100:00:00,860 –> 00:00:03,540in200:00:03,540 –> 00:00:08,100the big story here of course is not what happened to Peter James John or Judas300:00:08,100 –> 00:00:13,620the big story is what happened to Jesus Mark’s story is about the suffering of400:00:13,620 –> 00:00:14,700the Son of God500:00:14,700 –> 00:00:18,459and the failure of his friends600:00:18,459 –> 00:00:21,760is the beginning this supper700:00:21,760 –> 00:00:25,059welcome to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith I’m David800:00:25,059 –> 00:00:28,620and gratitude with us today and Colin for several weeks now we’ve been900:00:28,660 –> 00:00:30,940working our way through the gospel of Mark1000:00:30,940 –> 00:00:35,020in our series the Gospel According to Jesus and today we come to the1100:00:35,020 –> 00:00:36,259suffering of Jesus1200:00:36,259 –> 00:00:40,759at the hands of his friends yes I find it really helpful and meditating on all1300:00:40,759 –> 00:00:43,099that Jesus endured for us to1400:00:43,099 –> 00:00:46,299see that in the gospels there are really three phases1500:00:46,299 –> 00:00:50,340of his suffering it begins with suffering at the hands of his friends1600:00:50,340 –> 00:00:56,639Judas betrays him Peter denies him all the disciples run away and forsake him1700:00:57,020 –> 00:00:59,520That’s the beginning of Jesus’ suffering1800:00:59,520 –> 00:01:02,500Then he suffers at the hands of his enemies all of the brutality and1900:01:02,500 –> 00:01:06,800all of the pain and the torture but then the deepest level of suffering2000:01:06,800 –> 00:01:09,720of all came when he said2100:01:09,720 –> 00:01:14,120My God my God why have you forsaken me and he’s bearing our sins and he’s2200:01:14,120 –> 00:01:15,940bearing the punishment of sins2300:01:15,940 –> 00:01:19,019and he’s suffering even at the hands of the Father2400:01:19,019 –> 00:01:22,940and I think to understand the progression2500:01:23,339 –> 00:01:26,779of what Jesus endured and then to say all this2600:01:26,779 –> 00:01:30,059he did out of love for me2700:01:30,059 –> 00:01:34,120Let’s then open the bible together if you can at mark 142800:01:34,120 –> 00:01:38,480as we begin the message Jesus suffered at the hands of his friends2900:01:38,480 –> 00:01:41,260Here’s Colin3000:01:41,260 –> 00:01:44,000We’re following the story of holy week3100:01:45,599 –> 00:01:50,440Sunday the Lord Jesus Christ comes into Jerusalem riding on a donkey3200:01:51,379 –> 00:01:54,720Monday he goes into the temple and3300:01:54,720 –> 00:01:59,099throws out the money changers and the folks that are selling dubs3400:01:59,099 –> 00:02:06,059Tuesday is a day dominated by questions and answers, debate and tension3500:02:06,059 –> 00:02:10,000in the temple and it ends we saw last week with Jesus3600:02:10,000 –> 00:02:15,600sitting in the evening at the top of the Mount of Olives looking over the temple with his disciples and3700:02:15,600 –> 00:02:17,839teaching them about the glorious3800:02:17,960 –> 00:02:24,759hope of his return is coming in power and in glory3900:02:24,759 –> 00:02:29,860the gospels don’t record anything that specifically relates to Wednesday4000:02:29,919 –> 00:02:34,679and I think that we can assume then that Our Lord Jesus rested on the4100:02:34,679 –> 00:02:40,759Wednesday of Holy Week, in preparation for what he was about to endure4200:02:40,839 –> 00:02:43,960and so that brings us to the events of Thursday4300:02:45,779 –> 00:02:47,360the night of the Last Supper4400:02:48,199 –> 00:02:50,199the night of Gethsemane4500:02:50,520 –> 00:02:52,520the night he was betrayed4600:02:53,100 –> 00:02:55,100and the night he was arrested4700:02:55,179 –> 00:03:00,639and these events are recorded for us in Mark’s Gospel and chapter 144800:03:00,639 –> 00:03:04,559so I do hope that you have your Bible open as we follow the scriptures together4900:03:04,919 –> 00:03:09,679just in passing, it’s worth noting that verse 1 of Chapter 145000:03:09,720 –> 00:03:15,279speaks about the decision of the chief priests and teachers of the law to try and arrest Jesus5100:03:15,279 –> 00:03:17,279being made 2 days before the Passover5200:03:17,300 –> 00:03:20,179that would, of course, have been the Tuesday, the day of the debate5300:03:20,179 –> 00:03:23,320and the great questions and answers5400:03:23,839 –> 00:03:27,320Mark, then, includes the story of the dinner at Bethany5500:03:27,360 –> 00:03:32,199beginning at verse 3, where Jesus is anointed with expensive perfume5600:03:32,360 –> 00:03:35,279John tells us in chapter 12 and verse 15700:03:35,279 –> 00:03:39,500that actually that story happened earlier, 6 days before the Passover5800:03:39,679 –> 00:03:43,199but I think we will see this morning the reason5900:03:43,199 –> 00:03:46,279why Mark chose to include that story6000:03:46,279 –> 00:03:49,460that it happened a few days earlier in this chapter6100:03:49,460 –> 00:03:51,520and we’ll see it when we grasp6200:03:51,520 –> 00:03:55,199what this chapter as a whole is really all about6300:03:56,059 –> 00:04:01,979so this morning then we come onto very holy ground6400:04:02,960 –> 00:04:09,139we are taking a first step today into the story of Christ’s passion6500:04:09,979 –> 00:04:13,899and I want us to understand that the suffering of the Lord Jesus Christ6600:04:13,899 –> 00:04:16,579really comes in three stages6700:04:16,579 –> 00:04:20,320you might find it helpful to think about it this way6800:04:20,320 –> 00:04:22,579first as we’re going to see today6900:04:22,579 –> 00:04:27,000the Lord Jesus suffers at the hands of His friends7000:04:27,359 –> 00:04:29,920Judas betrays him7100:04:30,079 –> 00:04:32,959Peter denies him7200:04:33,320 –> 00:04:36,299all the disciples run away7300:04:36,299 –> 00:04:40,059was there pain in that for Jesus?7400:04:40,559 –> 00:04:44,540there was agony in that for Jesus7500:04:45,000 –> 00:04:47,980he suffers at the hands of his friends7600:04:47,980 –> 00:04:51,859then he suffers at the hands of his enemies7700:04:51,859 –> 00:04:53,660they mock him, they torture him7800:04:53,660 –> 00:04:54,980they condemn him7900:04:54,980 –> 00:04:57,739and they crucify him8000:04:57,739 –> 00:05:01,380and then the third and deepest stage of the suffering of the Lord Jesus8100:05:01,380 –> 00:05:05,140of course, was not at the hands either of his friends or of his enemies8200:05:05,140 –> 00:05:09,260it was what he suffered at the hand of God8300:05:09,260 –> 00:05:11,839because when Christ hangs on the cross8400:05:11,839 –> 00:05:14,500darkness comes over the whole land8500:05:14,799 –> 00:05:16,920he bears our sins8600:05:16,920 –> 00:05:19,559he endures our judgment8700:05:19,559 –> 00:05:24,519he experiences all the dimensions of hell for us on the cross8800:05:24,619 –> 00:05:26,739and in the agony of that suffering8900:05:26,739 –> 00:05:28,760the deepest agony of all9000:05:28,760 –> 00:05:31,440he loses the help of God9100:05:32,200 –> 00:05:34,339and he cries out in those awful words9200:05:34,339 –> 00:05:35,739my god, my god9300:05:36,380 –> 00:05:39,000why have you forsaken me9400:05:39,000 –> 00:05:41,820so we take a first step9500:05:43,220 –> 00:05:45,359on to Holy ground today9600:05:45,779 –> 00:05:48,299as we think about what it meant for Jesus9700:05:48,299 –> 00:05:50,959to begin his suffering9800:05:50,959 –> 00:05:54,359at the hands not of his enemies9900:05:54,359 –> 00:05:56,140but of his friends10000:05:57,440 –> 00:05:59,140I want us then to get the sweep10100:05:59,140 –> 00:06:00,679of mark chapter 1410200:06:00,679 –> 00:06:03,140as we begin to worship10300:06:03,859 –> 00:06:05,700our Lord Jesus Christ10400:06:06,119 –> 00:06:08,880who gave his all for us10500:06:10,200 –> 00:06:12,619Mark chapter 14 begins10600:06:13,160 –> 00:06:14,279with a dinner10700:06:14,839 –> 00:06:16,839given in the house of Simon10800:06:17,899 –> 00:06:20,660it ends with a trial10900:06:21,079 –> 00:06:23,140that takes place in the house of Caiaphas11000:06:23,140 –> 00:06:24,619begins among friends11100:06:24,619 –> 00:06:26,339it ends among enemies11200:06:27,299 –> 00:06:29,700it begins with Jesus being surrounded by love11300:06:29,700 –> 00:06:32,859it ends with Jesus being surrounded by hatred11400:06:34,200 –> 00:06:36,600it begins with Jesus Christ being worshipped11500:06:36,600 –> 00:06:39,859as a woman pours this perfume over him11600:06:39,859 –> 00:06:42,339it ends with Jesus Christ being condemned11700:06:42,339 –> 00:06:45,339as a crowd of men bear in on him11800:06:45,339 –> 00:06:48,739blindfolded, and beat him with their fists11900:06:48,739 –> 00:06:52,119that is Mark chapter 1412000:06:52,119 –> 00:06:54,119it is an extraordinary journey12100:06:54,540 –> 00:06:58,339and we take a step into it, today12200:06:58,339 –> 00:07:02,739what we have here is the stripping away12300:07:02,739 –> 00:07:06,220of all the human comforts12400:07:06,220 –> 00:07:09,119that our Lord Jesus Christ enjoyed in his life12500:07:09,119 –> 00:07:11,980all the blessings with which he had been surrounded12600:07:11,980 –> 00:07:18,540what we have in Mark 14 is the breaking up of Christ’s inner circle12700:07:18,540 –> 00:07:20,760the unraveling of his ministry12800:07:21,000 –> 00:07:23,859he has poured years into these men and they’re all gone12900:07:23,859 –> 00:07:28,859now there is so much here for us to learn13000:07:28,859 –> 00:07:31,000from what happened to the disciples13100:07:31,000 –> 00:07:33,779but the big story here of course13200:07:33,779 –> 00:07:36,420is not what happened to Peter, James, John or Judas13300:07:36,420 –> 00:07:39,179the big story is what happened to Jesus13400:07:39,179 –> 00:07:42,959Mark’s story is about the suffering of the Son of God13500:07:42,959 –> 00:07:47,260and the failure of his friends13600:07:47,260 –> 00:07:50,619is the beginning of his suffering13700:07:51,160 –> 00:07:53,179Now if you want a key verse for this chapter13800:07:53,179 –> 00:07:57,519I think you’d find it in verses 27 and 2813900:07:57,519 –> 00:08:01,299where Jesus says, you will all fall away14000:08:01,299 –> 00:08:03,880he says this to his disciples14100:08:03,880 –> 00:08:06,540for it is written, I will strike the shepherd14200:08:06,540 –> 00:08:09,059and the sheep will be scattered14300:08:09,059 –> 00:08:12,140but, thank God for the but14400:08:12,140 –> 00:08:15,160but after I have risen14500:08:15,160 –> 00:08:19,420I will go ahead of you into Galillee14600:08:19,619 –> 00:08:21,440and we’re going to think just around14700:08:21,440 –> 00:08:22,980these three themes then14800:08:22,980 –> 00:08:24,279the striking of the shepherd14900:08:24,279 –> 00:08:26,500the scattering of the sheep15000:08:26,500 –> 00:08:28,579and then this great promise15100:08:28,579 –> 00:08:30,380of the regathering15200:08:30,380 –> 00:08:33,039by the risen Lord Jesus Christ15300:08:33,960 –> 00:08:35,900Now Mark begins15400:08:35,900 –> 00:08:38,260by telling us about this dinner15500:08:38,260 –> 00:08:39,760that was given in Jesus honour15600:08:39,760 –> 00:08:41,000in the home of Simon15700:08:41,000 –> 00:08:42,239a man who had wonderfully been15800:08:42,239 –> 00:08:44,780healed from, leprosy15900:08:45,659 –> 00:08:46,760and, verse 316000:08:46,919 –> 00:08:49,659As Jesus was reclining at the table16100:08:49,659 –> 00:08:51,719a woman, John names her16200:08:51,719 –> 00:08:54,640but Mark chooses just not to name her16300:08:55,559 –> 00:08:57,840she’s in the background16400:08:57,840 –> 00:09:00,479but she expresses her love16500:09:00,479 –> 00:09:03,200and worship to Jesus16600:09:03,200 –> 00:09:06,539by taking this jar of perfume16700:09:06,539 –> 00:09:09,260that was worth a whole year’s wages16800:09:09,260 –> 00:09:10,559Now, just think about that value16900:09:10,559 –> 00:09:12,780it was worth a year’s wages17000:09:14,000 –> 00:09:15,979and she takes this17100:09:16,080 –> 00:09:18,159perhaps it was a family heirloom17200:09:18,159 –> 00:09:22,140but certainly it must have been a prized possession17300:09:22,140 –> 00:09:24,080and she takes what’s worth17400:09:24,080 –> 00:09:25,099a year’s wages17500:09:25,099 –> 00:09:27,659and she breaks this alabaster17600:09:27,659 –> 00:09:30,619jar and she pours this perfume17700:09:30,619 –> 00:09:34,119over the Lord Jesus Christ17800:09:34,119 –> 00:09:37,440and she does it as an act of devotion17900:09:37,440 –> 00:09:41,039and as an expression of worship18000:09:41,280 –> 00:09:42,659And Christ says in verse 618100:09:42,659 –> 00:09:45,719that what she did was beautiful18200:09:45,739 –> 00:09:46,760but other people who were in the house18300:09:46,760 –> 00:09:48,799thought that what she had done was18400:09:48,799 –> 00:09:50,679wasteful18500:09:50,679 –> 00:09:52,039they thought that something so valuable18600:09:52,039 –> 00:09:55,200could be put to better use than18700:09:55,200 –> 00:09:59,840pouring it at one time over the Lord Jesus Christ18800:09:59,840 –> 00:10:03,000And Mark tells us very significantly in verse 1018900:10:03,000 –> 00:10:05,679that this was when judas went to19000:10:05,679 –> 00:10:07,799betray Jesus19100:10:07,799 –> 00:10:10,760notice in verse 10 that Judas is19200:10:10,760 –> 00:10:12,520described as one of the 1219300:10:12,520 –> 00:10:14,520You keep finding this because it’s very important19400:10:15,320 –> 00:10:17,840It’s never just Judas19500:10:17,840 –> 00:10:21,479It’s always Judas, one of the twelve19600:10:21,479 –> 00:10:22,960because that’s the point19700:10:22,960 –> 00:10:25,119that the betrayal19800:10:25,119 –> 00:10:28,239the pain to Jesus Christ comes from19900:10:28,239 –> 00:10:31,239the inside, not from the outside20000:10:32,039 –> 00:10:34,960It comes from one with whom he has walked20100:10:34,960 –> 00:10:38,039It comes from one who has been engaged20200:10:38,039 –> 00:10:39,320in ministry20300:10:39,320 –> 00:10:41,919and the beginning of the pain of Christ20400:10:41,919 –> 00:10:43,039doesn’t come from his enemies20500:10:43,039 –> 00:10:44,840It comes from his friends20600:10:44,840 –> 00:10:47,599It comes from one of the twelve20700:10:47,599 –> 00:10:49,280Notice that phrase in verse ten20800:10:49,280 –> 00:10:50,679Judas Iscariot20900:10:50,679 –> 00:10:52,719one of the twelve went to the chief priest21000:10:52,719 –> 00:10:53,880to betray him21100:10:53,880 –> 00:10:55,400Verse 20 Jesus says21200:10:55,400 –> 00:10:58,200It is one of the twelve who will betray21300:10:58,200 –> 00:10:59,479Verse 4321400:10:59,479 –> 00:11:02,400When the crowd appears to arrest Jesus21500:11:02,400 –> 00:11:05,039Judas one of the twelve appeared21600:11:05,039 –> 00:11:06,359along with the crowd21700:11:06,359 –> 00:11:10,520armed with swords and with clubs21800:11:11,280 –> 00:11:14,039Now think of the significance of this21900:11:14,039 –> 00:11:17,679And think as you worship22000:11:17,679 –> 00:11:21,159what it meant to Jesus22100:11:21,159 –> 00:11:23,200Marcus told us22200:11:23,200 –> 00:11:26,640that Jesus appointed twelve22300:11:26,640 –> 00:11:28,239to be with him22400:11:28,239 –> 00:11:30,919Chapter 3 and Verse 1422500:11:30,919 –> 00:11:32,919It was the primary purpose of the 1222600:11:32,919 –> 00:11:34,200was to be with him22700:11:34,200 –> 00:11:36,479They were his friends22800:11:36,479 –> 00:11:39,880Christ had formed deep bonds22900:11:40,440 –> 00:11:41,679with these men23000:11:41,679 –> 00:11:43,559every one of them23100:11:43,559 –> 00:11:46,239over three years23200:11:46,239 –> 00:11:49,520he poured his life into them23300:11:50,799 –> 00:11:53,679they were the ones with whom he could feel at ease23400:11:53,679 –> 00:11:57,760they were the ones with whom he could truly relax23500:11:57,760 –> 00:12:04,039they were the ones with whom he was most at home in this world23600:12:04,039 –> 00:12:06,960and Judas was one of the twelve23700:12:06,960 –> 00:12:08,599he was one of Christ’s inner circle23800:12:08,599 –> 00:12:10,280one of his closest friends23900:12:10,280 –> 00:12:15,719and Christ loved this man24000:12:15,719 –> 00:12:17,919yet this man24100:12:17,919 –> 00:12:21,479resisted that love24200:12:21,479 –> 00:12:23,359this man was loved by Christ24300:12:23,359 –> 00:12:30,039but this man did not belong to Jesus Christ24400:12:30,039 –> 00:12:33,119and although he has been involved in ministry for three years24500:12:33,479 –> 00:12:50,880he comes to the garden of Gethsemane24600:12:50,880 –> 00:12:52,419going at once to Jesus24700:12:52,419 –> 00:12:56,760Judas said rabbi24800:12:56,760 –> 00:12:59,679and kissed him24900:12:59,679 –> 00:13:02,080and that kiss25000:13:02,260 –> 00:13:10,200for Judas is the moment of final parting from Jesus25100:13:10,200 –> 00:13:14,739see, Judas will no longer see his face25200:13:14,739 –> 00:13:17,299and Judas will spend25300:13:17,299 –> 00:13:19,039eternity25400:13:19,039 –> 00:13:22,559away from Christ25500:13:22,559 –> 00:13:28,200so the kiss is the last goodbye25600:13:28,200 –> 00:13:30,940a final movement away from Christ25700:13:30,940 –> 00:13:34,580but will never be reconciled25800:13:34,580 –> 00:13:38,440and Judas doesn’t know this25900:13:38,440 –> 00:13:42,380but Jesus does26000:13:42,380 –> 00:13:48,140and that’s the pain of the kiss from his friend26100:13:48,140 –> 00:13:51,400can you imagine what it means to the heart of Christ26200:13:51,400 –> 00:13:54,260to be kissed by a man he truly loves26300:13:54,260 –> 00:13:57,859knowing that that kiss is the last parting26400:13:57,859 –> 00:14:03,200of a man on his way to an eternal hell26500:14:03,200 –> 00:14:07,659Jesus knows he will see the other disciples again26600:14:07,659 –> 00:14:11,880verse 28 after I have risen26700:14:11,880 –> 00:14:15,299I will go ahead of you to Galilee26800:14:15,299 –> 00:14:18,260but Judas will not be there26900:14:18,260 –> 00:14:22,039the kiss is his last goodbye27000:14:22,039 –> 00:14:26,119that’s a difficult place to pause but we’ll be back to the message shortly27100:14:26,239 –> 00:14:29,520you’re listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called27200:14:29,520 –> 00:14:32,219Jesus suffered at the hands of his friends27300:14:32,219 –> 00:14:35,320It’s part of the series, The Gospel according to Jesus27400:14:35,320 –> 00:14:39,159and if you’ve missed any of the series come to our website27500:14:39,159 –> 00:14:40,599openthebible.org.uk27600:14:40,599 –> 00:14:44,059and there you will find all the broadcasts that have already gone out on air27700:14:44,059 –> 00:14:48,159you’ll also find us as a podcast and those are on all the major podcast sites27800:14:48,159 –> 00:14:53,039search for Open the Bible UK or follow the link from the website27900:14:53,580 –> 00:14:56,820Back to the message now, we’re in Mark fourteen, here’s Colin28000:14:56,820 –> 00:15:00,840Now it wasn’t just Judas28100:15:00,840 –> 00:15:05,299Jesus says to the disciples in verse twenty seven28200:15:05,299 –> 00:15:08,940you will all fall away28300:15:08,940 –> 00:15:10,719you will all fall away28400:15:10,719 –> 00:15:13,460feel the weight of that28500:15:13,460 –> 00:15:17,359of course, Peter couldn’t even imagine this happening to him28600:15:17,359 –> 00:15:18,440verse twenty nine28700:15:18,440 –> 00:15:22,239Lord, even if all fall away I will not28800:15:22,260 –> 00:15:26,619and you see what he’s saying, you have to admire the courage and the determination of the man28900:15:26,619 –> 00:15:30,599he’s saying, Lord, I want you to know you can count on me29000:15:30,599 –> 00:15:34,219and if all the rest of them go, I will be the last man standing29100:15:34,219 –> 00:15:38,619I just want you to know you’ve got one friend in the world who will not let you down29200:15:38,619 –> 00:15:42,099I’m sure he meant it with all his heart29300:15:42,099 –> 00:15:46,659But when the crowd arrived with swords and with clubs29400:15:46,659 –> 00:15:51,520Fear got the better of faith for all of them29500:15:51,700 –> 00:15:55,159as it does for us many times29600:15:55,159 –> 00:15:58,700And that was true for Peter, as well29700:15:58,700 –> 00:16:01,919Verse 50, Everyone29800:16:01,919 –> 00:16:04,979Peter included, deserted him and fled29900:16:04,979 –> 00:16:06,960Notice the word fled, they ran from him30000:16:06,979 –> 00:16:08,799It wasn’t that they kind of sloped away30100:16:08,799 –> 00:16:11,219they ran from him30200:16:11,539 –> 00:16:13,539they fled30300:16:15,679 –> 00:16:20,239So Christ is alone30400:16:20,239 –> 00:16:24,559In the presence of his enemies30500:16:24,559 –> 00:16:31,979he is deserted by all his trusted friends30600:16:31,979 –> 00:16:36,219That’s the story of Mark chapter 1430700:16:36,359 –> 00:16:37,960But then there seems to be30800:16:37,960 –> 00:16:39,900just a flicker of hope30900:16:39,900 –> 00:16:42,159Just a flicker31000:16:42,159 –> 00:16:46,119One man, one man feels31100:16:46,159 –> 00:16:50,200that he wants to be close to Jesus on this night31200:16:50,200 –> 00:16:53,159and you know that was Peter31300:16:53,159 –> 00:16:56,359He had run, with all the rest of them in the garden31400:16:56,359 –> 00:16:58,280but he couldn’t live with his running31500:16:58,280 –> 00:17:00,080he felt that he had to be near Jesus31600:17:00,080 –> 00:17:02,119And so we take it up in verse 5331700:17:02,119 –> 00:17:05,020where they take Christ into the house of Caiaphas31800:17:05,020 –> 00:17:07,619The high priest, and all these teachers of the law31900:17:07,619 –> 00:17:09,140and the others who are going to condemn him32000:17:09,140 –> 00:17:10,500gather in the house32100:17:10,500 –> 00:17:12,459And what happens in verse 5432200:17:13,060 –> 00:17:15,540Peter follows him at a distance32300:17:15,540 –> 00:17:21,660And right into the courtyard of the high priest he comes32400:17:21,660 –> 00:17:25,160And if you can imagine Jesus perhaps in an upper room32500:17:25,160 –> 00:17:28,000With open windows of course32600:17:28,000 –> 00:17:29,619gaps in the walls32700:17:29,619 –> 00:17:32,459All of this is going on up there32800:17:32,459 –> 00:17:35,719As they put him through this mockery of a trial32900:17:35,719 –> 00:17:38,719And then the torture that Mark describes here33000:17:38,780 –> 00:17:41,660And Peter’s outside in the courtyard33100:17:41,660 –> 00:17:46,380Just within hearing distance of all that is going there33200:17:46,380 –> 00:17:48,599He’s there and he wants to be there33300:17:48,599 –> 00:17:52,400And he wants to be there for Jesus33400:17:52,400 –> 00:17:55,760And you have to love his devotion33500:17:55,760 –> 00:17:59,599He ran but he couldn’t stay away33600:17:59,599 –> 00:18:01,260And so maybe this man33700:18:01,439 –> 00:18:06,579Maybe this man will bring a crumb of comfort33800:18:06,579 –> 00:18:09,640To the soul of Jesus Christ33900:18:09,640 –> 00:18:14,119As he enters into His suffering34000:18:14,119 –> 00:18:17,119But you know the story34100:18:17,119 –> 00:18:18,680Someone recognizes Him34200:18:18,680 –> 00:18:22,660She’s one of the staff in the high priest’s house34300:18:22,660 –> 00:18:25,099Verse 6734400:18:25,099 –> 00:18:26,699You were with Him34500:18:26,699 –> 00:18:30,020You were a Nazarene, she says34600:18:30,040 –> 00:18:32,319Peter denies it34700:18:32,319 –> 00:18:33,939But she wouldn’t be put off34800:18:33,939 –> 00:18:35,160Verse 6934900:18:35,160 –> 00:18:37,079She goes to some others who are standing around in the courtyard35000:18:37,079 –> 00:18:39,000And she says, This fellow is one of them35100:18:39,000 –> 00:18:41,680He’s with them35200:18:41,680 –> 00:18:44,680And so they take up the question35300:18:44,680 –> 00:18:45,680Verse 7035400:18:45,680 –> 00:18:46,680After a little while35500:18:46,680 –> 00:18:48,000Those standing near said to Peter35600:18:48,000 –> 00:18:49,959Surely, you are one of them35700:18:49,959 –> 00:18:53,260For you are a Galilean35800:18:53,260 –> 00:18:58,079And then these awful words of verse 7135900:18:58,079 –> 00:19:03,619Peter began to call down curses on himself36000:19:03,619 –> 00:19:07,099And he swore to them36100:19:07,099 –> 00:19:12,099I don’t know this man you’re talking about36200:19:12,099 –> 00:19:16,739Now, it is Luke in his Gospel36300:19:16,739 –> 00:19:18,140who describes for us36400:19:18,140 –> 00:19:20,719how God orchestrated three events36500:19:20,719 –> 00:19:25,640to converge in the same moment of time36600:19:25,640 –> 00:19:27,339Christ has been subjected36700:19:27,339 –> 00:19:29,479to this mock trial and then this torture36800:19:29,479 –> 00:19:31,500this beating of many blows36900:19:31,500 –> 00:19:33,040in the house of the high priests37000:19:33,040 –> 00:19:34,439and in the end37100:19:34,439 –> 00:19:35,680if you can picture it37200:19:35,680 –> 00:19:37,099bruised by many blows37300:19:37,099 –> 00:19:39,439he is dragged37400:19:39,439 –> 00:19:42,280across the courtyard37500:19:42,280 –> 00:19:43,579He would have spent the night37600:19:43,579 –> 00:19:45,979in a dungeon in the basement37700:19:45,979 –> 00:19:48,459of the house of the high priest37800:19:48,459 –> 00:19:51,880And in that moment37900:19:51,880 –> 00:19:56,859as Christ is dragged across the courtyard38000:19:56,859 –> 00:20:03,199He hears the voice of his dear friend38100:20:03,199 –> 00:20:05,000cursing38200:20:05,000 –> 00:20:06,459swearing38300:20:06,459 –> 00:20:10,500I do not know this man38400:20:10,500 –> 00:20:12,140And at that moment38500:20:12,140 –> 00:20:15,239the cock crowed38600:20:15,239 –> 00:20:17,140And it’s Luke who says to us38700:20:17,140 –> 00:20:21,280that Jesus turned and looked at Peter38800:20:21,280 –> 00:20:23,520and I’ve heard it said many many times38900:20:23,520 –> 00:20:25,119What must that look have meant39000:20:25,119 –> 00:20:26,900in terms of pain in Peter’s heart39100:20:26,900 –> 00:20:30,380but what I want you to think about today is39200:20:30,380 –> 00:20:32,719What did that moment mean39300:20:32,719 –> 00:20:33,920in terms of pain39400:20:33,920 –> 00:20:34,920in the heart39500:20:34,920 –> 00:20:38,219of the Lord Jesus Christ39600:20:38,219 –> 00:20:43,800That’s the last man standing39700:20:43,800 –> 00:20:45,140So by the end of the chapter39800:20:45,140 –> 00:20:47,359Christ39900:20:47,359 –> 00:20:49,719is alone40000:20:49,719 –> 00:20:52,280the last human comfort of his life40100:20:52,280 –> 00:20:54,079his bravest of all friends40200:20:54,079 –> 00:20:55,400as the last man standing40300:20:55,400 –> 00:20:57,640has been taken from him40400:20:57,640 –> 00:21:04,239you say why did this have to happen40500:21:04,239 –> 00:21:09,599why was it that Christ had to be alone40600:21:09,599 –> 00:21:12,239why the breakup of his inner circle40700:21:12,239 –> 00:21:15,119why the unravelling of all these years40800:21:15,119 –> 00:21:20,500of ministry that he has poured into these men40900:21:21,319 –> 00:21:26,660Because Christ bares the sins of the world alone41000:21:26,660 –> 00:21:29,619because the disciples cannot help him here41100:21:29,619 –> 00:21:34,979there is no role for them to play41200:21:34,979 –> 00:21:41,000no one can contribute to what Christ is doing here41300:21:41,000 –> 00:21:44,619no one can say of the redemption of the world41400:21:44,619 –> 00:21:45,939I had a part in this41500:21:45,939 –> 00:21:47,500I was there to help him41600:21:47,500 –> 00:21:49,040I made a contribution41700:21:49,040 –> 00:21:52,339I was the one who stood with him41800:21:52,339 –> 00:21:55,599for Christ does not do his redeeming work with us41900:21:55,599 –> 00:22:00,280Christ does his redeeming work for us42000:22:00,280 –> 00:22:02,680and he is utterly alone42100:22:02,680 –> 00:22:06,040as he faces this great redeeming work42200:22:06,040 –> 00:22:11,680I will strike the shepherd42300:22:11,680 –> 00:22:14,459You’ve been listening to Open the Bible42400:22:14,459 –> 00:22:15,819with Pastor Colin 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