WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.779 He said to them, the Son of Man is being betrayed 00:00:03.779 --> 00:00:07.339 into the hands of men, and they will kill him. 00:00:07.419 --> 00:00:11.519 And after he is killed, he will rise the third 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:14.480 day. But they did not understand this saying, 00:00:15.019 --> 00:00:19.699 and were afraid to ask him. And then let's turn 00:00:19.699 --> 00:00:26.660 our attention. Well, I can read the whole thing, 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:31.649 verses 33 to 37. also a mark. It says, Denny 00:00:31.649 --> 00:00:35.009 came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, 00:00:35.329 --> 00:00:38.409 he asked them, What was it you were disputing 00:00:38.409 --> 00:00:42.990 among yourselves on the road? But they kept silent, 00:00:43.310 --> 00:00:46.369 for on the road they had disputed among themselves 00:00:46.369 --> 00:00:50.409 who should be the greatest. And he sat down, 00:00:50.590 --> 00:00:53.369 called the twelve, and said to them, If anyone 00:00:53.369 --> 00:00:57.530 desires to be first, he shall be last of all. 00:00:58.260 --> 00:01:02.079 servant of all. Then he took a little child and 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:05.120 said in the midst of them, when he had taken 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:11.980 him in his arms, he said to them, whoever receives 00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:15.120 one of these little children in my name, receives 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:19.799 me. And whoever receives me, receives not me, 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:23.480 but him who sent me. That's right. Now let me 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:28.210 read this out of John because if you look, In 00:01:28.210 --> 00:01:34.090 Matthew's account, Matthew 18 .1, it reads, at 00:01:34.090 --> 00:01:37.930 that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, 00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:41.730 who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 00:01:42.750 --> 00:01:44.730 If you read that and then you compare that with 00:01:44.730 --> 00:01:55.209 Mark, it seems like Jesus asked them. He asked 00:01:55.209 --> 00:01:59.060 them what they were disputing about. And in Matthew, 00:02:00.180 --> 00:02:02.420 Jesus said, who then is the greatest in the kingdom 00:02:02.420 --> 00:02:06.019 of heaven? At that time, disciples came to Jesus 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:09.060 saying. So they asked Jesus who is the greatest 00:02:09.060 --> 00:02:12.020 in the kingdom. But if we read Mark, it seems 00:02:12.020 --> 00:02:16.199 like that Jesus is asking them, what were you 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:19.979 discussing? So let me read this. I thought this 00:02:19.979 --> 00:02:23.259 was real good. It says, now this takes all three 00:02:23.259 --> 00:02:27.680 of the gospels and puts them in order. It says, 00:02:28.539 --> 00:02:31.860 at that time disciples came to Jesus when he 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:35.319 was in the house, saying, Who then is the greatest 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:38.800 in the kingdom of heaven? Then Jesus asked them, 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:42.280 What was it you disputed among yourselves on 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.759 the road? But they kept silent, for on the road 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:49.139 they had disputed among themselves who would 00:02:49.139 --> 00:02:52.560 be the greatest. And he sat down, called the 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.460 twelve, and said to them, If anyone desires to 00:02:55.460 --> 00:02:58.599 be first, He shall be the last of all and servant 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:02.159 of all. Then he, perceiving the thoughts in their 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:06.439 hearts, took a little child and set him by him 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:11.419 in the midst of them. And when he had taken him 00:03:11.419 --> 00:03:15.020 in his arms, he said then, Assuredly, I say to 00:03:15.020 --> 00:03:18.180 you, unless you are converted and becoming a 00:03:18.180 --> 00:03:20.680 little child, you will by no means enter the 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.639 kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:28.460 himself as this little child, child is the greatest 00:03:28.460 --> 00:03:31.879 in the kingdom of heaven whoever receives one 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:35.879 little child like this in my name receives me 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:40.020 and whoever sees me receives not me but him who 00:03:40.020 --> 00:03:45.080 sent me for he who is least among you all will 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:49.879 be great yeah I thought that was I thought that 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:53.460 was worth putting all them together because we 00:03:53.460 --> 00:03:57.650 could see the we could see the difference. So 00:03:57.650 --> 00:04:02.370 last week, or the last time we met, we finished 00:04:02.370 --> 00:04:06.789 up where the disciples couldn't heal this boy 00:04:06.789 --> 00:04:09.330 and they'd come to Jesus and they'd ask him why. 00:04:10.250 --> 00:04:15.069 And he said it was because of your lack of prayer 00:04:15.069 --> 00:04:22.430 and fasting. So as we come here, we pick up with 00:04:22.430 --> 00:04:26.819 them leaving, Caesarea Philippi. So we pick up 00:04:26.819 --> 00:04:30.540 that Jesus and his disciples are again traveling. 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:35.399 And Luke says in 9 .43, they were all amazed 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:40.360 at the majesty of God, but while everyone marveled 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:43.300 at all the things which Jesus did. That's what 00:04:43.300 --> 00:04:47.839 Luke says. So that's Luke's account as they leave 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:51.540 Caesarea Philippi. Now if you remember on the 00:04:51.540 --> 00:04:54.899 map, Caesarea Philippi, and I think I'll mention 00:04:54.899 --> 00:05:03.920 this again, is about 40 miles up further past 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:12.160 Galilee from Perna. So Jesus is in that area, 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:16.139 which is a Gentile area, and so he's leaving 00:05:16.139 --> 00:05:20.879 there and he's starting his downward track toward... 00:05:21.290 --> 00:05:26.290 Jerusalem for the last time. Luke's point is 00:05:26.290 --> 00:05:30.310 they continued to be marveled not just this one 00:05:30.310 --> 00:05:37.790 time by all his actions, but not necessarily 00:05:37.790 --> 00:05:42.129 at Jesus, but his actions. They were not marveling 00:05:42.129 --> 00:05:46.509 at the Creator, but at the creation of miracles. 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:49.740 That's what the crowds were doing when they left 00:05:49.740 --> 00:05:53.199 Caesarea Philippi. And in verse 30, it says they 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:56.740 went from there. There was a region of Caesarea 00:05:56.740 --> 00:06:00.920 Philippi near the Mount of Transfiguration. Remember, 00:06:01.579 --> 00:06:03.420 right prior to our last lesson, that's where 00:06:03.420 --> 00:06:06.220 we looked at the Mount of Transfiguration. As 00:06:06.220 --> 00:06:09.540 they traveled from there, they passed through 00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:13.300 Galilee. They were traveling south to Jerusalem. 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:19.319 These are... towns that they are on the way. 00:06:19.899 --> 00:06:23.819 And I believe Peter, as he looks back, and I 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:27.120 believe he, as he told these stories, he was 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:32.620 relating what he remembered to Mark. If you remember. 00:06:34.579 --> 00:06:39.439 A lot of influence. Because Mark never actually, 00:06:39.899 --> 00:06:43.519 he may have seen the Lord, and I think he did. 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.920 because you remember in the very beginning of 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:52.980 our study when the disciples went out with Jesus 00:06:52.980 --> 00:06:58.300 and Judas had betrayed him that one of the guards 00:06:58.300 --> 00:07:02.759 grabbed the cloak of someone there and said that 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:08.199 he ran home unclothed and most scholars believe 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:11.740 that was Mark that was traveling because he had 00:07:11.740 --> 00:07:15.360 kind of went out late And he was following these 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.660 disciples, especially Peter, as they went out 00:07:18.660 --> 00:07:22.959 with Jesus. So he gets scared and he runs and 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:26.540 somebody only grabs his cloak and he comes off 00:07:26.540 --> 00:07:29.860 of him. But as far as any formal teaching or 00:07:29.860 --> 00:07:33.660 anything like that, I don't think he was a pretty 00:07:33.660 --> 00:07:42.769 young fellow at the time too. Yeah, even though 00:07:42.769 --> 00:07:47.170 that had a falling out one time, yeah. That happens. 00:07:47.509 --> 00:07:52.009 Yeah, it does. I believe to Peter as he looks 00:07:52.009 --> 00:07:55.709 back to these events, it is now more important 00:07:55.709 --> 00:07:58.790 because this is the last time they were there. 00:07:59.089 --> 00:08:05.449 So Peter's recollecting as they travel, Peter's 00:08:05.449 --> 00:08:09.550 recollecting these last events, these last things 00:08:09.550 --> 00:08:12.569 that Jesus would have said to him that really 00:08:12.569 --> 00:08:16.930 stuck out in his mind. The area of Galilee was 00:08:16.930 --> 00:08:20.670 a major place where not only Jesus ministered, 00:08:20.870 --> 00:08:24.250 but Peter could recall intimate times with Jesus 00:08:24.250 --> 00:08:28.529 and Peter's close friends. So I think they could 00:08:28.529 --> 00:08:31.329 have been mentioned for this reason as well. 00:08:31.949 --> 00:08:35.830 Looking back, Peter would remember the good times, 00:08:36.509 --> 00:08:39.950 like when you go to a special place and you look 00:08:39.950 --> 00:08:43.879 back, and you remember things. Even pictures. 00:08:44.299 --> 00:08:46.000 You know, that's why we take a lot of pictures. 00:08:46.700 --> 00:08:48.600 Dave is one of the biggest I've ever seen it 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:51.840 taking a lot of pictures. And you can look back, 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:54.700 we've looked back through some Warner's old pictures. 00:08:55.240 --> 00:09:00.100 And we can look back and remember things that 00:09:00.100 --> 00:09:05.879 had happened. And I thought this was a good insight 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:10.299 as Jesus is transitioning. from his public ministry 00:09:10.299 --> 00:09:13.580 to his private disciples' ministry. This came 00:09:13.580 --> 00:09:16.620 out of our yellow book, if you remember that 00:09:16.620 --> 00:09:23.659 yellow book that we had. I still have that book. 00:09:24.940 --> 00:09:29.039 Jesus' focus has changed from let me go into 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:32.039 the next towns that I may preach there, that 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:36.620 was in Mark 1 .38, to he did not want anyone 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:39.409 to know it. for he taught his disciples. This 00:09:39.409 --> 00:09:44.889 is in Mark 9, 30 to 31. So it shows his public 00:09:44.889 --> 00:09:51.129 ministry, and then his changing his focus to 00:09:51.129 --> 00:09:55.370 teaching his disciples. We sense the determination 00:09:55.370 --> 00:09:59.750 as he labors to correct the 12's flawed understanding 00:09:59.750 --> 00:10:03.950 of his mission. Time is running out, and his 00:10:03.950 --> 00:10:09.870 disciples... Hard heads haven't softened, even 00:10:09.870 --> 00:10:13.350 before the greatest teacher who ever lived. For 00:10:13.350 --> 00:10:16.429 the second time, Jesus explains the highlights 00:10:16.429 --> 00:10:20.690 of what will happen to him. The disciples still 00:10:20.690 --> 00:10:24.570 can't fit the Son of Man together with killed. 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:41.059 connect the dots, so to speak, as Jesus is going 00:10:41.059 --> 00:10:44.179 to be sacrificed. Because their thinking is still 00:10:44.179 --> 00:10:49.759 that they're headed to Jerusalem to be king. 00:10:50.179 --> 00:10:54.059 And that's probably where this discussion about 00:10:54.059 --> 00:10:58.840 who is the greatest comes up. And also, we're 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:00.679 not going to look into that tonight, but that 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:08.019 could be looking back at Peter James and John 00:11:08.019 --> 00:11:12.720 on the Mount of Transfiguration thinking how 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:15.179 special they were compared to the other disciples. 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:20.440 And I'll mention this again, that this journey 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:25.440 from Caesarea Philippi to Capernaum where Jesus 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.480 asked them, what were you discussing on the way, 00:11:29.059 --> 00:11:34.299 would probably take two to three days. Heavy 00:11:34.299 --> 00:11:38.559 walking, not stopping, would have took 12 hours. 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:44.100 You figure the terrain and eating and sleeping 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:46.679 and things like that, scholars think it would 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:48.879 have took two to three days. So this journey 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:52.539 that they're on is a two to three day journey 00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:57.220 before Jesus gets to Caesarea Philippi where 00:11:57.220 --> 00:12:01.139 he talks to them about who is the greatest. So 00:12:01.139 --> 00:12:03.759 there's been many conversations on that road 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:07.120 with Jesus. And I'm sure the other disciples 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:10.399 have had many conversations amongst themselves. 00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:13.019 You know, and they realize, you know, we're going 00:12:13.019 --> 00:12:18.840 to Jerusalem. It's almost a Passover. So they 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:20.240 know they're going to, they don't know it's going 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:22.980 to be the last time, but they know they're headed 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:28.909 to Jerusalem. And Jesus is telling them all these 00:12:28.909 --> 00:12:30.629 things, and they're thinking, well, maybe this 00:12:30.629 --> 00:12:33.070 is going to be the time when he's going to set 00:12:33.070 --> 00:12:36.330 up this kingdom, when he's going to take over. 00:12:38.769 --> 00:12:44.210 That's my thought. Who's going to be the greatest? 00:12:44.429 --> 00:12:45.730 Yeah, who's going to be the greatest? Who's going 00:12:45.730 --> 00:12:49.950 to sit on his right hand when we get there? What's 00:12:49.950 --> 00:12:52.330 that? They're getting the seat warmed up. Yeah, 00:12:52.389 --> 00:13:01.509 that's right. But ever since Peter had that serious 00:13:01.509 --> 00:13:04.789 scolding when he tried to correct Jesus. Remember 00:13:04.789 --> 00:13:08.350 that? Now they're afraid to ask him what it means. 00:13:08.950 --> 00:13:11.470 Or perhaps they're afraid to ask because they 00:13:11.470 --> 00:13:15.710 are gradually realizing what he means. And it 00:13:15.710 --> 00:13:18.570 does not sound pretty. We're going to be talking 00:13:18.570 --> 00:13:22.289 about some of those things. So in verse 30, as 00:13:22.289 --> 00:13:25.889 they pass through Galilee, and he did not want 00:13:25.889 --> 00:13:30.649 anyone to know. Galilee was a region, not a town. 00:13:31.389 --> 00:13:34.409 Most scholars believe Jesus was traveling not 00:13:34.409 --> 00:13:37.330 through the center of Galilee, but through the 00:13:37.330 --> 00:13:41.870 edges of it, not to draw attention to himself. 00:13:42.830 --> 00:13:46.929 Keep in mind, this is where 99 % of Jesus' ministry 00:13:46.929 --> 00:13:50.909 was done. And now, he alone knows this is the 00:13:50.909 --> 00:13:55.710 last time he will see it. Jesus had a lot of 00:13:55.710 --> 00:13:59.409 memories there. He grew up and walked in Nazareth, 00:13:59.730 --> 00:14:03.490 walked through Nazareth, through Capernaum. He 00:14:03.490 --> 00:14:07.330 was baptized by John. He called his disciples 00:14:07.330 --> 00:14:10.929 there. He's done a lot of miracles. He had lots 00:14:10.929 --> 00:14:16.149 of friends, some amazing teachings. And the reason 00:14:16.149 --> 00:14:19.809 I bring that up, I just want us to focus on the 00:14:19.809 --> 00:14:22.649 good things that Jesus... of Jesus as minister. 00:14:22.730 --> 00:14:30.169 We know he had a lot of disputes or confrontations 00:14:30.169 --> 00:14:33.929 from the religious leaders and things like that. 00:14:33.950 --> 00:14:35.970 But there's a lot of good that has happened there. 00:14:36.590 --> 00:14:40.389 And we know there was difficulty as well. We 00:14:40.389 --> 00:14:47.330 tend to forget the human side of Jesus. And some 00:14:47.330 --> 00:14:53.740 scholars believe that as Jesus... again, tells 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:58.120 them about what will be happening. It's kind 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:02.980 of a reminder to Himself of the difficult days 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:06.460 that are coming ahead, not only to remind the 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:11.100 disciples and to prepare them, but for Himself 00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:16.919 as well, to encourage Himself. Because Jesus 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:22.129 never, He never turned away from heading toward 00:15:22.129 --> 00:15:25.970 the cross. Once he left, and it was somewhere 00:15:25.970 --> 00:15:29.750 around four to six months before he ever got 00:15:29.750 --> 00:15:33.210 there, he never once, we don't never ever see 00:15:33.210 --> 00:15:37.750 him once say, well, let's go back up. When he 00:15:37.750 --> 00:15:39.629 mentions these towns, these are gonna be the 00:15:39.629 --> 00:15:45.090 last time that he mentions Capernaum and Galilee 00:15:45.090 --> 00:15:51.220 until after the resurrection. Where it's interesting 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:54.899 that he does tell his disciples to go back to 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:57.440 and he will meet them there. The place where 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:02.360 he ministered at the very beginning. Like you 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:04.080 said, this is a short period of time, a three 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:07.279 -year period of time. So any of the events that 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:11.240 Jesus did was part of it. The disciples would 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.480 have that fresh in their mind. So how can you 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:17.990 come off of a mountain of transfiguration? and 00:16:17.990 --> 00:16:20.149 then tell these guys, I'm going to the cross 00:16:20.149 --> 00:16:26.070 to die. You don't think, I mean, even like he 00:16:26.070 --> 00:16:27.809 turned to Peter and said, no, give behind me 00:16:27.809 --> 00:16:33.730 Satan, because you just saw Christ in his warfication. 00:16:35.750 --> 00:16:37.970 You know, I mean, you saw this and you heard 00:16:37.970 --> 00:16:45.350 God's voice and this is the man that that happened 00:16:45.350 --> 00:16:48.899 to, you know? And now he's like, okay, I'm going 00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:53.279 to drew something that died. You know you're 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:58.100 not. We'll get behind me saying, you know, then 00:16:58.100 --> 00:17:00.000 you get all pouty faced and shut up, you know, 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:04.500 for a long time. But I mean, it just didn't equal 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:09.359 up, but you know. Yeah. You know, he said, I'm 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:12.299 Christ, you know. I am the Christ. And then he 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:15.680 showed you his glorification as Christ. And then 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:21.539 he's like, now I'm going to die. That doesn't 00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:26.859 drive at all. To Jesus, it does, because you're 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:29.019 right, he was focused and he knew that he was 00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:32.359 going to the cross. And it was starting to soak 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:35.880 in these guys a little bit. I think your second 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:39.220 point, it was starting to soak in a little bit. 00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:41.779 Because they kept saying, no, no, because they 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:44.140 still had time. No, no, no, now he's like... 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:47.359 He's heading this way. It's like, guys, he's 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:49.420 going to Jerusalem and this is not a good idea. 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:55.579 But he is dead settled going this way. And they're 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:58.440 thinking, they just didn't have a category for 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:04.319 a suffering Messiah. One that, because they'd 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:07.339 already said that he was a Messiah. I remember 00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:11.849 Peter said that. You're the Christ. He made that 00:18:11.849 --> 00:18:24.549 statement. I can see these disciples point of 00:18:24.549 --> 00:18:28.630 view. Next time when we get together, we're going 00:18:28.630 --> 00:18:31.089 to be talking about the upside down kingdom. 00:18:32.130 --> 00:18:36.569 You've heard it said that the upside down kingdom. 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:40.519 And what it is, what that means, is everything 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:45.920 that Jesus taught is opposite of the way we think. 00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:52.400 Opposite of the way we think. What true greatness 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.660 is that we're going to be talking about. Different 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:57.680 things, and we'll talk more about that when we 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:04.000 get there. But you're right. Jesus does not go 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:06.849 back there until after the resurrection. And 00:19:06.849 --> 00:19:10.250 that is to meet with His disciples where His 00:19:10.250 --> 00:19:13.950 ministry began. I think that's so cool. Meeting 00:19:13.950 --> 00:19:17.430 His disciples in a familiar place. Places that 00:19:17.430 --> 00:19:20.710 would spark their memory of their teachings. 00:19:21.390 --> 00:19:29.049 Like pictures do for us. Yeah, all these places 00:19:29.049 --> 00:19:32.950 in Galilee would be familiar places because that's 00:19:32.950 --> 00:19:36.630 where Jesus spent 99 % of His... His time the 00:19:36.630 --> 00:19:40.549 only time he only times that he went down to 00:19:40.549 --> 00:19:45.450 Jerusalem Was for feast where it was prescribed 00:19:45.450 --> 00:19:50.150 by man most 99 percent of the time he was in 00:19:50.150 --> 00:19:55.589 the area of Caesarea In the area of Galilee. 00:19:55.690 --> 00:20:00.089 Yeah now sometimes he sometimes he went up When 00:20:00.089 --> 00:20:02.309 he wanted to get away remember that one journey 00:20:02.309 --> 00:20:05.400 it probably took several months when he went 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:08.960 up to Tyra and Sidon and he came back around 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:12.000 into the Decapolis area, which was another Gentile 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:14.819 area on the other side of the Sea of Galilee. 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:21.980 But 99 % of the time Jesus spent in this area. 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:31.630 That's right. And they would remember the Holy 00:20:31.630 --> 00:20:33.970 Spirit would bring these things back to their 00:20:33.970 --> 00:20:36.990 memory. And I think that's what the Holy Spirit 00:20:36.990 --> 00:20:40.470 did here to Peter because Peter could remember 00:20:40.470 --> 00:20:43.630 these times. Of course he could because that's 00:20:43.630 --> 00:20:46.509 what we're reading in scripture, the times that 00:20:46.509 --> 00:20:52.069 he had. And the purpose was, in verse 31, Jesus 00:20:52.069 --> 00:20:57.430 says, for he taught his disciples. Mark again 00:20:57.430 --> 00:21:01.900 points out, His now focus is on the disciples' 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:08.099 teaching. He goes on to tell why the public or 00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:15.359 crowds was not in on this teaching. He said to 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.940 them, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:24.259 hands of men, and they will kill him. And after 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:31.609 he is killed, he will rise. the third day. See, 00:21:33.049 --> 00:21:38.250 if you remember, He told His disciples not to 00:21:38.250 --> 00:21:40.690 tell this to anybody, but to keep it to themselves. 00:21:40.769 --> 00:21:46.329 He only taught this to the disciples. And we're 00:21:46.329 --> 00:21:50.769 going to see how... Mark only gives like three 00:21:50.769 --> 00:21:54.890 times when Jesus tells this, but this word teaching 00:21:54.890 --> 00:21:59.609 in there... is a term that means it was a continual 00:21:59.609 --> 00:22:04.210 thing. Something that he was driving, it's like 00:22:04.210 --> 00:22:06.930 driving in the nail, you hit that nail over and 00:22:06.930 --> 00:22:10.609 over and over again until eventually it reaches 00:22:10.609 --> 00:22:14.269 its resting place. It's like Jesus is driving 00:22:14.269 --> 00:22:17.529 this home. This is where we're going. This is 00:22:17.529 --> 00:22:22.230 what's gonna happen, you know? R .C. Sproul's 00:22:22.230 --> 00:22:26.000 idea on this, and I think it was... I think it 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:32.680 was good. The ESV version has a better grip on 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:37.240 what's going on here. And I believe it's worth 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:41.059 noting. Here it says, the ESV, the son of man 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:44.819 is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:49.339 The New King James version says, the son of man 00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:54.920 is being betrayed into the hands of men. Is Jesus 00:22:54.920 --> 00:23:00.680 going to be delivered, or is Jesus being betrayed? 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:08.460 Now if you look in the Greek, I don't know Greek, 00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:17.680 so I have to take other people's that know Greek, 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:24.029 and it says like this, is being delivered? or 00:23:24.029 --> 00:23:27.190 is delivered referring to a betrayal into the 00:23:27.190 --> 00:23:30.170 hands of others. It is in the present tense, 00:23:30.349 --> 00:23:33.210 and I don't understand present tense, but it's 00:23:33.210 --> 00:23:38.369 in the present tense, but its meaning is prophetic. 00:23:39.509 --> 00:23:44.809 So both are right. Jesus is being delivered as 00:23:44.809 --> 00:23:50.849 they are speaking, but God himself as was the 00:23:50.849 --> 00:23:55.140 plan all along. So he's been delivered. But in 00:23:55.140 --> 00:24:00.519 the future, Jesus will be used to betray Jesus. 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:07.500 Who? Judas. Judas will be betrayed. So, and we 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:10.500 talked a little bit about this. God, it's hard 00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:13.059 to get you, it was hard for me to grasp this. 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:17.980 God is delivering Jesus over. So that's not a 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:23.740 betrayal. Because this is an event. that was 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:27.059 agreed upon before the foundation of the world, 00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:31.000 for the salvation of us. So it wasn't a betrayal 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:36.259 by God to Jesus because it was agreed. So he's 00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:41.019 being delivered, but he will be betrayed by Judas. 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:44.259 So it's something that's in the present tense, 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:50.130 but it has a prophetic meaning. Well, you were 00:24:50.130 --> 00:24:51.930 talking about the present tense where it says 00:24:51.930 --> 00:24:57.069 he was delivered. We use the active voice a lot, 00:24:57.849 --> 00:25:00.950 that he delivered this, whatever, but the present 00:25:00.950 --> 00:25:03.670 tense means that he was the subject, he was delivered 00:25:03.670 --> 00:25:06.869 himself. He was not delivering something else, 00:25:06.910 --> 00:25:27.819 he was being delivered. The new King James says 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:30.700 is being betrayed and that's where R .C. Sproul 00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:33.680 says I have a problem with that because he's 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:37.319 actually not being betrayed at that point because 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:41.279 it was in present tense. But he will be betrayed, 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:47.240 so the thing is, both can work there because 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:51.519 of the Greek. And the more I study and the more 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:57.660 I look, I see how so simple the English language 00:25:57.660 --> 00:26:02.740 is. It's very, very simple compared to the Greek. 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:18.299 I'm glad I'm not a Greek. And that's why a lot 00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:22.440 of you, like Luke and Kyle, both had to take 00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:24.940 Greek where they could look and they can see 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:30.559 that. Because the English language is so simple 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:34.000 and sometimes it's not very clear. But if you 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:37.019 get into the Greek, sometimes it can mean just 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:39.410 something totally different. That's where Adam 00:26:39.410 --> 00:26:41.930 suffers, you know. You're trying to take the 00:26:41.930 --> 00:26:45.690 Greek and turn it into Zwaily stuff. Yeah, yeah, 00:26:45.730 --> 00:26:47.490 Adam, you're talking about Adam. Wow, trying 00:26:47.490 --> 00:26:52.250 to accurately place that into a language that 00:26:52.250 --> 00:26:54.769 they don't even have the language in. Yeah, yeah. 00:26:54.769 --> 00:27:00.250 What's red? What's, you know. Yeah, yeah. As 00:27:00.250 --> 00:27:04.670 we know, this is the second time Jesus has told 00:27:04.670 --> 00:27:08.640 them this in Mark. He waits till they have come 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:12.680 to the house in Capernaum. Remember, Jesus is 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:15.380 not ready for the public to hear these words. 00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:20.559 It's by no coincidence that Jesus tells them 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:25.500 this at this time. As we read the story, as we've 00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:28.539 read the story, we've seen that Jesus is teaching 00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:37.319 on servitude and humility, okay? Because they're... 00:27:37.369 --> 00:27:40.890 their focus is who is going to be the greatest. 00:27:41.670 --> 00:27:44.529 And Jesus is giving an example, and He's a living 00:27:44.529 --> 00:27:49.630 example of what true greatness is, and that's 00:27:49.630 --> 00:27:52.730 giving of oneself. And we're going to be talking 00:27:52.730 --> 00:27:55.829 about that more in detail. But that's what true 00:27:55.829 --> 00:27:59.250 greatness is, you know, and today we struggle 00:27:59.250 --> 00:28:02.769 with who is going to be the greatest. Who is 00:28:02.769 --> 00:28:04.990 going to be the greatest? It's not enough just 00:28:04.990 --> 00:28:11.109 to be great. but I want to be the greatest. We 00:28:11.109 --> 00:28:16.029 all struggle with that sometimes. In this verse, 00:28:16.190 --> 00:28:19.650 Jesus displays what it looks like. He is the 00:28:19.650 --> 00:28:24.730 living example of one who is keen and yet willing 00:28:24.730 --> 00:28:29.250 to die for his subjects. I think we mentioned 00:28:29.250 --> 00:28:34.809 that in peace class toward the end when we were 00:28:34.809 --> 00:28:38.089 talking about about these kings that would go 00:28:38.089 --> 00:28:41.849 into battle with their people. Most of the time, 00:28:41.990 --> 00:28:46.750 these kings would be killed in battle. And today, 00:28:47.490 --> 00:28:51.390 the commander -in -chief is flying around in 00:28:51.390 --> 00:28:56.630 outer space while the battle is going on. Jesus 00:28:56.630 --> 00:29:00.910 was a perfect example in that day of one willing 00:29:00.910 --> 00:29:05.650 to go into battle and die for his subjects. He 00:29:05.650 --> 00:29:09.690 knows what's coming and he marches toward the 00:29:09.690 --> 00:29:14.029 cross. And what sparks this whole debate is a 00:29:14.029 --> 00:29:18.670 dispute on the road that I believe Jesus overhears 00:29:18.670 --> 00:29:22.549 as they are traveling to Capernaum. No doubt 00:29:22.549 --> 00:29:26.049 in this two to three day journey they have talked 00:29:26.049 --> 00:29:29.269 about a lot of different things. They know right 00:29:29.269 --> 00:29:33.250 well what Jesus is talking about when you ask 00:29:33.250 --> 00:29:36.799 them. What are you disputing about? Who is the 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:40.480 greatest? But before he tells them the way to 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:44.640 true greatness He tells them again what a truly 00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:50.259 great person person's Actions are What it looks 00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:54.380 like the son of man is being betrayed into the 00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:57.079 hands of men And they will kill him and after 00:29:57.079 --> 00:30:01.109 he is killed he will rise the third day Jesus 00:30:01.109 --> 00:30:03.869 is that example, and he's telling them that. 00:30:04.369 --> 00:30:10.549 Mark then tells us they didn't understand. But 00:30:10.549 --> 00:30:15.710 they did not understand this saying. If we read 00:30:15.710 --> 00:30:21.170 in Luke 9 .45, I think that opens up the whole 00:30:21.170 --> 00:30:26.670 thing, why they couldn't understand what Jesus 00:30:26.670 --> 00:30:32.559 was saying. You might want to turn to that. That's 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:35.980 a 945B. But they didn't understand this statement? 00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:42.539 Yeah, they didn't understand what Jesus was saying 00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:46.519 when He's saying, I'm going to go to Jerusalem, 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:49.460 I'm going to suffer, I'm going to die, and I'm 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:52.140 going to rise the third day. It says it was concealed 00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:54.400 from them so that they would not receive it, 00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:56.720 and they were afraid to ask about the statement. 00:30:57.049 --> 00:31:00.289 It was hidden from them. So the Holy Spirit hid 00:31:00.289 --> 00:31:03.849 that tip or understanding from them? I think 00:31:03.849 --> 00:31:06.710 so. It wasn't time. This seems this is something 00:31:06.710 --> 00:31:09.750 that the Spirit did not allow them to understand. 00:31:10.529 --> 00:31:13.589 But the Spirit indwelled them. This teaching 00:31:13.589 --> 00:31:17.390 would be called back to their memory later as 00:31:17.390 --> 00:31:21.369 God's plan and that Jesus was not a victim of 00:31:21.369 --> 00:31:28.079 circumstances. You know, it's the same thing 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:35.619 in our lives. Before we come to salvation, we 00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:38.980 can hear the gospel. I know, I went to that little 00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:44.579 building down there, Little Youth Chapel. Probably 00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:47.819 a hundred times or more. And I've heard preachers 00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:52.200 get up and proclaim the gospel. Now, it was a 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:55.690 Pentecostal hole in this church. But they did 00:31:55.690 --> 00:32:01.009 present the gospel. And I never understood, I 00:32:01.009 --> 00:32:05.269 never came to that place to where it really touched 00:32:05.269 --> 00:32:11.329 my heart. Until the Holy Spirit revealed it to 00:32:11.329 --> 00:32:14.309 me. And it was probably the same thing that they 00:32:14.309 --> 00:32:17.009 had been saying the whole time. And it's just 00:32:17.009 --> 00:32:20.309 like these disciples, they hear it and Jesus 00:32:20.309 --> 00:32:23.950 is pounding it. They hear it, they hear it, but 00:32:23.950 --> 00:32:27.890 the Spirit is just not revealing to them. And 00:32:27.890 --> 00:32:36.410 why? But it's part of the grand plan. And their 00:32:36.410 --> 00:32:39.990 actions after the resurrection and the Holy Spirit's 00:32:39.990 --> 00:32:45.029 indwelling demonstrated this, that they did understand 00:32:45.029 --> 00:32:49.990 later. This verse indicates it was a process 00:32:49.990 --> 00:32:54.410 for them. and not a concept that they could understand 00:32:54.410 --> 00:33:00.289 instantly. This teaching was not a once and done 00:33:00.289 --> 00:33:06.990 thing. In Mark 9 .31, for he was teaching his 00:33:06.990 --> 00:33:11.029 disciples, which in the Greek is an ongoing thing. 00:33:11.450 --> 00:33:15.250 Every opportunity Jesus got, he spoke of his 00:33:15.250 --> 00:33:22.460 impending sacrifice. Another time in Luke. 1831 00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:26.339 -34, it says, Then he brought the twelve near 00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:30.200 and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, 00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:34.140 and all things that are written by the prophets 00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:37.519 concerning the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:44.920 This is my thought, although it was said to his 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:49.019 disciples, it was a reminder to Jesus as well. 00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:54.079 Verse 32, for he will be handed over to the Gentiles 00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:59.240 and will be mocked, insulted and spat upon. And 00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:02.400 they will beat him with a whip and put him to 00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:05.500 death. And on the third day he will rise again. 00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:09.460 They understood none of these things. This statement 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:13.300 was hidden from them. They did not know what 00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:17.739 was being said. So this was a teaching that was 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:21.559 constantly Every opportunity that Jesus got, 00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:24.539 He would tell them this. He would speak to them. 00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:28.679 So why would it be concealed or hid from them? 00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:32.420 That was my thought. Why would it be concealed 00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:40.179 or hid? Lord, Christ limited Himself. He was 00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:42.400 God and knew the absolute plan, but then He limited 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:48.260 Himself as an absolute plan. He was confident 00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:58.519 in God's time. But like we studied before, he 00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:01.480 was all man because he was sitting there with 00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:05.099 his disciples. He's like, guys, who do you say 00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:11.969 I am? I mean, it's a... Not a pressing thing, 00:35:12.510 --> 00:35:15.590 but like even right here, you know, he told the 00:35:15.590 --> 00:35:17.250 disciples, told the disciples right here in Luke, 00:35:17.909 --> 00:35:21.829 in the Holy Spirit, it wasn't the timing to open 00:35:21.829 --> 00:35:24.510 their minds up to this right here, even though 00:35:24.510 --> 00:35:29.010 Christ was faithful to say it over and over. 00:35:30.389 --> 00:35:33.250 And Luke remembers that. Peter remembers that. 00:35:33.250 --> 00:35:37.070 In our relationship with other people, we lose 00:35:37.070 --> 00:35:41.070 that patience pretty quick. We need to do it 00:35:41.070 --> 00:35:45.090 over. And over. Because the timing's not there. 00:35:45.250 --> 00:35:48.670 And over. That's what the pastor does with us 00:35:48.670 --> 00:35:52.630 too. He says the things that he says from the 00:35:52.630 --> 00:35:56.690 pulpit. And by the facial expressions and everything. 00:35:57.250 --> 00:35:59.769 They get it, they don't get it. The next Sunday 00:35:59.769 --> 00:36:03.190 he says it again. And then you'll see some reflection 00:36:03.190 --> 00:36:08.250 in some individuals. It's the timing. It's the 00:36:08.250 --> 00:36:11.590 Holy Spirit. but he's faithful to say it over 00:36:11.590 --> 00:36:16.530 and over because it's the truth but it just wasn't 00:36:16.530 --> 00:36:19.190 the timing wasn't there either for us not to 00:36:19.190 --> 00:36:24.309 accept it or understand it or for him to continue 00:36:24.309 --> 00:36:27.710 to present it in different ways which is good 00:36:27.710 --> 00:36:30.869 for him and it's good for us It's just the way 00:36:30.869 --> 00:36:34.710 the Holy Spirit works. But I could see Christ's 00:36:34.710 --> 00:36:39.269 desperation or dejection. But guys, who am I? 00:36:39.590 --> 00:36:41.690 I've told you over and over, and you've seen 00:36:41.690 --> 00:36:46.510 it. So who am I? He needed that as a man. So 00:36:46.510 --> 00:36:49.829 now, he taught in Luke, and the Holy Spirit's 00:36:49.829 --> 00:36:56.760 like... No, it's not time yet. I would get kind 00:36:56.760 --> 00:37:03.840 of exasperated, where Christ didn't get exasperated. 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:08.099 But when the Holy Spirit didn't dwell on me, 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:11.659 there was an explosion, wasn't it? Which one? 00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:15.440 These verses we just... Concealed them? 145? 00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:23.010 One is Luke 18 verse 34. And then one was in 00:37:23.010 --> 00:37:31.750 Mark 9, Luke 9, 45. Those two times it was hidden. 00:37:32.829 --> 00:37:37.570 Over in Luke 18 it says it was hidden. Well, 00:37:37.730 --> 00:37:40.510 I've seen it before. I never did recognize it. 00:37:40.510 --> 00:37:43.289 Yeah, it was hidden. And I never realized either 00:37:43.289 --> 00:37:47.610 that it was actually hidden. What's that? What 00:37:47.610 --> 00:37:51.250 was the other one named? 18 verse 34. It might 00:37:51.250 --> 00:37:52.849 have been a different translation I was looking 00:37:52.849 --> 00:37:54.769 at that didn't say it that way or something. 00:37:56.309 --> 00:38:02.889 1834 and Luke 9 .45. It was hidden from them 00:38:02.889 --> 00:38:06.869 so they did not perceive it, is what Luke 9 .45 00:38:06.869 --> 00:38:15.949 says. So why? That's my question. Why? And my 00:38:15.949 --> 00:38:18.480 thought is... It was not something that they 00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:23.840 could have dealt with at this time. They couldn't 00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:30.639 deal with going to Jerusalem and watching their 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:35.519 teacher, their master being put to death like 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:40.320 this. If they knew that was coming, what would 00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:41.760 they have done? They wouldn't have listened to 00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:44.429 any of this. They would have jumped ship. Hey, 00:38:44.489 --> 00:38:47.590 I'm not on board with somebody that's going to 00:38:47.590 --> 00:38:50.869 die. My teacher's going to die? What part am 00:38:50.869 --> 00:38:55.829 I going to have in the kingdom? You know? Certainly 00:38:55.829 --> 00:38:57.510 wouldn't listen to anything in the upper room, 00:38:57.730 --> 00:39:00.949 would they? No. Where's that first found in my 00:39:00.949 --> 00:39:07.130 brother's book? This is text 945. Is he elaborating 00:39:07.130 --> 00:39:11.030 on that at all? I got that. You're talking about 00:39:11.030 --> 00:39:29.360 the clock. That's 9 .6. The author didn't include 00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:57.440 that. Even though they did not understand the 00:39:57.440 --> 00:40:00.820 saying, it was hidden from them so they did not 00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:03.340 perceive it. They were afraid to ask him about 00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:05.380 it. What does it say down there in the notes? 00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:08.320 Down here? Yeah, that's the notes on them specific 00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:14.159 verses. You see the one, that specific verse 00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:22.860 down there? It tells the verse. Close that verse 00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:35.800 hand, will you? Here's a, if you want to look 00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:44.019 that up real quick. That's about right over here 00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:51.260 is where Mark is. See if you can look at that 00:40:51.260 --> 00:41:01.960 and see if you can see. Yeah one of them is 945 00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:06.880 and the other one is 18. It just says here, heading 00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:10.179 for them, that is, in accord with God's sovereign 00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:23.199 design. Then it says see further 2445. So it's 00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:32.570 heading from them. by God's design. I thought 00:41:32.570 --> 00:41:53.760 that was very interesting as well. He didn't 00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:58.119 understand his words. But that's interesting. 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:03.960 And I do believe that the Spirit withheld that 00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:06.679 from them. Yeah, that's what he says. Well, it 00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:09.260 says this was hidden from them so that they did 00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:11.920 not perceive it. It doesn't necessarily say the 00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:15.920 Spirit withheld it, but it does say it was withheld 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:22.139 from them. And I believe it was the Spirit. This 00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:25.539 teaching of death and resurrection was not their 00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:29.400 expectations of Jesus He could have not taught 00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:33.380 them the important lessons before the cross because 00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:37.119 Remember I gave you about 10 lessons that he 00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:42.159 is he is preparing to teach them If they had 00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:45.780 got if they had understood this they would not 00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:48.840 have listened to these lessons that were coming 00:42:49.690 --> 00:42:57.289 It all makes sense once you understand. He could 00:42:57.289 --> 00:42:59.650 not have taught them the important lessons before 00:42:59.650 --> 00:43:02.550 the cross they needed to hear and learn. The 00:43:02.550 --> 00:43:06.530 Holy Spirit later would give them what they needed 00:43:06.530 --> 00:43:10.690 to go on with Jesus' message. You know what I 00:43:10.690 --> 00:43:15.369 mentioned earlier, that after the Holy Spirit 00:43:15.369 --> 00:43:18.590 had indwelled, We've seen every one of these 00:43:18.590 --> 00:43:25.150 men not only proclaim what Jesus had taught, 00:43:25.550 --> 00:43:31.909 but die for that. You would not die for something 00:43:31.909 --> 00:43:37.030 that you did not fully believe in. You would 00:43:37.030 --> 00:43:42.190 not do that. Look up John 12, 16. I've got that 00:43:42.190 --> 00:43:57.980 verse here highlighted. It says, read. These 00:43:57.980 --> 00:44:01.139 things his disciples did not understand at the 00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:04.960 first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they 00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:07.659 remembered that these things were written about 00:44:07.659 --> 00:44:11.019 him and that they had done these things to him. 00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:15.260 So the crowd who was with him then... So the 00:44:15.260 --> 00:44:17.980 crowd who was with him when he called Lazarus 00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:20.760 out of the tomb and raised him from the dead 00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:25.099 continued to bear witness about it. So that's 00:44:25.099 --> 00:44:28.820 just giving testimony to the fact that when he 00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:32.159 was glorified that talks about his death and 00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:35.000 resurrection. He was glorified in that. And they 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:38.920 remembered the things that Jesus had said. Well 00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:42.639 then in one sense that's what we do in BBS. We 00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:45.940 take these kids and we try to teach them and 00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:49.159 give truth to them. A lot of times it falls on 00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:51.880 deaf ears and we pray that it will come to mind 00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:55.039 later. We plant that seed. Yeah. We plant that 00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:56.539 seed and that's the same thing we're doing in 00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:59.380 good news clubs. Anywhere you minister, you're 00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:03.139 planting that seed. You give a track out. It's 00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:06.280 something as simple as giving a track out and 00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:08.639 somebody reads that track. You're planting the 00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:13.929 seed that... Somebody else eventually may harvest, 00:45:14.969 --> 00:45:17.630 you know. It's not up to you. It's not up to 00:45:17.630 --> 00:45:21.929 me. All I do is put the seed out, put the word 00:45:21.929 --> 00:45:25.510 out, and it's God who brings the increase. It's 00:45:25.510 --> 00:45:28.150 God who works in the heart and uses His word. 00:45:29.190 --> 00:45:33.449 At the end of verse 32, it says, And they were 00:45:33.449 --> 00:45:36.269 afraid to ask Him. Remember what happened the 00:45:36.269 --> 00:45:40.130 first time Jesus told them the plan. Peter rebuked 00:45:40.130 --> 00:45:48.110 Jesus and he got a good scolding. Maybe they 00:45:48.110 --> 00:45:52.070 remembered this or maybe they were slightly getting 00:45:52.070 --> 00:45:56.309 the picture and they refused to believe it because 00:45:56.309 --> 00:45:59.590 they didn't have a category for this suffering 00:45:59.590 --> 00:46:03.409 in their understanding. Even though Jesus spoke 00:46:03.409 --> 00:46:06.929 plainly or clearly, they couldn't understand 00:46:06.929 --> 00:46:10.170 it. Again, I believe it's the Holy Spirit. Because 00:46:10.170 --> 00:46:13.349 it said that Jesus, He didn't speak in parables 00:46:13.349 --> 00:46:18.130 like He had been. He spoke this plainly and clearly. 00:46:19.449 --> 00:46:23.489 I'm questioning if they even began to get it. 00:46:23.889 --> 00:46:27.889 Yeah, that's true. Even if the Holy Spirit let 00:46:27.889 --> 00:46:31.530 them get to that point. Yeah. Also remember this 00:46:31.530 --> 00:46:35.909 is now in their memory. that will later come 00:46:35.909 --> 00:46:38.110 out in the writings of the Gospels and stuff 00:46:38.110 --> 00:46:40.789 like that. That's right. And the big thing is, 00:46:40.789 --> 00:46:45.150 I believe, is that they remember now that this 00:46:45.150 --> 00:46:48.909 is part of God's plan. Jesus wasn't a victim 00:46:48.909 --> 00:46:52.210 of circumstances here. He wasn't the victim. 00:46:52.269 --> 00:46:56.690 This is something that was planned before the 00:46:56.690 --> 00:47:02.099 foundation of the world to secure... there in 00:47:02.099 --> 00:47:06.460 our salvation. Absolutely. I mean, and that was 00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:11.280 essential for them to see that it was not man 00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:16.840 who actually delivered or betrayed, but it was 00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:23.619 God who delivered Jesus for us. He said that, 00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:26.739 you know, I could call down, you know, whack 00:47:26.739 --> 00:47:30.619 his ear off, he's like, dude, at any minute, 00:47:30.670 --> 00:47:33.610 You know, I could call and all this would be 00:47:33.610 --> 00:47:36.610 gone. Yeah. His mind and power. You didn't know 00:47:36.610 --> 00:47:38.889 how close to that may work, did you? Yeah. This 00:47:38.889 --> 00:47:44.429 is my plan. Yeah. My plan. But wasn't it, what, 00:47:44.550 --> 00:47:48.070 didn't several soldiers fall? Yeah, when they 00:47:48.070 --> 00:47:50.289 were doing the trade, they came over here. They 00:47:50.289 --> 00:47:52.250 said, look at Jesus. They said, I am what he 00:47:52.250 --> 00:47:54.750 said, and they all fell over. Yeah, I mean, that, 00:47:54.750 --> 00:47:58.420 that, that shows, that shows the power. that 00:47:58.420 --> 00:48:03.280 God had through him at that time. I mean, wouldn't 00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:06.840 that be something? And you know why that's recorded 00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:11.500 is because these men remembered that. You know, 00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:15.340 they're remembering all these things that they 00:48:15.340 --> 00:48:24.079 have. That's right. And many today, the truth 00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:27.070 of God is still here in front of them. You know, 00:48:27.250 --> 00:48:30.809 it's in black and white. Many of them have read 00:48:30.809 --> 00:48:35.730 it. One in particular, I think of, is Grant, 00:48:37.369 --> 00:48:42.070 Dory's brother. He has that Bible, and I remember 00:48:42.070 --> 00:48:45.889 Warner even sharing a German Bible with him, 00:48:45.889 --> 00:48:50.469 because he was really into German. And he has 00:48:50.469 --> 00:48:53.949 that right there in black and white. He can read 00:48:53.949 --> 00:48:58.710 it just like we read it. And yet, that truth 00:48:58.710 --> 00:49:02.849 is hidden from you. And until the Holy Spirit 00:49:02.849 --> 00:49:07.550 opens your heart and reveals it to you, you can 00:49:07.550 --> 00:49:10.670 see it, but you can't understand it. That's true 00:49:10.670 --> 00:49:13.269 of all of us. That's right. And even a lot of 00:49:13.269 --> 00:49:16.190 the scripture that we read today, it takes years 00:49:16.190 --> 00:49:20.710 down the road before you actually even conceive 00:49:20.710 --> 00:49:24.309 it or perceive it. It's a process and that's 00:49:24.309 --> 00:49:27.530 that's a lifelong process They still can't really 00:49:27.530 --> 00:49:32.510 see it But still can't really conceive Yeah, 00:49:32.510 --> 00:49:35.190 a lot of it you can't but a lot of it a lot of 00:49:35.190 --> 00:49:39.329 it you can understand Yeah, yeah, it's a never 00:49:39.329 --> 00:49:43.710 -ending never -ending gospel Yeah, I think that's 00:49:43.710 --> 00:49:47.449 where we're gonna gonna end up Tonight next week. 00:49:47.590 --> 00:49:51.610 We're gonna for our next two weeks we will get 00:49:52.489 --> 00:49:54.889 into who is the greatest. We'll get into the 00:49:54.889 --> 00:49:58.110 meat of the subject. But this is the second time, 00:49:58.449 --> 00:50:03.929 and I just wanted for us to see how this isn't 00:50:03.929 --> 00:50:08.889 isolated cases. This teaching in the Greek is 00:50:08.889 --> 00:50:13.070 something that was an ongoing thing. And I just 00:50:13.070 --> 00:50:16.809 wanted to read to you and Luke and other passages 00:50:16.809 --> 00:50:21.000 and Matthew, other passages. that are not related 00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:25.039 to our study tonight, it mentions these different 00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:33.340 places that Jesus taught these things. Good. 00:50:35.320 --> 00:50:50.340 Father, thank you, Lord, for... Revealing these 00:50:50.340 --> 00:50:54.599 truths to us tonight, and thank you so much for 00:50:54.599 --> 00:50:57.019 sharing your word with us. Thank you for the 00:50:57.019 --> 00:51:00.820 opportunity to come before you, that other people 00:51:00.820 --> 00:51:05.159 or places that this country, this world may not 00:51:05.159 --> 00:51:08.780 be able to do. Just thank you so much for everything 00:51:08.780 --> 00:51:10.519 that you've done for us, for your sovereignty, 00:51:10.840 --> 00:51:13.719 for your grace, all our lives. And that's all 00:51:13.719 --> 00:51:16.099 these things that Jesus created. Amen.