1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: Let us pray, But Jesus said, unto him, Judas betrayest 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: thou the son of Man with a kiss Luke twenty 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: two forty eight. As I march toward the place of 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: my purpose and destiny, and as the pressure of the 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: task before me begins to weigh on my heart, I 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: thank you that you will place people around me who 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 1: will pray and who will intercede on my behalf, so 8 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: that I may have the strength to finish strong increase 9 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: my faith, so that I will be able to operate 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: in the fullness of who I am. Even when I 11 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: experience betrayal from friends like Judas, I will remain calm, 12 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 1: because even though it may surprise me, I know it 13 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: doesn't surprise you. 14 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 2: Lord. 15 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: When I am tempted to lash out and fight back 16 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: like Peter, restrain me. Holy Spirit, then remind me that 17 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: your spoken word over my life will be fulfilled. No 18 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: matter who turns their back on me. No amount of 19 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: betrayal will ever be able to derail my destiny because 20 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: through my obedience I am protected and covered in Jesus name. Amen. 21 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: Thank you for praying with me to day. Continue listening 22 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: for an incredible Bible story brought to you by Bible 23 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: in a year dot com. 24 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 3: The word will be fulfilled. In our last story, we 25 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: learned about the plot to kill Jesus being set into 26 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 3: motion by Judas. Jesus during the Last Supper, identified his 27 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 3: betrayal as Judas. He washed his deciple's feet, telling them 28 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: to serve one another as he had served them, and 29 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 3: gave them a new command to remember him when they 30 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 3: eat together and take communion until he returns. 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That's Jack Graham 48 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: dot org slash Jesus, and thank you for your support. 49 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 2: In our last time together, we heard of the Passover meal, 50 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: in which Jesus washed his disciples feet, giving them and 51 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: us a model of servanthood. He also identified his betrayer, 52 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: Judas Iscariot, who filled with satan, departed from the group 53 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 2: to do this terrible thing of giving Jesus up for sacrifice. Finally, 54 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: we heard how Jesus gave new meaning to the elements 55 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: of the Passover meal. This passover meal transitions to the 56 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: Last Supper and the Lord's Supper that we practiced today 57 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: as Christians, because the blood of Jesus Christ is represented 58 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: in the fruit of the vine in the cup, and 59 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: the bread represents the body of the Lord which was 60 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: given and is given for us. Today will find Jesus 61 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: filled with sorrow going to the Father in prayer because 62 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: he knows his time is nearing. And then he submits 63 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 2: his will to do the will of God while he 64 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 2: desires to be spared from the great suffering of taking 65 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 2: the sin of the world upon himself. He prays, not 66 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 2: my will, but your will be done. The Cross of 67 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 2: Christ looms large as we begin today's reading, So let's 68 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 2: listen reverently to the word of God. 69 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 3: In the cool of the night, Jesus could hear the 70 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 3: faint sound of the festival happening in the distance. Quietness 71 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 3: settled in as the disciples walked further away from the city, 72 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 3: up to the Mount of Olives among the trees. With 73 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 3: his disciples trailing shortly behind him, Jesus spoke, you will 74 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 3: all run away because of me tonight, for it is 75 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: written I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of 76 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 3: the flock will be scattered. Peter, with the same bri 77 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: cash and bold tone he often used, said, they may 78 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 3: all fall away, Lord, but I will not. I would 79 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 3: die for you, Oh Peter, if only you knew what 80 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,559 Speaker 3: was going to happen, Jesus must have thought, He answered Peter, 81 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 3: and said, before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you would 82 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 3: have already denied. Knowing me. Three times, Peter and the 83 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 3: others continued to affirm to Jesus that they would never 84 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 3: do such a thing. Yet Jesus would go through what 85 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 3: was about. 86 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: To happen alone. 87 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 3: He would gladly do it too, for the joy set 88 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 3: before him. He would endure it all for their sake 89 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 3: and for the sake of the world. Jesus led them 90 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 3: to a garden called Gethsemone. There Jesus would anguish over 91 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 3: what was about to happen. He told his disciples to 92 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 3: wait for him while he prayed. Then he took Peter, 93 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 3: James and John to go further with him. My soul 94 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 3: is filled with sorrow even to death. Remain here with 95 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 3: me and keep watch. Jesus walked ahead a little further 96 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 3: and fell to his knees before God. No one could 97 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 3: truly know the depth of Jesus's dialogue with God. That night, 98 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 3: the Father and the Son spoke to each other with 99 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 3: a bond that had preceded time itself. Jesus knew that 100 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 3: he was going to be taken, and he would be 101 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 3: offered up as a sacrifice for the redemption of mankind. 102 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 3: Gazing into heaven, Jesus knelt before his God and asked, Father, 103 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 3: if you are willing take this cup from me? Nevertheless, 104 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 3: not my will, but yours be done. It was not 105 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 3: just the cross Jesus was speaking of, but also the 106 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 3: cup of wrath he would endure so the world wouldn't 107 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 3: have to. This led Jesus to sweat blood in anguish. 108 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,559 Speaker 3: He prayed, yet God sent him comfort in the form 109 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 3: of an angel. The cup would not be taken away. 110 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 3: Jesus returned after words to find his disciples sleeping. Why 111 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 3: are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not 112 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 3: enter into temptation, For Jesus knew that the events about 113 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 3: to unfold would require them to have faith. Jesus and 114 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 3: the disciples heard sounds of several men in the distance, 115 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 3: carrying weapons, torches, and armor. Jesus did not wait for 116 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 3: them to come to him. Instead, he crossed the brook 117 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 3: and walked towards them. There he met Judas. Judas ran 118 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 3: to Jesus and embraced him, greeting's rabbi. Judas said, then 119 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 3: he kissed him. Jesus saw Judas as he truly was, 120 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 3: and said, Judas, could you betray the son of Man 121 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 3: with a kiss? After this, the armed men surrounded Jesus 122 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 3: with swords drawn and torches blazing. Looking at their faces 123 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 3: illuminated by the flames, Jesus asked, whom do you seek, 124 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 3: Jesus of Nazareth. They responded, sure of who they were 125 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 3: speaking to. Jesus, the maker of heaven and Earth and 126 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 3: the conquering lion of Judah, stood before his pursuers. He 127 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 3: spoke with the voice of God, saying I am He, 128 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 3: and in that instant the dozens of armed soldiers fell 129 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 3: onto their backs, whiplashed by the power of Christ himself. Again, 130 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 3: facing the soldiers, Jesus asked, whom do you seek? Regaining 131 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 3: their footing, now less sure of who they were speaking to, 132 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 3: answered again, saying Jesus of Nazareth. The Lord told them, 133 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 3: I have told you that I was the one you 134 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 3: were looking for, So let these other men go. Therefore, 135 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 3: Jesus's words, saying I have not lost any of the 136 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 3: men you gave me, was fulfilled. The disciples, amazed, confused 137 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 3: and afraid, asked if they should come to Jesus's defense. Peter, 138 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 3: without asking, sprang into action. He drew his sword and 139 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 3: ran towards the men with righteous anger in his voice. 140 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 3: Aiming for the head of a servant near by, he 141 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 3: cut off his ear, sending him screaming on to the 142 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,559 Speaker 3: floor with blood spewing from the servant's ear. Jesus raised 143 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 3: his voice yet again. Put your sword back into its place, Peter, 144 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 3: For those who live by the sword will die by 145 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 3: the sword. Again, he looked at Peter with intensity and honesty. 146 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 3: Do you think that I cannot ask my father to 147 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 3: send more than twelve legions of angels to save me? 148 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 3: But how then will I fulfill the scriptures? Jesus then 149 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 3: looked at the armed men and the priests behind them. 150 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 3: Do you come to me with swords and clubs like 151 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 3: you would a criminal? Why did you not come to 152 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 3: seize me while I was teaching in the temple. Jesus 153 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 3: knew why. They knew what they were doing was an 154 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 3: act to happen in the shadows. Jesus then knelt down 155 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 3: to the servant writhing on the floor. His name was Malchus. 156 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 3: Jesus touched Malchus and healed him before everyone. The men 157 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 3: then took Jesus and arrested him. The disciples, unsure what 158 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 3: to do and afraid, ran in different directions outward lya 159 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 3: it would have seemed as if Jesus was being taken 160 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 3: forcibly to the temple. Yet Jesus went willingly, with intent 161 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 3: and love for all mankind. He began the process of 162 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 3: offering up his own life. Bound and tied, yet not trapped, 163 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 3: Jesus was brought to the temple of the high priest Caiaphas, 164 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 3: where hundreds of people had gathered to accuse him. 165 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 2: We opened today's reading with Jesus and Peter in conversation. 166 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 2: Jesus knew that what was to come would strike fear 167 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 2: into his followers, and they would run in fear and terror. Peter, 168 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 2: strong willed and hardheaded as ever, insisted that though others 169 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: may leave, that he would never abandon Jesus. You can 170 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 2: count on me, Jesus, said Peter. Jesus told Peter that 171 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 2: before the next morning he would deny him not once, 172 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 2: but three times. Peter and the others insisted that they 173 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 2: would never leave, but Jesus knew what was coming. It 174 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 2: would be a lonely night of pain and suffering. Then 175 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 2: Jesus took the disciples to a garden, the Garden of Guessemone, 176 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 2: to pray. He told them to stay and wait for him, 177 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 2: and then he took three of his closest disciples a 178 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 2: little ways away and with Peter James and John within earshot. 179 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 2: Jesus began to pour out his heart to God. This 180 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 2: was going to be excruciating, so if there was any 181 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 2: other way, Jesus asked the Father to release him and 182 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: somehow take away the cup of suffering. And yet in 183 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 2: the midst of that Christ committed himself to do the 184 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 2: will of the Father. And when he asked for the 185 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 2: cup to be taken away from him, that cup which 186 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 2: represents the dregs of sin of all the world, What 187 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 2: was in that cup was the sin of every person 188 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 2: who ever lived. This is why Jesus turned away from 189 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 2: drinking the cup. And yet he said, not my will, Father, 190 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 2: but your will be done. This surrender would prepare him 191 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 2: for the sacrifice that he would give for the whole world, 192 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 2: to all who would believe in him. It's impossible for 193 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 2: us to imagine the depth of pain that Jesus would 194 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 2: be feeling experiencing that night. He was about to endure death, 195 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 2: but not just physical death. He was to experience spiritual 196 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 2: death when he would die on the cross the sin 197 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 2: bearer and giving up his life and experiencing the wrath 198 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 2: of a holy God. His anguish was so deep that 199 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 2: Jesus began to sweat like drops of blood. This was 200 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 2: not figurative language, and we know that some individuals, when 201 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 2: under extreme stress, can actually sweat blood ud. That's how 202 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 2: broken and troubled our Lord was. And yet he was 203 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 2: willing for you and me to endure the excruciating pain, 204 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 2: the spiritual pain of what was yet to come. Though 205 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 2: the father did not take the cup away, he did 206 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 2: not leave his son without comfort. In Luke twenty two, 207 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 2: verse forty three, we read this, and there appeared to 208 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 2: him an angel from heaven strengthening him. In our own lives, 209 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 2: there are times when we pray, God, take away this cup, 210 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 2: take away this heart, take away this pain, and yet 211 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 2: the pain remains. But God promises us that he will 212 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 2: always be there for us to comfort us and strengthen us. 213 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 2: As we walk with him. He may send angels. His comfort. 214 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 2: The comfort of the Holy Spirit is there with us. 215 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: We can know that He never leaves us or forsakes us. 216 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 2: Just as he took care of his darling son Jesus, 217 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 2: he will take care of us in Christ. Jesus then 218 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 2: rose and found his disciples sleeping. He awakened them and 219 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 2: told them to pray that they would not fall into temptation, 220 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 2: and though they would not face the same challenges in 221 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 2: suffering as Jesus, this night was not going to be 222 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 2: easy for them either. Even as our Lord prepared to 223 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 2: go to the cross, he ministered to those in his care. 224 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 2: While they were still in the garden, Judas arrived along 225 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 2: with Roman soldiers and religious leaders who had come to 226 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 2: seize Jesus. Judas approached Jesus and kissed his cheek, signaling 227 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 2: to the soldiers that this was their man, and in effect, 228 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 2: Judas kissed life goodbye. He kissed Jesus, who is the 229 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 2: way of the truth and the life, but he also 230 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 2: kissed his own life goodbye, and sealed and settled his fate. 231 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 2: Jesus spoke calmly and gently to the soldiers, asking who 232 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 2: they were seeking. He responded, I am he. That's a 233 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 2: powerful statement, it was, and I am statement. And when 234 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 2: he made it, some of them were taking off their 235 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 2: feet and thrown to the ground. Even in these moments, 236 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: the words of Christ were filled with power and strength. 237 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 2: Peter again acts brashly. He grabs a sword and managed 238 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 2: to cut off the ear of Malchus, servant of one 239 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 2: of the high priests, Jesus then rebuked Peter and then 240 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 2: touched the man, healing his ear. If anyone still expected 241 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 2: Jesus to rise up as a conquering king to overthrow 242 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 2: the government, all hope was lost at this point, as 243 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 2: he silently surrendered to the will of the Father and 244 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 2: went with the accusers to drink the cup that the 245 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 2: Father had given him. Indeed, it looked like all hope 246 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 2: was lost, but God was about to bring the greatest 247 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 2: hope to all the world. Jesus, how we thank you 248 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 2: that you surrendered your will to the will of the Father, 249 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 2: that you gave your life to fulfill your purpose and 250 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 2: plan on earth, and that is to die on the 251 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 2: cross for our sins. Thank you for this good news 252 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 2: of salvation, that if we put our faith and trust 253 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 2: in you, by repenting of our sins and receiving you 254 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 2: as Lord and Savior, that all of our sins can 255 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 2: be forgiven, that you will live in us, and that 256 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 2: we will live with you forever in heaven. We thank 257 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 2: you for the hope that you have provided for us 258 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 2: at the cross and in the power of your resurrection. 259 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you for listening to today's 260 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 2: Bible into your podcast, and before we go, I wanted 261 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 2: to let you know that the Bible into your Podcast 262 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 2: is an outreach of PowerPoint Ministries and can only come 263 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 2: to you each week through the support of listeners like you. 264 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 2: Your support today is so important that we want to 265 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 2: thank you for your gift by giving you a copy 266 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 2: of my book called The Jesus Book. 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