Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 368.<\/p>\n
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\nEngland, under the theme of At
\nthe Breaking of Bread. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is his first of his studies
\nentitled. <\/p>\n
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\nIn remembrance of me and we have
\nread, just read Luke chapter 22 <\/p>\n
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\nverse 15 to 19 for the Johnny
\nplease. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, brothers and sisters, in
\nfear that your lunch and the <\/p>\n
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\nafternoon notorious hour for
\ndrifting off to sleep takes over<\/p>\n
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\nyou, I’m going to begin by
\nasking you to use your <\/p>\n
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\nimagination for a moment.
\nI know that’s a tall order right<\/p>\n
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\nat the beginning of our
\nsessions, but I have confidence <\/p>\n
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\nthat you have the capacity to do
\nit. <\/p>\n
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\nI want to use your imagination,
\nand I want you to imagine, first<\/p>\n
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\nof all, that you are an
\nIsraelite. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re a member of an Israelite
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re living in the land of
\nGoshen in Egypt, and it’s <\/p>\n
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\nPassover night.
\nBut more than that, you’re not <\/p>\n
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\njust any member of the family.
\nYou are the first born in your <\/p>\n
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\nfamily and it’s Passover night.
\nAnd I just want you, if you can,<\/p>\n
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\njust for a moment or two, to
\nstand in the sandals of the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst born member of your
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
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\nI don’t know how many of you are
\nfirst borns. <\/p>\n
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\nMaybe for some of you, you’ll
\nhave to really use your <\/p>\n
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\nimagination.
\nFor some of you who will come <\/p>\n
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\nmore naturally.
\nI’m not the first born in my <\/p>\n
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\nhouse, so I’m in that category
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\nI don’t want you to think what
\nit would have been like on <\/p>\n
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\nPassover night to have been the
\nfirst born in your family. <\/p>\n
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\nJust just think for a moment of
\nall the experiences you’ve been <\/p>\n
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\nthrough and all the things that
\nyou’ve seen. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve seen the river Nile
\nflowing with blood. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve seen frogs like the earth
\nhas never seen. <\/p>\n
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\nFrogs jumping out of cupboards
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\nthe the mugs on the table.
\nFrogs just that you would never <\/p>\n
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\nhave seen had it not been for
\nthe finger of God. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve seen lice crawling
\neverywhere. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve seen flies more than even
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\nNational Park.
\nFlies that you would never have <\/p>\n
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\nnormally seen but were it for
\nthe finger of God. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve seen hailstones that
\ncould strip trees and take life.<\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve seen cattle dying with
\nwith plagues and diseases. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve seen swarms of locusts
\ncoming across the country and <\/p>\n
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\njust taking what was left.
\nYou’ve seen the men and women of<\/p>\n
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\nEgypt suffering with boils from
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\nYou’ve you’ve experienced and
\nwitnessed the darkness that the <\/p>\n
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\nBible says could be touched and
\nfelt for its thickness. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now you’ve seen Moses come
\nout from the court of Pharaoh <\/p>\n
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\nfor the last time.
\nAnd Moses has come and had a <\/p>\n
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\nmeeting with the elders of your
\ntribes and with the elders of <\/p>\n
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\nyour families and explained that
\nhe’s not going to go in and see <\/p>\n
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\nPharaoh anymore.
\nThis is it. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the last one.
\nI don’t know whether you would <\/p>\n
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\nhave believed Moses or not.
\nI imagine if you were the first <\/p>\n
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\nborn in your home, it wouldn’t
\nreally make a difference. <\/p>\n
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\nYou were going to listen pretty
\ncarefully now as Moses explained<\/p>\n
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\nwhat this last plague was going
\nto be on Egypt. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in fact, God had said to
\nMoses when he met him at the <\/p>\n
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\nburning Bush, however many years
\nit was prior that if Pharaoh <\/p>\n
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\nrefused to let Israel go, who
\nGod regarded as his first born <\/p>\n
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\nson, then Pharaoh was going to
\npay with the life of his first <\/p>\n
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\nborn son.
\nAnd now that day had come and <\/p>\n
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\nMoses was given the instructions
\nto the elders of your tribes and<\/p>\n
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\nthe elders of your families,
\nbecause your first born son was <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be taken as well.
\nAnd if you were the first born <\/p>\n
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\nson in your family, it was your
\nlife that was now going to pay <\/p>\n
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\nthe price of freedom for the
\nfamilies of Israel to be <\/p>\n
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\nredeemed from from Israel unless
\nin faith you followed the <\/p>\n
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\ninstructions of Moses and you
\ntook the lamb and you took its <\/p>\n
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\nblood and painted it around the
\ndoorposts and the lentil of your<\/p>\n
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\nhome.
\nAnd I imagine you would watch <\/p>\n
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\npretty carefully as you watched
\nyour father. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you were the first born in
\nyour family, taking that lamb, <\/p>\n
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\ntaking its blood and painting it
\naround the doorposts of your <\/p>\n
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\nhouse, sharing the meal
\ntogether, I wonder how well you <\/p>\n
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\nwould have slept on Passover
\nnight if you’d been the first <\/p>\n
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\nborn in in your family.
\nI I can tell you, I’m one of <\/p>\n
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\nthose people who can sleep
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\nYou give me a pillow and I can
\ndrop off pretty much instantly. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I can tell you if I’d have
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\non Passover night, I’m not sure
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\nstraightforward.
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\nwondering why of all the things
\nGod could have done to redeem <\/p>\n
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\nhis people from slavery and from
\nbondage in Egypt? <\/p>\n
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\nThat the blood of this lamb
\nwould be the method. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy, of all the things God could
\nhave employed, was He asking <\/p>\n
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\nyour Father to take this method,
\nthis option for, for the sign, <\/p>\n
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\nfor the, for the memory, for the
\ntoken of redemption? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy of all the things God could
\nhave done, this was the one. <\/p>\n
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\nNevertheless, you watched him
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\nthrough the ritual, doing the
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\ndescribed.
\nAnd I guess it would only be <\/p>\n
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\nwhen morning began to break the
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\nThat you began to realise the
\nawesome nature of what had been <\/p>\n
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\nachieved for you by God when you
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\nknow, you pinched yourself, you
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\nalive.
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\ncheck the families, because
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\nlived in, in extended families,
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\nAnd they went to check that no
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\nborn either.
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\nthe cries from every home in
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\nPharaoh himself, that you
\nrealise the price God had paid <\/p>\n
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\nfor your freedom.
\nThere wasn’t a home in Egypt <\/p>\n
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\nwhere not one had lost their
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\nI don’t know how you would feel
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\nAnd sisters, for those of you
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\nstreets round where you live, I
\nmean, nobody wants to pay the <\/p>\n
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\nprice of freedom with your own
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\nBut how, if it was one of your
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\nit was under their children, who
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\nyour freedom?
\nWould would that feel better? <\/p>\n
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\nHow would you feel about that?
\nAnd and there wasn’t a there <\/p>\n
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\nwasn’t one house in Egypt that
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\nmember of their family in order
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\nfreedom.
\nAnd, and you began gathering <\/p>\n
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\nyour things together and, and
\nMoses began arranging the people<\/p>\n
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\nin their ranks of fives and 10’s
\nand 50s and hundreds with what <\/p>\n
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\nbelongings they could gather
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\njourney down towards the Red
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\nAnd I just wonder if you can
\nimagine, Brent, this is the <\/p>\n
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\natmosphere that would have been
\namongst the the men and women of<\/p>\n
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\nIsrael as they as they look back
\non those homes in Goshen for for<\/p>\n
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\nwhom almost all of their lives,
\nthey’d never known anything <\/p>\n
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\nelse.
\nThey’d never known anything but <\/p>\n
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\nslave lives there in those those
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\nThat’s where they’d lived.
\nThat’s all they’d known. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s where they’d grown up.
\nThat’s where they’d heard the <\/p>\n
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\nstories of Abraham and Isaac and
\nJacob just running down their <\/p>\n
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\ngenerations.
\nAnd now in some way or another, <\/p>\n
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\nit was now coming to pass in
\ntheir time in their lives, in <\/p>\n
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\nthe lives of their families.
\nAnd as they look back at for the<\/p>\n
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\nlast time at that that slave
\nhome, knowing they were never <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to see it ever again,
\nmaybe they would begin to wonder<\/p>\n
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\nwhy of all the things God could
\nhave done to pay the price for <\/p>\n
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\ntheir freedom, this had been the
\nmethod. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd maybe some of those stories
\nwould begin to come back to them<\/p>\n
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\nthat they’d heard in Sunday
\nschool and they’d grown up with.<\/p>\n
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\nMaybe they would remember the
\ntime when Abraham had been asked<\/p>\n
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\nto take his son and offer him as
\na sacrifice. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd do you remember the
\nconversation Abraham and Isaac <\/p>\n
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\nhad had?
\nIt would have been in all of <\/p>\n
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\ntheir Sunday school stories.
\nAs they arrived at the top of <\/p>\n
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\nthe mountain and do you remember
\nIsaac posed his his father a <\/p>\n
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\nquestion.
\nFather, I see we have the wood <\/p>\n
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\nand the fire for the offering,
\nbut where is the lamb? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you might remember Abraham’s
\nreply. <\/p>\n
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\nMy son, God will provide himself
\na lamb for the offering. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it was now as if on a mass
\nscale, the offering that I, <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham and Isaac, had gone
\nthrough together was now being <\/p>\n
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\nfulfilled in the lives of the
\nmen and women of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nGod had provided a lamb, and it
\nhad been the blood of that lamb <\/p>\n
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\nthat had paid the price for your
\nfreedom. <\/p>\n
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\nYou personally, specifically the
\nfirst born, the one who should <\/p>\n
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\nhave given his life for the
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was your personal life that
\nhad been spared, not just the <\/p>\n
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\nlife of your family, but yours
\nvery personally and very <\/p>\n
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\nspecifically had not had to be
\ngiven so that the rest of your <\/p>\n
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\nfamily could be spared and could
\nnow walk free and make their way<\/p>\n
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\ndown to the water of the Red
\nSea. <\/p>\n
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\nOr what a night that would have
\nbeen as they all began to arrive<\/p>\n
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\non the on the shores of the Red
\nSea. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it just looked for a moment,
\nactually, like everything was <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be lost.
\nThey were hemmed in on either <\/p>\n
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\nside with mountains.
\nThere was the Red Sea in front <\/p>\n
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\nof them.
\nAnd they heard, all of a sudden,<\/p>\n
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\nin the background, the chariot
\nwheels of Pharaoh making one <\/p>\n
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\nlast attempt to recover his
\nlosses as he made his way. <\/p>\n
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\nDown to the Red Sea and they
\ncould see the cloud of dust <\/p>\n
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\ncoming, and now they would
\nwitness another great window <\/p>\n
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\nThat was the rules back there in<\/p>\n
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\nExodus 12.
\nIn Exodus 13, it was a family <\/p>\n
340
\n00:18:05,240 –> 00:18:07,360
\noccasion.
\nAnd what I want you to notice <\/p>\n
341
\n00:18:07,360 –> 00:18:10,360
\nhere in Mark 14 is that the
\ndisciples make no presumption <\/p>\n
342
\n00:18:10,800 –> 00:18:12,520
\nthat they’re going to be part of
\nthat family. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:18:12,880 –> 00:18:17,040
\nWhere wilt thou that we go and
\nprepare that thou mayest eat the<\/p>\n
344
\n00:18:17,040 –> 00:18:18,680
\nPassover?
\nThey don’t say, where do you <\/p>\n
345
\n00:18:18,680 –> 00:18:21,200
\nwant us to go and prepare for
\nall of us to eat the Passover. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:18:21,480 –> 00:18:23,240
\nThey say, Lord, we know you’re
\nreally busy. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:18:23,360 –> 00:18:26,680
\nYou’re not going to get chance
\nat this rate to be having a <\/p>\n
348
\n00:18:26,680 –> 00:18:28,200
\nPassover meal.
\nWhere do you want us to go and <\/p>\n
349
\n00:18:28,200 –> 00:18:33,200
\nprepare so that you can have
\nsomewhere to share Passover and <\/p>\n
350
\n00:18:33,200 –> 00:18:35,440
\nthey make no presumption to be
\npart of the family. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:18:36,920 –> 00:18:39,360
\nWelcome down to verse 15.
\nWhat what was the Lord’s <\/p>\n
352
\n00:18:39,360 –> 00:18:43,960
\nresponse?
\nHe gave Peter and John, as you <\/p>\n
353
\n00:18:43,960 –> 00:18:47,280
\nknow, the instructions and he
\nsays you, the man who you follow<\/p>\n
354
\n00:18:47,280 –> 00:18:51,800
\nwill show you a large upper room
\nfurnished and prepared there <\/p>\n
355
\n00:18:51,800 –> 00:18:55,280
\nmake ready for us.
\nIsn’t that lovely? <\/p>\n
356
\n00:18:56,600 –> 00:18:59,400
\nJesus says, don’t worry, I I
\nknow you’re not expecting to be <\/p>\n
357
\n00:18:59,400 –> 00:19:01,840
\nsharing this meal with me
\nbecause I’m supposed to be <\/p>\n
358
\n00:19:01,840 –> 00:19:06,320
\nsharing it with my family, but
\nyou’re my family and we’re going<\/p>\n
359
\n00:19:06,320 –> 00:19:09,680
\nto be sharing this meal together
\nand I’ve made special provision <\/p>\n
360
\n00:19:09,680 –> 00:19:12,640
\nfor us to do that.
\nAnd that’s a that’s a spine <\/p>\n
361
\n00:19:12,640 –> 00:19:13,880
\ntingling thing actually, isn’t
\nit friend? <\/p>\n
362
\n00:19:13,880 –> 00:19:15,920
\nSisters, when we come on a
\nSunday morning and we walk into <\/p>\n
363
\n00:19:15,920 –> 00:19:20,520
\nthe room and we sit down
\ntogether, blood ties no longer <\/p>\n
364
\n00:19:20,520 –> 00:19:23,600
\nmake a difference, do they?
\nIt’s our relationship in the <\/p>\n
365
\n00:19:23,600 –> 00:19:28,640
\nLord Jesus Christ that counts.
\nAnd he has prepared for us to <\/p>\n
366
\n00:19:28,640 –> 00:19:31,360
\nshare a meal together as his
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:19:31,680 –> 00:19:33,760
\nAnd that was the attitude, Brent
\nsisters, with which the Lord <\/p>\n
368
\n00:19:33,760 –> 00:19:36,960
\napproached this meal.
\nHaving loved his own, which <\/p>\n
369
\n00:19:36,960 –> 00:19:39,280
\nwe’re in the world.
\nHe loved them to the end. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:19:40,160 –> 00:19:42,680
\nAnd the Lord was going to have a
\nmeal with the people he loved <\/p>\n
371
\n00:19:42,680 –> 00:19:46,800
\nmost in the entire world.
\nAnd Brent sisters, when we come <\/p>\n
372
\n00:19:47,640 –> 00:19:52,680
\nto meet week by week, one of the
\nthings we need to remember is <\/p>\n
373
\n00:19:52,680 –> 00:19:56,360
\nthat we are the people whom the
\nLord loves the most in the <\/p>\n
374
\n00:19:56,360 –> 00:19:59,080
\nentire world.
\nSometimes we may not be the <\/p>\n
375
\n00:19:59,080 –> 00:20:02,280
\npeople who love each other the
\nmost in the entire world, but <\/p>\n
376
\n00:20:02,280 –> 00:20:05,520
\nwhat we need to remember is that
\nwe are the people who the Lord <\/p>\n
377
\n00:20:06,160 –> 00:20:08,320
\nloves the most in the entire
\nworld. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:20:09,760 –> 00:20:13,640
\nSo why we’ve we’ve just started
\nthen to explore this, this <\/p>\n
379
\n00:20:13,640 –> 00:20:15,600
\nattitude, this demeanour of the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:20:15,600 –> 00:20:18,880
\nWhy then was it so important for
\nthe Lord that He shared it with <\/p>\n
381
\n00:20:18,880 –> 00:20:21,480
\nthem before He suffered?
\nWhy not afterwards? <\/p>\n
382
\n00:20:21,520 –> 00:20:25,640
\nI’ve desired with desire, I’ve
\ndesired to share this Passover <\/p>\n
383
\n00:20:25,640 –> 00:20:29,000
\nwith you before I suffer.
\nDo it in remembrance of me. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:20:29,160 –> 00:20:31,840
\nWell, if you’ve been a disciple
\nsitting there around that table <\/p>\n
385
\n00:20:32,080 –> 00:20:34,600
\nand you’d heard the Lord say
\nthat, do this in remembrance of <\/p>\n
386
\n00:20:34,600 –> 00:20:37,080
\nme.
\nAt that point in time, without <\/p>\n
387
\n00:20:37,080 –> 00:20:40,400
\nany knowledge of what was going
\nto take place in the days and <\/p>\n
388
\n00:20:40,400 –> 00:20:44,160
\nweeks and months following, what
\nwould you be remembering if you <\/p>\n
389
\n00:20:44,160 –> 00:20:46,600
\ncast your mind back?
\nSometimes, you know, nostalgia’s<\/p>\n
390
\n00:20:46,600 –> 00:20:49,680
\na great thing in human nature.
\nParticularly I understand as you<\/p>\n
391
\n00:20:49,680 –> 00:20:52,360
\nget older, you know, you start
\nthinking back to the good old <\/p>\n
392
\n00:20:52,360 –> 00:20:54,480
\ndays.
\nWell, if you’d been a disciple <\/p>\n
393
\n00:20:54,480 –> 00:20:57,040
\nin the room with the Lord Jesus
\nChrist and Jesus had said to <\/p>\n
394
\n00:20:57,040 –> 00:20:59,640
\nyou, do this in remembrance of
\nme, what would you have been <\/p>\n
395
\n00:20:59,640 –> 00:21:02,000
\nable to remember?
\nWhat kind of things would have <\/p>\n
396
\n00:21:02,000 –> 00:21:05,080
\nbeen running through your mind
\nof the last three, 3 1\/2 years, <\/p>\n
397
\n00:21:05,200 –> 00:21:06,680
\nmaybe longer?
\nIf you’ve grown up in the <\/p>\n
398
\n00:21:06,680 –> 00:21:09,440
\nvicinity of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, what would you remember <\/p>\n
399
\n00:21:09,440 –> 00:21:12,040
\nabout him?
\nWhat are the kind of things that<\/p>\n
400
\n00:21:12,040 –> 00:21:14,960
\nwould be?
\nEtched forever on your memory at<\/p>\n
401
\n00:21:14,960 –> 00:21:18,080
\nthat point in time without
\nknowing all the things that <\/p>\n
402
\n00:21:18,080 –> 00:21:20,800
\nwe’re going to follow.
\nAnd I guess it would be things <\/p>\n
403
\n00:21:20,800 –> 00:21:24,320
\nlike this, wouldn’t it?
\nThey would remember the man who <\/p>\n
404
\n00:21:24,320 –> 00:21:26,520
\nwhen they thought they were
\nabout to lose their lives in a <\/p>\n
405
\n00:21:26,520 –> 00:21:29,720
\nstorm on the boat.
\nA man who could stand up and <\/p>\n
406
\n00:21:29,720 –> 00:21:36,480
\ncommand the sea in the waves.
\nA man who could touch leprosy no<\/p>\n
407
\n00:21:36,480 –> 00:21:39,360
\nproblem.
\nA man who could open the eyes of<\/p>\n
408
\n00:21:39,360 –> 00:21:42,280
\nthe blind and make the dumb sing
\nand the lame walk. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:21:42,920 –> 00:21:47,520
\nA man whose eyes and heart could
\npenetrate the exterior. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:21:47,520 –> 00:21:50,000
\nWe were thinking about Matthew
\nin our exhortation this morning.<\/p>\n
411
\n00:21:50,000 –> 00:21:53,160
\nA man who could see beyond the
\ntax collector to the man <\/p>\n
412
\n00:21:53,160 –> 00:21:56,320
\nbeneath.
\nA man who could see beyond the <\/p>\n
413
\n00:21:56,320 –> 00:22:03,360
\nPharisees to the men beneath.
\nA man who could feel anger and <\/p>\n
414
\n00:22:03,360 –> 00:22:06,240
\njoy.
\nA man who could laugh and cry to<\/p>\n
415
\n00:22:06,240 –> 00:22:09,560
\nwhat some people seem the most
\nobtuse things. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:22:10,480 –> 00:22:12,920
\nThat’s the kind of man they
\nwould remember, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
417
\n00:22:13,600 –> 00:22:18,440
\nA man who somehow had penetrated
\nthe very deepest recesses of <\/p>\n
418
\n00:22:18,440 –> 00:22:20,880
\ntheir hearts and their minds and
\ntheir souls in a way that they’d<\/p>\n
419
\n00:22:20,880 –> 00:22:23,240
\nnever experienced before.
\nThat was the man they would <\/p>\n
420
\n00:22:23,240 –> 00:22:24,400
\nremember.
\nIsn’t it and? <\/p>\n
421
\n00:22:25,520 –> 00:22:27,920
\nIt seems to me, brother and
\nsisters, that’s a really core <\/p>\n
422
\n00:22:28,000 –> 00:22:32,360
\nreason why Jesus wanted to share
\nthis meal with them before he <\/p>\n
423
\n00:22:32,360 –> 00:22:34,520
\nsuffered.
\nHe was about to say to them, <\/p>\n
424
\n00:22:34,760 –> 00:22:38,920
\nthis bread represents my body.
\nHe, he doesn’t say this bread <\/p>\n
425
\n00:22:38,920 –> 00:22:41,760
\nwill come to represent my body.
\nHe says it does. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:22:41,920 –> 00:22:45,040
\nIt is my body.
\nAnd when you think of all the <\/p>\n
427
\n00:22:45,040 –> 00:22:48,080
\nthings that you know about me,
\nall the things that impressed <\/p>\n
428
\n00:22:48,080 –> 00:22:50,480
\nyou about me, all the memories
\nand the occasions and the <\/p>\n
429
\n00:22:50,480 –> 00:22:52,920
\ncircumstances that have left
\ntheir imprint on your mind, <\/p>\n
430
\n00:22:53,280 –> 00:22:57,240
\nbring all those to bear when you
\nshare this table with one <\/p>\n
431
\n00:22:57,240 –> 00:23:00,320
\nanother before I suffer.
\nAnd it seems to me, Brenton, <\/p>\n
432
\n00:23:00,320 –> 00:23:04,080
\nthat’s a really key reason why
\nthe Lord wanted to do that <\/p>\n
433
\n00:23:04,080 –> 00:23:06,520
\nbeforehand.
\nHe wanted to cement all their <\/p>\n
434
\n00:23:06,520 –> 00:23:08,840
\nexperiences and all their
\nunderstanding of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
435
\n00:23:08,840 –> 00:23:12,200
\nChrist in everything that he’d
\ngiven of his life, of his <\/p>\n
436
\n00:23:12,200 –> 00:23:15,520
\ncircumstances, of his
\npersonality, of his character in<\/p>\n
437
\n00:23:15,520 –> 00:23:17,200
\nthose days leading up to his
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:23:17,400 –> 00:23:19,400
\nThat’s what he wanted to focus
\ntheir mind on. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:23:19,680 –> 00:23:21,400
\nNot the things that would be
\netched on their memory <\/p>\n
440
\n00:23:21,400 –> 00:23:24,760
\nafterwards, but those things.
\nAll the things they’d. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:23:24,760 –> 00:23:28,680
\nSeen and felt and heard and
\ntouched and listened to in the 3<\/p>\n
442
\n00:23:28,680 –> 00:23:30,960
\n1\/2 years that they’d been with
\nhim. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:23:31,400 –> 00:23:33,280
\nLet’s have a look at some of the
\nstatements of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
444
\n00:23:33,280 –> 00:23:36,960
\nChrist as he, as he shared this
\nmeal with with his disciples. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:23:36,960 –> 00:23:39,560
\nYou see Brent sisters, when I
\nwhen I was younger and I used to<\/p>\n
446
\n00:23:39,560 –> 00:23:42,480
\ncome to the breaking of bread
\nmeeting sometimes on a Sunday, <\/p>\n
447
\n00:23:43,120 –> 00:23:45,560
\nsometimes I would leave not
\nquite knowing how I was supposed<\/p>\n
448
\n00:23:45,560 –> 00:23:47,040
\nto feel.
\nWas I supposed to feel sad? <\/p>\n
449
\n00:23:47,880 –> 00:23:51,080
\nYou know, was it, was it, whilst
\nit’s a solemn occasion, was I <\/p>\n
450
\n00:23:51,080 –> 00:23:57,200
\nsupposed to leave feeling like
\nit had been a sad place to be <\/p>\n
451
\n00:23:58,080 –> 00:24:01,760
\nthat that what I was remembering
\nwas a great moment of bitterness<\/p>\n
452
\n00:24:01,760 –> 00:24:05,160
\nand and unhappiness?
\nWell, what was the demeanour <\/p>\n
453
\n00:24:05,160 –> 00:24:07,200
\nthen of the Lord Jesus Christ?
\nJust have a look at some of <\/p>\n
454
\n00:24:07,200 –> 00:24:09,720
\nthese statements.
\nThe reason I’m sharing this with<\/p>\n
455
\n00:24:09,720 –> 00:24:12,240
\nyou now, and these are all from
\nJohn’s Gospel in those moments <\/p>\n
456
\n00:24:12,240 –> 00:24:15,400
\nin the upper room that John goes
\ninto great detail to record. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:24:15,760 –> 00:24:17,840
\nI’m telling you this before it’s
\ncome. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:24:18,160 –> 00:24:20,960
\nSo that when it is come to pass,
\nyou might believe. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:24:21,200 –> 00:24:23,280
\nCan you sense the essence of
\nwhat the Lord Jesus is saying? <\/p>\n
460
\n00:24:23,520 –> 00:24:25,560
\nHe’s saying, I know that in a
\ncouple of days time you’re going<\/p>\n
461
\n00:24:25,560 –> 00:24:27,560
\nto be seeing things they’re
\ngoing to make you want to just <\/p>\n
462
\n00:24:27,720 –> 00:24:30,520
\nabandoned your faith.
\nAnd when it does come to pass as<\/p>\n
463
\n00:24:30,520 –> 00:24:33,000
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nI want you to have a context to <\/p>\n
464
\n00:24:33,000 –> 00:24:35,120
\nput this into.
\nThat’s why I’m telling you these<\/p>\n
465
\n00:24:35,120 –> 00:24:40,160
\nthings and sharing with it with
\nyou right now, because when, <\/p>\n
466
\n00:24:40,240 –> 00:24:42,480
\nwhen the day comes when you see
\nsome of the most miserable <\/p>\n
467
\n00:24:42,480 –> 00:24:43,440
\nthings in your.
\nLife. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:24:43,680 –> 00:24:47,240
\nI want them to have a context,
\nand what was that context that <\/p>\n
469
\n00:24:47,240 –> 00:24:49,680
\nthe Lord was going to give them?
\nListen to this. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:24:50,360 –> 00:24:55,640
\nLet not your heart be trebled.
\nYou believe in God, believe also<\/p>\n
471
\n00:24:55,800 –> 00:24:57,600
\nin me.
\nI don’t know about you, brother <\/p>\n
472
\n00:24:57,600 –> 00:24:59,440
\nand sisters.
\nWhen my heart is in turmoil and <\/p>\n
473
\n00:24:59,440 –> 00:25:04,280
\nwhen my life is is falling apart
\naround my ears, I find it very <\/p>\n
474
\n00:25:04,280 –> 00:25:05,720
\ndifficult to say to other
\npeople. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:25:05,720 –> 00:25:08,080
\nDo you know what?
\nJust relax, everything’s going <\/p>\n
476
\n00:25:08,080 –> 00:25:10,560
\nto be OK.
\nAnd the reason I’ve struggled to<\/p>\n
477
\n00:25:10,560 –> 00:25:12,800
\nsay that is because I can’t say
\nit to myself. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:25:14,320 –> 00:25:19,040
\nAnd here was the Lord Jesus
\nChrist with a composure and a <\/p>\n
479
\n00:25:19,040 –> 00:25:21,880
\ndemeanour in those moments in
\nthe upper room that meant he <\/p>\n
480
\n00:25:21,880 –> 00:25:24,840
\ncould say to these men, listen,
\ndon’t let your heart be <\/p>\n
481
\n00:25:24,840 –> 00:25:27,960
\ntroubled.
\nAnd I wonder if you can imagine <\/p>\n
482
\n00:25:27,960 –> 00:25:30,040
\nthe way in which the Lord Jesus
\nsaid those words. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:25:30,240 –> 00:25:32,720
\nDo you think he was distracted?
\nDo you think his mind was <\/p>\n
484
\n00:25:32,720 –> 00:25:34,280
\nsomewhere else?
\nDo you think he was like <\/p>\n
485
\n00:25:35,120 –> 00:25:37,440
\nforgetting things and getting
\nhimself mixed up and muddled <\/p>\n
486
\n00:25:37,440 –> 00:25:43,200
\nbecause he was so his mind was
\nso uptight and worried about <\/p>\n
487
\n00:25:43,200 –> 00:25:46,200
\nwhat lay ahead of him?
\nYou tend to discover that the <\/p>\n
488
\n00:25:46,240 –> 00:25:48,920
\nonly times when you can say to
\nother people, don’t let your <\/p>\n
489
\n00:25:48,920 –> 00:25:52,360
\nheart be troubled is when you’re
\nin that place yourself. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:25:53,560 –> 00:25:54,760
\nDon’t let your heart be
\ntroubled. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:25:54,760 –> 00:25:58,160
\nYou believe in God, believe also
\nin me. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:26:00,280 –> 00:26:02,240
\nHow about this one?
\nThis blows my mind. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:26:03,400 –> 00:26:09,200
\nPeace I leave with you.
\nMy peace I give unto you. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:26:10,120 –> 00:26:12,320
\nLet not your heart be troubled.
\nThere it is again. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:26:12,720 –> 00:26:16,200
\nNeither let it be afraid.
\nHow about that? <\/p>\n
496
\n00:26:16,840 –> 00:26:19,120
\nCan you imagine, Brent?
\nSisters, the Lord Jesus having <\/p>\n
497
\n00:26:19,120 –> 00:26:22,880
\nthe composure and the strength
\nof mine and character to say <\/p>\n
498
\n00:26:22,880 –> 00:26:25,440
\nthat?
\nListen, I I’m going to leave <\/p>\n
499
\n00:26:25,440 –> 00:26:30,080
\nwith you my peace.
\nI don’t know if if any of you <\/p>\n
500
\n00:26:30,080 –> 00:26:34,040
\nhave ever met a man with the
\nkind of peace inside, with <\/p>\n
501
\n00:26:34,040 –> 00:26:38,160
\nhimself, with his circumstances,
\nwith the world around him, such <\/p>\n
502
\n00:26:38,160 –> 00:26:41,240
\nas the Lord Jesus Christ, such
\nas a man who could say, listen, <\/p>\n
503
\n00:26:41,240 –> 00:26:45,160
\nI want to give you a piece of my
\npeace of all nights in his life,<\/p>\n
504
\n00:26:45,160 –> 00:26:47,800
\nto be able to say that you would
\nhave forgiven him for not being <\/p>\n
505
\n00:26:47,800 –> 00:26:49,040
\nable to say it this night,
\nwouldn’t you? <\/p>\n
506
\n00:26:50,920 –> 00:26:53,360
\nPeace I live with you, my peace
\nI give unto you. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:26:53,840 –> 00:26:56,840
\nDon’t be afraid, Don’t let your
\nheart be troubled. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:26:58,640 –> 00:27:01,520
\nThese things have I spoken unto
\nyou that my joy. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:27:02,280 –> 00:27:06,560
\nNow here’s a new concept, right?
\nThat my joy might remain in you,<\/p>\n
510
\n00:27:06,880 –> 00:27:08,680
\nand that your joy might be
\nfooled. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:27:08,880 –> 00:27:12,200
\nHave you ever met anybody who
\nspoke about joy and everything <\/p>\n
512
\n00:27:12,200 –> 00:27:14,520
\nabout their body language told
\nyou they didn’t really know <\/p>\n
513
\n00:27:14,520 –> 00:27:17,560
\nanything about it?
\nIs that do you imagine that was <\/p>\n
514
\n00:27:17,560 –> 00:27:20,360
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ here as he
\nsaid these words here in the <\/p>\n
515
\n00:27:20,360 –> 00:27:23,880
\nupper room, sharing the emblems
\nof his own body and his own <\/p>\n
516
\n00:27:23,880 –> 00:27:25,840
\nblood.
\nThese things that I’m the reason<\/p>\n
517
\n00:27:25,840 –> 00:27:29,640
\nI’m telling you, he says is that
\nmy joy might remain in you. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:27:30,040 –> 00:27:32,920
\nCan you imagine, Bren sisters,
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ feeling <\/p>\n
519
\n00:27:32,920 –> 00:27:37,000
\nand experiencing?
\nJoy on Passover night for him, <\/p>\n
520
\n00:27:37,000 –> 00:27:39,920
\nwhen he was going to be the lamb
\nwhose blood was going to be <\/p>\n
521
\n00:27:39,920 –> 00:27:42,800
\ntaken.
\nAs the price and the payment for<\/p>\n
522
\n00:27:42,800 –> 00:27:44,880
\nredemption.
\nAnd yet here is the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
523
\n00:27:44,880 –> 00:27:46,760
\nChrist saying, I want you to
\nhave my joy. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:27:46,960 –> 00:27:49,680
\nI’m not just telling you that
\nI’m experiencing it and feeling <\/p>\n
525
\n00:27:49,680 –> 00:27:52,040
\nit.
\nI want you to have some of mine.<\/p>\n
526
\n00:27:52,040 –> 00:27:53,760
\nThat’s why we’re sharing this
\nmeal together. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:27:53,840 –> 00:27:57,360
\nThat’s what this is about.
\nAnd somehow, bruh and sisters, <\/p>\n
528
\n00:27:57,480 –> 00:28:01,280
\nas solemn rightly as as our as
\nour breaking of bread needs to <\/p>\n
529
\n00:28:01,280 –> 00:28:04,400
\nbe somehow for each and every
\none of us, we need to understand<\/p>\n
530
\n00:28:04,400 –> 00:28:06,120
\nthe context and perspective of
\nit. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:28:06,360 –> 00:28:08,880
\nThat means when we leave and we
\nstart Monday morning. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:28:09,920 –> 00:28:13,000
\nWe’ve got some of the joy that
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ wanted us <\/p>\n
533
\n00:28:13,000 –> 00:28:15,720
\nto take into our lives and to
\nexperience. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:28:15,720 –> 00:28:17,760
\nWhere did that come from?
\nWhat was driving that? <\/p>\n
535
\n00:28:21,720 –> 00:28:24,080
\nThese things Have I spoken unto
\nyou that you should not be <\/p>\n
536
\n00:28:24,080 –> 00:28:26,400
\noffended.
\nThat was going to be very <\/p>\n
537
\n00:28:26,400 –> 00:28:30,000
\npoignant for those men, wasn’t
\nit, When in the garden only a <\/p>\n
538
\n00:28:30,000 –> 00:28:33,120
\nmatter of hours later, they were
\nall going to forsake him and run<\/p>\n
539
\n00:28:33,120 –> 00:28:34,960
\naway.
\nBut the reason I’m sharing this <\/p>\n
540
\n00:28:34,960 –> 00:28:37,520
\nwith you, and I don’t think
\nJesus was just talking about <\/p>\n
541
\n00:28:37,840 –> 00:28:41,120
\nthat that following evening on
\non in the garden of Gethsemane. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:28:42,040 –> 00:28:44,480
\nHe’s saying in your life, the
\nreason we’re sharing this meal <\/p>\n
543
\n00:28:44,480 –> 00:28:45,600
\ntogether, the reason I’m trying
\nto. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:28:46,240 –> 00:28:49,040
\nConvey these things to you is
\nthat so that you won’t be <\/p>\n
545
\n00:28:49,040 –> 00:28:52,200
\noffended in me, that you will
\nunderstand what I’m doing, that <\/p>\n
546
\n00:28:52,200 –> 00:28:55,680
\nyou’ll gain an appreciation of
\nwhat these symbols mean and how <\/p>\n
547
\n00:28:55,680 –> 00:28:58,440
\nimportant that they are, and
\nthat you won’t be offended <\/p>\n
548
\n00:28:58,920 –> 00:29:02,680
\nbecause of me.
\nThese things I’ve I’ve told you <\/p>\n
549
\n00:29:02,680 –> 00:29:05,000
\nthat you might remember that I
\ntold you them. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:29:05,000 –> 00:29:08,400
\nWhen your life hits rock bottom,
\nwhich was going to happen, in <\/p>\n
551
\n00:29:08,400 –> 00:29:11,080
\nfact in just a couple of days
\ntime, when you’re sitting there <\/p>\n
552
\n00:29:11,080 –> 00:29:14,640
\nat the bottom of the barrel, you
\nmight remember that I told you <\/p>\n
553
\n00:29:14,640 –> 00:29:17,440
\nthese things and that I said
\nunto you at the beginning, I <\/p>\n
554
\n00:29:17,440 –> 00:29:19,400
\ncouldn’t tell you then because I
\nwas with you. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:29:19,760 –> 00:29:22,480
\nBut now I’m leaving you.
\nThat’s why I have to share this <\/p>\n
556
\n00:29:22,480 –> 00:29:25,480
\nwith you before I suffer because
\nnow I’m going to rely on you. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:29:25,920 –> 00:29:27,880
\nEverything that we’ve been
\nthrough together, all your <\/p>\n
558
\n00:29:27,880 –> 00:29:30,920
\nmemories of me, of what I’m
\nabout, of what I’ve done, of <\/p>\n
559
\n00:29:30,920 –> 00:29:34,520
\nwhat I can do, of what I stand
\nfor, of who I’ve been, of what <\/p>\n
560
\n00:29:34,520 –> 00:29:37,400
\nI’ve said, of what I’ve taught
\nyou when I’m no longer with you.<\/p>\n
561
\n00:29:37,600 –> 00:29:40,760
\nThe reason we have to do this
\nbefore I suffer is that when <\/p>\n
562
\n00:29:40,760 –> 00:29:42,440
\nyou’re standing there and you
\nfeel like you’re on your. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:29:42,440 –> 00:29:46,480
\nOwn you will remember that I was
\nwith you and I told you all <\/p>\n
564
\n00:29:46,480 –> 00:29:48,640
\nthese things.
\nIsn’t that a wonder of the Lord <\/p>\n
565
\n00:29:48,640 –> 00:29:50,160
\nJesus Christ?
\nAnd brethren says sometimes when<\/p>\n
566
\n00:29:50,160 –> 00:29:53,640
\nit feels like you’re standing on
\nyour own and it’s Wednesday and <\/p>\n
567
\n00:29:53,920 –> 00:29:56,720
\nand things have just fallen
\napart just since Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
568
\n00:29:57,560 –> 00:30:00,160
\nWell, somehow we need to be able
\nto sit back in our seats and put<\/p>\n
569
\n00:30:00,160 –> 00:30:04,160
\nthe seat belt back on and
\nremember those symbols and what <\/p>\n
570
\n00:30:04,160 –> 00:30:07,280
\nthey meant to us and what they
\nstood for and the challenge they<\/p>\n
571
\n00:30:07,280 –> 00:30:11,200
\ngave us and the motivation that
\nthey were there for last one. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:30:12,320 –> 00:30:15,640
\nAnd again, another seismic one.
\nReally, these things. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:30:15,640 –> 00:30:19,160
\nHave I spoken unto you again?
\nThat in me you might have peace <\/p>\n
574
\n00:30:20,000 –> 00:30:21,760
\nin the world.
\nI know for sure you’ll have <\/p>\n
575
\n00:30:21,760 –> 00:30:23,800
\ntribulation.
\nBut be of good cheer. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:30:24,320 –> 00:30:26,680
\nIsn’t that lovely?
\nBe of good cheer. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:30:27,280 –> 00:30:29,600
\nI’ve overcome the world.
\nWhen you’re standing in the <\/p>\n
578
\n00:30:29,600 –> 00:30:32,200
\nclassroom, when you’re sitting
\nin the car, when you’re, when <\/p>\n
579
\n00:30:32,200 –> 00:30:35,120
\nyou’re on the work floor,
\nwherever it might be, when <\/p>\n
580
\n00:30:35,120 –> 00:30:38,440
\nyou’re at home, you know, and
\nyou’ve just disciplined your <\/p>\n
581
\n00:30:38,440 –> 00:30:41,360
\nchild for the 10th time running.
\nBe of good cheer. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:30:42,440 –> 00:30:45,160
\nAll the things that the world
\nthrows at you and stands for, <\/p>\n
583
\n00:30:45,840 –> 00:30:48,240
\nI’ve overcome them.
\nAnd you sit right back down and <\/p>\n
584
\n00:30:48,240 –> 00:30:50,920
\nyou bolt back, you bolt yourself
\nback into the things we <\/p>\n
585
\n00:30:50,920 –> 00:30:53,160
\nremembered.
\nAnd be of good cheer. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:30:53,600 –> 00:30:55,400
\nIsn’t that lovely?
\nThe demeanour of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
587
\n00:30:55,400 –> 00:30:58,240
\nChrist I don’t sense but insists
\nin those passages. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:30:58,480 –> 00:31:01,120
\nThough if if the Lord Jesus
\ncould could have met with us <\/p>\n
589
\n00:31:01,120 –> 00:31:05,600
\nthis morning that it would have
\nbeen a sad occasion as we shared<\/p>\n
590
\n00:31:05,600 –> 00:31:08,600
\nthe emblems of his body and of
\nhis blood, the Lord would have <\/p>\n
591
\n00:31:08,600 –> 00:31:10,320
\nwanted.
\nUs to take away the essence of <\/p>\n
592
\n00:31:10,320 –> 00:31:13,560
\nHis, of his feelings and of his
\nstate of mind. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:31:14,000 –> 00:31:16,120
\nBecause what we’re going to
\ndiscover, Bensis is what this <\/p>\n
594
\n00:31:16,120 –> 00:31:19,800
\nwhat this feast, this memorial,
\nthis, this meal that he was <\/p>\n
595
\n00:31:19,800 –> 00:31:22,320
\nsharing with his disciples
\nrepresented for him was not <\/p>\n
596
\n00:31:22,320 –> 00:31:24,440
\nsadness.
\nThis was the going to be the <\/p>\n
597
\n00:31:24,440 –> 00:31:27,600
\ngreatest victory of his life.
\nThis was going to be the <\/p>\n
598
\n00:31:27,600 –> 00:31:31,240
\ngreatest moment of triumph for
\nhim and his father that the <\/p>\n
599
\n00:31:31,240 –> 00:31:34,520
\nworld has ever seen.
\nAnd he wanted us to sense that. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:31:35,120 –> 00:31:38,720
\nHe wanted us to be a part of it
\nand he wanted us to take a piece<\/p>\n
601
\n00:31:38,720 –> 00:31:41,720
\nof it away with him.
\nThis is my body. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:31:42,200 –> 00:31:44,040
\nThis is my blood.
\nAnd do you know, Bren sisters, <\/p>\n
603
\n00:31:44,040 –> 00:31:47,320
\nsometimes, maybe naturally,
\nbecause we’re human, we tend to <\/p>\n
604
\n00:31:47,320 –> 00:31:52,600
\nfocus, I guess sometimes on some
\nof the hard things that the Lord<\/p>\n
605
\n00:31:52,640 –> 00:31:54,840
\nJesus went through.
\nAnd yet, do you know, the weight<\/p>\n
606
\n00:31:54,840 –> 00:31:58,760
\nof emphasis in the Bible on the
\nLord’s crucifixion and of his <\/p>\n
607
\n00:31:58,760 –> 00:32:01,120
\nsuffering is almost non
\nexistent. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:32:02,000 –> 00:32:03,560
\nI don’t know how much you’ve
\never thought about that. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:32:03,560 –> 00:32:06,720
\nDo you know all it says in the
\nrecord of Scripture is and they <\/p>\n
610
\n00:32:06,720 –> 00:32:10,320
\ncrucified him.
\nThat’s all it says. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:32:11,760 –> 00:32:15,520
\nGod didn’t measure the nails.
\nHe didn’t tell us about how <\/p>\n
612
\n00:32:15,520 –> 00:32:20,000
\nbrutal the Romans were and what
\nlengths they went to to make <\/p>\n
613
\n00:32:20,000 –> 00:32:22,080
\ntheir victims of crucifixion
\nsuffer. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:32:22,080 –> 00:32:24,320
\nYou don’t get any of that from
\nthe record of Scripture. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:32:24,480 –> 00:32:26,200
\nHistory may be, but not
\nScripture. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:32:26,880 –> 00:32:30,400
\nAll the Bible says is and they
\ncrucified him. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:32:32,200 –> 00:32:38,520
\nAnd the Bible uses words like
\nvictory, glorification, triumph,<\/p>\n
618
\n00:32:38,760 –> 00:32:40,760
\nredemption.
\nHere’s the here’s the ultimate <\/p>\n
619
\n00:32:40,760 –> 00:32:45,720
\none for the joy set before him.
\nHe endured the cross. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:32:46,080 –> 00:32:49,160
\nThat’s what it says.
\nThe thing that drove the Lord <\/p>\n
621
\n00:32:49,200 –> 00:32:52,160
\nJesus Christ to be able to
\nmanage the challenges of <\/p>\n
622
\n00:32:52,160 –> 00:32:55,720
\ncrucifixion was the joy that was
\nset before him. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:32:56,000 –> 00:32:58,520
\nAnd it seems to me, Brent says,
\nit’s some essence of that joy <\/p>\n
624
\n00:32:59,320 –> 00:33:01,920
\nthat the Lord Jesus wants to
\nshare with us week by week as we<\/p>\n
625
\n00:33:01,920 –> 00:33:05,040
\ncome to share his memory.
\nCome with me to Psalm 118. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:33:05,520 –> 00:33:09,760
\nThis, this was for me one of the
\none of the finest examples of <\/p>\n
627
\n00:33:09,760 –> 00:33:13,480
\nthe the mindset of the Lord as
\nhe approached these <\/p>\n
628
\n00:33:13,480 –> 00:33:15,480
\ncircumstances.
\nPsalm 118. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:33:23,440 –> 00:33:25,880
\nThere’s no doubt that this Psalm
\nwas in the mind of the Lord <\/p>\n
630
\n00:33:25,880 –> 00:33:30,800
\nJesus Christ at at this time as
\nhe as he made his way into <\/p>\n
631
\n00:33:30,800 –> 00:33:33,480
\nJerusalem for the last week of
\nhis life. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:33:33,720 –> 00:33:36,600
\nAnd the reason there’s no doubt
\nabout it is because if you <\/p>\n
633
\n00:33:36,600 –> 00:33:39,160
\nremember, as they lined the
\nstreets of Jerusalem and laid <\/p>\n
634
\n00:33:39,160 –> 00:33:42,320
\npalm branches in the way and
\ncried out and sang on the <\/p>\n
635
\n00:33:42,320 –> 00:33:45,240
\nstreets of Jerusalem, all those
\nhundreds of thousands of people <\/p>\n
636
\n00:33:45,240 –> 00:33:47,720
\nas they came out to meet him,
\nthey were singing the words of <\/p>\n
637
\n00:33:47,720 –> 00:33:52,520
\nthis song.
\nHere it is, Psalm 118, verse 25.<\/p>\n
638
\n00:33:52,880 –> 00:33:54,880
\nThis is what they were singing,
\nsave now. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:33:55,240 –> 00:33:59,960
\nThat’s the Hebrew word hosanna.
\nSave now we beseech the O Lord, <\/p>\n
640
\n00:34:00,120 –> 00:34:03,080
\nblessed be he, verse 26, who
\ncomes in the name of the Lord. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:34:03,280 –> 00:34:05,480
\nWe have blessed you out of the
\nHouse of the Lord. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:34:05,840 –> 00:34:09,719
\nSave now hosanna, verse 26.
\nBlessed is he who comes in the <\/p>\n
643
\n00:34:09,719 –> 00:34:11,480
\nname of the Lord.
\nAnd as you, you might remember, <\/p>\n
644
\n00:34:11,920 –> 00:34:14,239
\nas Jesus made his way into
\nJerusalem for the last week, <\/p>\n
645
\n00:34:14,239 –> 00:34:18,560
\nthat’s the song they were
\nsinging, save now, blessed is he<\/p>\n
646
\n00:34:18,560 –> 00:34:19,960
\nwho comes in the name of the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:34:20,239 –> 00:34:21,800
\nI don’t know how you’re doing.
\nIt’s pretty warm. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:34:21,800 –> 00:34:23,639
\nI’m going to ask you to use your
\nimagination again. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:34:24,159 –> 00:34:26,199
\nCan you imagine if you were one
\nof the disciples? <\/p>\n
650
\n00:34:26,639 –> 00:34:31,080
\nWalking alongside that donkey as
\nJesus made his way into the <\/p>\n
651
\n00:34:31,080 –> 00:34:33,199
\nstreets of Jerusalem, trying to
\nlook into the eyes of the Lord <\/p>\n
652
\n00:34:33,199 –> 00:34:35,120
\nJesus Christ.
\nI mean, what an awesome <\/p>\n
653
\n00:34:35,120 –> 00:34:37,560
\nexperience.
\nHundreds of people lining the <\/p>\n
654
\n00:34:37,560 –> 00:34:41,719
\nstreets of Jerusalem of all
\ncities, and they’re taking off <\/p>\n
655
\n00:34:41,719 –> 00:34:44,760
\ntheir clothes and they’re
\nthrowing them on the animal and <\/p>\n
656
\n00:34:44,760 –> 00:34:46,800
\nthey’re pulling down palm
\nbranches and laying them in the <\/p>\n
657
\n00:34:46,800 –> 00:34:48,520
\nway.
\nAnd hundreds of people are <\/p>\n
658
\n00:34:48,520 –> 00:34:52,120
\nsinging the song of Psalm 118.
\nHosanna. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:34:52,320 –> 00:34:54,639
\nBlessed is he who comes in the
\nname of the Lord. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:34:55,040 –> 00:34:57,240
\nI wonder if you can imagine
\nbeing a disciple of the Lord <\/p>\n
661
\n00:34:57,240 –> 00:34:59,960
\nJesus by the sisters.
\nJust wondering what on earth was<\/p>\n
662
\n00:34:59,960 –> 00:35:02,920
\ngoing through the Lord’s mind as
\nhe rode into Jerusalem on that <\/p>\n
663
\n00:35:02,920 –> 00:35:07,520
\ndonkey in those circumstances.
\nAnd I want to suggest to you, <\/p>\n
664
\n00:35:07,520 –> 00:35:11,320
\nand this is just my imagination
\nand nothing else, that as they <\/p>\n
665
\n00:35:11,320 –> 00:35:13,680
\ntried to look into the mind of
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and as <\/p>\n
666
\n00:35:13,680 –> 00:35:17,760
\nthey looked into his eyes, the
\nLord Jesus was miles away. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:35:19,160 –> 00:35:21,680
\nI don’t know if you’ve ever seen
\nthat happen to somebody. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:35:21,680 –> 00:35:24,240
\nYou’re kind of having a
\nconversation and you look into <\/p>\n
669
\n00:35:24,240 –> 00:35:26,680
\ntheir eyes and you realise that
\nalthough they’re there in body, <\/p>\n
670
\n00:35:26,680 –> 00:35:29,720
\nthey’ve gone.
\nYou know, it happens to me a <\/p>\n
671
\n00:35:29,720 –> 00:35:32,160
\nlot, particularly when I’m
\nspeaking and I can see into <\/p>\n
672
\n00:35:32,160 –> 00:35:34,160
\neverybody else’s eyes right
\nhere, right now. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:35:34,880 –> 00:35:37,080
\nYou kind of know when people are
\ndrifting away. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:35:37,080 –> 00:35:39,440
\nThey might be staring you right
\nin the face, but you can see in <\/p>\n
675
\n00:35:39,440 –> 00:35:41,360
\ntheir eyes they’re miles away in
\ntheir mind. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:35:41,880 –> 00:35:44,800
\nIt happens a lot with children,
\nyou know, short attention span. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:35:44,800 –> 00:35:47,440
\nYou’re chatting away and all of
\na sudden you realise it’s pretty<\/p>\n
678
\n00:35:47,440 –> 00:35:49,640
\npointless.
\nThe story of Incy Wincy Spider <\/p>\n
679
\n00:35:49,840 –> 00:35:52,640
\nbefore you even get to him being
\nwashed out the spout as he’s <\/p>\n
680
\n00:35:52,640 –> 00:35:55,080
\nkind of gone and he’s now
\nwatching the whirly thing in the<\/p>\n
681
\n00:35:55,520 –> 00:35:58,920
\nin the ceiling.
\nAnd it seems to me in a way, but<\/p>\n
682
\n00:35:58,920 –> 00:36:01,000
\nsince it was like that as they
\nlooked into the eyes of the Lord<\/p>\n
683
\n00:36:01,080 –> 00:36:02,600
\nJesus on this road into
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:36:02,840 –> 00:36:06,720
\nHosanna, blessed is he who comes
\nin the name of the Lord, and the<\/p>\n
685
\n00:36:06,720 –> 00:36:10,720
\ndisciples just almost beginning
\nto feel, you know, a strange <\/p>\n
686
\n00:36:10,720 –> 00:36:13,600
\nexperience as they as they walk
\ninto Jerusalem with with what <\/p>\n
687
\n00:36:13,600 –> 00:36:16,680
\ncould be their king.
\nAnd they look into his eyes, and<\/p>\n
688
\n00:36:16,680 –> 00:36:19,360
\nhe’s miles away.
\nWhere was the mind of the Lord <\/p>\n
689
\n00:36:19,360 –> 00:36:23,480
\nJesus Christ bred sisters?
\nWell, just look earlier in this <\/p>\n
690
\n00:36:23,480 –> 00:36:26,120
\nPsalm and I think we might just
\nget a feeling. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:36:27,920 –> 00:36:31,040
\nVerse 14 Just have a look at
\nthis and see if you can enter <\/p>\n
692
\n00:36:31,040 –> 00:36:34,160
\ninto the mind of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist as He was riding in <\/p>\n
693
\n00:36:34,160 –> 00:36:37,400
\nJerusalem, hearing them sing the
\nsong of Psalm 118. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:36:38,240 –> 00:36:42,840
\nThe Lord is my strength and
\nsong, and He has become my <\/p>\n
695
\n00:36:42,840 –> 00:36:46,080
\nsalvation.
\nThe voice of rejoicing and <\/p>\n
696
\n00:36:46,080 –> 00:36:48,160
\nsalvation is in the tents of the
\nrighteous. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:36:48,880 –> 00:36:51,320
\nThe right hand of the Lord doeth
\nvaliantly. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:36:52,120 –> 00:36:54,280
\nThe right hand of the Lord is
\nexalted. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:36:55,040 –> 00:36:56,600
\nThe right hand of the Lord
\ndoeth. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:36:56,600 –> 00:36:58,400
\nValiantly, that’s what was in
\nthe mind of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
701
\n00:36:58,400 –> 00:37:01,040
\nChrist and he was the right hand
\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:37:01,640 –> 00:37:04,840
\nAnd and as they’re all singing
\nHosanna, blessed is he who comes<\/p>\n
703
\n00:37:04,840 –> 00:37:07,000
\nin the name of the Lord Jesus,
\nthinking well. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:37:07,840 –> 00:37:11,320
\nThe Lord is my strength and
\nsong, and his right hand is <\/p>\n
705
\n00:37:11,320 –> 00:37:14,480
\nabout to do valiantly.
\nAnd look where the mind of the <\/p>\n
706
\n00:37:14,480 –> 00:37:15,960
\nLord is.
\nVerse 17. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:37:16,680 –> 00:37:22,720
\nI shall not die, but live and
\ndeclare the works of the Lord. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:37:23,120 –> 00:37:25,760
\nIsn’t that a stunning insight
\ninto the mind of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
709
\n00:37:25,760 –> 00:37:29,240
\nChrist?
\nI shall not die, but live. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:37:29,920 –> 00:37:32,720
\nAs the Lord rides into Jerusalem
\nfor the last week of his life, <\/p>\n
711
\n00:37:32,960 –> 00:37:35,880
\nthis is what was in his mind as
\nhe heard them singing Hosanna. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:37:36,080 –> 00:37:38,040
\nBlessed is he who comes in the
\nname of the Lord. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:37:38,240 –> 00:37:41,800
\nI shall not die, but live.
\nNotice the next verse, verse 18.<\/p>\n
714
\n00:37:42,040 –> 00:37:46,120
\nThe Lord has chastened me sore,
\nbut he’s not given me over unto <\/p>\n
715
\n00:37:46,120 –> 00:37:48,720
\ndeath.
\nNot given me over unto death. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:37:49,320 –> 00:37:50,720
\nIs that what the Lord was
\nthinking? <\/p>\n
717
\n00:37:51,080 –> 00:37:52,840
\nYes, of course it was what He
\nwas thinking. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:37:53,040 –> 00:37:55,280
\nHe has chastened me so.
\nBut He’s not given me over unto <\/p>\n
719
\n00:37:55,280 –> 00:37:57,480
\ndeath.
\nHe’s given me over unto life and<\/p>\n
720
\n00:37:57,480 –> 00:38:00,080
\nto your life and my life and
\neverybody else’s life. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:38:00,280 –> 00:38:02,640
\nThat’s what the Lord God is
\ndoing with him right here, right<\/p>\n
722
\n00:38:02,640 –> 00:38:05,920
\nnow.
\nOpen to me the gates, he says <\/p>\n
723
\n00:38:05,920 –> 00:38:09,320
\nverse 19 of righteousness.
\nI will enter them and give <\/p>\n
724
\n00:38:09,320 –> 00:38:11,440
\npraise to the Lord.
\nThis is the gate of the Lord, <\/p>\n
725
\n00:38:11,440 –> 00:38:13,360
\nwhich are the righteous shall
\nenter. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:38:13,360 –> 00:38:15,040
\nDon’t open to me the gates of
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:38:15,040 –> 00:38:20,240
\nHe says, open to me the gates of
\nrighteousness into which the <\/p>\n
728
\n00:38:20,240 –> 00:38:22,120
\nrighteous shall enter.
\nThat’s you and me. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:38:22,120 –> 00:38:23,800
\nThat’s where the Lord was going
\nin his mind. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:38:23,800 –> 00:38:28,040
\nIsn’t that lovely?
\nJust come down then down as they<\/p>\n
731
\n00:38:28,040 –> 00:38:31,320
\nwere singing.
\nVerse 25, Hosanna, verse 26, <\/p>\n
732
\n00:38:31,320 –> 00:38:34,240
\nBlessed is he who comes in the
\nname of the Lord. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:38:34,240 –> 00:38:36,600
\nVerse 27, This is what the Lord
\nwas thinking. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:38:37,520 –> 00:38:40,520
\nGood.
\nThe Lord is God, and He has <\/p>\n
735
\n00:38:40,520 –> 00:38:44,560
\nshowed us light.
\nBind the sacrifice with chords, <\/p>\n
736
\n00:38:45,440 –> 00:38:49,840
\neven to the horns of the altar.
\nYou are my God and I will praise<\/p>\n
737
\n00:38:49,840 –> 00:38:52,920
\nthee.
\nYou are my God, and I will exalt<\/p>\n
738
\n00:38:52,920 –> 00:38:55,720
\nthee.
\nOh, give thanks unto the Lord, <\/p>\n
739
\n00:38:55,720 –> 00:38:59,360
\nfor he is good, for his mercy
\nendures forever. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:39:00,240 –> 00:39:03,000
\nAnd that’s the mindset of a man.
\nBren sisters, we need to learn <\/p>\n
741
\n00:39:03,000 –> 00:39:07,400
\nabout that’s that.
\nThat’s the mindset of a man who <\/p>\n
742
\n00:39:07,400 –> 00:39:10,600
\nwhen it feels like your life is
\non a one way track to nowhere. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:39:11,240 –> 00:39:14,400
\nThis is the power of what your
\nmind can do when it’s focused on<\/p>\n
744
\n00:39:14,400 –> 00:39:16,320
\nthe things of God and the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:39:16,880 –> 00:39:19,720
\nThe Lord might have chastened me
\nsore, but he’s not given me over<\/p>\n
746
\n00:39:19,720 –> 00:39:22,080
\nunto death.
\nThe Lord is good. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:39:22,080 –> 00:39:25,800
\nBind the sacrifice with corn,
\nwith hooked cords, even to the <\/p>\n
748
\n00:39:25,800 –> 00:39:28,160
\nhorns of the altar.
\nYou are my God, and I will <\/p>\n
749
\n00:39:28,160 –> 00:39:31,240
\npraise you.
\nYou are my God, and I will exalt<\/p>\n
750
\n00:39:31,240 –> 00:39:32,960
\nyou.
\nO give thanks unto the Lord. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:39:32,960 –> 00:39:35,800
\nFor he is good, for his mercy
\nendures forever. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:39:35,800 –> 00:39:38,920
\nThat’s that’s a perspective on
\ndeath, brethren, sisters, that I<\/p>\n
753
\n00:39:38,920 –> 00:39:43,800
\nsuspect well is a challenge to
\nus to rise to in our minds, <\/p>\n
754
\n00:39:43,800 –> 00:39:45,960
\nisn’t it?
\nOpen to me the gates of <\/p>\n
755
\n00:39:45,960 –> 00:39:49,960
\nrighteousness and I will go in
\nbind the sacrifice with cords <\/p>\n
756
\n00:39:50,280 –> 00:39:52,840
\neven to the horns of the altar.
\nAnd that was the demeanour Bren <\/p>\n
757
\n00:39:52,840 –> 00:39:55,520
\nsisters, the Lord was trying to
\nimpress on his disciples in <\/p>\n
758
\n00:39:55,520 –> 00:39:57,160
\nthat.
\nUpper Room, in a couple of days <\/p>\n
759
\n00:39:57,160 –> 00:39:59,600
\ntime you’re going to see me on
\nthat cross and you’re going to <\/p>\n
760
\n00:39:59,600 –> 00:40:02,600
\nthink everything is everything
\nhas collapsed, everything has <\/p>\n
761
\n00:40:02,600 –> 00:40:06,080
\nfallen apart, everything’s gone
\nwrong and that’s not it, says <\/p>\n
762
\n00:40:06,080 –> 00:40:09,560
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nYou are my God and I will exalt <\/p>\n
763
\n00:40:09,560 –> 00:40:10,960
\nyou.
\nYou are my God, and I will give <\/p>\n
764
\n00:40:10,960 –> 00:40:13,680
\nthanks to the Lord, for He is
\ngood. <\/p>\n
765
\n00:40:14,160 –> 00:40:17,320
\nFor his mercy endures forever.
\nAnd despite all the challenges <\/p>\n
766
\n00:40:17,320 –> 00:40:20,840
\nof crucifixion and the trials of
\ndeath and suffering, I want you <\/p>\n
767
\n00:40:20,840 –> 00:40:26,320
\nto have my joy and my peace.
\nI want you to to not be afraid, <\/p>\n
768
\n00:40:26,320 –> 00:40:28,960
\nbut be of good cheer, said the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:40:28,960 –> 00:40:32,720
\nAnd may, brother and sisters,
\nweek by week, as we come into <\/p>\n
770
\n00:40:32,720 –> 00:40:34,760
\nthe presence of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, take some of that <\/p>\n
771
\n00:40:34,760 –> 00:40:38,280
\nmindset away with us.
\nAnd in fact, here are a couple <\/p>\n
772
\n00:40:38,280 –> 00:40:41,160
\nof statements of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist as to how he was going to<\/p>\n
773
\n00:40:41,160 –> 00:40:45,000
\ndescribe what he was about to
\nachieve. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:40:45,520 –> 00:40:49,200
\nAnd you won’t hear anything
\nabout the size of the Roman <\/p>\n
775
\n00:40:49,200 –> 00:40:51,280
\nnails or the challenges of
\ncrucifixion. <\/p>\n
776
\n00:40:51,280 –> 00:40:53,800
\nYou just listen to the language
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:40:54,720 –> 00:40:59,280
\nThe hour has come and you’re
\nexpecting sadness and misery, <\/p>\n
778
\n00:40:59,280 –> 00:41:03,160
\naren’t you?
\nThe hour has come that the Son <\/p>\n
779
\n00:41:03,160 –> 00:41:08,280
\nof Man should be glorified.
\nThat’s what was in the mind of <\/p>\n
780
\n00:41:08,280 –> 00:41:10,520
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ when I
\nsaid how else can you cope with <\/p>\n
781
\n00:41:10,920 –> 00:41:12,960
\ncrucifixion unless that is your
\nfocus. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:41:13,360 –> 00:41:16,440
\nHow else will you be able to
\nchallenge the ups and downs of <\/p>\n
783
\n00:41:16,440 –> 00:41:18,520
\nyour life unless this is your
\nfocus? <\/p>\n
784
\n00:41:19,000 –> 00:41:22,000
\nIt’s in those moments, for
\ninstance, that we are glorified <\/p>\n
785
\n00:41:22,200 –> 00:41:24,480
\nin the eyes and in the in the
\nmind of God. <\/p>\n
786
\n00:41:24,480 –> 00:41:27,200
\nThe hour has come that the Son
\nof Man should be glorified. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:41:27,400 –> 00:41:30,120
\nAnd this for me, this question.
\nNow that the Lord Jesus poses, <\/p>\n
788
\n00:41:30,280 –> 00:41:32,440
\nit’s not often you get an
\ninsight into what the Lord was <\/p>\n
789
\n00:41:32,480 –> 00:41:35,440
\nactually thinking.
\nAnd John just opens a window <\/p>\n
790
\n00:41:35,440 –> 00:41:38,160
\njust for a moment on the mind of
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and tells <\/p>\n
791
\n00:41:38,160 –> 00:41:40,160
\nyou what he was thinking.
\nAnd this is what he was <\/p>\n
792
\n00:41:40,160 –> 00:41:41,960
\nthinking.
\nNow, is my soul troubled? <\/p>\n
793
\n00:41:42,240 –> 00:41:45,720
\nAnd what shall I say, Father,
\nsave me from this hour? <\/p>\n
794
\n00:41:46,000 –> 00:41:47,960
\nIs that what you want me to be
\nasking for? <\/p>\n
795
\n00:41:48,120 –> 00:41:49,840
\nIs that what I should be asking
\nfor? <\/p>\n
796
\n00:41:49,960 –> 00:41:52,360
\nThat’s what I would have been
\nasking for, right? <\/p>\n
797
\n00:41:53,520 –> 00:41:55,320
\nGiven the choice in that very
\nmoment. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:41:55,320 –> 00:41:57,800
\nThat would have been my
\nquestion, Father, is it possible<\/p>\n
799
\n00:41:57,800 –> 00:42:00,480
\nto be saved from this hour?
\nIs that what I should be saying?<\/p>\n
800
\n00:42:00,480 –> 00:42:04,040
\nSays the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nNo way. <\/p>\n
801
\n00:42:05,400 –> 00:42:06,760
\nThat’s not what I’m going to ask
\nfor. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:42:07,960 –> 00:42:13,040
\nI came for this hour, for this,
\n’cause I came to this hour. <\/p>\n
803
\n00:42:13,040 –> 00:42:16,920
\nFather, glorify your name.
\nThat’s what I want to do. <\/p>\n
804
\n00:42:17,240 –> 00:42:21,080
\nThat’s what this meal is about.
\nIt’s about glorifying God and <\/p>\n
805
\n00:42:21,080 –> 00:42:24,480
\nHis purpose.
\nIt’s about me being glorified by<\/p>\n
806
\n00:42:24,720 –> 00:42:27,640
\nachieving the greatest victory
\nfor mankind that could ever be <\/p>\n
807
\n00:42:27,640 –> 00:42:31,000
\npossibly imagined.
\nAnd it’s that glory and it’s <\/p>\n
808
\n00:42:31,000 –> 00:42:34,240
\nthat victory, and it’s that joy,
\nbrethren and sisters, says the <\/p>\n
809
\n00:42:34,240 –> 00:42:37,920
\nLord Jesus, that I want you to
\nbe thinking about as you share <\/p>\n
810
\n00:42:37,920 –> 00:42:40,040
\ntogether this meal that you can
\nbe a part of. <\/p>\n
811
\n00:42:40,040 –> 00:42:43,760
\nThat that I did this for you,
\nand that it’s the best moment of<\/p>\n
812
\n00:42:43,760 –> 00:42:47,400
\nmy life for this ’cause I came
\nto this very hour to give you <\/p>\n
813
\n00:42:47,400 –> 00:42:50,160
\nthis bread and to pour out this
\nwine. <\/p>\n
814
\n00:42:50,720 –> 00:42:55,800
\nFather, glorify your name.
\nYou might remember this one from<\/p>\n
815
\n00:42:56,400 –> 00:42:59,680
\nthe Lord’s Prayer in John 17.
\nJesus lifted up his eyes to <\/p>\n
816
\n00:42:59,680 –> 00:43:02,960
\nheaven.
\nFather, the hour has come, and <\/p>\n
817
\n00:43:02,960 –> 00:43:05,560
\nagain, you’re almost expecting
\nsomething difficult and <\/p>\n
818
\n00:43:05,560 –> 00:43:06,800
\nsomething problematic, aren’t
\nyou? <\/p>\n
819
\n00:43:06,800 –> 00:43:09,680
\nIn those words.
\nFather, the hour has come. <\/p>\n
820
\n00:43:10,280 –> 00:43:15,000
\nGlorify your Son, that your Son
\nalso may glorify thee. <\/p>\n
821
\n00:43:15,000 –> 00:43:18,360
\nAnd now, Father, glorify me with
\nthe glory which I had with you <\/p>\n
822
\n00:43:18,920 –> 00:43:20,960
\nbefore the world began.
\nThat’s the quote, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
823
\n00:43:20,960 –> 00:43:23,440
\nThere from John 17.
\nAnd that’s what was in the mind,<\/p>\n
824
\n00:43:23,440 –> 00:43:25,000
\nBren, sister of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
825
\n00:43:25,520 –> 00:43:27,880
\nAnd I challenge you, Bren
\nsisters, week by week to come <\/p>\n
826
\n00:43:27,880 –> 00:43:30,960
\nand bolt yourself into that
\nchair and get into the mind and <\/p>\n
827
\n00:43:30,960 –> 00:43:35,280
\ninto the the perspective of the
\nheart and the purpose of the <\/p>\n
828
\n00:43:35,280 –> 00:43:38,640
\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nGlory, redemption, victory, <\/p>\n
829
\n00:43:38,640 –> 00:43:40,560
\ntriumph.
\nI have overcome. <\/p>\n
830
\n00:43:40,760 –> 00:43:44,200
\nTake my peace, take my joy.
\nDon’t be troubled, don’t be <\/p>\n
831
\n00:43:44,200 –> 00:43:47,800
\nafraid, be of good cheer.
\nI’ve done all these things for <\/p>\n
832
\n00:43:47,800 –> 00:43:49,320
\nyou.
\nAnd as they leave the upper room<\/p>\n
833
\n00:43:49,600 –> 00:43:51,600
\nand make their way, oh, sorry,
\none more thing. <\/p>\n
834
\n00:43:53,080 –> 00:43:55,880
\nJust before we go into the upper
\nroom, where was the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
835
\n00:43:55,880 –> 00:43:58,400
\ngoing?
\nRight as he sits in that upper <\/p>\n
836
\n00:43:58,400 –> 00:44:03,400
\nroom and he shares this this
\nmeal with the disciples before <\/p>\n
837
\n00:44:03,400 –> 00:44:07,920
\nthey head out into the into the
\nMount of Olives, Jesus makes it <\/p>\n
838
\n00:44:07,920 –> 00:44:09,920
\nabundantly clear where he was
\ngoing. <\/p>\n
839
\n00:44:10,160 –> 00:44:12,640
\nAnd you would expect him to be
\nsaying, now listen, this is <\/p>\n
840
\n00:44:12,640 –> 00:44:14,640
\nwhat’s going to happen.
\nI’m going to be arrested. <\/p>\n
841
\n00:44:14,640 –> 00:44:16,840
\nI’m going to be put on trial.
\nI’m going to be flogged. <\/p>\n
842
\n00:44:17,040 –> 00:44:18,520
\nI’m going to be beaten almost to
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
843
\n00:44:18,720 –> 00:44:20,320
\nThen they’re going to hang me on
\na stake. <\/p>\n
844
\n00:44:20,920 –> 00:44:24,200
\nThat’s where I’m going.
\nThat’s not where the Lord was <\/p>\n
845
\n00:44:24,200 –> 00:44:27,320
\ngoing.
\nBren sisters that might have <\/p>\n
846
\n00:44:27,320 –> 00:44:32,600
\nbeen on the journey, that might
\nhave been part of the process, <\/p>\n
847
\n00:44:33,280 –> 00:44:35,040
\nbut it certainly wasn’t the
\ndestination. <\/p>\n
848
\n00:44:35,480 –> 00:44:40,640
\nI scan, read through John 13,
\nthrough John 17, and I count at <\/p>\n
849
\n00:44:40,640 –> 00:44:44,760
\nleast 10 times and they’re here
\non the screen 10 times in four <\/p>\n
850
\n00:44:44,760 –> 00:44:48,720
\nchapters where the Lord makes it
\nabundantly clear where he was <\/p>\n
851
\n00:44:48,720 –> 00:44:51,640
\ngoing.
\nJesus knew that he would depart <\/p>\n
852
\n00:44:51,640 –> 00:44:55,320
\nout of this world.
\nWhere to be with the Father. <\/p>\n
853
\n00:44:55,720 –> 00:44:57,280
\nJesus knowing that he was come
\nfrom. <\/p>\n
854
\n00:44:57,280 –> 00:44:59,840
\nGod.
\nAnd was about to go and be with <\/p>\n
855
\n00:44:59,840 –> 00:45:03,240
\nGod in my father’s house.
\nHere’s the famous one and many <\/p>\n
856
\n00:45:03,240 –> 00:45:05,240
\nmansions.
\nIf it were not so, I would have <\/p>\n
857
\n00:45:05,240 –> 00:45:07,800
\ntold you.
\nAnd I’m going to prepare a place<\/p>\n
858
\n00:45:07,800 –> 00:45:11,200
\nfor you in my father’s house.
\nIsn’t that lovely? <\/p>\n
859
\n00:45:11,360 –> 00:45:14,000
\nI go to the Father, I go my way
\nto him that sent me. <\/p>\n
860
\n00:45:14,200 –> 00:45:16,960
\nI’m going to be with the Father.
\nI leave the world and go to the <\/p>\n
861
\n00:45:16,960 –> 00:45:20,480
\nFather and these last two from
\nJohn 17 as as the Lord speaks <\/p>\n
862
\n00:45:20,840 –> 00:45:22,920
\nvery.
\nPersonally, to his father, I’m <\/p>\n
863
\n00:45:22,920 –> 00:45:25,040
\nno more in the world than I’m
\ncoming to be with you. <\/p>\n
864
\n00:45:25,680 –> 00:45:28,000
\nCan you imagine, Brent, this is
\na better place to be. <\/p>\n
865
\n00:45:28,520 –> 00:45:31,000
\nCan you imagine a better
\ndestination for the journey of <\/p>\n
866
\n00:45:31,000 –> 00:45:33,520
\nyour life?
\nAnd Brent says what the Lord <\/p>\n
867
\n00:45:33,520 –> 00:45:37,200
\nwanted to impress on the
\ndisciples in the upper room is <\/p>\n
868
\n00:45:37,200 –> 00:45:41,200
\nthat that’s where he was going,
\nso that when they saw him <\/p>\n
869
\n00:45:41,200 –> 00:45:45,800
\ncrucified, when they saw him
\nsuffering and in pain, they <\/p>\n
870
\n00:45:45,800 –> 00:45:48,200
\nmight remember that he told them
\nwhere he was going. <\/p>\n
871
\n00:45:49,040 –> 00:45:52,640
\nI’m not going to Calvary.
\nThat’s not where I stop. <\/p>\n
872
\n00:45:53,240 –> 00:45:56,680
\nThat’s not my destination.
\nThat’s not the ultimate place. <\/p>\n
873
\n00:45:57,520 –> 00:46:01,720
\nI’m going to be with the Father.
\nIsn’t that lovely, Bren Sisters?<\/p>\n
874
\n00:46:01,720 –> 00:46:06,560
\nAnd I wonder, Bren sisters, if
\nthe destination of our lives is <\/p>\n
875
\n00:46:06,560 –> 00:46:09,000
\nthe same place.
\nI wonder if our determination to<\/p>\n
876
\n00:46:09,000 –> 00:46:13,680
\nbe there can week by week, as we
\ncome and remember the resolve of<\/p>\n
877
\n00:46:13,680 –> 00:46:17,120
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ, be
\nbrought into line with his. <\/p>\n
878
\n00:46:17,440 –> 00:46:21,080
\nI’m going to be with the Father.
\nAnd here’s the lovely thing, <\/p>\n
879
\n00:46:21,080 –> 00:46:24,120
\nJohn 14.
\nI’m going to prepare a place for<\/p>\n
880
\n00:46:24,120 –> 00:46:28,400
\nyou.
\nThat’s where I want the ultimate<\/p>\n
881
\n00:46:28,400 –> 00:46:31,600
\ndestination of your life to be.
\nI want you to come with me not <\/p>\n
882
\n00:46:31,600 –> 00:46:34,560
\nto Calvary, not to Calvary.
\nThat’s a that’s a unique <\/p>\n
883
\n00:46:34,560 –> 00:46:37,680
\nstopping place for me in order
\nto get you there. <\/p>\n
884
\n00:46:38,000 –> 00:46:41,360
\nI don’t ask you to go there with
\nme, but I’m going to prepare a <\/p>\n
885
\n00:46:41,360 –> 00:46:44,320
\nplace that you might be with the
\nFather. <\/p>\n
886
\n00:46:44,320 –> 00:46:48,080
\nI I don’t know about you that
\nthat just raises all the hackles<\/p>\n
887
\n00:46:48,080 –> 00:46:51,320
\non the back of my neck when I
\nthink about the demeanour of the<\/p>\n
888
\n00:46:51,320 –> 00:46:54,760
\nLord Jesus Christ, a man who
\ncould face the the most intense <\/p>\n
889
\n00:46:54,760 –> 00:46:56,480
\nhuman suffering that you could
\never describe. <\/p>\n
890
\n00:46:56,480 –> 00:46:58,360
\nAnd yet these were the things
\nthat were flowing through his <\/p>\n
891
\n00:46:58,360 –> 00:47:00,760
\nmind.
\nAnd Bren sisters, when life gets<\/p>\n
892
\n00:47:00,760 –> 00:47:03,720
\nturned upside down, if you can
\nlearn from the perspective and <\/p>\n
893
\n00:47:03,720 –> 00:47:06,800
\nthe demeanour and the attitude
\nand the mind of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
894
\n00:47:06,800 –> 00:47:11,280
\nChrist, it will turn your life
\nright back the right way out and<\/p>\n
895
\n00:47:11,280 –> 00:47:13,640
\nset you back on the journey to
\nbe with the Father. <\/p>\n
896
\n00:47:15,720 –> 00:47:18,600
\nAnd so as they left that upper
\nroom and they enter the garden <\/p>\n
897
\n00:47:18,600 –> 00:47:19,960
\nand this is just where I want to
\nend. <\/p>\n
898
\n00:47:20,280 –> 00:47:23,000
\nI know I’m pushing you on our
\nfirst afternoon, or although <\/p>\n
899
\n00:47:23,040 –> 00:47:24,880
\nmaybe it’s the best afternoon,
\nyou wouldn’t want this on the <\/p>\n
900
\n00:47:24,880 –> 00:47:28,000
\nlast afternoon, would you?
\nI just want us to end in the <\/p>\n
901
\n00:47:28,000 –> 00:47:31,360
\nGarden of Gethsemane and
\nunderstand what was going on, <\/p>\n
902
\n00:47:31,360 –> 00:47:34,600
\nparticularly with Peter, James
\nand John as the Lord Jesus took <\/p>\n
903
\n00:47:34,600 –> 00:47:38,200
\nthem to witness his prayers to
\nthe Father. <\/p>\n
904
\n00:47:38,200 –> 00:47:41,560
\nAnd what I want you to remember
\nas we just go into the garden <\/p>\n
905
\n00:47:41,560 –> 00:47:44,560
\nwith the Lord Jesus Christ was
\nthat this is the statement at <\/p>\n
906
\n00:47:44,560 –> 00:47:48,160
\nthe end of John 16 as the Lord
\nis about to enter Gethsemane. <\/p>\n
907
\n00:47:48,160 –> 00:47:50,600
\nThis is His statement to His
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n
908
\n00:47:50,960 –> 00:47:53,240
\nYou will be scattered, every man
\nto his own, and you will leave <\/p>\n
909
\n00:47:53,240 –> 00:47:55,400
\nme alone.
\nAnd yet I want you to remember <\/p>\n
910
\n00:47:55,400 –> 00:47:56,840
\nthis.
\nWhen that happens, even when <\/p>\n
911
\n00:47:56,840 –> 00:48:00,360
\nthat happens, Peter, in in three
\ndays time, when you’re weeping <\/p>\n
912
\n00:48:00,800 –> 00:48:04,120
\nand bitter because of your own
\nfailings, this is what I want <\/p>\n
913
\n00:48:04,120 –> 00:48:06,800
\nyou to remember.
\nPeter, I wasn’t alone. <\/p>\n
914
\n00:48:07,600 –> 00:48:10,840
\nYou didn’t leave me alone
\nbecause the Father is with me. <\/p>\n
915
\n00:48:11,480 –> 00:48:13,840
\nAnd these things I’ve spoken
\nunto you, that in me you might <\/p>\n
916
\n00:48:13,840 –> 00:48:15,280
\nhave peace.
\nBe of good cheer. <\/p>\n
917
\n00:48:15,560 –> 00:48:18,600
\nI’ve overcome the world.
\nAnd I suppose one of the great <\/p>\n
918
\n00:48:18,600 –> 00:48:21,160
\nproblems now in seeing the Lord
\nJesus go into the Garden of <\/p>\n
919
\n00:48:21,160 –> 00:48:25,000
\nGethsemane and get down on his
\nknees in prayer is it just looks<\/p>\n
920
\n00:48:25,000 –> 00:48:27,800
\nlike for a moment that
\neverything is has the potential <\/p>\n
921
\n00:48:27,800 –> 00:48:31,040
\nto to come apart at the seams.
\nJust when you’ve heard these <\/p>\n
922
\n00:48:31,040 –> 00:48:33,200
\nstatements.
\nListen, I know what’s going to <\/p>\n
923
\n00:48:33,200 –> 00:48:34,560
\nhappen.
\nYou’re all going to scatter. <\/p>\n
924
\n00:48:34,680 –> 00:48:36,600
\nYou’re going to leave me.
\nAnd yet I want you to remember <\/p>\n
925
\n00:48:36,600 –> 00:48:39,440
\nI’m not alone.
\nThe Father is with me and I have<\/p>\n
926
\n00:48:39,440 –> 00:48:42,240
\novercome the world already.
\nIsn’t the? <\/p>\n
927
\n00:48:42,240 –> 00:48:45,920
\nIsn’t the.
\nThe the, the, the tense of that <\/p>\n
928
\n00:48:45,920 –> 00:48:46,800
\nstatement.
\nLovely. <\/p>\n
929
\n00:48:46,840 –> 00:48:50,320
\nI have overcome the world.
\nNot I’m about to not I will. <\/p>\n
930
\n00:48:50,440 –> 00:48:53,240
\nIt’s done, the work is finished.
\nI’ve done it. <\/p>\n
931
\n00:48:53,320 –> 00:48:56,960
\nIt’s over.
\nI have overcome the world. <\/p>\n
932
\n00:48:56,960 –> 00:49:00,280
\nI want you to remember that as
\nwe go now into the garden. <\/p>\n
933
\n00:49:00,280 –> 00:49:24,520
\nLet’s have a look in Matthew 26.
\nSo Matthew 26 and 36, you know <\/p>\n
934
\n00:49:24,520 –> 00:49:26,000
\nthe story well.
\nThey enter the garden of <\/p>\n
935
\n00:49:26,000 –> 00:49:32,280
\nGethsemane.
\nThen cometh Jesus with them unto<\/p>\n
936
\n00:49:32,280 –> 00:49:34,520
\na place called Gethsemane.
\nAnd said to his disciples, Sit <\/p>\n
937
\n00:49:34,520 –> 00:49:38,840
\nhere while I go and pray Yonder.
\nAnd he took with him Peter, the <\/p>\n
938
\n00:49:38,840 –> 00:49:41,720
\ntwo sons of Zebedee, and began
\nto be sorrowful and very heavy. <\/p>\n
939
\n00:49:42,080 –> 00:49:44,520
\nAnd he said to them, My soul is
\nexceeding sorrowful, even unto <\/p>\n
940
\n00:49:44,520 –> 00:49:48,440
\ndeath.
\nTarry ye here and watch with me.<\/p>\n
941
\n00:49:49,200 –> 00:49:52,760
\nSo we see the Lord Jesus
\nentering the garden. 8 disciples<\/p>\n
942
\n00:49:52,760 –> 00:49:55,680
\nare left some distance away,
\nJudas already having gone of <\/p>\n
943
\n00:49:55,680 –> 00:49:59,120
\ncourse, and now Peter, James and
\nJohn go with him a little <\/p>\n
944
\n00:49:59,120 –> 00:50:01,160
\nfurther.
\nAnd Jesus says, I want you to <\/p>\n
945
\n00:50:01,160 –> 00:50:03,840
\nwait here and watch with me.
\nAnd my last question for you <\/p>\n
946
\n00:50:03,840 –> 00:50:06,120
\nthis afternoon, brother and
\nsisters, is why? <\/p>\n
947
\n00:50:07,960 –> 00:50:11,440
\nWhy was it so important to the
\nLord Jesus Christ that Peter, <\/p>\n
948
\n00:50:11,440 –> 00:50:16,640
\nJames and John specifically were
\nwatching and witnessing here in <\/p>\n
949
\n00:50:16,640 –> 00:50:18,240
\nthe garden with the Lord Jesus
\nChrist? <\/p>\n
950
\n00:50:18,240 –> 00:50:22,680
\nWhat was it that Jesus wanted
\nthem to take away from this <\/p>\n
951
\n00:50:22,680 –> 00:50:27,680
\nmoment?
\nAnd one of the problems for me <\/p>\n
952
\n00:50:27,680 –> 00:50:29,600
\nanyway, Maybe you haven’t had
\nthis problem. <\/p>\n
953
\n00:50:29,840 –> 00:50:33,040
\nMaybe you have one of the
\nproblems for me of this prayer <\/p>\n
954
\n00:50:33,040 –> 00:50:35,920
\nthat the Lord Jesus gives on
\nthis occasion. <\/p>\n
955
\n00:50:35,920 –> 00:50:38,320
\nThere it is, verse 39.
\nHe went a little further and <\/p>\n
956
\n00:50:38,320 –> 00:50:41,080
\nfell on his face and prayed,
\nsaying, my Father, if it be <\/p>\n
957
\n00:50:41,080 –> 00:50:43,000
\npossible, let this cup pass from
\nme. <\/p>\n
958
\n00:50:43,800 –> 00:50:46,880
\nThe cup is unidentified in
\nScripture. <\/p>\n
959
\n00:50:46,880 –> 00:50:49,160
\nWe’re not told what it’s
\nsymbolised for the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
960
\n00:50:49,160 –> 00:50:52,440
\nChrist.
\nI know we we naturally and <\/p>\n
961
\n00:50:52,440 –> 00:50:55,720
\nautomatically take it to me in
\nthe suffering that the Lord was <\/p>\n
962
\n00:50:55,720 –> 00:50:58,600
\nabout to go through all I all
\nI’m suggesting to you is that’s <\/p>\n
963
\n00:50:58,600 –> 00:51:01,160
\nnot identified.
\nThat’s not explicitly told us in<\/p>\n
964
\n00:51:01,160 –> 00:51:04,040
\nthe record.
\nIt’s understandable that we we <\/p>\n
965
\n00:51:04,040 –> 00:51:06,120
\ninterpret it that way and I’ve
\nno problem with it being <\/p>\n
966
\n00:51:06,320 –> 00:51:07,960
\ninterpreted that way.
\nI don’t want to take anything <\/p>\n
967
\n00:51:07,960 –> 00:51:11,240
\naway from the suffering and the
\nproblem that the Lord Jesus as <\/p>\n
968
\n00:51:11,240 –> 00:51:13,800
\nany man would face going through
\nwhat he was about to go through.<\/p>\n
969
\n00:51:14,080 –> 00:51:17,160
\nAll I’m saying to you is it’s
\nnot expressly told us in the <\/p>\n
970
\n00:51:17,160 –> 00:51:20,000
\nrecord that that’s what the
\nrepresented for the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
971
\n00:51:20,000 –> 00:51:21,640
\nChrist.
\nAnd what I want to share with <\/p>\n
972
\n00:51:21,640 –> 00:51:24,360
\nyou just for the last 5 minutes
\nis that I think there was more <\/p>\n
973
\n00:51:24,360 –> 00:51:26,680
\nin it for the Lord Jesus Christ
\nthan just that. <\/p>\n
974
\n00:51:27,240 –> 00:51:29,720
\nNot taking away anything of the
\nsuffering of the Lord. <\/p>\n
975
\n00:51:30,080 –> 00:51:32,160
\nBut I want to suggest to you
\njust as our final thought, that <\/p>\n
976
\n00:51:32,160 –> 00:51:37,080
\nthere was more to it for the
\nLord than just his physical <\/p>\n
977
\n00:51:37,600 –> 00:51:40,560
\nsuffering.
\nAnd the reason I say that is <\/p>\n
978
\n00:51:40,560 –> 00:51:45,880
\nthis. 10 times we just saw a
\nmoment ago, 10 times he’s just <\/p>\n
979
\n00:51:45,880 –> 00:51:47,640
\nsaid I’m going to be with the
\nfather. <\/p>\n
980
\n00:51:47,640 –> 00:51:50,400
\nThat’s where I’m going.
\nMy mind is absolutely fixed on <\/p>\n
981
\n00:51:50,400 –> 00:51:51,960
\nthat.
\nMake no mistake about it. <\/p>\n
982
\n00:51:52,120 –> 00:51:54,160
\nWe’ve just walked into the
\ngarden and he said this. <\/p>\n
983
\n00:51:54,320 –> 00:51:56,680
\nI’m not alone.
\nThe Father is with me. <\/p>\n
984
\n00:51:56,800 –> 00:51:59,320
\nBe of good cheer.
\nI have overcome the world. <\/p>\n
985
\n00:51:59,600 –> 00:52:02,080
\nAnd it almost seems strange in a
\nway, doesn’t it, that having <\/p>\n
986
\n00:52:02,080 –> 00:52:05,520
\njust said that literally moments
\nbefore, the Lord Jesus now gets <\/p>\n
987
\n00:52:05,520 –> 00:52:07,760
\ndown in prayer and says, I know
\nI’ve finished the work that you <\/p>\n
988
\n00:52:07,760 –> 00:52:10,040
\ngave me to do.
\nI know I’m coming to be with <\/p>\n
989
\n00:52:10,040 –> 00:52:11,920
\nyou.
\nBut if it’s possible, can we? <\/p>\n
990
\n00:52:11,920 –> 00:52:16,280
\nCan we find a way?
\nOut and whilst I don’t doubt <\/p>\n
991
\n00:52:16,280 –> 00:52:19,480
\nthere was a a natural human
\nelement of that, I want to <\/p>\n
992
\n00:52:19,480 –> 00:52:23,400
\nsuggest to you bun sisters,
\nthere was something more and the<\/p>\n
993
\n00:52:23,600 –> 00:52:26,640
\nthe clue it seems to me is in
\nthe men who Jesus chose to took <\/p>\n
994
\n00:52:26,640 –> 00:52:30,840
\nwith him Peter, James and John
\nthree times. <\/p>\n
995
\n00:52:30,840 –> 00:52:34,320
\nOf course you’ll remember Jesus
\ntakes Peter, James and John with<\/p>\n
996
\n00:52:34,320 –> 00:52:36,760
\nhim to experience very specific
\nthings. <\/p>\n
997
\n00:52:37,200 –> 00:52:39,800
\nThe first time was the
\nresurrection of Jairus daughter.<\/p>\n
998
\n00:52:40,600 –> 00:52:42,480
\nThe second time was the
\nTransfiguration. <\/p>\n
999
\n00:52:43,120 –> 00:52:46,440
\nAnd here was the third time here
\nin the garden to witness this <\/p>\n
1000
\n00:52:46,440 –> 00:52:48,280
\nprayer.
\nAnd I want to suggest to you <\/p>\n
1001
\n00:52:48,280 –> 00:52:51,080
\nthat the first two occasions
\nwere to prepare Peter, James, <\/p>\n
1002
\n00:52:51,080 –> 00:52:55,840
\nand John for this one, the
\nresurrection of Jairus daughter.<\/p>\n
1003
\n00:52:56,880 –> 00:53:00,080
\nMy little lamb, arise.
\nYou know the power of <\/p>\n
1004
\n00:53:00,080 –> 00:53:03,200
\nresurrection and the glory that
\nthey saw there on the mount of <\/p>\n
1005
\n00:53:03,200 –> 00:53:06,360
\nTransfiguration that they might
\nunderstand what was now <\/p>\n
1006
\n00:53:06,640 –> 00:53:08,280
\nhappening here.
\nAnd I want you to turn with me <\/p>\n
1007
\n00:53:08,280 –> 00:53:12,120
\nto Luke Chapter 9, because Luke
\nadds something in the in the <\/p>\n
1008
\n00:53:12,120 –> 00:53:14,320
\nrecord of the transfiguration
\nwhich is unique. <\/p>\n
1009
\n00:53:16,200 –> 00:53:30,000
\nJust have a look at it here.
\nLuke Chapter 9 and verse 30. <\/p>\n
1010
\n00:53:30,440 –> 00:53:32,360
\nThis is Luke’s account of the
\ntransfiguration. <\/p>\n
1011
\n00:53:32,360 –> 00:53:35,720
\nPeter, James and John are there,
\nand Luke adds a unique detail. <\/p>\n
1012
\n00:53:37,040 –> 00:53:40,160
\nBehold, they’re taught Luke 9,
\nverse 32, men with the Lord <\/p>\n
1013
\n00:53:40,160 –> 00:53:43,720
\nJesus Christ, which were Moses
\nand Elias, who appeared in <\/p>\n
1014
\n00:53:43,720 –> 00:53:47,840
\nglory, and spake of his decease,
\nwhich he should accomplish at <\/p>\n
1015
\n00:53:47,840 –> 00:53:50,400
\nJerusalem, and that last little.
\nBit there is unique to Luke’s <\/p>\n
1016
\n00:53:50,400 –> 00:53:52,880
\ngospel.
\nLuke tells us what Jesus was <\/p>\n
1017
\n00:53:52,880 –> 00:53:57,640
\ntalking to Moses and Elijah
\nabout the the conversation, <\/p>\n
1018
\n00:53:57,640 –> 00:54:01,640
\nverse 31 was about Jesus’s
\ndecease that he was going to <\/p>\n
1019
\n00:54:01,640 –> 00:54:04,440
\naccomplish at Jerusalem.
\nThat’s interesting, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
1020
\n00:54:04,720 –> 00:54:09,520
\nWhat would Moses and Elijah have
\nsaid to Jesus about his decease?<\/p>\n
1021
\n00:54:09,720 –> 00:54:13,120
\nAnd that word deceased there in
\nverse 31 is really interesting. <\/p>\n
1022
\n00:54:13,120 –> 00:54:16,400
\nIt’s the it’s the Greek
\nequivalent of the of the Hebrew <\/p>\n
1023
\n00:54:16,400 –> 00:54:21,520
\nword Exodus, his departure.
\nAll right, now what was it? <\/p>\n
1024
\n00:54:21,520 –> 00:54:24,440
\nWhat was the commonality between
\nMoses and Elijah and their <\/p>\n
1025
\n00:54:24,440 –> 00:54:27,680
\ndeparture that they could have
\nhad a conversation with the Lord<\/p>\n
1026
\n00:54:27,680 –> 00:54:30,880
\nJesus Christ about?
\nBecause whilst there may be lots<\/p>\n
1027
\n00:54:30,880 –> 00:54:33,880
\nof similarities about Moses and
\nElijah, there are some very <\/p>\n
1028
\n00:54:33,880 –> 00:54:37,080
\nspecific similarities about
\ntheir decease, about their <\/p>\n
1029
\n00:54:37,080 –> 00:54:38,320
\ndeparture.
\nDo you remember them? <\/p>\n
1030
\n00:54:39,000 –> 00:54:41,720
\nMoses, of course, was taken by
\nGod up onto the mount. <\/p>\n
1031
\n00:54:41,720 –> 00:54:45,400
\nAbraham, as you, you’ll
\nremember, and God buried him <\/p>\n
1032
\n00:54:45,400 –> 00:54:47,920
\nthere silently.
\nNobody saw it, nobody witnessed <\/p>\n
1033
\n00:54:47,920 –> 00:54:50,080
\nit.
\nAnd you’ll similarly remember <\/p>\n
1034
\n00:54:50,080 –> 00:54:53,880
\nthe death of Elijah.
\nHe was taken up by a whirlwind <\/p>\n
1035
\n00:54:54,080 –> 00:54:57,840
\nby God into heaven, and only
\nElisha was there witnessing his <\/p>\n
1036
\n00:54:57,840 –> 00:54:59,560
\ndeparture.
\nNobody saw him buried. <\/p>\n
1037
\n00:54:59,800 –> 00:55:01,920
\nNobody saw him die.
\nIt was a private thing. <\/p>\n
1038
\n00:55:02,520 –> 00:55:06,000
\nAnd now these two men are going
\nto talk about some circumstances<\/p>\n
1039
\n00:55:06,000 –> 00:55:09,360
\nof their own departure.
\nI suggest that we’re now going <\/p>\n
1040
\n00:55:09,360 –> 00:55:11,280
\nto be similar in some way to the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
1041
\n00:55:11,600 –> 00:55:13,600
\nAnd very quickly I want to share
\nwith you what those might have <\/p>\n
1042
\n00:55:13,600 –> 00:55:16,640
\nbeen.
\nMoses and Elijah are appearing <\/p>\n
1043
\n00:55:16,640 –> 00:55:19,200
\nhere in glory with the Lord
\nJesus Christ and there’s a <\/p>\n
1044
\n00:55:19,200 –> 00:55:23,120
\nreally lovely moment in both of
\nthese men’s lives that happened <\/p>\n
1045
\n00:55:23,120 –> 00:55:26,480
\njust before their departure.
\nAnd, and here’s we don’t have <\/p>\n
1046
\n00:55:26,480 –> 00:55:28,520
\ntime to look at it now because
\nI’m way over and you’re being <\/p>\n
1047
\n00:55:28,520 –> 00:55:31,120
\nvery patient with me in Numbers
\n27. <\/p>\n
1048
\n00:55:31,680 –> 00:55:34,160
\nLook at it in your own time or
\nwe can talk about it afterwards.<\/p>\n
1049
\n00:55:34,440 –> 00:55:37,240
\nGod comes to Moses and says, now
\nlisten Moses, the day has come. <\/p>\n
1050
\n00:55:37,600 –> 00:55:40,000
\nI want you to climb Mount
\nAbraham and I’m going to, you’re<\/p>\n
1051
\n00:55:40,000 –> 00:55:41,680
\ngoing to die there and I’m going
\nto bury you. <\/p>\n
1052
\n00:55:43,040 –> 00:55:45,360
\nThat’s it.
\nThat’s all God said, and you <\/p>\n
1053
\n00:55:45,360 –> 00:55:47,680
\ncould understand Moses going
\nback to God or and saying <\/p>\n
1054
\n00:55:47,680 –> 00:55:50,520
\nsomething like, listen, hang on
\na minute, is there any way we <\/p>\n
1055
\n00:55:50,520 –> 00:55:53,320
\ncan negotiate this?
\nThere’s still some things I’d <\/p>\n
1056
\n00:55:53,320 –> 00:55:56,120
\nlike to do, all the things Moses
\ncould have said. <\/p>\n
1057
\n00:55:56,600 –> 00:55:59,960
\nIn the in the very next.
\nVerse for after God having said <\/p>\n
1058
\n00:55:59,960 –> 00:56:01,840
\nto Moses, listen, you’re going
\nto climb this mountain, you’re <\/p>\n
1059
\n00:56:01,840 –> 00:56:03,320
\ngoing to die there, your time
\nhas come. <\/p>\n
1060
\n00:56:03,680 –> 00:56:07,920
\nThis was what Moses said to God
\nand it’s it’s beautiful. <\/p>\n
1061
\n00:56:08,800 –> 00:56:11,600
\nMoses said to the Lord, let the
\nLord, the God of the spirits of <\/p>\n
1062
\n00:56:11,600 –> 00:56:15,880
\nall flesh, set a man over the
\ncongregation that that the <\/p>\n
1063
\n00:56:15,880 –> 00:56:19,120
\ncongregation of the Lord be not
\na sheep which have no shepherd. <\/p>\n
1064
\n00:56:19,480 –> 00:56:20,680
\nI don’t know about you, Bren
\nSisters. <\/p>\n
1065
\n00:56:21,040 –> 00:56:25,800
\nFor the 120 years that Moses had
\nbeen through with these people, <\/p>\n
1066
\n00:56:26,320 –> 00:56:28,760
\nwith the ups and downs and the
\nchallenges that they’d given <\/p>\n
1067
\n00:56:28,760 –> 00:56:30,120
\nhim.
\nAnd if ever you need an <\/p>\n
1068
\n00:56:30,120 –> 00:56:31,560
\nexhortation, it includes your
\nlife. <\/p>\n
1069
\n00:56:31,840 –> 00:56:35,080
\nYou just listen to these words
\nof Moses after all that he’d <\/p>\n
1070
\n00:56:35,080 –> 00:56:37,200
\nbeen through with these men and
\nwomen in the wilderness. <\/p>\n
1071
\n00:56:37,840 –> 00:56:40,480
\nThis is Moses concern as he’s
\nabout to die. <\/p>\n
1072
\n00:56:41,160 –> 00:56:44,600
\nWhat’s going to happen to these
\nsheep who have no shepherd? <\/p>\n
1073
\n00:56:46,840 –> 00:56:49,840
\nIf you take me and I climb this
\nmountain now, what will happen <\/p>\n
1074
\n00:56:49,840 –> 00:56:52,760
\nto them?
\nHaving lived his own, which were<\/p>\n
1075
\n00:56:52,760 –> 00:56:55,360
\nin the world, he loved them to
\nthe end. <\/p>\n
1076
\n00:56:56,120 –> 00:56:58,040
\nAnd this was the concern of the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
1077
\n00:56:58,040 –> 00:57:01,160
\nBrethren, sisters, just note the
\ncontrast, Matthew’s account of <\/p>\n
1078
\n00:57:01,160 –> 00:57:03,800
\nthe Last Supper.
\nJesus said to them, You will all<\/p>\n
1079
\n00:57:03,800 –> 00:57:05,760
\nbe offended because of the me
\nthis night. <\/p>\n
1080
\n00:57:05,760 –> 00:57:09,720
\nFor it is written, I will smite
\nthe shepherd, and the sheep of <\/p>\n
1081
\n00:57:09,720 –> 00:57:12,720
\nthe flock will be scattered.
\nAnd you can imagine, I don’t <\/p>\n
1082
\n00:57:12,720 –> 00:57:14,000
\nknow, maybe it’s just me, Brent,
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
1083
\n00:57:14,000 –> 00:57:16,120
\nAnd you tell me afterwards if
\nI’m taking these too far. <\/p>\n
1084
\n00:57:16,360 –> 00:57:19,360
\nI can just imagine Moses saying
\nthere, whether it be vision or <\/p>\n
1085
\n00:57:19,360 –> 00:57:20,960
\nwhatever, it might have been
\nthere on the mount of <\/p>\n
1086
\n00:57:20,960 –> 00:57:24,360
\nTransfiguration.
\nListen Jesus, I want to tell you<\/p>\n
1087
\n00:57:24,360 –> 00:57:28,960
\nabout how I felt the day God
\ntold me my exodus had come and I<\/p>\n
1088
\n00:57:28,960 –> 00:57:31,480
\nprayed that God would set a man
\nover the congregation. <\/p>\n
1089
\n00:57:31,480 –> 00:57:35,040
\nAnd in fact, the very, very next
\nverse, Numbers 27, verse 18, God<\/p>\n
1090
\n00:57:35,040 –> 00:57:37,680
\nsays to Moses, I want you to
\ntake Joshua, a man in whom is <\/p>\n
1091
\n00:57:37,680 –> 00:57:40,920
\nthe Spirit and appoint him.
\nAnd I can imagine Moses saying <\/p>\n
1092
\n00:57:40,920 –> 00:57:44,240
\nto Jesus, listen, I pray to God.
\nAnd he, he resolved my concern. <\/p>\n
1093
\n00:57:44,600 –> 00:57:46,280
\nI was so worried what would
\nhappen to these sheep. <\/p>\n
1094
\n00:57:46,280 –> 00:57:48,960
\nAnd he and he allowed me to
\nappoint Joshua a man who would <\/p>\n
1095
\n00:57:48,960 –> 00:57:51,960
\ncarry on after me.
\nWell, wouldn’t that wouldn’t <\/p>\n
1096
\n00:57:51,960 –> 00:57:53,760
\nthat be a lovely conversation
\nfor the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
1097
\n00:57:53,760 –> 00:57:56,720
\nWhat about Elijah Just note
\nthese really carefully Bren <\/p>\n
1098
\n00:57:56,720 –> 00:57:58,560
\nsisters and and follow them up
\nin your own time. <\/p>\n
1099
\n00:57:59,160 –> 00:58:03,640
\nElijah said to Elijah Tara here,
\nI pray thee and Elijah said to <\/p>\n
1100
\n00:58:03,640 –> 00:58:06,080
\nhim, as the Lord lives and as
\nyour soul lives, I will not <\/p>\n
1101
\n00:58:06,080 –> 00:58:08,320
\nleave you.
\nThis is second Kings chapter 2 <\/p>\n
1102
\n00:58:08,640 –> 00:58:12,320
\nand Elijah is about to be taken
\nfrom Elijah and three times <\/p>\n
1103
\n00:58:12,320 –> 00:58:14,360
\nElijah says listen, wait here
\nfor me. <\/p>\n
1104
\n00:58:14,560 –> 00:58:17,120
\nPlease don’t come any closer but
\nwait. <\/p>\n
1105
\n00:58:17,960 –> 00:58:20,080
\nAnd they were the exact words of
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ there in <\/p>\n
1106
\n00:58:20,080 –> 00:58:21,840
\nthe Garden of Gethsemane.
\nAnd do you know when it says <\/p>\n
1107
\n00:58:21,840 –> 00:58:24,480
\nthree times Elijah said that to
\nElijah. <\/p>\n
1108
\n00:58:24,640 –> 00:58:27,640
\nYou follow them up in second
\nKings two and three times Elijah<\/p>\n
1109
\n00:58:27,640 –> 00:58:29,840
\ncomes back with this lovely
\nstatement as the. <\/p>\n
1110
\n00:58:29,840 –> 00:58:32,840
\nLord lives and as your soul
\nlives, I will never leave you. <\/p>\n
1111
\n00:58:33,520 –> 00:58:34,800
\nIsn’t that lovely?
\nDo you? <\/p>\n
1112
\n00:58:35,120 –> 00:58:37,200
\nDo those words have an echo in
\nthe New Testament? <\/p>\n
1113
\n00:58:38,040 –> 00:58:40,680
\nI will lay down my life for your
\nsake, says Peter. <\/p>\n
1114
\n00:58:40,800 –> 00:58:42,160
\nWhen Jesus says listen, I need
\nto. <\/p>\n
1115
\n00:58:42,160 –> 00:58:44,600
\nGo and I want you to wait for
\nme. <\/p>\n
1116
\n00:58:44,840 –> 00:58:47,720
\nPeter says Lord, I will lay down
\nmy life for your sake. <\/p>\n
1117
\n00:58:48,120 –> 00:58:49,400
\nAnd this was the contrast in
\nPeter. <\/p>\n
1118
\n00:58:49,400 –> 00:58:50,840
\nDo you remember what the Lord
\nsaid to him? <\/p>\n
1119
\n00:58:51,720 –> 00:58:57,760
\nThe cock will not crow until you
\nhave denied me 3 * 3 times. <\/p>\n
1120
\n00:58:57,760 –> 00:59:01,360
\nElisha had said I will never
\nleave you 3 times. <\/p>\n
1121
\n00:59:01,360 –> 00:59:05,960
\nPeter had said it three times.
\nHe would ultimately deny him <\/p>\n
1122
\n00:59:06,400 –> 00:59:10,760
\nlast one.
\nDo you remember this occasion as<\/p>\n
1123
\n00:59:10,760 –> 00:59:14,400
\nElijah is about to be taken?
\nElijah said to Elijah, ask what <\/p>\n
1124
\n00:59:14,400 –> 00:59:16,080
\nI will do for you before I’m
\ntaken. <\/p>\n
1125
\n00:59:16,800 –> 00:59:19,600
\nAnd Elijah asked this lovely
\nrequest, Let a double portion of<\/p>\n
1126
\n00:59:19,600 –> 00:59:22,120
\nyour spirit be upon me.
\nIsn’t that lovely? <\/p>\n
1127
\n00:59:22,120 –> 00:59:25,200
\nElijah says, listen, I know I’ve
\ngot to fill the shoes of a big <\/p>\n
1128
\n00:59:25,200 –> 00:59:27,720
\nman.
\nI need a double portion, Elijah <\/p>\n
1129
\n00:59:27,720 –> 00:59:30,040
\nof your spirit if I’m going to
\ncarry on the work that you’ve <\/p>\n
1130
\n00:59:30,040 –> 00:59:32,360
\nstarted.
\nNotice what the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
1131
\n00:59:32,360 –> 00:59:35,040
\nChrist said, Bren sisters to the
\ndisciples in the upper room. <\/p>\n
1132
\n00:59:36,240 –> 00:59:39,120
\nWhatever you ask the Father in
\nmy name, he will give it to you.<\/p>\n
1133
\n00:59:39,480 –> 00:59:43,880
\nSo far you haven’t asked.
\nIf you ask, it will be given <\/p>\n
1134
\n00:59:44,640 –> 00:59:47,440
\nwhatever you need to carry on
\nthe works as the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
1135
\n00:59:47,440 –> 00:59:49,920
\nChrist in my name, it will be
\ngiven to you. <\/p>\n
1136
\n00:59:50,960 –> 00:59:54,080
\nSo the reason, it seems to me
\nthe Lord Jesus took Peter and <\/p>\n
1137
\n00:59:54,080 –> 00:59:57,120
\nJames and John with him into the
\ngarden was because they were the<\/p>\n
1138
\n00:59:57,120 –> 00:59:59,760
\nones that the Lord wanted to
\nrely on to carry on the work <\/p>\n
1139
\n00:59:59,760 –> 01:00:04,040
\nafter he’d finished.
\nTara, ye here and wait with me, <\/p>\n
1140
\n01:00:04,040 –> 01:00:07,880
\nwatch with me, watch as I pray,
\nbecause I need you 3 to be with <\/p>\n
1141
\n01:00:07,880 –> 01:00:11,400
\nme, to be the closest with me in
\nmy suffering, to understand <\/p>\n
1142
\n01:00:11,400 –> 01:00:14,800
\nwhat’s happening and and to be
\nthere in on the morning of <\/p>\n
1143
\n01:00:14,800 –> 01:00:16,480
\nresurrection.
\nTo be the ones who will rally <\/p>\n
1144
\n01:00:16,480 –> 01:00:19,480
\nthe troops, to bring everybody
\ntogether, to tell them to not be<\/p>\n
1145
\n01:00:19,480 –> 01:00:22,840
\nafraid, to be of good cheer, to
\nhave my peace in themselves. <\/p>\n
1146
\n01:00:23,480 –> 01:00:26,720
\nAnd three times, Bren sisters,
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ came back <\/p>\n
1147
\n01:00:26,720 –> 01:00:29,360
\nfrom prayer three times.
\nWhy did he do that? <\/p>\n
1148
\n01:00:29,520 –> 01:00:31,720
\nThe prayer was almost identical
\nevery time. <\/p>\n
1149
\n01:00:32,000 –> 01:00:34,280
\nWhy did the Lord come back to
\nthem three times? <\/p>\n
1150
\n01:00:34,520 –> 01:00:38,400
\nIt why, why didn’t he just stay
\nthere the whole time and just <\/p>\n
1151
\n01:00:38,400 –> 01:00:40,920
\nkeep praying the same prayer?
\nWhy did he keep going back to <\/p>\n
1152
\n01:00:40,920 –> 01:00:44,240
\nthe disciples, finding them
\nasleep, going back and praying <\/p>\n
1153
\n01:00:44,240 –> 01:00:47,760
\nagain, going back, finding them
\nasleep, going back and praying <\/p>\n
1154
\n01:00:47,760 –> 01:00:50,560
\nagain?
\nAnd I want to suggest to you, <\/p>\n
1155
\n01:00:50,560 –> 01:00:54,080
\nBren sisters, the reason was.
\nThat the Lord wanted to see his <\/p>\n
1156
\n01:00:54,080 –> 01:00:58,520
\nprayer answered in those men.
\nEvery time he went back, it was <\/p>\n
1157
\n01:00:58,520 –> 01:01:00,240
\nto see if his prayer might be
\nanswered. <\/p>\n
1158
\n01:01:01,320 –> 01:01:03,560
\nThat’s why he kept going back
\nthree times. <\/p>\n
1159
\n01:01:03,720 –> 01:01:06,680
\nPeter, couldn’t you watch with
\nme for one hour? <\/p>\n
1160
\n01:01:07,360 –> 01:01:10,000
\nI thought you would lay down
\nyour life for my sake. <\/p>\n
1161
\n01:01:11,120 –> 01:01:14,520
\nAnd he went back three times to
\nsee if his prayer would be <\/p>\n
1162
\n01:01:14,560 –> 01:01:15,760
\nanswered.
\nAnd his prayer was this. <\/p>\n
1163
\n01:01:15,760 –> 01:01:19,320
\nFather, if it be possible, let
\nthis cup pass from me. <\/p>\n
1164
\n01:01:20,480 –> 01:01:22,240
\nAnd I want to suggest to you,
\nBran sisters, that what the Lord<\/p>\n
1165
\n01:01:22,240 –> 01:01:25,880
\nJesus meant was let this cup
\nthat I’m about to drink that <\/p>\n
1166
\n01:01:25,880 –> 01:01:29,320
\nI’ve shared, which is the
\nvictory and the salvation and <\/p>\n
1167
\n01:01:29,320 –> 01:01:32,680
\nthe joy and the the power of the
\nresurrection of your only <\/p>\n
1168
\n01:01:32,680 –> 01:01:35,360
\nbegotten Son.
\nLet it be shared with these men.<\/p>\n
1169
\n01:01:35,360 –> 01:01:37,880
\nMay they understand it, may they
\nfeel it, may they know what it <\/p>\n
1170
\n01:01:37,880 –> 01:01:40,280
\nmeans.
\nAnd one of the great challenges,<\/p>\n
1171
\n01:01:40,280 –> 01:01:42,800
\nBran sisters, of the Lord’s life
\nwas his loneliness. <\/p>\n
1172
\n01:01:43,160 –> 01:01:46,680
\nIt seems to me that there were
\nvery few men and women around <\/p>\n
1173
\n01:01:46,680 –> 01:01:51,160
\nhim in the entire universe who
\nunderstood on anything like the <\/p>\n
1174
\n01:01:51,160 –> 01:01:54,720
\nsame level of himself the things
\nthat he was about to do. <\/p>\n
1175
\n01:01:56,240 –> 01:01:59,560
\nWell, brothers, sisters, what
\nwas it then that the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
1176
\n01:01:59,560 –> 01:02:03,480
\nwanted us to remember it?
\nDo this in remembrance of me. <\/p>\n
1177
\n01:02:05,120 –> 01:02:10,040
\nWas it about pain and suffering?
\nWas the Passover meal to be a <\/p>\n
1178
\n01:02:10,040 –> 01:02:13,640
\nreminder to the children of
\nIsrael of the sadness of death <\/p>\n
1179
\n01:02:13,640 –> 01:02:16,360
\nand sorrow?
\nIt wasn’t, was it? <\/p>\n
1180
\n01:02:17,160 –> 01:02:19,120
\nIt was to be a reminder of their
\nredemption. <\/p>\n
1181
\n01:02:19,920 –> 01:02:23,600
\nOf the joy, of freedom, of the
\nwonder of what God had done for <\/p>\n
1182
\n01:02:23,600 –> 01:02:25,120
\nthem.
\nAnd whilst death was a part of <\/p>\n
1183
\n01:02:25,120 –> 01:02:28,560
\nit, the purpose was redemption.
\nThe Lord God, with a strong hand<\/p>\n
1184
\n01:02:28,560 –> 01:02:31,600
\nand an outstretched arm, brought
\nhis people out of slavery and <\/p>\n
1185
\n01:02:31,600 –> 01:02:33,480
\nhas given us liberty and
\nfreedom. <\/p>\n
1186
\n01:02:33,600 –> 01:02:35,880
\nJesus Christ, for instance, is
\nnot a dead man. <\/p>\n
1187
\n01:02:36,360 –> 01:02:38,280
\nHe’s a triumphant man.
\nHe’s victorious. <\/p>\n
1188
\n01:02:38,280 –> 01:02:39,840
\nHe’s our conquering and risen
\nLord. <\/p>\n
1189
\n01:02:40,000 –> 01:02:43,520
\nHe is with the Father right now
\nfor us, preparing for us a <\/p>\n
1190
\n01:02:43,520 –> 01:02:45,480
\nplace.
\nAnd you know, if, if anything’s <\/p>\n
1191
\n01:02:45,480 –> 01:02:49,040
\nworth remembering in life week
\nby week, then may it be that. <\/p>\n
1192
\n01:02:51,280 –> 01:02:54,960
\nAnd as I take the bread of
\nheaven and share in the royal <\/p>\n
1193
\n01:02:54,960 –> 01:02:59,440
\ncup of the King week by week, I
\nreflect on the mindset of a man <\/p>\n
1194
\n01:02:59,440 –> 01:03:02,960
\nwho could rise above all of
\nlife’s circumstances in the <\/p>\n
1195
\n01:03:02,960 –> 01:03:05,440
\npursuit of filling the purpose
\nof God in his life. <\/p>\n
1196
\n01:03:06,560 –> 01:03:10,880
\nI acknowledge my own weaknesses,
\nsure, but I celebrate His <\/p>\n
1197
\n01:03:10,880 –> 01:03:14,400
\nvictory, and I thank Him deeply
\nthat He did so for me. <\/p>\n
1198
\n01:03:14,400 –> 01:03:18,960
\nAnd I determine to find some of
\nHis strength inside myself to <\/p>\n
1199
\n01:03:18,960 –> 01:03:22,680
\ndeviate my attitude in the
\neveryday circumstances of my <\/p>\n
1200
\n01:03:22,680 –> 01:03:23,080
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