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Episode 204 - Necessary Departure · End-Time Revival Ministries, USA

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  Speaker 1: Blessed be the name of the Lord. From this time
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  Speaker 1: forth and even forevermore, from the rising of the sun
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  Speaker 1: to the going down, the name of the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: to be praised. Blessed be the name that is above.
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  Speaker 1: Every name, every need, bows, every tongue confesses that he
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  Speaker 1: is Lord. We thank God again for this glorious, beautiful day,
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  Speaker 1: this day that we celebrate as Good Friday, a man
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  Speaker 1: Jesus giving himself over, a man to be crucified for
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  Speaker 1: our sins, for our transgressions, for our guilt, so that
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  Speaker 1: His righteousness would be transferred to us and we could
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  Speaker 1: be declared a man righteous before the Holy God of Heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift. All right, God,
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  Speaker 1: bless you once again. We welcome you to this another
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  Speaker 1: edition of End Time Revival Ministries us A where we
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  Speaker 1: always celebrate Jesus. It's all about him, all about his
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  Speaker 1: great salvation, our kinsman redeemer, our hope of glory, our
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  Speaker 1: soon coming King. Amen, we bless his name, that name, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: that is given among men, whereby we must be saved.
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  Speaker 1: There is salvation and none other. There is no other
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  Speaker 1: way to God but by Jesus the Christ. Amen. And
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  Speaker 1: thank God, he came down from glory, stripping himself as
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  Speaker 1: it were, and taking on human flesh amen, becoming subject
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  Speaker 1: amen to the whims of men, subjected himself to the beating,
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  Speaker 1: the torture, the ridicule, the mockery. And he did it
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  Speaker 1: all because he loved us and would not leave us
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  Speaker 1: in the condition that we were born into, inheriting the
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  Speaker 1: nature of Adam. Thank God for Jesus again coming on
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  Speaker 1: our behalf. And today we want to as always a man,
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  Speaker 1: honor him who is the King of kings and Lord
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  Speaker 1: of lords, the great I am. Thank God that he
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  Speaker 1: came and gave himself for our deliverance. And oh, my God,
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  Speaker 1: we need it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: We cannot we cannot thank him enough. We cannot thank
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  Speaker 1: him enough. But today we give thanks and commemorating a
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  Speaker 1: man his coming to die, that gruesome death, and certainly,
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  Speaker 1: of course the resurrection from the dead by which we
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  Speaker 1: have this great hope and salvation in him. All right,
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  Speaker 1: today we're continuing in the Gospel of John. We're in
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  Speaker 1: chapter number sixteen, and we're going to be reading from
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  Speaker 1: those few verses in just a moment. But first of all,
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  Speaker 1: of course, as always, thank you, thank you, thank you,
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  Speaker 1: all of you who pray for and support this ministry. Please,
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  Speaker 1: to disseminate the truth of God as widely as possible
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  Speaker 1: to as many who will hear the voice of the Savior.
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  Speaker 1: In these amen end times. We are in the last
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  Speaker 1: of the last days, and our mission is to a
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  Speaker 1: man again preach the word of God and pare people
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  Speaker 1: for the coming of the Lord. He is coming again,
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  Speaker 1: and it will be as Jesus himself said as a
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  Speaker 1: thief in the night. We don't know the day, we
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  Speaker 1: don't know the hour, but we can know the times
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  Speaker 1: and the season, and we are certainly, according to a man,
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  Speaker 1: the fulfillment of biblical prophecy that's happening right before our eyes.
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  Speaker 1: We are in the last of the last day, so
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  Speaker 1: we want to prepare our hearts amen, and be ready
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  Speaker 1: Amen for the coming of Jesus Christ. So again, thank
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  Speaker 1: you again those of you who pray for in support
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  Speaker 1: this ministry. We bless the name of the Lord for
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  Speaker 1: you Amen. All right. Before we begin, take a moment
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  Speaker 1: to invoke the presence of the Lord Father again. Greatest
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  Speaker 1: your faithfulness, greate is your grace, mercy, loving kindness. Give
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  Speaker 1: us this day the daily bread that we need, the
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  Speaker 1: manner from on high. Feed us with that living water,
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  Speaker 1: that bread of life. Amen, so that we will be
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  Speaker 1: sustained and we can run in this race and persevere. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: and overcome as conquerors more than conquerors. Through you, because
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  Speaker 1: of your great love for us. Bless us, and will
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  Speaker 1: be blessed. Keep us, and we'll be kept by you
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  Speaker 1: a mighty power, through the power of your Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: at work in us. In Jesus' name, we pray give thanks,
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  Speaker 1: Amen and Amen. All right. Today our man point of
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  Speaker 1: emphasis is on this what we call necessary departure, necessary departure,
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  Speaker 1: And did we get this? Amen. We extract this, if
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  Speaker 1: you will, from these verses that we're about to read
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  Speaker 1: in the Gospel of John chapter number sixteen. It was
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  Speaker 1: so necessary for Jesus to leave, and he was preparing
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  Speaker 1: his disciples for this imminent moment when he would give
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  Speaker 1: himself up and also of course depart back to glory
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  Speaker 1: a man from whence he came nevertheless, amen, this was
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  Speaker 1: not a man something the disciples were looking forward to,
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  Speaker 1: all right, Verse number one of John's Gospel, chapter number sixteen.
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  Speaker 1: These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should
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  Speaker 1: not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues. Yay,
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  Speaker 1: the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that
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  Speaker 1: he doeth God service. And these things will they do
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  Speaker 1: unto you, because they have not known the Father nor mean.
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  Speaker 1: But these things have I told you that when the
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  Speaker 1: time shall come, you may remember that I told you
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  Speaker 1: of them, And these things I said not unto you
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  Speaker 1: at the beginning, because I was with you. But now
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  Speaker 1: I go my way to him that said to me,
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  Speaker 1: And none of you asketh me whether go is thou.
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  Speaker 1: But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow
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  Speaker 1: hath filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth.
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  Speaker 1: It is expedient for you that I go away, for
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  Speaker 1: if I if I go not away, the comforter will
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  Speaker 1: not come unto you. But if I depart, I will
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  Speaker 1: send him unto you. Hey man, Gospel of John, chapter sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: verses one through seven. We've read and you're hearing, ladies
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  Speaker 1: and gentlemen, Church of the Living God. People of God,
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  Speaker 1: please understand that the disciples had to finally grasp Jesus
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  Speaker 1: did not come down here to stay. Jesus came into
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  Speaker 1: the world with purpose. He came on a mission. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: came to bring light to pierce the darkness. Jesus came,
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  Speaker 1: and of course while he was here, he performed miracles. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: That was not no, no, no, by any means the main
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  Speaker 1: purpose of his coming. He didn't come just to perform miracles,
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  Speaker 1: to feed, to heal, to deliver, No, no, no, those
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  Speaker 1: things Amen. He did out of the abundance of his
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  Speaker 1: grace and mercy, his compassion, and his love for those
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  Speaker 1: who were being tormented, being possessed a man, who were broken,
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  Speaker 1: who were poor in spirit. And of course the same
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  Speaker 1: Amen's situation persists even to this day. Amen, for those
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  Speaker 1: who are outside of the ark of safety, who are
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  Speaker 1: not a man heeding the call of the Savior. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus did not come for that primary purpose. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: came and he raised hope and expectations. Amen. He said,
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  Speaker 1: the spirit of the Lord is upon me, has anointed
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  Speaker 1: me to preach the gospel to the poor, to set
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  Speaker 1: at liberty them. That are bruised, them who are in
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  Speaker 1: Chaine in bondage. Amen. That's what he came, and that's
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  Speaker 1: what he did. He raised hope and expectation. He taught
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  Speaker 1: profound doctrine like none other. And he also brought comfort
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  Speaker 1: and peace to those again who were cast down and forsaken.
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  Speaker 1: He reproved those, on the other hand, who were proud
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  Speaker 1: in spirit. Jesus left an indelible impression with the word
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  Speaker 1: that he preached and taught, leaving absolutely no ambiguity. And
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  Speaker 1: we've talked about this at length. He left no ambiguity
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  Speaker 1: or room for being double minded. Every man, reman then
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  Speaker 1: and now must decide whether he believes in Jesus or
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  Speaker 1: he does not believe in Jesus. But it cannot be both. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus had a good following of disciples who did not
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  Speaker 1: want his earthly ministry to come to an end. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: is now, of course, preparing the bewildered apostles for his
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  Speaker 1: necessary departure. It is necessary, it is expedient a man
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  Speaker 1: for me to go. So he's preparing them for this
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  Speaker 1: necessary departure out of this world, the necessary departure of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: a man that he was speaking of was not just
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  Speaker 1: his imminent death that was just a few hours away
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  Speaker 1: a man, but also his post resurrection ascension back to
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  Speaker 1: Heaven in order for the promised comforter, the Holy Ghost,
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, to be sent down to reside in
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  Speaker 1: the heart of every man, woman, boy and girl who
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  Speaker 1: would come to believe in his atoning work. Amen, that
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  Speaker 1: he was about to undertake. Amen. There was no avoiding
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  Speaker 1: the brutal murder, and that's exactly what it was. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was murdered. Amen. There was no avoiding this, Amen, because
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  Speaker 1: the necessary departure out of this world necessitated that he
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  Speaker 1: first died, this debt, Amen, And it was especially unfathomable
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  Speaker 1: and tongue twisted on that and unwarranted in that Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was sinless, he was faultless, and he was of course
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  Speaker 1: totally unworthy of being condemned to execution for any of
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  Speaker 1: the single any single one of those a man unsubstantiated,
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  Speaker 1: if you will, charges that were leveled against him, leveled
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  Speaker 1: against him by his accusers who were simply, as pilot
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  Speaker 1: noted and understood envious of Jesus, and of course they
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  Speaker 1: were fearful, and they said it themselves of losing their
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  Speaker 1: power and their prestige. See, they had a vast far
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  Speaker 1: they had the people held, I mean held them in awe. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: They were the privileged few a man, they had power
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  Speaker 1: and control, They got respect among the people. And Jesus
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  Speaker 1: coming on the seen and multitudes of people following him, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: flocking to his amen teaching sessions. No, no, no, they
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  Speaker 1: did not take well to that at all. So they
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  Speaker 1: plotted to murder Jesus, to put him to death. And
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  Speaker 1: the closer Jesus came to the moment of his necessary
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  Speaker 1: departure out of this world, all the more he worked, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: on and in, if you will, the hearts of the disciples,
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  Speaker 1: and preparing them for this very hour. Amen. After they
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  Speaker 1: had dedicated, of course, three and a half years of
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  Speaker 1: their lives to faithfully following Jesus, they of course forsook
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  Speaker 1: all that they had Amen, left their daily occupation. Many well,
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  Speaker 1: some of them were fishermen, of course, when you know
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  Speaker 1: at least four of them were a man. They are
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  Speaker 1: still unable to grasp the reality of Jesus not being
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  Speaker 1: with them any longer. They are, they are, they are,
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  Speaker 1: They are stunned by what Jesus, even though again he's
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  Speaker 1: been preparing them. He didn't start off at the beginning,
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  Speaker 1: of course, telling them this, But as he got closer
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  Speaker 1: and closer to the time in which he was to
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  Speaker 1: depart out of this where he was preparing them, and
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  Speaker 1: they could not understand it. Because they they certainly believe
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  Speaker 1: that he is the Christ. They believe he came from above.
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  Speaker 1: They believe in his power and his authority. They they've
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  Speaker 1: seen it. They believe in his coming future kingdom. Do
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  Speaker 1: you remember the They even fought in debate about who
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  Speaker 1: would sit on the right hand and who would sit
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  Speaker 1: on the left hand. But what they again did not
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  Speaker 1: quite yet understand is why would be necessary for Jesus
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  Speaker 1: to depart. Why couldn't he just set up his kingdom
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  Speaker 1: while he's here? Why couldn't he just do what they
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  Speaker 1: were looking forward to? Here? Again, he had clearly demonstrated
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  Speaker 1: his power and authority to command even the forces of
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  Speaker 1: nature to behave The demonic forces of hell were absolutely
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  Speaker 1: terrified of him. And again all of the miracles and
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  Speaker 1: signs and wonders attested to his deity. And so what
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  Speaker 1: could the feeble Roman army of the you know, enemy
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  Speaker 1: of the Jewish people. I mean, what what, what could
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  Speaker 1: they possibly do to combat this absolute power and authority
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  Speaker 1: that Jesus there Messiah had. So why does he have
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  Speaker 1: to die? Why does he have to leave? What do
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  Speaker 1: you mean you're going away? What do you mean? In
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  Speaker 1: their minds, it is time to be saved out of
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  Speaker 1: the hands of their enemy, to be restored to the
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  Speaker 1: prominence of yester years, and and of course in their minds,
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  Speaker 1: to take their rightful place as the heirs of the
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  Speaker 1: promises that God made to their forefathers. In restoring again
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  Speaker 1: to them, will Lord? They even asked at the Ascension,
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  Speaker 1: when Jesus got ready to depart, even after post you know, resurrection,
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  Speaker 1: post crucifixion, Lord, will you at this time restore the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom to Israeli? This, this is what they were looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to. Amen. And so again what is so bewildering
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  Speaker 1: to them is the manner in which he was going
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  Speaker 1: to be leaving. He's going to be betrayed by one
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  Speaker 1: of his own followers. He will be given over to
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish leaders, and then he will be handed over
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  Speaker 1: to the Gentiles to be killed in the most gruesome
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  Speaker 1: of a violent death that would be shameful and unbecoming
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  Speaker 1: a man of a savior, of a messiah, who of
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  Speaker 1: course was expected to deliver his people from the hands
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  Speaker 1: of their enemies, a man. The necessary departure of Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was so that ladies and gentlemen, as he said, the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, would be sent
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  Speaker 1: down from heaven to be within the heart of every
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  Speaker 1: true believer who calls upon the name of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said, if I do not make this necessary departure,
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  Speaker 1: it's expedient for me. You don't understand it, you don't
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  Speaker 1: grasp me, you don't get it right now. But it
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  Speaker 1: is necessary for me to leave a man's so that
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  Speaker 1: he will be the comforter, the Holy Spirit, so that
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  Speaker 1: he will come. Amen. And when he comes, he will
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  Speaker 1: comfort your hearts. He will testify of me, He will
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  Speaker 1: bear witness to the truth, just as I have. And
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  Speaker 1: he also, of course, as Jesus already prepared them with this,
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  Speaker 1: he will lead and guide you into all truth. And
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  Speaker 1: as Jesus spoke all these words of preparation of its
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  Speaker 1: necessary departure, the hearts of these men. Of course, as
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  Speaker 1: the text tells us, Jesus said it because I said
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  Speaker 1: these I say these things to you, your heart is
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  Speaker 1: filled with sorrow. I mean again in their minds, can
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  Speaker 1: can this be the end? I mean, we don't. We don't.
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  Speaker 1: We don't, we don't, we don't, we don't get this?
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  Speaker 1: Can this be the end of all what we have
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  Speaker 1: been privileged and privy to? While Jesus has been with us,
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  Speaker 1: choosing us to be partakers and eyewitnesses of his glory?
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  Speaker 1: Can this be the end? You remember? By the way,
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  Speaker 1: after Jesus rose from the dead, he met too on
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  Speaker 1: the road to Emmaus and had a discussion with them.
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  Speaker 1: And they were leaving away from Jerusalem after Jesus was crucified,
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  Speaker 1: with their heads down, and they were in sadness and
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  Speaker 1: shock and utter disappointment. And Jesus joins in with them
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  Speaker 1: and say, what are you guys discussing? What are you
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  Speaker 1: talking about? It? They said, well, where have you been
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  Speaker 1: and where you have all? Y'all? You're not a stranger
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  Speaker 1: and Jerusalem, didn't you know what happened here recently? How
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  Speaker 1: this you know? Man called Jesus. We had great hope
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  Speaker 1: for him, We had great expectations that he was the one.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we were following him a man. We were
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  Speaker 1: with him, and now we're disappointed. He died. It's over.
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  Speaker 1: And of course you know the rest of the story.
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  Speaker 1: If you don't, it's an the end of the Gospel
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  Speaker 1: of lou Jesus went on with them all the way
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  Speaker 1: to their place, and he talked with them by the way,
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  Speaker 1: and the Bible says he opened their understanding that they
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  Speaker 1: might understand the scriptures. But again with this in their minds,
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  Speaker 1: sudden departure. Well, I mean three and a half years
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  Speaker 1: and now you're leaving. Now you're going where what do
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  Speaker 1: you mean you're going? Why not again? Overthrow the Roman
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  Speaker 1: government and put us back in power, set up your kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: We're here, We're with you. But thanks be to God,
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  Speaker 1: now we know, we know the rest of the story. Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: of course, was indeed betrayed. He was murdered in the
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  Speaker 1: fulfillment of God's plan of redemption, but just as assured
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  Speaker 1: as those who were with him bodily while he was here,
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  Speaker 1: just as assured as they were. We two have the
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  Speaker 1: presence now, thank you, Jesus. We two now have the
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  Speaker 1: presence of the comforter, the Holy Spirit within our hearts.
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  Speaker 1: Because of the necessity of Jesus departing out of this
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  Speaker 1: world back up to glory. Of course, after he triumphed
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  Speaker 1: over sin, over death, over hell, over all the works
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  Speaker 1: of the enemy, over all the works of the darkness,
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  Speaker 1: over the grave, a grave, by the way, that could
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  Speaker 1: not hold him down. Death had no claim, ladies and gentlemen, whatsoever.
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  Speaker 1: This is what Peter preached about. By the way, it
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  Speaker 1: was impossible that death could hold Jesus. Why, well, it's
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  Speaker 1: quite simple. He was sinless. The wages of sin is death.
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  Speaker 1: He took on our sins. He became sin, but he
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  Speaker 1: was sinless, and death had no claim on him. And
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  Speaker 1: of course, this Sunday, after this Good Friday, when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: surrendered himself, we celebrate amen, the fact, oh, that he
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  Speaker 1: is risen, indeed departed back to glory. He is at
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  Speaker 1: the right hand of the Majesty on high. And now
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  Speaker 1: his Holy Spirit is sent to all who believe in
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  Speaker 1: him and who call upon his name. Are you saved?
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  Speaker 1: Do you believe? Are you calling up on the name
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. Those who call upon the name of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord shall be saved. Father, Again, we thank you,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for Jesus to Christ, coming to give himself
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  Speaker 1: a ransom. Lord, we love you, We praise you, Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, so
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  Speaker 1: that we would have life and hope and a future.
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  Speaker 1: No fear of death, no fear of the grave, but
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  Speaker 1: know that we have eternal life through him. And because
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  Speaker 1: he lives, we shall live also. Blessed be your name.
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  Speaker 1: From this time fourth and even ever more, blessed every
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  Speaker 1: listening ear in every obedient heart. In Jesus' name, we
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  Speaker 1: pray and give thanks. Amen and Amen.