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The Hour of Betrayal

Plains Baptist Church

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  1. The Bible is coming to Mark chapter 14 as we're going to continue with our series here through the book of Mark.

    Mark 14 chapter mention

  2. If we've come closer and closer to the hour that Jesus would go to the cross to pay the price for our sin.

  3. But here we find in Mark chapter 14, Jesus, where he had prayed not only for himself and to be strengthened by the Father,

    Mark 14 chapter mention

  4. but for the eleven who slept behind him.

  5. You know, it's when we see Jesus was concerned with them also and along with those that would one day follow him.

  6. You know, it's something to be amazed at that Jesus in the garden, when you read through the gospel of John, he prayed for you and I.

  7. He said prayed for those that would believe on his name in the future.

  8. I mean, that's the reality that when Jesus, before he went to the cross, he prayed for you and I.

  9. That's an amazing thought to consider that he went knowing why he was going, for what reason he was going.

  10. But he went because he loved us.

  11. And the love that he had given for us here is going to be displayed as he goes to the cross.

  12. And he knew that even while he prayed there that day, that for strength, for the hour that had arrived, it was the hour of betrayal.

  13. You know, oftentimes we don't really stop and consider what Jesus was facing.

  14. As here's the beginning of the hour, the hour of betrayal, when Judas would come with the band of people, armed people to arrest him in the garden.

  15. And we're going to look at that today because Jesus, having sought the Father three times regarding the hour that was upon him,

  16. as Jesus, as he talks about as the hour that was there, and we see that his hour had now arrived, talking about that period of time,

  17. not specifically of an hour like we would think about when we mentioned an hour.

  18. We're talking about a section of time that is measured here.

  19. And we see that his cup and Jesus stirs his disciples to action here because Judas was now at the garden,

  20. and it was the day that stands really alone in history.

  21. I mean, this is one of those unique days in history.

  22. And before the end of the day, Jesus would be crucified and buried in a borrowed tomb.

  23. I mean, this day was one that was different from others.

  24. But let's take a look at it here this morning.

  25. Mark chapter 14, if you found that in your Bible, let's stand together for the honor of reading of God's Word here this morning.

    Mark 14 chapter mention

  26. And we'll pick up verse 43 here this morning.

  27. And it says,

  28. And immediately while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude,

  29. with swords and staves from the chief priests and scribes and the elders.

  30. And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying,

  31. Whomsoever I shall kiss, the same as he, take him and lead him away safely.

  32. And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him and saith, Master, Master.

  33. And kissed him, and they laid their hands on him and took him.

  34. And one of them that stood by drew a sword and smote a servant to the high priest and cut off his ear.

  35. And Jesus answered and said unto them,

  36. Are you come out as against a thief with swords and with staves to take me?

  37. I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and he took me not, but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

  38. And they all forsook him and fled.

  39. And there followed him a certain young man having a linen cloth cast about his naked body,

  40. and the young man laid hold on him.

  41. And he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.

  42. Let's pray.

  43. Heavenly Fathers, we come before you today, Lord.

  44. We just thank you for your love for us.

  45. Lord, we're thankful for your willingness to display your love

  46. and to supply all that is needed for our salvation.

  47. And Lord, we just pray you have your hand upon each heart, each life here today, Lord,

  48. that we might remember this hour of betrayal,

  49. the hours that we talk about in the coming weeks, Lord,

  50. that we might always be mindful of the things that you faced on our behalf,

  51. the things you took upon yourself on our behalf,

  52. Lord, the love you showed on our behalf.

  53. Lord, we pray this would work in a mighty way even here this morning.

  54. Lord, you know the needs of each one, Lord,

  55. that they would just, we might be filled with your presence

  56. and your spirit might work mightily amongst your people.

  57. And we just give you all the praise in Jesus' name.

  58. Amen.

  59. May we be seated.

  60. You know, as we see here,

  61. this day is a day that definitely stands out in history.

  62. You know, when we think about days of history,

  63. you know, we really have quite a few days that we can think about

  64. when you think about a day that stands out.

  65. You know, for Americans, we have days that stand out.

  66. You know, like April 19th, 1775,

  67. in those history buffs, we think, you know, what was that?

  68. Well, that was the day we refer to as the shot heard around the world

  69. at the Battle of Lexington.

  70. That was a day that stood out in history for us as Americans.

  71. Or July 4th, 1776,

  72. when the Declaration of Independence was signed.

  73. You know, also, you know,

  74. there's other days that ought to stand out to us too.

  75. Positive days that stand out to us ought to be the day,

  76. hopefully you have a day when you know that stands out to you

  77. when you accepted Christ as your Savior.

  78. You know, everybody has a day and an hour

  79. that they ought to be looking at.

  80. And to understand,

  81. because there should be a day personally that stands out to you,

  82. the day that you recognized your sin

  83. that had separated you from God

  84. and you called upon the Lord Jesus to save you,

  85. recognizing He is the only one who could do it.

  86. The only one who could overcome.

  87. But, you know, there's also days in our life

  88. as we look through history and our personal life,

  89. you might say days of infamy.

  90. You know, days that don't stand out positive,

  91. they stand out very negative.

  92. You know?

  93. And there's days that you struggle with.

  94. You know, you think about,

  95. even within more modern history,

  96. you know, you can think about days that people talk about,

  97. you know, October 29th, 1929,

  98. when the stock market crashed

  99. and kicked off the Great Depression.

  100. It's a day that is marked.

  101. People still talk about it.

  102. It's a day that people think about it.

  103. You know, January 22nd, 1973,

  104. when a court decision said

  105. people could legally kill a child in the womb

  106. without ramification.

  107. It's a day that lives in infamy.

  108. You know, in our modern history,

  109. you know, September 11th is a day that lives in infamy.

  110. A day that said,

  111. that was a tragic, terrible day

  112. of what took place there.

  113. But I want you to think here

  114. because this day that Jesus is entering to

  115. will end glorious,

  116. but really it was a day of great tragedy

  117. when we look at what Jesus faced.

  118. It was something He went through

  119. as an hour that Judas betrayed Jesus.

  120. You know?

  121. When we think about it,

  122. Judas, we talked about a little earlier,

  123. if you think about Judas,

  124. he was not just anybody.

  125. You know?

  126. When you consider,

  127. one of the hardest things to face

  128. is when you have somebody

  129. that's close to you

  130. betray you.

  131. You know, somebody that's kind of

  132. away from you that betrays,

  133. it's kind of like,

  134. yes, that hurt,

  135. but it's not the same.

  136. When you consider Judas

  137. was one who betrayed Jesus,

  138. he was in his inner circle.

  139. He was there with him

  140. in his teaching

  141. and saw the miracles

  142. and saw all those things.

  143. And we don't have recorded for us

  144. all the countless conversations

  145. that would have taken place.

  146. Judas wasn't a stranger.

  147. And we're even going to look here today

  148. as we see that Jesus

  149. has recorded for us

  150. that He refers to Judas

  151. yet as a friend.

  152. You know, what a day,

  153. an hour that is going to live

  154. in infamy as we look here

  155. this morning

  156. because this is an hour

  157. of confrontation.

  158. You know, just as Jesus

  159. called His disciples

  160. to rise up,

  161. you know, we see Jesus

  162. sleeping and Jesus comes

  163. and He says,

  164. Hey guys, get up.

  165. Judas is here.

  166. They're right outside the gate.

  167. You know, they're right outside.

  168. They're ready to come

  169. and to arrest Jesus.

  170. And we see here,

  171. look at verse 43 of our text.

  172. It says,

  173. And immediately,

  174. while He yet spake,

  175. cometh Judas,

  176. one of the twelve,

  177. and with him a great multitude

  178. with swords and staves

  179. from the chief priests

  180. and the scribes

  181. and the elders.

  182. You know, we see here

  183. as Jesus calls His disciples

  184. to rise up,

  185. Judas and His cohorts

  186. arrive at the garden.

  187. The plan was to take Jesus

  188. into custody

  189. while the city slept.

  190. They wanted to,

  191. initially, if you remember,

  192. they didn't want to take Jesus

  193. during the feast days.

  194. They wanted to wait

  195. until after the feast

  196. because they didn't want

  197. to stir up a ruckus.

  198. They didn't want to have

  199. to deal with the people.

  200. And we're going to see here

  201. this morning

  202. this confrontation

  203. that takes place.

  204. And we see that Judas,

  205. though he had presented

  206. the opportunity

  207. to arrest Jesus

  208. away from the temple

  209. and where the multitude gathered,

  210. he was leading them.

  211. He sold Jesus

  212. for 30 pieces of silver.

  213. To those that wanted

  214. to take him.

  215. And they took the opportunity

  216. and they arrived

  217. just as the 11 disciples

  218. are wiping the sleepies

  219. back from their eyes.

  220. I mean,

  221. I was thinking a little bit

  222. on the disciples here

  223. how shocking

  224. this must have been.

  225. It had been a long day.

  226. Been through a lot

  227. during this day

  228. of all the teaching

  229. and all the things Jesus did.

  230. It was late in the day.

  231. For us,

  232. it was the beginning

  233. of their day.

  234. I mean,

  235. you always got to remember

  236. that a Jewish day

  237. starts at 6 p.m.,

  238. you know.

  239. But it was late.

  240. It was time for them

  241. to be sleeping.

  242. They were tired

  243. and they'd taken a nap.

  244. And you know,

  245. have you ever been startled

  246. out of your nap?

  247. You know?

  248. I mean,

  249. I think a 15,

  250. 30-minute nap

  251. and somebody startles you

  252. because you're really out,

  253. you're just kind of droggy.

  254. You know?

  255. And I'm thinking

  256. that's kind of where

  257. the disciples were

  258. at this point

  259. trying to figure out,

  260. whoa, hold on.

  261. What's going on?

  262. Judas is here.

  263. What's going on?

  264. Because when Jesus

  265. said Judas was there,

  266. that's not what

  267. they were expecting.

  268. They weren't expecting

  269. armed people

  270. coming to arrest Jesus.

  271. Because remember,

  272. Judas,

  273. they considered what?

  274. As a friend,

  275. one of them.

  276. They were caught off guard

  277. by what was happening.

  278. But I want you to understand

  279. that as we look at this,

  280. the disciples

  281. may have been caught off guard,

  282. but Jesus wasn't.

  283. Our Savior knew exactly

  284. what was going to take place.

  285. And we're going to see

  286. that play out

  287. during this confrontation

  288. of these things

  289. that happened.

  290. This confrontation

  291. was one-sided, really,

  292. as they come thinking

  293. they're in control.

  294. And Jesus steps up

  295. and greets them

  296. as they enter.

  297. You know,

  298. as they're getting ready

  299. to come into the garden,

  300. Jesus seeks,

  301. addresses them directly.

  302. You know,

  303. over in John 18,

  304. and we'll talk about this

  305. more in just a little bit,

  306. but John 18,

  307. we find here

  308. that Jesus actually asked them,

  309. who is it that you seek?

  310. Who are you seeking?

  311. Who are you after?

  312. Who are you here for?

  313. And the irony is

  314. it was kind of

  315. a rhetorical question

  316. because Jesus already knew

  317. who they were there for.

  318. It wasn't a question

  319. for his benefit,

  320. it was a question for theirs.

  321. You know,

  322. as Judas walked over to,

  323. had walked with Jesus

  324. for three years,

  325. and was a,

  326. you know,

  327. they trusted,

  328. Judas so much

  329. that they gave him

  330. the bag

  331. to hold the money.

  332. You know,

  333. I'll know about you,

  334. but when you think about

  335. that Judas was their treasure,

  336. it tells you

  337. the level of trust

  338. that they had in him.

  339. Because I don't know about you,

  340. I just don't trust anybody

  341. to hold the money bag.

  342. You know,

  343. it'd be like walking,

  344. you don't go out here

  345. on the street and say,

  346. hey,

  347. can I give you access

  348. to my bank account

  349. so you can take care

  350. of that for me?

  351. You know,

  352. if you give access

  353. to your money,

  354. what do you do?

  355. That's somebody you trust.

  356. That's somebody

  357. that you have,

  358. you say is on your side

  359. that we're looking out

  360. for your interest.

  361. That's how they saw Judas.

  362. And now Judas is here

  363. and had walked with Jesus.

  364. You know,

  365. I can't imagine

  366. the number of times

  367. that he must have heard

  368. the gospel,

  369. yet we find

  370. that he rejected it.

  371. He walked alongside

  372. but rejected

  373. the very thing

  374. that Jesus said.

  375. But one thing

  376. we've learned about Judas,

  377. he was a man

  378. motivated by two things,

  379. power and money.

  380. He was greedy.

  381. He was covetous.

  382. You say,

  383. well,

  384. how did he get in the group?

  385. You know what happens?

  386. Sometimes people get on board

  387. when things are happening,

  388. when they see they might

  389. get in and get advantage.

  390. To take care of

  391. and to gain

  392. something for themselves

  393. because he thought

  394. Jesus would overthrow

  395. the Roman oppressors

  396. and establish

  397. a new kingdom of Israel

  398. and he said,

  399. I want in

  400. because if I get in

  401. at the bottom,

  402. I'm going to have

  403. a lot of power

  404. and authority.

  405. We see that play out

  406. in Judas' life

  407. and it was a great opportunity

  408. in his mind.

  409. But you know,

  410. I want you to understand

  411. serving God

  412. is a great opportunity

  413. but not in the way

  414. the world thinks

  415. of opportunity.

  416. It's not an opportunity

  417. for power,

  418. for greatness.

  419. It's an opportunity

  420. to serve the king of kings.

  421. To serve the one

  422. who loved you

  423. beyond anything else.

  424. But we find here

  425. that there was

  426. this idea

  427. that he had a false service,

  428. a false desire

  429. to serve God.

  430. He feigned

  431. serving God.

  432. You know,

  433. the sad thing today

  434. is we have many people

  435. that will sometimes

  436. do the same thing.

  437. They'll feign serving God

  438. because it serves benefit.

  439. Let me point to

  440. a little illustration

  441. for even within

  442. our own culture.

  443. When I was a young man

  444. growing up,

  445. people went to church.

  446. You know,

  447. when people talk about

  448. when Americans

  449. went to church,

  450. you know what a lot of

  451. Americans went to church?

  452. Because that's what

  453. was expected of them

  454. if they were going

  455. to do anything.

  456. You know what

  457. the problem was?

  458. There wasn't people

  459. being saved.

  460. There was people

  461. feigning things

  462. because it benefited them.

  463. You know,

  464. they talk about people

  465. not attending church.

  466. You know,

  467. if you're here today,

  468. I hope you're here

  469. because you want to be here.

  470. Not because you're

  471. going to gain something

  472. personally,

  473. you might say,

  474. of money or resources

  475. or influence from it,

  476. but because you have

  477. a sincere desire

  478. either to seek

  479. what God would have

  480. for you

  481. or because you love

  482. Him already.

  483. You know,

  484. when you realize

  485. the importance,

  486. it ought to be something

  487. that doesn't matter

  488. what somebody else

  489. or what happens

  490. or our expectations.

  491. We come to worship God

  492. because of who He is.

  493. But Judas was there

  494. for money.

  495. He was there

  496. for power.

  497. He was a man

  498. who was after

  499. His own means

  500. of what He could advance.

  501. We see Him coming here

  502. with an arm band

  503. because the Jews

  504. expected conflict,

  505. a direct confrontation

  506. with Jesus

  507. and His followers.

  508. But instead,

  509. Jesus comes out

  510. to greet them

  511. revealing clearly

  512. who He was.

  513. You know,

  514. take a look over

  515. into John chapter 18

    John 18 chapter mention

  516. for a moment

  517. because we see here

  518. this is a,

  519. John records this

  520. a little differently

  521. because I think

  522. John was standing

  523. right there

  524. beside Jesus,

  525. you know.

  526. I think he had

  527. a personal upfront

  528. seat to this

  529. taking place

  530. and he records for us

  531. what takes place

  532. with this

  533. and it says

  534. in verse 4,

  535. notice this,

  536. Jesus therefore

  537. knowing all things

  538. that would come upon Him

  539. went forth

  540. and saith unto them

  541. whom seek ye?

  542. And they answered Him

  543. Jesus of Nazareth

  544. and Jesus said unto them

  545. I am He.

  546. I want you to see

  547. that dynamic.

  548. Jesus said He already knew

  549. what was going to happen

  550. and they come and say

  551. who's Jesus?

  552. And Jesus says

  553. I'm He.

  554. He didn't say

  555. oh, I'll know.

  556. He told them guys

  557. I know you're here for me.

  558. It's now the hour.

  559. We see that He's there

  560. and we see down

  561. in verse 6

  562. it says I am He

  563. and it says

  564. they went backwards

  565. and fell to the ground.

  566. We'll talk about that

  567. a little later.

  568. But I want you to understand

  569. Jesus wasn't hiding

  570. because as we're going

  571. to look here

  572. He understood

  573. what was ahead of Him.

  574. You know,

  575. think about Isaiah 53.

  576. Isaiah 53 in verse 7

  577. the Bible clearly declares

  578. He says

  579. He was oppressed

  580. and He was afflicted

  581. yet He opened not His mouth

  582. and He was brought as a lamb

  583. to the slaughter

  584. and as sheep before

  585. her shears is dumb

  586. so He openeth not

  587. His mouth.

  588. Here Jesus

  589. is going to go

  590. willingly to them.

  591. What it's talking about here

  592. Jesus didn't try

  593. to counteract

  594. what was happening.

  595. He didn't try

  596. to hold off

  597. what was happening.

  598. When they came

  599. He said

  600. I know what's going

  601. to happen

  602. and guys

  603. I'm the one

  604. you're looking for.

  605. And we see this play out

  606. because not only

  607. was it an hour

  608. of confrontation

  609. I believe it was

  610. an hour of great courage.

  611. When you see

  612. Jesus display

  613. for us

  614. what courage

  615. looks like

  616. standing

  617. responsibly

  618. in the moment

  619. even though you know

  620. that the outcome

  621. is not going to be

  622. very beneficial

  623. for yourself.

  624. To take a stand

  625. for what you need

  626. what needs to happen

  627. in the way

  628. Jesus does not wait

  629. but approaches

  630. the multitude

  631. as they arrive.

  632. I mean think about that

  633. Jesus

  634. the multitude

  635. starts gathering

  636. you could hear

  637. the weapons

  638. you could hear

  639. the swords

  640. and the

  641. staves

  642. and them coming

  643. they were not quiet

  644. and Jesus

  645. steps out

  646. in front of

  647. his disciples

  648. and says

  649. hey

  650. who are you

  651. looking for?

  652. He stepped out

  653. there with courage

  654. knowing

  655. all things

  656. that should come

  657. upon him

  658. as we read

  659. earlier

  660. and whom

  661. seek ye?

  662. You know

  663. when we understand

  664. that Jesus

  665. courageously

  666. confronts the group

  667. coming out

  668. against him

  669. in the garden

  670. but instead

  671. of teaching

  672. instead of them

  673. arresting him

  674. as he was

  675. teaching in the

  676. temple

  677. the three days

  678. previous

  679. they come out

  680. where it's

  681. quiet in a way

  682. but you know

  683. Jesus knew

  684. what was happening

  685. because it had

  686. been foretold

  687. you had to remember

  688. Jesus wasn't

  689. caught off guard

  690. Jesus knew

  691. exactly what was

  692. going to take

  693. place

  694. you know

  695. look back

  696. at our text

  697. for a moment

  698. look there

  699. in verse 49

  700. in our text

  701. it says

  702. and daily

  703. with you

  704. in the temple

  705. teaching

  706. and ye

  707. took me not

  708. but the scripture

  709. must be fulfilled

  710. now you think

  711. about just

  712. earlier

  713. in the garden

  714. as we spoke

  715. last week

  716. Jesus was there

  717. and he said

  718. Lord let this

  719. if it be possible

  720. for this cup

  721. to pass from me

  722. not my will

  723. but thy will

  724. be done

  725. Jesus here

  726. is displaying

  727. the fact

  728. he says

  729. it's been

  730. determined

  731. what was going

  732. to happen

  733. and he says

  734. not my will

  735. but thy will

  736. be done

  737. let the scripture

  738. be fulfilled

  739. Jesus points

  740. us to the

  741. scripture

  742. all the time

  743. the scripture

  744. is what reveals

  745. to us

  746. who God is

  747. what God

  748. has done

  749. how to get

  750. right with God

  751. it reveals

  752. everything we

  753. need to know

  754. and Jesus

  755. says hey

  756. the scripture

  757. is the key

  758. to stand

  759. with the scripture

  760. he knew

  761. that all the

  762. things that

  763. were going

  764. to happen

  765. the events

  766. unfolding

  767. didn't take

  768. him by surprise

  769. he already

  770. knew Judas

  771. was going

  772. to betray

  773. him

  774. he knew

  775. that his

  776. fellow

  777. kinsmen

  778. the children

  779. of Israel

  780. were going

  781. to reject

  782. him

  783. he knew

  784. all those

  785. things

  786. he knew

  787. the violence

  788. he knew

  789. that he

  790. would suffer

  791. he knew

  792. the beating

  793. and the

  794. mockings

  795. he knew

  796. he was

  797. going to

  798. soon

  799. walk up

  800. a hill

  801. to be

  802. crucified

  803. between

  804. two thieves

  805. when he

  806. stepped out

  807. he already

  808. knew

  809. what was

  810. going

  811. to take

  812. place

  813. he understood

  814. why did

  815. Jesus

  816. do this

  817. because he

  818. came to

  819. do and

  820. fulfill

  821. the father's

  822. will

  823. John 4

    John 4:34

  824. verse 34

  825. says

  826. Jesus said

  827. in them

  828. my meat

  829. is to do

  830. the will

  831. of him

  832. that sent

  833. me

  834. and to

  835. finish

  836. his

  837. work

  838. we'll find

  839. later

  840. that's one

  841. of the

  842. statements

  843. you'll see

  844. of Jesus

  845. on the

  846. cross

  847. he says

  848. it is

  849. finished

  850. he said

  851. I completed

  852. everything

  853. that was

  854. needed

  855. why did

  856. he do

  857. it

  858. well very

  859. simply

  860. this

  861. it was

  862. the father's

  863. will

  864. but he

  865. did it

  866. because he

  867. loved you

  868. God

  869. set forth

  870. this plan

  871. this course

  872. of action

  873. not for his

  874. benefit

  875. but for ours

  876. because you know

  877. what love is

  878. love is saying

  879. I want the

  880. benefit of

  881. somebody else

  882. greater

  883. than myself

  884. that's the

  885. display of

  886. love

  887. when God

  888. put forth

  889. you know

  890. think about

  891. Romans chapter

    Romans 5 chapter mention

  892. 5

  893. and verse

  894. 8

  895. and it says

  896. but God

  897. commendeth his

  898. love toward

  899. us

  900. in that

  901. why we

  902. were yet

  903. sinners

  904. notice

  905. Christ

  906. died

  907. for us

  908. he went

  909. and he

  910. says

  911. I'm going

  912. to endure

  913. this

  914. because

  915. it's

  916. what's

  917. required

  918. for the

  919. benefit

  920. of others

  921. that's

  922. love

  923. he didn't

  924. come to

  925. say

  926. I'm going

  927. to suffer

  928. all this

  929. so they

  930. can stay

  931. where they

  932. are

  933. he wanted

  934. to rescue

  935. us

  936. he wanted

  937. to redeem

  938. us

  939. he did

  940. it because

  941. it was

  942. the only

  943. hope

  944. we had

  945. to be

  946. redeemed

  947. there's

  948. nothing

  949. we could

  950. do

  951. of

  952. ourselves

  953. there's

  954. no

  955. nothing

  956. you could

  957. obey

  958. there's

  959. no ritual

  960. you could

  961. perform

  962. there's

  963. nothing

  964. you can

  965. look to

  966. other than

  967. Jesus

  968. Christ

  969. and

  970. understanding

  971. what took

  972. place

  973. you know

  974. Hebrews

  975. 9 says

  976. and almost

  977. all things

  978. are by law

  979. purged with

  980. blood

  981. and without

  982. the shedding

  983. of blood

  984. is no

  985. remission

  986. you know

  987. what

  988. the wages

  989. of sin

  990. is death

  991. when we

  992. realize

  993. the necessity

  994. of the shed

  995. blood of

  996. Jesus

  997. in regard

  998. to our

  999. salvation

  1000. 1 Peter 1

  1001. tells us

  1002. this

  1003. for as much

  1004. as you know

  1005. that you were

  1006. not redeemed

  1007. with corruptible

  1008. things as silver

  1009. and gold

  1010. and from

  1011. our

  1012. vain

  1013. conversations

  1014. received

  1015. from the

  1016. tradition

  1017. of our

  1018. fathers

  1019. but you're

  1020. redeemed

  1021. with what

  1022. but with

  1023. the precious

  1024. blood of

  1025. Christ

  1026. as a

  1027. lamb

  1028. without

  1029. blemish

  1030. and without

  1031. spot

  1032. it's only

  1033. through

  1034. Christ

  1035. Jesus

  1036. knew

  1037. why he

  1038. came

  1039. he courageously

  1040. stepped out

  1041. that day

  1042. for our

  1043. benefit

  1044. not for

  1045. his

  1046. in light

  1047. of this

  1048. Jesus

  1049. stood

  1050. courageously

  1051. before those

  1052. that came

  1053. to put him

  1054. to death

  1055. but I want

  1056. you to see

  1057. it was also

  1058. an hour

  1059. of compromise

  1060. the hour

  1061. that Jesus

  1062. was arrested

  1063. his disciples

  1064. all fled

  1065. all those

  1066. that had

  1067. come with

  1068. him

  1069. into the

  1070. garden

  1071. one of the

  1072. twelve

  1073. led the

  1074. betrayers

  1075. the other

  1076. eleven

  1077. jumped ship

  1078. you know

  1079. it was just

  1080. an hour

  1081. earlier

  1082. that each

  1083. had made

  1084. a commitment

  1085. to the

  1086. Lord

  1087. that they

  1088. would never

  1089. forsake

  1090. him

  1091. I mean

  1092. think about

  1093. that

  1094. when Jesus

  1095. called up

  1096. told Peter

  1097. Peter you're

  1098. going to

  1099. deny me

  1100. and Peter

  1101. not me

  1102. Lord

  1103. the others

  1104. might

  1105. fail

  1106. but I'm

  1107. all in

  1108. there are

  1109. nothing

  1110. I'm

  1111. unmovable

  1112. you know

  1113. we talked

  1114. about that

  1115. the fact

  1116. Peter

  1117. was

  1118. problem

  1119. was

  1120. he's

  1121. relying

  1122. on

  1123. himself

  1124. and not

  1125. on the

  1126. Lord

  1127. you know

  1128. we can

  1129. get in

  1130. trouble

  1131. when we

  1132. rely on

  1133. ourselves

  1134. we can

  1135. say we

  1136. can do

  1137. a lot

  1138. of things

  1139. and yeah

  1140. we can

  1141. overcome

  1142. a lot

  1143. of things

  1144. in the

  1145. flesh

  1146. but you

  1147. know

  1148. what

  1149. you reach

  1150. a

  1151. limitation

  1152. you're

  1153. going to

  1154. find

  1155. limitations

  1156. in life

  1157. things

  1158. when you

  1159. need

  1160. the

  1161. Lord

  1162. because

  1163. God

  1164. doesn't

  1165. give us

  1166. more

  1167. than

  1168. we

  1169. can

  1170. handle

  1171. yeah

  1172. he

  1173. does

  1174. you know

  1175. the last

  1176. few

  1177. weeks

  1178. have been

  1179. an example

  1180. of that

  1181. it's way

  1182. more

  1183. sometimes

  1184. than you

  1185. can

  1186. handle

  1187. but we

  1188. serve

  1189. a Savior

  1190. who's

  1191. sufficient

  1192. to fill

  1193. what we

  1194. lack

  1195. we need

  1196. to keep

  1197. our eyes

  1198. upon

  1199. him

  1200. you know

  1201. they were

  1202. convinced

  1203. they would

  1204. stand with

  1205. Jesus

  1206. even die

  1207. with him

  1208. or for

  1209. him

  1210. you know

  1211. we find

  1212. out

  1213. you know

  1214. it talks

  1215. about

  1216. one of

  1217. the disciples

  1218. lopping the

  1219. ear off

  1220. of the

  1221. servant

  1222. of the

  1223. high

  1224. priest

  1225. you know

  1226. that was

  1227. Peter

  1228. yeah

  1229. I can

  1230. just

  1231. imagine

  1232. Peter

  1233. here

  1234. still

  1235. with

  1236. sleepies

  1237. in his

  1238. eyes

  1239. maybe

  1240. that's

  1241. the reason

  1242. he missed

  1243. I don't

  1244. know

  1245. you know

  1246. you wake

  1247. up

  1248. you're still

  1249. kind of

  1250. blurry

  1251. I imagine

  1252. aim for

  1253. the big

  1254. object

  1255. but Peter

  1256. in his

  1257. flesh

  1258. just a few

  1259. moments

  1260. was ready

  1261. to even

  1262. die

  1263. but when

  1264. they came

  1265. and arrested

  1266. Jesus

  1267. and Jesus

  1268. didn't put

  1269. up any

  1270. resistance

  1271. Peter

  1272. fled

  1273. Peter

  1274. just like

  1275. the rest

  1276. took off

  1277. Jesus

  1278. didn't resist

  1279. and his

  1280. disciples

  1281. ran away

  1282. you know

  1283. verse 50

  1284. says

  1285. and they

  1286. all forsook

  1287. him

  1288. and fled

  1289. it means

  1290. they abandoned

  1291. him for a

  1292. place of

  1293. safety

  1294. vanishing

  1295. from sight

  1296. you know

  1297. these men

  1298. basically

  1299. they ran

  1300. away

  1301. into the

  1302. night

  1303. convinced

  1304. in one

  1305. moment

  1306. that they

  1307. would stand

  1308. for Jesus

  1309. but failed

  1310. the test

  1311. in that

  1312. hour

  1313. disappearing

  1314. leaving

  1315. Jesus

  1316. alone

  1317. with his

  1318. enemies

  1319. you know

  1320. this morning

  1321. you need

  1322. to be

  1323. careful

  1324. we don't

  1325. because

  1326. sometimes

  1327. have you

  1328. ever read

  1329. the Bible

  1330. and you

  1331. look

  1332. well look

  1333. at those

  1334. bums

  1335. that wouldn't

  1336. be me

  1337. you know

  1338. what

  1339. there's only

  1340. one choice

  1341. sometimes

  1342. between you

  1343. and being

  1344. just like

  1345. him

  1346. matter of

  1347. fact

  1348. we're

  1349. probably

  1350. more like

  1351. the disciples

  1352. than we

  1353. realize

  1354. because the

  1355. hour that

  1356. we ought

  1357. to be

  1358. staying

  1359. close to

  1360. Jesus

  1361. is the

  1362. very hour

  1363. we head

  1364. the other

  1365. direction

  1366. we don't

  1367. know how

  1368. we would

  1369. respond

  1370. when we

  1371. were faced

  1372. with trials

  1373. of life

  1374. you know

  1375. the trials

  1376. of life

  1377. really bring

  1378. forth

  1379. what are you

  1380. really trusting

  1381. in

  1382. you know

  1383. it's easy

  1384. to say

  1385. I trust

  1386. God

  1387. when everything's

  1388. good

  1389. praise God

  1390. everything's

  1391. you know

  1392. what

  1393. I was just

  1394. thinking here

  1395. this past

  1396. weeks

  1397. and I was

  1398. reading there

  1399. in 1 Samuel

  1400. about David

  1401. and you know

  1402. what

  1403. when David

  1404. lost his

  1405. child

  1406. the one

  1407. thing that

  1408. stood out

  1409. to me

  1410. was this

  1411. it's like

  1412. the servants

  1413. were so

  1414. worried

  1415. because David

  1416. was weeping

  1417. and crying

  1418. beforehand

  1419. and afterwards

  1420. it says

  1421. David stood

  1422. up

  1423. and he went

  1424. into the

  1425. house of

  1426. God

  1427. he cleaned

  1428. himself up

  1429. and he went

  1430. to worship

  1431. his God

  1432. I was just

  1433. thinking

  1434. you know

  1435. the reality

  1436. you know

  1437. what everybody

  1438. said

  1439. you know

  1440. David really

  1441. believes this

  1442. he doesn't

  1443. trust God

  1444. because of

  1445. just the good

  1446. things God

  1447. does

  1448. he trusts

  1449. God

  1450. even in

  1451. the difficult

  1452. things

  1453. that he

  1454. stood up

  1455. and he

  1456. went to

  1457. the house

  1458. of God

  1459. to praise

  1460. God

  1461. and all

  1462. the servants

  1463. when you read

  1464. that passage

  1465. it's amazing

  1466. because my

  1467. context is this

  1468. this is the

  1469. Smith version

  1470. okay

  1471. it's not the

  1472. divinely inspired

  1473. version

  1474. but I can just

  1475. imagine his

  1476. servants talking

  1477. to themselves

  1478. saying

  1479. wow

  1480. what David's

  1481. been talking

  1482. about

  1483. what he's

  1484. been saying

  1485. really matches

  1486. up

  1487. this guy's

  1488. serious

  1489. how did

  1490. that determine

  1491. in the

  1492. moments of

  1493. difficulty

  1494. of whom

  1495. do we

  1496. trust

  1497. so we

  1498. don't need

  1499. to be too

  1500. harsh upon

  1501. the disciples

  1502. because we

  1503. find later

  1504. that they

  1505. came back

  1506. and you know

  1507. each of them

  1508. faced extreme

  1509. challenges

  1510. and remained

  1511. faithful

  1512. but I think

  1513. they learned

  1514. a lesson

  1515. sometimes we

  1516. have to learn

  1517. a lesson

  1518. the hard way

  1519. but we

  1520. serve a God

  1521. that can

  1522. redeem

  1523. if you remember

  1524. last week

  1525. Jesus told

  1526. him he says

  1527. hey you

  1528. guys are

  1529. going to

  1530. deny me

  1531. but after

  1532. I resurrect

  1533. meet me

  1534. in Galilee

  1535. that's another

  1536. great hope

  1537. you can let

  1538. Jesus down

  1539. and Jesus

  1540. says hey

  1541. come on

  1542. back

  1543. he's a God

  1544. that restores

  1545. it was an

  1546. hour that

  1547. challenged

  1548. their lives

  1549. it was an

  1550. hour of

  1551. compromise

  1552. but it was

  1553. also an

  1554. hour of

  1555. compassion

  1556. you know

  1557. even in the

  1558. midst of

  1559. Judas's

  1560. betrayal

  1561. and the

  1562. disciples

  1563. desertion

  1564. Jesus

  1565. didn't get

  1566. angry

  1567. bitter

  1568. or upset

  1569. Jesus

  1570. still

  1571. acted

  1572. compassionately

  1573. towards the

  1574. people around

  1575. him

  1576. you know

  1577. it's amazing

  1578. the compassion

  1579. that Jesus

  1580. displayed

  1581. Jesus

  1582. displayed

  1583. compassion

  1584. to Judas

  1585. Iscariot

  1586. you say

  1587. well how

  1588. did he do

  1589. that

  1590. think about

  1591. it

  1592. here's a

  1593. traitor

  1594. he knew

  1595. he was a

  1596. traitor

  1597. he knew

  1598. he was

  1599. selling

  1600. him out

  1601. for the

  1602. price

  1603. of a

  1604. slave

  1605. just

  1606. 30

  1607. pieces

  1608. of

  1609. silver

  1610. he

  1611. leads

  1612. the

  1613. mob

  1614. to

  1615. arrest

  1616. him

  1617. and betray

  1618. him

  1619. with a

  1620. kiss

  1621. the kiss

  1622. of a

  1623. friend

  1624. it wasn't

  1625. and when you

  1626. understand the

  1627. culture and what it's

  1628. talking about

  1629. it wasn't just

  1630. anything

  1631. it was a

  1632. kiss that they

  1633. would do

  1634. upon the cheek

  1635. of an

  1636. individual

  1637. that they

  1638. had a

  1639. relationship

  1640. with

  1641. that they

  1642. were friends

  1643. with

  1644. they were

  1645. tight

  1646. with

  1647. Jesus

  1648. met

  1649. Judas

  1650. not reacting

  1651. him with

  1652. bitterness

  1653. or anger

  1654. I mean

  1655. have you ever

  1656. stop for a moment

  1657. and put yourself

  1658. in Jesus

  1659. shoes

  1660. somebody

  1661. coming to

  1662. betray you

  1663. you know

  1664. they're

  1665. betraying you

  1666. how would

  1667. you respond

  1668. the flesh

  1669. says strike

  1670. out with

  1671. bitterness

  1672. or anger

  1673. but in

  1674. Matthew's

  1675. gospel

  1676. Matthew

  1677. says this

  1678. in chapter

  1679. 26

  1680. verse 50

  1681. Jesus

  1682. said this

  1683. friend

  1684. wherefore

  1685. art thou

  1686. come

  1687. you know

  1688. that's

  1689. compassion

  1690. because Jesus

  1691. says hey

  1692. I still

  1693. care

  1694. you're

  1695. not

  1696. faithful

  1697. you're

  1698. not

  1699. loyal

  1700. but I

  1701. still

  1702. care

  1703. about

  1704. you

  1705. that's

  1706. real

  1707. compassion

  1708. that's

  1709. real

  1710. concern

  1711. because it

  1712. wasn't just

  1713. about him

  1714. it was

  1715. about

  1716. Judas

  1717. he displayed

  1718. that to

  1719. him

  1720. he knew

  1721. what Judas

  1722. intended

  1723. he had

  1724. rejected

  1725. the Lord

  1726. he had

  1727. rejected

  1728. the gospel

  1729. we find

  1730. that Jesus

  1731. reached out

  1732. to Judas

  1733. many times

  1734. only to be

  1735. rejected

  1736. you know

  1737. he knew

  1738. Judas

  1739. would betray

  1740. him

  1741. but in

  1742. an attempt

  1743. to reach

  1744. him

  1745. he handed

  1746. him

  1747. the sop

  1748. at the

  1749. meal

  1750. in an

  1751. attempt

  1752. to reach

  1753. him

  1754. each time

  1755. you'll

  1756. find

  1757. that

  1758. Jesus

  1759. reached

  1760. out

  1761. to

  1762. Judas

  1763. he told

  1764. him

  1765. hey

  1766. go do

  1767. what

  1768. you're

  1769. going

  1770. to do

  1771. Judas

  1772. knew

  1773. that

  1774. Jesus

  1775. knew

  1776. what

  1777. was

  1778. going

  1779. to

  1780. happen

  1781. but

  1782. Judas

  1783. refused

  1784. and the

  1785. Lord

  1786. does

  1787. the

  1788. same

  1789. for

  1790. you

  1791. and

  1792. I

  1793. the

  1794. very

  1795. fact

  1796. that

  1797. you

  1798. are

  1799. alive

  1800. and not

  1801. in

  1802. hell

  1803. today

  1804. is

  1805. proof

  1806. of

  1807. God's

  1808. compassion

  1809. upon

  1810. you

  1811. saying

  1812. there's

  1813. an

  1814. opportunity

  1815. God

  1816. is

  1817. reaching

  1818. out

  1819. to

  1820. you

  1821. he

  1822. does

  1823. it

  1824. because

  1825. he

  1826. does

  1827. not

  1828. want

  1829. you

  1830. to

  1831. go

  1832. to

  1833. hell

  1834. he

  1835. does

  1836. it

  1837. so

  1838. you

  1839. will

  1840. come

  1841. to

  1842. him

  1843. for

  1844. salvation

  1845. he

  1846. does

  1847. it

  1848. because

  1849. he

  1850. loves

  1851. you

  1852. you

  1853. know

  1854. the

  1855. sad

  1856. thing

  1857. is

  1858. is

  1859. Judas

  1860. wasted

  1861. a lot

  1862. of

  1863. opportunities

  1864. but

  1865. you

  1866. don't

  1867. have

  1868. to

  1869. because

  1870. I

  1871. want

  1872. you

  1873. to

  1874. understand

  1875. one

  1876. day

  1877. time

  1878. runs

  1879. out

  1880. God's

  1881. gracious

  1882. and

  1883. gives

  1884. many

  1885. opportunities

  1886. but

  1887. the

  1888. reality

  1889. is

  1890. sometimes

  1891. in

  1892. life

  1893. opportunities

  1894. are

  1895. going

  1896. to

  1897. run

  1898. out

  1899. Isaiah

  1900. 55

  1901. says

  1902. this

  1903. it

  1904. says

  1905. seek

  1906. ye

  1907. the

  1908. Lord

  1909. while

  1910. he

  1911. may

  1912. be

  1913. found

  1914. call

  1915. up

  1916. him

  1917. while

  1918. he

  1919. is

  1920. near

  1921. will

  1922. abundantly

  1923. pardon

  1924. you

  1925. know

  1926. Genesis

    Genesis 6 chapter mention

  1927. chapter

  1928. 6

  1929. talks

  1930. about

  1931. God

  1932. says

  1933. I

  1934. will

  1935. not

  1936. always

  1937. strive

  1938. with

  1939. man

  1940. and

  1941. he

  1942. limits

  1943. our

  1944. days

  1945. he

  1946. says

  1947. 120

  1948. years

  1949. there

  1950. in

  1951. Genesis

    Genesis 6 chapter mention

  1952. chapter

  1953. 6

  1954. you

  1955. know

  1956. what

  1957. God

  1958. said

  1959. he

  1960. says

  1961. I'm

  1962. not

  1963. going

  1964. to

  1965. there's

  1966. a

  1967. point

  1968. reached

  1969. where

  1970. they've

  1971. made

  1972. a

  1973. decision

  1974. you

  1975. know

  1976. in

  1977. this

  1978. life

  1979. you

  1980. have

  1981. a

  1982. decision

  1983. to

  1984. make

  1985. what

  1986. are

  1987. you

  1988. !

  1989. to

  1990. do

  1991. !

  1992. Judas

  1993. he

  1994. had

  1995. compassion

  1996. have you

  1997. ever

  1998. thought

  1999. the

  2000. Lord

  2001. had

  2002. compassion

  2003. on

  2004. Malchus

  2005. Malchus

  2006. was the

  2007. one

  2008. we

  2009. find

  2010. named

  2011. in

  2012. the

  2013. scripture

  2014. was

  2015. the

  2016. servant

  2017. here's

  2018. the

  2019. guy

  2020. that's

  2021. even

  2022. by

  2023. description

  2024. he

  2025. was

  2026. the

  2027. servant

  2028. of

  2029. the

  2030. high

  2031. priest

  2032. he

  2033. was

  2034. out

  2035. doing

  2036. his

  2037. job

  2038. Peter

  2039. with

  2040. his

  2041. sleepies

  2042. whops

  2043. off

  2044. his

  2045. ear

  2046. maims

  2047. him

  2048. Jesus

  2049. heals

  2050. !

  2051. you

  2052. thus

  2053. far

  2054. and

  2055. he

  2056. touched

  2057. his

  2058. ear

  2059. and

  2060. healed

  2061. him

  2062. you

  2063. know

  2064. as

  2065. a

  2066. servant

  2067. of

  2068. the

  2069. high

  2070. priest

  2071. it's

  2072. likely

  2073. that

  2074. Malchus

  2075. was

  2076. probably

  2077. sent

  2078. with

  2079. the

  2080. mob

  2081. to

  2082. serve

  2083. as

  2084. a

  2085. witness

  2086. to

  2087. the

  2088. arrest

  2089. of

  2090. Jesus

  2091. he

  2092. was

  2093. probably

  2094. there

  2095. so

  2096. he

  2097. could

  2098. go

  2099. back

  2100. to

  2101. his

  2102. master

  2103. and

  2104. give

  2105. him

  2106. a

  2107. full

  2108. report

  2109. of

  2110. all

  2111. the

  2112. details

  2113. concerning

  2114. the

  2115. arrest

  2116. of

  2117. the

  2118. Lord

  2119. Jesus

  2120. he

  2121. was

  2122. one

  2123. of

  2124. Jesus

  2125. but

  2126. not

  2127. know

  2128. him

  2129. you

  2130. know

  2131. Malchus

  2132. left

  2133. that

  2134. day

  2135. realizing

  2136. the

  2137. compassion

  2138. of

  2139. Jesus

  2140. but

  2141. there's

  2142. no way

  2143. recorded

  2144. that

  2145. he

  2146. ever

  2147. turned

  2148. to

  2149. him

  2150. he

  2151. was

  2152. a

  2153. servant

  2154. in

  2155. the

  2156. temple

  2157. think

  2158. about

  2159. what

  2160. Matthew

  2161. 7

  2162. tells

  2163. us

  2164. verse

  2165. 21

  2166. it

  2167. says

  2168. not

  2169. everyone

  2170. that

  2171. saith

  2172. unto

  2173. me

  2174. Lord

  2175. Lord

  2176. shall

  2177. enter

  2178. into

  2179. the

  2180. kingdom

  2181. of

  2182. heaven

  2183. but

  2184. he

  2185. that

  2186. do

  2187. it

  2188. the

  2189. !

  2190. of

  2191. my

  2192. father

  2193. which

  2194. is

  2195. in

  2196. heaven

  2197. many

  2198. will

  2199. say

  2200. to

  2201. me

  2202. in

  2203. that

  2204. day

  2205. Lord

  2206. Lord

  2207. have

  2208. we

  2209. not

  2210. prophesied

  2211. in

  2212. thy

  2213. name

  2214. and

  2215. in

  2216. thy

  2217. name

  2218. have

  2219. cast

  2220. out

  2221. devils

  2222. and

  2223. in

  2224. thy

  2225. name

  2226. done

  2227. many

  2228. wonderful

  2229. works

  2230. and

  2231. then

  2232. I

  2233. will

  2234. profess

  2235. unto

  2236. them

  2237. I

  2238. never

  2239. knew

  2240. you

  2241. depart

  2242. from

  2243. me

  2244. ye

  2245. that

  2246. work

  2247. in

  2248. in

  2249. in

  2250. in

  2251. in

  2252. in

  2253. in

  2254. in

  2255. !

  2256. in

  2257. !

  2258. in

  2259. not

  2260. do

  2261. good

  2262. things

  2263. to

  2264. gain

  2265. favor

  2266. with

  2267. Christ

  2268. there's

  2269. a

  2270. difference

  2271. just

  2272. as

  2273. Jesus

  2274. one

  2275. is

  2276. compassion

  2277. the

  2278. other

  2279. is

  2280. selfishness

  2281. what's

  2282. in

  2283. it

  2284. for

  2285. me

  2286. Jesus

  2287. gave

  2288. us

  2289. display

  2290. of

  2291. compassion

  2292. Jesus

  2293. had

  2294. compassion

  2295. on

  2296. those

  2297. who

  2298. came

  2299. to

  2300. arrest

  2301. him

  2302. he

  2303. could

  2304. have

  2305. destroyed

  2306. them

  2307. but

  2308. he

  2309. even

  2310. when

  2311. he

  2312. displayed

  2313. his

  2314. authority

  2315. and

  2316. his

  2317. power

  2318. you

  2319. know

  2320. we

  2321. talked

  2322. about

  2323. John

    John 18 chapter mention

  2324. chapter

  2325. 18

  2326. and

  2327. verse

  2328. 6

  2329. it's

  2330. one

  2331. of

  2332. them

  2333. playing

  2334. off

  2335. in

  2336. my

  2337. head

  2338. of

  2339. how

  2340. would

  2341. this

  2342. look

  2343. we're

  2344. not

  2345. given

  2346. all

  2347. the

  2348. description

  2349. of

  2350. what

  2351. happened

  2352. but

  2353. what

  2354. it

  2355. reveals

  2356. to

  2357. us

  2358. is

  2359. they

  2360. all

  2361. knew

  2362. something

  2363. was

  2364. different

  2365. about

  2366. Jesus

  2367. authority

  2368. here

  2369. these

  2370. armed

  2371. men

  2372. come

  2373. I

  2374. want

  2375. you

  2376. to

  2377. understand

  2378. these

  2379. people

  2380. these

  2381. are

  2382. men

  2383. that

  2384. were

  2385. trained

  2386. they

  2387. are

  2388. ready

  2389. to

  2390. do

  2391. their

  2392. task

  2393. these

  2394. weren't

  2395. wimpy

  2396. guys

  2397. just

  2398. showing

  2399. up

  2400. saying

  2401. I'm

  2402. going

  2403. to

  2404. be

  2405. tough

  2406. today

  2407. the

  2408. armed

  2409. guards

  2410. that

  2411. came

  2412. were

  2413. men

  2414. of

  2415. war

  2416. look

  2417. what

  2418. Jesus

  2419. says

  2420. as soon

  2421. as he

  2422. had

  2423. said

  2424. unto

  2425. them

  2426. I

  2427. am

  2428. he

  2429. and

  2430. Jesus

  2431. says

  2432. who

  2433. seek

  2434. he

  2435. and

  2436. they

  2437. said

  2438. Jesus

  2439. of

  2440. Nazareth

  2441. Jesus

  2442. I

  2443. am

  2444. he

  2445. and

  2446. it

  2447. says

  2448. they

  2449. fell

  2450. backwards

  2451. the

  2452. reality

  2453. is

  2454. he

  2455. addressed

  2456. himself

  2457. and

  2458. presented

  2459. himself

  2460. as

  2461. not

  2462. just

  2463. anybody

  2464. he

  2465. addressed

  2466. himself

  2467. as

  2468. I

  2469. am

  2470. I

  2471. am

  2472. is

  2473. I

  2474. know

  2475. that's

  2476. not

  2477. good

  2478. English

  2479. but

  2480. I

  2481. am

  2482. is

  2483. a

  2484. proper

  2485. name

  2486. of

  2487. God

  2488. addressing

  2489. his

  2490. authority

  2491. it

  2492. says

  2493. by

  2494. the

  2495. mere

  2496. mention

  2497. of

  2498. his

  2499. name

  2500. Jesus

  2501. displayed

  2502. his

  2503. authority

  2504. to

  2505. them

  2506. and

  2507. they

  2508. knew

  2509. he

  2510. had

  2511. authority

  2512. he

  2513. could

  2514. have

  2515. destroyed

  2516. them

  2517. by

  2518. the

  2519. word

  2520. of

  2521. his

  2522. mouth

  2523. but

  2524. yet

  2525. Jesus

  2526. had

  2527. compassion

  2528. on

  2529. a

  2530. group

  2531. of

  2532. people

  2533. who

  2534. came

  2535. to

  2536. arrest

  2537. him

  2538. you

  2539. know

  2540. Peter

  2541. Jesus

  2542. also

  2543. showed

  2544. compassion

  2545. to

  2546. Peter

  2547. you

  2548. know

  2549. sometimes

  2550. when

  2551. you

  2552. show

  2553. compassion

  2554. it

  2555. affects

  2556. more

  2557. than

  2558. one

  2559. person

  2560. this

  2561. is a

  2562. good

  2563. example

  2564. that

  2565. Jesus

  2566. healing

  2567. Malchus

  2568. his

  2569. ear

  2570. showed

  2571. compassion

  2572. to

  2573. Peter

  2574. Peter

  2575. operated

  2576. in his

  2577. flesh

  2578. and

  2579. got

  2580. ahead

  2581. and

  2582. took

  2583. action

  2584. that

  2585. God

  2586. didn't

  2587. tell

  2588. him

  2589. to

  2590. do

  2591. Peter

  2592. should

  2593. have

  2594. been

  2595. arrested

  2596. that

  2597. night

  2598. for

  2599. assaulting

  2600. the

  2601. servant

  2602. of

  2603. the

  2604. high

  2605. priest

  2606. but

  2607. it's

  2608. pretty

  2609. hard

  2610. to

  2611. press

  2612. charges

  2613. when

  2614. the

  2615. guy

  2616. goes

  2617. he

  2618. says

  2619. but

  2620. my

  2621. ear

  2622. is

  2623. fine

  2624. I

  2625. don't

  2626. know

  2627. about

  2628. you

  2629. we

  2630. talk

  2631. a lot

  2632. about

  2633. court

  2634. cases

  2635. but

  2636. I

  2637. don't

  2638. think

  2639. the

  2640. prosecutor

  2641. would

  2642. have

  2643. had

  2644. a

  2645. heart

  2646. Marcus

  2647. get

  2648. up

  2649. here

  2650. show

  2651. us

  2652. your

  2653. ear

  2654. he

  2655. did

  2656. cut

  2657. it

  2658. off

  2659. but

  2660. Jesus

  2661. healed

  2662. it

  2663. I

  2664. don't

  2665. think

  2666. that's

  2667. the

  2668. testimony

  2669. you

  2670. want

  2671. when

  2672. you're

  2673. trying

  2674. to

  2675. prosecute

  2676. somebody

  2677. in

  2678. what

  2679. he

  2680. !

  2681. Jesus

  2682. showed

  2683. compassion

  2684. on

  2685. Peter

  2686. because

  2687. he

  2688. says

  2689. Peter

  2690. I

  2691. have

  2692. some

  2693. other

  2694. things

  2695. for

  2696. you

  2697. to

  2698. do

  2699. you

  2700. know

  2701. we

  2702. found

  2703. that

  2704. Jesus

  2705. told

  2706. Peter

  2707. he

  2708. was

  2709. going

  2710. to

  2711. deny

  2712. him

  2713. three

  2714. times

  2715. that's

  2716. there

  2717. with

  2718. that

  2719. passage

  2720. you

  2721. need

  2722. to

  2723. read

  2724. the

  2725. rest

  2726. of

  2727. it

  2728. he

  2729. says

  2730. when

  2731. thou

  2732. art

  2733. restored

  2734. strengthen

  2735. thy

  2736. brethren

  2737. I

  2738. mean

  2739. think

  2740. about

  2741. that

  2742. for

  2743. a

  2744. moment

  2745. Jesus

  2746. says

  2747. hey

  2748. Peter

  2749. I

  2750. know

  2751. you're

  2752. going

  2753. to

  2754. mess

  2755. up

  2756. but

  2757. when

  2758. you

  2759. get

  2760. this

  2761. straightened

  2762. out

  2763. and

  2764. realize

  2765. and

  2766. get

  2767. right

  2768. with

  2769. me

  2770. do

  2771. the

  2772. very

  2773. thing

  2774. strengthen

  2775. others

  2776. with

  2777. it

  2778. let

  2779. them

  2780. know

  2781. I'm

  2782. a

  2783. God

  2784. of

  2785. compassion

  2786. I'm

  2787. a

  2788. God

  2789. that

  2790. cares

  2791. you

  2792. know

  2793. the

  2794. events

  2795. of

  2796. this

  2797. hour

  2798. of

  2799. betrayal

  2800. still

  2801. impact

  2802. us

  2803. today

  2804. it's

  2805. a

  2806. day

  2807. that

  2808. Jesus

  2809. willingly

  2810. determined

  2811. to

  2812. do

  2813. that

  2814. for

  2815. which

  2816. he

  2817. came

  2818. you

  2819. know

  2820. Mark

    Mark 10 chapter mention

  2821. chapter

  2822. 10

  2823. says

  2824. this

  2825. for

  2826. even

  2827. the

  2828. son

  2829. of

  2830. man

  2831. came

  2832. not

  2833. to

  2834. be

  2835. ministered

  2836. unto

  2837. but

  2838. to

  2839. minister

  2840. and

  2841. to

  2842. give

  2843. his

  2844. life

  2845. a

  2846. ransom

  2847. for

  2848. many

  2849. today

  2850. the

  2851. hour

  2852. of

  2853. betrayal

  2854. began

  2855. what

  2856. Jesus

  2857. knew

  2858. was

  2859. the

  2860. path

  2861. that

  2862. was

  2863. going

  2864. to

  2865. provide

  2866. everything

  2867. we

  2868. needed

  2869. to

  2870. be

  2871. saved

  2872. he

  2873. went

  2874. for

  2875. you

  2876. and

  2877. I

  2878. you

  2879. know

  2880. though

  2881. it

  2882. was

  2883. a

  2884. day

  2885. that

  2886. lives

  2887. in

  2888. infamy

  2889. you

  2890. might

  2891. say

  2892. of

  2893. betrayal

  2894. it's

  2895. also

  2896. a

  2897. great

  2898. day

  2899. that

  2900. reveals

  2901. our

  2902. very

  2903. need

  2904. for

  2905. the

  2906. Savior

  2907. as

  2908. the

  2909. Lord

  2910. spoke

  2911. into

  2912. your

  2913. heart

  2914. today

  2915. are

  2916. you

  2917. willing

  2918. to

  2919. obey

  2920. are

  2921. you

  2922. willing

  2923. to

  2924. respond

  2925. to

  2926. the

  2927. truth

  2928. of

  2929. God's

  2930. word

  2931. because

  2932. today

  2933. you

  2934. have

  2935. one

  2936. of

  2937. two

  2938. choices

  2939. here

  2940. this

  2941. morning

  2942. either

  2943. respond

  2944. to

  2945. what

  2946. Jesus

  2947. and

  2948. the

  2949. word

  2950. of

  2951. God

  2952. has

  2953. spoke

  2954. to

  2955. you

  2956. today

  2957. or

  2958. you

  2959. walk

  2960. out

  2961. the

  2962. door

  2963. unchanged

  2964. everybody

  2965. is

  2966. making

  2967. a

  2968. choice

  2969. what

  2970. choice

  2971. are you

  2972. going

  2973. to

  2974. make

  2975. today

  2976. are

  2977. you

  2978. willing

  2979. to

  2980. obey

  2981. the

  2982. Savior

  2983. and

  2984. call

  2985. upon

  2986. him

  2987. are

  2988. you

  2989. willing

  2990. to

  2991. come

  2992. to

  2993. him

  2994. in

  2995. the

  2996. hour

  2997. of

  2998. need

  2999. are

  3000. you

  3001. going

  3002. to

  3003. stand

  3004. up

  3005. and

  3006. shake

  3007. hands

  3008. and

  3009. walk

  3010. out

  3011. the

  3012. door

  3013. just

  3014. like

  3015. you

  3016. came

  3017. in

  3018. only

  3019. person

  3020. can

  3021. answer

  3022. that

  3023. to

  3024. you

  3025. where

  3026. are

  3027. you

  3028. with

  3029. the

  3030. Savior

  3031. today

  3032. as

  3033. heads

  3034. are

  3035. bowed

  3036. and

  3037. eyes

  3038. are

  3039. closed

  3040. here

  3041. for

  3042. a

  3043. moment

  3044. as

  3045. you

  3046. think

  3047. on

  3048. that

  3049. thought

  3050. what

  3051. about

  3052. you

  3053. what

  3054. about

  3055. you

  3056. heavenly

  3057. fathers

  3058. we

  3059. just

  3060. give

  3061. an

  3062. opportunity

  3063. here

  3064. Lord

  3065. you

  3066. know

  3067. each

  3068. heart

  3069. each

  3070. life

  3071. you

  3072. know

  3073. the

  3074. burdens

  3075. the

  3076. struggles

  3077. the

  3078. trials

  3079. Lord

  3080. you

  3081. know

  3082. all

  3083. the

  3084. dynamics

  3085. that

  3086. go

  3087. on

  3088. within

  3089. Lord

  3090. if

  3091. there's

  3092. one

  3093. here

  3094. today

  3095. that's

  3096. not

  3097. sure

  3098. about

  3099. where

  3100. they

  3101. stand

  3102. with

  3103. you

  3104. that

  3105. today

  3106. would

  3107. be

  3108. the

  3109. day

  3110. they

  3111. would

  3112. call

  3113. upon

  3114. you

  3115. Lord

  3116. today

  3117. would

  3118. be

  3119. a

  3120. day

  3121. that

  3122. they

  3123. would

  3124. remember

  3125. because

  3126. it

  3127. was

  3128. a

  3129. day

  3130. that

  3131. their

  3132. life

  3133. was

  3134. transformed

  3135. by

  3136. you

  3137. the

  3138. day

  3139. the

  3140. spirit

  3141. come

  3142. and

  3143. dwell

  3144. within

  3145. Lord

  3146. the

  3147. day

  3148. they

  3149. were

  3150. sealed

  3151. under

  3152. the

  3153. day

  3154. of

  3155. redemption

  3156. !

  3157. Lord

  3158. we

  3159. pray

  3160. just

  3161. have

  3162. your

  3163. hand

  3164. upon

  3165. each

  3166. one

  3167. maybe

  3168. there's

  3169. other

  3170. needs

  3171. here

  3172. today

  3173. maybe

  3174. it's

  3175. just

  3176. the

  3177. need

  3178. of

  3179. saying

  3180. Lord

  3181. I

  3182. need

  3183. your

  3184. compassion

  3185. because

  3186. there's

  3187. things

  3188. that

  3189. I

  3190. got

  3191. ahead

  3192. of

  3193. myself

  3194. Lord

  3195. I

  3196. just

  3197. need

  3198. to

  3199. come

  3200. and

  3201. turn

  3202. to

  3203. you

  3204. whatever

  3205. the

  3206. need

  3207. might

  3208. be

  3209. Lord

  3210. pray

  3211. that

  3212. you

  3213. would

  3214. work

  3215. in

  3216. a

  3217. mighty

  3218. way

  3219. in

  3220. hearts

  3221. today

  3222. that

  3223. we

  3224. might

  3225. not

  3226. walk

  3227. out

  3228. just

  3229. as

  3230. we

  3231. came

  3232. in

  3233. Lord

  3234. we