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The Word Will Be Fulfilled · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: Let us pray. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest
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  Speaker 1: thou the Son of Man with a kiss? Luke 22.48
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  Speaker 1: As I march toward the place of my purpose and destiny,
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  Speaker 1: and as the pressure of the task before me begins
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  Speaker 1: to weigh on my heart, I thank you that you
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  Speaker 1: will place people around me who will pray and who
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  Speaker 1: will intercede on my behalf. so that I may have
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  Speaker 1: the strength to finish strong. Increase my faith so that
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  Speaker 1: I will be able to operate in the fullness of
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  Speaker 1: who I am. Even when I experience betrayal from friends
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  Speaker 1: like Judas, I will remain calm, because even though it
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  Speaker 1: may surprise me, I know it doesn't surprise you, Lord.
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  Speaker 1: When I'm tempted to lash out and fight back like Peter,
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  Speaker 1: Restrain me, Holy Spirit, and remind me that your spoken
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  Speaker 1: word over my life will be fulfilled, no matter who
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  Speaker 1: turns their back on me. No amount of betrayal will
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  Speaker 1: ever be able to derail my destiny, because through my
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  Speaker 1: obedience I am protected and covered. In Jesus' name, amen.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for praying with me today. Continue listening for
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  Speaker 1: an incredible Bible story. Brought to you by BibleInAYear.com.
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  Speaker 2: The Word will be fulfilled. In our last story, we
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  Speaker 2: learned about the plot to kill Jesus being set into
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  Speaker 2: motion by Judas. Jesus, during the Last Supper, identified his
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  Speaker 2: betrayer as Judas. He washed his disciples' feet, telling them
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  Speaker 2: to serve one another as he had served them, and
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  Speaker 2: gave them a new command to remember him when they
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  Speaker 2: eat together and take communion until he returns. In this story,
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  Speaker 2: we will learn about the agonizing heart of Jesus, his
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  Speaker 2: resolve to save us, and his desire to have his
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  Speaker 2: disciples near him in the last hour. We also see
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  Speaker 2: Judas again, coming with a small army to arrest Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: as inspired by the Gospels.
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  Speaker 3: We're so glad you joined us on the Bible in
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  Speaker 3: a Year podcast today. The Bible in a Year podcast
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  Speaker 3: is an outreach of PowerPoint Ministries and can only come
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  Speaker 3: to you each week through the support of listeners just
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  Speaker 3: like you. Your support today is so important that we
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  Speaker 3: want to thank you for your gift by giving you
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  Speaker 3: a copy of my book called The Jesus Book. It
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  Speaker 3: is a powerful guide that shows how every book in
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  Speaker 3: the Bible points to Jesus. and how his living word,
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  Speaker 3: the truth of God's word, will transform your life. So
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  Speaker 3: to get a copy of the Jesus book, simply go
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  Speaker 3: to jackgraham.org slash Jesus. That's jackgraham.org slash Jesus. And thank
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  Speaker 3: you for your support. In our last time together, we
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  Speaker 3: heard of the Passover meal in which Jesus washed his disciples' feet,
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  Speaker 3: giving them and us a model of servanthood. He also
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  Speaker 3: identified his betrayer, Judas Iscariot, who, filled with Satan, departed
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  Speaker 3: from the group to do this terrible thing of giving
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  Speaker 3: Jesus up for sacrifice. Finally, we heard how Jesus gave
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  Speaker 3: new meaning to the elements of the Passover meal. This
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  Speaker 3: Passover meal transitions to the Last Supper and the Lord's
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  Speaker 3: Supper that we practice today as Christians, because the blood
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  Speaker 3: of Jesus Christ is represented in the fruit of the
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  Speaker 3: vine in the cup. and the bread represents the body
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  Speaker 3: of the Lord which was given and is given for us.
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  Speaker 3: Today we'll find Jesus filled with sorrow going to the
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  Speaker 3: Father in prayer because he knows his time is nearing,
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  Speaker 3: and then he submits his will to do the will
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  Speaker 3: of God. While he desires to be spared from the
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  Speaker 3: great suffering of taking the sin of the world upon himself,
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  Speaker 3: he prays not my will, but your will be done.
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  Speaker 3: The cross of Christ looms large as we begin today's reading.
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  Speaker 3: So let's listen reverently to the Word of God.
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  Speaker 2: In the cool of the night, Jesus could hear the
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  Speaker 2: faint sound of the festival happening in the distance. Quietness
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  Speaker 2: settled in as the disciples walked further away from the
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  Speaker 2: city up to the Mount of Olives. Among the trees,
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  Speaker 2: with his disciples trailing shortly behind him, Jesus spoke, You
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  Speaker 2: will all run away because of me tonight, for it
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  Speaker 2: is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep
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  Speaker 2: of the flock will be scattered. Peter, with the same
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  Speaker 2: brash and bold tone he often used, said, They may
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  Speaker 2: all fall away, Lord, but I will not. I would
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  Speaker 2: die for you. O Peter, if only you knew what
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  Speaker 2: was going to happen, Jesus must have thought. He answered
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  Speaker 2: Peter and said, Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you
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  Speaker 2: would have already denied knowing me three times. Peter and
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  Speaker 2: the others continued to affirm to Jesus that they would
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  Speaker 2: never do such a thing. Yet Jesus would go through
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  Speaker 2: what was about to happen alone. He would gladly do
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  Speaker 2: it too, for the joy set before him, he would
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  Speaker 2: endure it all for their sake and for the sake
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  Speaker 2: of the world. Jesus led them to a garden called Gethsemane.
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  Speaker 2: There Jesus would anguish over what was about to happen.
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  Speaker 2: He told his disciples to wait for him while he
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  Speaker 2: prayed Then he took Peter, James, and John to go
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  Speaker 2: further with him. My soul is filled with sorrow even
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  Speaker 2: to death. Remain here with me and keep watch. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: walked ahead a little further and fell to his knees
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  Speaker 2: before God. No one could truly know the depth of Jesus'
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  Speaker 2: dialogue with God that night. The Father and the Son
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  Speaker 2: spoke to each other with a bond that had preceded
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  Speaker 2: time itself. Jesus knew that he was going to be taken.
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  Speaker 2: and he would be offered up as a sacrifice for
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  Speaker 2: the redemption of mankind. Gazing into heaven, Jesus knelt before
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  Speaker 2: his God and asked, Father, if you are willing, take
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  Speaker 2: this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours,
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  Speaker 2: be done. It was not just the cross Jesus was
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  Speaker 2: speaking of, but also the cup of wrath he would
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  Speaker 2: endure so the world wouldn't have to. This led Jesus
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  Speaker 2: to sweat blood. In anguish he prayed, Yet God sent
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  Speaker 2: him comfort in the form of an angel. The cup
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  Speaker 2: would not be taken away. Jesus returned afterwards to find
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  Speaker 2: his disciples sleeping. Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray
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  Speaker 2: that you may not enter into temptation. For Jesus knew
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  Speaker 2: that the events about to unfold would require them to
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  Speaker 2: have faith. Jesus and the disciples heard sounds of several
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  Speaker 2: men in the distance carrying weapons, torches, and armors. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: did not wait for them to come to him. Instead,
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  Speaker 2: he crossed the brook and walked towards them. There he
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  Speaker 2: met Judas. Judas ran to Jesus and embraced him. Greetings, Rabbi,
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  Speaker 2: Judas said. Then he kissed him. Jesus saw Judas as
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  Speaker 2: he truly was and said, Judas, would you betray the
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  Speaker 2: Son of Man with a kiss? After this, the armed
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  Speaker 2: men surrounded Jesus with swords drawn and torches blazing. Looking
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  Speaker 2: at their faces illuminated by the flames, Jesus asked, Whom
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  Speaker 2: do you seek? Jesus of Nazareth, they responded, quite sure
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  Speaker 2: of who they were speaking to. Jesus, the maker of
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  Speaker 2: heaven and earth and the conquering Lion of Judah, stood
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  Speaker 2: before his pursuers. He spoke with the voice of God, saying,
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  Speaker 2: I am he. And in that instant the dozens of
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  Speaker 2: armed soldiers fell onto their backs, whiplashed by the power
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  Speaker 2: of Christ himself. Again, facing the soldiers, Jesus asked, Whom
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  Speaker 2: do you seek? Regaining their footing, now less sure of
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  Speaker 2: who they were speaking to, answered again, saying, Jesus of Nazareth,
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  Speaker 2: the Lord told them, I have told you that I
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  Speaker 2: was the one you were looking for, so let these
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  Speaker 2: other men go. Therefore Jesus' words, saying, I have not
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  Speaker 2: lost any of the men you gave me was fulfilled.
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  Speaker 2: The disciples, amazed, confused, and afraid, asked if they should
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  Speaker 2: come to Jesus' defense. Peter, without asking, sprang into action.
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  Speaker 2: He drew his sword and ran towards the men with
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  Speaker 2: righteous anger in his voice. Aiming for the head of
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  Speaker 2: a servant nearby, he cut off his ear, sending him
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  Speaker 2: screaming onto the floor. With blood spewing from the servant's ear,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus raised his voice yet again. Put your sword back
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  Speaker 2: into its place, Peter, for those who live by the
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  Speaker 2: sword will die by the sword. Again, he looked at
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  Speaker 2: Peter with intensity and honesty. Do you think that I
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  Speaker 2: cannot ask my father to send more than twelve legions
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  Speaker 2: of angels to save me? But how then will I
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  Speaker 2: fulfill the scriptures? Jesus then looked at the armed men
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  Speaker 2: and the priests behind them. Do you come to me
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  Speaker 2: with swords and clubs like you would a criminal? Jesus
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  Speaker 2: knew why. They knew what they were doing was an
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  Speaker 2: act to happen in the shadows. Jesus then knelt down
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  Speaker 2: to the servant writhing on the floor. His name was Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: was Malchus. Jesus touched Malchus and healed him before everyone.
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  Speaker 2: The men then took Jesus and arrested him. The disciples,
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  Speaker 2: unsure what to do and afraid, ran in different directions. Outwardly,
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  Speaker 2: it would have seemed as if Jesus was being taken
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  Speaker 2: forcibly to the temple. Yet Jesus went willingly, with intent
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  Speaker 2: and love for all mankind. He began the process of
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  Speaker 2: offering up his own life. Bound and tied, yet not trapped,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus was brought to the temple of the high priest Caiaphas,
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  Speaker 2: where hundreds of people had gathered to accuse him.
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  Speaker 3: We open today's reading with Jesus and Peter in conversation.
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  Speaker 3: Jesus knew that what was to come would strike fear
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  Speaker 3: into his followers and they would run in fear and terror. Peter,
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  Speaker 3: strong-willed and hard-headed as ever, insisted that though others may leave,
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  Speaker 3: that he would never abandon Jesus. You can count on me, Jesus,
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  Speaker 3: said Peter. Jesus told Peter that before the next morning,
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  Speaker 3: he would deny him not once but three times. Peter
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  Speaker 3: and the others insisted that they would never leave, but
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  Speaker 3: Jesus knew what was coming. It would be a lonely
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  Speaker 3: night of pain and suffering. Then Jesus took the disciples
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  Speaker 3: to a garden, the Garden of Gethsemane, to pray. He
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  Speaker 3: told them to stay and wait for him. Then he
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  Speaker 3: took three of his closest disciples a little ways away.
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  Speaker 3: With Peter, James, and John within earshot, Jesus began to
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  Speaker 3: pour out his heart to God. This was going to
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  Speaker 3: be excruciating. So if there was any other way, Jesus
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  Speaker 3: asked the Father to release him and somehow take away
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  Speaker 3: the cup of suffering. And yet, in the midst of that,
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  Speaker 3: Christ committed himself to do the will of the Father.
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  Speaker 3: And when he asked for the cup to be taken
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  Speaker 3: away from him, that cup which represents the dregs of
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  Speaker 3: sin of all the world, What was in that cup
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  Speaker 3: was the sin of every person who ever lived. This
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  Speaker 3: is why Jesus turned away from drinking the cup. And
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  Speaker 3: yet he said, not my will, Father, but your will
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  Speaker 3: be done. This surrender would prepare him for the sacrifice
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  Speaker 3: that he would give for the whole world to all
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  Speaker 3: who would believe in him. It's impossible for us to
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  Speaker 3: imagine the depth of pain that Jesus would be feeling,
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  Speaker 3: experiencing that night. He was about to endure death, but
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  Speaker 3: not just physical death. He was to experience spiritual death
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  Speaker 3: when he would die on the cross, the sin bearer,
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  Speaker 3: and giving up his life and experiencing the wrath of
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  Speaker 3: a holy God. His anguish was so deep that Jesus
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  Speaker 3: began to sweat like drops of blood. This was not
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  Speaker 3: figurative language, and we know that some individuals, when under
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  Speaker 3: extreme stress, can actually sweat blood. That's how broken and
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  Speaker 3: troubled our Lord was. and yet He was willing for
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  Speaker 3: you and me to endure the excruciating pain, the spiritual
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  Speaker 3: pain of what was yet to come. Though the Father
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  Speaker 3: did not take the cup away, He did not leave
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  Speaker 3: His Son without comfort. In Luke 22, verse 43, we
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  Speaker 3: read this, And there appeared to Him an angel from heaven,
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  Speaker 3: strengthening Him. In our own lives, there are times when
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  Speaker 3: we pray God, take away this cup, take away this hurt,
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  Speaker 3: take away this pain, and yet the pain remains. But
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  Speaker 3: God promises us that he will always be there for
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  Speaker 3: us to comfort us and strengthen us as we walk
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  Speaker 3: with him. He may send angels. His comfort, the comfort
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  Speaker 3: of the Holy Spirit is there with us. We can
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  Speaker 3: know that he never leaves us or forsakes us. Just
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  Speaker 3: as he took care of his darling son, Jesus, he
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  Speaker 3: will take care of us in Christ. Jesus then rose
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  Speaker 3: and found his disciples sleeping. He awakened them and told
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  Speaker 3: them to pray that they would not fall into temptation.
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  Speaker 3: And though they would not face the same challenges and
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  Speaker 3: suffering as Jesus, this night was not going to be
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  Speaker 3: easy for them either. Even as our Lord prepared to
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  Speaker 3: go to the cross, he ministered to those in his care.
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  Speaker 3: While they were still in the garden, Judas arrived along
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  Speaker 3: with Roman soldiers and religious leaders who had come to
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  Speaker 3: seize Jesus. Judas approached Jesus and kissed his cheek, signaling
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  Speaker 3: to the soldiers that this was their man. And in effect,
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  Speaker 3: Judas kissed life goodbye. He kissed Jesus, who is the
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  Speaker 3: way of the truth and the life, but he also
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  Speaker 3: kissed his own life goodbye and sealed and settled his fate.
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  Speaker 3: Jesus spoke calmly and gently to the soldiers, asking who
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  Speaker 3: they were seeking. He responded, I am he. That's a
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  Speaker 3: powerful statement. It was an I am statement. And when
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  Speaker 3: he made it, some were taken off their feet and
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  Speaker 3: thrown to the ground. Even in these moments, the words
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  Speaker 3: of Christ were filled with power and strength. Peter again
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  Speaker 3: acts brashly. He grabs a sword and managed to cut
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  Speaker 3: off the ear of Malchus, servant of one of the
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  Speaker 3: high priests. Jesus then rebuked Peter and then touched the man,
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  Speaker 3: healing his ear. If anyone still expected Jesus to rise
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  Speaker 3: up as a conquering king to overthrow the government, all
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  Speaker 3: hope was lost at this point as he silently surrendered
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  Speaker 3: to the will of the Father and went with the
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  Speaker 3: accusers to drink the cup that the Father had given him. Indeed,
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  Speaker 3: it looked like all hope was lost, but God was
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  Speaker 3: about to bring the greatest hope to all the world. Jesus,
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  Speaker 3: how we thank you that you surrendered your will to
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  Speaker 3: the will of the Father. that you gave your life
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  Speaker 3: to fulfill your purpose and plan on earth, and that
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  Speaker 3: is to die on the cross for our sins. Thank
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  Speaker 3: you for this good news of salvation, that if we
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  Speaker 3: put our faith and trust in you by repenting of
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  Speaker 3: our sins and receiving you as Lord and Savior, that
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  Speaker 3: all of our sins can be forgiven, that you will
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  Speaker 3: live in us, and that we will live with you
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  Speaker 3: forever in heaven. We thank you for the hope that
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  Speaker 3: you have provided for us at the cross and in
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  Speaker 3: the power of your resurrection. In Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.
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  Speaker 3: And before we go, I wanted to let you know
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  Speaker 3: that the Bible in a Year podcast is an outreach
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