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July 29 - John 18 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends, it's Sean. Here it is the 29th of July.
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  Boy, we're almost into the last month of winter.
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  That is good news. It is Monday, it's the start of
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  a new week and you have tapped on play.
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  Hello, hello, hello. Good to have your company as
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  this week we are going to finish reading through the book of
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  John. Yes, the end of any of the
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  Gospels is a fairly intense series of accounts of Jesus,
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  death and resurrection, and John is no different.
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  So we are going to journey through that together this week,
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  friends, and then we'll come at the other side and celebrate
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  with the sire when we get to Friday.
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  But Friday, oh, it seems like a long way away.
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  We are going to start. We are just moving out of that
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  upper room that we've spent the last couple of weeks down into
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  that final narrative as Jesus walks through these last couple
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  of days of his earthly life before his death and
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  resurrection. Having said all that, let us
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  read this. Let us read this account that
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  shows just how loved you are and I am by our Saviour, that He
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  would be willing to go through all of this for us and for our
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  behalf. You ready?
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  Me too. Let us read together John
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  chapter 18. After saying these things, Jesus
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  crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a
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  Grove of olive trees. Judas the betrayer knew this
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  place because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples.
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  The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a
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  contingent of Roman soldiers and temple guards to accompany him.
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  Now, with blazing torches, lanterns and weapons, they
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  arrived at the olive Grove. Jesus fully realised all that
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  was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them.
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  Who are you looking for? He asked Jesus the Nazarene.
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  They replied, I am He, Jesus said.
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  Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
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  As Jesus said I am he. They all drew back and fell to
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  the ground once more. He kept asking them, who were
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  you looking for? And again they replied, Jesus
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  the Nazarene. I told you that I am he, Jesus
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  said, and since I'm the one you want, let these others go.
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  He did this to fulfil his own statement.
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  I did not lose a single one of those you have given me.
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  Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of
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  Malchus, the high priest's slave.
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  But Jesus said to Peter, put your sword back into its sheath.
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  Shall I not drink the cup of suffering the Father has given
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  me? So the soldiers, their
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  commanding officer and the temple guards arrested Jesus and
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  tied him up. First they took him to Annas,
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  since he was the father in law of Caiaphas the high priest.
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  At that time, Caiaphas was the one who had told the other
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  Jewish leaders, it's better that one man should die for the
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  people. Simon Peter followed Jesus, as
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  did another of the disciples. That other disciple was
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  acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the
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  high priest's courtyard with Jesus.
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  Peter had to stay outside the gate.
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  Then the disciple who knew the high priest spoke to the woman
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  watching at the gate, and she let Peter in.
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  The woman asked Peter, you're not one of that man's disciples,
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  are you? No, he said.
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  I'm not because it was cold. The household servants and the
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  guards made a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming
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  themselves, and Peter stood with them, warming himself inside.
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  The high priest began asking Jesus about his followers and
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  what he had been teaching them. Jesus replied.
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  Everyone knows what I teach. I've preached regularly in the
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  synagogues and the temple where the people gather.
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  I have not spoken in secret. Why are you asking me this
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  question? Ask those who heard me.
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  They know what I said. Then one of the temple guards
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  standing nearby slapped Jesus across the face.
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  Is that the way to answer the high priest?
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  He demanded. Jesus replied.
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  If I said anything wrong, you must prove it.
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  But if I'm speaking the truth, why are you beating me?
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  Then Anas bound Jesus and sent him to Caiaphas the high priest.
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  Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire, warming
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  himself, they asked him again. You're not one of his disciples,
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  are you? He denied it, saying No, I'm
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  not. Then one of the household slaves
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  of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had
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  cut off, asked, Didn't I see you out there in the olive Grove
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  with Jesus? Again Peter denied it, and
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  immediately a rooster crowed. Jesus trial before Caiaphas
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  ended in the early hours of the morning.
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  Then he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman
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  governor. His accusers didn't go inside
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  because it would defile them and they wouldn't be allowed to
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  celebrate the Passover. So Pilot, the governor went out
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  to them and asked, what is your charge against this man?
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  We wouldn't have handed him over to you if you weren't a
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  criminal, they retorted. Then take him away and judge him
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  by your own law. Pilate told them.
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  Only the Romans are permitted to execute someone.
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  The Jewish leaders replied. This fulfilled Jesus prediction
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  about the way he would die. Then Pilate went back into his
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  headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him.
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  Are you the King of the Jews? He asked him.
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  Jesus replied. Is that your own question or did
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  others tell you about me? Am IA Jew, Pilate retorted.
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  Your own people and their leading priests brought you to
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  me for trial. Why?
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  What have you done? Jesus answered.
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  My Kingdom is not an earthly Kingdom.
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  If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being
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  handed over to the Jewish leaders.
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  But my Kingdom is not of this world, Pilate said.
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  So you are a king, Jesus responded.
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  You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came
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  into the world to testify to the truth.
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  All who love the truth recognise that what I say is true.
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  What is truth? Pilate asked.
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  Then he went out again to the people and told them he is not
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  guilty of any crime. But you have a custom of asking
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  me to release 1 prisoner each year at Passover.
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  Would you like me to release this king of the Jews?
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  They shouted back. No, not this man.
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  We want Barabbas. Barabbas was a revolutionary
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  Jesus. You had one mission and one
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  mission only in your life, and that was to save us so that we
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  would know that the God of the universe is for us and loves us
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  and reaches out to draw us back to Him.
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  Thank you Jesus, for your mission.
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  Thank you for your obedience to your Heavenly Father.
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  Thank you for your love for us and everything that you were
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  willing to put yourself through or for our benefits at your
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  tremendous cost. We are humbled by your sacrifice
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  and just so delighted that you would choose us and that we
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  would be the motivation for you to go through this so that we
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  could be reconciled to the Father through you and your
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  perfect sacrifice. So we honour you, Jesus, we lift
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  you up, we praise you, and we pray all of these things in your
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  name, Amen.