WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:12.839 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. My 4 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:15.960 name is Chris, and I'm Jeff and I'm I'm waiting 5 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:17.719 for you to say that, because it's good to have 6 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:18.039 you back. 7 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:20.239 It is so good to be back. I missed you, Chris. 8 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:21.359 I missed you too, Jeff. 9 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:23.399 I was on the other side of the world you. 10 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:25.800 Were, but you had Dave Wilson with you, Tom Blount 11 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:28.719 and Chad and others, and Tom Green keep you. Oh yeah, 12 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:30.640 Tom Green was there with you too and to keep 13 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:33.240 you company. So you know it was probably harder. 14 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:34.560 To miss me but all of you. 15 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:38.439 For me to get all of them together, I love it. 16 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:42.799 Give wish wish, yes, that they could bring the kind 17 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:45.119 of fulfillment enjoying my life you bring. 18 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.359 That was close to what I was expecting. I was 19 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:50.439 going to say, I thought you were measure up to you. 20 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:52.000 I thought you were going to go a little bit higher. 21 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:52.200 Like that. 22 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.719 You're going to say, like they make up them, they 23 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:56.159 can't make up the majesty of. 24 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.320 The megity, the magnificence of Chris, Yeah, no, know, it 25 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:02.679 was great. So we were overseas. We were encouraging a 26 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:05.239 bunch of pastors and man, let me tell you. I'll 27 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:07.400 tell you one quick story. We went out. We were 28 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:09.439 way out in the bush. We were in the Ivory coast, 29 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:12.599 Cote de Vaux, and we were hours and hours and 30 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:14.519 hours and hours from the capital city. Just you know, 31 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:16.959 full will drive, you know, those bumpy roads. So we 32 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:20.480 get out. We're in this little church. They used to 33 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:24.120 meet under a mango tree, but it would rain, and 34 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:27.560 so the young pastor who was trying to start this 35 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.159 church went to the chief had led the chief to 36 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:32.599 Christ already, and he told the chief, we need some 37 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:36.040 land to build a church. And so the chief gave 38 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:38.480 him all of their voodoo altars and all that stuff. 39 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.439 They tore it all down and church over it and 40 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:45.480 the ninety believers. It's a little tiny village. So then 41 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:47.760 we asked, well, how long has the church been here? 42 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:50.480 And they went, oh, less than six months. I went, no, 43 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:53.000 not the building, the whole church. The whole church is 44 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:56.640 only six months old. There's ninety new believers. Just six 45 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.560 months ago they were worshiping the devil, and now these 46 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.079 people are singing Jesus praises, There's no God like our 47 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:05.680 God was the song they were singing. And then I asked, 48 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.360 what how long is this? This this church planter been 49 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:11.919 a Christian? He said twelve months. Wow, so he has 50 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:14.439 he's already started a k he has a pastor who's 51 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.199 discipling him on how to share the gospel. And here 52 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:19.400 he is. He's been a believer for twelve months. He's 53 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:21.960 got eighty new believers meetings singing there's no God greater 54 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.560 than our God. H in a church building that's sitting 55 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:26.919 over top of an old voodoo temple, and. 56 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:28.800 We can't go across the street and talk to. 57 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:31.879 Our neighbor that's exactly right over the fence. Dude. It's amazing. 58 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:33.479 So you know, working with the Timothy in misiative is 59 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:34.879 really an amazing thing. And that's what we do is 60 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:37.159 we make disciple makers and make disciple makers everywhere. That's 61 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:39.400 what I was doing. That's right. I missed you, buddy, 62 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:41.080 but it was a good work. 63 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:45.240 Well. We are in a series the Famous Sayings of Jesus. 64 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.319 What if Jesus had a podcast? He talked about these 65 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:50.520 famous sayings and the sing for today Actually the theme 66 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.719 for this week are his final words. These are we're 67 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:56.280 getting down to it right and but before we get 68 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:57.319 into that, we have a second. 69 00:02:57.400 --> 00:02:59.280 This whole week are the final words of Christ all 70 00:02:59.319 --> 00:02:59.719 week long? 71 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:05.479 Apparently, Yes, yes, okay, And so the segment that Desire 72 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:08.719 put together for us is actually a stump the pastor 73 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:12.400 Now you too can be a part of stuff the pastor. 74 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:14.960 If you want to write in a question, please email 75 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:18.319 us at info at the BABA guys dot com. We'd 76 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:22.280 love to hear from you. And here's what Chelsea. 77 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:23.280 Are Wow, so I just read it. 78 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:26.080 Yes, that's a good one. Yeah, and we know Chelsea 79 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:30.039 by the way, Hi, Chelsea. My question is can someone 80 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:33.280 lose their salvation? As a mom and is most important 81 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:35.240 for me to teach my kids about Jesus his love 82 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:38.120 for them and for them to accept Jesus as their 83 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:41.080 personal savior. My worry is if they accept Jesus as 84 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:43.840 their savior when they were younger, what happens if they 85 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:46.599 get order and begin to question and have doubts. That's 86 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:47.280 a great question. 87 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:48.199 That's a good question. 88 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:50.039 It is an age old question. 89 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.400 Yes, so Christianity's two thousand years old, and I think 90 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:54.759 they've been asking this question for. 91 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:59.599 Car carry the one that's y. 92 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.879 Yeah, yeah, yes, so this is great. There are different 93 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:07.240 groups of Christians who have different views on this. Yes, right, 94 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:09.280 so there's gonna be some strong opinions on both sides. 95 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:12.639 You and I come from a Baptistic background, yes, right, 96 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:17.480 And so here's what I would say. I believe that 97 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:20.040 when a person has genuinely placed their faith and trust 98 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.800 in Jesus Christ alone, Jesus is the one who does 99 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:26.759 the saving, not the person who does the faith placing. Right, 100 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.759 And so God says I will never leave you nor 101 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:35.000 forsake you. The question is what if your children grow 102 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:37.040 up and struggle with their faith for a while and 103 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:41.240 it seems like they forsake Christ. Right, Well, they're not 104 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:44.120 the ones who generate their salvation. Thus they're not the 105 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:46.600 ones who keep their salvation. That's right, right. I believe 106 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:48.160 that they place their faith and trust in Christ in 107 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:50.879 a genuine way, a meaningful way. Repent of your sins, 108 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:54.600 turn to Christ, receive him by faith. Then he says 109 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.040 I will never leave you nor forsake you. And the 110 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:01.279 illustration I've used before on this is when my daughter 111 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:03.680 was little, she looked like boo. I think you've seen 112 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:08.079 pictures of her before. She had the little pigtails on 113 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:10.519 top of her head, great big eyes, all this stuff, funny, 114 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:13.879 high pitched voice, just so sweet, very wilful, very strong 115 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:17.800 willed little girl, but so sweet. And she didn't like 116 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:19.199 to have to hold my hand in the parking lot. 117 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:21.800 But you couldn't see her head over top of the things, 118 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:23.639 and back then nobody had the cameras on the back 119 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:25.439 of the car. So I'd be like, all right, Jenna, 120 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:28.279 you got to hold Daddy's hand. And I wanted her 121 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:30.560 to learn when we're out in the parking lot, you 122 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:33.519 hold my hand, right, So I'd always I would ask her, Jenna, 123 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:35.639 hold my hand. And then she told man, well, from 124 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:37.759 that moment on, who's holding whose hand? For real? 125 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:38.519 Yeah? 126 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:41.959 Right, So she placed her hand in my hand, and 127 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:44.480 from that point on I was holding her hand, not 128 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:46.639 her holding mine. So it didn't matter she wanted to 129 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:48.160 wiggle out at that point, I'm going to keep her 130 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.319 alive as we're walking through the parking lot. And so 131 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:54.040 I really view salvation in that way. God doesn't yank 132 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:56.240 our hand into his, but when we place our hand 133 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:58.399 in his, he's the one holding us, not us holding 134 00:05:58.480 --> 00:05:58.879 him right. 135 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:01.480 And we always say the Bible is its own best commentary. 136 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:03.920 If you take all the verses together about salvation and 137 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:07.920 piece them together, maybe perhaps one verse in isolation, it 138 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:10.279 might sound like you, you know, it's like, what does 139 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:12.279 that mean? Does that mean you have to do good deeds? 140 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:14.000 And yet you stack them all together, And what we 141 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:18.160 realize is it is Christ plus nothing. So nothing we 142 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:19.879 can do to get us into heaven, nothing we can 143 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:22.040 do to take us out of God's care. And so 144 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:27.079 like John ten he says, hey, I'm the sheep, know 145 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:29.839 my voice, and he said, and no one can snatch 146 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.000 them out of my father's hand. Member. And then Ephesians 147 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.319 one it says that we are given a seal at salvation, 148 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:37.800 and then Ephesians four it says we are sealed to 149 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:40.360 the day of redemption, which is the time that we 150 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.319 meet Christ face to face, whether he comes in his 151 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:46.040 glory or at last we shall you know, I forgot that, yeah, yeah, yeah, 152 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:47.879 we open our eyes and see Him in heaven. 153 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:51.360 And that seal is like the Emperor's seal. Yes, nobody 154 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:51.680 breaks that. 155 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:55.120 Nobody breaks the seal, that's right, ye. And then and 156 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:57.000 then perhaps my favorite verse, that's what I was doing. 157 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:59.639 I was looking this up. My favorite verse set of 158 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:02.879 verse is Roman chapter eight, verse thirty five, and this 159 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.160 is the NLT version that says, who can separate us 160 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:07.800 from the love of Christ shall trouble or hardship or 161 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:10.680 persecution or famine or nakedness or the danger with the 162 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:12.680 sword as it is written. And then it goes on 163 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:15.800 and it says, no, all these things, and all these things, 164 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.360 we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 165 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.360 For I'm convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels 166 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:24.279 nor demons, neither the things present nor the future, nor 167 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:27.920 any powers, nor height, nor death, nor nothing in all 168 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:31.120 creation will ever be able to separate us from the 169 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:34.399 love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. 170 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:39.480 So it is just, it is pretty pretty clear. Nothing 171 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.519 in all creation, in heaven on earth, no powers in 172 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.319 the sky or in the earth below. Nothing not even 173 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:48.759 the powers of Hell, can separate us from the love 174 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:52.439 of God. So the answer for us, obviously is that 175 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:55.079 we believe the Bible with crystal clarity says you cannot 176 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:55.800 lose your salvation. 177 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:59.360 So I think it's fair to ask, So what about 178 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:04.000 you know, So my child at five years old, had 179 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:07.480 a prayer moment and they made a profession of faith. 180 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:11.639 But then at sixteen they're struggling with remembering it or 181 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.319 struggling with did I really mean it? Or at thirty four, 182 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:17.680 did I really mean what I did when I was thirteen? Right, 183 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:19.759 So at whatever point you're like, if you come to 184 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:21.720 a point where you're going, I'm not really sure about 185 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:25.920 that time, it's not going to make God angry for 186 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:29.959 you to say, hey, you are so important to me 187 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:32.000 that I want to make sure our relationship is right. 188 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:34.320 If I didn't mean it before, I just want you 189 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.320 to know I mean it now, right. And that would 190 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:39.159 be like, let's say a married couple goes through a 191 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:42.720 tough time. They have a choice to walk away or 192 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:46.519 they come back and they recommit themselves. Again. I've done 193 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:50.159 a few different marriage recommittals. They were never divorced, they 194 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:52.519 just weren't together, and then they would come back and 195 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:54.360 they would want to get back together and they would 196 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:57.000 make a recommittal. It wasn't that they were divorced. It 197 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:00.600 was just that they were reaffirming the fact that we're 198 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:02.840 all in for each other. And so I think it's okay, 199 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:07.759 it's perfectly okay for you. If you're doubting, don't just 200 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.960 rely on me saying, oh, you probably were saved before, right, 201 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:13.639 Eternity is kind of a big deal. 202 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:15.759 Don't you remember, honey, when you were five? 203 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.600 That's right. Instead say we'll make today the day. Yeah, 204 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:21.399 if you're not sure, make today the day. It's okay too. 205 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:23.200 And so one of two things will happen as far 206 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:25.679 as heaven and God is concerned. Either A that'll be 207 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:28.159 the first time that you received Christ because maybe when 208 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:30.919 you were younger you didn't know or mean it or understand. 209 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:33.840 Or B you were saved as a child, but now 210 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.240 you've just given yourself some assurance, not for God's sake 211 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:36.759 but for yours. 212 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:37.080 Yeah. 213 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.600 Sure, so that's that's the part. There's nothing wrong with it, right, 214 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:42.120 that's the part you say, one harm. But either way, 215 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:45.279 there's only one salvation, there's one Lord, one salvation. Right, 216 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.039 So we're saved once and then after we're saved, we're 217 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:48.720 always saved. 218 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:50.480 Or if you ever have a doubt, just make sure. 219 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:53.480 Right, that's right, that's right. That's definitely not going to 220 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:58.759 do you any harm, and it'll make everybody put a bow. 221 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.480 On that thing, right, absolutely, because the devil loves nothing 222 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:04.399 more than to neutralize the power that is in you 223 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.120 by making you believe you don't have that power. 224 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:07.759 That's right. 225 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:10.480 He loves it. He loves doing it, and so the 226 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:12.200 best way to overcome it is to say, hey, I 227 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.080 remember I don't know about yesterday, but I remember today. 228 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:17.000 Here's what I did, and I engage with Jesus and 229 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:19.559 gave my life to him and all that kind of stuff. 230 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:21.200 And you have the power of the Holy Spirit in you, 231 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:22.559 so you don't have to worry, you know. 232 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:27.519 Speaking of being stressed over decisions. 233 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:30.759 That's a good one. 234 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:35.600 Yeah, Jesus was stressed in the Mount of Olives over 235 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:38.559 a decision that he had to make, because, after all, 236 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:40.919 he did say he willingly gave his life and laid 237 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:41.399 it down for you. 238 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:42.039 That's correct. 239 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:44.240 Yeah. So how about that for transition. 240 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:44.960 That's pretty good. 241 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:46.360 That was actually not a bad transition. 242 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:49.360 Well. I suggested that a few weeks ago maybe we 243 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:52.279 should try to do like the best transitions ever, but 244 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:54.720 that would take prep. It was so hard, yeah, so hard. 245 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:57.360 So anyways, I don't know that we're ever going to 246 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:01.799 do the best ever at anything. People, this is the 247 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:04.080 best you're gonna get let me. Let's be honest. If 248 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:06.960 you're hoping to see some improvement, we're coming up on, 249 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.519 what is this our seven hundred and sixty first episode, 250 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:13.039 and we already did one hundred and seventy something to 251 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:15.559 the others, so we're coming up close to a thousand episodes. 252 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:18.360 Oh wow, if we're not gonna if we're not any 253 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:20.440 better by now, you probably should give up. Hope we're 254 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:21.120 not get true better. 255 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:21.720 That's true. 256 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:24.879 So okay, here we go. So we're reading in Luke 257 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:29.399 chapter twenty two, and we're reading verses thirty nine through 258 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:33.639 forty six, and we've talked about this passage multiple times, 259 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:36.559 multiple times, multiple times, but we're going to look at 260 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:39.039 it from a different perspective today. It says, then, accompanied 261 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.559 by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went 262 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:43.919 as usual to the amount of olives, and there he 263 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:47.360 told them, pray that you will not give into temptation. 264 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:50.399 And he walked away about a stone's throw, knelt down 265 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.480 and prayed, Father, if you are willing, please take this 266 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:55.960 cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your 267 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:58.360 will to be done, not mine. Then an angel from 268 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:00.799 heaven appeared and strengthened him, and he prayed more fervently, 269 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:02.799 and he was in such agony of spirit that his 270 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.320 sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood. 271 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:07.799 At last, he stood up again and returned to the disciples, 272 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:11.120 only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief. Why are 273 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:13.519 you sleeping, he asked them, Get up and pray so 274 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:17.480 that you will not give in to temptation. Is that 275 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.000 it's yeah, that's it. 276 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:22.639 That's it, you know, exhausted from grief. I'm not sure 277 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:25.440 I've ever y'all talked the page to me too, log 278 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:27.159 that in my brain. 279 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:31.039 We've made fun of them for falling asleep before. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 280 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:32.360 but they're grieving now I feel bad. 281 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:34.759 You didn't feel bad before. 282 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:37.840 I never didn't make fun of they fell asleep, But 283 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.120 now you realize they were grieving. 284 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.639 Yeah, they were exhausted from grief. 285 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:42.080 I don't know that. 286 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:44.000 Have you ever? Have you ever been so exhausted that 287 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:44.759 you just collapsed? 288 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:48.039 Yeah? Yeah, yeah, I know I have. Yeah, I've talked 289 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:50.879 to what you are right now. Yeah, you're about to cry. 290 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.519 I'm not about to collapse, but I did yawn. So 291 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:56.759 just so you'll know, the whole auditorium we're on the 292 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:59.799 stage in our auditorium at Heritage Church. It's completely dark 293 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.080 and we just have these spotlights on us. And so 294 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:05.399 in any low lit situation, I was yawn. I had 295 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:08.320 a seven thirty intro tomissions class at Baptist bable College 296 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:11.120 and it was in a very low lighting, dim situation, 297 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:16.159 and it was unusually dim. And I'm telling you I 298 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:19.320 got up at seven thirty and did other classes and 299 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:23.080 never fell asleep there. But in that situation, I always 300 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:23.679 falling asleep. 301 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:26.519 Yeah, you're very was that photo sensitive? You're very aware? 302 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:30.679 Maybe the darkness? Yeah, yeah, you yawn. But anyways, Yeah, 303 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:34.159 I was just thinking about this, this passage and was 304 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:37.840 trying to compare it to the other times that this 305 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:41.960 story comes up. So in Matthew twenty six, verse thirty six, 306 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:45.559 it comes up and it says, then Jesus went with 307 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:48.559 them to the olive grove called Gsemine. Remember it said 308 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.080 in Luke as was his custom? Right? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, 309 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:53.879 isn't that what it said? As usual? 310 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:55.320 As he left it. 311 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:57.559 So they leave the upstairs room, so they just had 312 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.399 the last supper. They just Jesus just introduced what we 313 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:04.240 call communion, right right, This is my body, this is 314 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:08.519 my blood. They sing a song, then they leave the 315 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.279 upper room. 316 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:10.720 And then they go they go through the vineyard. 317 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:12.879 Well they so they would have walked through the streets 318 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:16.799 of Jerusalem, out the Eastern Gate, down into the valley, 319 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:20.159 down to and then up the other side. Sousemite's at 320 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.039 the bottom. They would have gone up to the Mount 321 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:25.399 of Olives. So he's at the Mount of Olives, and 322 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.720 then a stone's throw. It seems like that's where he 323 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:28.919 gets into the garden. 324 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.120 I thought the stones throw represented where the other disciples 325 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:33.600 were and then where he called them further. 326 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:36.120 Yeah, but if you're throwing downhill, it goes a long ways. 327 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.720 That's That's what I'm warnering, because it says they went 328 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.919 up on the Mount of Olives. They went as usual, 329 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:43.159 to the Mount of Olives. But the garden gassemites in 330 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:45.120 the valley, not the mount. 331 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:47.039 Wasn't the whole thing called the mount of all? 332 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:47.600 Is it? No? 333 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:49.639 Think so garden it's a mount. 334 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:52.519 Yeah, but mounts aren't valleys. 335 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:56.879 But mounts can include the bottom of the mount, which 336 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:57.519 is the valley. 337 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:00.200 I don't think that's what it is anyways. Somehow, that's 338 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:02.000 both that, That's what I'm saying. But Anyways, so this 339 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:05.399 one says they went to the olive grove Calledsemone, which 340 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:08.559 is really a beautiful place. Yeah right, it really is. 341 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.960 It's actually smaller than you might think. 342 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:12.480 Yeah, it's it's not very big. It's the size of art, 343 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.279 a little bit bigger than our auditorium. Right. So uh 344 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:17.639 and he said, sit here while I go over there 345 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:22.080 to pray. So how far is over there stone throw? Yeah? 346 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:24.000 So I love the fact that you get all these 347 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.600 little details from the different the passages. And he took 348 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.679 Peter and Zebud's two sons, James and John. 349 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.480 It's like the cubit it's like the it's like, how 350 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:35.320 much is a cuban? I don't know, maybe this big exactly. 351 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:39.080 And so so the other passage doesn't mention that he 352 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:42.639 took Peter and James and John, but he takes them apart. 353 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:43.879 Yeah yeah, yeah, that's right. 354 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.320 And he becomes anguish in distress. He says, my soul 355 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:48.559 is crushed with grief to the point of death. Yes, 356 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.159 so stay here and keep watch with you. 357 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:55.240 What an unbelievable sad time. Yeah, you know, so I've 358 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:57.840 mentioned this before. We talked about how when you're under 359 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:00.440 great duress that you could actually sweat drop of blood. 360 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:05.919 This note actually gives the name. It's Heima tidrosish which 361 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:08.759 in which under great stesk, under great stress, the tiny 362 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:11.039 blood vessel's rupture and the sweat glands and produce a 363 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:13.000 mixture of sweat and blood. 364 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:13.720 Wow. 365 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:16.279 Then it says the first atom sin in the garden 366 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:19.200 and was condemned to living by the sweat of his 367 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:23.480 brow Genesis three, nineteen. Jesus the last atom or the 368 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:26.559 second atom obeyed the father in a garden and is 369 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.679 conquered by Adam Sin and conquered Adam Sin. So in 370 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:32.840 that in that both in the garden. Yeah, kind of neat, right, 371 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:37.440 So there's a garden there, there's a sin introduced. The 372 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.879 sweat of his brow was the punishment of sin. Yeah, 373 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:41.919 and then Jesus sweats great drops of blood. There's a 374 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:43.919 little little symbolism there. 375 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:46.159 Isn't that neat? Yeah, well, Jesus, I don't even know 376 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:48.720 what to do with that. Yeah, that's very interesting. 377 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:51.600 There are some things I believe in the Bible that 378 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:55.720 we'll get to heaven and not even realize we're no 379 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:58.639 way right. There are things that we're gonna say, Oh 380 00:16:58.679 --> 00:16:59.600 my goodness, like God. 381 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:01.639 It's gonna start peeling back the onion and we're gonna 382 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:04.319 be like yes, yeah. 383 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:07.480 Like everything that he did was so unbelievably intentional that 384 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:09.880 there's gonna be things that I think that that are 385 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:13.359 just yeah, it's gonna be unblievable. So you've heard me 386 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:17.440 also say before that that it is Jewish custom to 387 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:21.240 pass one cup of wine around. Yes, and he says, 388 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:24.079 let this cup pass from me. I was just looking 389 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:26.559 I don't know, I was looking up something the other 390 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:31.079 day and I had realized that also in the Old 391 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:35.319 Testament that the cup of God was also used at 392 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:39.799 least three or four times to symbolize God's wrath. Did 393 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:44.000 you know that God? Yeah, so it would actually say, like, yeah, judgment, 394 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:46.759 like God's wrath, the cup was poured out on the enemies. 395 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.440 It actually uses the word cup like three different times 396 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.839 when it refers to God's. 397 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:52.599 Wrath revelations the cups to oh. 398 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:56.319 Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. So it could be all the above, right, 399 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:58.839 It's one of those things where again the symbolism is 400 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:02.200 always so rich, and so it could be all the above. 401 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:04.920