1 00:00:00,820 –> 00:00:02,600 Well, please turn in your Bibles, would you, 2 00:00:02,600 –> 00:00:06,060 to Mark’s Gospel and Chapter 14. 3 00:00:06,060 –> 00:00:08,820 Mark’s Gospel and Chapter 14. 4 00:00:11,180 –> 00:00:14,020 We’re following the story of Holy Week. 5 00:00:15,920 –> 00:00:18,340 Sunday, the Lord Jesus Christ 6 00:00:18,340 –> 00:00:21,040 comes into Jerusalem riding on a donkey. 7 00:00:22,620 –> 00:00:24,559 Monday he goes into the temple 8 00:00:24,559 –> 00:00:27,219 and throws out the money changers 9 00:00:27,219 –> 00:00:29,580 and the folks who are selling dubs. 10 00:00:30,639 –> 00:00:34,840 Tuesday is a day dominated by questions and answers, 11 00:00:34,840 –> 00:00:37,799 debate and tension in the temple. 12 00:00:37,799 –> 00:00:39,480 And it ends, we saw last week, 13 00:00:39,480 –> 00:00:41,799 with Jesus sitting in the evening 14 00:00:41,799 –> 00:00:43,360 at the top of the Mount of Olives, 15 00:00:43,360 –> 00:00:45,560 looking over the temple with his disciples 16 00:00:45,560 –> 00:00:49,540 and teaching them about the glorious hope 17 00:00:49,540 –> 00:00:53,720 of his return, his coming in power and in glory. 18 00:00:55,340 –> 00:00:57,240 The Gospels don’t record anything 19 00:00:57,240 –> 00:00:59,820 that specifically relates to Wednesday. 20 00:01:00,599 –> 00:01:02,880 And I think that we can assume then 21 00:01:02,880 –> 00:01:07,199 that our Lord Jesus rested on the Wednesday of Holy Week 22 00:01:07,199 –> 00:01:09,639 in preparation for what he was about to endure. 23 00:01:11,260 –> 00:01:14,260 And so that brings us to the events of Thursday. 24 00:01:16,360 –> 00:01:17,879 The night of the Last Supper. 25 00:01:18,839 –> 00:01:20,419 The night of Gethsemane. 26 00:01:21,440 –> 00:01:23,800 The night he was betrayed. 27 00:01:23,800 –> 00:01:25,680 And the night he was arrested. 28 00:01:25,680 –> 00:01:28,480 And these events are recorded for us 29 00:01:28,500 –> 00:01:31,120 in Mark’s gospel and chapter 14. 30 00:01:31,120 –> 00:01:33,040 So I do hope that you have your Bible open 31 00:01:33,040 –> 00:01:35,519 as we follow the scriptures together. 32 00:01:35,519 –> 00:01:39,379 Just in passing, it’s worth noting that verse 1 33 00:01:39,379 –> 00:01:42,400 of chapter 14 speaks about the decision 34 00:01:42,400 –> 00:01:44,720 of the chief priests and teachers of the law 35 00:01:44,720 –> 00:01:46,459 to try and arrest Jesus being made 36 00:01:46,459 –> 00:01:48,239 two days before the Passover. 37 00:01:48,239 –> 00:01:49,800 That would of course have been the Tuesday, 38 00:01:49,800 –> 00:01:54,459 the day of the debate and the great questions and answers. 39 00:01:54,459 –> 00:01:57,959 Mark then includes the story of the dinner at Bethany 40 00:01:57,959 –> 00:02:01,120 beginning at verse 3 where Jesus is anointed 41 00:02:01,120 –> 00:02:03,339 with expensive perfume. 42 00:02:03,339 –> 00:02:05,760 John tells us in chapter 12 and verse 1 43 00:02:05,760 –> 00:02:08,160 that actually that story happened earlier, 44 00:02:08,160 –> 00:02:10,419 six days before the Passover. 45 00:02:10,419 –> 00:02:13,919 But I think we will see this morning the reason 46 00:02:13,919 –> 00:02:16,880 why Mark chose to include that story, 47 00:02:16,880 –> 00:02:20,160 that it happened a few days earlier in this chapter. 48 00:02:20,160 –> 00:02:23,199 And we’ll see it when we grasp what this chapter 49 00:02:23,199 –> 00:02:25,740 as a whole is really all about. 50 00:02:26,479 –> 00:02:30,979 So, this morning then, we come onto very holy ground. 51 00:02:33,479 –> 00:02:36,139 We are taking a first step today 52 00:02:36,139 –> 00:02:39,619 into the story of Christ’s passion. 53 00:02:40,820 –> 00:02:43,100 And I want us to understand that the suffering 54 00:02:43,100 –> 00:02:47,440 of the Lord Jesus Christ really comes in three stages. 55 00:02:47,440 –> 00:02:50,160 You might find it helpful to think about it this way. 56 00:02:51,059 –> 00:02:53,199 First as we’re going to see today, 57 00:02:53,199 –> 00:02:56,619 the Lord Jesus suffers at the hands of his friends. 58 00:02:58,039 –> 00:02:59,440 Judas betrays him. 59 00:03:01,020 –> 00:03:02,899 Peter denies him. 60 00:03:04,000 –> 00:03:06,940 All the disciples run away. 61 00:03:06,940 –> 00:03:09,399 Was there pain in that for Jesus? 62 00:03:11,179 –> 00:03:13,699 There was agony in that for Jesus. 63 00:03:15,619 –> 00:03:18,460 He suffers at the hands of his friends. 64 00:03:18,460 –> 00:03:22,600 Then he suffers at the hands of his enemies. 65 00:03:22,600 –> 00:03:24,179 They mock Him, they torture Him, 66 00:03:24,179 –> 00:03:26,419 they condemn Him and they crucify Him. 67 00:03:28,500 –> 00:03:30,960 And then, the third and deepest stage 68 00:03:30,960 –> 00:03:32,500 of the suffering of the Lord Jesus, 69 00:03:32,500 –> 00:03:33,800 of course, was not at the hands 70 00:03:33,800 –> 00:03:35,899 either of His friends or of His enemies. 71 00:03:35,899 –> 00:03:39,940 It was what He suffered at the hand of God. 72 00:03:39,940 –> 00:03:42,539 Because, when Christ hangs on the cross, 73 00:03:42,539 –> 00:03:45,539 darkness comes over the whole land. 74 00:03:45,539 –> 00:03:47,660 He bears our sins. 75 00:03:47,660 –> 00:03:50,139 He endures our judgment. 76 00:03:50,139 –> 00:03:53,320 He experiences all the dimensions of hell 77 00:03:53,320 –> 00:03:57,479 for us on the cross, and in the agony of that suffering, 78 00:03:57,479 –> 00:04:01,479 the deepest agony of all, He loses the help of God. 79 00:04:03,460 –> 00:04:05,479 And, He cries out in those awful words, 80 00:04:05,479 –> 00:04:09,440 ”My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 81 00:04:10,339 –> 00:04:13,000 So, we take a first step 82 00:04:14,580 –> 00:04:17,140 onto holy ground today, 83 00:04:17,140 –> 00:04:19,260 as we think about what it meant for Jesus 84 00:04:19,679 –> 00:04:23,380 to begin His suffering at the hands, 85 00:04:23,380 –> 00:04:27,420 not of His enemies, but of His friends. 86 00:04:28,820 –> 00:04:32,220 I want us then to get the sweep of Mark 14 87 00:04:32,220 –> 00:04:37,220 as we begin to worship our Lord Jesus Christ, 88 00:04:37,500 –> 00:04:40,239 who gave His all for us. 89 00:04:41,600 –> 00:04:45,399 Mark 14 begins with a dinner 90 00:04:46,260 –> 00:04:48,000 given in the house of Simon. 91 00:04:49,260 –> 00:04:53,239 It ends with a trial that takes place 92 00:04:53,239 –> 00:04:54,500 in the house of Caiaphas. 93 00:04:54,500 –> 00:04:57,739 It begins among friends, it ends among enemies. 94 00:04:58,619 –> 00:05:01,140 It begins with Jesus being surrounded by love. 95 00:05:01,140 –> 00:05:04,140 It ends with Jesus being surrounded by hatred. 96 00:05:05,480 –> 00:05:07,820 It begins with Jesus Christ being worshiped 97 00:05:07,820 –> 00:05:11,079 as a woman pours this perfume over Him. 98 00:05:11,079 –> 00:05:13,739 It ends with Jesus Christ being condemned 99 00:05:13,739 –> 00:05:17,459 as a crowd of men bear in on Him blindfolded 100 00:05:17,519 –> 00:05:19,959 and beat Him with their fists. 101 00:05:19,959 –> 00:05:23,339 That is Mark chapter 14. 102 00:05:23,339 –> 00:05:25,980 It is an extraordinary journey 103 00:05:25,980 –> 00:05:29,660 and we take a step into it today. 104 00:05:29,660 –> 00:05:32,980 What we have here is the stripping away 105 00:05:34,100 –> 00:05:39,100 of all the human comfort that our Lord Jesus Christ 106 00:05:39,140 –> 00:05:40,540 enjoyed in his life. 107 00:05:40,540 –> 00:05:43,500 All the blessings with which he had been surrounded. 108 00:05:43,500 –> 00:05:46,339 What we have in Mark 14 is the breaking up 109 00:05:46,339 –> 00:05:48,660 of Christ’s inner circle. 110 00:05:50,619 –> 00:05:52,500 The unraveling of his ministry. 111 00:05:52,500 –> 00:05:55,619 He’s poured years into these men and they’re all gone. 112 00:05:59,140 –> 00:06:01,420 Now there is so much here for us to learn 113 00:06:01,420 –> 00:06:03,279 from what happened to the disciples, 114 00:06:03,279 –> 00:06:06,179 but the big story here, of course, 115 00:06:06,179 –> 00:06:09,179 is not what happened to Peter, James, John or Judas. 116 00:06:09,179 –> 00:06:12,519 The big story is what happened to Jesus. 117 00:06:12,519 –> 00:06:15,660 Mark’s story is about the suffering of the Son of God. 118 00:06:16,980 –> 00:06:19,899 And the failure of his friends 119 00:06:19,899 –> 00:06:22,640 is the beginning of his suffering. 120 00:06:23,700 –> 00:06:25,720 Now, if you want a key verse for this chapter, 121 00:06:25,720 –> 00:06:30,019 I think you’d find it in verses 27 and verse 28, 122 00:06:30,019 –> 00:06:33,839 where Jesus says, you will all fall away. 123 00:06:33,839 –> 00:06:35,480 He says this to his disciples. 124 00:06:35,480 –> 00:06:39,079 For it is written, I will strike the shepherd 125 00:06:39,079 –> 00:06:41,600 and the sheep will be scattered. 126 00:06:41,600 –> 00:06:44,660 But, and thank God for the but, 127 00:06:44,739 –> 00:06:49,739 but after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee. 128 00:06:52,200 –> 00:06:55,559 And we’re going to think just around these three themes then. 129 00:06:55,559 –> 00:06:59,040 The striking of the shepherd, the scattering of the sheep, 130 00:06:59,040 –> 00:07:02,920 and then this great promise of the regathering 131 00:07:02,920 –> 00:07:05,239 by the risen Lord Jesus Christ. 132 00:07:06,540 –> 00:07:10,839 Now, Mark begins by telling us about this dinner 133 00:07:10,839 –> 00:07:13,579 that was given in Jesus’ honor in the home of Simon, 134 00:07:13,579 –> 00:07:18,260 a man who had wonderfully been healed from leprosy, 135 00:07:18,260 –> 00:07:22,179 and verse three, as Jesus was reclining at the table, 136 00:07:22,179 –> 00:07:24,220 a woman, John names her, 137 00:07:24,220 –> 00:07:26,899 but Mark chooses just not to name her. 138 00:07:27,940 –> 00:07:29,420 She’s in the background, 139 00:07:30,299 –> 00:07:35,100 but she expresses her love and worship to Jesus 140 00:07:35,100 –> 00:07:39,019 by taking this jar of perfume 141 00:07:39,019 –> 00:07:41,579 that was worth a whole year’s wages, 142 00:07:41,579 –> 00:07:42,980 but just think about that value. 143 00:07:43,320 –> 00:07:45,619 It was worth a year’s wages, 144 00:07:46,459 –> 00:07:50,079 and she takes this, perhaps it was a family heirloom, 145 00:07:50,079 –> 00:07:53,260 but certainly it must have been a prized possession, 146 00:07:54,540 –> 00:07:57,380 and she takes what’s worth a year’s wages, 147 00:07:57,380 –> 00:08:00,220 and she breaks this alabaster jar 148 00:08:00,220 –> 00:08:05,220 and she pours this perfume over the Lord Jesus Christ, 149 00:08:06,540 –> 00:08:08,739 and she does it as an act of devotion 150 00:08:09,779 –> 00:08:11,619 and as an expression of worship. 151 00:08:13,579 –> 00:08:16,640 Christ says in verse 6 that what she did was beautiful, 152 00:08:17,980 –> 00:08:19,940 but other people who were in the house 153 00:08:19,940 –> 00:08:22,380 thought that what she had done was wasteful. 154 00:08:23,220 –> 00:08:24,899 They thought that something so valuable 155 00:08:24,899 –> 00:08:26,540 could be put to better use 156 00:08:26,540 –> 00:08:31,540 than pouring it at one time over the Lord Jesus Christ, 157 00:08:33,239 –> 00:08:35,979 and Mark tells us very significantly in verse 10 158 00:08:35,979 –> 00:08:40,979 that this was when Judas went to betray Jesus. 159 00:08:41,200 –> 00:08:44,099 Notice in verse 10 that Judas is described 160 00:08:44,099 –> 00:08:45,400 as one of the 12. 161 00:08:45,400 –> 00:08:48,140 You keep finding this, because it’s very important. 162 00:08:48,140 –> 00:08:50,739 It’s never just Judas. 163 00:08:50,739 –> 00:08:54,219 It’s always Judas, one of the 12, 164 00:08:54,219 –> 00:08:55,799 because that’s the point, 165 00:08:55,799 –> 00:09:00,080 that the betrayal, the pain to Jesus Christ 166 00:09:00,080 –> 00:09:02,820 comes from the inside, not from the outside. 167 00:09:04,539 –> 00:09:07,400 It comes from one with whom he has walked. 168 00:09:07,419 –> 00:09:12,080 It comes from one who has been engaged in ministry. 169 00:09:12,080 –> 00:09:14,359 The beginning of the pain of Christ 170 00:09:14,359 –> 00:09:15,520 doesn’t come from his enemies. 171 00:09:15,520 –> 00:09:17,260 It comes from his friends. 172 00:09:17,260 –> 00:09:20,020 It comes from one of the 12. 173 00:09:20,020 –> 00:09:21,659 Notice that phrase in verse 10. 174 00:09:21,659 –> 00:09:24,080 Judas Iscariot, one of the 12, 175 00:09:24,080 –> 00:09:26,159 went to the chief priest to betray him. 176 00:09:26,159 –> 00:09:27,760 Verse 20, Jesus says, 177 00:09:27,760 –> 00:09:30,659 it is one of the 12 who will betray. 178 00:09:30,659 –> 00:09:34,659 Verse 43, when the crowd appears to arrest Jesus, 179 00:09:34,659 –> 00:09:38,820 Judas, one of the 12, appeared along with the crowd, 180 00:09:38,820 –> 00:09:43,820 armed with swords and with clubs. 181 00:09:44,260 –> 00:09:47,059 Now think of the significance of this 182 00:09:47,059 –> 00:09:52,059 and think as you worship, what it meant to Jesus. 183 00:09:54,020 –> 00:09:59,020 Mark has told us that Jesus appointed 12 to be with him. 184 00:10:01,059 –> 00:10:02,580 Chapter three in verse 14, 185 00:10:03,539 –> 00:10:07,020 it was the primary purpose of the 12 was to be with him. 186 00:10:07,020 –> 00:10:08,520 They were his friends. 187 00:10:10,219 –> 00:10:14,460 Christ had formed deep bonds with these men, 188 00:10:14,460 –> 00:10:17,700 every one of them over three years. 189 00:10:18,979 –> 00:10:22,679 He’d poured his life into them, poured it into them. 190 00:10:24,820 –> 00:10:28,099 They were the ones with whom he could feel at ease. 191 00:10:28,099 –> 00:10:31,840 They were the ones with whom he could truly relax. 192 00:10:31,859 –> 00:10:35,000 They were the ones with whom he was most at home 193 00:10:35,000 –> 00:10:36,760 in this world. 194 00:10:39,219 –> 00:10:40,739 And Judas was one of the 12. 195 00:10:42,840 –> 00:10:44,679 He was one of Christ’s inner circle, 196 00:10:44,679 –> 00:10:46,260 one of his closest friends, 197 00:10:46,260 –> 00:10:49,460 and Christ loved this man, loved him. 198 00:10:51,919 –> 00:10:55,739 And yet this man resisted that love. 199 00:10:58,020 –> 00:11:00,039 This man was loved by Christ, 200 00:11:00,099 –> 00:11:03,919 but this man did not belong to Jesus Christ. 201 00:11:06,559 –> 00:11:08,760 And although he has been involved in ministry 202 00:11:08,760 –> 00:11:11,219 for three years, although he has been trusted 203 00:11:11,219 –> 00:11:16,219 in leadership, this is a man who would be lost forever. 204 00:11:21,700 –> 00:11:24,659 He comes to the Garden of Gethsemane. 205 00:11:25,400 –> 00:11:29,979 And verse 45, going at once to Jesus, 206 00:11:29,979 –> 00:11:34,979 Judas said, rabbi, and kissed him. 207 00:11:40,039 –> 00:11:44,679 And that kiss for Judas is the moment 208 00:11:44,679 –> 00:11:47,599 of final parting from Jesus. 209 00:11:49,359 –> 00:11:54,359 See, Judas will no longer see his face. 210 00:11:55,340 –> 00:12:00,340 And Judas will spend eternity away from Christ. 211 00:12:04,440 –> 00:12:07,119 So the kiss is the last goodbye, 212 00:12:09,940 –> 00:12:13,239 a final movement away from Christ 213 00:12:13,239 –> 00:12:15,619 that will never be reconciled. 214 00:12:16,799 –> 00:12:21,799 And Judas doesn’t know this, but Jesus does. 215 00:12:25,159 –> 00:12:29,299 And that’s the pain of the kiss from his friend. 216 00:12:31,000 –> 00:12:34,440 Can you imagine what it means to the heart of Christ 217 00:12:34,440 –> 00:12:37,280 to be kissed by a man he truly loves 218 00:12:37,280 –> 00:12:40,840 knowing that that kiss is the last parting 219 00:12:40,840 –> 00:12:44,119 of a man on his way to an eternal hell? 220 00:12:47,179 –> 00:12:50,400 Jesus knows he will see the other disciples again. 221 00:12:51,299 –> 00:12:53,859 Verse 28, after I have risen, 222 00:12:55,640 –> 00:12:57,760 I will go ahead of you to Galilee, 223 00:12:59,700 –> 00:13:01,200 but Judas will not be there. 224 00:13:03,859 –> 00:13:07,239 The kiss is his last goodbye. 225 00:13:10,179 –> 00:13:11,679 Now, it wasn’t just Judas. 226 00:13:13,580 –> 00:13:16,679 Jesus says to the disciples in verse 27, 227 00:13:16,900 –> 00:13:21,599 you will all fall away. 228 00:13:22,539 –> 00:13:24,359 You will all fall away. 229 00:13:24,359 –> 00:13:25,679 Feel the weight of that. 230 00:13:27,500 –> 00:13:29,479 Of course, Peter couldn’t even imagine 231 00:13:29,479 –> 00:13:30,880 this happening to him. 232 00:13:30,880 –> 00:13:35,880 Verse 29, Lord, even if all fall away, I will not 233 00:13:35,960 –> 00:13:37,119 and you see what He’s saying 234 00:13:37,119 –> 00:13:38,679 and you have to admire the courage 235 00:13:38,679 –> 00:13:40,299 in the determination of the man. 236 00:13:40,299 –> 00:13:42,219 He’s saying, Lord, I want you 237 00:13:42,219 –> 00:13:44,179 to know you can count on me 238 00:13:44,179 –> 00:13:45,919 and if all the rest of them go, 239 00:13:45,979 –> 00:13:47,799 I will be the last man standing. 240 00:13:47,799 –> 00:13:49,760 I just want you to know you got one friend 241 00:13:49,760 –> 00:13:52,299 in the world who will not let you down. 242 00:13:52,299 –> 00:13:54,460 Want you to know that. 243 00:13:54,460 –> 00:13:56,419 I’m sure he meant it with all his heart 244 00:13:58,419 –> 00:14:02,919 but when the crowd arrived with swords and with clubs, 245 00:14:02,919 –> 00:14:07,760 fear got the better of faith for all of them 246 00:14:07,760 –> 00:14:10,119 as it does for us many times 247 00:14:11,320 –> 00:14:14,840 and that was true for Peter as well. 248 00:14:14,919 –> 00:14:19,919 Verse 50, everyone, Peter included, deserted him and fled. 249 00:14:21,340 –> 00:14:23,159 Notice the word fled, they ran from him. 250 00:14:23,159 –> 00:14:24,979 It wasn’t that they kind of sloped away. 251 00:14:24,979 –> 00:14:26,419 They ran from him. 252 00:14:27,799 –> 00:14:28,900 They fled. 253 00:14:30,460 –> 00:14:35,320 Klaus Skilder, Dutch writer, the last generation, 254 00:14:36,460 –> 00:14:38,679 he writes very movingly about the pain 255 00:14:38,679 –> 00:14:41,419 that this desertion brought to the Lord Jesus Christ. 256 00:14:41,419 –> 00:14:43,539 Let me read you just some of his words. 257 00:14:44,500 –> 00:14:47,760 He says, isolation is always painful 258 00:14:47,760 –> 00:14:51,359 for a human being instinctively seeks company. 259 00:14:52,400 –> 00:14:56,340 And Christ’s sensitive heart craved company, 260 00:14:56,340 –> 00:14:59,599 yearned for understanding, for sympathy, 261 00:14:59,599 –> 00:15:02,520 for someone sharing his experiences, 262 00:15:02,520 –> 00:15:05,719 someone fully understanding his soul. 263 00:15:05,719 –> 00:15:10,580 But Jesus must watch them go one by one. 264 00:15:10,580 –> 00:15:15,140 See, there goes Peter, and now John, 265 00:15:16,820 –> 00:15:18,460 James two is leaving. 266 00:15:20,659 –> 00:15:25,659 One by one, they tear themselves away from Jesus’ soul. 267 00:15:29,659 –> 00:15:33,080 So Christ is alone. 268 00:15:34,900 –> 00:15:37,880 In the presence of his enemies, 269 00:15:38,859 –> 00:15:43,859 he is deserted by all his trusted friends. 270 00:15:47,580 –> 00:15:49,979 And that’s the story of Mark chapter 14. 271 00:15:53,520 –> 00:15:56,780 But then there seems to be just a flicker of hope, 272 00:15:56,780 –> 00:15:57,619 just a flicker. 273 00:15:59,359 –> 00:16:04,359 One man, one man feels that he wants to be close to Jesus 274 00:16:05,200 –> 00:16:07,340 to Jesus on this night. 275 00:16:07,340 –> 00:16:09,219 And you know that it was Peter. 276 00:16:10,219 –> 00:16:13,500 He had run with all the rest of them in the garden, 277 00:16:13,500 –> 00:16:14,900 but he couldn’t live with his running. 278 00:16:14,900 –> 00:16:17,219 He felt that he had to be near Jesus. 279 00:16:17,219 –> 00:16:20,900 And so we take it up verse 53 where they take Christ 280 00:16:20,900 –> 00:16:23,260 into the house of Caiaphas the high priest 281 00:16:23,260 –> 00:16:24,880 and all these teachers of the law 282 00:16:24,880 –> 00:16:26,700 and the others who are going to condemn him 283 00:16:26,700 –> 00:16:27,820 gather in the house. 284 00:16:27,820 –> 00:16:32,820 And what happens verse 54 Peter follows him at a distance. 285 00:16:33,640 –> 00:16:38,119 And right into the courtyard of the high priest, 286 00:16:38,119 –> 00:16:40,500 he comes and if you can imagine Jesus 287 00:16:40,500 –> 00:16:44,979 perhaps in an upper room with open windows of course, 288 00:16:44,979 –> 00:16:49,400 gaps in the walls and all of this is going on up there 289 00:16:49,400 –> 00:16:52,500 as they put him through this mockery of a trial 290 00:16:52,500 –> 00:16:55,840 and then the torture that Mark describes here. 291 00:16:55,840 –> 00:16:58,739 And Peter’s outside in the courtyard 292 00:16:59,580 –> 00:17:03,479 just within hearing distance of all that is going there. 293 00:17:03,479 –> 00:17:05,619 He’s there, and he wants to be there, 294 00:17:05,619 –> 00:17:08,199 and he wants to be there for Jesus. 295 00:17:09,560 –> 00:17:11,400 You have to love his devotion. 296 00:17:13,339 –> 00:17:15,560 He ran, but he couldn’t stay away. 297 00:17:16,979 –> 00:17:20,099 And so, maybe this man, maybe this man 298 00:17:20,099 –> 00:17:22,699 will bring a crumb of comfort 299 00:17:23,699 –> 00:17:26,680 to the soul of Jesus Christ 300 00:17:26,680 –> 00:17:29,719 as he enters into his suffering. 301 00:17:32,020 –> 00:17:33,239 But you know the story. 302 00:17:34,959 –> 00:17:36,540 Someone recognizes him. 303 00:17:36,540 –> 00:17:40,459 She’s one of the staff in the high priest’s house. 304 00:17:40,459 –> 00:17:44,579 Verse 67, you were with him. 305 00:17:44,579 –> 00:17:46,680 You’re a Nazarene, she says. 306 00:17:47,920 –> 00:17:49,380 Peter denies it. 307 00:17:50,380 –> 00:17:51,500 But she wouldn’t be put off. 308 00:17:51,560 –> 00:17:53,459 Verse 69, she goes to some others 309 00:17:53,459 –> 00:17:55,239 who are standing around in the courtyard 310 00:17:55,239 –> 00:17:57,119 and she says, this fellow is one of them. 311 00:17:57,119 –> 00:17:58,260 He’s with them. 312 00:17:59,699 –> 00:18:01,579 And so, they take up the question. 313 00:18:02,599 –> 00:18:04,319 Verse 70, after a little while, 314 00:18:04,319 –> 00:18:06,199 those standing near said to Peter, 315 00:18:06,199 –> 00:18:10,119 surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean. 316 00:18:11,400 –> 00:18:14,380 And then these awful words of verse 71. 317 00:18:15,959 –> 00:18:20,880 Peter began to call down curses on himself. 318 00:18:21,579 –> 00:18:23,560 And he swore to them, 319 00:18:24,900 –> 00:18:29,280 I don’t know this man you’re talking about. 320 00:18:31,719 –> 00:18:36,239 Now, it is Luke in his gospel who describes for us 321 00:18:36,239 –> 00:18:39,959 how God orchestrated three events to converge 322 00:18:39,959 –> 00:18:41,660 in the same moment of time. 323 00:18:43,560 –> 00:18:46,599 Christ has been subjected to this mock trial 324 00:18:46,599 –> 00:18:47,719 and then this torture, 325 00:18:47,739 –> 00:18:51,060 this beating of many blows in the house of the high priest, 326 00:18:51,060 –> 00:18:53,760 and at the end, if you can picture it, 327 00:18:53,760 –> 00:18:58,760 bruised by many blows he is dragged across the courtyard. 328 00:19:00,219 –> 00:19:03,300 He would have spent the night in a dungeon 329 00:19:03,300 –> 00:19:06,719 in the basement of the house of the high priest. 330 00:19:08,560 –> 00:19:11,719 And in that moment, as Christ is dragged 331 00:19:11,719 –> 00:19:13,439 across the courtyard, 332 00:19:14,079 –> 00:19:19,079 he hears the voice of his dear friend, 333 00:19:20,739 –> 00:19:25,739 cursing, swearing, I do not know this man. 334 00:19:28,319 –> 00:19:32,280 And at that moment, the cock crowed, 335 00:19:32,280 –> 00:19:34,900 and it’s Luke who says to us 336 00:19:34,900 –> 00:19:36,900 that Jesus turned and looked at Peter. 337 00:19:39,160 –> 00:19:41,420 I’ve heard it said many, many times, 338 00:19:41,420 –> 00:19:43,280 what must that Luke have meant 339 00:19:44,119 –> 00:19:45,000 in terms of pain in Peter’s heart. 340 00:19:45,000 –> 00:19:46,719 But what I want you to think about today 341 00:19:46,719 –> 00:19:49,719 is what did that moment mean 342 00:19:50,680 –> 00:19:54,739 in terms of pain in the heart of the Lord Jesus Christ. 343 00:19:56,119 –> 00:19:58,920 That’s the last man standing. 344 00:20:02,040 –> 00:20:07,040 And so, by the end of the chapter, Christ is alone. 345 00:20:09,260 –> 00:20:11,880 The last human comfort of his life, 346 00:20:11,880 –> 00:20:15,060 his bravest of all friends, the last man standing, 347 00:20:15,060 –> 00:20:16,699 has been taken from him. 348 00:20:19,459 –> 00:20:21,760 You say, why did this have to happen? 349 00:20:24,119 –> 00:20:29,119 Why was it that Christ had to be alone? 350 00:20:29,619 –> 00:20:32,319 Why the breakup of his inner circle? 351 00:20:32,319 –> 00:20:35,880 Why the unraveling of all these years of ministry 352 00:20:35,880 –> 00:20:37,979 that he has poured into these men? 353 00:20:38,839 –> 00:20:40,880 Why did this have to happen? 354 00:20:40,880 –> 00:20:45,599 Because Christ bears the sins of the world alone. 355 00:20:47,520 –> 00:20:51,119 Because the disciples cannot help him here. 356 00:20:52,400 –> 00:20:54,459 There is no role for them to play. 357 00:20:55,880 –> 00:21:00,540 No one can contribute to what Christ is doing here. 358 00:21:01,800 –> 00:21:05,839 No one can say of the redemption of the world, 359 00:21:06,140 –> 00:21:09,219 I was there to help him, I made a contribution, 360 00:21:09,219 –> 00:21:11,140 I was the one who stood with him. 361 00:21:14,260 –> 00:21:17,660 For Christ does not do His redeeming work with us. 362 00:21:17,660 –> 00:21:21,020 Christ does His redeeming work for us. 363 00:21:22,479 –> 00:21:25,979 And He is utterly alone as He faces 364 00:21:25,979 –> 00:21:28,459 this great redeeming work. 365 00:21:28,459 –> 00:21:33,459 I will strike the shepherd. 366 00:21:36,400 –> 00:21:39,160 Now let’s just turn it a moment 367 00:21:39,160 –> 00:21:41,300 and think about these things for a moment 368 00:21:41,300 –> 00:21:42,619 from the angle of the sheep, 369 00:21:42,619 –> 00:21:44,380 which of course is our own angle. 370 00:21:46,160 –> 00:21:51,160 I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. 371 00:21:54,800 –> 00:21:57,000 And in the Garden of Gethsemane, 372 00:21:57,000 –> 00:22:01,680 Jesus warned the disciples about the temptation 373 00:22:01,680 –> 00:22:04,260 that they were about to face. 374 00:22:04,300 –> 00:22:07,660 Look at it in verse 38 particularly will you? 375 00:22:07,660 –> 00:22:11,819 Notice the you, He’s speaking to them about their battle. 376 00:22:11,819 –> 00:22:15,699 He says, watch and pray so that you 377 00:22:15,699 –> 00:22:17,719 will not fall into temptation, 378 00:22:17,719 –> 00:22:22,140 for the spirit is willing but the body is weak. 379 00:22:22,140 –> 00:22:23,699 So He’s not talking to them about 380 00:22:23,699 –> 00:22:26,079 somehow supporting Him in His trial, 381 00:22:26,079 –> 00:22:29,500 He’s saying, look you are going to face a trial, 382 00:22:29,500 –> 00:22:33,040 you are going to face an extraordinary temptation, 383 00:22:33,040 –> 00:22:35,839 and if you’re gonna stand, you’re gonna have to watch, 384 00:22:35,839 –> 00:22:37,520 and you’re gonna have to pray, 385 00:22:39,739 –> 00:22:40,959 but you know the story, 386 00:22:43,079 –> 00:22:47,380 they did not watch and they did not pray 387 00:22:48,839 –> 00:22:52,280 and so when temptation came they were overwhelmed by it, 388 00:22:53,979 –> 00:22:56,939 they all deserted Him and fled. 389 00:22:58,760 –> 00:23:01,619 This work of redeeming the world 390 00:23:01,660 –> 00:23:03,420 is a work that Christ does alone, 391 00:23:03,420 –> 00:23:06,099 it is the work that He has to do for us, 392 00:23:07,060 –> 00:23:09,739 but this work of watching and praying 393 00:23:09,739 –> 00:23:14,180 is a work that He calls us to do for Himself, 394 00:23:14,180 –> 00:23:15,880 this is what we must do, 395 00:23:15,880 –> 00:23:18,859 you must watch, you must pray, 396 00:23:18,859 –> 00:23:21,579 because you are going to enter into temptation 397 00:23:21,579 –> 00:23:24,660 and if you are going to stand in it, 398 00:23:25,739 –> 00:23:26,839 here is what you must do, 399 00:23:26,839 –> 00:23:28,520 this is why we are in this garden, 400 00:23:28,520 –> 00:23:31,540 now don’t fall asleep, be alert, 401 00:23:31,540 –> 00:23:34,380 be prepared for what you will face. 402 00:23:36,439 –> 00:23:38,660 I wonder if you can see yourself here, 403 00:23:40,079 –> 00:23:43,180 boy it’s been rich, just a privilege for me 404 00:23:43,180 –> 00:23:45,640 to meditate in these scriptures this week, 405 00:23:47,160 –> 00:23:49,000 but oh, how much I see myself. 406 00:23:50,839 –> 00:23:52,939 We are the ones who have not watched, 407 00:23:55,359 –> 00:23:57,439 we are the ones who have not prayed, 408 00:23:57,839 –> 00:24:01,219 we are the ones, are we not, 409 00:24:01,219 –> 00:24:04,119 who have fallen into temptation, 410 00:24:05,900 –> 00:24:07,920 we are the ones who have backed away 411 00:24:07,920 –> 00:24:11,020 from the full cost of following Jesus Christ, 412 00:24:13,400 –> 00:24:16,099 we are the ones who too often have run from him 413 00:24:16,099 –> 00:24:17,900 instead of running to him, 414 00:24:19,619 –> 00:24:21,140 we are the scattered sheep 415 00:24:21,140 –> 00:24:26,140 and our sins have brought his sufferings. 416 00:24:29,619 –> 00:24:31,199 I will strike the shepherd 417 00:24:32,140 –> 00:24:33,699 and the sheep will be scattered. 418 00:24:36,199 –> 00:24:38,500 Oh don’t you want to thank God today. 419 00:24:38,500 –> 00:24:42,380 Praise God that that is not the end of the story, 420 00:24:43,819 –> 00:24:46,640 the scattering of the sheep is not the last word. 421 00:24:46,640 –> 00:24:50,140 Look at Verse 28 of Mark Chapter 14. 422 00:24:50,140 –> 00:24:52,079 You will all fall away, Jesus says. 423 00:24:52,079 –> 00:24:52,880 For it’s written 424 00:24:52,880 –> 00:24:55,660 I’ll strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. 425 00:24:55,660 –> 00:25:00,660 But but after I have risen, 426 00:25:02,459 –> 00:25:05,380 I will go ahead of you into Galilee. 427 00:25:05,380 –> 00:25:07,739 So the striking of the shepherd 428 00:25:07,739 –> 00:25:09,459 will not be the end of the story. 429 00:25:09,459 –> 00:25:11,020 And the scattering of the sheep, 430 00:25:11,020 –> 00:25:12,459 the failure of the sheep, 431 00:25:12,459 –> 00:25:14,459 our falling into temptation, 432 00:25:14,459 –> 00:25:15,760 even in these last days 433 00:25:15,760 –> 00:25:18,939 will will not be the end of the story. 434 00:25:20,500 –> 00:25:24,000 Because Christ speaks here about His own resurrection, 435 00:25:25,660 –> 00:25:28,920 though He stands utterly alone in the suffering, 436 00:25:28,920 –> 00:25:33,459 He is not like the disciples overcome by it. 437 00:25:35,540 –> 00:25:38,199 And He gives this great promise. 438 00:25:38,199 –> 00:25:40,780 After I have risen, 439 00:25:42,260 –> 00:25:44,099 I will go ahead of you into Galilee. 440 00:25:45,900 –> 00:25:47,560 See the sheep are scattered. 441 00:25:47,920 –> 00:25:52,219 But they’re still His sheep. 442 00:25:54,780 –> 00:25:58,839 And for all our failures to watch 443 00:25:58,839 –> 00:26:01,359 and for all our failures to pray 444 00:26:01,359 –> 00:26:04,760 and for all our falling into temptation 445 00:26:04,760 –> 00:26:08,880 and for all of the times that we have been defeated, 446 00:26:11,439 –> 00:26:12,619 sheep may be scattered, 447 00:26:14,180 –> 00:26:16,560 but if you belong to Jesus Christ, 448 00:26:16,619 –> 00:26:19,719 whatever the failure that is burdening your heart 449 00:26:19,719 –> 00:26:23,260 or your mind right now, you are still His sheep. 450 00:26:24,939 –> 00:26:29,939 And this Christ will not let one of His sheep be lost. 451 00:26:33,239 –> 00:26:35,280 The disciples don’t really seem to grasp 452 00:26:35,280 –> 00:26:37,599 the amazing promise that Jesus gives them here. 453 00:26:37,599 –> 00:26:40,560 It seems as if it’s skated over their minds. 454 00:26:40,560 –> 00:26:43,500 They didn’t latch on to the hope 455 00:26:43,500 –> 00:26:45,439 of the resurrection of Jesus Christ 456 00:26:45,439 –> 00:26:47,459 or to the promise of Him gathering 457 00:26:47,459 –> 00:26:49,500 the sheep together in Galilee. 458 00:26:49,500 –> 00:26:51,859 And they didn’t see it. 459 00:26:51,859 –> 00:26:55,459 We need to grasp onto that promise today. 460 00:26:55,459 –> 00:26:58,699 We have failed Christ in many ways. 461 00:26:59,939 –> 00:27:01,880 We have fallen into temptation. 462 00:27:03,219 –> 00:27:05,219 And some of us have come to church today 463 00:27:05,219 –> 00:27:09,780 and we feel defeated, and you need to hear 464 00:27:09,780 –> 00:27:11,180 this word of hope. 465 00:27:11,180 –> 00:27:13,719 Christ says, after I have risen, 466 00:27:13,979 –> 00:27:16,680 I will go ahead of you. 467 00:27:16,680 –> 00:27:18,579 You say, what does that mean for me? 468 00:27:19,979 –> 00:27:22,300 Well, what it means is this. 469 00:27:22,300 –> 00:27:23,979 That Christ will not leave you 470 00:27:23,979 –> 00:27:25,699 in the misery of your failure. 471 00:27:27,020 –> 00:27:29,319 That this Christ is in the business, 472 00:27:29,319 –> 00:27:32,040 the risen Lord Jesus Christ is in the business 473 00:27:32,040 –> 00:27:34,219 of gathering His scattered sheep. 474 00:27:35,099 –> 00:27:38,060 That your failure, that your falling into temptation 475 00:27:38,060 –> 00:27:40,099 is not the end of the story. 476 00:27:40,099 –> 00:27:41,939 It will not have the last word. 477 00:27:41,979 –> 00:27:44,699 This is the hope of the Gospel. 478 00:27:44,699 –> 00:27:49,479 The risen Christ gathers His scattered sheep. 479 00:27:49,479 –> 00:27:51,920 And those who have fallen into temptation 480 00:27:51,920 –> 00:27:53,439 can come to Him today. 481 00:27:54,380 –> 00:27:56,339 And those who have been running away from Him 482 00:27:56,339 –> 00:27:59,500 can turn and return to Him today. 483 00:28:00,500 –> 00:28:01,719 Did you fail to watch? 484 00:28:01,719 –> 00:28:04,420 Did you fail to pray this week? 485 00:28:04,420 –> 00:28:06,140 Did you fall into temptation? 486 00:28:06,140 –> 00:28:09,900 You can come to this risen Lord Jesus Christ 487 00:28:09,900 –> 00:28:11,560 and don’t be afraid to come. 488 00:28:12,939 –> 00:28:16,400 Cause this Lord Jesus Christ knows you. 489 00:28:17,660 –> 00:28:20,300 And He has loved you as long as He has known you 490 00:28:20,300 –> 00:28:22,160 and as deep as He knows you. 491 00:28:22,160 –> 00:28:24,000 He knew you before you were converted. 492 00:28:24,000 –> 00:28:28,060 He knew your nature then and He knew your sin 493 00:28:28,060 –> 00:28:30,400 and He loved you. 494 00:28:31,300 –> 00:28:34,780 And He knows what you have been since your conversion. 495 00:28:34,780 –> 00:28:36,859 He knows your weakness, He knows your failure. 496 00:28:36,859 –> 00:28:39,239 He knows your particular struggles. 497 00:28:39,260 –> 00:28:42,680 He knows your inconsistency, and He loves you now. 498 00:28:44,760 –> 00:28:47,699 This was true for the disciples in their failure. 499 00:28:49,180 –> 00:28:53,500 And it is wonderfully true for us today. 500 00:28:55,439 –> 00:28:57,479 So the scattering of the sheep, I think, 501 00:28:57,479 –> 00:29:01,880 reminds us of how far a real Christian can fall. 502 00:29:04,420 –> 00:29:07,099 But Christ knows His sheep. 503 00:29:09,540 –> 00:29:14,540 And even if they are scattered, the sheep are still His. 504 00:29:17,160 –> 00:29:22,160 After I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee. 505 00:29:23,900 –> 00:29:25,020 See, why Galilee? 506 00:29:25,020 –> 00:29:26,280 The resurrection appearances 507 00:29:26,280 –> 00:29:28,000 started in Jerusalem, didn’t they? 508 00:29:28,900 –> 00:29:31,060 Yes, but it was at Galilee, 509 00:29:31,060 –> 00:29:34,859 you remember, that Peter was restored, 510 00:29:34,859 –> 00:29:37,040 and that’s the whole point of The Promise. 511 00:29:37,819 –> 00:29:42,819 And you say, but what about Judas? 512 00:29:44,260 –> 00:29:47,699 He wasn’t with them at Galilee. 513 00:29:49,479 –> 00:29:52,260 The Bible tells us He had already taken His own life. 514 00:29:55,000 –> 00:29:56,859 I want you to understand this, 515 00:29:58,339 –> 00:30:02,239 the problem for Judas was not 516 00:30:02,239 –> 00:30:05,099 that he had committed a sin so great 517 00:30:05,099 –> 00:30:06,699 that it could not be forgiven. 518 00:30:07,560 –> 00:30:08,819 That was not the problem. 519 00:30:10,300 –> 00:30:12,079 The problem for Judas was not 520 00:30:12,079 –> 00:30:13,959 that he had committed a sin so great 521 00:30:13,959 –> 00:30:15,599 that it could not be forgiven. 522 00:30:15,599 –> 00:30:19,920 The problem for Judas was that he would not 523 00:30:19,920 –> 00:30:23,719 and did not come to Christ for forgiveness. 524 00:30:26,400 –> 00:30:29,359 Don’t let that be true of you. 525 00:30:31,500 –> 00:30:33,119 See, there’s two sides here, 526 00:30:33,119 –> 00:30:36,579 Christ goes ahead of them to Galilee, 527 00:30:36,680 –> 00:30:40,459 but they must come and gather to him there, 528 00:30:42,260 –> 00:30:45,739 and Peter and Judas stand before us, I think, 529 00:30:47,119 –> 00:30:50,739 as two men who have failed Jesus Christ. 530 00:30:53,459 –> 00:30:56,859 And Peter is restored, 531 00:30:58,020 –> 00:31:00,839 so no one should ever despair. 532 00:31:03,380 –> 00:31:06,459 And Judas is lost, 533 00:31:06,500 –> 00:31:09,119 so no one should ever presume. 534 00:31:11,939 –> 00:31:16,319 If you will not come to Christ in repentance and in faith, 535 00:31:17,619 –> 00:31:19,800 you’re identifying with Judas. 536 00:31:22,500 –> 00:31:24,640 Don’t let that be true of you! 537 00:31:27,099 –> 00:31:30,900 You see, the easiest place to avoid truly coming to Christ 538 00:31:30,900 –> 00:31:33,359 in repentance and faith is in the pew of a church. 539 00:31:33,359 –> 00:31:34,920 That’s what Judas teaches us. 540 00:31:37,060 –> 00:31:39,859 The greatest danger of sitting in the pew of a church 541 00:31:39,859 –> 00:31:41,780 at a distance from Christ 542 00:31:43,260 –> 00:31:45,160 is that we may think things are well 543 00:31:45,160 –> 00:31:46,839 and that we may presume. 544 00:31:48,920 –> 00:31:51,680 I will go ahead of you to Galilee, but they must come, 545 00:31:53,400 –> 00:31:57,339 and Peter did, and so did the 11. 546 00:31:59,079 –> 00:32:02,719 And not one who comes to Jesus Christin repentance 547 00:32:02,719 –> 00:32:05,219 in faith will ever be turned away 548 00:32:06,800 –> 00:32:10,579 nor ever, ever, be finally lost. 549 00:32:11,920 –> 00:32:15,459 So the Lord Jesus Christ has a wonderful invitation for us, 550 00:32:15,459 –> 00:32:17,239 this risen Lord Jesus Christ. 551 00:32:17,239 –> 00:32:19,560 He’s gone ahead of us, not to Galilee. 552 00:32:19,560 –> 00:32:21,859 He’s gone ahead of us into heaven, even better. 553 00:32:23,579 –> 00:32:27,180 And he says, now you come to me, come to me in faith. 554 00:32:27,180 –> 00:32:30,180 You come to me with all your sins, 555 00:32:30,180 –> 00:32:32,119 with all your guilt, with all your failure, 556 00:32:32,119 –> 00:32:34,160 with all the reality that you’ve not watched 557 00:32:34,160 –> 00:32:35,060 and you’ve not prayed 558 00:32:35,540 –> 00:32:37,239 and you have fallen into temptation 559 00:32:37,239 –> 00:32:38,660 and you have failed in many ways 560 00:32:38,660 –> 00:32:41,959 that make you feel very defeated and very distant from me. 561 00:32:41,959 –> 00:32:44,280 It makes you feel like a scattered sheep 562 00:32:44,280 –> 00:32:45,579 and that is what you are. 563 00:32:47,119 –> 00:32:48,800 But remember, it was for this reason 564 00:32:48,800 –> 00:32:50,520 that I went to the cross. 565 00:32:51,800 –> 00:32:55,099 It was for these things that I paid the price 566 00:32:55,099 –> 00:32:59,380 and I did this for you and I did this for all who will come. 567 00:33:00,599 –> 00:33:02,560 So stop running from Christ. 568 00:33:03,540 –> 00:33:05,859 He has gone into heaven ahead of you 569 00:33:05,859 –> 00:33:08,479 where he is at the right hand of the father. 570 00:33:09,660 –> 00:33:12,979 Come to him in repentance and in faith 571 00:33:12,979 –> 00:33:15,719 and he will receive you, he will restore you. 572 00:33:17,739 –> 00:33:19,180 The striking of the shepherd, 573 00:33:19,180 –> 00:33:22,540 the scattering of the sheep is not the last word. 574 00:33:24,219 –> 00:33:25,260 That’s the gospel. 575 00:33:27,099 –> 00:33:28,599 Let’s pray together, shall we? 576 00:33:29,099 –> 00:33:33,819 We don’t want to take the cross lightly, dear Lord, 577 00:33:35,800 –> 00:33:39,020 or to take the pain of our failure 578 00:33:39,020 –> 00:33:43,939 as your servants and disciples lightly either. 579 00:33:47,959 –> 00:33:50,520 But feeling the weight, the cross and the triumph 580 00:33:50,520 –> 00:33:52,880 of the resurrection seems all the more wonderful 581 00:33:52,880 –> 00:33:54,099 to us today. 582 00:33:54,819 –> 00:33:59,660 We find within our hearts a strong impulse 583 00:33:59,680 –> 00:34:01,780 to draw near to you and to come to you 584 00:34:01,780 –> 00:34:04,619 with all our sin and failure and unworthiness 585 00:34:06,140 –> 00:34:07,739 so grateful that 586 00:34:09,699 –> 00:34:14,580 while you faced that redeeming of the world alone, 587 00:34:15,620 –> 00:34:17,600 you were not overcome by the trial, 588 00:34:18,979 –> 00:34:20,139 but conquered through it 589 00:34:20,139 –> 00:34:22,120 and stand as our risen Savior, 590 00:34:22,179 –> 00:34:23,679 and stand as our risen Savior, 591 00:34:23,679 –> 00:34:26,139 ready to welcome all who will come to you 592 00:34:27,100 –> 00:34:28,760 in repentance and faith today. 593 00:34:31,320 –> 00:34:35,080 Lord Jesus Christ, I come. 594 00:34:38,580 –> 00:34:39,840 Heed our prayers. 595 00:34:40,919 –> 00:34:43,000 Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, 596 00:34:44,379 –> 00:34:45,219 amen.