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Luke chapter 22 · Scripture Unscripted

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Luke chapter 22. Let us pray.
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Our Father, we come to you today, Lord, and we acknowledge
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your supremacy. God, we acknowledge the
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supremacy over our very emotions and circumstances and
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sensibility. God, we acknowledge your
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supremacy, Father, over our families and over this world and
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over all the governments of this world.
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God, all the powers of this world.
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God, I know and we know and we acknowledge, God, that you are
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high and lifted up above all of the universe, above all of the
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things that are trying to exalt themselves over the knowledge of
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Jesus Christ. Lord, we desire to know Jesus
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Christ and Him crucified, and that is sufficient.
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God, Lord, we put on the full armor today.
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God, we stand on the truth, Lord, we live the right way,
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Father, we take the gospel, Lord, and receive peace.
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Lord, as we run this race, God, and as we take the whole word to
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the whole world, God, we recount our salvation story.
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We recount our testimony, Lord. We tell others about what you
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have done, Lord, and as you snatched us out of the fire,
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God, help us to go and snatch others out of the fire.
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God, I pray that you will increase our faith.
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Let us soak the shield in the living water, God, and as it
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becomes heavy, let us lift it up higher.
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God, you are Jehovah Nisi, You are the banner over us.
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You are over us, God, and we lift our faith up higher than
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our own mind and our cognition. God, give us a sound mind.
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I pray against the spirit of confusion.
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God, in the name of Jesus, Lord, we drive out all the darkness.
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God, we operate in the currency of our faith.
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Father, and let us do war with the word.
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God. I pray that we will take this
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Holy Scripture, Lord, and we will replace all the lies that
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the enemy is trying to sow into our minds and hearts, God, and
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we'll replace those lies with your word, with your eternal
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word, God, from Genesis to Revelation, the infallible,
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inerrant word of God got your spoken word, the Rhema.
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Father, I pray in the name of Jesus that we'll be able to
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discern what it is that you want to say to us today.
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God, I just pray for peace and protection around our lives and
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around our families lives and around our houses and cars,
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businesses. God, in the name of Jesus, I
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pray that you will allow us to be your hands and feet and to
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increase the love that we have for you and the love that we
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have for our neighbors, Lord. And we pray that you'll help us,
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Lord, to know what to do and give us discernment.
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Holy Spirit, guide us. I decrease as you increase.
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It's all about you, King Jesus. We love you, Father.
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Yes, and it's in Jesus, this holy and precious and righteous
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powerful name that I pray. Amen.
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Well, let's start in verse one. Now the Feast of Unleavened
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Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
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So here we're entering into the scene of Jerusalem during this
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week, this Passion Week of Christ.
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And we know that they would have been celebrating the harvest
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time. They would have been celebrating
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being LED out of Egypt out of bondage and slavery.
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They would have been celebrating whenever they took the blood of
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the lamb and put it on the lentil and put it on the
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doorposts of their house where the the Angel of death comes
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through the camp and kills all the first born, but leaves all
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the Jewish families alone. And they're celebrating this and
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it would have had a messianic tone in their cultural setting.
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And here God Almighty Incarnate is in their midst and they
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missed it. And we are so blessed to have
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the full council helicopter view of Scripture.
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And then we can see it all. And we need to know that this
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city was hustling and bustling with so many millions of Jewish
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families, and they are preoccupied with this rogue St.
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preacher, and they want to put him to death.
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And how despicable this crime, the greatest crime ever
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committed, is what we're about to embark on.
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Verse 2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they
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might kill him, for they feared the people.
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They didn't fear God, but they had the fear of man.
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And we need to let go of the fear of man.
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What is it profit a man to gain the whole world, but to lose his
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soul? And do not fear the one that can
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take your life away, but fear the one that can not only take
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your life away, but cast you into eternal damnation. 3 then
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entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, being of the
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number of the 12 so Satan himself.
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Look at this friends, when you're just going along sinning,
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you don't care anything for God. Satan will leave you alone.
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He's limited in his resources. But when we are charging the
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hill and taking back enemy territory and we are involved in
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the work of God, don't be surprised if Satan himself
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targets you. And look at how Judas was
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following after the Lord. He was following after him and
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he had free will and he didn't have to do this.
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But it pleased the Lord to crush the Lord Jesus Christ, and He
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was bruised for our iniquities and His body stripes.
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We are healed. And we can see here how Satan
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himself has entered into Judas. And it was because Judas never
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made the connection. All he was there for was greed
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and money. And he knew that Jesus could
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gather a crowd, and all Judas could see was money, money,
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money. And he was blinded by greed.
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And we cannot serve 2 masters. You will love 1 and you will
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hate the other four. And he went his way, and commune
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with the chief priest and the captains, how he might betray
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unto them five. And they were glad, and
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covenanted to give him money. 6 And he promised and sought
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opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the
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multitude. So that's what they were after.
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They needed a private space where they could put their hands
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on God Incarnate. They feared the people, but they
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did not fear God. 7 Then came the Day of Unleavened bread,
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when the Passover must be killed.
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So we know that Jesus is the Passover lamb.
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We know that they would have had bread and wine, but he is the
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Lamb. A and he sent Peter and John
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saying, go and prepare the Passover that we may eat.
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So he just chose Peter and John, and he did not reveal to all of
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them where they would eat it, because he knew what Judas was
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up to. 9 And they said unto him, Where will you that we prepare?
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10 And you said unto them, Behold, when you are entered
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into the city, a shallow man meet you bearing a pitcher of
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water, follow him into the house where he enters in.
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So it would have been uncommon to see a man carrying a water
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pitcher, and this would have been their intelligence
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indicator of who they were to follow. 11 And you shall say
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unto the good man of the house, the Master says unto you, Where
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is the guest chamber? Where?
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Where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples.
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So we can see that Jesus has disciples all over the place.
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He had the people that had the young little coal, the young
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little donkey, the foal. And then here you can see that
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he also has those, perhaps John Mark's family, where they were
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going to eat in the city here in this large upper room. 12 And he
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shall show you a large upper room furnished there make ready.
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13 And they went and found, as he had said unto them, and they
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made the Passover. They made ready the Passover.
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So you can see this upper room is already furnished and we know
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that Jesus went to prepare a place for us and it's going too
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far, exceed all of our expectations, friends, and we
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don't work for the rewards, but we know that that's part of our
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journey. It's part of being discipled as
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part of being connected with Him, and He's already prepared
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it and it's furnished. Praise God, this is the way the
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Lord works. 14 And when the hour was come, he sat down in the 12
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apostles with him. 15 And he said unto them, with desire, I
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have desire to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For
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I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof until it be
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fulfilled in the Kingdom of God. 17 And he took the cup, and gave
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thanks, and said, this, Take this and divide it among
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yourselves. 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink the fruit
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of the vine until the Kingdom of God shall come.
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So we know that this Kingdom of God, friends, is more real than
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anything that we are experiencing in this present
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moment. This is forever, and right now
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counts forever. And we can see that Jesus is
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promising us an eternal place with him.
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He's promising us that this Kingdom of God is real.
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And he's telling us that we're going to eat and drink there and
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we're going to know each other, friends.
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And we can worship him now and worship him then.
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We can have and start relationships now that will have
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for all of eternity. And it is going to far exceed
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anything that you could ever imagine.
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Friends. 19 He took the bread and gave thanks, and he broke it
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and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for
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you. This do in remembrance of me.
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That's the whole basis of the whole thing, Friends.
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This is not some super spiritualized application.
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This is commonplace, friends. This bread and this wine is
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common items that they would have had daily and he's telling
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them to daily, and not only daily, but at least two to three
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times a day. Remember what he's done for
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them, not just a once a month thing, not just a couple times a
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year thing, not just a once a week thing, but daily.
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Remember what Jesus has done for them. 20 Likewise also the cup
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after supper, saying this cup is the New Testament in my blood,
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which is shed for you. So he sealed this new covenant,
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friends, with his own blood, and we can see that he was bruised
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and he was crushed, and he was broken and he was spilled out,
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Friends. 21 But behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with
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me on the table. So we know that John is leaning
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up against his bosom, and we know that Judas is down at its
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feet, and he's saying that he's right there, he's right in the
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room, the one that is going to betray him. 22 And truly the Son
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of Man goes as it was determined, but woe unto that
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man by whom he is betrayed. So it would have been better for
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Judas to never have been born. It would have been better for
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Judas to tie millstone around his neck and to be drowned in
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the depths of the sea. Friends, he went to eternal
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damnation and he damned himself because he had free will.
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And he's not excused for all the things that he did in betraying
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our master. He's not excused by 23 And they
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began to inquire among themselves which of them it was
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that should do this thing. Perhaps if Peter would have
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found out that it was Judas, he would have dispatched him that
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moment. 24 And there was also a strife among them.
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Which of them should be accounted the greatest?
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We see this recurring theme keep popping up.
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They missed the whole thing. Jesus couldn't have made it any
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plainer what was about to happen.
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And they're still thinking that Jesus is going in to overthrow
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the Roman government and become the king over that place.
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And they're wanting to know which of them is going to be the
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greatest in his Kingdom. 25 And he said unto them, The kings of
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the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they, the
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exercise authority upon them, are called benefactors.
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We are not benefactors. We are servants, and we serve
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the servant of servants. 26 But you shall not be so.
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But he that is greatest among you, let him be the young be as
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the younger, and he that is chief as he that does serve.
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So we know that Jesus's economy is upside down and inside out,
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and it doesn't work the way that we think that it should.
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And the way up is down. Stay close to the ground.
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You'll be up in the clouds friends.
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That is what we must do if we want to become the greatest.
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We must wash the disciples feet. We must take the low position.
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If you're the CEO, if you're the CFO, if you're the COO, then you
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must become as the janitor and the garbage collector.
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And that is well pleasing in the sight of God. 27 For weather is
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greater. He that sits at dinner or he
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that serves is not he that sits at dinner, but I, I am among you
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as he that serves. So we know that Jesus did not
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come to be served, but to serve. And He modeled for us how we are
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to operate in this life and in this world, and what is pleasing
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unto the Father. Watch him follow after him.
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Friends, 28 You are they which have continued with me in my
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temptations. He's going to give them their
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inheritance. He's going to shower upon them
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what blessings they have in His Kingdom, the future Kingdom. 29
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And I appoint unto you a Kingdom, as my Father has
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appointed unto me. 30 that you may eat and drink at my table in
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my Kingdom, and sit on Thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel.
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So we know that part of the thousand year reign of Christ,
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friends, that Israel is going to come to the saving knowledge of
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the Lord Jesus Christ as their long-awaited Messiah.
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And they'll acknowledge that they murdered them and they'll
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finally come in. And it is the jealousy of seeing
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the Gentiles coming in that provokes them into salvation.
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And it is a divine mystery. 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon,
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behold, Satan has desired to have you that he may sift you.
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As we. So we know from the story of Job
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that Satan has access to the throne room and he goes in and
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he has to ask for the permission, friends.
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And just know that God allows Satan to do the things that he's
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doing. And it all is playing out
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exactly the way that it should. And Satan knows the Bible,
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friends, and we must be on guard against all of the schemes of
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the enemy when he comes in to try to disrupt what we're doing
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for the Lord Jesus Christ and the ministry that the Lord and
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the mantle that the Lord has placed upon us, friends.
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And when Satan comes in, we must be able to have the discernment
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to know that that is not the voice of God.
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That is the voice of the serpent trying to throw us off.
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And God allows it to reveal to us our inner motives, Friends.
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And our inner motives need to be completely, 100% sold out to God
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Almighty, and we'll be able to stand firm, friends.
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And the gates of hell will not prevail against the plans of God
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in our own lives, friends, and for the church at large. 32 But
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I have prayed for you that your faith does not fail.
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And when you are converted, strengthen your brothers.
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That is it, Friends, Our faith cannot fail.
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We have Jesus rallying for us. We have Jesus rooting for us.
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We have Jesus cheering us on and praying for us and interceding
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on our behalf and standing in the gap.
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But we must increase our faith, and when we have strengthened
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ourselves in the Lord, we must go and strengthen our brothers.
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Friends, we cannot afford to be compromised.
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We cannot afford to allow all of the schemes of the enemy and all
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the ways of the world to come in and to creep in and to saturate
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our lives. We cannot allow it.
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We cannot allow it. We must stay on guard against
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all the fiery darts of the enemy.
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Soak that shield in the living water. 33 And he said unto them,
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Lord, I am ready to go with you both into prison and to death.
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Look how emboldened Peter is. And it sounds good, but a little
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servant girl is going to dismay him, to deny our master.
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And it is super easy to say one thing, but it is a whole nother
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affair to actually put it into practice.
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And that is what the Lord does with you and with me is he is
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sanctifying you. And through the trials of this
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life, we all say we would do one thing, but whenever the rubber
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hits the road, whenever we actually have to put it into
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practice, it's a whole nother affair. 34 And he said, I tell
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you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day before you will
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deny me 3 times. 35 And he said unto them, When I sent you
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without purse and script and shoes, did you like anything?
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And they said nothing. 36 And then he said unto them, But now
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he that has a purse, let him take it.
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And likewise his script. And he that has no sword, let
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him sell his garment and buy. 1 So we know that the righteous
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take the Kingdom by force and by violence.
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And we know, friends, that we must go into enemy territory,
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and we know that it is not safe. But he is good friends. 37 For I
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say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished
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in me. And he was reckoned among the
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transgressors for the things concerning me having in.
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He knew that his time was short. He knew that he was about to be
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betrayed. And he's setting his disciples
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up for their martyrdom. He's setting them up for the
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hostile territory that they must go into in the spiritual realm
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and in the physicality, friends. And Jesus knows everything that
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we're going to go through, and let's see what they say. 38 And
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and they say, Lord, behold, here are two swords.
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And he says it is enough. Our Father, our Lord, our Jesus
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Christ says, that's enough. And this calls for wisdom. 39
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And he came out and went as he was won't to the Mount of
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Olives, and his disciples also followed him.
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So we know that he's going to the garden of Gethsemane here.
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40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that you
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enter not into temptation. So we know that he left the
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upper room and he sung some psalms, these messianic psalms
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that was, it was pronouncing what was about to happen in the
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words on Jesus's lips. And it's all culminating and
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it's all beautiful in the sight of God.
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And he knew how to bring about our salvation.
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And we see that he is telling his disciples to pray that they
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will not enter temptation. And he's telling you and he's
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telling me to pray so that we do not enter into temptation.
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Friends today do not fall asleep.
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Friends 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast.
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And he knelt down and prayed. You can see here, Doctor Luke,
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He is giving us details upon details upon details.
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These are eyewitness events, and they are trustworthy and true.
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42 saying, Father, if you will be willing, remove this cup for
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me. Nevertheless, not my will, but
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yours be done. So this cup of fury poured out
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and this broken communion between Father God and the only
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begotten Son. And we know that Jesus was
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grieved because he had shared in this beautiful communion with
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Father and he did not want it to be broken.
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He was not fearful of the death that he was going to have to
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suffer. He did not want the dregs that
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he was about to have to drink on all of the sins of all the
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world, for all time's sake of all mankind.
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Friends, he was about to drink to the last drop, but he knows
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that he must do it. 43 And there appeared an Angel unto him from
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heaven, strengthening him. So we know that Jesus was
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strengthened here, just like he was in the wilderness during the
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temptation. 44 and being in agony, he prayed more earnestly.
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And his sweat was, as it were, great drops of blood falling
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down to the ground. So we know that the viscosity of
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this sweat was so thick that it was like blood splattered upon
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the ground. These eyewitness disciples
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looking at their master and seeing these drops of sweat like
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blood. 45 And when he rose up from prayer and was come to his
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disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow.
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Some of us sleep for sorrow, friends, we drown out our sorrow
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with sleep, and we're depressed because of our anxieties.
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And it's all this big cycle that we must push back upon and we
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must increase our faith, friends.
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And we must lock eyes with him, friends.
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And he must be enough. Jesus has to be enough.
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Jesus has to be preeminent. Jesus has to be our main thing.
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Jesus has to be above all of our circumstances and emotions,
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Friends. We cannot fall asleep for
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sorrow. 46 and said unto them, Why do you sleep, rise and pray
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unless you enter into temptation.
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A lot of us are medicating our sorrow and we are medicating it
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and it's actually stifling our prayer life.
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It's actually stifling our faithfulness, friends, and we
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must be found in prayer. It is our lifeline.
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It is what we have is the power that we have available to us is
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in our prayer life, friends. And when you pray, make sure
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that you eyes are completely fixated upon Jesus's face, eyes
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like fire and hair like wool. The voice of many waters. 47 And
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while he yet spoke, behold A multitude, and he that was
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called Judas, one of the 12 went before them and drew near unto
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Jesus to kiss him. He was betrayed with a kiss. 49
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When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said
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unto him, Lord, shall we strike with the sword?
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We know that those that live by the sword die by the sword.
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And Jesus here just told them to sell their garments and buy a
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sword, and they said they had two.
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And let's see what Jesus has to say about it all.
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And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and
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cut off his right ear. We know that this was Malchus,
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and we know that this was never in Jesus's plan.
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He went to the slaughter like a lamb, silent before the shears.
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51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye this far?
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And he touched his ear and healed him.
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Perhaps if he had not healed Malchus's ear, Jesus would have
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not only been the only one being LED into the House of Anice
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Caiaphas, pilot and haired, but also Peter as well.
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We know that this was Peter trying to have bravado in this
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moment. He was so fearful that lot of
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scholars believe he struck this servant from behind like a
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coward. He had such bravado in Word, but
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he had not yet received his true bravado, his true emboldened in
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zeal for the Lord. He was still thinking that Jesus
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was coming into the Kingdom to overthrow the Roman government.
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He had not yet figured out that he was coming for the salvation
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of the whole world, not just for Israel and Jerusalem. 52 And
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Jesus said unto the chief priests and captains of the
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temple, and the elders, which were come to him, But you come
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out as against a thief with swords and staves.
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He's saying that he was in the temple the whole time, and they
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didn't lay hands on him for fear of the people.
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And now that he's in this private place, they're coming
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out like they're coming up against a rogue mercenary.
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They're coming up against the leader of a army.
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And he dispatched the 5000. He dispatched the 4000 and he
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told them that they must drink his blood and eat his flesh.
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And they did not like it because it was a hard saying.
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And he knew he could have amassed an army, but he chose
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not to. He had this little band of 12
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disciples, and here he's calling them out and he's saying, You're
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coming out against me with swords and Staffs as if, as if
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against a thief. 53 And when I was daily with you in the
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temple, you stretched forth, no hands against me, but this is
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your hour. The and the power of darkness.
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And friends, think about it. Look at how we're going to an
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eternal destination. We're going to eternity with our
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Father, and it is going to be peaceful and kind and beautiful
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and great and amazing. But look at all around us.
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This world is suffering, and it's feeling the groans and it's
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feeling the birth pains, and the contractions are getting closer
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and closer are together, and you can see the power of darkness.
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And this is their hour, and we must stand firm to the end,
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friends, and finish well. 54 Then took they him and led him
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and brought him into the high priest house, and Peter followed
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from afar off. Look at how Peter had lost his
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zeal. He had lost his bravado. 55 And
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when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were
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set down together, Peter sat down among them. 56 But a
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certain maid beheld as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked
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upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
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How did this little maid know? We can see that Peter is getting
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called out by this little maid. What does he say to her?
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57 He denied him, saying, Woman, I know I'm not 58.
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And after a little while another saw him and said, You are also
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of them, And Peter said, Man, I am not 59 in about the space of
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an hour after another confidently affirmed saying of a
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truth, this fellow also was with him, for he is a Galilean.
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His speech betrayed him and he had an accent and you can see
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that Peter here does not want to be accounted with his master's
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misery. 60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what you say in
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immediately while he yet spoke the cock crew.
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We know that Peter here brings about some cursing upon his
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lips, and he is swearing and promising that he doesn't know
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our Lord. 61 And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter, and Peter
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remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him before
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the cock crows, You shall deny me three times.
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So here we can see as Jesus is being LED out of this illegal
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trial held by night, in the middle of the night, in the
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middle of the early morning hours before the sun would rise.
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We know that this was an illegal trial because everything was
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supposed to take place in the light of day, not at night.
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And we see here that Jesus is being LED out after being beaten
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and after being spat upon and after being found falsely
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accused. Here he looks at Peter, and
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Peter locks eyes with our Lord as he's being let out.
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He remembers the words 62 And Peter went out and wept
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bitterly. This is what happens when we
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turn our back on the Lord Jesus Christ.
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It brings about weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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It brings about this bitterness, friends.
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It brings about this crushing in our spirit, because we know that
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he is innocent, and we know that he is good, and we know that we
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have tried to save our skin, and we were cowards 63.
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And the man that held Jesus mocked him, and struck him. 64
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And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the
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face, and asked him, prophecy. Who is it that struck thee?
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How despicable they treat our Lord like this.
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This is God Incarnate, this is our Creator.
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And look at creation striking Him.
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And this is the hostility of mankind towards God on full
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display for us to see how we truly think about God.
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And it is only by receiving the Lord Jesus Christ that we can
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see our depravity and our full need for Him.
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Friends 65 and many other things blasphemously spoke they against
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him. 66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people
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and the chief priests and the scribes came together and led
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him into their counsel, saying, 67 Are you the Christ?
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Tell us? And he said unto them, If I tell
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you, you will not believe. So here they're trying to put
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together some kind of legal trial after they've already
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illegally arrested him, illegally found him worthy of
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death, illegally found a bunch of people to say all kinds of
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blasphemously things against him and illegally strike him,
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illegally put him on trial. And here they're trying to save
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face. They're trying to look as if
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he's guilty of something. And they don't even bring any
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witnesses against them because they know that none of their
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stories will corroborate. And it's a farce and it's a mock
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trial, and it is a trial that is not even worthy of any kind of
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legal depositions because it's all a big hoopla.
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And it's all put together just for Scripture to be fulfilled
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exactly the way that it was supposed to be fulfilled.
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And we need to know that it's all working out.
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Even the things that we don't understand today, it's all
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working out in accordance with Scripture.
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It's all prophetic. And God knows exactly what's
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happening right now. And this day and this hour,
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Friends, we just need to get in line with Jesus Christ.
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And he says, even if I tell you that if I'm the Christ, you
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won't believe it because you've already hardened your hearts.
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You've already made your love decision.
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You're already hostile towards God.
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And it's no different in our day, in our hour, when we
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present common sense to the people.
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They do not want to believe it because they've already made
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their love decision towards the devil and towards Satan and
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towards the darkness, friends. And they delighted in evil and
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they refused to love the truth. And they are delusional,
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friends. That's what this is.
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These people here at the Sanhedrin are delusional, and
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Jesus Christ knows it. 68 And if I also ask you, you will not
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answer me, nor let me go. He already knows their
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delusional. 69 Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit on the right
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hand of the power of God, that is the power of God.
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His right hand in Jesus Christ is connected, and it was well
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pleasing to the Father to crush him, to bruise him, and it was
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for you, and it was for me. 70 And they and then said, They all
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are you, then the Son of God, and he said unto them, you say
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that I am the great. I am right here on display.
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God Incarnate, God in the flesh, friends, and look how delusional
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they are. 71 and they said, what need we any further witness for?
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We ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
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Think about it. It's no different right now.
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It's no different in our day. It's no different right this
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very second friends. There are so many who love
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wickedness. They are attracted to evil like
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a moth to the flame. And those of us who have been
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with him and are shining bright, we look around and we see it
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all, and we can't believe that they can't see it.
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But just remember, this is the way of God.
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He hides it from those who refuse Him.
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But for those of us who walk in the light, we will not satisfy
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the lust of the flesh. Friends, we will please the
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Father, and we will be found when He comes back.
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We will be found engaged in the serving, in the ministry, and in
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the work that He has for us. We'll keep our lamps full, our
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Wicks trimmed, and He'll invite us in to the marriage supper of
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the Lamb. Praise God.
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Praise God that we know Him, and we can know Him, and we're known
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by Him. Praise God, I hope you've been
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blessed by this chapter. I know I sure have, many times
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over. What a amazing story.
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This is the hinge point of the entire Bible.
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This is the hinge point of all of creation.
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There's a lot more to be said, and if all the things that the
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Lord did while He was here were written about, there was not be
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enough libraries to contain them.
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There's a lot more to be said friends, but suffice to say,
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Jesus is Lord. Jesus is enough, and He is the
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name above all names. Bring that name upon your lips
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today and be saved. All who call upon the name of
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the Lord shall be saved. And if you believe that Jesus
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raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
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Friends, call upon that name today and be saved.
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He is salvation. Jesus is salvation.
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Get connected to the vine and bear much fruit.
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I'm praying for every single one of you.
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I love you. We'll see you back here
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tomorrow. God bless you.