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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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♪ music ♪
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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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And it's interesting to note
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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
and have life.
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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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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
00:29:22.225 --> 00:29:26.138
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
00:31:38.964 --> 00:31:42.245
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
00:32:10.210 --> 00:32:13.184
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
00:32:19.510 --> 00:32:21.865
of John the Baptist where John said,
00:32:21.865 --> 00:32:24.099
"The Lamb of God who takes away
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the sin of the world," Pilate was
00:32:26.237 --> 00:32:30.280
basically letting them see, "Here, behold!
00:32:30.280 --> 00:32:34.639
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
00:32:39.476 --> 00:32:41.881
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.
00:35:06.879 --> 00:35:08.882
How can we explain the behavior
00:35:08.882 --> 00:35:12.044
of the religious leaders and Pilate here
00:35:12.044 --> 00:35:13.717
while they knew very well
00:35:13.717 --> 00:35:16.205
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,
00:35:24.214 --> 00:35:25.900
their minds; they couldn't see,
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
00:35:33.484 --> 00:35:35.136
of themselves at this point.
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(Puia) Thank you for highlighting
00:35:36.710 --> 00:35:41.165
the movements behind the scene.
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Beyond the physical realm,
00:35:43.116 --> 00:35:44.904
there is the Great Controversy,
00:35:44.904 --> 00:35:48.567
the cosmic conflict between Satan and God.
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And so, what you're saying is Satan
00:35:50.274 --> 00:35:51.700
has been working on the hearts
00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:53.237
of the people there
00:35:53.237 --> 00:35:57.388
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,
00:36:16.585 --> 00:36:19.219
and finally, he allows Jesus to die.
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So he has all these steps of compromise
00:36:21.984 --> 00:36:23.050
to take him down
00:36:23.050 --> 00:36:25.386
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
00:36:29.204 --> 00:36:30.903
this case; go away"?
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Instead, he allows it
00:36:32.485 --> 00:36:34.876
to get to them accusing him
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
00:36:40.602 --> 00:36:43.571
with sin in our lives - stop immediately.
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(Puia) That's a powerful thought.
00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:48.723
It wasn't a sudden fall of Pilate
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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compromised, step by step.
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Derek, you have a comment?
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(Derek) So, I'd like to respond, I think,
00:36:57.201 --> 00:36:59.628
to the idea that they were blinded
00:36:59.628 --> 00:37:01.920
because that sounds like they didn't know
00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:04.316
it was the Messiah, but they did.
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So, what Jesus says in John 3 is,
00:37:07.968 --> 00:37:11.385
"This is the condemnation...that men,"
00:37:11.385 --> 00:37:16.143
women, "loved darkness rather than light,
00:37:16.143 --> 00:37:18.683
because their deeds were evil."
00:37:18.683 --> 00:37:20.884
Now, the tragedy is that these were
00:37:20.884 --> 00:37:23.271
religious leaders, even the high priest.
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(Puia) Right.
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(Derek) But there was something in them.
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And back to saying don't let us
00:37:28.318 --> 00:37:30.785
go down that same road, let's say,
00:37:30.785 --> 00:37:33.299
"God, take away any love
00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:35.758
for darkness in me,
00:37:35.758 --> 00:37:37.283
because I want to come to Jesus
00:37:37.283 --> 00:37:39.137
who is the light of the world
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and let Him save me."
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(Puia) That is powerful.
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We could be standing here
00:37:45.385 --> 00:37:47.911
and thinking that we're different
00:37:47.911 --> 00:37:49.704
from the people there,
00:37:49.704 --> 00:37:51.056
but what if we were there?
00:37:51.056 --> 00:37:53.227
What if we were among the crowd?
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Would we be any better?
00:37:55.505 --> 00:37:56.886
That's a great question,
00:37:56.886 --> 00:37:58.793
if we think about their motives
00:37:58.793 --> 00:38:00.963
for delivering Jesus to be crucified.
00:38:00.963 --> 00:38:03.317
We have the Roman soldiers
00:38:03.317 --> 00:38:05.305
who were just following orders.
00:38:05.305 --> 00:38:07.566
We have Pilate who was pressured
00:38:07.566 --> 00:38:09.431
by the crowd and the religious leaders
00:38:09.431 --> 00:38:11.891
so he could save his job.
00:38:11.891 --> 00:38:13.310
We have the religious leaders
00:38:13.310 --> 00:38:15.936
who were jealous of Jesus and who were
00:38:15.936 --> 00:38:18.383
not willing to open their hearts.
00:38:18.383 --> 00:38:19.735
And we have Judas
00:38:19.735 --> 00:38:23.709
who betrayed Jesus because of greed.
00:38:23.709 --> 00:38:25.258
So, what we can see here
00:38:25.258 --> 00:38:28.636
is that different people who played parts
00:38:28.636 --> 00:38:30.783
in the crucifixion of Jesus
00:38:30.783 --> 00:38:32.883
had different motives that we, too,
00:38:32.883 --> 00:38:35.660
are facing today, right?
00:38:35.660 --> 00:38:38.387
So the question is, how can we avoid
00:38:38.387 --> 00:38:40.602
the same fatal mistake
00:38:40.602 --> 00:38:42.374
that the people made there?
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Not just Pilate, but remember it's
00:38:44.449 --> 00:38:46.815
all those series of actions
00:38:46.815 --> 00:38:48.702
that the people made. Shawn.
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(Shawn) We need to be examining
00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:51.269
our own hearts to see
00:38:51.269 --> 00:38:53.404
how we're responding to Jesus.
00:38:53.404 --> 00:38:55.384
You know, Gladys and Derek both mentioned
00:38:55.384 --> 00:38:58.539
Satan's influence over the people.
00:38:58.539 --> 00:39:02.070
He was filling them with his bloodlust
00:39:02.070 --> 00:39:04.836
and his hatred for the Messiah.
00:39:04.836 --> 00:39:06.569
And as you pointed out, He will try
00:39:06.569 --> 00:39:08.760
to do the exact same thing to us.
00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.991
So, what we need to do is
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be on the lookout,
00:39:11.110 --> 00:39:12.964
put on the armor of God,
00:39:12.964 --> 00:39:15.567
and make sure he's not influencing us,
00:39:15.567 --> 00:39:17.233
and then meditate on what Jesus
00:39:17.233 --> 00:39:19.019
has done for us in Scripture
00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:20.837
so that our love for light
00:39:20.837 --> 00:39:22.380
will grow stronger than our love
00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:23.906
for darkness, and we will become
00:39:23.906 --> 00:39:25.138
that light of the world.
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(Puia) Amen. Thank you. Gladys?
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(Gladys) This verse right here, 12,
00:39:29.745 --> 00:39:33.057
where it says, I mean in [15] where they
00:39:33.057 --> 00:39:36.056
say, "We have no other king but Caesar,"
00:39:36.056 --> 00:39:37.644
it just reminded me of the people
00:39:37.644 --> 00:39:38.577
of Israel when they
00:39:38.577 --> 00:39:40.070
started asking for a king.
00:39:40.070 --> 00:39:41.730
And God said to Samuel, "They
00:39:41.730 --> 00:39:44.668
did not reject you, they rejected Me."
00:39:44.668 --> 00:39:46.306
So they are doing the same thing
00:39:46.306 --> 00:39:48.031
all over again; they are choosing
00:39:48.031 --> 00:39:52.350
an earthly king over God Himself.
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So this is the same thing for us.
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Everything comes down to one choice.
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(Puia) Powerful. Stephanie,
00:39:58.747 --> 00:39:59.950
we'll take your comment,
00:39:59.950 --> 00:40:02.602
and then I want Travis to read for us
00:40:02.602 --> 00:40:06.445
John 19, verses 17 to 22.
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But before we go there, Stephanie,
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you have a comment.
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(Stephanie) I don't think there's
00:40:10.609 --> 00:40:13.527
any exemption of who could fall
00:40:13.527 --> 00:40:15.496
into this mistake.
00:40:15.496 --> 00:40:17.283
If our eyes are not on Jesus,
00:40:17.283 --> 00:40:19.155
if we're not spending time with Him
00:40:19.155 --> 00:40:22.369
every day in His Word and in prayer,
00:40:22.369 --> 00:40:25.326
we will be feeding the world.
00:40:25.326 --> 00:40:29.235
So we need to feed our spiritual lives
00:40:29.235 --> 00:40:31.221
so that the world gets pushed
00:40:31.221 --> 00:40:32.633
out of our lives,
00:40:32.633 --> 00:40:34.381
and only Jesus reigns there.
00:40:34.381 --> 00:40:36.099
(Puia) Wow. You know, you remind me
00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:37.953
of a book I read a few years ago
00:40:37.953 --> 00:40:39.989
called The Cross of Christ
00:40:39.989 --> 00:40:42.912
by a famous author named John Stott.
00:40:42.912 --> 00:40:45.180
And in that book, he asked the question,
00:40:45.180 --> 00:40:46.847
"Why did Jesus die?"
00:40:46.847 --> 00:40:47.772
And then he traced
00:40:47.772 --> 00:40:49.370
through the different reasons
00:40:49.370 --> 00:40:51.177
like Pilate, the religious leaders,
00:40:51.177 --> 00:40:54.219
and Judas and the people who were
00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:55.459
involved, and the soldiers
00:40:55.459 --> 00:40:56.782
who crucified Him.
00:40:56.782 --> 00:40:58.129
But at the end, he concluded
00:40:58.129 --> 00:40:59.423
that ultimately Jesus died
00:40:59.423 --> 00:41:01.359
because of our sins.
00:41:01.359 --> 00:41:05.202
So we played our part because of our sins.
00:41:05.202 --> 00:41:07.372
And he wrote this line that I remember.
00:41:07.372 --> 00:41:08.968
He wrote, "Before we can see
00:41:08.968 --> 00:41:10.874
the cross of Christ as something
00:41:10.874 --> 00:41:13.069
done for us, we need to see it first
00:41:13.069 --> 00:41:16.892
as something done by us."
00:41:16.892 --> 00:41:17.782
We were the ones
00:41:17.782 --> 00:41:21.416
who put Christ on the cross.
00:41:21.416 --> 00:41:24.018
Travis, would you take us to John 19,
00:41:24.018 --> 00:41:26.657
verses 17 to 22, and let's see
00:41:26.657 --> 00:41:30.747
the hour of glory on the cross.
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(Travis) And I'll be reading
00:41:32.093 --> 00:41:34.814
from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Wow. So, we see here
00:42:29.491 --> 00:42:32.374
that on the cross, the title of Jesus
00:42:32.374 --> 00:42:34.730
was clearly written.
00:42:34.730 --> 00:42:36.425
What was the purpose of this sign
00:42:36.425 --> 00:42:38.092
above the cross?
00:42:38.092 --> 00:42:40.659
Do you think there is a movement
00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:42.509
behind the scene that orchestrated
00:42:42.509 --> 00:42:45.342
that title on the cross so that everyone
00:42:45.342 --> 00:42:47.951
who was in Jerusalem on that day
00:42:47.951 --> 00:42:49.371
would be able to read that?
00:42:49.371 --> 00:42:50.893
I mean, it says it was written
00:42:50.893 --> 00:42:53.143
in three languages.
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Scott, I see your hand.
00:42:55.150 --> 00:42:57.037
(Scott) You can think of it on one side
00:42:57.037 --> 00:42:58.872
as a sarcastic thing, you know, "Here,
00:42:58.872 --> 00:43:00.280
look what's happening
00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:01.944
to the king of the Jews."
00:43:01.944 --> 00:43:04.521
But then you think about what Pilate
00:43:04.521 --> 00:43:08.764
had been saying earlier, and you
00:43:08.764 --> 00:43:10.243
almost wonder if he was
00:43:10.243 --> 00:43:11.960
more serious about this.
00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:14.125
Like, he actually believed;
00:43:14.125 --> 00:43:16.478
he wasn't courageous enough
00:43:16.478 --> 00:43:19.494
to take a stand, but he believed it.
00:43:19.494 --> 00:43:21.308
And it's unfortunate that there are
00:43:21.308 --> 00:43:24.801
plenty of people who believe the truth
00:43:24.801 --> 00:43:28.141
but are unwilling to take a stand.
00:43:28.141 --> 00:43:29.865
(Puia) Thank you. Kylynda, would you
00:43:29.865 --> 00:43:34.425
take us to verses 23 to 27 of John 19,
00:43:34.425 --> 00:43:37.575
and let's see the rest of the story here.
00:43:37.575 --> 00:43:38.751
(Kylynda) I'll read this
00:43:38.751 --> 00:43:40.375
from the New King James Version:
00:44:44.048 --> 00:44:45.278
(Puia) Can you also read
00:44:45.278 --> 00:44:47.554
verse 30 here, please.
00:44:56.564 --> 00:44:58.000
(Puia) So Jesus was crucified.
00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:00.118
The soldiers mocked him,
00:45:00.118 --> 00:45:02.129
tore His clothes into pieces.
00:45:02.129 --> 00:45:05.358
Travis, where do you see the love of God
00:45:05.358 --> 00:45:09.346
on this cross of Jesus?
00:45:09.346 --> 00:45:11.325
(Travis) Puia, I want to address
00:45:11.325 --> 00:45:13.541
that question, but I just have to make
00:45:13.541 --> 00:45:17.222
a response to the last comment,
00:45:17.222 --> 00:45:18.527
because there was something
00:45:18.527 --> 00:45:19.965
really significant, I believe,
00:45:19.965 --> 00:45:23.475
about His name being written
00:45:23.475 --> 00:45:25.312
in three different languages on there,
00:45:25.312 --> 00:45:27.661
and that is that the gospel
00:45:27.661 --> 00:45:30.720
was for the whole world.
00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:32.793
The gospel is for everybody,
00:45:32.793 --> 00:45:39.058
and so the way I see
00:45:39.058 --> 00:45:40.839
God's immeasurable, unfailing love
00:45:40.839 --> 00:45:42.883
is that the death on the cross
00:45:42.883 --> 00:45:44.944
was for every person including that thief
00:45:44.944 --> 00:45:46.393
that died on the cross.
00:45:46.393 --> 00:45:48.364
It was for every person.
00:45:48.364 --> 00:45:50.446
No person has to perish.
00:45:50.446 --> 00:45:51.893
I love the verse in the Bible
00:45:51.893 --> 00:45:55.672
where Jesus says He's not willing
00:45:55.672 --> 00:45:56.892
that any should perish
00:45:56.892 --> 00:46:00.424
but that all should come to repentance.
00:46:00.424 --> 00:46:02.361
God's gift of salvation was
00:46:02.361 --> 00:46:05.276
for everyone, full and complete.
00:46:05.276 --> 00:46:08.107
(Puia) Wow. Thank you, Travis,
00:46:08.107 --> 00:46:09.927
for that point - full and complete.
00:46:09.927 --> 00:46:10.934
How does that relate
00:46:10.934 --> 00:46:13.383
to the final words of Jesus on the cross
00:46:13.383 --> 00:46:15.528
when He said, "It is finished"?
00:46:15.528 --> 00:46:18.404
What was finished? Scott.
00:46:18.404 --> 00:46:19.870
(Scott) Jesus' whole mission,
00:46:19.870 --> 00:46:21.908
His purpose in coming to this earth,
00:46:21.908 --> 00:46:23.790
His purpose in showing us how to live,
00:46:23.790 --> 00:46:25.265
all these things.
00:46:25.265 --> 00:46:26.664
It came to its culmination,
00:46:26.664 --> 00:46:29.868
and Jesus says, "This whole process,
00:46:29.868 --> 00:46:32.539
now salvation is available
00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:34.722
to all who believe."
00:46:34.722 --> 00:46:37.060
(Puia) Wow, so the mission of Jesus
00:46:37.060 --> 00:46:38.878
has been accomplished;
00:46:38.878 --> 00:46:41.609
it is finished on the cross.
00:46:41.609 --> 00:46:45.142
John the Baptist testified, "Behold!
00:46:45.142 --> 00:46:47.038
The Lamb of God who takes away
00:46:47.038 --> 00:46:48.530
the sin of the world."
00:46:48.530 --> 00:46:51.084
And on the cross when Jesus was crucified,
00:46:51.084 --> 00:46:54.506
He was the Lamb of God who was sacrificed
00:46:54.506 --> 00:46:56.339
for the sin of the world.
00:46:56.339 --> 00:46:58.708
He took away the sin of the world.
00:46:58.708 --> 00:47:01.069
And on the cross, Satan's lies
00:47:01.069 --> 00:47:04.447
have been exposed - it is finished.
00:47:04.447 --> 00:47:06.328
Satan can no longer tell people
00:47:06.328 --> 00:47:07.983
that God doesn't love us
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because we see God who loves us enough
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to the point of death on the cross.
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Nicole, you have a comment?
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(Nicole) Just two things, one, I want
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to be clear that His earthly ministry
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is finished; He is still doing
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a mighty work for us in His Kingdom.
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So, "It is finished," I think is
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really referring to, "What I had to do
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on Earth, I've now completed,
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and now I'm going to go and finish
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this work so I can save all of mankind
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into My Kingdom."
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(Puia) Thank you for saying that
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because that let us know that the story
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was not over when He died.
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So let's now go to the final part
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of our study for today, John, chapter 20.
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And, Gladys, can you read for us
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John 20, verses 1 to 10, please?
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(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.
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You know, in my version,
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the New King James Version, in verse 7
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regarding the linen of Jesus, it says
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that it was "folded together."
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How does that point to the evidence
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for the resurrection of Jesus?
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You know, in comparison to other theories
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that maybe someone else
00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:35.810
stole His body? Scott.
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(Scott) I can't imagine a thief
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bothering to fold the linen clothes.
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And I wonder if that's part of it,
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because it says that John,
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this other disciple, didn't understand
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the Scripture yet, but still he saw it
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and he believed.
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So he saw this evidence; he didn't know
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what it meant, but he believed
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there must be something there.
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(Puia) Right. What other evidence
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do we see as evidence for the resurrection
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other than the folded clothes
there? Nancy.
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(Nancy) The Roman guards weren't there.
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They were supposed to be guarding
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the grave, and they had a seal
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on the stone, and on pain of death they
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weren't even supposed to, of course, leave
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their post or fall asleep.
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Why wouldn't they be there?
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(Puia) Right. So Jesus rose again.
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Who was the first person that saw
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the resurrected Jesus in the story?
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(Team, Puia) Mary.
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(Puia) Isn't it interesting
00:50:32.725 --> 00:50:35.737
that Mary was there until the final hour
00:50:35.737 --> 00:50:38.388
of Jesus on the cross,
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and here Mary is again
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on the resurrection morning.
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Travis, you have a comment here.
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(Travis) I think the biggest evidence,
00:50:46.844 --> 00:50:49.762
Puia, that Jesus has risen from the grave
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is the tomb is empty.
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I mean, there are a lot of gods
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that are held in high regard
00:50:58.776 --> 00:51:00.106
all over the world,
00:51:00.106 --> 00:51:02.551
whether it is Buddha or whoever.
00:51:02.551 --> 00:51:04.456
Those graves are occupied.
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This tomb is empty; He's gone.
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(Puia) Thank you. Amen.
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Maurice, can you read for us
00:51:10.822 --> 00:51:14.421
Matthew 28, verses 9 to 10, and let's see
00:51:14.421 --> 00:51:15.871
what other meetings Jesus had
00:51:15.871 --> 00:51:17.302
after the resurrection,
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Matthew 28, verses 9 to 10.
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And after this, I am going to ask Ryan
00:51:26.254 --> 00:51:29.368
to read for us 1 Corinthians, chapter 15,
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verses 1 to 8, if you can be ready
00:51:31.502 --> 00:51:32.735
for the next text,
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1 Corinthians 15, verses 1 to 8.
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But let's see first, Maurice,
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Matthew 28, verses 9 to 10.
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(Maurice) Alright, and I'm reading
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from the New King James Version,
and it says:
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(Puia) So Jesus continued to appear
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to the disciples after the resurrection.
00:52:08.946 --> 00:52:10.382
Now, Ryan, take us, please
00:52:10.382 --> 00:52:12.938
to 1 Corinthians 15, verses 1 to 8,
00:52:12.938 --> 00:52:16.617
and let's see what Apostle Paul
00:52:16.617 --> 00:52:21.748
wrote down regarding the evidences
00:52:21.748 --> 00:52:24.581
for the resurrection of Jesus.
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(Ryan) Sure thing, this is
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from the New King James Version,
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1 Corinthians 15:1-8, it says:
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(Puia) So, what were the other evidences
00:53:27.206 --> 00:53:28.662
for the resurrection of Jesus?
00:53:28.662 --> 00:53:31.989
Who else witnessed the resurrected Christ?
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What do we see here? Gladys?
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(Gladys) It said that many people saw Him,
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so it was not just one person.
00:53:37.310 --> 00:53:39.444
It was 500 people at once,
00:53:39.444 --> 00:53:41.563
and then Peter and James and John,
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so many at the same time.
00:53:43.468 --> 00:53:46.796
(Puia) Right, and they were all willing
00:53:46.796 --> 00:53:49.166
to suffer for this message that Christ
00:53:49.166 --> 00:53:51.412
was crucified and rose again.
00:53:51.412 --> 00:53:52.751
They were no longer afraid
00:53:52.751 --> 00:53:55.389
of any other persecution.
00:53:55.389 --> 00:53:56.859
The disciples of Jesus
00:53:56.859 --> 00:53:58.950
were all martyred, basically,
00:53:58.950 --> 00:54:01.614
except John the Apostle who wrote this.
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But even he, he suffered so much.
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Scott, what do you see here?
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(Scott) There is so much evidence
00:54:08.365 --> 00:54:11.016
for the resurrection, so many people
00:54:11.016 --> 00:54:14.843
who have seen - so many witnesses.
00:54:14.843 --> 00:54:17.880
Even ancient historians took that as fact.
00:54:17.880 --> 00:54:19.660
If you really look into it,
00:54:19.660 --> 00:54:22.363
you really can come to no conclusion
00:54:22.363 --> 00:54:24.982
other than that Jesus was resurrected.
00:54:24.982 --> 00:54:25.875
(Puia) Thank you.
00:54:25.875 --> 00:54:27.974
Maurice, you have a comment here.
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(Maurice) Yeah, one
00:54:28.960 --> 00:54:31.251
of the most fascinating evidences to me
00:54:31.251 --> 00:54:34.836
is that when Jesus was alive,
00:54:34.836 --> 00:54:38.185
some people believed in Him.
00:54:38.185 --> 00:54:39.818
The religious leaders didn't.
00:54:39.818 --> 00:54:41.573
And He had this small following
00:54:41.573 --> 00:54:44.408
that kind of grew over time.
00:54:44.408 --> 00:54:45.952
A lot of them were following Him
00:54:45.952 --> 00:54:46.766
based on miracles
00:54:46.766 --> 00:54:49.367
and the things that they saw.
00:54:49.367 --> 00:54:50.719
But then when He died,
00:54:50.719 --> 00:54:53.135
even His disciples were discouraged.
00:54:53.135 --> 00:54:56.846
And so, the very next scene
00:54:56.846 --> 00:54:59.984
in the gospel story is just an explosion
00:54:59.984 --> 00:55:01.655
of people who are now following Him
00:55:01.655 --> 00:55:02.877
and believing in Him,
00:55:02.877 --> 00:55:04.137
which would make no sense
00:55:04.137 --> 00:55:05.644
if He was still dead.
00:55:05.644 --> 00:55:08.166
And so, I think one of the evidences
00:55:08.166 --> 00:55:09.733
for the resurrection is the fact
00:55:09.733 --> 00:55:14.947
that Christianity exists today.
00:55:14.947 --> 00:55:16.891
The fact that so many people
00:55:16.891 --> 00:55:19.845
began to be followers after the death.
00:55:19.845 --> 00:55:22.619
And the only thing that would make sense
00:55:22.619 --> 00:55:25.120
was that there was a resurrection,
00:55:25.120 --> 00:55:28.645
and those people believed that it was so.
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(Puia) Amen. Thank you, Maurice, for that.
00:55:30.726 --> 00:55:33.296
In fact, Paul said that, if we continue
00:55:33.296 --> 00:55:35.566
reading in that chapter, "If Christ
00:55:35.566 --> 00:55:38.965
is not risen, our faith is futile."
00:55:38.965 --> 00:55:41.873
So, let me conclude with this question.
00:55:41.873 --> 00:55:44.798
What's the benefit for us -
00:55:44.798 --> 00:55:46.556
now that we have learned that Christ
00:55:46.556 --> 00:55:48.566
was crucified for our sin
00:55:48.566 --> 00:55:50.765
and that He rose again -
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what benefit is there for us to believe
00:55:53.769 --> 00:55:57.048
in that story, in that event? Gladys.
00:55:57.048 --> 00:55:59.440
(Gladys) That our sins are forgiven,
00:55:59.440 --> 00:56:03.197
and we can have zoe forever with Jesus.
00:56:03.197 --> 00:56:05.147
(Puia) In our previous lesson, we learned
00:56:05.147 --> 00:56:06.061
about the zoe life,
00:56:06.061 --> 00:56:08.086
that is, the life abundant.
00:56:08.086 --> 00:56:09.854
Friends, that is what Jesus wants
00:56:09.854 --> 00:56:11.435
to offer to us all.
00:56:11.435 --> 00:56:15.018
We don't follow a crucified Savior alone.
00:56:15.018 --> 00:56:18.557
We follow a resurrected Savior as well.
00:56:18.557 --> 00:56:21.465
When we study these stories of Jesus,
00:56:21.465 --> 00:56:22.830
there is something
00:56:22.830 --> 00:56:25.052
about Jesus' love for us.
00:56:25.052 --> 00:56:28.262
I want to invite you, friends, to continue
00:56:28.262 --> 00:56:29.655
reading the stories of Jesus,
00:56:29.655 --> 00:56:32.362
and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you.
00:56:32.362 --> 00:56:34.321
As Gladys just pointed out, the good news
00:56:34.321 --> 00:56:37.597
is that your sin and my sin
00:56:37.597 --> 00:56:39.163
have been forgiven.
00:56:39.163 --> 00:56:41.747
Jesus has forgiven us our sins.
00:56:41.747 --> 00:56:43.846
We need to continue to follow Him
00:56:43.846 --> 00:56:45.361
all the way to the very end
00:56:45.361 --> 00:56:46.782
when He will come again.
00:56:46.782 --> 00:56:47.705
So today we learned
00:56:47.705 --> 00:56:49.779
about The Hour of Glory,
00:56:49.779 --> 00:56:51.817
the cross and the resurrection.
00:56:51.817 --> 00:56:53.341
Jesus has been glorified,
00:56:53.341 --> 00:56:56.231
and He will continue to be glorified.
00:56:56.231 --> 00:56:58.050
Derek would you close our study.
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(Derek) Thank you so much, Puia.
00:56:59.609 --> 00:57:01.517
Thank you for joining us today
00:57:01.517 --> 00:57:04.690
as we studied a beautiful topic.
00:57:04.690 --> 00:57:07.180
You say, "Putting someone to death?"
00:57:07.180 --> 00:57:08.699
Yes, but the revelation
00:57:08.699 --> 00:57:11.162
of the immeasurable, unfailing love of God
00:57:11.162 --> 00:57:13.274
and that death was conquered
00:57:13.274 --> 00:57:15.260
in the resurrection of Jesus.
00:57:15.260 --> 00:57:16.753
And in that same chapter
00:57:16.753 --> 00:57:19.396
in 1 Corinthians 15, it said, "But Christ
00:57:19.396 --> 00:57:21.468
is risen...the firstfruits."
00:57:21.468 --> 00:57:24.647
We are going to participate with Him
00:57:24.647 --> 00:57:26.254
in His victory over death
00:57:26.254 --> 00:57:27.568
through faith in Him.
00:57:27.568 --> 00:57:29.346
Someone ought to say, "Amen."
00:57:29.346 --> 00:57:31.433
Someone ought to say, "Praise God!
00:57:31.433 --> 00:57:32.763
Thank you, Jesus,
00:57:32.763 --> 00:57:34.273
for what You did for me."
00:57:34.273 --> 00:57:36.261
Let's pray; Father in Heaven,
00:57:36.261 --> 00:57:39.181
we've reflected on a most sacred topic,
00:57:39.181 --> 00:57:42.302
the death of Jesus for our sins,
00:57:42.302 --> 00:57:44.322
the gift of eternal life.
00:57:44.322 --> 00:57:45.867
Evidenced in His resurrection
00:57:45.867 --> 00:57:47.412
from the dead, He is
00:57:47.412 --> 00:57:49.500
the Messiah, the Son of God.
00:57:49.500 --> 00:57:52.500
May we trust Him as our Savior.
00:57:52.500 --> 00:57:55.123
I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
00:57:55.123 --> 00:57:56.162
(Team) Amen.
00:57:56.162 --> 00:57:57.839
(Derek) Well, thanks for joining us
00:57:57.839 --> 00:57:59.002
for Hope Sabbath School.
00:57:59.002 --> 00:58:02.301
You say, "I serve a risen Savior!"
00:58:02.301 --> 00:58:04.746
And He's coming back soon to take us home.
00:58:04.746 --> 00:58:06.978
Trust Him today and go out
00:58:06.978 --> 00:58:09.193
and be a blessing to those around you.
00:58:09.193 --> 00:58:33.199
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