1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,960 All right, turning your Bibles to Matthew chapter 20. 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:11,080 This is part 90 something things like part 9493. 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,360 I don't know which part of it. Chris 93. 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,000 Yeah, I think so. Yeah. 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:23,400 So we've been in a couple years now and yeah, we got 3 chapters 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,040 left. We've had we've heard Jesus 7 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,320 teaching, we've seen his ministry and now this next three 8 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:34,400 chapters, chapter 26, chapter 27, chapter 28, as we even in 9 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,160 chapter 24 and 25, we're still in his last week. 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,320 And now the same thing is going to happen. 11 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,840 Things just really slow down and we get into all the detail 12 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,680 because now it's all about him fulfilling his mission. 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,960 Now everything becomes about the cross, the central moment that 14 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,160 all of history is built around, that our calendar is affected 15 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:56,000 by, and that everything has to relate to the cross of Jesus 16 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,120 Christ, our salvation and our hope. 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,960 In chapter 26, we're going to go verses one. 18 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,320 We'll start in verse one. When Jesus had finished all 19 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,720 these sayings, he said to his disciples, You know that after 20 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,480 two days the Passover is coming and the Son of Man will be 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,480 delivered up to be crucified. Then the chief priests and the 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,800 elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, 23 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,000 whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted together in order to 24 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,560 arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 25 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,800 But they said not during the feast, lest there be an uproar 26 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,000 among the people. Now when Jesus was at Bethany, 27 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,800 in the House of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an 28 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,280 alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she 29 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,640 poured it on his head as he reclined a table. 30 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,400 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why 31 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,480 this waste? For this could have been sold 32 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,240 for a large sum and given to the poor. 33 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,760 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, Why do you trouble the 34 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,760 woman? For she has done a beautiful 35 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,200 thing to me. For you always have the poor 36 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,520 with you, but you will not always have me. 37 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,560 And pouring this ointment on my body, she has done. 38 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,600 She has done it to prepare me for burial. 39 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:11,280 Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the 40 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:15,000 whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her. 41 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,400 Then one of the 12, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the 42 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,600 chief priests and said, what will you give me if I deliver 43 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,200 him over to you? And they paid him 30 pieces of 44 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,240 silver. And from that moment, he sought 45 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,280 an opportunity to betray him. Let's pray. 46 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,160 Heavenly Father, thank you so much for your powerful word once 47 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,960 again that is going to feed us now, that is going to equip us. 48 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,760 It's going to train us and give us power, real power to actually 49 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,440 obey, real power to actually be transformed. 50 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,520 So we surrender to it now. We commit to obedience. 51 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,720 We commit to humility. We commit to surrender. 52 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,960 And we thank you for growth. We thank you for blessing. 53 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,960 We thank you for breakthrough. Lord, we offer ourselves right 54 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,040 now again as a living sacrifice. We put ourselves on your table 55 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,760 as you, the good, the good physician, the best surgeon, can 56 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,560 come and do whatever is needed in US. 57 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:12,480 That you would wash our robes again if there's anything, if 58 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,920 there's any stain in US. And that you would remind us 59 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:19,280 once again who we are, how we should live, and that we would 60 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,440 honor Jesus more deeply in our hearts that we would have the 61 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,480 right response. There are many who respond to 62 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,040 Jesus in this passage. Help us to be one with devotion, 63 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,520 one with worship, one with loyalty, and one with love. 64 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,680 Thank you for your anointing. It's on your word. 65 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:43,000 It's powerful and effective to accomplish all that you wanted 66 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:50,080 it to do in Jesus name, Amen. Lots of teaching, lots of 67 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,440 teaching, lots of teaching. And now finally Jesus, when he 68 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,680 finished all these sayings, he says to his disciples, you know 69 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,480 that after two days the Passover is coming and the Son of Man 70 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,840 will be delivered up to be crucified. 71 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,200 This is Jesus telling them plainly for the fourth time in 72 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,080 Matthew, I am going to be crucified. 73 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,640 Other times he told him I'm going to be crucified and I'm 74 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,440 going to be raised up. He's told them I'm going to be 75 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,399 crucified and I'm going to be raised up. 76 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:19,480 And once again he's telling them I am about to be crucified. 77 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,960 Remember, this is a horrific thing for them to hear because 78 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,360 crucifixion is a horrific thing. Crucifixion is brutal. 79 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,880 Crucifixion is a a torture mechanism that leads to death. 80 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,720 The whole point is to cause you to suffer as much as possible. 81 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,480 And the Romans perfected it. They perfected it. 82 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,320 They figured out what creates the most agony. 83 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,840 A lot of times people would be crucified and then they would 84 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:44,480 just stay up there for days. They wouldn't be pre beaten, 85 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:49,000 they would just be crucified. So when a person is crucified, 86 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,560 the main issue they're dealing with is their own breathing. 87 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,360 And in order to breathe, to order to take their next breath, 88 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,720 they have to raise themselves up again so that their rib cage can 89 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,840 expand. Because your lungs operate in a 90 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:02,080 vacuum. The reason air comes into your 91 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,600 lungs is because you expand your rib cage and it forces the lungs 92 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:06,800 to open. It's not that the lungs are 93 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,080 their own muscle that function by themselves, it's that his 94 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:13,640 body cavity gets bigger and air has to come in through this 95 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:14,720 vessel, and that's what's happening. 96 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:16,800 So on the cross, when that's happening, you still have to 97 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,000 breathe, but every single breath you're having to press yourself 98 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,120 up on this nail that's driven through your feet or your 99 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,640 ankles, or these nails that are driven through most likely your 100 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,560 wrists and the 2 bones and your arms because there's a nerve 101 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,960 there that it rubs constantly. So every single breath that 102 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,040 you're fighting to survive is also agonizing and excruciating 103 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,520 at the same time. Crucifixions could last for 104 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,440 days. People would be hung naked on a 105 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,000 cross, They would use the bathroom on themselves during 106 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,320 this process and it was just pure agony. 107 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,760 Jesus's agony is even deeper than that because he's already 108 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,320 been beaten beyond recognition. His back is open. 109 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,640 He's been bleeding everywhere. He also has the crown of thorns 110 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,040 that's been inserted. So for Jesus is breathing as 111 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,560 he's nailed on the cross, He also has his rugged back rubbing 112 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,440 against the rugged cross as he breathes up and down. 113 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,120 Pastor John Michael, this is really graphic, I know, and it's 114 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,000 really viable and it's important to understand. 115 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,720 Why does this, why does the death of God have to be so 116 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,720 brutal? You know, if he had been 117 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,560 beheaded, it's he died for our sins, right? 118 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,840 Like he died, but he didn't just die for our sins. 119 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:20,760 He suffered for our sins. Why does he have to suffer? 120 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,760 Because that is what sin deserves. 121 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,880 That's why. That's what sin deserves. 122 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,480 Why does hell has to have to last forever? 123 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,560 Because it's what sin deserves. After a million years, the 124 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,720 punishment and the penalty won't be fulfilled. 125 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:37,680 Why? Because I sinned against an 126 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,280 infinitely holy God. So whenever we punish criminals, 127 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:44,000 whenever we go to jail, whenever we get suffering for from the 128 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,600 legal system for any reason, they say right, six months in 129 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,040 prison like that will sat then justice will be satisfied. 130 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:52,680 And then we say, OK, fair enough. 131 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,880 Like here's the punishment needs to fit the crime. 132 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:57,720 That's a that's an element of justice. 133 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,720 We get that from God in his word as he gives Israel the law in 134 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,840 the Old Testament. We see that the punishment needs 135 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:04,440 to fit the crime. You don't get killed for 136 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,200 everything. You know, depending on what 137 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:07,320 happened. Oh, you did this. 138 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:08,720 OK, well, you know, you have to repay that. 139 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,000 Oh, this happened now that happened. 140 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,320 But the the justice always has to be fulfilled. 141 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:17,080 So if the punishment has to fit the crime for sin, and I reject 142 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,080 my only opportunity for salvation, how can I ever repay 143 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,200 it? Oh, a million years in hell and 144 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,000 then you get out. How could justice be satisfied 145 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,280 against the Holy God? The only way would be if I were 146 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,880 to suffer forever and ever and ever and ever. 147 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:32,440 And even then it's not satisfied. 148 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,800 It's just the only way that it's not unjust. 149 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,120 Jesus had to suffer a great torment. 150 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,240 Why was Jesus suffering enough though? 151 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,240 Why could Jesus suffer and then his suffering end? 152 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,600 How could it be satisfied? Because Jesus is pure, because 153 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,760 Jesus is holy, and because Jesus is perfect. 154 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,840 So the innocent one suffering under the wrath of God. 155 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,560 God said now my wrath is satisfied. 156 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,840 Now justice is actually complete. 157 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,800 So for the time of Jesus is suffering in the garden when he 158 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,920 was sweating great drops of blood to when he said on the 159 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,320 cross it is finished. That's when it was finished. 160 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,600 He was abandoned by the Father, which is why he cries out, My 161 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,600 God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 162 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,880 Why did Jesus have to be abandoned by the Father? 163 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:20,720 So that we wouldn't have to be God's justice and God's penalty 164 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,320 against sin had to be satisfied. Jesus was treated like a Sinner. 165 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:29,120 Although he never committed any sin, he became sin. 166 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:36,360 The Scripture says, who knew no sin, so that we might become the 167 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:41,039 righteousness of God in Christ. That's the crazy substitution of 168 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:43,799 the gospel. That's Jesus saying I'll stand 169 00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:46,920 in their place positionally, Father, I'll take everything on 170 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,440 me and then my righteousness can be put on them. 171 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,120 But his righteousness, it doesn't vanish from him. 172 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,000 He's still righteous and he's still holy, and the Father is 173 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,600 pleased with him. And Jesus said, I have the power 174 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,840 to lay down my life and I have the power to take it back up 175 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,640 again. I've been given this power by my 176 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,360 Father. So Jesus is raised up and now he 177 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:10,120 reigns forever in glory. And now whoever would put their 178 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:15,080 faith in Jesus is saved by Jesus because the Father looks at you 179 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,000 and me and he doesn't see our filth, our disgust. 180 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:26,520 This just, you know, this, this bowl of disgusting selfishness 181 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:29,120 and idolatry. This is over here. 182 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,680 He's got Jesus. He's got this orb of light and, 183 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:36,520 and glory and holiness. He says, I'm going to take this 184 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,640 and I'm going to put it on them and I'm going to take this this 185 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,000 filth and I'm going to put it on him. 186 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,520 And then he says, and now I have to punish it. 187 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,080 And this is the one person who can actually bear the punishment 188 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,640 and justice be satisfied. So we see the love of God, we 189 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,080 see the grace of God. We see the mercy of God and 190 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,160 Jesus on the cross. This is why Jesus was crucified. 191 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,720 He suffered the worst thing that that the cursed people could 192 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,120 come up with. This is the most torturous, the 193 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:06,560 most wicked thing we could come up with. 194 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,000 And the Father said, all right, that's what we'll do. 195 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,800 And Jesus said, yes, I surrender myself to it. 196 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,400 That's what I'll do. So when he tells his disciples 197 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,520 I'm going to be crucified, they knew what it meant. 198 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,800 They'd seen it. The Romans crucified thousands 199 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,440 and thousands and thousands of people. 200 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,640 Whenever there would be rebellions, they would crucify 201 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,160 them along the roadways of towns and villages. 202 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,400 And your villagers and your neighbors and your friends and 203 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,680 family would be crucified on the roadway in and out of your town, 204 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:35,640 and they'd hang there for days. And you would try and sneak 205 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,040 around and hope that the Romans wouldn't see. 206 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,800 And you would try and give them something to drink because 207 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,600 they'd be crying out in thirst, suffering. 208 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,600 And although giving something to drink seemed like an act of 209 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,480 mercy, at the same time it was enabling them to live longer and 210 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,920 suffer more for a faith that was inescapable. 211 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,760 It was a torturous, wicked thing. 212 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,160 And Jesus said, I'm choosing it. That's what we see throughout 213 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,840 this passage and that's what we've seen through the previous 214 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:00,960 passages. That's what we're going to see 215 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:02,920 through the rest of the the chapter as well. 216 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,960 Jesus is in charge and Jesus is orchestrating his own 217 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,000 appointment. No one is orchestrating it for 218 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,960 him. It's not the Jews who did it and 219 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,240 Jesus was a hostage. It's not the Romans who did it. 220 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:17,520 And Jesus is a victim. Jesus is King, and Jesus chooses 221 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,640 everything that he's doing. He's not surprised. 222 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,840 He's not reacting, He's not scrambling. 223 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 He is calmly announcing the schedule and setting his own 224 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,960 timing for his own death. Nobody takes his life from him, 225 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,280 he said. Nobody takes my life from me. 226 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:35,000 I lay it down of my own accord. This is God's sovereign plan, 227 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,040 and this is God's sovereign timing. 228 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,720 He tells him the Passover, you know, the Passover is coming. 229 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,440 So you've heard me say before what the Passover is the 230 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,320 Passover. Remember in Egypt, Luke and Lucy 231 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,920 probably know this. Remember in Egypt the people 232 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,600 were stuck in Egypt. And then God said, let my people 233 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,040 go. You remember that story. 234 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:03,600 Have you learned that story yet? You'll learn it. 235 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:05,480 And Pharaoh says, I won't let your people go. 236 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:07,880 And God sends a plague. I won't let your people go, 237 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:09,400 another plague. I won't let your people go. 238 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,040 Or he says they can go and then they can't go over and over. 239 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,840 And finally God says, all right, I'm going to kill the first born 240 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:16,840 son. This is going to be the worst 241 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:20,720 plague that they've seen yet. Unless you take the blood of a 242 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,520 lamb and you put it on the doorpost of your household, and 243 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:28,440 then the death Angel will Passover and he won't come into 244 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,440 your home and he won't kill your child. 245 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,480 So this is the Passover that the Jews have been celebrating and 246 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,200 commemorating for many, many years now. 247 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,360 And they're saying we celebrate the Passover when the death 248 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,360 Angel Passover and we took the blood of the lamb. 249 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,720 Of course, Jesus is the final blood. 250 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,720 He is the final lamb in his bland his. 251 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,880 His blood satisfies forever. That's why we don't sacrifice 252 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,920 bulls and goats anymore. They were temporary and they 253 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,760 were not fully satisfying to the Lord. 254 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,760 The blood of Jesus fully satisfies justice. 255 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,280 The blood of Jesus is fully pure. 256 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,600 It's an animal. God's like, well, it's innocent, 257 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:01,840 but it's still an animal. It's not a human. 258 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,120 A human got you into this mess. A human's got to get you out. 259 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,360 Bad news for you. There's no innocent humans. 260 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,640 Good news for you. I'll become the innocent human 261 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,840 who will be tempted and tried and tested in every way and be 262 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:19,240 without sin. The Passover is coming, so the 263 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:23,720 Lord does this on purpose at Passover, because the real 264 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,400 Passover lamb, the final Passover lamb, has finally come 265 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,880 so that the death Angel can Passover people. 266 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,960 If the blood of God, if the blood of the lamb is applied to 267 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,600 a person's heart, then that person can escape from God's 268 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,320 wrath. If the blood was on the door, 269 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,160 the death Angel passes over. If the blood wasn't there, then 270 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,760 judgment came in. The same is true for everybody 271 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:44,520 today. The blood of the lamb has to be 272 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,480 put on your heart. The blood of Jesus has to 273 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,560 actually cover you. And in in so doing, not only 274 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:54,040 does the death Angel Passover. That's kind of like a neutral 275 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:55,640 state. You just dodged a bullet. 276 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,720 But that's not all that there is to the Scripture, as we already 277 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,840 quoted. Who do you think you are? 278 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,840 The righteousness of God in Christ. 279 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,880 So the so the Israelites had it good in that they didn't lose 280 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:09,920 their child. We have a new and better 281 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,040 covenant. Not only does the death Angel 282 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:15,560 not come and consume us, but the righteousness of God is applied 283 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:18,360 to us. We don't just avoid the curse, 284 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,960 we receive the blessing. This is the inheritance of a 285 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,600 Christian. This is why we have to tell the 286 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,480 whole truth about who we are. Oh, my flesh is weak. 287 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,400 Oh man, I'm so tempted all the time towards sin. 288 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,040 Man, I make so many foolish mistakes. 289 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,240 Yes, so far you're doing good. It's all true, but don't stop 290 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:41,080 there. And also God loves me and also I 291 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,920 am seated with Christ in heavenly places, and also I am 292 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:49,040 the righteousness of God. You cannot follow your emotions. 293 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,800 You cannot trust your emotions. Sometimes emotions are accurate, 294 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,360 good things happen, your emotions feel good, that's a 295 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,800 blessing. But other times when you sin, 296 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,920 don't your emotions tell you that you should be ashamed that 297 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,080 you can't go to the Lord, that you need to be in hiding, and 298 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,000 that what you feel we can't obey those feelings, those feelings 299 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,640 are in opposition and disobedience to what God says 300 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,760 about you and who you are. There's two different camps in 301 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:15,560 the body of Christ. A lot of times, depending on the 302 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:18,160 denomination, you got the camp that says I'm a worm in the 303 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,400 dirt. I'm a worm in the dirt. 304 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,800 It's not all wrong, actually. And then you have a camp over 305 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:28,240 here that says I'm just, I'm just seated in heavenly places. 306 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,080 And that's all there is to say about the that's also got truth 307 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,120 in it. But where is the truth of 308 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,760 Scripture? It's actually in the middle of 309 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,280 the road, not in the two ditches. 310 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:43,560 It's without Him. I am nothing but in Christ I can 311 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,480 do all things. But depending on personality 312 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,560 types, depending on theological backgrounds, we can typically 313 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,120 tend toward one ditch. I just want to focus on this. 314 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,840 Well, you might want to focus on whatever you want to, but the 315 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,280 Word of God is what keeps you safe. 316 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,640 I'm just going to be humble and stay over here. 317 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,720 Just talk about, but that's not humble. 318 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,280 Jesus went to wash Peter's feet and Peter said, Oh no, you don't 319 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:10,160 Lord, you're too holy and I'm too low. 320 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:14,120 And he thought, wow, I really did good this time. 321 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,240 I always blew it, but I bet this time I nailed it. 322 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,480 And Jesus said, if I don't wash you, then you won't ever be 323 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,840 clean. Oh, wash my whole body. 324 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,280 And he's like, no, I don't have to wash your whole body. 325 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:28,400 I just have to wash your feet. Messed up once again, but it 326 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,840 looks like humility. Oh, God no, Lord no. 327 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:34,960 And Lord's like no. What? 328 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:36,800 I'm going to wash your feet. Peter. 329 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,840 It's when I said you're right to obey the Lord. 330 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:41,560 You're humble when you obey the Lord. 331 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,040 That's what's wise. That's what's humble. 332 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,760 So to actually embrace what the Lord says about you, that's 333 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,520 what's wise and that's what's humble, and that's what's 334 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:54,000 appropriate. Scripture says a lot of things 335 00:16:54,000 --> 00:17:00,360 about us, and we should embrace what's true beyond our feelings. 336 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,599 Back to the Passover. The Lord chose this timing 337 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:09,160 deliberately. He did this on purpose because 338 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,720 Jesus is the true and final Passover lamb. 339 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,839 What happened in Egypt? It's a true story. 340 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,079 It really did happen with Moses and the Israelites and the 341 00:17:16,079 --> 00:17:17,960 Egyptians. It happened, but it's also 342 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:19,760 foreshadowing for the greater truth. 343 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,560 It's a type and a shadow all through your Old Testament. 344 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,319 It really happened. Yes, actually, just like that. 345 00:17:25,319 --> 00:17:28,520 And also it points to the greater lamb. 346 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,680 It points to the greater Moses, it points to the greater 347 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,920 Abraham, it points to the greater priest. 348 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:39,440 Always the perfect man comes, the true lamb comes, and the 349 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,320 blood of the lamb must be applied to your heart. 350 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,640 If you don't, then you'll get what you deserve, just like the 351 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,760 Egyptians got, just like we all deserve. 352 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,000 This is a warning and it's an invitation. 353 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,600 Wrath is real, but there is shelter under the blood of 354 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,040 Jesus. Do not delay if you have not yet 355 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,600 covered your heart with the blood of Jesus. 356 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,160 How do I do that? You come to God in humility and 357 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,880 loving repentance and say I'm yours and I need you. 358 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,320 I am lost and I do need salvation. 359 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,320 I am hopeless without you, and I need that righteousness applied 360 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:19,400 to me, because apart from you I can't do it and I can't earn it. 361 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,680 Verse 3. Then the chief priests and the 362 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,160 elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, 363 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,880 whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted together in order to 364 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,600 arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 365 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,640 But they said not during the feast, lest there be an uproar 366 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,720 among the people. So these guys would usually 367 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,280 gather out in public. There was a, a set of steps 368 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,840 there in the temple complex that they would gather at and that's 369 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,560 where they would meet. You could kind of see and hear 370 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,720 their meetings going on. Not so though. 371 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:48,240 Why? Because they're sneaky 372 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,360 manipulators. They're hiding in private and 373 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:53,800 they go privately into Caiaphas Palace. 374 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,320 And remember, you got a big, you got a mixed bag of guys here. 375 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:57,880 They don't even all agree with each other. 376 00:18:58,040 --> 00:18:59,320 They don't even all like each other. 377 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,400 But they're all threatened still by this one who is usurping 378 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,360 their power and their false authority. 379 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,000 We know they're manipulative. We know they're snakes. 380 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,480 Why? Because men of principles stand 381 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,880 on the truth no matter what. These people are trying to read 382 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,480 the crowd. That's what that's what 383 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,200 politicians typically do. They they say, which way is the 384 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,360 wind blowing? OK. 385 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,480 I mean, that's exactly what Abigail Spanberger did in her in 386 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,960 her running for for election. She presented herself as a 387 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,600 moderate and she was like, hey, this world's gotten crazy. 388 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,880 Let's just take like a, a common sense approach to things and 389 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,200 very clever, very, very Serpentine. 390 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,760 Unfortunately, the this, this, that serpent has plenty of 391 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,440 venom, as we're finding out now as well. 392 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:48,400 So, so that's very, a very, very common political thing to do is 393 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,120 to say what, which way the wind is blowing. 394 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,600 What is it that could just motivate the people to give me 395 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,240 the power and then I can actually, you know, bring in 396 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,200 the, the agenda that I have planned. 397 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,760 These men are the same. They're not men of actual 398 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,760 principle who stand on the truth no matter what. 399 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,360 These are manipulators who are reading the crowd. 400 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:09,680 They're testing the win. How do I keep favor? 401 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,480 How do I keep power? How do I stay comfortable? 402 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,080 This is what it looks like for you and I as well. 403 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,040 So as we're balling up our fists and our, our, our wicked 404 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,680 rulership, or as we're balling up our fists at the Pharisees, 405 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,440 and now let's ball up our fists on ourselves. 406 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,320 What does it look like for you to retain power? 407 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,080 What does it look like for you to retain comfort or retain 408 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,200 favor and read people instead of being a man or woman of 409 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,800 principle, instead of being a truth teller who walks in 410 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:43,600 gentleness still, but says the right thing consistently because 411 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,640 it's the true thing who's the same person all the time, not 412 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,040 because they're reading the room and going. 413 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:49,680 I have learned to be a chameleon. 414 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:51,960 I know how to say what I need to say here. 415 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,200 I know what I have to say, what I need to say there, and I know 416 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,760 how to fit in where I need to fit in. 417 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,880 Instead of Lord, bring this falseness out of me. 418 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,760 That's a way to pray. Lord help me. 419 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,280 Don't, don't let me be false. Don't let me be inconsistent. 420 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,320 Make me the same person all the time. 421 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,320 Matthew, by the direction of the Holy Spirit, I mean, look at 422 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,480 what he's done here. Because everything Matthew puts 423 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,880 here is not chronological, as we're about to see with Mary 424 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,560 anointing him. That actually happened 6 days 425 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,840 before the Passover. So Matthew isn't giving us a 426 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,200 strict chronological moment right now, but he's giving us 427 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,600 themes and he's showing us different things. 428 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,320 He's showing us Jesus is in charge because they said we're 429 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:36,840 not going to crucify him during the Passover. 430 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:38,840 We're going to wait till after the after the feast. 431 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:44,000 When did he get crucified during the Passover at the exact 432 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,680 timing. They didn't even keep their own 433 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:46,080 plan. Why? 434 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,600 Because it wasn't their plan. They had their motive. 435 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,000 And Jesus said, yeah, I'm, I'm running this. 436 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,840 You're, you're the cogs in my wheel. 437 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,280 And things are going to go the way that I have planned or the 438 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,760 way that I have preordained because I'm the Lamb who was 439 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,560 slain before the foundation of the world. 440 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,560 I saw this night coming. I saw this morning coming. 441 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,000 And I know exactly how it's going to unfold because I 442 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,520 designed it to be such. So This is why I read Psalm 2 443 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,080 this morning, not just for our current moment in our, in our 444 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,040 scenario in our state or our nation or whatever. 445 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,880 We're not the only people who have had wicked leadership and 446 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,440 people have had it far worse and people have had it far better. 447 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,320 And, and we may see things swing again in our time. 448 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,960 Either way. He who sits in the heavens 449 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,800 laughs. He looks at the rulers of the 450 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,600 world and they're going here. We're going to shake off his 451 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,040 chains from us. We're going to shake off his 452 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,200 bondages from us. And he sits in the heavens and 453 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,200 he laughs and he holds them in derision. 454 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,760 He mocks them. Oh look, my enemies have a plan. 455 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:53,920 My enemies have a plan. But when we come back to the 456 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:58,840 word of God, when we go to Psalm 2, instead of Instagram or X or 457 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,960 Facebook or Fox News or whatever platform, you know, you pump 458 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,280 time wasting and soul crushing news into your heart from, when 459 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,640 we go back to Psalm 2, we go, He who sits in the heavens laughs. 460 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:17,280 If God's laughing, I can laugh. If God's not worried, I don't 461 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:22,400 need to be worried. If my father's at peace, then I 462 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,520 can be at peace. Not during the feast. 463 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,840 They think they can control the schedule, but they can't. 464 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,040 Jesus said he would be crucified at Passover, not after the 465 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:34,400 feast. And God overrules them 466 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,280 completely. Even when Satan seems organized, 467 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,640 even when Satan seems strategic, God is calmly keeping his 468 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,080 schedule. Heaven is never nervous. 469 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:48,000 God is calmly accomplishing redemption while evil men and 470 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,200 women think that they are in control. 471 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,560 He will roll up history exactly how he determined. 472 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,240 He will continue to laugh at his enemies, and he will continue to 473 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,920 mock them. He has all authority. 474 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,600 But those who don't have a God, they do believe that the 475 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,000 government is God. They think government is the 476 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,800 highest authority in on the earth. 477 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:11,800 Some Christians think this. I have worked hard to disciple 478 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,840 you out of that thinking. Government is not the largest 479 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,360 authority on earth. It is one authority. 480 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,760 There are three households of authority, 3 spheres of 481 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,120 authority established in the earth. 482 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,920 The household is 1. It has its own authorities that 483 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,520 nobody's allowed to touch. The government is 1. 484 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,040 It has its own authorities that no one is allowed to touch, and 485 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,720 the church is 1. It has its own authorities that 486 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,760 no one is allowed to touch. And there is one king who sits 487 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,200 over all three branches of three, all three forms of these 488 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,000 governments, and Jesus is king over them all, which is why 489 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,240 everyone should obey, as Psalm 2 told us. 490 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,280 Well, they're not, they're not believers, Pastor JM. 491 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,840 You can't expect them to. I expect them to be believers 492 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:57,200 because that's their job is to obey and fulfill Jesus's will on 493 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,720 earth as it is in heaven. Well, he said my kingdom's not 494 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,480 of this world, right? But he's establishing his 495 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,280 Kingdom in this world through his church. 496 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,840 That's the point, which is why he taught us to pray your 497 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:14,840 Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 498 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,160 So yeah, we read the whole Bible, not just verses. 499 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:23,800 And we certainly do not take direction and discipleship from 500 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,240 our enemies. Our enemies work hard to 501 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,040 disciple Christians and say you need to get out of politics. 502 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,600 And Christians for decades have foolishly thought, I guess that 503 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,440 kind of makes sense because kingdoms not of this world. 504 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,120 And I don't need to focus on those things. 505 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:41,720 I need to just focus on making disciples. 506 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,400 We do need to focus on making disciples above all things. 507 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,280 But that means you would teach all nations to obey. 508 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,880 So that means you should expect for all of your rulers to follow 509 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,800 Christ and everybody to obey Jesus. 510 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,800 Well, we have a constitution. Oh, my goodness. 511 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,080 Oh, I didn't know. Well, I guess the Constitution 512 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,560 should submit to the Bible then. Is that, is that what I'm 513 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,480 supposed to understand? Well, the enemies of Christ 514 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,920 would say, of course it's the Constitution. 515 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,680 It's the Constitution. The the founding fathers wrote 516 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,520 it. I'm so glad you brought up the 517 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,040 founding fathers. Do you know where they got their 518 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,640 perspectives on justice, on checks and balances on a legal 519 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,480 system? You're going to love this 520 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,360 answer. They got it from the Bible. 521 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:34,240 They were seeking to establish a nation that would actually honor 522 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,080 God with its laws. Why? 523 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,240 Because to do things God's way is better. 524 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,800 Now, it's not the government's role or responsibility to force 525 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,520 people to be Christians, but it's the government's job to 526 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,640 establish laws that punish the wicked and reward the righteous. 527 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,440 That's the government's jurisdiction. 528 00:26:54,720 --> 00:27:00,560 Let's go back to our text. Remember these men who are doing 529 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,160 this, these are the religious leaders. 530 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,720 These are not pagans. These are Bible men, temple men, 531 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,480 religious leaders. These are the guys that everyone 532 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,000 respected. This means that you can be 533 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,040 around God's house and still oppose God. 534 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,160 Paul, Paul, live this, Paul said. 535 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,520 I thought I was doing God's work by persecuting Christians. 536 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,080 He believed it brought that. That's how far deceived a person 537 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,640 can be. You can hold office and still 538 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,560 fight God. You can think you're serving Him 539 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,920 and actually be resisting him. That should be sobering. 540 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,680 So what kind of person are you devoted? 541 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,800 And principled. Or just reading the wind trying. 542 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:44,920 To stay comfortable. Oh. 543 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,280 This seems advantageous. It's not though. 544 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,400 You're trying to keep your life, and in doing so, you're going to 545 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,800 lose your soul. Compared to Jesus who went. 1st 546 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,320 and said I'll show you how to lose your life. 547 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,400 But then you gain everything. Because of it. 548 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,000 Throughout this passage we see the. 549 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:10,560 Different themes Devotion, betrayal, hatred. 550 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,680 Verse 6. Now when Jesus was at Bethany, 551 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,880 in the House of Simon the Leper, a woman came up to him with an 552 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:21,360 alabaster flask, a very expensive ointment, so. 553 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:23,600 Matthew records here like I. Said what John records in 554 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,240 chapter 12 we see these. Different themes play out. 555 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:32,080 Though here in Matthew, right next to the His plans to murder 556 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,480 him is worship and devotion to him. 557 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,400 Same Jesus, different response. But six days earlier is when 558 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,680 this was happening, and this was Mary anointing his head and his 559 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,680 feet. What's really happening here? 560 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,800 John gives us the extra context that Matthew doesn't, and we see 561 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,720 that Judas was in charge of keeping the money and he had 562 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,120 been stealing. He's the CFO, chief financial 563 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,760 officer, and he's been stealing from God, from them. 564 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,680 So they would get offerings. They would people say, I want to 565 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,960 support you, Rabbi, I want to support you and your disciples. 566 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,960 And Judas was in charge of it. Jesus knows this. 567 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,920 Jesus allows this. This continues. 568 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:14,560 Why Jesus is patient. Jesus is kind, Jesus merciful, 569 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,000 but also it was prophesied that Jesus was going to betray. 570 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,040 There was going to be one who is going to betray the Lord. 571 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:24,760 It's not that the Lord forced Judas. 572 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,880 To do so, but it's the Lord that has foreknowledge. 573 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,680 So then the Lord says here is what is coming and here is what 574 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,160 is going to happen. There are some things that the 575 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,480 Lord says, I will force this, I'm going to do it this way, it 576 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,760 will happen my way. I will be crucified on the 577 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,520 Passover. And then there are other things 578 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,080 where he says. I can see what these people are 579 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,040 choosing. I can see what these people are 580 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:48,120 doing. But Judas is angry. 581 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,360 When Mary pours out the ointment, because the the 582 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:57,200 amount, John tells us this oil, this ointment, whatever it was, 583 00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,960 was worth a man's wages for a year. 584 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,640 So whatever, whatever the wages for a year, we'll say it was 585 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,640 60,070 thousand, 80 thousand, 100,000, whatever a man's wages 586 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,560 for the year, this is what she has. 587 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,480 This is probably a family heirloom. 588 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,360 The fact that she broke it says it might have even been a 589 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,440 completely sealed vessel that they just said we have this 590 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,440 special ointment. Look, it's on the shelf. 591 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,200 They don't have a lot of money, They don't have a ton of wealth. 592 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,800 So they have this special thing that they just go, you know, 593 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:27,320 this is a treasure. What is it? 594 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,200 Oh, it's a special ointment and it's passed down for 595 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:31,200 generations. Wow. 596 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,760 Have you ever opened it? Oh, no one ever open it. 597 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,160 I'm passing on to my kids. Nobody's using it, but it's a 598 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,040 treasure. It's a special thing. 599 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,520 It's an honorable thing. It's a beautiful thing. 600 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:46,400 Mary recognized there will never be a better moment. 601 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,280 There could never be a better use for this ointment than right 602 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,120 here, right now. It's not going to be better used 603 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,080 on a date night. It's not going to be better used 604 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,200 on a wedding day. It's not going to be better used 605 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,520 for my funeral. I have the King of Glory here 606 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,000 with me now. What an honor, what a blessing, 607 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,680 what a privilege. Let me break this and pour out 608 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:12,600 this $80,000 offering on the Lord right here, right now, and 609 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,600 it's gone. You can't get it back. 610 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,800 Once it's used, it's used. She anoints his head and his 611 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,000 feet and she washes and wipes his feet. 612 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:29,200 Dirty, dusty roads, camel poop, donkey pee, all this stuff mixed 613 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:30,880 in the dirt on their dirty, filthy feet. 614 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:32,480 Which is why foot washing was a big deal. 615 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,640 Very low place to put yourself. Not like you're in my feet. 616 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,000 Some of y'all might have some nasty feet, I don't know, but 617 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,800 they weren't that nasty. Can't be as nasty as what they 618 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,160 were. Then she wipes his feet with her 619 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,480 hair, because a woman's hair is her glory. 620 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,680 So she says, let me take my most glorious thing I have and put it 621 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,640 on his feet to humble myself even more. 622 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:59,800 This is extravagant worship. I'm sure you've given offerings 623 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,120 to the Lord, and I'm sure you've given sacrificial offerings to 624 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,440 the Lord. But I've never given a year's. 625 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,720 Wages. As as one offering, I've never. 626 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,600 Said, hey, here's everything for a year and she says I'm giving 627 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,920 this valuable, valuable thing. Look at that done for their 628 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,920 life. She could have just sold it and 629 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,480 had that money for them. What a massive level up that 630 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,120 would have created in their lives. 631 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:25,280 Come on, isn't that just wisdom? I mean, it's kind of wasteful. 632 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:29,640 I hear you, Judas. It was poured out on Jesus. 633 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,800 Though, so it couldn't really be waste. 634 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,520 Go to Judas. But a backslider will always. 635 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,680 Talk that way. The lukewarm will always talk 636 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,560 that way. They'll always tell you that 637 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,480 your devotion is extreme. They'll always say no, no, no, 638 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:44,680 no. I'm with you, I'm with you, I'm 639 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,440 with you. It's just that. 640 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,360 Why? Because their heart is cold and 641 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:53,560 your warmth exposes theirs. They feel it, they see it, they 642 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,520 smelled it. This ointment would have 643 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,920 probably been very powerful. Any essential oils ladies in 644 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,320 here? Any essential oils guys? 645 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,480 Don't raise your hands and a Gordon's like I'm essential oils 646 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,920 guy. So it's a powerful smell. 647 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,720 It's very, very strong and it lasts a long time. 648 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:11,360 It's very. Valuable, it meant. 649 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,520 Something to her. Judas calls it waste. 650 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,360 Oh, we could have. We could have sold that and we 651 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,480 could have given the money to the poor, John said. 652 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:20,440 He did not say that because he loved the poor. 653 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,400 He said it because he's a thief and he was helping himself to 654 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,520 the money. You mean to tell me that? 655 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,960 People could sometimes pretend to care for the poor and then 656 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,640 take money for themselves. Shocking, right? 657 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:37,960 For those of you who've been watching too. 658 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,800 Much news. You've seen a lot of that in the 659 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,440 past year. Our politicians were like, we 660 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:46,560 need money for the poor. And then Elon and his team went. 661 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,600 In and found out the poor didn't get the money. 662 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,720 Others got the money or we went to Minneapolis and we saw the 663 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,120 daycares the poor did not get the money. 664 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,160 Who got the money? Don't know. 665 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,720 Will a recipe made? Probably not. 666 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,520 But the King who sits in the heavens? 667 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:07,240 He laughs. So you shouldn't lose sleep over 668 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,719 it. And you should not have your 669 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,920 stress level or your blood pressure come up 1° because of 670 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,400 it. And if you do, you've wasted 671 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,920 part of your day. That was energy, that was 672 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:21,280 effort, that was mental strain that you should have put towards 673 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,560 something devotional. That was mental effort and 674 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,000 deliberate action, calories and work that you could have put 675 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,600 towards. Discipleship that. 676 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,440 You could have put towards stewardship. 677 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,280 You have a life, you need to get busy living it. 678 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,360 You need to focus on your faithfulness. 679 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,199 Remember, that's the season, that's the theme that we're in. 680 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,280 Surrender leads to breakthrough and now it's time for growth and 681 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,560 growth needs to look basic and plain. 682 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,960 What's in front of you? We all have different things in 683 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:52,920 front of us. Tomorrow morning. 684 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,199 Everybody's got different responsibilities and different 685 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:56,719 roles. Thankfully, we won't be judged 686 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,400 according to one another's, we will be judged according to our 687 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,200 own. When the master returns, he'll 688 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,160 say, what are you doing? I was just catching up on the 689 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:08,400 news. 'Cause I 'cause I I 'cause I. 690 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,520 I 'cause I didn't see an update I saw this morning, but I hadn't 691 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,240 seen yet for this afternoon how he responded to that. 692 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:21,600 Oh, oh, got it, got it, got it. Well, tell me how it goes. 693 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,280 What? Are you going to do? 694 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:24,160 Tomorrow. Well then, tomorrow. 695 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,680 I'll see how they responded to how he responded of course 696 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:28,640 sounds. Important. 697 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:29,640 Oh, it's very. Important. 698 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,080 If I'm not watching it, who will? 699 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,040 I got to stay on top of this stuff. 700 00:35:39,570 --> 00:35:41,090 Devotion is to look like something. 701 00:35:41,130 --> 00:35:42,970 But the world will call your devotion foolish. 702 00:35:42,970 --> 00:35:47,810 God calls it beautiful. The world calls it wasteful. 703 00:35:49,290 --> 00:35:51,210 What a waste. What a waste. 704 00:35:51,210 --> 00:35:54,770 A few years ago I took a picture of Natalie sitting in the floor. 705 00:35:54,770 --> 00:35:58,530 She was teaching Hudson to read and or teaching him. 706 00:35:58,530 --> 00:35:59,730 I don't remember. She was teaching him. 707 00:36:03,450 --> 00:36:05,160 And. They were, they were sitting 708 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,800 there and, and she had done a lesson with him and then she was 709 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,440 singing a song with him. And the song was we fall down, 710 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,400 we lay our crowns at the feet of Jesus. 711 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,440 And I was just enjoying it, just taking it in. 712 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,320 And I just thought to myself, she could have, Natalie could 713 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,720 have been an actress. She could have been on Broadway. 714 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:23,920 She grew up doing shows and stuff. 715 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,040 She could sing, she could dance. She was a voice major in 716 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,040 college. She could really done something 717 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:33,120 with her life, you know, But instead she wasted it on Hudson 718 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:37,160 and Brock and Elijah Feyton and she's teaching little kids to 719 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:38,440 read. And if like, she could have been 720 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,840 somebody, you know, she could have been in New York City 721 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,280 singing and people could have clapped for her. 722 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,040 She could have been in movies. Maybe if she had really gone for 723 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:55,640 it and she just wasted her life with like 3 little boys teaching 724 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:59,280 them the Bible and teaching them to be, you know, just be good 725 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:04,240 Christians and love the Lord. The Lord calls it beautiful 726 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:06,040 though. And she? 727 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,880 Never has considered it a. Sacrifice. 728 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,200 And she's never. Ever, ever said. 729 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:11,840 Any of the things I just told you, just so you know, she's 730 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:16,000 never like, you know, sometimes I just wonder, I say. 731 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,960 Stuff like that. Jokingly to her, I'm like, you 732 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,280 know, you could have done something with your life. 733 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,280 And she laughs. Like, yeah, right, what's the 734 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,120 joke? She has done something with her 735 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,600 life. She's done the thing that God 736 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:26,600 has called her to over their life. 737 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,200 She's loved her husband, she's loved her children. 738 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:30,840 She's been an incredible homemaker. 739 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,640 She's been a keeper of of the home and she's been faithful to 740 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,120 the Lord. And thankfully, she has opted 741 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,760 out of demonic feminism that has said you should really do 742 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,720 something with your life. You could have been an 743 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:46,880 astronaut, Natalie. You could have been a 744 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:51,640 firefighter, a firewoman. Firefighter. 745 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:53,440 What are you supposed to call it? 746 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:57,520 You could have been a fireman. That's the worst one, right? 747 00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,960 I'll make sure I say that for no one. 748 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,560 Anyone who's followed Christ? For any length of time, you have 749 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,480 your own version. Maybe no one's ever told a story 750 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,320 like that about you, but you have devotions, and you don't 751 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:13,520 even consider them crazy. Mary did not think this was 752 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,800 remarkable. She didn't think, Hey everybody, 753 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,680 I'm doing it. She thought, of course, just 754 00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:24,560 like Natalie thinks of course, and they're just like you and 755 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,760 any of your devotions to the Lord when others go, what are 756 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,840 you doing? You're like my reasonable 757 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,240 worship. Duh, it's Jesus. 758 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,400 I think you gave too much. It's not possible. 759 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,600 Good news for me. He's keeping the books and I'll 760 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,200 never go too far if it's. Poured out on him. 761 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:47,480 It's never too much, it's always been good, and the Lord will 762 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:51,320 always honor it. The Lord honors. 763 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,400 Faithfulness. The Lord honors love. 764 00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,800 So Mary pours out all her. Oil on the Lord in worship, 765 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,680 faithfulness that blesses him. Backsliders are going to run 766 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,440 their mouths. They're going to criticize 767 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,520 devotion. It exposes their coldness. 768 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,200 Your love for God and hunger will make them uncomfortable. 769 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,720 As you get more serious about holiness and obedience, lukewarm 770 00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:21,960 people will say you are extreme. Jesus said leave her alone, she 771 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,720 has done a beautiful thing. Nothing you pour out for the 772 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:28,480 Lord has ever wasted. Every sacrifice and quiet act of 773 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,920 obedience matters to the Lord. The Lord is watching, even if. 774 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,920 Your husband isn't. Like I was that day. 775 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,040 Even if your wife isn't. Even if your kids aren't. 776 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:38,680 Even if nobody notices and nobody says. 777 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,280 Your applause is coming. But you're storing up your 778 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,320 rewards and your treasures for later, yes? 779 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,720 Hopefully I didn't remove any reward for you by acknowledging 780 00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:53,080 you publicly. Reward is coming. 781 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:54,160 That's. What it looks like to be a 782 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,320 person of faith who actually lives for the future instead of 783 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,440 I'm just getting discouraged because I'm not getting noticed. 784 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,520 Come on, live for the live for the longer picture. 200 years 785 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:08,160 from now, you're going to be thankful. 10,000 years from now, 786 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:14,960 you're going to be thankful. His whole passage is. 787 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:16,800 Built around Jesus, he's the cornerstone. 788 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,600 You either love him, you worship him, you submit to him, or you 789 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,800 resist him. You ignore him and you betray 790 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,760 Him. And of course, tragically, 791 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:28,720 that's what Judas does. He went to the chief priest and. 792 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:32,840 Said What will you give me if I deliver him over to you? 793 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,720 And they paid him 30 pieces of silver. 794 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:43,720 Wow, we see the extravagant. Expense. 795 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,920 And then we see what would you sell Jesus for? 796 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,640 What would you sell them for? People sell them all the time. 797 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:53,040 Maybe. Not for coin in the. 798 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:57,400 Same way, but people always make compromises go I'd give up Jesus 799 00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,960 for that. I'd give up Jesus for this. 800 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,320 I can be bought is what most people have that perspective. 801 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,720 I'm like, if I think I'm getting more reward here. 802 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:07,720 Judas, it was plain for him. It was simple math. 803 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:10,280 Maybe they negotiated. Maybe they. 804 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,800 Said twenty. He's like, come on, man. 805 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,000 It's, it's like the best rabbi we've ever seen. 806 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,080 Like 25. He's like, Nah, this guy's done 807 00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:21,080 miracles, 30, He's like, now we're talking 30. 808 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,520 That's a good #30 pieces of silver. 809 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:24,880 I can really do something with that. 810 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,000 Psalm 2 says kiss the. Son, lest he be angry with you 811 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,080 and you perished in the way Judas did kiss the son. 812 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:36,920 But it was even more wicked the way Judas. 813 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,560 Did it because again, another manipulator, another liar. 814 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:43,680 And Judas is in hell. How do you? 815 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,720 Know Pastor JM because you want him to be. 816 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:47,520 I don't want him to be. I don't want anybody to be. 817 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:49,880 But I know that he is because Jesus said that the one who 818 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,960 betrays him, it would be better that he was never born. 819 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,080 So it would have been better. For Judas to have never been 820 00:41:56,080 --> 00:42:05,760 born than to betray the Lord. We're closing something else we 821 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:07,680 see in this passage. Is the dull hearts of the 822 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,400 disciples. We just noticed that Jesus keeps 823 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,120 telling them plainly what's about to happen. 824 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:14,480 They still don't get it. He's not speaking in riddles 825 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:15,760 anymore. He's being direct. 826 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:20,400 And they still just seem to not understand the depth. 827 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,560 How do we know that they don't understand the depth? 828 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:26,640 Well, because when we get to the Garden of Gethsemane, they can't 829 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:30,760 even stay awake. Like if they really knew, if 830 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:32,760 they really believed that. Like he kept saying he's going 831 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,120 to be crucified. I just. 832 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,360 Wonder if they just didn't. Believe in it. 833 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,680 They just didn't believe. They were just slow to believe 834 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:43,360 he's. Not speaking in riddles. 835 00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,760 They're they're not confused. I think it's just hard hearts. 836 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,640 They don't want to receive it. This is true all the time with 837 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:52,000 us about different things in Scripture. 838 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:56,040 They're they're things that Scripture is plain and painfully 839 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:59,080 clear about, and you guys can prepare the elements for us. 840 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,360 One of the things I I. See this happen with often, 841 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:07,680 especially with Christians. Male and female design very 842 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:11,120 plain in scripture. Husbands and wives submission 843 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:12,720 and headship, very plain in scripture. 844 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:14,880 People aren't confused when they read the passages. 845 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,920 They don't go. I wonder what that means. 846 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,240 But instead they just have hard hearts. 847 00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:21,920 The issue is not clarity. The issue is surrender. 848 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,840 Most disobedience is not intellectual, it is moral. 849 00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:30,360 It is of the heart. We just don't want to bow down. 850 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,560 That's why even in the garden, I still think that they still 851 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,960 don't understand that he's actually about to be crucified. 852 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:37,960 Because they haven't believed. Because they won't believe. 853 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:42,920 Stay awake and pray with me. Says the Son of God to his 854 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,800 disciples and his friends. Stay awake and pray with me, 855 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,680 guys. My soul was crushed and I'm 856 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,720 overwhelmed, he seems. To he seems really. 857 00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:54,360 Overwhelmed. Is he sweating blood? 858 00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:57,200 I don't know. I'm tired. 859 00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:02,160 I'm going to go to sleep. They got the front row seat to 860 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:03,920 the. Most important night in history 861 00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:07,160 and a direct invitation from the Son of Man. 862 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,440 And they sleep. It's not hatred. 863 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:13,600 They don't hate him. They love him, they care for 864 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,360 him, but they are spiritually dull in their hearts. 865 00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,600 What a danger. Familiarity. 866 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:23,000 Comfort. I still think tomorrow's going 867 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:26,240 to be like today. I still just think in spite of 868 00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:28,880 everything he said, I still expect tomorrow is going to be 869 00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,400 an awful lot like today. But it wasn't. 870 00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:34,000 How blind do you have to be to miss that moment? 871 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,240 They missed the last quiet hour that they could have had with 872 00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:40,600 their Lord just to themselves. You think they regretted that 873 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:46,800 later as they as they spread the gospel around the world and 874 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:51,040 around creation? You think they ever thought the 875 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:54,000 last hour I could have prayed with Him? 876 00:44:57,240 --> 00:44:58,520 What do they feel? Guilt. 877 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:00,960 Again, maybe shame. Then what do they need to do? 878 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:05,400 Encourage themselves in the Lord and the grace and mercy of God. 879 00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:11,200 It's new every day. But you can walk with Jesus. 880 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,360 You can hear sermons every week, you can be in church all the 881 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:16,280 time and still be spiritually sluggish in your heart. 882 00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:23,440 I love the Lord, I know you do. But does that look like 883 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:27,160 something familiar? Familiarity can dull you. 884 00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,360 You get used to holy things, and you can stop treasuring them. 885 00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,400 You can miss sacred moments because you're tired or you're 886 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,280 distracted or you're scrolling or you're checked out. 887 00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:38,680 Do. Not sleep through sacred. 888 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:42,360 Moments stay awake, stay near and pray we're. 889 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,040 Going to receive. Take communion together now, 890 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:49,880 Chris and Caleb, You would serve us.