragic because Judas is lost. 655 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,840 He's gone, he's in hell. That's what we take from those 656 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,680 passages. Saints. 657 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,400 What you're supposed to take away from this is that you 658 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,080 should live a life of repentance, not just remorse and 659 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,040 not just regret. We've all seen people who have 660 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,560 regret. We've all seen people who have 661 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,560 remorse. But repentance looks different. 662 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,040 Repentance brings you all the way into the presence of the. 663 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:00,960 Lord, and then you get restoration. 664 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,960 We see in the Psalms you read David when he sends, he starts 665 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,840 with the regret with I am crushed and I'm overwhelmed and 666 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,040 I'm remorseful. But it's repentance that leads 667 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,160 all the way through to his redemption. 668 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,680 So he's, he's still seeking the Lord. 669 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,320 The psalmist continues to seek the Lord instead of woe is me. 670 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,760 And that's the end. Oh, that's not the end, though. 671 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,200 That's not the end. And that was Judas's problem. 672 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,360 That's our problem sometimes. Feeling sad, feeling guilty, 673 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:35,360 feeling ashamed, feeling remorseful over sin is not is 674 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,600 not the is not the whole thing that needs to happen. 675 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,160 The issue is where does it lead you? 676 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,080 Does that lead you just inward, deeper into yourself? 677 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,800 Deeper into shame, deeper into self hatred? 678 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,160 Or does it lead? You to God and the good news of 679 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,080 the gospel. Hey, remember the whole .0? 680 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,720 I'm a filthy Sinner. Congratulations, you qualify for 681 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,600 the gospel. Oh, I'm the worst of the worst. 682 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,840 Congratulations, you now qualify for redemption. 683 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,240 But don't stay there, don't stay. 684 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,960 Oh, I'm just the worst. We've all met those loved ones 685 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,040 who like, I could never come in. You've invited him to the church 686 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,520 services. I could never come in. 687 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,800 Lightning would strike me. And all these said, they're 688 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,800 like, I'm aware of the guilt, I'm aware of the shame, but they 689 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:20,560 don't believe the gospel. That was Judas's biggest 690 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,240 problem. He didn't believe that there was 691 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,800 mercy for him. You think, oh, poor guy. 692 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:30,760 No, not poor guy. He didn't believe the gospel, 693 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:35,440 that he could believe. Jesus calls sinners to himself. 694 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:40,040 Jesus calls the sick to himself. It's not enough to say, I see 695 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,480 how sick I am. I can list all my diseases. 696 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,120 I can list all my problems. The question is whether that 697 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,480 realization drives you to the great physician or to despair. 698 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,560 Jesus is the great Physician who restores you. 699 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,720 And gives your new health and a new identity. 700 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,480 Charles Spurgeon, he's a famous dead preacher. 701 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,040 He said despair is not the child of repentance. 702 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,360 So he's saying repentance does not give birth to despair. 703 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,840 Despair is the child of unbelief. 704 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,360 I'm in despair. I'm crushed. 705 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,400 I'm overwhelmed. It's because you don't believe 706 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,080 the gospel. No, I do. 707 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:18,440 No, you don't. You just don't. 708 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,719 I'm not mad at you, but I am diagnosing you. 709 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,280 You don't believe the gospel. That's why you're stuck in this 710 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,360 deep hole, this black hole that you just keep falling deeper 711 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,159 into somehow. There's no way out. 712 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,960 Believe the gospel, friends. Believe the gospel. 713 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:33,639 What is it? God really loves you. 714 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,080 Yes, you are sinful. We'll tell the whole story, not 715 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:38,560 just half of it. God loves you. 716 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,440 Well, the good news? That's good news, because you're 717 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:42,159 not. Lovable. 718 00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:45,920 The bad news is I'm not lovable and I don't deserve anything 719 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,159 good. And the better news is but God, 720 00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:53,320 who is rich in mercy, while we were still sinners, sent his Son 721 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:58,200 to die for us. Believe that, believe that 722 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,680 gospel. Oh, but my past, my sin, I just 723 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,520 can't forgive myself. The scripture doesn't say 724 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:04,960 anything about forgiving yourself. 725 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,280 It's just receive forgiveness from God. 726 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:10,920 I know God's forgiven me, but I can't forgive myself. 727 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,560 I don't love that language and it's definitely not Bible 728 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,120 language. Just believe the gospel and 729 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:19,520 receive forgiveness from God. When you've received forgiveness 730 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,280 from God, you won't. Stand in the way of your own 731 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:26,880 forgiveness. Our root issue when we stay 732 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,360 stuck in despair and shame and self hatred is unbelief. 733 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,400 Repent and believe the gospel. That is the command. 734 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,320 That is the invitation. That is the good news. 735 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,440 Judas believed there was no mercy for him, and that is why 736 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:42,440 people stay away from the Lord. They know how sick they are, but 737 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,040 they won't run to the doctor. Shame keeps them away. 738 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:46,400 Embarrassing. I should have never got this 739 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,440 sick. I feel so embarrassed that I 740 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,160 ever got this sick. I shouldn't have let it go this 741 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:51,600 far. My friend. 742 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,400 Run to the cross. You'll find nothing but love and 743 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,720 restoration. Look again to the prodigal son. 744 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:58,280 He's on. I can't believe I've come this 745 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,240 far. I can never go back to Dad's. 746 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,480 I can never go back to Dad's. I can never go back to Dad's. 747 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,960 I've slept with all these women. I've drank all this alcohol, 748 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,400 done all these drugs. I can never go back to Dad's. 749 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,280 But thankfully, he kept going lower. 750 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:15,520 And he did find a rock bottom. And he did find like, OK, even I 751 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,600 have a limit. I'm feeding pigs, which were 752 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,880 unclean animals, which was, it would have been just a horrific 753 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,120 part of that story that Jesus inserted there to twist the 754 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,120 knife. And he's also desperate. 755 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,600 For the food that the pigs are. Eating and he's gone. 756 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,280 Maybe I can go back to Dad's house and be a servant. 757 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,040 I can never be his son again. I can't have an inheritance. 758 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,360 I can't be treasured and beloved, but I could be a 759 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,000 servant. So remember the story he's 760 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,080 rehearsing his his speech on his way back because I'm so sorry. 761 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:45,680 Dad's speech. Can I be a servant in your 762 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,160 house? And the father sees him and 763 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,160 Jesus scandalizes his listeners again. 764 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:53,680 And he says, and the father runs to him. 765 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,320 A Jewish man would not run to his kid. 766 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,160 The Jewish man is the one in authority. 767 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,440 He is the one in with presence. He is the one who's planted. 768 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,400 You will come to him to show honour, to show respect, which 769 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,600 is appropriate and fine except that the love of God overtakes 770 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:10,320 him and he runs to his son and he sprints to him. 771 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:11,800 Though the listeners can't believe this story. 772 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,040 They couldn't believe the filthy pigs. 773 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,000 They couldn't believe the audacity of this kid who said 774 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,840 give me my inheritance early. They couldn't believe his sin. 775 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,120 They couldn't believe his wickedness. 776 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,240 And now they can't believe he thinks he's even going to return 777 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:23,160 to be a servant. And they're like, and Jesus just 778 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,240 flips everybody upside down and goes, look at the love of God 779 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:30,040 for you people. And he starts, he runs to his 780 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,320 son and he's starting. He can't even get his speech 781 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:33,880 out. Dad, I'm such a loser. 782 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:34,840 Dad. I'm so sorry. 783 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,400 Dad. I've never been able to forgive 784 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,040 myself. Dad, I hate myself. 785 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:39,880 Dad, I'm so gross. Dad, let me tell you about all 786 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,480 these. And he goes, My son, you were. 787 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,040 Dead. Now you're alive. 788 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,000 You're a lost. Now you're found. 789 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:48,120 And he's immediately interrupting the son. 790 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,840 Kill the fatted calf. Kill our best cow. 791 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,000 Bring a gold ring. Sandals on his feet, robe around 792 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,200 him. I'm quoting Jesus to you. 793 00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:59,240 Believe Jesus. You don't have to believe me. 794 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:02,680 Believe Jesus. Believe the gospel that God 795 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:06,440 really loves you, man. But my sin, you're not that 796 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:09,160 special. Your sin's not that special. 797 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,560 My sin's not that special. Our sin's bad. 798 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,320 It's so bad that Jesus had to die for it. 799 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:20,400 None of this came cheaply, but it does come freely. 800 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,520 There is a kind of turning that never really reaches the Lord 801 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,240 though. It just stays stuck in that 802 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:39,160 cycle of shame. And then the accuser jumps on 803 00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:42,520 top of it. That's what that's what Judas 804 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,480 was feeling. That's what he was experiencing. 805 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,560 He wasn't believing. And confession alone is not 806 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,920 salvation. With the heart. 807 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,800 One must believe, and then confession is made unto 808 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,040 salvation. I am thoroughly and tragically 809 00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,640 convinced that many people, especially in the United States 810 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:04,000 of America, have made confessions that do not produce 811 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,640 salvation in their lives because they have been trained 812 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:12,760 exclusively to say with their mouth the right things and 813 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,240 repeat after me the right things. 814 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:20,120 But there's two parts to that. It's with the heart you believe. 815 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:25,640 And then the an outflow of that is the mouth makes the 816 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,280 confession. That's how it works. 817 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,760 You can't have mouth confession. We can teach. 818 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:35,080 Birds to talk like us birds don't experience the new birth 819 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:39,720 of the Lord Jesus Christ. So parrots saying things or AI 820 00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:43,360 saying things like. It's just it's, it's just breath 821 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,680 and vocal cords. It means a lot when it's 822 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,400 believed in the heart, but you can't have one without the 823 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,400 other. And if you have the heart, you 824 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:57,200 will always have the mouth as well, John Owen, another dead 825 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,640 preacher, said. A man may have a sense. 826 00:40:01,240 --> 00:40:04,920 A man may have a deep. Sense of sin and still have no 827 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:09,120 hatred of it. Oh, I'm so sinful. 828 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:10,680 I'm so sinful. Do you hate it? 829 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,720 I didn't say that. I just, I'm aware of it. 830 00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:16,760 I'm honest about it. I guess it's better than lying 831 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:21,440 about it. I suppose, but unfortunately the 832 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:23,000 the end outcome would be the same. 833 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:27,640 Repentance, though, focuses on offenses against God, whereas 834 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,960 remorse focuses on the consequences of sin. 835 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,480 RC Sproul said that remorse focuses on the consequences of 836 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:36,720 sin. Oh, I hope I can get out of 837 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:39,000 this. Repentance focuses on the fact 838 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,520 that I've offended God. This is a good way to assess 839 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,800 yourself. Of course you feel the 840 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,680 consequences of your sin and we don't want them. 841 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:50,600 That's obvious, but are you crushed also by the fact that 842 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:54,000 you have sinned against God? What is your response when you 843 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,240 fail? Do you run to the Lord? 844 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:02,040 Not with bravado, not with cockiness, not with swagger, But 845 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:05,720 do you run to the Lord? Real restoration looks humble. 846 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,000 It looks broken over sin, but there's also confidence in His 847 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,320 mercy at the same time. Go to the throne of grace, that 848 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,600 you may obtain help in the time of need. 849 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,840 Romans 81 says there is therefore now no condemnation 850 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,320 for those who are in Christ Jesus. 851 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:33,480 Keep going here in verse 6. But the chief priests, taking 852 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,600 the pieces of silver, said it's not lawful to put them into the 853 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,720 treasury, since it is blood money. 854 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:41,880 These these hypocrites just doing their thing still. 855 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,480 So they are. They're referring to a law and 856 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,880 Deuteronomy, it talks about like corrupt money can't be used as a 857 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,680 temple offering. So here here are these. 858 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:55,320 Murderers are murderers. Are going wait a second, we 859 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:59,120 would need to follow the Bible. We need to obey this specific 860 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:00,760 thing. This is exactly what Jesus is 861 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:05,840 talking about when he says you hypocrites, you strain the gnat, 862 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,760 but you swallow the camel. It was a funny. 863 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:14,320 Figure of speech that he made. But it's also referring to what 864 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,600 people do with their sin. People pick these random things 865 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,560 to obey and these small things to obey. 866 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:25,320 I obey God, meanwhile endorsing the worst thing over here. 867 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,440 So the idea is that they that you've got a cup of wine and 868 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,080 there's a little gnat that gets into your wine and you go, Oh my 869 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:32,920 goodness. And you strain out the little 870 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:34,400 Nat you. That's better. 871 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,400 Meanwhile, there's a giant camel sitting in your glass of wine 872 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:41,360 and you swallow them down hole. That's the hypocrisy of them. 873 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:43,840 They're going, wait a second, this is blood money. 874 00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:45,280 This man says that it's blood money. 875 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,520 We don't know anything about it as being blood money, but 876 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:49,840 they're pretending that he's just separate from what they've 877 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,280 just done. And they're saying, but if it's 878 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,880 blood money we shouldn't put in the temple treasury, what should 879 00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,480 we do? And then they determine we're 880 00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:59,000 going to buy the field and bury foreigners in it and all this 881 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,080 other stuff. Meanwhile, they're swallowing 882 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,240 murder, but they're going to keep the law as you. 883 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:07,240 Should by the way. They walk in obedience, we walk 884 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:08,400 in all the. Obediences. 885 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:13,760 But this is their hypocrisy, meticulous about the small point 886 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,960 of the law by neglecting one of the 10 commandments and 887 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,280 murdering. They want to be able to say, 888 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,200 look how much we care about the law while bigger evils are 889 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:27,000 taking place in front of them. So ask yourself, what gnats, 890 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:29,880 What small things are you rigorous about? 891 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,360 And are there any camels that you're swallowing right down? 892 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,000 I make sure I make sure I do this. 893 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,760 Sin makes you stupid. And sin also makes you 894 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:42,200 superstitious. It makes you believe weird stuff 895 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:43,800 and think weird stuff and do weird stuff. 896 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,560 You're like, I would never do this. 897 00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,960 And you, like, you make it a really big deal. 898 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,720 And Scripture does mention it, so you should obey it. 899 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,920 And yet you have, like, magnified it to a place that 900 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,000 Scripture hasn't. Meanwhile, Scripture has 901 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,200 magnified this thing over here. And you're like, yeah, well, I 902 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:01,520 kind of interpret that differently. 903 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,840 This is a gnat. That you're, that you're. 904 00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,440 Straining and a a camel that you're swallowing. 905 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:13,560 Religious men do obedient things sometimes they did an obedient 906 00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:15,240 thing. They followed the law. 907 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:18,440 OK, so don't be shocked and yourself don't be shocked and 908 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,080 though I can point to some good fruit you just pointed out a 909 00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:24,040 pile of gnats. Is that the? 910 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:25,680 Good fruit. You're pointing to the things 911 00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:27,160 that the Scripture really minimizes. 912 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,440 What about all the things that the Scripture maximizes? 913 00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:32,760 I'll give you the highlight. It's called loving God and 914 00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,880 loving others. How does that? 915 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:39,440 Look, how does your love walk? Look, how well do you love 916 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,680 Christians? How well do you love your 917 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:45,160 enemies? Those are the camels that we 918 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:55,790 need to be prioritizing. We're closing verse 7. 919 00:44:57,390 --> 00:45:00,150 So they took counsel. There's that phrase again. 920 00:45:00,150 --> 00:45:04,390 They took counsel and they bought with them. 921 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:08,360 They bought with the money the Potter's field as a burial place 922 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:13,240 for the strangers. So normally only locals would be 923 00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:16,680 buried within the city. So they would be responsible. 924 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:18,600 The Jewish leaders would be responsible for burying 925 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,880 outsiders, but they'd have to do it in fields around the 926 00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:23,640 community. So that's what they use this 927 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:25,680 money for. They buy this field for 928 00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:27,360 strangers. It was likely called a Potter's 929 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,680 field, probably because clay at some point has been extracted 930 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:32,560 there. This is fulfilling prophecy. 931 00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:35,600 This is prophesied in Zechariah. Matthew says Jeremiah. 932 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:39,840 He's probably using a, a literary tool there to just say 933 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:42,280 Jeremiah was like considered the head of the prophets. 934 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,960 So if if you look this up and you're like, wait, that's in 935 00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:46,360 Zechariah. Yes, it is. 936 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:48,440 But that was a common thing where Matthew's like like 937 00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:50,400 Jeremiah prophesied. He's like the head of the 938 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,080 prophets and Zechariah is one of them. 939 00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:55,280 So that's what's going on there. Again, nothing to be troubled 940 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,560 by. So he's referencing this has 941 00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:02,440 been fulfilled. Once again we see God seeing the 942 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:04,680 beginning from the end, knowing what was coming, knowing what 943 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:07,160 was going to happen. And it's become known as the 944 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:09,840 field of blood because it was purchased with blood money. 945 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:18,040 Verse 9 then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet 946 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,960 Jeremiah saying, And they took the 30 pieces of silver, the 947 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:25,360 price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of 948 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,000 Israel, and they gave for them the Potter's field, as the Lord 949 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,960 directed me. So if you go read that passage 950 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,480 in Zechariah, you see Zechariah is actually like living out a 951 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,800 role play as the prophets would do sometimes they would like do 952 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:39,720 like visible demonstrations as to almost not a not not like 953 00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:42,160 putting on a play for Israel. But the Lord said, I want you to 954 00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:43,640 do this, I want you to do this. And they would have to be 955 00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,880 symbolically demonstrating what was going on. 956 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,880 And Zachariah had to do some particular things there with 30 957 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:52,040 pieces of silver, all prophesying how Jesus was going 958 00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,800 to be betrayed and how he was going to be sold and rejected by 959 00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,680 his own people. What are we supposed to take 960 00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:59,000 from all that? Again? 961 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:00,960 That God is awesome. That He sees the beginning from 962 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,840 the end. He knows exactly what men will 963 00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:04,760 do. Even though He does not force 964 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:09,120 your sinful behavior, He can still say with exact precision. 965 00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,520 Who will do what on what? Day, but the good. 966 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,760 News is that your story is not over. 967 00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,520 You can still repent and believe the gospel. 968 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:22,960 You can reject a life like Judas who just feels despair and a 969 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:26,000 crushing weight of sin. We got to start there. 970 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:30,440 But we cannot stay there crushed by sin, and then believe the 971 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:34,120 gospel like Peter and be transformed by it and keep 972 00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:39,240 walking with the Lord. Hebrews 415 and 16 says, For we 973 00:47:39,240 --> 00:47:42,120 do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our 974 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:47,040 weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we 975 00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:50,440 are, yet without sin. Let us then, with confidence, 976 00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:54,840 draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy 977 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,240 and find grace to help. In time of need. 978 00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:01,560 Wow, I'm a supposed I'm supposed to approach God's throne of 979 00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:05,320 grace with boldness? Why? 980 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,440 Bold? Because I believe that Jesus was 981 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:10,480 enough. Not bold because I go. 982 00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:13,720 I'm John Michael Clarke, and I know who I am. 983 00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:15,560 Yeah, pipe down with that nonsense. 984 00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:20,880 Bold because Jesus is so good. Bold because I'm so confident in 985 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,560 the love of God. Bold because Lord, I believe 986 00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:27,400 your word. So who am I to continue to can 987 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:32,640 just bathe in my shame when you've provided resurrection and 988 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,520 righteousness for me to be cleansed by? 989 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,240 2nd Corinthians 710. For godly. 990 00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:44,120 Grief produces A repentance that leads to salvation without 991 00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:47,680 regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. 992 00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:51,000 That is Peter and Judas in one verse. 993 00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:55,000 I'll read it. Again, 2nd Corinthians 710 godly 994 00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:59,880 grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without 995 00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:04,080 regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. 996 00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:09,160 What am I supposed to do today? Believe, believe. 997 00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,560 Believe that God is merciful. Believe, believe. 998 00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:15,520 Believe that God loves you. Believe and approach the throne 999 00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:18,560 of grace with boldness. There is a mechanism for the 1000 00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:21,160 mercy that God provides. Somebody suffered. 1001 00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,760 He is not ignoring justice. He's not going. 1002 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,280 It was really bad. But you know what? 1003 00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:32,080 It's all right. That is not the gospel. 1004 00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:34,000 That's not what's happening at all. 1005 00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:38,280 God is saying I am rigid and I am perfect in my justice and 1006 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:43,320 some blood must be shed. There can be no forgiveness of 1007 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:44,760 sins without the shedding of blood. 1008 00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,400 Somebody is going to suffer for sin. 1009 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:49,400 God determined it. God decided it. 1010 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:51,160 Why? I thought God was loving. 1011 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:54,400 He is loving. He is also just right. 1012 00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:59,920 If we went into the courtroom. And the judge looked at the 1013 00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:03,320 murderer who killed our family member and the judge said. 1014 00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:07,000 Case dismissed. Is that a good judge? 1015 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:08,400 Yes or no? Say no? 1016 00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:12,480 No, because he's unjust. Well, I think. 1017 00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,520 He was loving to the murderer. No, he wasn't. 1018 00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:18,040 Love always does what's right. Love does what's best. 1019 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:19,200 Love doesn't do what people want. 1020 00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:24,280 Love does the right thing. So God doesn't just say, ah, 1021 00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:28,480 case dismissed. God says all of my wrath is 1022 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:33,040 pointed at Jesus on the cross. And Jesus said that's what I 1023 00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:35,120 came. For I came to suffer. 1024 00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,680 I came to be the sacrifice. Believe that God is that good. 1025 00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,080 Believe that God loves you. Believe that God is that 1026 00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:45,480 forgiving. He doesn't overlook your sin. 1027 00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:49,160 He puts your sins on Christ. And then Christ's righteousness 1028 00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:52,920 can come to you. If you believe it, then you can 1029 00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,200 receive it. Then you can be saved. 1030 00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,080 Heavenly Father, thank you so much for Jesus. 1031 00:50:58,400 --> 00:50:59,920 Thank you for. Your perfect plan. 1032 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:02,760 That you formed before the foundation of the world, where 1033 00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,000 Jesus was always prepared to come. 1034 00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:07,200 Thank you for his perfect faithfulness. 1035 00:51:07,480 --> 00:51:10,400 God, I thank you for these people today who have heard your 1036 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,720 word. I thank you for the freedom that 1037 00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:14,680 you have provided. I thank you for the light and 1038 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,840 the hope that you've given. I thank you. 1039 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:20,200 For forgiveness, God, I pray for every single person right now 1040 00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:24,320 who feels any degree of weight or shame or condemnation, and I 1041 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:28,360 pray that they would believe the gospel, that they would respond 1042 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,200 to the good news of the cross and the resurrection. 1043 00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:34,400 A God who loves them, a God who forgives them, not because he's 1044 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:38,120 weak and he overlooks sin, not because he's unjust and he 1045 00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:41,520 pretends they didn't do it, but because he says, I will put your 1046 00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:45,720 sins on my son and I will put my son's righteousness on you and I 1047 00:51:45,720 --> 00:51:50,240 will make you a new creation. Believe the gospel and then 1048 00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:55,280 confess that Jesus is Lord, and then, yes, you will be saved. 1049 00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:01,440 God will give you new desires. He'll give you New Hope. 1050 00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:20,510 He'll give you new want to thank you, Lord, for the 1051 00:52:20,510 --> 00:52:23,750 salvation that you're bringing to people's hearts right now, as 1052 00:52:23,750 --> 00:52:28,470 they call upon you, as they trust in you, as they are 1053 00:52:28,470 --> 00:52:33,750 washed, shame washed away, the voice of the accuser silenced, 1054 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:40,640 sin broken, and a new heart installed. 1055 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:47,440 Thank you for the new birth and for bringing. 1056 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:51,960 People into the light, we love you Lord, we thank you in Jesus 1057 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:55,440 name and now the Lord bless you and keep you. 1058 00:52:56,280 --> 00:53:00,000 The Lord make his face Shinedown upon you and be gracious to you. 1059 00:53:00,520 --> 00:53:03,480 The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you great 1060 00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:06,720 peace in Jesus name, Amen.