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Matt thought he got to go play 
today. 

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Plato's call. 
My not, not, not a chance. 

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Turn in your Bible to the book 
of Matthew, chapter 26. 

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All 
right, time me, Matt. 

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I'll get my 62nd recap. 
We have had 3 1/2 years of 

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Jesus's life and ministry. 
Up until this point we've been 

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walking with him, talking with 
him, walking with him, talking 

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with him. 
We've been going through verse 

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by verse, seeing Jesus his whole
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ministry. 
But now we have slowed down. 

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We said we're in the final week 
of his life and everything is 

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very detailed. 
So now we're covering all these 

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passages and it's all this stuff
happening, stacking up. 

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And now we just had the Last 
Supper and we're still in that 

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same night. 
He goes to the garden to pray. 

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And now finally, the arrest has 
happened. 

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And now Jesus is being led to 
the first false trial that's 

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happening against him. 
And this evening at late, late, 

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late at night when they 
shouldn't be meeting at all 

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anyway. 
So we pick up here in chapter 26

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of verse 57. 
Then those who had seized Jesus 

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led him to Caiaphas the high 
priest, where the scribes and 

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the elders had gathered. 
And Peter was following him at a

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distance as far as the courtyard
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And going inside, he sat with 
the guards to see the end. 

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Now the chief priests and the 
whole council were seeking false

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testimony against Jesus, that 
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But they found none. 
Though many false witnesses came

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forward, At last two came 
forward and said, This man said,

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I'm able to destroy the temple 
of God and rebuild it in three 

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days. 
And the high priest stood up and

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said, Have you no answer to 
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What is it that these men 
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But Jesus remained silent, and 
the high priest said to him, I 

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adjure you, by the living God, 
tell us, if you are the Christ, 

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the Son of God. 
Jesus said to him, You have said

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so, but I tell you, from now on 
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seated at the right hand of 
power, and coming on the clouds 

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of heaven. 
Then the high priest tore his 

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robes and said, He is uttered 
blasphemy. 

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What further witnesses do we 
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You have now heard his 
blasphemy. 

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What is your judgment? 
They answered, He deserves 

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death. 
Then they spit in his face and 

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struck him, and some slapped 
him, saying prophecy to us. 

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You, Christ, who is it that 
struck you? 

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Lord, thank you for Jesus's 
strength. 

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Thank you for His power, for His
glorious presence. 

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How He is never afraid, how He 
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never, never, never in any 
moment losing his wisdom, but He

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always, always strong. 
He's always the right thing at 

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the right time. 
He's always our perfect example.

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The suffering servant, the 
suffering son, the obedient one 

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who entrusted himself into your 
care and was not moved by men or

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afraid of men or would help us 
to see our King and to love him 

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more deeply and to learn from 
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In Jesus name we thank you, 
Amen. 

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Jesus is so powerful, He's so 
perfect. 

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Remember as we look at Jesus, 
yes we are looking at Jesus to 

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learn how to be like him. 
But remember, it's not just a 

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moral decision that we're making
to say I need to try harder, I 

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need to do better. 
Thankfully, our Jesus also gives

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us power and strength to be like
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You cannot be like Jesus apart 
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creation, giving you a new 
wanter. 

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Our wanters were messed up. 
They wanted the wrong things. 

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Jesus said you're there's 
nothing you can do. 

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Like I'm going to try and want 
differently. 

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You can do that for about a 
minute and then Jesus said then 

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it's going to fail again. 
You need a whole new wanter. 

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Your whole wanter is broken. 
That winter is not useful to me.

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I'm going to RIP out your old 
wanter and put in a new wanter. 

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So your wants are different. 
You'll still have flesh. 

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So up here the wanter can be the
same, which is why you have to 

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train this old wanter once this 
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Word of God, so that your mind 
is renewed. 

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That's the struggle that many of
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But I want you to understand and
remember, as we look at Christ 

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right now, we're just still 
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Jesus, the flawlessness of 
Jesus, and of course, the 

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miscarriage of justice. 
There's no justice to be found 

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here at all. 
Jesus has already resolved 

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himself. 
He prayed in the garden. 

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He knew what was coming. 
He was tempted by the enemy to 

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run away from it all, to flee 
from it all, or even to defend 

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himself. 
But in the garden he prayed. 

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Remember, when did when did he 
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Not until he had fully resolved 
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commitment. 
He did not pray. 

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God, please help me. 
Tonight's going to be a really 

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rough night and I really have to
go to the cross tomorrow 

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morning. 
It's going to be brutal. 

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And now I go to sleep. 
That is not how he prayed. 

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He prayed what we called, He 
prayed through. 

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He prayed all the way through 
not well, I prayed and I can say

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before the courts of the Lord I 
prayed. 

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Technically that is true and 
also Christian. 

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Did you apprehend by faith the 
thing you were praying for it? 

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Did you apprehend by faith? 
I didn't say did it fully 

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deliver and manifest in front of
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That doesn't happen when we pray
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I'm saying, did you apprehend 
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That's the difference. 
And Jesus is saying, I'm going 

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to fully apprehend by faith 
tonight. 

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Boys, stay awake, pray with me. 
And they kept falling asleep. 

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Pray with me. 
Boys don't fall into temptation 

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tonight. 
And they're like, oh Lord, help 

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us not fall in temptation. 
And they went to sleep, but they

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did not pray through. 
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strength that they needed, which
is why they fail and falter when

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the moments of struggle and 
temptation come. 

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Jesus received the strength that
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Remember Peter pulls out a 
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of the high priest's ear and 
Jesus says stop. 

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Not because I have a problem 
with swords. 

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He knew Peter had a sword. 
He told them to have swords 

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before and he said but this is 
not the time for swords. 

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PS Peter, I could call down the 
angels of heaven and destroy 

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everyone and everything on this 
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This is an act of self-control. 
This is an act of love on the on

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the part of Jesus. 
His mission was to save his 

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enemies, and his mission is to 
fulfill the Scriptures. 

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So now the one through whom all 
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things were made, and by whom 
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allows himself to be arrested by
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And remember, this is the 
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Finally, the final Passover lamb
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He has been apprehended most 
appropriately by the high 

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priest, Caiaphas. 
Caiaphas, the high priest, has 

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no idea that he is actually 
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priests. 
That's what they did all week 

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long. 
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They're preparing lambs. 
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his foolish and wicked 
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But in the sovereignty of God, 
the Bible is perfect. 

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Just remember how dope and 
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Caiaphas now has the final the 
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Standing before the Caiaphas 
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He does it foolishly. 
He does it incorrectly. 

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He doesn't do it well. 
But that's what's taking place 

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here. 
This is all the Lord's writing. 

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The Lord wrote this whole story,
and He wrote it long before man 

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ever pinned these scriptures. 
The Lord had all of this 

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planned. 
The true Passover lamb, the 

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final Passover lamb, the real 
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down his life for his people. 
The true high priest stands 

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before the false high priest and
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So they thought those who had 
seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas

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the high priest, where the 
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gathered. 
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is they're not even supposed to 
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This is a break in tradition at 
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That's putting it graciously. 
It's not you. 

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Most theologians aren't 
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illegal for them to do so, but 
everyone's comfortable saying 

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this never happened and this 
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They're meeting at night because
they're cowards, because they're

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afraid. 
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That's why they got Jesus at 
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They brought him aside at night.
They're going, hey, hey, let's 

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deal with this at night. 
Let's just kind of move this 

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thing along as best we can. 
So Jesus is dragged before 

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Caiaphas, where the scribes, the
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This is the first of several 
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happen throughout the night. 
Jesus is dragged back and forth,

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harassed and beaten throughout 
the night into the morning until

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finally at 9:00 AM when he's 
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This is a pretend court run by 
men who already decided what 

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they want to do, and yet they do
have a legitimate office and a 

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legitimate authority. 
Pastor, do you mean to tell me 

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that those in legitimate office 
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I know you've never heard of 
that or thought that before, 

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right? 
This is a new concept for you, 

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but yes, it's true. 
Just like then and just like 

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now. 
Just because you hold office 

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does not mean that you're a man 
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This happens every day in our 
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all over the world, in our 
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So the Lord still installed, the
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and offices are to be honored 
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What are we supposed to do when 
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Well, depending on what the 
situation is, there may be 

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options and a path forward. 
But the thing we should always 

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do is what the Lord Jesus does 
here, that is, entrust ourselves

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into the hands of God, even when
the hands of men are clearly 

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wicked and clearly manipulative.
Are you saying we're supposed to

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overlook it? 
Jesus has a very particular 

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mission at a very particular 
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This is not an exact script for 
us in every circumstance of 

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injustice we could ever 
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But for him, this is literally 
the plan. 

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So there are those, your 
enemies, the enemies of Christ 

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and the enemies of the cross. 
They think that Christians are 

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too stupid. 
And sometimes Christians are 

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naive and ignorant because they 
don't read their Bible. 

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And they will, they will 
manipulate you and the enemies 

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of Christ and the cross will say
you're supposed to let us do 

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whatever we want to you because 
that's what Jesus did. 

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First of all, that is incorrect.
Jesus didn't always do that. 

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He did it once. 
He did it one night out of his 

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33 years. 
No one ever manipulated him. 

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One time, all of the snakes, he 
navigated all of them. 

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We want to throw you off a Cliff
because you're so bad. 

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He didn't say, well, I've come 
to die for the people, so throw 

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me off the Cliff. 
Nobody's throwing me off a Cliff

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today. 
And they said, well, we're going

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to stone you to death. 
And he's like, oh, I die. 

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I'm came to die for the people. 
No, no, no, nobody's going to 

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stone Jesus today. 
It says he hid himself from them

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when they were going to do that.
And now why on this night is he 

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yielding? 
Has he given up? 

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Is Jesus just tired? 
No, they're following Jesus's 

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perfect plan. 
So this is a unique moment. 

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But the biblically ignorant will
use the biblically naive and 

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immature Christians. 
And they'll say, you're supposed

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to do this and you're supposed 
to do that. 

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You're like, well, I want to be 
like Jesus. 

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Dear Christian, read your Bible.
We're going to be the right 

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thing at the right time. 
And you never, ever, ever, ever 

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let the enemies of Christ or 
your own enemies to tell you how

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to obey Jesus. 
Ever. 

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Never let a backslider, never 
let any person who's not loving 

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and following Jesus and is not 
seeking your good tell you how 

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to obey Him. 
Someone else can. 

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A faithful Christian can. 
You better be open to 

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correction, but just don't be 
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who actually aren't following 
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Bible says, your Bible says, and
then they take a verse that they

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heard one time or maybe they're 
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pastor. 
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I've warned you about those. 
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They're very slippery. 
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seeking to devour the flock. 
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happening here with Jesus. 
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the main thing we're to learn 
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circumstances. 
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hands of the living God and 
remember that He is keeping the 

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books. 
They're so wicked though, 

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they're so evil. 
This is so unjust. 

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What if they do all of this? 
The good news is you live 

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forever. 
You will never really die. 

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Jesus told you don't fear man, 
what can man do to you? 

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Jesus said they can only kill 
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can't do anything else. 
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your body and then throw your 
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So God says, I want my people to
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perspective instead of loving 
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the disciples were doing on this
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They scattered, they ran. 
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I love him, but not that much. 
I'm courageous, but I'm 

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compromising. 
This is what we see happening 

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here. 
Caif is a Caiaphas is a powerful

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man, but he's a deeply wicked 
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I want to read to you from John 
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Caiaphas had prophesied again in
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sovereignty of God. 
In John Chapter 11, verse 47, 

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the Jewish rulers are arguing 
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This guy Jesus is getting all 
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This guy Jesus taking all of our
people away. 

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This guy Jesus is undermining 
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our made-up laws, the extra laws
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of God. 
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Pharisee. 
Remember, you're allowed to have

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particular convictions on 
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But you're not allowed to put 
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on top of everyone else. 
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us. 
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Well, you better interpret it 
some way and it better look like

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something. 
I just ignore that entirely. 

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That's unacceptable. 
But we cannot put all of our 

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convictions. 
You've got to drink 64 ounces of

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water every day, right? 
The build your life boost, 

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right? 
We're not bringing condemnation 

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with these, but we're saying, 
hey, this is a wise and helpful 

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thing that we've seen. 
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practices. 
These are wise Kingdom 

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principles that should be 
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Do you have a verse for that? 
Not necessarily, but here the 

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the Jews are arguing they're mad
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people to himself and away from 
them and people are actually 

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being restored to God. 
So in Chapter 11 of John and 

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verse 47, so the chief priests 
and the Pharisees gathered the 

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counsel and said what are we to 
do for this man performs many 

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signs. 
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If we let him go on like this, 
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and the Romans will come and 
take away both our place and our

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nation. 
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was the high priest that year, 
said to them, You know nothing 

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at all, nor do you understand 
that it is better for you that 

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one man should die for the 
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nation should perish. 
He did not say this of his own 

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accord, but being high priest 
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out of the flesh. 
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he prophesied that Jesus would 
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the nation only, but also to 
gather into one the children of 

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God who are scattered abroad. 
So from that day on they made 

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plans to put him to death. 
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A wicked and godless ruler 
prophesied by the inspiration of

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the Holy Spirit. 
Who's got the airtight 

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theological explanation on that 
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Not me, but it's what happened 
because the Scripture tells us 

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so. 
So God still uses wicked, wicked

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men, the very wicked man who's 
going to crucify Christ, and 

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still the Holy Spirit helps him 
to prophecy. 

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But here's what's wild, and 
here's what's very interesting 

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about prophecy. 
This is why we have a rule in 

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our church. 
Whenever you have a word for 

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somebody, you share the word 
from the Lord that you have for 

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them, and not one word more. 
You do not offer the 

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interpretation unless the Lord 
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You're like, hey man, can I 
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Yeah, please. 
I was praying the other day and 

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I just felt like the Lord wanted
me to say this to you, and then 

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you don't say. 
And therefore I think no, no, 

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no, no, no, you get exactly what
the Lord gave and nothing more. 

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Caiaphas has no idea what he's 
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And that seems wild to you and I
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He literally said Jesus is going
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He didn't mean for their sins. 
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But Caiaphas saw this 
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thing, so he thought God told 
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nation. 
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getting this straight from God. 
This is not me. 

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God is telling me to prophecy 
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Jesus is going to die for the 
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Caiaphas is super happy. 
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nation. 
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is going to die as a sacrifice, 
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he's the one who we need to 
throw out and, and let the 

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Romans kill so that the Romans 
don't come and mess up our our 

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system that we have and that we 
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This is purely political in 
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prophesizes and the Father is 
going say this Caiaphas and it's

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all just going to be Caiaphas 
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It's all going to be to the 
devastation of Caiaphas when he 

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stands before the Lord on 
judgment day and he's got to see

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with horror everything he said 
and everything he did and he 

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goes. 
You thought that you were 

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crucifying the Son of God and 
you were the cog in my wheel, 

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not the other way around. 
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You weren't forced to sin. 
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him to sin, but God opposes the 
proud and he gives grace to the 

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humble, and this is extreme 
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So as he's saying, and not only 
for us, but he will gather all 

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the children of God from all 
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Hallelujah, said all the 
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Jesus gathered us all, but 
Caiaphas thought it's just going

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to be a way to protect the 
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But this one man dies and all 
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Caiaphas, how right you are. 
Caiaphas, how wrong you are. 

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God sovereignly used his wicked 
reasoning as a prophecy because 

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Jesus truly would die for the 
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God scattered all over the 
world. 

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Verse 58 Y'all are moving slow. 
We got to hurry up. 

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We're only in 2 verses in now. 
And Peter was following him at a

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distance as far as the courtyard
of the high priest, and going 

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inside, he sat with the guards 
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Peter follows at a distance. 
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We can relate to Peter. 
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rest. 
The rest who scatter entirely, 

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we don't know exactly where they
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Here we see a degree of courage,
but what's worse is we see the 

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degree of compromise. 
Remember, this is the man who 

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earlier in the night, Jesus, I 
will never leave you. 

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I will die with you if I have to
Come on in, Peter, now's a good 

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time. 
I'm about to die. 

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If you wanted to die with me, 
this is the moment to do it. 

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Peter's holding back. 
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He loves Jesus to a degree, but 
he's not willing to follow Jesus

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so closely that it would cost 
him something. 

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This is the exact description of
many, many, many, many people 

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who would say I love Jesus to a 
degree. 

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I know that Jesus is right, but 
I'm not going to follow him so 

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closely that it cost me 
something. 

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I'll follow him in a distance 
where I'm like, I'm here to 

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support you, kind of. 
I'm with you, but not really. 

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I'm fighting, but not enough. 
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Peter cut the man's ear off. 
He's bold, he's brave, 

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supposedly, and now he blends 
into the massive crowd of the 

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soldiers and the people, 
probably covering himself on a 

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cold night, sitting among the 
guards who arrested Jesus in 

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order to see how the Scripture 
says how things would end. 

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This is what happens when people
follow Jesus at a distance. 

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They end up sitting at the wrong
place and they sit with the 

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wrong people. 
Instead of going and standing 

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and identifying fully with 
Christ. 

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There are testimonies of the 
Saints as they were persecuted. 

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In the coming centuries in Rome,
Christians were killed by the 

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many, many, many thousands. 
It was a game, it was sport. 

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They would put Christian 
Christians in the Coliseum. 

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Much Christian blood was spilled
in the Coliseum. 

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Much of every blood was spilled 
in the Coliseum. 

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But they would, they would 
release wild animals and the 

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crowds loved it. 
Just a delight, wickedness like 

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that. 
It's just a, it's just a game to

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the to the wicked and, and they 
had a blast with it. 

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But there was a testimony where 
there were times where 

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Christians would be suffering 
and being tormented and other 

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Christians would come out of the
stands to go join them and to go

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die with their brothers and 
sisters. 

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Jump off the wall from the from 
the audience in the Coliseum to 

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go join them in their suffering 
and say, you won't be alone 

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today. 
And today we will be with him in

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paradise. 
So that's Christian love. 

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That's Christian devotion. 
Why? 

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Why would you throw away your 
life? 

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Throw away your life? 
Jim Elliott famously said. 

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He is no fool who gives up what 
he cannot keep to gain what he 

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cannot lose. 
And that is what Jesus shows us.

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And trust yourself into the 
hands of God. 

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If you lose your life for 
Christ, you will find it. 

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But if you hold on to your life,
then you're going to lose it. 

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So this is the paradox that 
people just don't believe anyone

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who's holding on to their life. 
You don't believe Jesus. 

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That's it. 
I'm not mad at you. 

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I'm mad for you. 
And I want you to know the good 

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news. 
If you're holding on to your 

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life tightly, it's because you 
don't believe Jesus. 

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You believe that it'll be better
for you to hold on to your life 

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and your version and your way 
and your will, and you actually 

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believe that you would lose by 
losing your life. 

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He's like, actually, that's the 
game. 

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That's the that's the thing. 
I just wish I had. 

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I know, I know you wish it 
didn't require faith, but it 

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does. 
And and God is still looking for

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people who believe him and he's 
still looking for people who 

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will trust him. 
Praise God. 

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We know how it ends for Peter. 
This wasn't this wasn't the end 

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for Peter, a mighty St. who ends
up being one of like one who 

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jumps out into the end of the 
Coliseum when they go to crucify

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Peter. 
They say we're going to kill you

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just like your Lord. 
And he said, I'm not worthy to 

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die like Jesus. 
Could you please crucify me 

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upside down instead? 
And they said your wish is 

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granted. 
He said perfect, I'll take it so

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he doesn't stay here. 
You don't have to say wherever 

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you are, if you're following at 
a distance, I'm struggling. 

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There's hope, there's good news,
there's mercy, there's grace, 

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there's discipleship, there's 
repentance, there's confession, 

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there's freedom, there's 
maturity. 

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It's not the end. 
Don't take this as a condemning 

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sentence of it's all over for 
you. 

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It is though, if you will, that 
it is your will is the casting 

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is the final vote. 
Satan has cast his vote against 

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you, but Lord Hallelujah has 
cast his vote for you. 

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There's one vote left. 
This is a warning for the 

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hesitant. 
This is a warning for the half 

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hearted. 
Because Jesus calls for people 

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to genuinely follow Him even 
when suffering is involved. 

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Our Lord promised suffering. 
It shouldn't be a shocker for us

451
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,760
as Christians when we suffer and
we're a people who can suffer 

452
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,680
well by the grace of God. 
Verse 59. 

453
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,320
Now the chief priests and the 
whole council were seeking false

454
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,080
testimony against Jesus that 
they might put him to death, but

455
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,400
they found none, though many 
false witnesses came forward. 

456
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,520
The chief priests, the entire 
council, they're seeking false 

457
00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,440
testimony against Jesus, but 
their verdict is already 

458
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,240
decided. 
They already know what they're 

459
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,680
doing tonight. 
They're not like, oh, let's, 

460
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,120
let's work through this. 
They brought a bunch of liars 

461
00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:08,360
together. 
This is all political theater. 

462
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,640
Something else you're very 
familiar with political theater.

463
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,400
Remember the outrage that we saw
from different politicians just 

464
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,640
over the past five years? 
Just how much just through Rona 

465
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,480
and through the summer of mostly
peaceful protesting and through 

466
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,800
everything else that we've seen 
in our nation, the falseness of 

467
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,680
our political leaders, the 
hypocrisy. 

468
00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:31,240
They're, they're them faking 
outrage over certain things. 

469
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,480
Then they can't believe this and
they can't believe that. 

470
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,880
And we know how phony they are. 
We know what liars there are in 

471
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:39,720
these situations. 
This is the same thing going on 

472
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,880
here on this night. 
We're so upset that this Jesus 

473
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,360
is a blasphemer. 
No, they're not. 

474
00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:49,480
They're so jealous that he has 
power, that he has authority and

475
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,040
that people actually follow him 
and that he has good fruit and 

476
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,640
that he's nothing like them. 
That's it. 

477
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,720
It's jealousy. 
It's wickedness. 

478
00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,640
That's what is experiencing 
here. 

479
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,120
They've likely even paid false 
witnesses to come forward. 

480
00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,960
We know they paid Judas. 
They've likely paid others. 

481
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,800
Hey, you come and say this, You 
come and say that. 

482
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,880
So people are saying all these 
things, but it's chaotic, it's 

483
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,400
disorganized. 
They don't have unity in what 

484
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,400
people are saying and not enough
that they could bring a death 

485
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,000
sentence. 
So the witness, their witnesses 

486
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,560
can't agree with one another, 
even though they're but their 

487
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,480
law requires two or three 
witnesses. 

488
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,560
The law of God requires two or 
three witnesses to establish a 

489
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,000
matter. 
The very system that God 

490
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,320
established to protect justice 
exposes the corruption of their 

491
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,280
trial. 
So eventually they have two 

492
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,560
witnesses come forward and they 
come forward with something that

493
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,600
they claim. 
We heard Jesus say this about 

494
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,360
the temple and their claim 
supposedly is that this is 

495
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:49,840
worthy of death as well. 
Now remember, Jesus had said he 

496
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,000
did not say what they said. 
They, their claim is this. 

497
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,040
This man said I'm able to 
destroy the temple of God and 

498
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,400
rebuild it in three days. 
That is a lie. 

499
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,800
Jesus did not say that. 
Jesus instead said destroy this 

500
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,240
temple and I'll raise it up in 
three days. 

501
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,840
That's what he said. 
He didn't say I'll destroy the 

502
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,920
temple on the mount and I'll 
rebuild it in three days. 

503
00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:16,400
But again, Jesus oftentimes 
talks in a way that only the 

504
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,120
humble will lean in and go. 
I'm not sure what you meant by 

505
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,400
that, but I'm not going 
anywhere. 

506
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,600
And the price will say, I've 
heard enough. 

507
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,080
What more needs to be said? 
It's just like the Internet, 

508
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,880
right? 
Put something online. 

509
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,360
Hey, I'm saying this thing. 
I deal with this a lot. 

510
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,880
I say what I said and then 
people say, here's what I heard.

511
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,600
I'm like, but I didn't say that.
I said this. 

512
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,120
I'll stand by this. 
Maybe I need a pin of this. 

513
00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:45,080
Maybe I can double down on this,
but this is what I actually 

514
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,120
said. 
So this is where we have to hold

515
00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:49,960
me accountable with this. 
And they're like, but I think 

516
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,000
that implies, well, then you 
should ask a wise question and 

517
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,920
see if I believe that outcome 
instead of jumping at it. 

518
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,360
This is manipulation. 
This is flesh. 

519
00:26:57,360 --> 00:27:00,520
This is outrage. 
This is, I can't believe it. 

520
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,160
This is clutching your pearls. 
It's the worst. 

521
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:09,800
It's bad faith. 
It's manipulative flesh. 

522
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:12,400
So this is what's happening 
here. 

523
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,680
They've manipulated Jesus. 
They're putting words in his 

524
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:19,200
mouth. 
Jesus instead said, destroy this

525
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,120
temple. 
I will raise it in three days, 

526
00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:24,920
speaking about his body, saying 
you kill me on the cross and I 

527
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,080
will be raised up. 
But they manipulate it into a 

528
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,440
threat against the temple 
itself. 

529
00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:33,280
And this is how many people 
twist and manipulate words. 

530
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,680
Even believers, even Christians 
can do this. 

531
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,160
Some of you have the bad habit 
of doing this in your 

532
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,120
relationships. 
Some of you do this in your 

533
00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:46,440
marriages, some of you do this 
in your family relationships, 

534
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,880
some of you do this with your 
friends, some of you do this on 

535
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,920
the job site. 
You need to be very wise and 

536
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,600
cautious with your words. 
He who can keep his tongue in 

537
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,400
check can keep his whole life in
check. 

538
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,720
The tongue is the rudder that 
steers everything else. 

539
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,720
But you must be gracious with 
people when you're communicating

540
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,280
with them. 
I'm very good with words. 

541
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,040
I don't mind telling you. 
It's probably not a shock to 

542
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,120
most of you. 
I can, I can work circles around

543
00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:14,880
somebody. 
I could tie somebody up in a 

544
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,080
knot verbally and I could get 
them back on their heels and 

545
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,680
overwhelmed. 
And I don't do any of that when 

546
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,000
I'm in conflict or frustration 
or anything with anybody. 

547
00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:26,680
I'm very slow and I let them 
talk, even if they don't have 

548
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,240
the verbal judo black belt 
skills that I do. 

549
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,360
I let them talk and I said, hey,
you said this, do you mean that?

550
00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:33,720
And they're like, no, I didn't 
mean that. 

551
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,680
And I let them walk it back and 
I let them fix it. 

552
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,400
I want the truth. 
I'm not after a trap. 

553
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,560
I'm not after a trick. 
I'm after the truth. 

554
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,960
But many people in their 
communication, they're after a 

555
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,920
trap and they're after a trick. 
They just want to be right. 

556
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,920
And if you're not actually after
the truth of the situation, then

557
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,640
you're always going to live in 
chaos. 

558
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,880
Your marriage, your friendships,
things are always going to be in

559
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,680
chaos because you're not 
actually after. 

560
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,080
I want the truth established, 
and then I will align myself 

561
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,000
according to the truth. 
You also have to align yourself 

562
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,080
according to the truth. 
So I'm known for saying in my 

563
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,040
friendships, in my relationship,
in my marriage, in any place 

564
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,640
where there's conflict or 
confusion, everybody knows. 

565
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,480
I'm used to saying this. 
I'm confused. 

566
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,600
Alan laughs because he hears it 
all the time. 

567
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,480
He says things to me. 
He's like, blah, blah, blah, 

568
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,000
blah. 
And I'm like, I'm confused, 

569
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,440
like, is this guy an idiot? 
I don't know. 

570
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,960
Maybe I'm OK with that. 
If that's the truth, I can live 

571
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,160
with that. 
But I want clarity and that 

572
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,640
doesn't mean I'm going to 
nitpick you and do a full audit 

573
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:34,720
on every single thing that 
happened. 

574
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,880
I want motives and I just want 
clarity. 

575
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,400
It's just simple. 
This is fruit of the Spirit, 

576
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,560
Lovejoy, Peace, patience, 
kindness, gentleness, 

577
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,960
faithfulness, goodness. 
I mixed up my order and now I 

578
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,240
can't remember them all. 
self-control. 

579
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,920
I don't know if I hit online, 
but I threw something off in 

580
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,160
there. 
Apparently I only have them 

581
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,280
memorized in order. 
I can't give them to you, Adam 

582
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,840
can't give you the fruit of the 
spirit in any other way. 

583
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,080
But that's what it looks like. 
You've got to communicate this 

584
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:06,920
way. 
Well, I'm not good at that. 

585
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,560
That's OK. 
Good news. 

586
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,000
It's a muscle that you'll 
develop. 

587
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,200
But in your relationships, if 
you have bad habits, if you have

588
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:14,560
bad patterns, you just need to 
know. 

589
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,640
It's like going to the gym. 
Oh, this is heavyweight. 

590
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,680
Yep. 
But it'll get easier and you 

591
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,040
have to practice it and you have
to continue to experience. 

592
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,760
Hey, I'm sorry, I interrupted. 
Continue. 

593
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,400
And then the person doesn't come
up for air for 20 minutes. 

594
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,920
You know, like you've been 
talking a long time and I need 

595
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,720
to speak now. 
Like we got to bring clarity to 

596
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,680
this thing. 
Like we have to learn how to be 

597
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,920
gracious and patient with one 
another. 

598
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,560
It's just simple kindness. 
This is how we get the truth 

599
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:42,640
out. 
But if you're just trying to 

600
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,360
muddy the water, stir everything
up so that nobody can see your 

601
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:47,960
sin and you're like, the 
spotlight stays on you, the 

602
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,760
spotlight stays on you, the 
spotlight stays on you, the 

603
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,960
spotlight stays on you. 
You're destroying your life and 

604
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,720
whatever relationship that is, 
you're just destroying it all 

605
00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:01,480
because of your pride. 
Is Pastor getting too practical 

606
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,160
today? 
I'm not sorry. 

607
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:07,640
You need this. 
This is medicine that will save 

608
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,880
your life. 
See. 

609
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,160
Are you? 
I feel like he's just saying 

610
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,480
this for me. 
I promise you, I'm saying it for

611
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,560
all of you because it's so 
subtle the way this happens in 

612
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,600
flesh. 
It's so subtle the way it comes 

613
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,000
out, the way I'm like, oh, so 
you said and we jump in on the 

614
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,920
thing they said instead of hang 
on. 

615
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,240
You just said that. 
That really hurt. 

616
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:28,920
Did you mean this? 
Because that's how I took it. 

617
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,200
No, I didn't mean that. 
I'm sorry. 

618
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,920
I shouldn't have said that. 
What I meant was this. 

619
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,400
OK? 
Thank you for clarifying. 

620
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,200
Wow. 
That was some fair and kind and 

621
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:39,960
reasonable communication. 
We're both still angry. 

622
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,720
We're both still frustrated, but
we're we're emphasizing the 

623
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,560
truth here. 
I need a time out. 

624
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,000
I need to take a time out for a 
few minutes because I'm I'm, 

625
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,560
I'm, I don't have enough 
self-control yet. 

626
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,400
We'll get there, but I don't 
have enough yet. 

627
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,280
So I need a breather and I want 
to revisit this with you. 

628
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,360
I'm not running from it. 
We need to come back to it 

629
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,520
clearly, but right now I can't 
lift any more weight. 

630
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,520
I've maxed out and I have to 
continue to grow here. 

631
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:14,080
Be fair. 
That's all we're really looking 

632
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:15,880
for. 
It's like the opposite of what 

633
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,760
lawyers do in a courtroom, 
manipulation, putting words in 

634
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,600
your mouth. 
I was once sitting in a 

635
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,000
courtroom. 
It's a very nerve wracking 

636
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,040
thing. 
You ever sat in court? 

637
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,360
It's not fun. 
I wasn't guilty. 

638
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,520
I hadn't done anything wrong. 
I was just there for another 

639
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,120
reason. 
But I'm still sitting there and 

640
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,680
they're saying I'm like, this is
not pleasant. 

641
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,240
You're stressed out. 
You know, these people have 

642
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,880
authority and power. 
And the lawyers saying so you're

643
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,520
saying blah, blah, blah. 
He kept saying, so you're 

644
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,120
saying, so you're saying he's 
like, so would you say blah, 

645
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,920
blah, blah. 
And I was like, no, I wouldn't 

646
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,800
say it like that. 
I would say it the way I said 

647
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,320
it. 
And he didn't like that. 

648
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,680
He got really mad. 
He goes, I'm asking you blah, 

649
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,080
blah, blah, blah, blah. 
And I said, what you're doing is

650
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,840
trying to limit my ability to do
what I just swore to do, which 

651
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,840
was to tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.

652
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,200
And your questions are 
deliberately limiting my ability

653
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,200
to do that. 
And he wanted me off the stand 

654
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,960
real quick after that. 
So he messed with the bull. 

655
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,640
He got the horns, but that's 
what that's what manipulation 

656
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,720
looks like. 
He was trying to trap me. 

657
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,720
Don't trap people. 
Just keep seeking the truth 

658
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,520
while they're lying to me and 
they won't expose it. 

659
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,240
Well, then that tells you plenty
as well, and you can go. 

660
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,880
I know that you're being 
deceptive and this can't 

661
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,760
continue any farther because 
I've tried to bring clarity to 

662
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,120
it and you're deliberately 
stirring the pot and keeping 

663
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,920
things distracted and keeping me
off balance and keeping me on my

664
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:31,480
heels. 
All I really wanted in the 

665
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,880
truth, it was the truth here, 
and you're continually 

666
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,760
sabotaging it. 
So now I'm out. 

667
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,080
That's OK too. 
There's a time and a place to 

668
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,680
just bow out of it. 
You don't have to stay in it 

669
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,600
forever. 
If they're unwilling to go there

670
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:52,920
with you, keep going. 
Verse 62 the high priest stood 

671
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,640
up and said, have you no answer 
to make? 

672
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,040
What is it that these men 
testify against you, but Jesus 

673
00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:59,320
remains silent. 
Why? 

674
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,040
Because all that has happened is
lies. 

675
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,800
Jesus does not answer for lies. 
You shouldn't answer for lies 

676
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,000
either. 
Answer for this. 

677
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:13,360
No, you have nothing to say 
about these allegations. 

678
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,560
That's correct. 
Why not? 

679
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:20,199
I don't answer to lies. 
Like I said, I don't answer for 

680
00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:22,719
the truth of what I've said. 
I'll answer for the truth of 

681
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:26,000
what I've done, but I won't 
answer for lies. 

682
00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:30,360
And Jesus has nothing to say to 
lies. 

683
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,239
Jesus did not come to testify to
lies. 

684
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,560
Jesus came to testify to the 
truth. 

685
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,719
Jesus is the truth, so that's 
why he's silent. 

686
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,440
That's why he won't say 
anything. 

687
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,880
His silence fulfills Isaiah 53, 
seven. 

688
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,960
He was oppressed and he was 
afflicted, yet he opened not his

689
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,239
mouth. 
Like a lamb that has led to the 

690
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,760
slaughter, and like a sheep that
is silent before its shearers, 

691
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,520
so he opened not his mouth. 
The lamb is silent before the 

692
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,560
slaughter because it is clueless
that it's about to be 

693
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,520
slaughtered. 
A lamb just like just another 

694
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:01,920
day. 
Today's going to be like 

695
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:03,600
tomorrow. 
There's no tomorrow for you, 

696
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,280
little lamb. 
Jesus knows what's coming and 

697
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:10,520
he's silent because he's the 
perfect man and he will not play

698
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,640
the games of his manipulative 
enemies. 

699
00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:20,040
Things change though, when the 
high priest demands something 

700
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,080
else of Jesus. 
He remains silent. 

701
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:26,160
Verse 63 And the high priest 
said to him, I adore you by the 

702
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,600
living God. 
Adore means I place you 

703
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,120
underoath now. 
So, so far Jesus hasn't had to 

704
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:33,560
say anything. 
All these other people have to 

705
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:37,240
come testify. 
He's like Jesus is getting the 

706
00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:39,240
upper hand again, like he always
does. 

707
00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:44,120
The high priestess Watchers, I 
put you underoath and in the 

708
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,680
name of the living God, like let
me use everything I can to get 

709
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,960
Jesus to talk here, which still 
I don't think would have gotten 

710
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,720
Jesus to budget. 
Tell us. 

711
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,800
And now he goes for the truth. 
Tell us if this is the truth. 

712
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,480
Tell us if you are the Christ, 
the Son of God. 

713
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,760
Well, why didn't you ask the 
truth? 

714
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:08,680
I'm here to testify to the 
truth. 

715
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:13,560
You said that it's so. 
By the way, it's very 

716
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:15,600
interesting language that the 
high priest uses here. 

717
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:17,880
He uses the same language that 
Peter uses. 

718
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,080
When Jesus says, who do you say 
that I am? 

719
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,240
And they said, well, some say 
you're that you're Elijah, and 

720
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:23,840
some say you're this, and some 
say you're that. 

721
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,960
Boys, who do you say that I am? 
And Peter said you are the 

722
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,560
Christ, the Son of the living 
God. 

723
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,280
And Jesus said flesh and blood 
has not revealed this to you. 

724
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,680
But my Father in heaven, don't 
tell anybody. 

725
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,200
It's not time yet. 
So he is here to testify to the 

726
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:39,960
truth. 
But it was at the right time. 

727
00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:42,840
Don't tell anybody that. 
How did the high priest know 

728
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,800
about that exact phrase? 
Judas. 

729
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:48,920
Judas told him. 
Judas gave him that evidence. 

730
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:54,600
So now have you said this? 
And Jesus said, no, I'll answer.

731
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,560
I'll answer for the truth, but I
won't answer for the lies. 

732
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,040
Jesus then goes on. 
He doesn't just stop there. 

733
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:13,200
Verse 64 Jesus said to him, you 
have said so, but I tell you, 

734
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,160
from now on you will see the Son
of Man seated at the right hand 

735
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,520
of power and coming on the 
clouds of heaven. 

736
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:24,000
We got to explain why what he 
just said was a was the bomb of 

737
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,600
all bombs now. 
So I've showed you how he nukes 

738
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:30,120
these guys all week long. 
And now the language he just 

739
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,520
used is judgment language. 
They think they have him on 

740
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,960
trial and they think Jesus is in
their court. 

741
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,640
And he just said I'm the judge 
over everything and everybody 

742
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,720
When he said you'll see me 
seated at the right hand of 

743
00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:46,880
power, that word power is 
capital, capital P In your 

744
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,280
Bible, it's referring to a 
person. 

745
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,360
It's referring to the Father. 
He's not just saying you'll, 

746
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,280
you'll see me seated in a 
particular chair. 

747
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,840
He's saying I will be seated at 
the right hand of power. 

748
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,680
And he's just going all in. 
He knows what's coming. 

749
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,040
He knows the fake outrage that's
going to happen after. 

750
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,920
I can't believe you just tweeted
that. 

751
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,120
Believe it and read it again 
because I'm not sorry. 

752
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,640
He said it. 
He said it with joy. 

753
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,520
He said it with strength. 
And at this point, he seals his 

754
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,600
mission and fulfills everything 
because now he knows exactly 

755
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,200
what's coming. 
But he's saying I'm judging you.

756
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:22,920
You think you stand in judgement
over me. 

757
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:27,160
You're not the high priest. 
I'm the high priest and I'm 

758
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,760
coming back in judgement and 
you'll see me coming on the 

759
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:34,160
clouds. 
This is just a smack to all the 

760
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,480
hundreds of people who are 
standing there going, did he 

761
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,960
just say that? 
The high priest and all of his 

762
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:44,440
falseness and all of his 
theatrical behaviors, he loves 

763
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,960
what Jesus just said because now
he knows he's going to kill 

764
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,880
Jesus. 
So he pretends to be outraged 

765
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,920
when really inside the high 
priest is dancing. 

766
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:57,320
He is rejoicable. 
Oh my goodness, this guy just 

767
00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,760
gave us a softball because he 
still thinks Jesus is caught in 

768
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,000
his web. 
But Jesus has given him the 

769
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,960
truth. 
I'm coming on the clouds. 

770
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,920
He's like, you just made my day 
so much easier now, now I can do

771
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:08,960
it. 
So he tears his root. 

772
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,880
Oh my goodness, the blasphemy. 
He takes to Twitter. 

773
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,400
I can't believe it. 
I'm so upset. 

774
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:19,000
I'm so disappointed in whatever 
this administration or this 

775
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,480
thing or this law, blah, blah, 
blah. 

776
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,760
And he was like, oh, look how 
upset this official is. 

777
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,080
This must be sad. 
This must be bad. 

778
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:27,160
I guess I'll feel what they tell
me to feel. 

779
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:30,760
So he takes to all of his 
outrage and he says, what do you

780
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:34,200
all think we should do? 
Remember what we said we were 

781
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,320
going to do, right? 
He deserves death. 

782
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:41,000
False. 
Just a false trial just to show 

783
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:46,760
that's all it is. 
The Son of Man will be seated at

784
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,120
the right hand of power and 
coming on the clouds of heaven. 

785
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,400
He's combining the language of 
Daniel 7 and Psalm 110. 

786
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,480
They think they're judging 
Jesus, but Jesus reveals to them

787
00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:00,520
that they are on trial and he 
ultimately returns as the judge.

788
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,240
First time didn't come as the 
judge. 

789
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:08,120
The second time most definitely 
coming as the judge, verse 65. 

790
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,080
The high priest tore his robes 
and said he has uttered 

791
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:14,920
blasphemy. 
What further witnesses do we 

792
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,360
need? 
You've heard his blasphemy. 

793
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,120
What is your judgement? 
They answered. 

794
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,080
He deserves death just like you 
told us to say. 

795
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:26,640
Caiaphas, everything's going 
according to plan. 

796
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:33,200
Fake outrage, fake grief. 
But they are absolutely thrilled

797
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,640
because now they got the 
statement that they needed 

798
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:40,320
perfect holiness stands in the 
room and sinful men condemn him 

799
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,840
as worthy of death. 
I want to remind you, this is 

800
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,320
how persecution always works. 
When the wicked are persecuting 

801
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:50,080
you, you need to remember this. 
They will never say I'm 

802
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,640
persecuting you because you're 
doing good and I'm doing bad. 

803
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,240
They will always say I'm 
persecuting you because you're 

804
00:40:57,240 --> 00:41:01,080
evil and I'm good. 
They'll say it's because I'm 

805
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,120
persecuting you because you're a
bigot, or because you're a 

806
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,600
sexist, or because you're a 
misogynist, or because you're 

807
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,880
homophobic, or because you're 
Islamophobic, or because you're 

808
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:12,880
it will always be something 
other than they won't say it's 

809
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,840
because you love Jesus so much. 
Hey, I just want you to know, 

810
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,080
dear Christian, it's because you
love Jesus and because you have 

811
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,160
all the fruit of the Spirit. 
They will say no. 

812
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,000
It's because of it's because of 
this thing. 

813
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,120
It's because you're close 
minded. 

814
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,400
It's because you're a close 
minded bigot and you're saying 

815
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,000
no, I'm just saying what 2000 
years of Christians have said. 

816
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:34,200
I love God and I love his word 
and I think it's going to be 

817
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,160
best for everybody. 
I think it's best for you. 

818
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,720
I think it's best for me. 
You think I'm a Sinner? 

819
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:40,960
Well, I think we're all sinners 
who need saving. 

820
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,480
You think I'm going to hell? 
I think we're all going to hell 

821
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,360
and we all need to be saved by 
the blood of Jesus. 

822
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:50,320
Well, I'm just not that close 
minded and you're just a you. 

823
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:51,840
You can't jump through those 
hoops. 

824
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:56,040
You just have to stand on the 
truth and remember to entrust 

825
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,520
yourself into the hands of God 
and don't think that if you will

826
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,880
just be more reasonable with 
your oppressors that they will 

827
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,960
suddenly shift. 
If Jesus had sat there all night

828
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:10,760
and walk Caiaphas from Genesis 
through the entire Old Testament

829
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,720
and showed everyone himself, 
they would have crucified him. 

830
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,840
They didn't need more knowledge.
They didn't care because their 

831
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:21,080
hearts were hard. 
So Christian, you need the 

832
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:26,000
wisdom of a serpent, but no 
venom, no bite, and the 

833
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,600
harmlessness and the innocence 
of a dove. 

834
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:36,600
Jesus had that. 
Believers should not be 

835
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:38,920
surprised when the world attacks
them with labels and 

836
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,440
accusations. 
Because the same pattern was 

837
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,360
used against Christ. 
It will be used against us. 

838
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,840
The righteous are always accused
of being evil. 

839
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:52,160
Rome did the same thing. 
Hero burned Rome. 

840
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:56,920
He blamed the Christians for it.
They called us, what do they 

841
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,560
call it? 
They call us the atheists 

842
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:03,480
because we only believed in one 
God instead of the many gods. 

843
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:04,840
So that was one of the 
accusations. 

844
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,080
They said like we're going to 
kill the the godless atheist. 

845
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,000
So that's how they justified 
killing hundreds of thousands of

846
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,760
Christians because so they 
didn't have anything good to go 

847
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:14,360
against Christians were caring 
for the poor. 

848
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:18,000
Christians invented hospitals. 
I'll remind you everything good 

849
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,600
that's come on planet earth has 
come from the people of God. 

850
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,560
Scripture reminds believers that
suffering with Christ is normal 

851
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:30,560
for discipleship. 
Hebrews 12/4 says in your 

852
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:33,680
struggle against sin, you have 
not yet resisted to the point of

853
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:37,280
shedding your own blood. 
John 1520 says, Remember the 

854
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,200
word I said to you, A servant is
not greater than his master. 

855
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:43,400
If they persecuted me, they will
also persecute you. 

856
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,440
If they kept my word, they will 
also keep yours. 

857
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:50,440
Romans 817 And if we're his 
children, then we're we are his 

858
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:54,720
heirs, heirs of God and fellow 
heirs with Christ, provided that

859
00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:58,160
we suffer with Him in order that
we may also be glorified with 

860
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:01,280
Him. 
Philippians 3:10 and 11:00 That 

861
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:05,200
I may know him and the power of 
his resurrection, and may share 

862
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:08,680
in his sufferings, becoming like
Him in his death, that by any 

863
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:12,200
means possible I may attain the 
resurrection from the dead. 

864
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,440
The righteous should expect 
hostility from the world because

865
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:20,400
the servant is certainly not 
greater than his Master. 

866
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:22,920
We should not be shocked and 
surprised. 

867
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,240
I can't believe this. 
I'm a good person. 

868
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,960
Jesus promised this. 
Jesus promised suffering. 

869
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,280
If we're not experiencing 
suffering and persecution, 

870
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,400
that's weird. 
That's weird. 

871
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,960
Wow. 
This is a temporary relief, but 

872
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,480
not a permanent promise. 
We're promised suffering and we 

873
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,520
need to be a people who can 
suffer well and suffer like 

874
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,600
Christ and suffer with wisdom 
and suffer with grace, who also 

875
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,160
love our enemies while they 
cause us to suffer. 

876
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,760
Verse 67, the wickedness reaches
its full height and we're 

877
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:58,600
closing now. 
Then they spit in his face and 

878
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:03,600
struck him and some slapped him,
saying prophecy to us. 

879
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:07,040
You, Christ, who is it that 
struck you? 

880
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,400
The soldiers now get to have a 
good time. 

881
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:13,520
Just another, just another 
person to abuse. 

882
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:17,000
Has anyone ever spit in your 
face? 

883
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,960
Literally, I've never had anyone
spit in my face. 

884
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,120
You had it. 
I won't ask what happened next. 

885
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:29,000
I I can't imagine right. 
Like that's the thing. 

886
00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:32,880
Like I can, I can take verbal 
abuse, I can just absorb it. 

887
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:35,880
But the spit in the face, I feel
like, oh, that would be a gear 

888
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,240
shift for me. 
I feel like that would be a new 

889
00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:40,360
level of, of difficulty and 
self-control. 

890
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:45,880
That's a tough one. 
All, all the, all the bad words 

891
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:48,480
I can live with all the name 
calling is all right. 

892
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:54,200
They spit in his face, they 
strike him, they slap him, all 

893
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:56,400
while mocking, mocking him. 
They probably covered his head 

894
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,520
and said prophecy. 
Who's that hit you? 

895
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:01,480
This is the perfect man. 
This is the Lord Jesus Christ. 

896
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:05,000
The Creator is being mocked by 
his own creation. 

897
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:13,280
Charles Spurgeon once called 
this moment the masterpiece of 

898
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:18,640
all iniquity because all human 
rebellion was reaching its peak 

899
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:21,400
when creation was spitting in 
the face of its Creator. 

900
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,720
We've talked before about how 
there are, you know, all sin is 

901
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:26,920
bad. 
All of my sin is bad. 

902
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,200
All of your sin is bad. 
And it's so bad Jesus had to die

903
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:30,600
for it. 
And thank the Lord he did. 

904
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,560
But we said, but all sin is not 
equal. 

905
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:40,560
Some stuff is worse. 
Yeah, someone abusing another 

906
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,160
person is awful and 
unacceptable. 

907
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,680
A parent abusing a child? 
That's worse. 

908
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:48,000
A husband abusing a wife, that's
a worse. 

909
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,720
There's some things like this 
role as a protector and that 

910
00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:53,080
role became a Harmer. 
That's a particular kind of 

911
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:57,720
evil. 
This moment stands above them 

912
00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:00,080
all because God himself has come
to love. 

913
00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:03,360
God himself has come to bless 
and to save his enemies. 

914
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,920
And they respond by mocking him,
just like he saw ahead of time 

915
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:12,280
that they would. 
Behold the love of God, behold 

916
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,960
the love of Jesus, the 
perfection of Jesus, the 

917
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:19,960
self-control of Jesus. 
If Jesus had responded with any 

918
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:25,200
degree of sin, like some of 
y'all would be tempted to, and 

919
00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:27,960
like I would be tempted to, if 
he would responded with any 

920
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:31,360
degree of sin, after all of his 
life, all the perfection, he's 

921
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:33,560
facing his greatest trials and 
temptations right now. 

922
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:35,840
This is the moment of greatest 
temptation. 

923
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:39,080
Then he would have instantly 
become disqualified as your 

924
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,760
Savior because the Savior had to
be perfect. 

925
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:46,280
So even if 33 1/2 years he's 
nailing it perfectly and then on

926
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:50,720
this night he's got his head 
covered, he's getting punched 

927
00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:53,120
and slapped. 
Somebody raises the shroud again

928
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,960
and spits in his face. 
They're walking him and maybe 

929
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:58,640
they trip him and throw him to 
the ground as they're marching 

930
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,680
and back and forth from pilot 
throughout the night. 

931
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,960
All the mockery, all the abuse, 
all the things that take place 

932
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:08,600
if at any moment he sinned even 
in his heart and the Father saw 

933
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,400
it, Jesus becomes an 
unacceptable sacrifice. 

934
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,080
He is no longer the spotless 
lamb. 

935
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:16,760
He's no longer qualified to be 
the Passover lamb for you and I.

936
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:20,080
But he was perfect. 
What do you want me to do with 

937
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:21,720
that pastor? 
I want you to worship him. 

938
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:23,760
I want you to love him. 
I want you to just be thankful 

939
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:28,000
again and adore him and say, 
Jesus, you're so good and I love

940
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:32,080
you so much. 
Jesus is not only the Passover 

941
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:36,080
lamb, He's also the scapegoat. 
On the Day of Atonement, they 

942
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,600
brought 2 goats. 
One of these goats was 

943
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:41,160
sacrificed, the sins of the 
people who was on this goat. 

944
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,840
And then we kill this one and 
then the sins of the people is 

945
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,480
put on this goat and we send 
that one off into the wilderness

946
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:49,080
to show the people this is how 
far away your sins are. 

947
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,120
They're never going to return 
because that goat is not going 

948
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:52,400
to do well in the wilderness by 
himself. 

949
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:56,200
So you'll never see him again. 
So they would kill the one goat 

950
00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:59,600
to show that this your sin is 
there's a sacrifice for your sin

951
00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:02,120
and the other's the scapegoat. 
Jesus is both. 

952
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:06,200
He's the one who suffers. 
He's the one who is dismissed 

953
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:09,160
and sent away. 
And the high priest did all of 

954
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,520
that. 
The high priest did it on the 

955
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:16,680
Day of Atonement, and now the 
high priest prepares the goat 

956
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:20,960
for sacrifice, prepares the 
Passover lamb for sacrifice, and

957
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:24,680
Jesus does it all perfectly. 
Remember Saints, there's a 

958
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:28,080
mechanism for your salvation. 
There is not vague 

959
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,640
sentimentality. 
There is precise theology and 

960
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:34,600
logical explanations. 
There's a reason you can be 

961
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:37,240
saved. 
There's a reason that you can be

962
00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:40,680
saved by the blood of Jesus. 
Because the one perfect man was 

963
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:43,920
crushed and suffered so that all
the guilty could go free. 

964
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:48,120
God says justice is now 
satisfied. 

965
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:53,080
Justice is satisfied if if just 
a random man of John Michael 

966
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,160
died for you, like I'll die for 
him more. 

967
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:57,360
He's like, yeah, but you're not 
perfect and sinless. 

968
00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:59,160
John Michael. 
I'm like, oh, sorry guys, I 

969
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:01,360
tried. 
That's all I could do. 

970
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:03,680
But Jesus said I'll do it, 
Father. 

971
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:09,320
Perfection, my son. 
And the wickedness of the 

972
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:12,000
people. 
Yeah, His righteousness can go 

973
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:15,440
on them and their wickedness. 
He will become sin. 

974
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,880
Who knew no sin so that we could
become the righteousness of God.

975
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:22,520
There's a way that people can be
saved. 

976
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,840
This should fill your heart with
joy for your salvation and fill 

977
00:50:25,840 --> 00:50:29,240
your heart with motive for the 
whole world to say there is a 

978
00:50:29,240 --> 00:50:32,880
way you can be saved. 
I ain't fighting with you about 

979
00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:36,320
dinosaur fossils. 
I'm not talking to you about all

980
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:38,840
kinds of peripheral things that 
people get distracted by. 

981
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:42,000
I want to tell you about the 
bloody cross and the way that 

982
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,040
Jesus was raised from the dead 
and how he's alive and reigning 

983
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:47,280
in heaven and he's coming back 
on the clouds. 

984
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,680
That is enough. 
That is plenty to save a 

985
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,400
person's life, and they can 
respond by faith to the living 

986
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:57,320
God. 
The simple gospel is always 

987
00:50:57,320 --> 00:50:59,960
enough. 
And then your testimony about 

988
00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:02,120
what the Lord has done in your 
life. 

989
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:04,400
Here's how he saved me. 
Here's how he blessed me. 

990
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,320
Jesus carries away the sin of 
people. 

991
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:13,480
And in Christ, every sacrifice 
of the Old Testament finds its 

992
00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:18,200
completion. 
Heavenly Father, we love, we 

993
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,720
love you, and we're so thankful 
for your perfection and your 

994
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:23,040
goodness. 
We're so thankful for Jesus. 

995
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,920
He's so flawless. 
He's so awesome. 

996
00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:28,040
Awesome is the truly fitting 
word for you. 

997
00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:30,440
Lord. 
I pray that our hearts will just

998
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:34,080
be swelling with affection again
for you, not pitying you as 

999
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:36,360
though you're some weakling or 
though you're some hostage. 

1000
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,680
For you were well able to defend
yourself and instead you chose 

1001
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:42,760
to sacrifice yourself. 
No one took your life from you, 

1002
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:47,200
but you laid it down as the 
perfect and strong man, as the 

1003
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:50,400
God man. 
Lord, we love you. 

1004
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,120
I pray that your love would 
shine bigger in our hearts. 

1005
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,600
I pray that you would bring 
breakthrough in our 

1006
00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:58,800
relationships, even the things 
that were shared for those 

1007
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:01,520
practical applications about how
we treat one another in 

1008
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:04,120
conversations and in debates and
in disagreements. 

1009
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:07,560
That we would be patient, that 
we would be not seeking to trap,

1010
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:11,440
not seeking to trick, but 
seeking the truth so that truth 

1011
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:14,200
would be revealed and Jesus 
would get glory. 

1012
00:52:15,240 --> 00:52:18,120
And then we would all be helped.
Help us to continue to align 

1013
00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:21,800
ourselves to the cornerstone, 
the chief cornerstone, and the 

1014
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:25,160
high priest of our salvation, 
the one who intercedes on our 

1015
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:27,040
behalf and who prays for us even
now. 

1016
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:30,680
Lord, I lift up these precious 
people. 

1017
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,480
You love them. 
You love these men. 

1018
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,520
You love these women. 
You love these young men. 

1019
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:38,560
You love these young women. 
You love these little boys, You 

1020
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:42,800
love these little girls. 
Thank you Jesus for sacrificing 

1021
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:51,080
for all of them. 
Draw near to them Lord, in Jesus

1022
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:54,320
name. 
And now the Lord bless you and 

1023
00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:57,720
keep you. 
The Lord make his face Shinedown

1024
00:52:57,720 --> 00:53:01,720
upon you and be gracious to you.
The Lord lift up his countenance

1025
00:53:01,720 --> 00:53:06,800
upon you and give you great 
peace in Jesus name, Amen.