243: Bryan Styles – The Last Day of Our Lord’s Life

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Welcome to good for selfie and
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I’m Levi and I’m Chris and I’m
Brian, thank you for joining us

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You’re about to listen to.

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And now let’s talk more about
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Hello and welcome back to
another talk for this week.

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We’re listening to a Bible class
that was given a couple years

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ago by brother Brian Styles
looking.

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At the last day in the Lord’s
life.

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This is a subject that we
remember every week where we’re

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talking about Jesus final final
day and his death and then later

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Resurrection.
But what I really appreciate

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about brother Brian’s talk is he
goes very deep and almost a

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play-by-play of the events
starting from just before the

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Last Supper up until his
crucifixion.

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This was given during the week
of Easter and Passover.

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So he makes mention at the
beginning of his class about the

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day, he gave the class
potentially being the day that

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Jesus died.
And just something to kind of

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think about his call to action.
At the beginning is just as

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something to think about like
what are we doing day-to-day?

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Which I found to be convicting
in something just as a reminder

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of day-to-day.
What are we doing to remember

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Jesus?
In the things that we do?

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Regardless of whether it’s on a
Sunday morning or not.

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So, this might be a class that
might be a good one to listen to

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on a weekend.
Kind of Elmo something that

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helps you to remember the
memorial service, but I found it

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to be a really powerful.
Reminder, I know for myself

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personally, sometimes Sunday
mornings can become more of a

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routine at times and is I find
at least personally, these

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really deep Dives and diving
into the details to be a good

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reminder of how much is actually
Are when we remember our Lord’s

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sacrifice and the Last Supper on
a Sunday morning.

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And I hope that you find it to
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was listening to it, And as

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So with that, I will turn it

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over to Brother Brian styles.
As for his talk entitled the

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last day of our Lord’s life,
last week we consider the

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significance of the Passover as
God established it back in

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Exodus knowing that one week out
from last week.

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So today the Passover would
begin and we looked at how it

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pointed forward to the
Deliverance that God would

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ultimately afford to his people,
through his son, the Lord Jesus

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Christ, and it was John the
Baptist who said of Jesus in

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John 1:29 Behold the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin

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of the world, and tonight is the
literal night of the Passover.

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It’s the start of the Passover
feast, and the Jews are actually

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keeping the feast as we speak.
And as we took a look at last

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week, this event has a great
deal of significance, not only

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from a historical perspective
but also from a scriptural

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perspective as well.
And so as we reflect on our own

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lives over the last week, it’s
worth asking ourselves.

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The question of how have we done
with finding the leaven within

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our own houses with finding the
areas that need Improvement.

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And not only finding them but
then committing to making the

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changes to remove that leaven
out of our Lives.

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Keep thinking about this theme
as we think about areas of sin,

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and as we continue through this
timeline of where we are in our

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houses because It really is an
ongoing event.

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It’s an ongoing battle as we try
to find sin and remove it from

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our lives.
That we might be more acceptable

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before God.
But stepping from the last week

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into today and just focusing on
today for a moment.

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Have you stopped at all
throughout the day to think

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about another important
historical event that occurred

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on this day?
Have you realized that this was

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the day in history?
That Jesus died.

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That just under 2,000 years ago,
Jesus was crucified today.

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because we know that our Lord
died just before the Passover

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started, and when you stop and
allow that to sink in for a

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moment, It really has a great
deal of impact in our own lives

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as we reflect on what the day
entailed for us.

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What did we do today?
What were the stresses of the

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day?
What were the things that filled

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our time throughout the day?
And then think about what it

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was.
That filled our Lord’s day on

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the last day of his life.
Well that’s what we hope to do.

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Over the next hour together is
to reflect as we briefly walk

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through the narrative to try to
enter into it with our Lord to

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see what it is that he endured,
how it is that he tried to

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prepare his disciples and how it
is that his disciples responded

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in the midst of it.
The hope is to be able to

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extract for ourselves some of
the exhortation of values as it

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pertains to our Lord’s life.
And to really, just try to take

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a few moments to remember what
it is that our Lord went

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through.
Not just on the last day of his

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life, but each and every day, as
his life was filled with

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service, What we plan to do then
is to take a look through the

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eyes of one of Jesus closest
friends Through The Eyes of

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Peter, and to go back and forth
between Peter and our Lord, to

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see how it is that they
interacted on this day.

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Because both men faced an
immense trial on this day.

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Jesus faced the trial that would
ultimately lead to his

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crucifixion and Peter faced a
trial of faith that would Shake

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him even to his very core.
We know that these two trials

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had two very different outcomes
for these two men, and one

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outcome for the Son of God and
the one for Peter in this moment

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and hopefully, we’ll be able to
gain exhortation of value from

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taking a look at both of them.
So, if you could open to Luke

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chapter 22, we’ll just read a
section here, in Luke chapter 22

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to help set the stage for
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We won’t be able to cover the
entire day in detail, but

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hopefully, we’ll be able to
cover enough of It to where it

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really helps us.
Try to focus.

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And remember, what our Lord
accomplished on our behalf, Luke

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chapter 22.
And we’ll start at verse 19 and

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read through the end.
Luke 22 and verse 19.

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And this starts at the Last
Supper, and he took bread and

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gave, thanks and Brake it and
gave unto them saying, this is

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my body, which is given for you.
This do in remembrance of me.

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Likewise also the cup after
supper saying, this cup is the

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New Testament in my blood, which
is shed for you, but behold the

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hand of him that betrayeth me is
with me on the table and truly

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the son of man goeth as it was
determined.

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But woe unto that man by whom he
is betrayed, and I began to

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inquire among themselves, which
of them.

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It was that should do this thing
and there was also a Strife

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among them, which of them should
be accounted the greatest.

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And he said unto them, the kings
of the Gentiles exercise

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lordship over them and they that
exercise Authority upon them are

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called benefactors but ye shall
not be so, but he that is

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greatest among you let him be as
the younger and he that is Chief

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as he that the serve for whether
is greater he that sitteth at

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meat, where he, that serveth is
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He that sitteth at meat, but I
am among you as he that serveth.

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You’re, they would have
continued with me in my

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Temptations and I appoint unto
you a kingdom as my father.

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Hath appointed unto me that you
may eat and drink at my table,

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in my kingdom, and sit on the
Thrones judging the Twelve

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Tribes of Israel.
The Lord said, Simon, Simon

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behold.
Satan has desired to have you

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that he may sift, you as wheat,
but I have prayed for thee that

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thy faith, fail not.
And when there are converted

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strengthen thy brethren, And he
said unto him, Lord, I am ready

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to go with thee, both into
prison and to death.

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And he said, I tell you Peter,
the cock shall not Crow this day

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before, Thou shalt deny me, that
thou shalt Thrice deny that thou

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knowest me and he said unto them
when I sent you without purse

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and scrip and shoes, lactea
anything and they said nothing,

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then he said unto them.
But now he that hath a purse.

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Let him take it and likewise his
script and he that hath.

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No sword.
Let him sell His Garment and buy

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one.
For, I say unto you that this

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that is written must yet be
accomplished in me and he was

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reckoned among the transgressors
for the things concerning me

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have an end.
And they said, Lord behold.

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Here are two swords and he said
unto them, it is enough.

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And he came out at went as he
was want to the Mount of Olives

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and his disciples also followed
him and when he was at the place

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he said unto them.
Pray that ye enter not into

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temptation.
And he was withdrawn from them

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about a stone’s cast and kneeled
down and prayed saying.

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Father, if thou be willing
remove this cup from me,

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nevertheless not my will but
thine be done.

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And there appeared, an angel
unto him from Heaven,

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strengthening him, and being in
an Agony, he prayed more

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earnestly and his sweat was, as
it were great drops of blood

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falling to the ground.
And what he rose up from prayer

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and was come to his disciples,
he found them sleeping for

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sorrow and said unto them.
Why sleepy rise and pray?

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Lest you enter into temptation
and while he yet, spake Behold a

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multitude and he that was called
Judas.

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One of the twelve went before
them and Drew near unto Jesus to

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kiss him.
But Jesus said unto him, Judas,

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betray us, though, the son of
man with a kiss.

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When they what you were about to
about him, saw what would

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follow?
They said unto him, Lord.

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Shall we, Smite with the sword
and one of them smoked, the

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servant of the high priest and
cut off his right ear.

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And Jesus answered and said,
suffer you thus far and he

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touched his ear and healed him.
Then Jesus said unto the chief

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priests and captains of the
temple, and the elders, which

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were come to him, be come out as
against a thief with swords and

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staves, when I was daily with
you, in the temple, you stretch

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forth, No Hands against me.
But this is your hour and the

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power of Darkness.
Then took they him and let him

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and brought him into the high
priests house and Peter followed

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afar off.
And when they had kindled a fire

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in the midst of the hall, and
we’re sit down together, Peter

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sat down among them.
But a certain made be held him

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as he sat by the fire and
earnestly, looked upon him and

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said this man was also with him.
And he denied him saying woman,

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I know I’m not.
And after a little while,

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another saw him and said, Thou
Art of also of them.

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And Peter said, man, I am not.
And about the space of one hour

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after another confidently
affirmed saying of a truth.

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This fellow also was with him
for he is a Galilean and Peter

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said, man, I know not what thou
sayest.

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And immediately while he yet
spake, the cock crew.

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And the Lord turned.
And looked upon Peter.

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And Peter remembered the word of
the Lord, how he had said unto

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him before the cock Crow.
Thou shalt deny me Thrice.

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And Peter went out.
And wept bitterly.

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And the men that held Jesus
mocked him and smote him.

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And when they had blindfolded
him, they struck him on the face

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and I asked him saying prophesy,
who is it that smote thee?

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And many other things,
blasphemously spake, they

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against him.
And as soon as it was day, the

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Elders of the people and the
chief priests and the scribes

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came together and led him into
their counsel saying art.

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Thou the Christ tell us and he
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you will not believe and if I
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me nor let me go.
Hereafter.

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So the son of man, sit on the
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then said they all art, thou
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unto them, ye say that I am And
they said, what need?

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We have any further witness for
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own mouth And so, when we take a
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Lord’s life, the record would
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Of course, as he goes before,
Pilate But I wanted to just lay

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out the timeline of the events
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Beginning with the Last Supper.
Sunset begins at 7 p.m. at this

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time of year in Israel.
And so it’s very likely that the

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Last Supper would have started a
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We know that Jesus spends a fair
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disciples walking through with
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The significance of what he’s
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fellowship, and it’s amazing to
me that Jesus was able to focus

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on his disciples and trying to
help them despite all the things

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that were currently on his
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Terms of what he had to deal
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evening.
Eventually Judas leaves, the

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house goes to set it in motion.
The final plans of betrayal and

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Jesus ends up leaving and going
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Garden of Gethsemane, where he
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Read about that in John, 13 and
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verse 40.
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finds himself in the house of
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arrested because it’s at
midnight, that Peters.

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First denial takes place.
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crowing of the cock crowing was
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that would Crow at night, but it
was actually a trumpet that

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would blow to Mark The Changing
of the Guard that occurred every

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three hours.
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three.
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And so this first one that
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midnight one which follows
immediately after Peters first

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denial and Mark Chapter 14 verse
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We know that there’s two more
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crows for the second time which
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Changing of the Guard at 3 a.m.
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place in Mark 14 and verse 72.
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the end of Luke chapter 22 here
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first thing in the morning, is
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1 and Mark 15 and verse 1, which
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that they go to Pilots house
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were set in motion.
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the Passover.
We know that Jesus was crucified

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at 9 a.m. and he hung on the
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We’re told that at 12 p.m.
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land for three hours until
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lifted the Lord died as he
breathed his last after

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proclaiming Psalm 22 for all
those who stood by And so, you

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can see that so many things
transpired, that this was not

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only a long day, but a long
night, one that would have left

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Jesus.
Very depleted, not only

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physically, but mentally and you
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And Luke chapter 22 about how
much he was in agony and verse

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44, as he prayed very earnestly
that if there was any other way

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possible that his father would
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But despite what Jesus went
through, he was able to focus on

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how he could help his disciples.
And so if we back up in the

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record to the beginning of Luke
chapter 22, now was the time for

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the Last Supper to take place
and so Jesus sends his disciples

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two of his closest disciples
Peter and John and Luke 22 and

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verse 8 to go and make the final
preparations so that they would

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be able to have this last meal
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And being cognizant of the fact
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motion that he had already
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leaders to betray him.
He didn’t want to give too much

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information about the exact
location because Jesus didn’t

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want this final Gathering to be
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Prematurely he needed to prepare
his disciples for what lay ahead

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of them.
The disciples really didn’t

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understand that Jesus was going
to need to die even though Jesus

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had told them on multiple
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It just it didn’t line up with
their expectation of what

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Messiah was going to accomplish.
And so Jesus needed to work with

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them to prepare them for what
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he needed them to get through
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He needed their faith, to help
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that was before them.
And so, Peter, and John are sent

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to do the preparations for the
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And it’s interesting because,
Peter and John were both very

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different, but we’re very much
the same in regards to their

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desire to be with the Lord, and
Jesus pairs up these two

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disciples even though there was
a little bit of sensitivity

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between them as to, who would be
the greatest because he needed

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them to learn to work together.
And isn’t that so often the case

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for us, that we might be paired
up in the truth with brothers

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and sisters, other members of
our Ecclesia who perhaps were a

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little bit.
Dissimilar from we aligned on

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our purpose and our desire to be
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But God provides us an
opportunity to work with those

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who may not be quite the same as
us because this constructive

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irritation is meant to drive the
development of our character

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that God truly wants.
And it’s this friction this iron

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against iron that ultimately
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one, friend to another.
And so Jesus, knowing this

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pairs, Peter and John together.
To give them this opportunity to

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sharpen the countenance of their
friend and to work together in

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this regard.
And so they find the right

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location following the man that
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and they arrived at the upper
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Now, when the other disciples
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it would have been customary for
there to be a servant in place

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to wash the feet of those who
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It doesn’t seem though that
there was a servant because it’s

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not until after supper is Ended
as we read in John Chapter 13,

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that Jesus actually, washes the
feet of his disciples and you

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wonder Peter and John had just
got done watching watching this

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water pot on the head of this
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Go through the town because
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look for a man.
That was carrying a water pot on

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his head.
And this water pot, no doubt

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would have been the one that was
set in the upper room for the

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washing of the feet of the
disciples and you wonder well,

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why wouldn’t Peter or John?
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have done it?
And then he stopped to think

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about what was the dynamic right
now, what was going on, what was

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it?
That Jesus was actually dealing

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with.
Well as you read through the

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gospel account, you find that
what Jesus was contending with

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was and a continual in fighting
with the disciples as to, who

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would be the greatest.
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the kingdom was going to be
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And so, there were jockeying for
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As to who would have the seat at
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At the left hand, the one that
would be the most prominent and

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sort of take out a roll of
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Well, that would have been an
open recognition that they

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weren’t the greatest.
In fact, it seems that when they

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came into the room, that there
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the greatest, because that drove
who was going to That we’re in

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fact.
Jesus had already given a

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parable in his ministry, about
when you come to a feast, how

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you should take the lowest seat
in the house and perhaps there

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was an argument that took place
when they entered into the

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house, that resulted in the
seating configuration that I’ll

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show in a moment.
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while the Last Supper is going
on in there, you’re enjoying

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this meal together.
Jesus actually Rises up in the

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midst of it and I believe that
the reason that he rises up in

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John Chapter 13 is because the
disciples were in the midst of

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this argument about who it was.
That was going to be the

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greatest.
And you can imagine from Jesus

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perspective, how much of a
challenge just would have been

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that.
He knows that he has less than

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24 hours left.
He’s looking at the current

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state of the disciples and how
they’re arguing amongst

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themselves and he continually
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And so, instead of saying
something at this point, he

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simply Rises up and John Chapter
13 and gird himself with the

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close of the servant, takes a
rag in his hand and walks over

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to the water pot.
And you can imagine how the

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disciples would have been
awestruck as they watch.

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What was Taking place.
There would have been confused

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as to what exactly is he doing,
but then not only to their

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shock, but also, to their horror
Jesus, then proceeded to take

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the rag and to wash the feet of
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And one by one.
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them would have been shocked
into silence, as he washed the

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feet of his disciples.
And as he taught them by his

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actions, that they needed to be
looking to serve one another,

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not to elevate themselves above
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And so, in this hour, when Jesus
was trying to prepare them the

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most They were fighting and
Jesus sets the example through

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his behavior and then follows it
up with his speech that those of

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the Gentiles seek to be the
greatest.

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But he said if you want to be
the greatest, then you have to

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be servant of all, you have to
make sure that you have the

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humility to serve others.
And so you know, the patients

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here of Our Lord, with his
family, sometimes we might be in

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the midst of a family situation,
where there’s in fighting or

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arguing, Perhaps we’ve
experienced a few of those

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circumstances over the last
number of weeks and we can tend

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to get impatient especially if
we have some stress on our own

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plate and maybe we’re not quite
at a hundred percent in terms of

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our energy level or our own
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But take a look here at the
patients that the Lord has with

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the members of his family.
Remember how he said back in,

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Mark chapter 3, behold my mother
and my brethren, those who do

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the will of my father.
And he had this patients with

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his disciples, to try to work
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But when he gets to Peter and
John 13 and verse 7 Peters,

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really not on board with what
Jesus is doing.

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Peter says to Jesus, are you
really going to wash my feet and

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Jesus responds by telling Peter
and verse 7 that even though

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Peter didn’t understand it now
that he would eventually

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understand.
But Peter really isn’t going to

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have it because in John 13 and
verse 8, he essentially says to

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Jesus, Thou shalt never wash my
feet and the Greek has a level

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of certainty to it.
And that never is repeated two

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times.
The actual Greek reads, Thou

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shalt never ever wash my feet.
It’s not happening Lord, and

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Jesus tells Peter that unless he
accepts his Lord’s service on

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his behalf.
F.

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That he has no part of him.
And what Peter is missing here

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is that he’s not going to be
able to do it in his own

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strength.
This is what Jesus is trying to

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work through with Peter and with
the rest of the disciples to get

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them to realize that they need
each other, and they ultimately

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need Christ.
In this case, Peter needed to

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accept the Lord service on his
behalf, he needed to be willing

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to accept his Lord’s,
forgiveness to wash away his

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sins.
But before we can never accept

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forgiveness, we first have to
have the humility to recognize

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what it is that we’ve done wrong
that we need forgiveness and the

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second piece that Peter needed
to develop, was to develop the

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mind of the servant.
If Peter was really going to be

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effective in the role of the
rock that Jesus had for him of

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being part of that Foundation,
that would build the Ecclesia or

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that Jesus would build the
Ecclesia on he would need to

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Earn service and being great
doesn’t mean being served by

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others.
It means serving and Jesus

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didn’t serve because of his
desire to be great.

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Jesus served because he was
great and that’s what he was

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trying to teach his disciples
that this is what great people

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do that.
Even when they have a lot on

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their own plate, they’re
thinking about others.

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They’re putting those things to
the side.

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And it all boils down to
humility.

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Humility to accept that.
We need the help of our Lord and

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humility to accept that we can’t
do it on our own.

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And the desire to serve others
to help them in the areas where

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they need help.
But at this point, the disciples

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were too focused on self to
really get it.

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And selfishness is the Silent
Assassin of humility.

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It prevents us from really
looking introspectively at the

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areas where we need help, but
Jesus is selflessness allowed

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him to humbly serve and Jesus
continues on now, to show

446
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another demonstration of his
selflessness, after washing the

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feet of his disciples, he
establishes the bread and the

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wine.
And he creates this Memorial

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that, he knew that both the
disciples and all those who

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would seek to serve him over
time would need to really help

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them.
Remember the work of the Lord

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Jesus Christ but in the course
of doing this he reveals to them

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that one of them was going to
betray him and they all begin to

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try to figure out who it is that
was going to betray him.

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And it degrades again into an
argument about who was the

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greatest as we see in Luke.
Two verses 24 to 30 and you can

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imagine how this would happen
that they would begin to wonder.

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Well, who would ever do that?
Who would betray the Lord?

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And they would look from one to
the other of who was the most

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prominent who was the least
loyal and it would revert back

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to this argument that they were
having before.

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It seems that Peter would have
featured prominently in this

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argument because Jesus has to
speak to him.

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Individually.
In Luke chapter 22, he has to

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say his name to times and Luke
22 and verse 31, Simon.

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Simon.
And you can imagine how this

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would have stunned, Simon Peter
as he now step back and

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reflected on what his Lord was
about to say to him.

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He says to him Simon Satan hath
desired to have you that he may

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sift.
You as wheat, but I have prayed

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for thee that thy faith, fail
not.

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And when thou art converted
strengthen thy brethren, And

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what Jesus says here is actually
two things, he appeals to Simon

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Peter to lead.
He says, I need you to lead your

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brethren.
I’ve prayed for all of you in

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verse 31 that were for you that
occurs twice as plural.

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I prayed for all of you as the
disciples because Satan has

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desired to have you who was
Satan?

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What was the adversary?
Who was the adversary here?

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It was the Jewish leaders, the
Jewish leaders were looking for

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the weak links in the in the
disciples as How it is that they

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could get inroads to Jesus
Christ, to be able to overthrow

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him.
They had found those inroads

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with Judas, but Jesus said, I’ve
been praying for all of you

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because the adversary the Jewish
leaders are trying to get all of

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you to turn against me or to
find a way for you to betray me.

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But Simon, I have prayed for you
and that word the that I and

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thou that comes up in verse 32
is singular, I was Specifically

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prayed for you Peter and when
you are converted, strengthen

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your brethren.
But just imagine how this would

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have been received by Simon
Peter.

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In this instance, Simon, Peter
was one who was very loyal to

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Christ or professedly loyal?
He was the one that got out of

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the boat and walked to Jesus.
He was always at the front of

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the crowd with his Lord.
He wanted nothing more than to

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be with his Lord in every
instance and now he’s being

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singled out in an argument.
He’s being told that Jesus was

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offering special prayers for
him.

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Above the others because he
needed it.

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And he’s being told by Jesus,
when you’re converted,

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strengthen your brethren.
That after three and a half

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years, Peter wasn’t, yet
converted.

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00:31:37,100 –> 00:31:40,900
He hadn’t made the necessary
transformation, that Jesus

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00:31:40,900 –> 00:31:44,100
needed him to make.
And we don’t have to imagine how

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Peter receive that, because we
read in Luke 22 and verse 33,

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how it is that Peter received
it.

507
00:31:50,700 –> 00:31:54,400
He says unto him.
Lord, I am ready to go with the

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both into prison and And in to
death, but Jesus tells him in

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00:31:59,200 –> 00:32:03,200
Luke, 22 and verse 34, that
Peter I’m telling you this very

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day.
You’re going to deny that you

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even know who I am.
Never mind this business of

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dying with me.
You’re not even going to

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00:32:11,900 –> 00:32:16,900
acknowledge that you know who I
am by the end of the day.

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Jesus isn’t looking for an
argument here with Peter, or

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with any of the other disciples.
He’s not looking to hurt Peter,

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but he’s trying to prepare Peter
for what?

517
00:32:28,300 –> 00:32:31,000
Lay ahead.
He wants Peter to know that

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00:32:31,300 –> 00:32:34,900
Peters confidence and self isn’t
well founded.

519
00:32:35,300 –> 00:32:39,600
He knows that Peters going to
fall but he doesn’t want Peter

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00:32:39,700 –> 00:32:43,300
to fail.
Peter’s not taking it this way

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00:32:43,300 –> 00:32:46,300
at this point.
He may have been stung into

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00:32:46,300 –> 00:32:50,000
silence temporarily.
But just because you have

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silenced, a man does not mean
you have converted him.

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And so Peter continues to see
them this point as the evening

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00:32:59,000 –> 00:33:02,100
progresses.
There’s two more times that come

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00:33:02,100 –> 00:33:06,100
up as Peter questions.
The Lord, and profess his own

527
00:33:06,100 –> 00:33:09,700
loyalty, only to have Jesus,
tell him two more times that

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00:33:09,700 –> 00:33:13,500
Peter, you’re not where you
think you are, you’re not really

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ready to that extent. but Peter
continues to think about it and

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00:33:18,600 –> 00:33:22,500
he beckons to John, who was
sitting across the table to

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00:33:22,500 –> 00:33:26,100
inquire of the Lord who it was,
that would betray him because

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00:33:26,100 –> 00:33:30,000
Peter is intent on finding out
who this is and you wonder well

533
00:33:30,000 –> 00:33:35,000
how is it that Jesus would have
been able to tell John, but

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00:33:35,000 –> 00:33:38,800
Peter wouldn’t be able to hear
Well as you take a look at this

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00:33:38,800 –> 00:33:44,400
slide, this is one suggestion by
edersheim as to how it is that

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00:33:44,400 –> 00:33:46,700
the layout would have been at
the Last Supper.

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00:33:47,900 –> 00:33:51,600
Peter was sitting actually it
would seem in the lowest seat in

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00:33:51,600 –> 00:33:55,000
the house, as was shown over
here on the right perhaps, as

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00:33:55,000 –> 00:33:57,400
they entered, the argument took
place as to, who was the

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00:33:57,400 –> 00:34:02,200
greatest and our Lord, as in
other cases, would have had to

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00:34:02,200 –> 00:34:06,600
correct his disciples and Peter.
Perhaps, at this point took the

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00:34:06,600 –> 00:34:09,900
lowest seat at the table having
been rebuked by the Lord for the

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00:34:09,900 –> 00:34:13,100
argument.
Judas on the other hand does not

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00:34:13,100 –> 00:34:16,000
do that.
Judas finds himself in the chief

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00:34:16,000 –> 00:34:19,699
seat would gives us an
estimation or an understanding

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00:34:19,699 –> 00:34:24,199
rather of Judas self estimation
as to his level of importance.

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00:34:25,100 –> 00:34:27,199
John set to the right of the
Lord.

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And at this point the way that
they would eat the meal as their

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00:34:30,900 –> 00:34:34,000
feet would be away from the
table and they would recline on

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their left elbow.
With their head toward the

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00:34:37,100 –> 00:34:39,600
table.
And this is how it was spoken

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00:34:39,600 –> 00:34:43,300
that that Jesus and John were so
close together.

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00:34:43,900 –> 00:34:47,100
And that, John was able to put
his hat on the Lord’s chest as

554
00:34:47,100 –> 00:34:49,600
he spoke to him to ask him who
it was.

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00:34:49,600 –> 00:34:52,800
That would betray him.
And Jesus told him that it was

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the one that dipped his hand
with him in the dish.

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And that he would give the stop
to and it was customary during

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00:34:59,400 –> 00:35:02,900
the feast to give this app first
to the one that was in the chief

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00:35:02,900 –> 00:35:05,200
seat.
And so even though everybody

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else, God Jesus, give the sap to
Judas.

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It was only John.
That knew that this was the

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marker that Judas was the
betrayer.

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Peter didn’t know it at this
point, because Jesus didn’t

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00:35:18,300 –> 00:35:22,900
reveal it to him, but Jesus did
reveal to John who the betrayer

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00:35:22,900 –> 00:35:26,700
was going to be.
It’s amazing to me as you think

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00:35:26,700 –> 00:35:30,900
about it that Jesus continued to
work, not only with all the

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disciples, but with Judas not
just the other 11.

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But with all 12, he continued to
work with Judas even until the

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end, giving him every
opportunity to change his

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00:35:44,500 –> 00:35:50,800
behavior and to change his
course of action, well Judas

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00:35:50,800 –> 00:35:56,000
asks Jesus is it me and Jesus
would have replied quietly to

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00:35:56,000 –> 00:36:02,100
Judas, you have said And he
tells Judas what you need to do,

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00:36:02,600 –> 00:36:08,000
go and do it quickly.
And we know that he leaves in

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John, 13 and verse 30.
He departs into the night and

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now Jesus can speak very
intimately with his disciples.

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00:36:17,200 –> 00:36:21,300
The 11, that remained, and in
John 13 Verse 33.

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Jesus begins to tell his
disciples little children yet a

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00:36:26,107 –> 00:36:28,600
little while.
I am with you, you shall seek

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me.
And, as I said, unto the Jews

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00:36:30,400 –> 00:36:35,700
with her, I go, you cannot come.
So now I say unto you, He goes

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on to give them this new
commandment.

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But Peter, Peter struggling
still with the fact that Jesus

583
00:36:42,200 –> 00:36:45,900
said, where they’re going or
where Jesus is going, he can’t

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00:36:45,900 –> 00:36:48,100
go.
And so Peter interrupts and John

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00:36:48,100 –> 00:36:53,200
13, verses 36, 37, and 38 and
professes, his loyalty to

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Christ.
Once again, saying, I’m ready to

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go with you.
I’m ready to die with you.

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00:36:59,200 –> 00:37:03,200
And Jesus has to tell him again
that your confidence in self is

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00:37:03,200 –> 00:37:07,000
not well founded.
Well, now Jesus and his

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00:37:07,000 –> 00:37:12,100
disciples, the 11 that remain
depart from the upper room and

591
00:37:12,100 –> 00:37:15,600
begin to walk through the
streets of Jerusalem as they go

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00:37:15,600 –> 00:37:19,600
toward the Mount of Olives.
And this is now the third time

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00:37:20,000 –> 00:37:24,700
in Matthew 26, as they’re
walking that Peter professes,

594
00:37:24,700 –> 00:37:28,800
his loyalty to Christ, and Jesus
has to correct him in Matthew,

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00:37:28,800 –> 00:37:36,100
26 verses 33 to 35 And Peter is
very upset at this point when

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00:37:36,100 –> 00:37:39,300
Jesus tells him this.
But if you take a look at the

597
00:37:39,300 –> 00:37:42,300
three different instances,
there’s a common theme that

598
00:37:42,300 –> 00:37:46,500
happens in each of these times.
That Jesus or Peter professes.

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00:37:46,500 –> 00:37:50,800
His loyalty, there’s a focus on
self and a confidence in self.

600
00:37:51,400 –> 00:37:55,100
There’s an aspect of Readiness
of where he says, I’m ready and

601
00:37:55,100 –> 00:37:58,000
there’s an aspect of loyalty of
where he professes.

602
00:37:58,000 –> 00:38:01,500
That he would be with Jesus, the
prison and to death.

603
00:38:02,300 –> 00:38:06,800
But each time Jesus tries to
adjust what Peter sang to

604
00:38:06,800 –> 00:38:08,700
adjust, his perspective to help
him realize.

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00:38:08,700 –> 00:38:13,000
He’s not where he thinks he is.
That I’ve prayed for you that

606
00:38:13,000 –> 00:38:15,800
you might strengthen your
brethren when it comes to

607
00:38:15,800 –> 00:38:18,700
Readiness that your faith fail,
not and that when you’re

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00:38:18,700 –> 00:38:20,400
converted, you’re not where you
think you are.

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00:38:20,800 –> 00:38:24,300
And when it comes to loyalty
you’ll deny that you know, me

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00:38:24,300 –> 00:38:27,600
three times.
And in each of these instances,

611
00:38:27,600 –> 00:38:31,500
the Lord continues to stress
this over and over and over

612
00:38:31,500 –> 00:38:33,900
again.
To Peter, to tell him to put

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00:38:33,900 –> 00:38:37,900
your confidence in God, not in
yourself to strengthen others.

614
00:38:37,900 –> 00:38:41,900
Don’t promote yourself and that
you’re not truly with me.

615
00:38:41,900 –> 00:38:45,500
Now that Peter you’re not ready
yet.

616
00:38:46,000 –> 00:38:50,800
But when you see that you’re not
ready, don’t give up.

617
00:38:51,900 –> 00:38:56,800
Convert and follow me.
And there’s a huge lesson for us

618
00:38:56,800 –> 00:39:01,300
in this that at various points
in our lives, were brought to

619
00:39:01,300 –> 00:39:05,300
the realization that we might
not be where we think we are.

620
00:39:06,300 –> 00:39:10,300
Jesus is trying to prepare Peter
for this realization for him to

621
00:39:10,300 –> 00:39:14,400
see that he’s not where he
thinks he is and perhaps we’ve

622
00:39:14,400 –> 00:39:17,600
had some of those data points in
our own lives moments of

623
00:39:17,600 –> 00:39:23,300
frustration moments of Anger of
where we have anxiety.

624
00:39:24,000 –> 00:39:27,200
We don’t know what’s taking
place or to what level of degree

625
00:39:27,200 –> 00:39:30,700
things are going to impact our
job or our health, or our

626
00:39:30,700 –> 00:39:34,300
everyday life.
And perhaps God is showing us in

627
00:39:34,300 –> 00:39:37,800
those instances that were not
quite where we thought we were.

628
00:39:38,700 –> 00:39:42,800
Jesus is telling us just like he
was telling Peter to not give up

629
00:39:42,800 –> 00:39:48,400
in those instances to not give
in, but to make the commitment

630
00:39:48,400 –> 00:39:53,000
to convert and to change to
change our perspective and to

631
00:39:53,000 –> 00:39:56,800
continue to grow And so, from
this point for these three

632
00:39:56,800 –> 00:40:01,400
assertions that Peter made would
be put to the test Jesus would

633
00:40:01,400 –> 00:40:04,300
be testing the level of
confidence that he had in

634
00:40:04,300 –> 00:40:08,800
himself whether or not.
He truly was ready for for this

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00:40:08,800 –> 00:40:13,100
task at hand and to show Peter
that the Loyalty wasn’t quite

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00:40:13,100 –> 00:40:16,200
there, yet that he had work to
do in that regard.

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00:40:17,000 –> 00:40:19,800
And so, as they get to the
Garden of Gethsemane, in Matthew

638
00:40:19,800 –> 00:40:26,100
chapter 26, Jesus goes with
them, in verse 36 on to a place

639
00:40:26,100 –> 00:40:30,600
called Gethsemane.
And he tells the three disciples

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00:40:30,600 –> 00:40:36,600
Peter, James, and John to sit
there and pray, while he went

641
00:40:36,600 –> 00:40:41,000
and prayed Yonder This was a
time when Jesus needed his

642
00:40:41,000 –> 00:40:44,200
friends, the most.
And if there’s any of the

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disciples that needed to see the
power of prayer, it would have

644
00:40:48,000 –> 00:40:52,600
been Peter, James, and John,
Sometimes When we struggle, we

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00:40:52,600 –> 00:40:56,100
want to go off on her own.
We want to be separate, but

646
00:40:56,100 –> 00:40:59,600
Jesus is saying, look, Peter you
want to be with me will come

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00:40:59,600 –> 00:41:04,500
with me in verse 38 tarry, ye
here and watch with me.

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00:41:04,500 –> 00:41:07,100
You want to be with me, you’ve
professed that you’ll be with

649
00:41:07,100 –> 00:41:10,800
me, we’ll pray.
Here with me because I need you

650
00:41:11,600 –> 00:41:14,800
and that wasn’t just a statement
that Jesus was making from the

651
00:41:14,808 –> 00:41:18,300
standpoint of well I can do it
on my own and this is really for

652
00:41:18,300 –> 00:41:20,200
your benefit.
I don’t really need the help

653
00:41:20,500 –> 00:41:24,600
because we read in Psalm 69 and
verse 20, that Jesus looked for

654
00:41:24,600 –> 00:41:29,600
comforters but he found none
because when he went off to pray

655
00:41:30,100 –> 00:41:34,900
this evening and Gethsemane his
disciples watched him for time.

656
00:41:35,800 –> 00:41:38,300
But became tired and fell
asleep.

657
00:41:39,200 –> 00:41:43,500
And when Jesus returns to them
in Matthew, 26 and verse 40, he

658
00:41:43,500 –> 00:41:47,800
singles out Peter and he says,
Peter, what could you not watch

659
00:41:47,800 –> 00:41:52,400
with me one hour Peter, you said
you’re going to die with me but

660
00:41:53,000 –> 00:41:56,000
you’re not watching with me just
for one hour.

661
00:41:57,600 –> 00:42:00,600
Do you really think that you’re
ready to the extent that your

662
00:42:00,600 –> 00:42:04,100
professing to be ready?
This isn’t I Told You So Peter.

663
00:42:04,800 –> 00:42:07,700
This is Peter.
Take another look at things and

664
00:42:07,700 –> 00:42:10,900
make sure that you have the
humility to see where you’re

665
00:42:10,900 –> 00:42:14,100
really at.
Because Peter goes on to be

666
00:42:14,100 –> 00:42:19,100
encouraged by the Lord and verse
41 watch and pray that ye enter

667
00:42:19,100 –> 00:42:22,000
not into temptation.
The spirit, indeed is willing

668
00:42:22,700 –> 00:42:26,300
but the flesh is weak.
He wasn’t doubting the Loyalty

669
00:42:26,300 –> 00:42:31,400
of his disciples.
But he was recognizing that what

670
00:42:31,400 –> 00:42:36,400
the spirit desires to do is not
always what is done by his

671
00:42:36,400 –> 00:42:40,400
disciples and we can perhaps
relate to this, in the words

672
00:42:40,400 –> 00:42:43,700
that Paul says at the end of
Romans 7 but the thing is that

673
00:42:43,700 –> 00:42:47,600
we want to do are quite often,
the things that we don’t end up

674
00:42:47,600 –> 00:42:50,100
doing.
And the thing is that we don’t

675
00:42:50,100 –> 00:42:54,700
want to do tragically can be the
things that we end up doing in

676
00:42:54,700 –> 00:42:59,600
times of crisis.
We see that Jesus did this three

677
00:42:59,600 –> 00:43:03,100
separate times with his
disciples and they fell asleep.

678
00:43:03,100 –> 00:43:06,100
Three separate times when we
wonder, how could they do this

679
00:43:06,100 –> 00:43:09,300
to the Lord when they needed him
the most, or when he needed them

680
00:43:09,300 –> 00:43:11,800
the most?
But how often is it?

681
00:43:11,800 –> 00:43:16,400
That we find ourselves coming to
remember our Lord each week.

682
00:43:17,000 –> 00:43:21,100
Perhaps, Shackled by committing
the same sins were struggling

683
00:43:21,100 –> 00:43:24,600
with the same weaknesses.
And not feeling like we’re

684
00:43:24,600 –> 00:43:26,900
making the progress that we
should be making.

685
00:43:28,300 –> 00:43:32,400
But notice how Jesus here,
balances compassion.

686
00:43:33,500 –> 00:43:38,400
With urgency.
He tells his disciples in verse

687
00:43:38,400 –> 00:43:42,400
45 sleep on now and take your
rest.

688
00:43:42,800 –> 00:43:46,100
Behold the hour is at hand and
the son of man is betrayed into

689
00:43:46,100 –> 00:43:49,700
the hands of sinners.
That’s actually better rendered

690
00:43:49,700 –> 00:43:52,300
with question marks sleep on
now.

691
00:43:52,600 –> 00:43:56,400
And take your rest behold.
This the hour is at hand and the

692
00:43:56,400 –> 00:43:59,000
son of man is betrayed into the
hands of sinners.

693
00:44:00,300 –> 00:44:05,000
Jesus had told them to watch and
to pray before he had recognized

694
00:44:05,000 –> 00:44:07,900
that they had the desire to do.
The right thing, he was

695
00:44:07,900 –> 00:44:11,700
compassionate, he was empathetic
to what they were facing but

696
00:44:11,700 –> 00:44:15,200
there was a level of urgency
that they needed to act that

697
00:44:15,200 –> 00:44:19,100
they needed to pay attention.
It’s a great balance for us to

698
00:44:19,100 –> 00:44:22,200
try to strike in our own lives
as we’re working with our

699
00:44:22,200 –> 00:44:26,700
families and with each other to
have a compassion.

700
00:44:27,700 –> 00:44:31,300
But to also have this sense of
urgency that the Lord was able

701
00:44:31,300 –> 00:44:36,200
to display of where Jesus
himself though, he was sweating

702
00:44:36,200 –> 00:44:39,600
as it were great drops of blood,
from what we read in Luke 22,

703
00:44:39,600 –> 00:44:42,700
and verse 44.
Such was The Agony and the

704
00:44:42,700 –> 00:44:47,500
intensity of his prayer.
But he was still able to come

705
00:44:47,500 –> 00:44:51,600
back and to be compassionate to
those who didn’t have the

706
00:44:51,600 –> 00:44:54,500
stamina to continue to press
forward.

707
00:44:55,900 –> 00:45:01,300
But we’re told that it’s at this
point, when Judas shows up, when

708
00:45:01,300 –> 00:45:04,700
the multitude arrives on the
scene and Peter, and the others

709
00:45:04,700 –> 00:45:07,400
are startled out of sleep, and
you can imagine Peter, rubbing

710
00:45:07,400 –> 00:45:10,400
his eyes as things were
illuminated by the glow of

711
00:45:10,400 –> 00:45:12,900
torches.
And as he rubbed the sleep out

712
00:45:12,900 –> 00:45:17,400
of his eyes, he would see men
with swords and clubs and he

713
00:45:17,400 –> 00:45:22,300
would realize the Gentiles and
Jews were combining their power

714
00:45:22,300 –> 00:45:25,500
against the son of man.
He would rise quickly to the

715
00:45:25,500 –> 00:45:29,300
side of his Lord.
And as he tried to take in, what

716
00:45:29,300 –> 00:45:32,700
was happening, a familiar figure
would step forward out of the

717
00:45:32,700 –> 00:45:37,000
crowd, and he would recognize
him as Judas.

718
00:45:38,200 –> 00:45:41,900
It’s Judas kissed his master to
Mark him out as the one that

719
00:45:41,900 –> 00:45:46,600
they should take into custody.
People step forward to apprehend

720
00:45:46,600 –> 00:45:51,100
the Lord and Peter acted
instinctively taking the sword.

721
00:45:51,100 –> 00:45:54,400
That was in his hand and
wielding it toward one of the

722
00:45:54,400 –> 00:45:57,200
individuals.
And as that individual moved to

723
00:45:57,200 –> 00:46:00,200
the side to evade the blow, it
caught his ear.

724
00:46:00,700 –> 00:46:05,100
And severed, the right ear of
malchus, high priests servant.

725
00:46:06,100 –> 00:46:10,900
But Jesus rebuked Peter and he
healed the servant.

726
00:46:11,600 –> 00:46:14,800
He told Peter that this wasn’t
the time that those who live by

727
00:46:14,800 –> 00:46:19,000
the sword will die by the sword.
But Peter had been professing,

728
00:46:19,000 –> 00:46:22,600
his loyalty to his Lord.
Peter’s loyalty had been

729
00:46:22,600 –> 00:46:25,000
doubted.
You said I’m not willing to die

730
00:46:25,000 –> 00:46:26,600
with you.
Well, here I am.

731
00:46:26,600 –> 00:46:29,700
I’m willing to die with you.
Peter was completely

732
00:46:29,700 –> 00:46:32,200
outnumbered.
There was no chance of survival,

733
00:46:32,500 –> 00:46:35,700
but Peter was stepping forward
to defend his Lord.

734
00:46:37,300 –> 00:46:39,400
But was he really defending his
Lord here?

735
00:46:41,000 –> 00:46:45,400
Or was he defending himself?
Was he defending his own

736
00:46:45,400 –> 00:46:50,500
assertions of loyalty?
In acting in a way that his Lord

737
00:46:50,500 –> 00:46:54,500
would not condone.
In a way that wasn’t supported

738
00:46:54,900 –> 00:46:59,100
by his Lord’s teachings.
Peter’s, loyalty had been

739
00:46:59,100 –> 00:47:01,800
questioned, his Readiness had
been questioned.

740
00:47:01,800 –> 00:47:03,800
His conversion had been
questioned.

741
00:47:04,900 –> 00:47:08,600
And though Peter began with the
motivation of Defending, his

742
00:47:08,600 –> 00:47:11,600
Lord of being by his Lord’s
Side.

743
00:47:12,500 –> 00:47:16,700
Those motives were hijacked and
he found himself acting in a way

744
00:47:16,700 –> 00:47:20,500
of where he was defending self
instead of his Lord.

745
00:47:21,800 –> 00:47:25,800
It’s worth asking ourselves that
question, when situations arise,

746
00:47:25,800 –> 00:47:29,600
we may enter in with good
motivation, but when the

747
00:47:29,607 –> 00:47:33,800
situation becomes emotionally
charged and we feel threatened

748
00:47:34,600 –> 00:47:38,900
and fight or flight kicks in, Do
we behave instinctively?

749
00:47:39,900 –> 00:47:42,900
Or do we behave according to the
principles that our Lord

750
00:47:42,900 –> 00:47:45,700
teaches?
This would have been a lesson

751
00:47:45,700 –> 00:47:49,800
that Peter never forgot.
And it’s a question worth asking

752
00:47:49,800 –> 00:47:54,200
ourselves in those situations.
Are we defending our Lord?

753
00:47:55,000 –> 00:47:56,900
Where are we defending
ourselves?

754
00:47:57,800 –> 00:48:01,800
Are we standing with our Lord by
conducting ourselves with

755
00:48:01,800 –> 00:48:04,300
behavior?
That’s in alignment with his

756
00:48:04,300 –> 00:48:07,700
teachings?
What Peter found here was that

757
00:48:07,700 –> 00:48:12,200
he was very confused.
Peter didn’t know what was

758
00:48:12,200 –> 00:48:14,800
taking place.
He didn’t completely forsake the

759
00:48:14,800 –> 00:48:20,900
Lord but with this communication
by Jesus, the disciples all ran

760
00:48:20,900 –> 00:48:26,700
away, they fled But Peter,
followed from afar, he followed

761
00:48:26,700 –> 00:48:30,200
from a distance as we read,
Matthew, 26 and verse 58

762
00:48:30,900 –> 00:48:34,000
somewhere along the way as Peter
was following from a distance,

763
00:48:34,700 –> 00:48:38,500
he connected with John and John
18 and verse 15 and they

764
00:48:38,500 –> 00:48:41,000
followed Jesus to the house of
the high priest.

765
00:48:41,700 –> 00:48:45,100
And as they arrived at the house
of the high priest, John was

766
00:48:45,100 –> 00:48:49,500
able to go in and Peter was
later LED in by John since John

767
00:48:49,500 –> 00:48:52,200
had connections with In The
House of the high priest.

768
00:48:53,300 –> 00:48:56,900
And we read the very cryptic
words in Matthew 26 and verse

769
00:48:56,900 –> 00:49:00,200
58.
That Peter goes into sit with

770
00:49:00,200 –> 00:49:03,700
the Servants of the high priest
to see the end.

771
00:49:05,200 –> 00:49:07,900
And you just read that phrase
that he was going in to see the

772
00:49:07,900 –> 00:49:12,900
end and allow it to sink in.
How were things going to end up

773
00:49:13,400 –> 00:49:17,700
for his master?
But where is Peter at presently?

774
00:49:18,300 –> 00:49:20,700
He’s sitting with the Servants
of the high priest.

775
00:49:20,700 –> 00:49:26,300
He’s no longer with the Lord.
He’s following from afar off

776
00:49:26,900 –> 00:49:33,000
waiting to see the end.
Will Peter finds himself by a

777
00:49:33,000 –> 00:49:36,300
fire?
Warming himself on this cold

778
00:49:36,300 –> 00:49:39,300
night.
Peter doubtless was tired.

779
00:49:41,500 –> 00:49:45,400
Anxiety was high.
And I’m sure that.

780
00:49:46,800 –> 00:49:52,300
He wasn’t quite sure what to do.
Well, Peter sits by this fire.

781
00:49:53,900 –> 00:49:56,300
And it wasn’t long before he was
recognized.

782
00:49:57,000 –> 00:50:01,400
We’re told in Luke 22 and verse
56, that a made earnestly looked

783
00:50:01,600 –> 00:50:06,500
on Peter as he sat by the fire.
She was trying to place Peter,

784
00:50:06,500 –> 00:50:10,300
she had seen him before and
finally she recognizes him and

785
00:50:10,300 –> 00:50:13,700
says, ah yes, this one was with
Jesus.

786
00:50:15,700 –> 00:50:18,800
But Peter denies that he knows
him and Luke 22.

787
00:50:18,800 –> 00:50:22,700
And verse 57, I don’t know him.
Not only was he denying that he

788
00:50:22,700 –> 00:50:27,500
was with Jesus, but he was
denying that he even knew Jesus.

789
00:50:28,900 –> 00:50:35,400
Just like the Lord had said, In
Matthew 26 and verse 7 or 70,

790
00:50:35,400 –> 00:50:38,200
rather we’re told that Peter
denied before them.

791
00:50:38,200 –> 00:50:42,000
All he said it to all around
them and even though Peter had

792
00:50:42,000 –> 00:50:45,900
said earlier though all should
forsake thee yet, will not.

793
00:50:45,900 –> 00:50:53,200
I now, Peter is forsaking Jesus
before all it’s at this point

794
00:50:53,200 –> 00:50:58,500
that the cock crows for the
first time, a couple hours

795
00:50:58,500 –> 00:51:02,700
passed by Peter moves around in
the scene and the high priests

796
00:51:02,700 –> 00:51:08,600
house. but he’s warming himself
Again by the fire and now he’s

797
00:51:08,600 –> 00:51:14,200
noticed again this time he’s
noticed a second time And he

798
00:51:14,200 –> 00:51:18,100
professes again that he doesn’t
know the Lord a third time.

799
00:51:18,100 –> 00:51:20,800
Finally, he’s recognized by
somebody.

800
00:51:20,800 –> 00:51:24,000
Who knew the individual whose
ear he had cut off.

801
00:51:25,100 –> 00:51:29,500
And Peter reverts back to being
the Galilean fishermen cursing

802
00:51:30,000 –> 00:51:35,400
and swearing proclaiming that he
didn’t even know who Jesus was.

803
00:51:36,900 –> 00:51:39,100
when you take a look at the
events that were happening at

804
00:51:39,100 –> 00:51:45,100
this point in time, this third
denial that Peter did would have

805
00:51:45,100 –> 00:51:49,200
been right around the same time
that Jesus was ultimately

806
00:51:49,200 –> 00:51:55,600
convicted, the high priest was
tearing His Garment Jesus would

807
00:51:55,600 –> 00:51:57,200
have been buffeted at this
point.

808
00:51:58,000 –> 00:51:59,600
You would have been hit in the
face.

809
00:52:00,500 –> 00:52:03,900
Wounds would have been swelling
in the Lord’s cheeks.

810
00:52:04,500 –> 00:52:08,000
His face would have been red
with the abuse that he was

811
00:52:08,000 –> 00:52:11,400
suffering.
And Peter was watching.

812
00:52:11,800 –> 00:52:17,100
He was waiting to see the end.
And as he made this final

813
00:52:17,100 –> 00:52:21,800
Proclamation, the Lord turned
and looked upon Peter.

814
00:52:23,700 –> 00:52:27,200
And it tells us that when he
looked upon Peter, this is the

815
00:52:27,200 –> 00:52:31,000
same phrase that was used
initially in John 10 verse 42,

816
00:52:31,000 –> 00:52:33,600
when Jesus was first introduced
to Peter.

817
00:52:33,600 –> 00:52:37,900
It means looking at somebody not
necessarily with the eyes but

818
00:52:37,900 –> 00:52:42,200
looking at him with the mind he
was looking straight through

819
00:52:42,200 –> 00:52:45,900
Peter, he was looking straight
into him.

820
00:52:47,000 –> 00:52:50,300
And when you look at the house
of the high priest, you can see

821
00:52:50,300 –> 00:52:54,400
that the layout be shown here.
Peter would have been standing

822
00:52:54,400 –> 00:52:58,200
in the courtyard.
And historians, tell us that

823
00:52:58,200 –> 00:53:01,800
from the courtyard, you would be
able to see into the reception

824
00:53:01,800 –> 00:53:04,400
hall where the trial was taking
place.

825
00:53:05,500 –> 00:53:09,300
And it could have been as little
as 20 feet as to the distance

826
00:53:09,400 –> 00:53:14,500
between Peter and Jesus.
And you wonder what expression

827
00:53:14,500 –> 00:53:17,700
would have been on the Lord’s
face as he looked at Peter.

828
00:53:17,800 –> 00:53:21,000
This is a view of looking
through the two doorways of

829
00:53:21,000 –> 00:53:24,200
where Peter could have been
standing as the Lord was

830
00:53:24,200 –> 00:53:27,800
condemned and as the Lord would
have heard, Peter cursing.

831
00:53:27,800 –> 00:53:31,900
And swearing, he would have
turned to look upon Peter.

832
00:53:33,300 –> 00:53:36,900
But it wouldn’t have been a face
of anger.

833
00:53:38,600 –> 00:53:40,500
It would have been a face of
understanding.

834
00:53:41,900 –> 00:53:43,900
Of a desire to see Peter through
it.

835
00:53:45,500 –> 00:53:50,300
That now, Peter having seen that
he wasn’t ready, would be able

836
00:53:50,300 –> 00:53:53,600
to be converted.
And that though, he had fallen

837
00:53:53,600 –> 00:53:59,100
here, that he wouldn’t
ultimately fail, Jesus needed

838
00:53:59,100 –> 00:54:02,700
Peter to get through this.
And even though Jesus was in the

839
00:54:02,700 –> 00:54:07,200
midst of this immense trial and
his own life, he could still

840
00:54:07,200 –> 00:54:09,600
turn and look upon Peter with
compassion.

841
00:54:10,900 –> 00:54:16,100
And with the two of them locking
eyes, what was next, what more

842
00:54:16,100 –> 00:54:18,600
could Peter do at this point?
What more could he say?

843
00:54:19,900 –> 00:54:23,800
He’d said enough for the evening
and as he looked into the eyes

844
00:54:23,800 –> 00:54:25,700
of his Lord, locked eyes with
him.

845
00:54:26,700 –> 00:54:30,800
The gays became too much.
And Peter ran away.

846
00:54:32,400 –> 00:54:36,000
Peter wasn’t with his Lord.
He wasn’t with the crowd.

847
00:54:37,000 –> 00:54:41,300
He wasn’t with anyone.
Peter was weeping bitterly

848
00:54:42,000 –> 00:54:45,400
inconsolably at the denial of
his Lord.

849
00:54:46,100 –> 00:54:50,200
His Lord was right.
He wasn’t ready his confidence

850
00:54:50,200 –> 00:54:52,100
in his own faith in his own
abilities.

851
00:54:52,700 –> 00:54:58,300
Had failed him There’s times
like this in our own lives, but

852
00:54:58,300 –> 00:55:02,500
when we don’t behave in the way
that we want to behave and we’re

853
00:55:02,500 –> 00:55:07,300
God helps us to see and his
Mercy that we’re not really as

854
00:55:07,300 –> 00:55:10,200
far along.
As we’d like to be, we can

855
00:55:10,200 –> 00:55:13,000
relate to Peter’s feelings here
and how he denied the Lord that

856
00:55:13,000 –> 00:55:17,000
he wasn’t fully converted yet.
That he was putting his strength

857
00:55:17,000 –> 00:55:20,300
in himself.
And in a time of stress, he

858
00:55:20,300 –> 00:55:24,300
reverted back to an old way of
life to Old behaviors that were

859
00:55:24,300 –> 00:55:29,500
before his baptism that were
before, when he had decided to

860
00:55:29,500 –> 00:55:33,800
follow Jesus, what is our style
under stress?

861
00:55:34,500 –> 00:55:39,000
Who do we become in the moments?
That matter the most situations

862
00:55:39,000 –> 00:55:42,100
that are heated with our
families situations, with our

863
00:55:42,100 –> 00:55:45,700
brothers and sisters, It’s easy
to become people, we don’t want

864
00:55:45,700 –> 00:55:50,100
to be to lash out or to
disengage and become despondent.

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So next time that we respond
poorly, try to ask ourselves

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00:55:54,900 –> 00:55:58,500
this question of, who do I
become when it matters the most?

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00:55:58,500 –> 00:56:02,700
When I’m stressed out or tired
out, do I show others that I’m

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00:56:02,700 –> 00:56:06,800
with Jesus and my willing to
Proclaim my connection, to

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00:56:06,800 –> 00:56:10,600
Jesus, to my co-workers, to
others, who I come in contact

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00:56:10,600 –> 00:56:13,400
with.
Do they know that?

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00:56:13,400 –> 00:56:17,000
I know Jesus.
Who am I standing with?

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00:56:19,000 –> 00:56:23,300
Are we really standing with
Christ or are we standing afar

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00:56:23,300 –> 00:56:26,400
off?
It’s a hard question for us to

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00:56:26,400 –> 00:56:29,600
answer but so much of it depends
on where we put our confidence

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00:56:30,200 –> 00:56:33,800
and when our foundation is
shaken, that’s the opportunity

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00:56:33,800 –> 00:56:36,500
for us to realize that this is
the time to grow.

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00:56:37,400 –> 00:56:40,400
We’re told by Peter and First
Peter, 1 verse 7 that the trial

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00:56:40,400 –> 00:56:43,400
of your faith being much more
precious than of gold that

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00:56:43,400 –> 00:56:46,800
perisheth there would be tried
with fire might be found unto

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00:56:46,800 –> 00:56:51,300
praise and honor and Glory at
the appearing of Jesus Christ.

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00:56:52,400 –> 00:56:54,400
Peter’s Faith was being
intensely.

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00:56:54,400 –> 00:56:57,500
Tried as he stood by the fire of
coals.

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00:56:58,300 –> 00:57:02,800
And perhaps our faith is being
tried over these number of weeks

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00:57:03,100 –> 00:57:05,600
of where we are being put to the
test.

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00:57:06,300 –> 00:57:09,400
And it’s so important for us
that we continue to view this as

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00:57:09,400 –> 00:57:13,900
our wake-up call to come to our
senses and to look inwardly to

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00:57:13,900 –> 00:57:17,100
look at our lives, in the
context of the Lord Jesus

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00:57:17,100 –> 00:57:20,500
Christ.
And as hard as it is, to be

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00:57:20,500 –> 00:57:23,200
thankful for the times.
When God, Reveals to us that we

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00:57:23,200 –> 00:57:27,500
have work to do because where
there’s life, There’s Hope.

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00:57:28,100 –> 00:57:30,700
And when we’re on this side of
the Kingdom, we have an

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00:57:30,700 –> 00:57:34,500
opportunity to make the changes
that need to be made because we

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00:57:34,500 –> 00:57:36,500
don’t want to come to our
senses.

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00:57:36,800 –> 00:57:40,900
When that final, trumpet blast
sounds and slices through the

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00:57:40,900 –> 00:57:44,500
daily Affairs of life, to help
us wake up and to realize that

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00:57:44,500 –> 00:57:48,400
we need to change.
We don’t want to wait until our

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00:57:48,400 –> 00:57:54,100
Lord returns and so when these
wake-up calls come it’s helpful

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00:57:54,100 –> 00:57:58,200
for us to heed the warning
because it’s not about if we

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00:57:58,200 –> 00:58:03,300
fail, it’s when we fail, it’s
when we falter and how it is

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00:58:03,300 –> 00:58:06,700
that, we’re going to respond.
Because as we’re told in 2nd

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00:58:06,700 –> 00:58:13,400
Corinthians 7 and verse 10 Godly
sorrow, Works repentance, And

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00:58:13,400 –> 00:58:17,700
so, from this point forward,
we’re out of time, but what we

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00:58:17,700 –> 00:58:22,500
find is that Jesus continued to
work with everybody, he

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00:58:22,500 –> 00:58:25,100
continued to work to the very
end with Judas.

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00:58:25,400 –> 00:58:28,600
Even the person that would
betray him, showing him love

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00:58:29,600 –> 00:58:32,800
when Jesus was derided and
mocked, he didn’t return the

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00:58:32,800 –> 00:58:37,300
same to others, as he walked to
Golgotha Jesus.

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00:58:37,300 –> 00:58:39,300
Collapsed under the weight of
the cross.

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00:58:39,700 –> 00:58:42,500
A three-and-a-half-year Ministry
of self-sacrifice.

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00:58:43,100 –> 00:58:46,700
And a full night of abuse had
left him, fully depleted of his

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00:58:46,700 –> 00:58:51,100
physical strength.
Despite this Jesus was able to

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00:58:51,100 –> 00:58:54,900
turn into looked with compassion
to the women who were weeping

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00:58:55,500 –> 00:58:59,300
and to express compassion for
them, even though he was the one

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00:58:59,300 –> 00:59:03,500
that was presently suffered.
As Jesus was crucified, he

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00:59:03,500 –> 00:59:07,200
prayed for forgiveness for those
crucifying him and when the

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00:59:07,200 –> 00:59:10,500
thieves reviled him he offered
them comfort.

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00:59:11,700 –> 00:59:14,700
When he saw his mother Weeping
at the foot of the cross, he

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00:59:14,700 –> 00:59:19,200
appointed John to care for her
in his absence before he died.

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00:59:19,900 –> 00:59:23,900
He quoted Psalm 22 to raise the
minds of those around him to

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00:59:23,900 –> 00:59:28,800
God, And even in his death, a
Roman Centurion was led to

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00:59:28,800 –> 00:59:32,000
declare truly.
This was the son of God.

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00:59:33,200 –> 00:59:36,500
And it’s by his great work that
we have the amazing opportunity

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00:59:36,500 –> 00:59:40,100
extended to us.
We may find that our present

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00:59:40,100 –> 00:59:44,000
circumstances.
Leave us in a position of where

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00:59:44,000 –> 00:59:47,100
we’re struggling.
We might relate to the feelings

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00:59:47,100 –> 00:59:50,400
at the Last Supper of where we
find ourselves arguing with our

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00:59:50,400 –> 00:59:52,100
loved ones.
While our Master is trying to

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00:59:52,100 –> 00:59:55,700
prepare us, Or perhaps we can
relate the feelings of

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00:59:55,700 –> 00:59:59,100
Gethsemane Desiring to watch
earnestly into pray.

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00:59:59,100 –> 01:00:04,500
As we see the signs around us
happening, but feeling fatigued,

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01:00:05,100 –> 01:00:10,700
lacking motivation, feeling
depressed, That the spirit is

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01:00:10,700 –> 01:00:16,200
willing, but the flesh is weak.
Perhaps we can relate at the

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01:00:16,200 –> 01:00:20,500
time of the arrest of where we
feel like we’re performing at

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01:00:20,500 –> 01:00:24,300
our worst.
When it matters, most faltering

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01:00:24,300 –> 01:00:29,300
when we feel stressed out Max
down or burn down finding that

936
01:00:29,300 –> 01:00:33,900
we lash out at others.
In despair or anger or

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01:00:33,900 –> 01:00:37,400
frustration instead of properly
representing our Lord.

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01:00:38,600 –> 01:00:40,800
Or perhaps we can relate to
Peter in the house of the high

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01:00:40,800 –> 01:00:44,700
priest realizing that at times,
our Behavior doesn’t demonstrate

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01:00:44,700 –> 01:00:48,000
that we’re standing with our
Lord that were only following

941
01:00:48,000 –> 01:00:54,400
him from afar off.
Waiting to see the end being a

942
01:00:54,400 –> 01:00:56,800
spectator, instead of a
disciple.

943
01:00:57,900 –> 01:01:02,400
Perhaps our behaviors can deny
that we even know our Lord as we

944
01:01:02,400 –> 01:01:06,800
revert back to old habits.
But it’s at times like this that

945
01:01:06,800 –> 01:01:10,000
our Lord is reaching into our
lives, to help us be converted

946
01:01:10,000 –> 01:01:14,500
to turn to him and conversion is
difficult, it’s painful, but

947
01:01:14,500 –> 01:01:16,500
it’s fully possible in God’s
strength.

948
01:01:16,800 –> 01:01:20,700
If we’re willing to Humble
ourselves and to return to him,

949
01:01:21,700 –> 01:01:25,600
God is working with each of us
in these last days to convert US

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01:01:26,300 –> 01:01:29,500
to get us to change, to make the
transformational changes that

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01:01:29,500 –> 01:01:33,000
are necessary.
In his words ring, true today.

952
01:01:33,400 –> 01:01:36,600
Just as they did, then that We
are converted.

953
01:01:37,100 –> 01:01:38,600
We need to strengthen our
brethren.

954
01:01:38,600 –> 01:01:41,900
We need to reach out to each
other, to help each other

955
01:01:41,900 –> 01:01:45,300
through the trials that we face.
And though our Lord

956
01:01:45,300 –> 01:01:49,300
accomplished, this Grace work
almost 2,000 years ago, it’s

957
01:01:49,300 –> 01:01:53,300
just as powerful today.
As it was, then Jesus Christ the

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01:01:53,300 –> 01:01:56,600
same yesterday today and
forever.

959
01:01:56,600 –> 01:02:01,000
As we read in Hebrews 13 and
verse 8, the last day of Jesus

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01:02:01,000 –> 01:02:04,600
life was really spent in the
same way that every other day of

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01:02:04,600 –> 01:02:08,900
his life was spent serving
others even to the end.

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01:02:09,700 –> 01:02:13,400
And so, as we reflect on this
day, the last day of our Lord’s

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01:02:13,400 –> 01:02:18,300
life, how will we decide to live
more like Jesus?

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01:02:33,900 –> 01:02:36,100
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01:02:36,100 –> 01:02:38,900
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01:02:38,900 –> 01:02:41,100
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