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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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We're coming to the end of a series
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that has been life-changing,
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Themes in the Gospel of John,
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today, The Hour of Glory.
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You say, "Derek, what is that?"
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It is the the cross, the death
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and the resurrection of Jesus,
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which not only was a witness
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that He was indeed Messiah,
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but it gives us life
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through faith in Him for eternity.
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So, there could be
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no more important topic than this.
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We're glad you joined us
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for Hope Sabbath School.
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Welcome to the team,
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good to be together.
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You can tell I'm a little excited today,
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and that's because Puia's going
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to be teaching; we're looking forward
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to a great in-depth, interactive study.
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We've got some remote team members.
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Maurice, great to have you with us again,
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glad you're here.
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Ryan, good to have you with us today.
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We're glad you're here for our study.
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And, Travis, always good
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to have you with us, welcome back.
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We're glad that you're here, too,
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because you are an important part
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of our global family.
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And when Puia asks a question today,
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you can raise your hand
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if you have an answer or send us an email
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at sshope@hopetv.org.
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But we'd like to just hear
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how you're blessed through a study
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of God's Word on Hope Sabbath School.
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So, I'm glad, Grace, that you
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wrote to us from Zimbabwe,
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and Grace writes and says,
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"Greetings, Hope Sabbath School."
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(Team) Greetings.
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(Derek) She does that to get the wave.
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Grace from Zimbabwe, "I just want
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to say I do appreciate
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the great work you're doing."
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(Jason) Praise God.
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(Derek) "I love the interactive study."
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Now, get this,
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"It's really impacting my life."
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(Team) Hallelujah.
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(Derek) "I love the energy
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of the teachers, and I like it
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when someone says, 'hallelujah.'
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I follow Hope Sabbath School
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almost every Friday."
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Well, Grace, thanks for being part
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of our global family,
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and may God bless you there
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in your home country of Zimbabwe.
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Amaraizu writes from Nigeria.
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Amaraizu writes and says, "My family and I
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live in our home country of Nigeria.
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We're blessed with four children,
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two boys and two girls, and we watch
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Hope Sabbath School together."
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(Team) Amen!
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(Derek) I like that.
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Thank you, Amaraizu, for writing to us.
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And he says, "My children love it so much.
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As a matter of fact, my 7-year-old
daughter
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knows all of your names.
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I am grateful to God for your ministry."
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Now, this is amazing.
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"Jedidah," the 7-year-old daughter,
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"is now teaching her friends in school
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about the Bible through the knowledge
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she gains on Hope Sabbath School."
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(Team) Praise the Lord.
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(Derek) I'm going to wave to Jedidah there
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and to Amaraizu and the whole family;
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oh, you're waving, too.
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Everybody wave, we're going
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to give a wave there.
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Oh, my, teaching her friends at school,
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isn't that beautiful?
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"What a joy it is to see our children
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loving the Lord.
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I am really grateful," and you can guess
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the last word Amaraizu uses.
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(Derek, Team) "Hallelujah!"
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(Derek) Thanks for writing to us
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from Nigeria, and God bless your family.
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Give our greetings to all of them.
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Here's a note from a donor
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in Michigan in the U.S.
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Michigan, Travis,
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that's your home territory.
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"I'm writing," the donor writes,
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"from a small town in northern Michigan.
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I've been watching Hope Sabbath School
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for about 10 years, and I'm using
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the outline to teach a Bible class."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) That's what you'll be using
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today, right, Puia?
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That's what we use; each of us
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has that outline.
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"I don't consider myself a teacher,"
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the donor writes, "but a facilitator."
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Well, if a teacher is a monologue,
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then a facilitator is a dialogue,
right, interactive.
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"I love how the outlines help the study,
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and your commitment to produce
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Hope Sabbath School
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and share with the world.
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God bless you all," and a monthly donation
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of a hundred dollars.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Now, you can do the math
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and just say, "Thank you, Donor."
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You are a significant contributor
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by making that 100-dollar donation
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each month to impact the world.
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And today's topic is one
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of the most important we'll ever share.
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Thank you to each of you.
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We're coming to the end of the year.
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Thank you for being partners
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with us in this mission.
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You can go to our website.
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Say, "Derek, can I help?"
Absolutely.
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We're a donor-supported ministry.
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Go to hopetv.org/hopess,
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click on that yellow Donate button
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or get the address and send us a note
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with a gift and say, "I'm praying,
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and I want to be part of the mission."
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God bless you and thank you
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very much to all of you.
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One last note, from Janet
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in North Carolina in the U.S.,
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"I've been watching Hope Sabbath School
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for about a year now and get
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so much out of it on DirecTV," now that's
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a satellite distribution network
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here in the U.S.
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"Many times, I have prayed
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a heartfelt prayer, and the next morning
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it seems that God speaks to me directly
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through your Hope Sabbath School program."
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(Team) Amen!
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(Derek) "May God bless
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more and more people through your program.
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Also, before even watching your program,
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I have wondered why the Scripture
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is never set to music in our times,
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and that, too, has been answered
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on your program!"
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We love you all," and that's from Janet
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in North Carolina.
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Thanks for writing to us, Janet,
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and we'd like you
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to help us sing right now.
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But I hope before we sing that you
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and all of the rest of you watching
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have downloaded the collection
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of six Trilogy Scripture Songs.
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They are a gift to you
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from the words of Jesus,
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four from the Gospel of John,
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two from Revelation.
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My favorite one, well, you'll have to see
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which is your favorite,
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but they're all the words of Jesus,
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and it's a gift to you.
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All you have to do is go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess
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and click on the Free Gift tab,
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and you can download
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those six Scripture songs, digital copies,
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and you can share them
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and be a blessing to others.
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While you're there, you can download
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our theme song we've been singing
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all this series, "Behold!
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The Lamb of God."
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Janet, you said you're glad
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to find someone doing that.
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Well, we'd like you
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to help us sing right now.
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(Derek) And, you know, Puia,
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that's really what this study
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is about, isn't it,
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The Hour of Glory,
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"Behold! The Lamb of God."
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Thanks for leading us in this study today.
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(Puia) Let us pray.
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Father God in Heaven, we thank You
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for this opportunity
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to open Your Word today
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and learn more about Your love for us.
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At this moment, Father, we invite
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the Holy Spirit to speak to us
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through Your words.
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We pray for all
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of our Hope Sabbath School members
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around the world, that when they
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watch this episode, the Holy Spirit
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will touch them as well.
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Lord, this is not about us;
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this is about You,
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so we invite You to come through.
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This is our prayer in Jesus' name. Amen.
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(Derek, Team) Amen.
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(Puia) Before we begin our study,
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I just want to come to our viewers online
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and from home, thank you
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for joining us today.
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We'll be studying a very important topic
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from the Gospel of John,
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the final hours of Jesus,
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the cross and the resurrection.
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And so, I want to invite you
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to grab your Bibles
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and open the Bible along with us.
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We'll be reading many texts, and I pray
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that you will be blessed as well.
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So, class, today, we are
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on lesson number 12 in this series
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on the Themes in the Gospel of John.
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And these are the final hours
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of Jesus' life on Earth.
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that the Gospel of John has 21 chapters,
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and about half of the book of John
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covers about three-and-a-half years almost
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of the story of Jesus.
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And then from chapter 11 to the end
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of the book, that half of the book
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covers just a little over a week,
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almost two weeks of Jesus' life on Earth.
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So, we can see that John focused
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a lot of his writings
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on these final hours of Jesus.
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So, as we begin our study, maybe we
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can start with this question:
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Why does John focus in detail
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on such a small period of the life
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of Jesus with so much emphasis?
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Shawn, I see your hand.
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(Shawn) It's the climax of everything.
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It's what all people from all of history
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have been waiting for, the fulfillment
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of Scripture, the healing of the nations,
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the salvation of all humanity.
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If there is one thing to focus on,
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wouldn't this be it?
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(Puia) Right, this is the climax. Gladys.
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(Gladys) Satan accused God
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of being unjust,
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so [this is the culmination]
of the plan of salvation.
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So, it's that moment in time
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when the wages of sin
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will be paid, and it is
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the most important part of the book.
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(Puia) Yes, I like the part
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you mentioned about sin,
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taking away of sin.
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Didn't we just sing the song,
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"Behold! The Lamb of God
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who takes away the sin of the world"?
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So this is going to be the climax
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of the plan of salvation where God
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is going to take the sin of the world.
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Now, let's go to John, chapter 20,
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verses 30 to 31, and, Stephanie,
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would you read that for us, please.
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And let's go back to the reason why John
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wrote this Gospel in the first place.
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Would you read that for us, please?
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(Stephanie) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Amen. So, as we just read,
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what is the primary reason of John
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writing this Gospel? Scott.
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(Scott) So we can believe
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and have life in His name.
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(Puia) Amen. Gladys?
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(Gladys) It says that Jesus
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is the Messiah, the Son of God;
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that's number one.
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And then, that we may believe
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(Derek) And I'm thinking, Puia,
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that John's prayer would be
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that when we study now
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about The Hour of Glory,
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the death and resurrection,
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we wouldn't just know about it
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but that we would accept that Jesus
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did that for us, so that we
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could have eternal life.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Puia) Amen. So now, I'm coming
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to the title of our lesson,
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The Hour of Glory.
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I want us to turn to John 17,
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verses 20 to 26, and, Nicole,
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can you read that for us, please,
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John 17, verses 20 to 26.
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(Nicole) The New International Version
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of John 17:20-26 says:
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(Puia) Thank you, Nicole,
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for reading that.
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My question for the team here is,
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did any word jump out for you
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from those texts, especially in relation
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to the title of our study today,
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from those final prayers of Jesus,
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His final hours of ministry on Earth?
Yes, Nancy.
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(Nancy) "Unity," because when we are
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connected to the vine,
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and we are the branches, which is
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another way of expressing the same idea,
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we are connected to God,
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and His Spirit is in us.
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And then the way we relate to others
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is through blessing people.
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(Puia) Derek.
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(Derek) I just heard "glory."
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In fact, the whole chapter says
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glory, glory, glory.
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But, "The glory which You gave Me
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I have given them."
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It's quite startling,
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the beautiful revelation
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of the character of the Father,
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which He has fully revealed.
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(Puia) Right! In verse 24, Jesus
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specifically prayed that everyone
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would behold His glory.
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Now, that's the title of our lesson today,
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The Hour of Glory.
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And what is the glory that Jesus
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wanted everyone to see?
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And with that, we now come to chapter 18
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and the hour of glory is about to begin.
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Kylynda, can you read for us John 18,
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verses 1 to 11, please?
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(Kylynda) Of course, I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Thank you, Kylynda,
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for reading that.
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So, in this text, we find
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the arrest of Jesus.
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Just before this took place, remember,
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the context was that Jesus was praying
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to God the Father that everyone
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would see the glory.
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And now, finally, the hour of the glory
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has arrived, and what do we see here
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from this story that points to the fact
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that Jesus truly is the Son of God
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and the Messiah? Anyone. Stephanie.
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(Stephanie) When He spoke,
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they fell to the ground.
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That was the first thing
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that caught my attention.
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(Derek) And not just spoke, Puia,
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but said "I am," right?
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And we've seen that
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through the Gospel of John, "I am He."
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He must have said that emphatically,
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and the glory of the Son of God
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must have been revealed in that moment.
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They fell to the ground.
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(Puia) Right, that's powerful.
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Travis, I see your hand.
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(Travis) So, Puia, I agree
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with what has just been said,
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what Jesus said and the fact that they
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would fall to the ground when He spoke.
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But all of Scripture written up
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until that time pointed forward
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to this very event, you know,
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the betrayal of Jesus.
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You know, in Daniel it says that He
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would confirm a covenant with many.
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In 2 Peter, it says, "So we have
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the prophetic word confirmed,
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that we do well to take heed
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as a light that shines in a dark place."
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Jesus' death, even here before He
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even dies on the cross,
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these things were prophesied.
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This was confirmation
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that He was indeed the Son of God.
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(Puia) What you're saying, Travis,
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is that Jesus was fulfilling
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the prophecies of the Hebrew Scriptures
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even to that very point of the arrest
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and the crucifixion. Jason.
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(Jason) Also, in the book of Luke,
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chapter 22, verse 51...
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(Puia) Would..?
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(Jason) Please, if we might.
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(Puia) Luke 22.
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(Jason) Verse 51, and I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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and the Bible says:
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And this is talking about the same scene
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that John was talking about,
that we talked about,
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healing Malchus' ear, showing again
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His Messiahship, His loving power
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in this episode.
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(Puia) Right, even at the hour
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when He was arrested,
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He was healing the "enemies."
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Jesus did not look at anyone as an enemy.
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That's a powerful scene. Scott.
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(Scott) I was noticing here in John 18
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how even at this time when there was
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a group of people here coming
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to arrest Jesus, Jesus identifies Himself,
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and He says, "Of those whom You gave Me,
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I have lost not one."
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So He is thinking about the people
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whom He is coming for.
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Even though all the people are scattering,
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John doesn't tell us, but other Gospels
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tell us that His disciples fled.
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But still Jesus says, "Of those You
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gave Me, I have lost not one,"
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because Jesus is thinking
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of the big picture.
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He is thinking of salvation,
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even though the mob out there
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was just thinking small picture.
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(Puia) Thank you.
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So, we have seen Judas betraying Jesus,
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working with the religious leaders,
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who in turn turned to the soldiers
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who came to arrest Jesus.
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Let's see where the story takes us next
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in John 18:28; Ryan, could you
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read that for us, please?
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John 18, verses 28 to 38.
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(Ryan) Yeah, John 18:28-38, you said?
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And this is the New King James Version,
and it says:
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(Puia) Thank you, Ryan, for reading that.
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So, how does this encounter of Jesus
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with Pilate reveal the fact that He
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was the Son of God, truly?
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That He was the Messiah?
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Anything stand out for you? Gladys.
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(Gladys) Well, He says, "My Kingdom
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is not of this world,"
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so He was presenting that He was a King
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and that He had the authority
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to say that He was a King.
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(Puia) Right, so in a way, Jesus answered
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the question of Pilate,
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that He was indeed a King,
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not just of a nation or a territory
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on this planet earth.
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He's the King of the universe. Wow. Scott.
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(Scott) I love how He says in verse 37,
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"For this purpose I was born
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and for this purpose
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I have come into the world -
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to bear witness to the truth."
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Even in this trial, when He
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could be trying to save His life
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and tell Pilate what will rescue Him,
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instead, He's focused on His mission.
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(Puia) Wow. Could it be that Jesus
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was also trying to reach Pilate
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in that moment, trying to touch
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his heart as well? Nancy?
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(Nancy) That's what I was about to say,
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that it's like He's trying to give
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a little bit of a Bible study to Him.
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But Pilate kind of leaves too early
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because he asks, "What is truth?"
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And then he walks away.
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He could have kept going.
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(Puia) Right, if only Pilate
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stayed a little longer,
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I believe Jesus would have told him,
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"I am the truth. I am the way."
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Some things could have changed.
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But we see that Pilate rejected
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the opportunity to be touched
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by the Holy Spirit to learn
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about the truth.
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Kylynda, do you have a comment?
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(Kylynda) Yes, I was thinking
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about verses 31 and 32 when they say
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to Pilate, "We need to condemn Him
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to put Him to death."
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It's to signify the type of death
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that they wanted Jesus to die.
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(Puia) Immediately.
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(Kylynda) Right, and we know that Jesus,
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when He was speaking to Nicodemus,
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gave reference to Moses and the lifting up
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of a serpent that healed people
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in the time of Moses and the exodus.
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So, Jesus knows that He's going to die
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by crucifixion by being lifted up.
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So, even when all of these people
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are conspiring, Jesus is still in control.
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(Puia) Wow, that is powerful.
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Isn't it ironic that a Gentile ruler,
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Pilate, said, "I find no fault in Him,"
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and yet the very people who were chosen
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for the Messiah's mission
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rejected Him and wanted Him
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to be condemned and crucified?
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Pilate did not see
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any fault in Jesus, as we read.
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He went out and told the people,
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"I find no fault in Him."
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(Derek) I was just thinking of Stephen,
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the way the Jews killed people,
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they stoned them.
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But, as Kylynda pointed out, there were
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prophecies a thousand years before,
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even more, actually, going back to Moses,
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you know, 1,400 years,
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that He would be lifted up, the prophecy
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of the psalmist, Psalm 22, that His hands
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and feet would be pierced.
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Every single prophecy will be fulfilled
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in the life of Messiah.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Puia) That is powerful.
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So, Pilate wanted to set Jesus free,
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didn't he, because he didn't find
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any fault in Him.
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Let's read the next couple of verses.
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Jason, can you read for us John 18,
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verses 39 to 40, and let's see
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what else Pilate did
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to try to set Jesus free.
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(Jason) Right, and the Bible says:
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Verse 40:
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(Puia) Wow. Thank you for reading that.
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So, we see that Pilate wanted
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to set Jesus free and offered them
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an opportunity to release a prisoner.
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Maurice, do you have
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a comment here from this text?
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(Maurice) I was just noticing
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that throughout the life
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00:29:09,253 --> 00:29:11,042
and ministry of Christ,
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He spoke about His Kingdom a lot.
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And I was reflecting on the question
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you asked about why John spent
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so much time writing
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about these last few weeks.
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And what's interesting
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is that there have been other prophets,
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there have been individuals that have done
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miracles through God's help,
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but there is no one else in history
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that did the things that Jesus did
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in this period of time
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that John is writing about.
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But I'm noticing that there is this theme
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where Jesus is so intentional
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to always mention His Kingdom, and I think
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there is something valuable there
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that we could take away from the fact
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that He's always focused on His Kingdom,
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whether it is here
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in this situation or in a parable.
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And I believe that the focus
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that He had on the Kingdom
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was highlighting that there is
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this Kingdom with a King
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that is like no other king.
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And John is helping us realize
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that the King of this Kingdom
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is no ordinary man.
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And I just thought that was beautiful.
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(Puia) Right. If Jesus wanted to escape,
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of course He could have,
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the King of the universe.
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Go with me to the next few verses
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in the next chapter, John 19,
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and let me request Nancy to read
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John 19, verses 1 to 4, please.
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And let's see what else Pilate did
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to try to set Jesus free.
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(Nancy) I'm reading
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from the New King James Version,
and it says:
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(Puia) So, at first, Pilate told
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the people, "I find no fault in Him."
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But the people and the Jewish leaders
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did not want to let Jesus go.
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And so Pilate offered them a chance
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to choose a prisoner to be released,
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and they chose Barabbas instead.
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And now, Pilate probably hoped
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that by letting Jesus get beaten,
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the people would feel some sort
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of a sense of pity, probably,
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and would let Jesus go.
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And so Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
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And we find in verse 4 where Pilate
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said, "Behold, I am bringing Him out."
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Earlier, we sang the song
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from the testimony of John the Baptist.
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What did we sing there?
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(Team) "Behold! The Lamb of God."
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(Puia) Isn't it interesting
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that Pilate here is bringing Jesus out
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and says, "Behold," and brings Him out.
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In connection with the testimony
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of John the Baptist where John said,
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"The Lamb of God who takes away
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the sin of the world," Pilate was
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basically letting them see, "Here, behold!
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The Man is the Lamb." Scott.
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(Scott) I find it fascinating that Pilate
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is doing everything in his power
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to release Jesus except for taking
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a courageous stand.
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(Puia) Right. Now finally, let's see
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what the final decision of Pilate
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looked like, and, Scott, can you read
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for us in chapter 19, verses 5 to 16?
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(Scott) Alright, I'm reading
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from the English Standard Version:
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(Puia) Thank you, Scott, for reading that.
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How can we explain the behavior
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of the religious leaders and Pilate here
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while they knew very well
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that Jesus was innocent? Gladys.
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(Gladys) Blinded by Satan,
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blinded by jealousy.
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They were completely taken over,
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their minds; they couldn't see,
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00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:28,869
they couldn't hear, because they had let
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the devil really take over their thoughts.
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They were not in control
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of themselves at this point.
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(Puia) Thank you for highlighting
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the movements behind the scene.
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Beyond the physical realm,
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there is the Great Controversy,
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the cosmic conflict between Satan and God.
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And so, what you're saying is Satan
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has been working on the hearts
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of the people there
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to crucify Jesus. Kylynda.
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(Kylynda) I think it also is a warning
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for us today about appeasement
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and how sin can take hold in our lives.
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Because, first, Pilate listens
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to the Pharisees, and then Pilate
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offers a compromise with a swap,
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and then eventually Pilate beats Jesus,
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which he knows is wrong,
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and finally, he allows Jesus to die.
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So he has all these steps of compromise
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to take him down
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to finally allowing Jesus to die.
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What if, at the very beginning,
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he had said, "I'm not hearing
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this case; go away"?
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Instead, he allows it
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00:36:32,485 --> 00:36:34,876
to get to them accusing him
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00:36:34,876 --> 00:36:37,736
of this act against Caesar.
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So, we need to be careful when we're faced
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with sin in our lives - stop immediately.
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(Puia) That's a powerful thought.
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00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,723
It wasn't a sudden fall of Pilate
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00:36:48,723 --> 00:36:50,590
in condemning Jesus to be crucified.
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But, as you said, he
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00:36:51,568 --> 00:36:53,635
compromised, step by step.
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00:36:53,635 --> 00:36:54,908
Derek, you have a comment?
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(Derek) So, I'd like to respond, I think,
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00:36:57,201 --> 00:36:59,628
to the idea that they were blinded
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00:36:59,628 --> 00:37:01,920
because that sounds like they didn't know
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00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,316
it was the Messiah, but they did.
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00:37:04,316 --> 00:37:07,968
So, what Jesus says in John 3 is,
695
00:37:07,968 --> 00:37:11,385
"This is the condemnation...that men,"
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00:37:11,385 --> 00:37:16,143
women, "loved darkness rather than light,
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00:37:16,143 --> 00:37:18,683
because their deeds were evil."
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00:37:18,683 --> 00:37:20,884
Now, the tragedy is that these were
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00:37:20,884 --> 00:37:23,271
religious leaders, even the high priest.
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00:37:23,271 --> 00:37:23,976
(Puia) Right.
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00:37:23,976 --> 00:37:26,274
(Derek) But there was something in them.
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00:37:26,274 --> 00:37:28,318
And back to saying don't let us
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00:37:28,318 --> 00:37:30,785
go down that same road, let's say,
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00:37:30,785 --> 00:37:33,299
"God, take away any love
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00:37:33,299 --> 00:37:35,758
for darkness in me,
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00:37:35,758 --> 00:37:37,283
because I want to come to Jesus
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00:37:37,283 --> 00:37:39,137
who is the light of the world
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00:37:39,137 --> 00:37:41,966
and let Him save me."
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(Puia) That is powerful.
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00:37:44,180 --> 00:37:45,385
We could be standing here
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00:37:45,385 --> 00:37:47,911
and thinking that we're different
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00:37:47,911 --> 00:37:49,704
from the people there,
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00:37:49,704 --> 00:37:51,056
but what if we were there?
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00:37:51,056 --> 00:37:53,227
What if we were among the crowd?
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00:37:53,227 --> 00:37:55,505
Would we be any better?
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00:37:55,505 --> 00:37:56,886
That's a great question,
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00:37:56,886 --> 00:37:58,793
if we think about their motives
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00:37:58,793 --> 00:38:00,963
for delivering Jesus to be crucified.
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We have the Roman soldiers
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00:38:03,317 --> 00:38:05,305
who were just following orders.
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00:38:05,305 --> 00:38:07,566
We have Pilate who was pressured
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00:38:07,566 --> 00:38:09,431
by the crowd and the religious leaders
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00:38:09,431 --> 00:38:11,891
so he could save his job.
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00:38:11,891 --> 00:38:13,310
We have the religious leaders
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00:38:13,310 --> 00:38:15,936
who were jealous of Jesus and who were
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00:38:15,936 --> 00:38:18,383
not willing to open their hearts.
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00:38:18,383 --> 00:38:19,735
And we have Judas
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00:38:19,735 --> 00:38:23,709
who betrayed Jesus because of greed.
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00:38:23,709 --> 00:38:25,258
So, what we can see here
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00:38:25,258 --> 00:38:28,636
is that different people who played parts
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00:38:28,636 --> 00:38:30,783
in the crucifixion of Jesus
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00:38:30,783 --> 00:38:32,883
had different motives that we, too,
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00:38:32,883 --> 00:38:35,660
are facing today, right?
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00:38:35,660 --> 00:38:38,387
So the question is, how can we avoid
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00:38:38,387 --> 00:38:40,602
the same fatal mistake
736
00:38:40,602 --> 00:38:42,374
that the people made there?
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00:38:42,374 --> 00:38:44,449
Not just Pilate, but remember it's
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all those series of actions
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that the people made. Shawn.
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(Shawn) We need to be examining
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our own hearts to see
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00:38:51,269 --> 00:38:53,404
how we're responding to Jesus.
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You know, Gladys and Derek both mentioned
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00:38:55,384 --> 00:38:58,539
Satan's influence over the people.
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00:38:58,539 --> 00:39:02,070
He was filling them with his bloodlust
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00:39:02,070 --> 00:39:04,836
and his hatred for the Messiah.
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00:39:04,836 --> 00:39:06,569
And as you pointed out, He will try
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00:39:06,569 --> 00:39:08,760
to do the exact same thing to us.
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So, what we need to do is
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00:39:09,991 --> 00:39:11,110
be on the lookout,
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00:39:11,110 --> 00:39:12,964
put on the armor of God,
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00:39:12,964 --> 00:39:15,567
and make sure he's not influencing us,
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00:39:15,567 --> 00:39:17,233
and then meditate on what Jesus
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00:39:17,233 --> 00:39:19,019
has done for us in Scripture
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00:39:19,019 --> 00:39:20,837
so that our love for light
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00:39:20,837 --> 00:39:22,380
will grow stronger than our love
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00:39:22,380 --> 00:39:23,906
for darkness, and we will become
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00:39:23,906 --> 00:39:25,138
that light of the world.
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00:39:25,138 --> 00:39:26,885
(Puia) Amen. Thank you. Gladys?
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(Gladys) This verse right here, 12,
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00:39:29,745 --> 00:39:33,057
where it says, I mean in [15] where they
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00:39:33,057 --> 00:39:36,056
say, "We have no other king but Caesar,"
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it just reminded me of the people
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00:39:37,644 --> 00:39:38,577
of Israel when they
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00:39:38,577 --> 00:39:40,070
started asking for a king.
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And God said to Samuel, "They
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00:39:41,730 --> 00:39:44,668
did not reject you, they rejected Me."
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So they are doing the same thing
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00:39:46,306 --> 00:39:48,031
all over again; they are choosing
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00:39:48,031 --> 00:39:52,350
an earthly king over God Himself.
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00:39:52,350 --> 00:39:53,950
So this is the same thing for us.
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00:39:53,950 --> 00:39:56,863
Everything comes down to one choice.
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00:39:56,863 --> 00:39:58,747
(Puia) Powerful. Stephanie,
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00:39:58,747 --> 00:39:59,950
we'll take your comment,
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00:39:59,950 --> 00:40:02,602
and then I want Travis to read for us
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00:40:02,602 --> 00:40:06,445
John 19, verses 17 to 22.
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00:40:06,445 --> 00:40:08,082
But before we go there, Stephanie,
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00:40:08,082 --> 00:40:08,990
you have a comment.
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00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:10,609
(Stephanie) I don't think there's
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any exemption of who could fall
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00:40:13,527 --> 00:40:15,496
into this mistake.
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00:40:15,496 --> 00:40:17,283
If our eyes are not on Jesus,
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00:40:17,283 --> 00:40:19,155
if we're not spending time with Him
784
00:40:19,155 --> 00:40:22,369
every day in His Word and in prayer,
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00:40:22,369 --> 00:40:25,326
we will be feeding the world.
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So we need to feed our spiritual lives
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so that the world gets pushed
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00:40:31,221 --> 00:40:32,633
out of our lives,
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and only Jesus reigns there.
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00:40:34,381 --> 00:40:36,099
(Puia) Wow. You know, you remind me
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00:40:36,099 --> 00:40:37,953
of a book I read a few years ago
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00:40:37,953 --> 00:40:39,989
called The Cross of Christ
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00:40:39,989 --> 00:40:42,912
by a famous author named John Stott.
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00:40:42,912 --> 00:40:45,180
And in that book, he asked the question,
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00:40:45,180 --> 00:40:46,847
"Why did Jesus die?"
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00:40:46,847 --> 00:40:47,772
And then he traced
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00:40:47,772 --> 00:40:49,370
through the different reasons
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00:40:49,370 --> 00:40:51,177
like Pilate, the religious leaders,
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00:40:51,177 --> 00:40:54,219
and Judas and the people who were
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00:40:54,219 --> 00:40:55,459
involved, and the soldiers
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00:40:55,459 --> 00:40:56,782
who crucified Him.
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00:40:56,782 --> 00:40:58,129
But at the end, he concluded
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00:40:58,129 --> 00:40:59,423
that ultimately Jesus died
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00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:01,359
because of our sins.
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00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:05,202
So we played our part because of our sins.
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00:41:05,202 --> 00:41:07,372
And he wrote this line that I remember.
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00:41:07,372 --> 00:41:08,968
He wrote, "Before we can see
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00:41:08,968 --> 00:41:10,874
the cross of Christ as something
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00:41:10,874 --> 00:41:13,069
done for us, we need to see it first
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00:41:13,069 --> 00:41:16,892
as something done by us."
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We were the ones
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00:41:17,782 --> 00:41:21,416
who put Christ on the cross.
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00:41:21,416 --> 00:41:24,018
Travis, would you take us to John 19,
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00:41:24,018 --> 00:41:26,657
verses 17 to 22, and let's see
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the hour of glory on the cross.
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(Travis) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Wow. So, we see here
819
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that on the cross, the title of Jesus
820
00:42:32,374 --> 00:42:34,730
was clearly written.
821
00:42:34,730 --> 00:42:36,425
What was the purpose of this sign
822
00:42:36,425 --> 00:42:38,092
above the cross?
823
00:42:38,092 --> 00:42:40,659
Do you think there is a movement
824
00:42:40,659 --> 00:42:42,509
behind the scene that orchestrated
825
00:42:42,509 --> 00:42:45,342
that title on the cross so that everyone
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00:42:45,342 --> 00:42:47,951
who was in Jerusalem on that day
827
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would be able to read that?
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I mean, it says it was written
829
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in three languages.
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Scott, I see your hand.
831
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(Scott) You can think of it on one side
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as a sarcastic thing, you know, "Here,
833
00:42:58,872 --> 00:43:00,280
look what's happening
834
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:01,944
to the king of the Jews."
835
00:43:01,944 --> 00:43:04,521
But then you think about what Pilate
836
00:43:04,521 --> 00:43:08,764
had been saying earlier, and you
837
00:43:08,764 --> 00:43:10,243
almost wonder if he was
838
00:43:10,243 --> 00:43:11,960
more serious about this.
839
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,125
Like, he actually believed;
840
00:43:14,125 --> 00:43:16,478
he wasn't courageous enough
841
00:43:16,478 --> 00:43:19,494
to take a stand, but he believed it.
842
00:43:19,494 --> 00:43:21,308
And it's unfortunate that there are
843
00:43:21,308 --> 00:43:24,801
plenty of people who believe the truth
844
00:43:24,801 --> 00:43:28,141
but are unwilling to take a stand.
845
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(Puia) Thank you. Kylynda, would you
846
00:43:29,865 --> 00:43:34,425
take us to verses 23 to 27 of John 19,
847
00:43:34,425 --> 00:43:37,575
and let's see the rest of the story here.
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00:43:37,575 --> 00:43:38,751
(Kylynda) I'll read this
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Can you also read
851
00:44:45,278 --> 00:44:47,554
verse 30 here, please.
852
00:44:56,564 --> 00:44:58,000
(Puia) So Jesus was crucified.
853
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,118
The soldiers mocked him,
854
00:45:00,118 --> 00:45:02,129
tore His clothes into pieces.
855
00:45:02,129 --> 00:45:05,358
Travis, where do you see the love of God
856
00:45:05,358 --> 00:45:09,346
on this cross of Jesus?
857
00:45:09,346 --> 00:45:11,325
(Travis) Puia, I want to address
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00:45:11,325 --> 00:45:13,541
that question, but I just have to make
859
00:45:13,541 --> 00:45:17,222
a response to the last comment,
860
00:45:17,222 --> 00:45:18,527
because there was something
861
00:45:18,527 --> 00:45:19,965
really significant, I believe,
862
00:45:19,965 --> 00:45:23,475
about His name being written
863
00:45:23,475 --> 00:45:25,312
in three different languages on there,
864
00:45:25,312 --> 00:45:27,661
and that is that the gospel
865
00:45:27,661 --> 00:45:30,720
was for the whole world.
866
00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:32,793
The gospel is for everybody,
867
00:45:32,793 --> 00:45:39,058
and so the way I see
868
00:45:39,058 --> 00:45:40,839
God's immeasurable, unfailing love
869
00:45:40,839 --> 00:45:42,883
is that the death on the cross
870
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was for every person including that thief
871
00:45:44,944 --> 00:45:46,393
that died on the cross.
872
00:45:46,393 --> 00:45:48,364
It was for every person.
873
00:45:48,364 --> 00:45:50,446
No person has to perish.
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00:45:50,446 --> 00:45:51,893
I love the verse in the Bible
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00:45:51,893 --> 00:45:55,672
where Jesus says He's not willing
876
00:45:55,672 --> 00:45:56,892
that any should perish
877
00:45:56,892 --> 00:46:00,424
but that all should come to repentance.
878
00:46:00,424 --> 00:46:02,361
God's gift of salvation was
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00:46:02,361 --> 00:46:05,276
for everyone, full and complete.
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00:46:05,276 --> 00:46:08,107
(Puia) Wow. Thank you, Travis,
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00:46:08,107 --> 00:46:09,927
for that point - full and complete.
882
00:46:09,927 --> 00:46:10,934
How does that relate
883
00:46:10,934 --> 00:46:13,383
to the final words of Jesus on the cross
884
00:46:13,383 --> 00:46:15,528
when He said, "It is finished"?
885
00:46:15,528 --> 00:46:18,404
What was finished? Scott.
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00:46:18,404 --> 00:46:19,870
(Scott) Jesus' whole mission,
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00:46:19,870 --> 00:46:21,908
His purpose in coming to this earth,
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00:46:21,908 --> 00:46:23,790
His purpose in showing us how to live,
889
00:46:23,790 --> 00:46:25,265
all these things.
890
00:46:25,265 --> 00:46:26,664
It came to its culmination,
891
00:46:26,664 --> 00:46:29,868
and Jesus says, "This whole process,
892
00:46:29,868 --> 00:46:32,539
now salvation is available
893
00:46:32,539 --> 00:46:34,722
to all who believe."
894
00:46:34,722 --> 00:46:37,060
(Puia) Wow, so the mission of Jesus
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00:46:37,060 --> 00:46:38,878
has been accomplished;
896
00:46:38,878 --> 00:46:41,609
it is finished on the cross.
897
00:46:41,609 --> 00:46:45,142
John the Baptist testified, "Behold!
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00:46:45,142 --> 00:46:47,038
The Lamb of God who takes away
899
00:46:47,038 --> 00:46:48,530
the sin of the world."
900
00:46:48,530 --> 00:46:51,084
And on the cross when Jesus was crucified,
901
00:46:51,084 --> 00:46:54,506
He was the Lamb of God who was sacrificed
902
00:46:54,506 --> 00:46:56,339
for the sin of the world.
903
00:46:56,339 --> 00:46:58,708
He took away the sin of the world.
904
00:46:58,708 --> 00:47:01,069
And on the cross, Satan's lies
905
00:47:01,069 --> 00:47:04,447
have been exposed - it is finished.
906
00:47:04,447 --> 00:47:06,328
Satan can no longer tell people
907
00:47:06,328 --> 00:47:07,983
that God doesn't love us
908
00:47:07,983 --> 00:47:10,710
because we see God who loves us enough
909
00:47:10,710 --> 00:47:13,281
to the point of death on the cross.
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00:47:13,281 --> 00:47:14,571
Nicole, you have a comment?
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00:47:14,571 --> 00:47:16,365
(Nicole) Just two things, one, I want
912
00:47:16,365 --> 00:47:18,145
to be clear that His earthly ministry
913
00:47:18,145 --> 00:47:19,958
is finished; He is still doing
914
00:47:19,958 --> 00:47:22,488
a mighty work for us in His Kingdom.
915
00:47:22,488 --> 00:47:24,499
So, "It is finished," I think is
916
00:47:24,499 --> 00:47:26,317
really referring to, "What I had to do
917
00:47:26,317 --> 00:47:27,744
on Earth, I've now completed,
918
00:47:27,744 --> 00:47:29,363
and now I'm going to go and finish
919
00:47:29,363 --> 00:47:31,577
this work so I can save all of mankind
920
00:47:31,577 --> 00:47:32,460
into My Kingdom."
921
00:47:32,460 --> 00:47:34,002
(Puia) Thank you for saying that
922
00:47:34,002 --> 00:47:35,869
because that let us know that the story
923
00:47:35,869 --> 00:47:37,833
was not over when He died.
924
00:47:37,833 --> 00:47:39,455
So let's now go to the final part
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00:47:39,455 --> 00:47:42,491
of our study for today, John, chapter 20.
926
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And, Gladys, can you read for us
927
00:47:44,042 --> 00:47:46,589
John 20, verses 1 to 10, please?
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00:47:46,589 --> 00:47:48,047
(Gladys) Sure, and I'm reading
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from the New International Version,
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John, chapter 20:1-10:
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(Puia) Thank you for reading that.
932
00:49:13,175 --> 00:49:14,337
You know, in my version,
933
00:49:14,337 --> 00:49:18,054
the New King James Version, in verse 7
934
00:49:18,054 --> 00:49:21,531
regarding the linen of Jesus, it says
935
00:49:21,531 --> 00:49:24,404
that it was "folded together."
936
00:49:24,404 --> 00:49:26,583
How does that point to the evidence
937
00:49:26,583 --> 00:49:28,986
for the resurrection of Jesus?
938
00:49:28,986 --> 00:49:30,983
You know, in comparison to other theories
939
00:49:30,983 --> 00:49:32,840
that maybe someone else
940
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:35,810
stole His body? Scott.
941
00:49:35,810 --> 00:49:37,477
(Scott) I can't imagine a thief
942
00:49:37,477 --> 00:49:40,596
bothering to fold the linen clothes.
943
00:49:40,596 --> 00:49:42,511
And I wonder if that's part of it,
944
00:49:42,511 --> 00:49:44,757
because it says that John,
945
00:49:44,757 --> 00:49:47,160
this other disciple, didn't understand
946
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:48,990
the Scripture yet, but still he saw it
947
00:49:48,990 --> 00:49:50,548
and he believed.
948
00:49:50,548 --> 00:49:52,900
So he saw this evidence; he didn't know
949
00:49:52,900 --> 00:49:54,782
what it meant, but he believed
950
00:49:54,782 --> 00:49:56,966
there must be something there.
951
00:49:56,966 --> 00:49:58,632
(Puia) Right. What other evidence
952
00:49:58,632 --> 00:50:02,216
do we see as evidence for the resurrection
953
00:50:02,216 --> 00:50:05,631
other than the folded clothes
there? Nancy.
954
00:50:05,631 --> 00:50:08,384
(Nancy) The Roman guards weren't there.
955
00:50:08,384 --> 00:50:10,024
They were supposed to be guarding
956
00:50:10,024 --> 00:50:11,946
the grave, and they had a seal
957
00:50:11,946 --> 00:50:15,522
on the stone, and on pain of death they
958
00:50:15,522 --> 00:50:17,593
weren't even supposed to, of course, leave
959
00:50:17,593 --> 00:50:19,913
their post or fall asleep.
960
00:50:19,913 --> 00:50:21,986
Why wouldn't they be there?
961
00:50:21,986 --> 00:50:25,246
(Puia) Right. So Jesus rose again.
962
00:50:25,246 --> 00:50:27,235
Who was the first person that saw
963
00:50:27,235 --> 00:50:29,553
the resurrected Jesus in the story?
964
00:50:29,553 --> 00:50:31,427
(Team, Puia) Mary.
965
00:50:31,427 --> 00:50:32,725
(Puia) Isn't it interesting
966
00:50:32,725 --> 00:50:35,737
that Mary was there until the final hour
967
00:50:35,737 --> 00:50:38,388
of Jesus on the cross,
968
00:50:38,388 --> 00:50:39,946
and here Mary is again
969
00:50:39,946 --> 00:50:41,441
on the resurrection morning.
970
00:50:41,441 --> 00:50:44,654
Travis, you have a comment here.
971
00:50:44,654 --> 00:50:46,844
(Travis) I think the biggest evidence,
972
00:50:46,844 --> 00:50:49,762
Puia, that Jesus has risen from the grave
973
00:50:49,762 --> 00:50:51,570
is the tomb is empty.
974
00:50:51,570 --> 00:50:56,026
I mean, there are a lot of gods
975
00:50:56,026 --> 00:50:58,776
that are held in high regard
976
00:50:58,776 --> 00:51:00,106
all over the world,
977
00:51:00,106 --> 00:51:02,551
whether it is Buddha or whoever.
978
00:51:02,551 --> 00:51:04,456
Those graves are occupied.
979
00:51:04,456 --> 00:51:08,107
This tomb is empty; He's gone.
980
00:51:08,107 --> 00:51:09,478
(Puia) Thank you. Amen.
981
00:51:09,478 --> 00:51:10,822
Maurice, can you read for us
982
00:51:10,822 --> 00:51:14,421
Matthew 28, verses 9 to 10, and let's see
983
00:51:14,421 --> 00:51:15,871
what other meetings Jesus had
984
00:51:15,871 --> 00:51:17,302
after the resurrection,
985
00:51:17,302 --> 00:51:23,066
Matthew 28, verses 9 to 10.
986
00:51:23,066 --> 00:51:26,254
And after this, I am going to ask Ryan
987
00:51:26,254 --> 00:51:29,368
to read for us 1 Corinthians, chapter 15,
988
00:51:29,368 --> 00:51:31,502
verses 1 to 8, if you can be ready
989
00:51:31,502 --> 00:51:32,735
for the next text,
990
00:51:32,735 --> 00:51:34,903
1 Corinthians 15, verses 1 to 8.
991
00:51:34,903 --> 00:51:36,328
But let's see first, Maurice,
992
00:51:36,328 --> 00:51:38,994
Matthew 28, verses 9 to 10.
993
00:51:38,994 --> 00:51:40,665
(Maurice) Alright, and I'm reading
994
00:51:40,665 --> 00:51:43,090
from the New King James Version,
and it says:
995
00:52:03,443 --> 00:52:06,464
(Puia) So Jesus continued to appear
996
00:52:06,464 --> 00:52:08,946
to the disciples after the resurrection.
997
00:52:08,946 --> 00:52:10,382
Now, Ryan, take us, please
998
00:52:10,382 --> 00:52:12,938
to 1 Corinthians 15, verses 1 to 8,
999
00:52:12,938 --> 00:52:16,617
and let's see what Apostle Paul
1000
00:52:16,617 --> 00:52:21,748
wrote down regarding the evidences
1001
00:52:21,748 --> 00:52:24,581
for the resurrection of Jesus.
1002
00:52:24,581 --> 00:52:25,884
(Ryan) Sure thing, this is
1003
00:52:25,884 --> 00:52:27,408
from the New King James Version,
1004
00:52:27,408 --> 00:52:29,946
1 Corinthians 15:1-8, it says:
1005
00:53:23,533 --> 00:53:27,206
(Puia) So, what were the other evidences
1006
00:53:27,206 --> 00:53:28,662
for the resurrection of Jesus?
1007
00:53:28,662 --> 00:53:31,989
Who else witnessed the resurrected Christ?
1008
00:53:31,989 --> 00:53:33,861
What do we see here? Gladys?
1009
00:53:33,861 --> 00:53:35,862
(Gladys) It said that many people saw Him,
1010
00:53:35,862 --> 00:53:37,310
so it was not just one person.
1011
00:53:37,310 --> 00:53:39,444
It was 500 people at once,
1012
00:53:39,444 --> 00:53:41,563
and then Peter and James and John,
1013
00:53:41,563 --> 00:53:43,468
so many at the same time.
1014
00:53:43,468 --> 00:53:46,796
(Puia) Right, and they were all willing
1015
00:53:46,796 --> 00:53:49,166
to suffer for this message that Christ
1016
00:53:49,166 --> 00:53:51,412
was crucified and rose again.
1017
00:53:51,412 --> 00:53:52,751
They were no longer afraid
1018
00:53:52,751 --> 00:53:55,389
of any other persecution.
1019
00:53:55,389 --> 00:53:56,859
The disciples of Jesus
1020
00:53:56,859 --> 00:53:58,950
were all martyred, basically,
1021
00:53:58,950 --> 00:54:01,614
except John the Apostle who wrote this.
1022
00:54:01,614 --> 00:54:04,284
But even he, he suffered so much.
1023
00:54:04,284 --> 00:54:05,732
Scott, what do you see here?
1024
00:54:05,732 --> 00:54:08,365
(Scott) There is so much evidence
1025
00:54:08,365 --> 00:54:11,016
for the resurrection, so many people
1026
00:54:11,016 --> 00:54:14,843
who have seen - so many witnesses.
1027
00:54:14,843 --> 00:54:17,880
Even ancient historians took that as fact.
1028
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:19,660
If you really look into it,
1029
00:54:19,660 --> 00:54:22,363
you really can come to no conclusion
1030
00:54:22,363 --> 00:54:24,982
other than that Jesus was resurrected.
1031
00:54:24,982 --> 00:54:25,875
(Puia) Thank you.
1032
00:54:25,875 --> 00:54:27,974
Maurice, you have a comment here.
1033
00:54:27,974 --> 00:54:28,960
(Maurice) Yeah, one
1034
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:31,251
of the most fascinating evidences to me
1035
00:54:31,251 --> 00:54:34,836
is that when Jesus was alive,
1036
00:54:34,836 --> 00:54:38,185
some people believed in Him.
1037
00:54:38,185 --> 00:54:39,818
The religious leaders didn't.
1038
00:54:39,818 --> 00:54:41,573
And He had this small following
1039
00:54:41,573 --> 00:54:44,408
that kind of grew over time.
1040
00:54:44,408 --> 00:54:45,952
A lot of them were following Him
1041
00:54:45,952 --> 00:54:46,766
based on miracles
1042
00:54:46,766 --> 00:54:49,367
and the things that they saw.
1043
00:54:49,367 --> 00:54:50,719
But then when He died,
1044
00:54:50,719 --> 00:54:53,135
even His disciples were discouraged.
1045
00:54:53,135 --> 00:54:56,846
And so, the very next scene
1046
00:54:56,846 --> 00:54:59,984
in the gospel story is just an explosion
1047
00:54:59,984 --> 00:55:01,655
of people who are now following Him
1048
00:55:01,655 --> 00:55:02,877
and believing in Him,
1049
00:55:02,877 --> 00:55:04,137
which would make no sense
1050
00:55:04,137 --> 00:55:05,644
if He was still dead.
1051
00:55:05,644 --> 00:55:08,166
And so, I think one of the evidences
1052
00:55:08,166 --> 00:55:09,733
for the resurrection is the fact
1053
00:55:09,733 --> 00:55:14,947
that Christianity exists today.
1054
00:55:14,947 --> 00:55:16,891
The fact that so many people
1055
00:55:16,891 --> 00:55:19,845
began to be followers after the death.
1056
00:55:19,845 --> 00:55:22,619
And the only thing that would make sense
1057
00:55:22,619 --> 00:55:25,120
was that there was a resurrection,
1058
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:28,645
and those people believed that it was so.
1059
00:55:28,645 --> 00:55:30,726
(Puia) Amen. Thank you, Maurice, for that.
1060
00:55:30,726 --> 00:55:33,296
In fact, Paul said that, if we continue
1061
00:55:33,296 --> 00:55:35,566
reading in that chapter, "If Christ
1062
00:55:35,566 --> 00:55:38,965
is not risen, our faith is futile."
1063
00:55:38,965 --> 00:55:41,873
So, let me conclude with this question.
1064
00:55:41,873 --> 00:55:44,798
What's the benefit for us -
1065
00:55:44,798 --> 00:55:46,556
now that we have learned that Christ
1066
00:55:46,556 --> 00:55:48,566
was crucified for our sin
1067
00:55:48,566 --> 00:55:50,765
and that He rose again -
1068
00:55:50,765 --> 00:55:53,769
what benefit is there for us to believe
1069
00:55:53,769 --> 00:55:57,048
in that story, in that event? Gladys.
1070
00:55:57,048 --> 00:55:59,440
(Gladys) That our sins are forgiven,
1071
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:03,197
and we can have zoe forever with Jesus.
1072
00:56:03,197 --> 00:56:05,147
(Puia) In our previous lesson, we learned
1073
00:56:05,147 --> 00:56:06,061
about the zoe life,
1074
00:56:06,061 --> 00:56:08,086
that is, the life abundant.
1075
00:56:08,086 --> 00:56:09,854
Friends, that is what Jesus wants
1076
00:56:09,854 --> 00:56:11,435
to offer to us all.
1077
00:56:11,435 --> 00:56:15,018
We don't follow a crucified Savior alone.
1078
00:56:15,018 --> 00:56:18,557
We follow a resurrected Savior as well.
1079
00:56:18,557 --> 00:56:21,465
When we study these stories of Jesus,
1080
00:56:21,465 --> 00:56:22,830
there is something
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about Jesus' love for us.
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I want to invite you, friends, to continue
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reading the stories of Jesus,
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and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you.
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As Gladys just pointed out, the good news
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is that your sin and my sin
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have been forgiven.
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Jesus has forgiven us our sins.
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We need to continue to follow Him
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all the way to the very end
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when He will come again.
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So today we learned
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about The Hour of Glory,
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the cross and the resurrection.
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Jesus has been glorified,
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and He will continue to be glorified.
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Derek would you close our study.
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(Derek) Thank you so much, Puia.
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Thank you for joining us today
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as we studied a beautiful topic.
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You say, "Putting someone to death?"
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Yes, but the revelation
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of the immeasurable, unfailing love of God
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and that death was conquered
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in the resurrection of Jesus.
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And in that same chapter
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in 1 Corinthians 15, it said, "But Christ
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is risen...the firstfruits."
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We are going to participate with Him
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in His victory over death
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through faith in Him.
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Someone ought to say, "Amen."
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Someone ought to say, "Praise God!
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Thank you, Jesus,
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for what You did for me."
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Let's pray; Father in Heaven,
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we've reflected on a most sacred topic,
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the death of Jesus for our sins,
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the gift of eternal life.
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Evidenced in His resurrection
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from the dead, He is
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the Messiah, the Son of God.
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May we trust Him as our Savior.
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I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, thanks for joining us
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for Hope Sabbath School.
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You say, "I serve a risen Savior!"
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And He's coming back soon to take us home.
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Trust Him today and go out
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and be a blessing to those around you.
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