1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:01,230 Daniel: Amen. 2 00:00:01,230 --> 00:00:02,100 I appreciate that. 3 00:00:02,100 --> 00:00:03,270 Thank you guys so much. 4 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:04,740 Good morning church. 5 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,240 How are you guys doing this morning? 6 00:00:07,530 --> 00:00:08,189 Great. 7 00:00:08,189 --> 00:00:08,940 That is awesome. 8 00:00:08,940 --> 00:00:10,920 I wish I can say the same. 9 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:14,610 Um, I'll get into it a little bit later in the sermon, but 10 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:15,900 overall I'm doing well though. 11 00:00:15,900 --> 00:00:16,321 There's, you know. 12 00:00:16,814 --> 00:00:17,685 Health and everything. 13 00:00:17,715 --> 00:00:18,435 We're doing fine. 14 00:00:18,435 --> 00:00:20,625 My name is Daniel Samoy, along with my wife Savannah. 15 00:00:20,775 --> 00:00:23,715 We help serve the high school ministry here in Orange County. 16 00:00:24,405 --> 00:00:26,235 We've been doing this for a little over a year and a half now. 17 00:00:26,235 --> 00:00:30,195 Savannah, we've been married, uh, a little over a year now as well. 18 00:00:30,375 --> 00:00:33,165 And, uh, if it's your first time here with us, if you've returned, 19 00:00:33,165 --> 00:00:34,335 you're, you're a long time member. 20 00:00:34,335 --> 00:00:36,195 Thank you for being here once again. 21 00:00:36,345 --> 00:00:38,325 Uh, you've caught us in the middle of a sermon series. 22 00:00:38,325 --> 00:00:39,855 We're actually at the tail end of it. 23 00:00:39,945 --> 00:00:41,504 Uh, this is the second to last one. 24 00:00:41,504 --> 00:00:43,845 It's called The Road to the Resurrection. 25 00:00:44,190 --> 00:00:46,830 And we've been going through the book of Luke. 26 00:00:46,890 --> 00:00:49,350 We're looking at the final week of Jesus. 27 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:52,769 And we started all the way back in Luke 19, which I believe is the beginning 28 00:00:52,890 --> 00:00:57,330 of Holy Week, Palm Sunday, where we talk about Jesus returning, right? 29 00:00:57,330 --> 00:01:00,660 He's coming down from Mount of Olives to Jerusalem and, 30 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:01,920 and everyone's praising him. 31 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,180 The king has returned. 32 00:01:03,420 --> 00:01:06,360 And that's what we are, uh, that's what today is. 33 00:01:06,509 --> 00:01:09,420 But uh, today what we're gonna talk about actually is something 34 00:01:09,420 --> 00:01:11,130 I think that we all go through. 35 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:11,820 Right. 36 00:01:11,820 --> 00:01:14,729 It's something that we don't like, I dunno about you guys, but I know 37 00:01:14,729 --> 00:01:17,880 I don't like, and that's pain. 38 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,600 Raise your hand if you like to feel some pain. 39 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:23,460 All right. 40 00:01:23,460 --> 00:01:24,179 A few. 41 00:01:24,179 --> 00:01:24,660 Alright. 42 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,120 Most of us one I should say. 43 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,880 But for the most part, we don't like to feel pain. 44 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:30,449 Right. 45 00:01:30,660 --> 00:01:34,050 You know, as I mentioned, uh, a few minutes ago, I was like, man, I, I, 46 00:01:34,056 --> 00:01:35,399 I'm not doing that well right now. 47 00:01:35,399 --> 00:01:36,210 I'm in pain. 48 00:01:36,554 --> 00:01:39,494 Uh, for those who don't know, we know it's tax season and Savannah 49 00:01:39,494 --> 00:01:43,214 and I, for the first time ever, we're filing taxes together jointly. 50 00:01:43,544 --> 00:01:45,405 And Savannah and I, we had this assumption. 51 00:01:45,405 --> 00:01:48,164 We were like, oh man, so what's the money we're gonna do with, with the 52 00:01:48,164 --> 00:01:50,235 returns and everything we're gonna put into savings, a little bit of 53 00:01:50,235 --> 00:01:52,035 this and that, and next, you know. 54 00:01:52,485 --> 00:01:53,475 We owe the government money. 55 00:01:53,475 --> 00:01:54,255 We're like, whoa, wait. 56 00:01:54,255 --> 00:01:54,825 What is this? 57 00:01:55,430 --> 00:01:56,265 This is not real. 58 00:01:56,265 --> 00:01:57,525 And we're like, there's something wrong with it. 59 00:01:57,525 --> 00:01:59,865 And we like, we go to three different sites and it's like, wow, 60 00:01:59,865 --> 00:02:01,335 I guess this is what we have to do. 61 00:02:01,515 --> 00:02:04,485 The pain right there that I had on Friday, just thinking that, 62 00:02:04,515 --> 00:02:06,765 wow, okay, we gotta do this. 63 00:02:06,795 --> 00:02:07,995 Let's do this, right? 64 00:02:08,324 --> 00:02:11,895 But we live in a world where pain is inevitable, right? 65 00:02:11,955 --> 00:02:14,715 There's so many different types of pain that you can have. 66 00:02:14,715 --> 00:02:18,375 You can have financial pain, kind of like what I'm going through with the taxes. 67 00:02:18,405 --> 00:02:21,704 You can have emotional pain, you can have spiritual pain. 68 00:02:22,425 --> 00:02:23,625 Even have physical pain. 69 00:02:24,255 --> 00:02:27,465 And often when we have these types of pain, what do we like to do? 70 00:02:28,755 --> 00:02:30,525 Try to avoid at all costs, right? 71 00:02:30,704 --> 00:02:32,025 We don't want to experience these pain. 72 00:02:32,025 --> 00:02:34,695 And whether it's the pain of disappointment, the hurt of a broken 73 00:02:34,695 --> 00:02:38,745 heart, or a broken relationship, or even weight of personal 74 00:02:38,745 --> 00:02:40,545 struggle, we all experience it. 75 00:02:40,545 --> 00:02:43,575 Now, who here has heard of this term? 76 00:02:43,605 --> 00:02:48,195 Those who are, uh, gym rats like, uh, Travis up there doing AV or Dale 77 00:02:48,195 --> 00:02:49,905 over here who has heard of the term? 78 00:02:49,935 --> 00:02:51,255 No pain, no gain. 79 00:02:51,975 --> 00:02:54,585 Oh yeah, everyone has heard of that term. 80 00:02:54,704 --> 00:02:57,345 You know, we hear it in the form of sports, right? 81 00:02:57,345 --> 00:02:59,745 I know for me, you know, being a Dodgers fan, you know, for there was 82 00:02:59,745 --> 00:03:02,565 these years where we just couldn't get over the hump and I experienced 83 00:03:02,565 --> 00:03:03,795 so much pain and the team did. 84 00:03:04,335 --> 00:03:04,965 But guess what happened? 85 00:03:04,965 --> 00:03:06,735 We won the World Series and that was our game. 86 00:03:07,755 --> 00:03:09,705 We used it in the sports context. 87 00:03:09,855 --> 00:03:11,985 We used it for striving for success. 88 00:03:12,435 --> 00:03:15,345 But in God's kingdom, the principle of no pain or no gain 89 00:03:15,345 --> 00:03:17,115 is more than just building muscle. 90 00:03:17,670 --> 00:03:20,579 It's more than just having personal success or challenges 91 00:03:20,579 --> 00:03:22,350 that win does something temporary. 92 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,239 It's about growth. 93 00:03:24,690 --> 00:03:26,430 It's about spiritual transformation. 94 00:03:26,850 --> 00:03:28,799 It's about gaining something eternal. 95 00:03:29,430 --> 00:03:32,820 And this is what Jesus knew as he was on his journey towards the 96 00:03:32,820 --> 00:03:35,370 cross, on the road to resurrection. 97 00:03:35,370 --> 00:03:42,540 He had to face immense pain spiritually, emotionally, physically, but through it 98 00:03:42,540 --> 00:03:45,015 all, he brought us the greatest gain. 99 00:03:46,305 --> 00:03:49,875 Not only through his victory over death, but the way he shows us how 100 00:03:49,875 --> 00:03:52,305 to walk through the pain as well. 101 00:03:52,905 --> 00:03:57,495 And today for my lesson, we're gonna be walking through the pain that Jesus had 102 00:03:57,495 --> 00:03:59,894 that was leading up for him on the cross. 103 00:04:00,315 --> 00:04:05,475 The title of my lesson today is called Pain and Gain, because on the road 104 00:04:05,475 --> 00:04:08,535 to the resurrection isn't about just getting to the glory, it's about 105 00:04:08,535 --> 00:04:12,375 understanding the pain that Jesus endured and how that pain is the very 106 00:04:12,375 --> 00:04:14,595 thing that brings us the greatest gain. 107 00:04:15,090 --> 00:04:19,950 Hope, healing, redemption, and a new life in him. 108 00:04:20,430 --> 00:04:23,580 So if you could turn your Bibles with me to Luke chapter 22. 109 00:04:24,930 --> 00:04:28,680 We're gonna be in Luke chapter 22, uh, verse 39. 110 00:04:29,790 --> 00:04:29,940 All right. 111 00:04:29,940 --> 00:04:30,540 Here we are. 112 00:04:30,630 --> 00:04:33,330 It's Jesus prays on the mounts of olives and it reads. 113 00:04:33,630 --> 00:04:37,770 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives as his and his disciples 114 00:04:37,770 --> 00:04:39,659 followed him on reaching the place. 115 00:04:39,659 --> 00:04:42,720 He said to them, pray that you will not fall into temptation. 116 00:04:43,230 --> 00:04:46,680 He withdrew about a stone throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed. 117 00:04:46,860 --> 00:04:50,280 Father, if you are willing to take this cup from me, yet not 118 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:52,290 my will, but yours be done. 119 00:04:52,860 --> 00:04:56,550 An Egypt from Heaven appeared to him and strengthened him and being in anguish. 120 00:04:56,550 --> 00:05:01,530 He prayed more earnestly and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. 121 00:05:01,950 --> 00:05:04,530 When he rose from prayer, he went back to disciples. 122 00:05:04,590 --> 00:05:05,970 He found them asleep. 123 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,100 Exhausted from sorrow. 124 00:05:08,310 --> 00:05:09,360 Why are you sleeping? 125 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:14,190 He asked them, get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. 126 00:05:14,910 --> 00:05:18,660 You know, we see here that going back to ever since Jesus has entered the 127 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:23,760 region, he's been teaching in Jerusalem by day and then retreating back to 128 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,920 the Mount of Olive by night to rest. 129 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,605 And on this, uh, this sermon series is actually on the road to the resurrection. 130 00:05:29,615 --> 00:05:33,510 We've seen how the mounts of olives is a place of significance. 131 00:05:34,245 --> 00:05:38,505 Here in, uh, going back to Luke 19, we see Mount Olives being a place 132 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:41,145 of praise, prophecy, and pain. 133 00:05:41,655 --> 00:05:45,525 You know, at Marcel when we first kicked off the lesson, he talked about, uh, Jesus 134 00:05:45,525 --> 00:05:47,385 coming in, entering the kingdom as king. 135 00:05:47,385 --> 00:05:50,475 He's writing into Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives on a donkey, 136 00:05:51,015 --> 00:05:53,235 fulfilling the prophecy right there. 137 00:05:53,715 --> 00:05:57,585 And then Eric, a few weeks after that, preached on Luke 21 about the prophecy. 138 00:05:57,914 --> 00:06:00,104 The destruction of ends time. 139 00:06:00,315 --> 00:06:03,705 You know, having false teachers rise, having the war, uh, this world be 140 00:06:03,705 --> 00:06:06,315 plagued with war and Jesus will return. 141 00:06:07,005 --> 00:06:10,395 And today we're gonna talk about the pain here in Mount Olives, the 142 00:06:10,395 --> 00:06:11,955 pain of the garden of Gethsemane. 143 00:06:12,674 --> 00:06:14,085 It's here at the Mount of Olives. 144 00:06:14,085 --> 00:06:17,685 And Jesus feeling the weight of the world sin on him. 145 00:06:18,405 --> 00:06:22,935 Now let's break this scripture down here in Luke 22, as you see here. 146 00:06:22,935 --> 00:06:23,474 Oh, first. 147 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,280 First point is the spiritual pain, right? 148 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:27,120 The Garden of Gethsemane. 149 00:06:27,719 --> 00:06:31,320 And here we see the first uh, verse here. 150 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:37,620 Jesus went out as usual to pray, and I found that this was not just an 151 00:06:37,620 --> 00:06:40,020 occasional practice for Jesus, right? 152 00:06:40,020 --> 00:06:45,240 It wasn't based on circumstance, but he always went out to pray as usual. 153 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:49,830 Now, in this moment here in the garden, Jesus is faced with 154 00:06:49,830 --> 00:06:51,570 overwhelming weight of what's to come. 155 00:06:52,425 --> 00:06:57,915 He knew exactly what was ahead, the cross, the humiliation, the rejection, 156 00:06:58,155 --> 00:07:00,315 the intense physical suffering. 157 00:07:01,125 --> 00:07:05,235 But most of all, he knew about the spiritual agony, the spiritual separation, 158 00:07:05,235 --> 00:07:10,695 that he was soon faced with his father, you know, in his humanity, because Jesus 159 00:07:10,695 --> 00:07:15,705 is fully God and fully human, we see that he pleads with his father in prayer. 160 00:07:15,735 --> 00:07:21,285 Father, if you're willing to take this cup from me, see, there's no pretending here. 161 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:24,825 Jesus is like, man, I don't want to do this. 162 00:07:24,825 --> 00:07:25,844 I know what's to come. 163 00:07:25,844 --> 00:07:30,075 I know about the prophecies, but God, if there's another way, please remove 164 00:07:30,105 --> 00:07:33,975 this cup as we see this cup here. 165 00:07:34,215 --> 00:07:37,185 This cup, uh, was used this, this term. 166 00:07:37,185 --> 00:07:40,095 The cup was used in many scriptures, especially in the Old Testament. 167 00:07:40,245 --> 00:07:42,675 The cup was used to describe someone's faith. 168 00:07:43,065 --> 00:07:47,025 You know, to drink the cup is to do what God has already determined as necessary. 169 00:07:47,595 --> 00:07:50,055 You know, the Cup is also representative of Jesus's. 170 00:07:50,355 --> 00:07:52,965 Uh, or of God's suffering and wrath. 171 00:07:53,505 --> 00:07:56,655 You know, there's mentions of, as we see in Isaiah 51 verse 17, it says, 172 00:07:56,655 --> 00:07:59,475 awake, awake, rise up Jerusalem. 173 00:07:59,475 --> 00:08:03,675 You who have drunk from the hand of the Lord, the cup of his wrath, 174 00:08:03,825 --> 00:08:08,115 you have drained to its drags the goblet that makes people stagger. 175 00:08:09,375 --> 00:08:14,085 We see the cup representing the harsh experience that God's people will face. 176 00:08:15,210 --> 00:08:21,390 The cup of his wrath shows us the consequences when we disobey God and 177 00:08:21,390 --> 00:08:25,349 Jesus knowing the wrath that he will soon face, he pleased with his father, man, 178 00:08:25,349 --> 00:08:26,820 I know what this cup is gonna be like. 179 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:28,229 God, please remove this cup. 180 00:08:28,229 --> 00:08:30,359 I don't wanna drink from this cup. 181 00:08:31,409 --> 00:08:34,710 You know, as I think about it, if I was in that position with Jesus, 182 00:08:34,710 --> 00:08:36,179 there's no way I'm doing that right. 183 00:08:36,568 --> 00:08:38,188 I'm trying to get rid of that pain. 184 00:08:38,188 --> 00:08:40,558 But one thing that I love that Jesus does here. 185 00:08:40,845 --> 00:08:45,405 It's that even in the agonizing spiritual pain where every weight 186 00:08:45,465 --> 00:08:49,545 of sin is on him, Jesus surrenders. 187 00:08:51,195 --> 00:08:54,915 He says, yet not my will, but yours be done. 188 00:08:55,185 --> 00:08:57,315 Jesus has trust in his father. 189 00:08:57,675 --> 00:09:02,445 It's a decision to surrender to, not to uh, his will, but to his father's 190 00:09:02,445 --> 00:09:06,615 will, to his father's desires, his fears to God's greater plan. 191 00:09:06,615 --> 00:09:09,165 And in this moment, despite the deep pain. 192 00:09:09,615 --> 00:09:15,615 Jesus decides to lean in to the father's will, he begins to drink that cup. 193 00:09:16,515 --> 00:09:20,325 You know, the amazing thing here is as he, you know, leans into that, right? 194 00:09:20,325 --> 00:09:23,955 We see here that an angel appears and we see that the angel here 195 00:09:23,955 --> 00:09:27,285 appears to comfort Jesus, right? 196 00:09:27,795 --> 00:09:31,755 But notice this, notice that even when the comfort was there, the 197 00:09:31,755 --> 00:09:33,525 pain was still there as well. 198 00:09:34,380 --> 00:09:37,140 I think it's so important for us to remember that man, God's 199 00:09:37,140 --> 00:09:38,280 gonna be there when we're in pain. 200 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,080 He's gonna try to comfort us, right? 201 00:09:40,350 --> 00:09:42,630 But it doesn't mean that pain is gonna go away. 202 00:09:43,290 --> 00:09:43,470 You know? 203 00:09:43,470 --> 00:09:46,200 We see Jesus here having an angel, being with him. 204 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,370 He was still being anguish. 205 00:09:47,370 --> 00:09:48,390 He prayed more earnestly. 206 00:09:48,420 --> 00:09:50,850 His sweat was like drops of blood. 207 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,689 You know, I think for us, that can be a hard concept to accept 208 00:09:54,689 --> 00:09:57,510 sometimes about how God is gonna be there with us through the pain. 209 00:09:57,510 --> 00:09:59,520 He's not gonna remove us from the pain, but he's gonna be 210 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:00,840 there to walk with us through it. 211 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:03,060 You know, we want a quick fix. 212 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:04,140 I know I do. 213 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,800 We want the storm to stop, not just the courage to stand in the storm. 214 00:10:08,460 --> 00:10:11,520 We want healing to happen without going through the process. 215 00:10:11,940 --> 00:10:14,880 We want a breakthrough without even having to wrestle for it. 216 00:10:15,810 --> 00:10:20,280 But Jesus here, Jesus shows us that God doesn't always take us outta 217 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,950 the pain, but he meets us in it. 218 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:27,840 He gives us exactly what we need, not escape from the pain, right? 219 00:10:28,170 --> 00:10:29,700 But endurance for the pain. 220 00:10:30,300 --> 00:10:33,480 Not avoidance of the pain, but assurance in it. 221 00:10:34,020 --> 00:10:39,510 Not comfort that eliminates pain, but comfort that carries us through the pain. 222 00:10:40,590 --> 00:10:43,800 So maybe today you're asking God to remove something away. 223 00:10:44,340 --> 00:10:46,890 Maybe there's something heavy going on in your personal life right now 224 00:10:46,890 --> 00:10:51,720 that you've been wrestling with, and maybe he hasn't taken away yet, but 225 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:53,130 that doesn't mean he's not with you. 226 00:10:53,580 --> 00:10:54,150 Amen. 227 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,060 That doesn't mean he's not hearing you out. 228 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,250 That doesn't mean he hasn't heard you. 229 00:10:59,250 --> 00:11:02,310 It just means he's giving you strength for the moment and comfort that 230 00:11:02,310 --> 00:11:04,830 sustains rather than removes the pain. 231 00:11:05,910 --> 00:11:08,850 And what's incredible about that is that even while carrying that 232 00:11:08,850 --> 00:11:13,590 kind of pain, even in the middle of his own spiritual agony, Jesus 233 00:11:13,770 --> 00:11:15,840 doesn't turn to himself right. 234 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:16,650 What does it say here? 235 00:11:16,650 --> 00:11:19,710 He says he turned to God obviously in prayer, but he 236 00:11:19,710 --> 00:11:21,180 also turned to his disciples. 237 00:11:21,510 --> 00:11:23,700 And what were his disciples doing during that time? 238 00:11:23,700 --> 00:11:23,910 Guys? 239 00:11:23,910 --> 00:11:25,650 What They were sleeping. 240 00:11:26,595 --> 00:11:28,454 His disciples were sleeping. 241 00:11:29,145 --> 00:11:33,165 And I know for me, when I'm overwhelmed, when I have a lot of things going 242 00:11:33,165 --> 00:11:36,584 on in my life, my first instinct isn't to turn to God in prayer. 243 00:11:37,064 --> 00:11:40,064 It isn't to get open to the brothers or even my wife. 244 00:11:40,515 --> 00:11:44,175 My first instinct is to look at myself and really to just think about how can 245 00:11:44,175 --> 00:11:48,375 I get out of this myself throughout my, uh, with my own strength here? 246 00:11:48,615 --> 00:11:49,814 How can I numb this feeling? 247 00:11:49,814 --> 00:11:50,564 What can I do? 248 00:11:50,715 --> 00:11:53,084 Maybe I can take a nap and sleep away my problem. 249 00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:58,080 Maybe I can watch TV all day and hopefully that problem will go away. 250 00:11:59,010 --> 00:12:01,110 But that's not what Jesus wants for us. 251 00:12:02,010 --> 00:12:04,800 He invites us to stay awake, right? 252 00:12:04,860 --> 00:12:07,800 The disciples were sleeping, but Jesus, he wants us to stay awake. 253 00:12:07,830 --> 00:12:08,880 He wants us to be present. 254 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:13,380 He wants us to be in prayer, not just for ourselves, but also for each other. 255 00:12:13,950 --> 00:12:18,390 Because here's one thing, the disciples, they weren't just sleeping on Jesus. 256 00:12:18,990 --> 00:12:20,760 They were also asleep towards one another. 257 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,500 They weren't looking out for each other, they weren't encouraging each other. 258 00:12:25,530 --> 00:12:28,650 They weren't just trying to get, they were just trying to get through the moment. 259 00:12:29,579 --> 00:12:33,750 And we can do the same, you know, we can show up to church, we can 260 00:12:33,750 --> 00:12:34,829 be part of our family groups. 261 00:12:34,829 --> 00:12:37,560 We can show up to events physically present, but 262 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:39,300 spiritually, man, we can be asleep. 263 00:12:40,350 --> 00:12:41,550 We don't check in, man. 264 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,380 We don't ask deep questions. 265 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:46,020 We can assume people are okay, but maybe they're really not. 266 00:12:46,020 --> 00:12:49,740 Maybe they're hanging on by a, a life, a lifeline, right there. 267 00:12:50,820 --> 00:12:56,160 Man, we cannot be a people around, let people around us suffer in that 268 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,590 we have to stay awake spiritually. 269 00:12:58,590 --> 00:13:01,410 Church, we have to be engaged in prayer. 270 00:13:01,530 --> 00:13:04,920 We have to be present with him and also with each other. 271 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,390 We do not want to be a people that lets other people, lets other brothers 272 00:13:09,390 --> 00:13:11,670 and sisters suffer in silence. 273 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,340 Let's not sleep in those moments. 274 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:16,200 We're meant to support one another. 275 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:18,060 Let's be a kind of church. 276 00:13:18,060 --> 00:13:19,440 Let's continue to be a kind of church. 277 00:13:19,724 --> 00:13:24,104 That tries to see that, try to listen, that praise, that show up physically, 278 00:13:24,104 --> 00:13:29,265 but also spiritually as well because Jesus, he didn't give up on his disciples 279 00:13:29,625 --> 00:13:31,515 and he's not giving up on us as well. 280 00:13:32,234 --> 00:13:33,525 Jesus call is clear. 281 00:13:33,915 --> 00:13:38,775 Don't let the pain, uh, don't turn away from the pain when it's overwhelming. 282 00:13:39,675 --> 00:13:43,094 Instead, lean into God, lean into prayer during this time, 283 00:13:43,094 --> 00:13:45,614 we see Jesus do this constantly. 284 00:13:45,614 --> 00:13:46,515 We see it right here. 285 00:13:46,515 --> 00:13:50,505 Even in the moments of pain and agony, he leans in to the Father. 286 00:13:50,714 --> 00:13:51,885 He has trust in them. 287 00:13:51,885 --> 00:13:55,814 Even if he doesn't have the answer, he still continuously trust in him. 288 00:13:56,594 --> 00:14:00,854 Church, when we find ourself in spiritual pain, whether it's doubt, whether it's 289 00:14:00,854 --> 00:14:03,555 fear or confusion, will you lean in? 290 00:14:05,084 --> 00:14:06,854 Will you bring your pain to God? 291 00:14:07,724 --> 00:14:10,964 When the answers aren't immediate, even when the circumstances don't 292 00:14:10,964 --> 00:14:12,854 change, will you lean into God? 293 00:14:12,854 --> 00:14:14,204 Will you lean in? 294 00:14:14,265 --> 00:14:17,925 Will you join Jesus in the garden of prayer and let God meet you in it? 295 00:14:19,035 --> 00:14:20,354 You know, we see Jesus. 296 00:14:21,045 --> 00:14:26,204 Jesus here is wrestling with God and after talking, uh, to his disciples 297 00:14:26,204 --> 00:14:29,954 who fell asleep on him while he was praying, Jesus then started to be 298 00:14:29,954 --> 00:14:31,755 approached by a crowd of people. 299 00:14:32,175 --> 00:14:33,765 And we'll pick up here in verse 47. 300 00:14:34,980 --> 00:14:41,190 And we pick up on the emotional pain that comes next, we see betrayal and denial. 301 00:14:42,390 --> 00:14:46,500 In verse 47, it reads, while he was still speaking to, uh, speaking, a crowd 302 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:51,060 came up and the man who called Judas, uh, one of the 12 was leading them. 303 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,410 He approached Jesus to kiss him, but Jesus asked him, Judas, are you 304 00:14:55,410 --> 00:14:57,300 betraying the son of man with a kiss? 305 00:14:57,690 --> 00:15:02,010 When Jesus followers saw, uh, what was going to happen, they said, Lord, 306 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,510 should we strike with our swords? 307 00:15:03,824 --> 00:15:07,185 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest cutting off his right ear. 308 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:11,985 But Jesus answered no more of this, and he touched the man's ear and healed him. 309 00:15:12,525 --> 00:15:16,095 Then Jesus said to the chief priest, the officers of the Temple Guard and 310 00:15:16,095 --> 00:15:17,985 the elders who had, uh, come for him. 311 00:15:18,345 --> 00:15:22,215 Am I leading a rebellion that you have come with swords and clubs every day? 312 00:15:22,215 --> 00:15:25,935 I was with you in the Temple Courts and you did not lay a hand on me, but 313 00:15:25,935 --> 00:15:28,395 this is your hour when darkness rains. 314 00:15:29,324 --> 00:15:33,045 So we see here the emotional pain hits hard, right? 315 00:15:33,104 --> 00:15:33,885 Judas. 316 00:15:34,214 --> 00:15:36,015 Now, Judas is one of the 12. 317 00:15:36,194 --> 00:15:37,454 Judas was a friend of Jesus. 318 00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:40,844 Judas followed Jesus everywhere, and he got to see the miracles. 319 00:15:41,115 --> 00:15:42,074 Jesus invested. 320 00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:44,354 He poured himself into Judas. 321 00:15:45,314 --> 00:15:50,594 And yet we see Judas here enter the picture and he kissed Jesus, right? 322 00:15:50,954 --> 00:15:55,665 And a kiss man that is so intimate a kiss shows like, man, I really love you. 323 00:15:56,430 --> 00:15:59,700 But here, this kiss wasn't a sign of love for Jesus. 324 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:01,710 This kiss was a kiss of betrayal. 325 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,750 And think about how Jesus, knowing that everything he'd done for him 326 00:16:07,470 --> 00:16:09,270 had to experience this from Judas. 327 00:16:09,270 --> 00:16:11,040 Yeah, I mean, think about that. 328 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,220 That must have been a slap in the face to Jesus right there. 329 00:16:14,970 --> 00:16:18,000 And what's worse is it's because it came from someone Jesus had 330 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,580 poured in and invested into so much. 331 00:16:21,810 --> 00:16:23,880 Imagine the pain that Jesus. 332 00:16:24,210 --> 00:16:27,960 Not just the physical pain of being arrested, but the emotional betrayal. 333 00:16:28,230 --> 00:16:31,890 The sting of seeing one of his own disciples turn on him even if 334 00:16:31,890 --> 00:16:35,760 he knew he saw this coming, but still having to to go through it. 335 00:16:37,110 --> 00:16:38,550 What would you do in that moment? 336 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,210 I know for me, I'll be quick to fight back. 337 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:42,780 Right? 338 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,290 I'll be quick to start, you know, calling for justice, man. 339 00:16:46,290 --> 00:16:47,400 I'm like, man, this is not right. 340 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:48,180 What are you doing? 341 00:16:48,540 --> 00:16:51,060 But we see Jesus, he doesn't fight back. 342 00:16:52,319 --> 00:16:53,550 He doesn't scream in anger. 343 00:16:53,550 --> 00:16:54,930 He doesn't lash out on Judas. 344 00:16:55,319 --> 00:16:59,610 Instead, what he does is he, you know, tells people, Hey, 345 00:16:59,610 --> 00:17:01,500 enough of this, no more of this. 346 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:02,310 Stop this. 347 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:06,510 And in the process he heals the, the high priest's ear right there. 348 00:17:07,470 --> 00:17:12,540 You know, when I think about this, when we think about Judas here, sorry. 349 00:17:12,569 --> 00:17:15,180 There it is with Judas. 350 00:17:15,358 --> 00:17:17,069 What's incredible about Judas though? 351 00:17:17,790 --> 00:17:19,589 What we see right after he betrays him. 352 00:17:19,740 --> 00:17:22,770 You know in verse, in Matthew 27, verse three through five, it says, when Judas, 353 00:17:22,858 --> 00:17:26,790 who had betrayed him saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse 354 00:17:26,970 --> 00:17:30,060 and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 355 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:30,899 I have sinned. 356 00:17:30,899 --> 00:17:32,940 He said, for have betrayed innocent blood. 357 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:34,200 What is that to us? 358 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,240 They replied, that's your responsibility. 359 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,669 So Judas, through the money into the temple and left. 360 00:17:38,879 --> 00:17:40,889 Then he went away to hang himself. 361 00:17:43,260 --> 00:17:46,139 Think about this Judas story right here. 362 00:17:46,740 --> 00:17:48,690 It ends right there. 363 00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:54,570 He ultimately decides to hang himself story that that is all that we hear 364 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:59,580 from Judas and we see that this betrayal that he did, that he did it for money, 365 00:17:59,580 --> 00:18:02,460 obviously, but then he realized like, man, oh, I, I shouldn't have done this 366 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:06,480 rather than in his own pain, turned to God and asked Jesus for forgiveness. 367 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,610 Instead, he thought there was nothing else he can do. 368 00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:11,430 So instead he decides to end it all. 369 00:18:12,794 --> 00:18:17,085 I think that he, he didn't let Grace meet him where he was at, right? 370 00:18:17,085 --> 00:18:20,235 Grace was right there in front of him in Jesus, but instead he 371 00:18:20,235 --> 00:18:21,825 decided to end it all right there. 372 00:18:22,754 --> 00:18:23,534 You know, I think about that. 373 00:18:23,534 --> 00:18:27,645 I think about how maybe the fear got to him, right? 374 00:18:27,675 --> 00:18:31,754 Maybe the doubt got to him right there, and we see the tragic ending 375 00:18:31,814 --> 00:18:36,284 of Judas, but there's also another thing that Jesus goes through. 376 00:18:36,284 --> 00:18:38,925 It wasn't just the kiss of betray, kiss of betrayal. 377 00:18:39,570 --> 00:18:47,820 We also see the denial of him, you know, and picking up in Luke 22, verse 50 54. 378 00:18:47,820 --> 00:18:49,709 Here, it says, then seizing him. 379 00:18:50,070 --> 00:18:52,919 They let him away and took him into the house of the high priest. 380 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,730 Peter followed at a distance and when some, uh, some there had 381 00:18:56,730 --> 00:18:59,970 kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. 382 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:01,379 Peter sat down with him. 383 00:19:01,409 --> 00:19:04,110 A serving girl saw him seated there in the firelight. 384 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,620 She looked closely at him and said, this man was with him. 385 00:19:08,054 --> 00:19:08,925 He denied it. 386 00:19:09,195 --> 00:19:10,245 Woman, I don't know him. 387 00:19:10,365 --> 00:19:14,745 He said a little later someone else saw him and said, you are also one of them. 388 00:19:15,165 --> 00:19:16,304 Man, I am not. 389 00:19:16,304 --> 00:19:20,415 Peter replied about an hour later, uh, another asserted certainly this 390 00:19:20,415 --> 00:19:22,814 fellow was with him for he's Galilean. 391 00:19:22,845 --> 00:19:25,875 Peter replied, man, I don't know what you're talking about. 392 00:19:25,995 --> 00:19:30,375 Just as he, uh, just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed, the Lord 393 00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:31,725 turned and looked straight at Peter. 394 00:19:32,235 --> 00:19:34,665 Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord had spoken to him. 395 00:19:35,024 --> 00:19:37,814 Before the rooster crows, you'll disown me three times. 396 00:19:38,085 --> 00:19:41,445 And he went outside and he, uh, wept bitterly. 397 00:19:42,615 --> 00:19:45,885 Now we see that Peter denies Jesus three times. 398 00:19:45,885 --> 00:19:49,245 And with each denial, I think Peter begins to crack. 399 00:19:49,725 --> 00:19:51,585 He's not just protecting himself from danger. 400 00:19:51,764 --> 00:19:54,284 He's dis disconnecting himself from the one he loves. 401 00:19:54,945 --> 00:19:58,514 Fear, shame, doubt. 402 00:19:59,115 --> 00:20:00,825 They started to take control of him. 403 00:20:01,814 --> 00:20:03,014 And then the rooster crows. 404 00:20:03,930 --> 00:20:08,400 I dunno if you guys saw this, but it says, uh, the Lord turned and 405 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,470 looked straight back at Peter. 406 00:20:12,270 --> 00:20:15,030 I dunno about you guys, but Jesus was going through a lot that day, right? 407 00:20:15,030 --> 00:20:16,890 He had the spiritual pain. 408 00:20:16,890 --> 00:20:18,420 He didn't want to take this cup. 409 00:20:18,690 --> 00:20:21,330 He's been betrayed and now he's been denied. 410 00:20:22,170 --> 00:20:24,510 Now I think about how, what was the look? 411 00:20:24,510 --> 00:20:27,660 What, what look would I give to Peter if I was Jesus? 412 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,360 I know for me, I would probably give the look of anger. 413 00:20:31,125 --> 00:20:34,365 Come on, dude, you just, you told me not too long ago that 414 00:20:34,365 --> 00:20:35,774 you'll be with me even if I died. 415 00:20:37,125 --> 00:20:40,425 I'll be disappointed in him being like, man, I invested so much in you, man. 416 00:20:40,425 --> 00:20:43,304 I thought you would be with me here for the long run. 417 00:20:44,355 --> 00:20:48,405 But knowing Jesus though, thank goodness Jesus is not me. 418 00:20:48,705 --> 00:20:55,875 I tend to believe that Jesus looked at Peter with love, with compassion, and 419 00:20:55,875 --> 00:20:58,215 looked at, said, Peter, I still see you. 420 00:20:58,995 --> 00:20:59,865 I still love you. 421 00:21:02,429 --> 00:21:06,450 That looked broken as we see that Peter went outside and he and he wept bitterly. 422 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,510 But I think when he wept bitterly, I don't think it was out of 423 00:21:09,510 --> 00:21:11,550 guilt of, oh man, I got caught. 424 00:21:11,550 --> 00:21:12,240 Jesus caught me. 425 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:12,960 Oh my goodness. 426 00:21:13,470 --> 00:21:17,790 I think that weeping of bitterness right there was out of wow. 427 00:21:17,879 --> 00:21:19,470 Jesus still loves me. 428 00:21:20,070 --> 00:21:23,159 He still sees me, despite me turning my back on him. 429 00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:26,250 He still loves me and church. 430 00:21:27,330 --> 00:21:29,399 Maybe that's where some of us are right now. 431 00:21:29,399 --> 00:21:33,690 Maybe some of us feel like we, we are denying Jesus like Peter did. 432 00:21:34,620 --> 00:21:38,610 I want you to know that Jesus has not given up on you. 433 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:40,919 He didn't give up on Peter. 434 00:21:40,919 --> 00:21:43,110 He has not given up on you. 435 00:21:44,730 --> 00:21:50,190 Maybe you guys are like Peter because, or we are like Peter because it says 436 00:21:50,190 --> 00:21:51,840 Peter also followed at a distance. 437 00:21:52,649 --> 00:21:52,919 Right? 438 00:21:52,919 --> 00:21:54,330 And I think for me. 439 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,340 I think of falling outta distance. 440 00:21:56,340 --> 00:21:58,260 I think, man, I'm gonna be an earshot. 441 00:21:58,260 --> 00:22:00,900 Like I'm still gonna hear what Jesus is gonna say, right? 442 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:05,010 But I'm still gonna be far enough where I can be in control of my own life. 443 00:22:06,060 --> 00:22:09,120 Now, maybe you've pulled back because of fear and you've 444 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:10,920 distanced yourself because of that. 445 00:22:11,220 --> 00:22:13,560 Maybe you convince yourself that you're not worthy, you're not 446 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,630 strong enough, or you're not ready. 447 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:22,440 But I need to ask you, church, are you following at a distance because 448 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,030 Jesus is still looking at you? 449 00:22:24,540 --> 00:22:27,149 Not with condemnation, but with compassion. 450 00:22:27,690 --> 00:22:33,120 Not to shame you, but to call you back to remind you, I still see you. 451 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,639 I still love you, and I'm not done with you. 452 00:22:36,780 --> 00:22:40,080 You know, Peter's story here doesn't end at the courtyard and 453 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:41,730 yours does not have to either. 454 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,190 There is grace still waiting for you. 455 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,060 There is purpose on the other side of your pain, but the question 456 00:22:48,060 --> 00:22:50,340 is, will you come close again? 457 00:22:51,420 --> 00:22:54,150 There was a season in my life where I definitely felt like I've 458 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:56,820 followed Jesus as a di at a distance. 459 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:01,020 And it happened actually last year around, you know, January, 460 00:23:01,050 --> 00:23:03,510 February, uh, you know, I was, uh. 461 00:23:04,155 --> 00:23:08,025 Working with the team ministry, I also got engaged during that time. 462 00:23:08,205 --> 00:23:09,975 I picked up extra hours at my job. 463 00:23:09,975 --> 00:23:13,455 We're planning a wedding and there was just so much stuff going on. 464 00:23:13,635 --> 00:23:16,755 I remember just waking up in the morning saying a quick prayer and 465 00:23:16,755 --> 00:23:19,965 just kind of going out the door and just saying, alright, uh, I'll, I'll 466 00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:21,615 get back on track spiritually soon. 467 00:23:21,615 --> 00:23:21,915 Right? 468 00:23:21,915 --> 00:23:26,625 Like, but I kept kicking that can further down the road and then one day 469 00:23:26,625 --> 00:23:30,765 I remember just sitting in my household and then I remember actually Justin 470 00:23:30,765 --> 00:23:33,045 and I, we had a quiet time together and I was so grateful for that. 471 00:23:33,435 --> 00:23:38,145 And we're reading Isaiah 30 and it in there it said, uh, and repentance 472 00:23:38,145 --> 00:23:42,825 and rest is your salvation and quietness and trust is your strength. 473 00:23:43,785 --> 00:23:47,835 And I just sat there just so convicted, right? 474 00:23:47,925 --> 00:23:51,615 Thinking about how, wow, God doesn't really care about the busyness I'm in. 475 00:23:51,615 --> 00:23:56,085 He just wants me to be there with them in this moment, right? 476 00:23:56,565 --> 00:23:57,105 That moment. 477 00:23:57,105 --> 00:23:58,095 Remind me that. 478 00:23:58,860 --> 00:24:02,939 God has always welcoming back with open arms that, but I have to choose to 479 00:24:02,939 --> 00:24:05,879 continually, continuously be close to him. 480 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:11,189 So let me ask you this today, church, are you following Jesus at a distance? 481 00:24:11,939 --> 00:24:15,659 Not because you stop believing in him, but because maybe life pulls 482 00:24:15,659 --> 00:24:16,740 you in a thousand directions. 483 00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:19,949 I know some of us, we have kids, you, we have families, we have work. 484 00:24:20,010 --> 00:24:23,219 There's so much stuff going on financially around this world that man, we can be 485 00:24:23,219 --> 00:24:24,659 pulled in so many different directions. 486 00:24:24,929 --> 00:24:27,929 But through that, are we following Jesus? 487 00:24:28,290 --> 00:24:33,420 At a distant, as I mentioned, Peter's story didn't end in the courtyard. 488 00:24:34,830 --> 00:24:38,430 We, Peter actually went on to be one of the greatest leaders in church history. 489 00:24:39,270 --> 00:24:41,040 But there is grace waiting for you. 490 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:46,560 There is purpose on the other side of your pain, and with that, you know, with 491 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:52,350 the other purpose outside of your pain, it brings us to where we're gonna get to, 492 00:24:52,350 --> 00:24:57,930 especially next week for Easter, which is the physical pain, the suffering. 493 00:24:58,485 --> 00:24:59,324 Going to the cross. 494 00:24:59,324 --> 00:25:03,435 But even before that, we see in verse 63 through 65, it says, the men 495 00:25:03,584 --> 00:25:07,304 who were there or who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. 496 00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:10,995 They blindfolded him and demanded prophesy who hit you. 497 00:25:11,145 --> 00:25:13,995 And they said many other insulting things. 498 00:25:14,895 --> 00:25:17,235 And we see now Jesus is in the hand of the soldiers. 499 00:25:17,564 --> 00:25:20,564 He's being mocked, he's being rid, ridiculed, he's blindfolded, 500 00:25:21,105 --> 00:25:22,245 they're, they're humiliating him. 501 00:25:22,245 --> 00:25:25,725 All of this to make him feel this small, to make him feel so 502 00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:27,675 powerless to make him feel alone. 503 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:29,940 What does Jesus do in that moment? 504 00:25:31,170 --> 00:25:31,860 He endures. 505 00:25:32,730 --> 00:25:35,190 He takes every blow, he takes every insult. 506 00:25:35,460 --> 00:25:36,360 He doesn't fight back. 507 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:39,060 He doesn't cry out for justice or a revolution. 508 00:25:39,060 --> 00:25:40,890 He simply endures. 509 00:25:41,910 --> 00:25:45,090 And in this silence, that silence, that strength, we get to see 510 00:25:45,090 --> 00:25:47,490 Jesus heart for his mission. 511 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,700 You know, we often think that responding to pain means fighting 512 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:55,920 back or maybe retreating or resisting at all costs, but Jesus shows us 513 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,150 something radically different. 514 00:25:58,365 --> 00:25:59,685 He, uh, retaliate. 515 00:25:59,865 --> 00:26:04,725 He didn't retaliate obviously, and maybe people think of that as weakness, but 516 00:26:04,725 --> 00:26:06,345 it was actually a sign of his strength. 517 00:26:07,335 --> 00:26:11,145 It was a sign of his commitment of fulfilling the mission God has gave him. 518 00:26:12,225 --> 00:26:15,375 You know, when we face pain, it can feel like it's gonna break us right? 519 00:26:15,375 --> 00:26:19,274 Church, it can make us wanna stop moving forward or to retreat back. 520 00:26:19,305 --> 00:26:22,815 But Jesus shows us that pain doesn't have to define us, 521 00:26:23,235 --> 00:26:24,764 it doesn't have to defeat us. 522 00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:30,149 In fact, when we surrender our pain to God, he can do something far greater 523 00:26:30,149 --> 00:26:32,370 with our pain than we could ever imagine. 524 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:35,310 I mean, think about some of the people in the Bible who 525 00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:36,720 had experienced so much pain. 526 00:26:37,139 --> 00:26:40,379 I think about Hannah, who really wanted to bear a child, but she 527 00:26:40,379 --> 00:26:41,670 couldn't, and she wrestled with God. 528 00:26:41,670 --> 00:26:45,690 She prayed that she could have a child, and God delivered them that promise, 529 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,399 and that child turned out to be Samuel. 530 00:26:48,450 --> 00:26:51,810 I think about David, who always started off with, with, uh, maybe 531 00:26:51,810 --> 00:26:55,590 with some insecurities, but now he became strong because of God. 532 00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:01,080 Think about Job who lost everything, his family, his wealth, and yet 533 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:02,280 he still had the heart of you. 534 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,050 Give and take away Lord. 535 00:27:04,110 --> 00:27:05,130 Blessed be your name. 536 00:27:06,210 --> 00:27:09,570 You know, Jesus didn't run from his pain, right? 537 00:27:09,570 --> 00:27:13,080 He endured every ounce of pain. 538 00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:15,330 He endured all this for a reason. 539 00:27:16,395 --> 00:27:17,955 For you and for me. 540 00:27:18,165 --> 00:27:18,254 Yep. 541 00:27:19,455 --> 00:27:21,285 His pain led to our healing. 542 00:27:22,035 --> 00:27:25,905 So I want to ask you today, what will you do with your pain? 543 00:27:26,805 --> 00:27:28,125 Jesus didn't run from it. 544 00:27:28,575 --> 00:27:31,725 He leaned into it and he trusts God had a greater purpose and 545 00:27:31,725 --> 00:27:33,165 he calls us to do the same. 546 00:27:34,004 --> 00:27:37,095 Now, rather than avoiding pain, he calls us to endure it. 547 00:27:38,715 --> 00:27:41,085 Maybe you're facing some spiritual pains today. 548 00:27:41,385 --> 00:27:45,405 Maybe you're facing some physical pain today, emotional pain, or any type of 549 00:27:45,405 --> 00:27:50,175 pain today, maybe emotional pain because you're feeling betrayed or rejected. 550 00:27:51,285 --> 00:27:52,785 Maybe you're facing relational pain. 551 00:27:52,785 --> 00:27:56,385 Maybe you have a strained friendship, a broken relationship. 552 00:27:56,715 --> 00:27:58,695 Maybe you're distanced from the ones you love. 553 00:27:59,925 --> 00:28:01,095 Maybe you followed. 554 00:28:01,155 --> 00:28:02,955 You're starting to follow Jesus at a distance. 555 00:28:03,975 --> 00:28:07,695 But I wanna remind you where you guys are at today, that Jesus 556 00:28:07,755 --> 00:28:10,395 understands he's been there. 557 00:28:10,710 --> 00:28:11,760 He's walked through it all. 558 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,410 He knows what it's like to suffer. 559 00:28:13,710 --> 00:28:17,790 He knows what it's like to be betrayed, to be abandoned, and still he's calling 560 00:28:17,790 --> 00:28:21,720 on you not to retreat, but to come closer. 561 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:25,080 So, church, will you come closer? 562 00:28:26,460 --> 00:28:29,016 You know, here, I'm not sure if this is what the gar, uh, garden 563 00:28:29,730 --> 00:28:33,180 of Yosemite really look like By picturing it's, it's nighttime, right? 564 00:28:33,810 --> 00:28:36,270 So imagine stepping into the garden with Jesus. 565 00:28:37,170 --> 00:28:37,860 Imagine. 566 00:28:38,970 --> 00:28:42,510 Coming to that sacred place, surrendering everything to God. 567 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:44,910 It's a place where he didn't hide his pain. 568 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,070 He poured it out to God. 569 00:28:48,180 --> 00:28:50,190 Will you church step into that garden today? 570 00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:55,770 Will you move into that place of surrender, honesty and truth? 571 00:28:56,580 --> 00:28:59,580 It's a place where we can meet God in our pain, knowing 572 00:28:59,580 --> 00:29:01,500 that he has a purpose for it. 573 00:29:02,460 --> 00:29:04,650 Jesus's pain didn't push him away from the father. 574 00:29:04,830 --> 00:29:05,790 It drew him closer. 575 00:29:06,435 --> 00:29:09,135 And in the same way, your pain doesn't have to push you away towards God. 576 00:29:09,195 --> 00:29:10,605 It can bring you closer as well. 577 00:29:11,895 --> 00:29:14,565 And here's the incredible thing, right? 578 00:29:15,435 --> 00:29:19,605 His pain was the price and our gain was the reward. 579 00:29:20,505 --> 00:29:23,775 He bore the weight of this, of, of sin so we could walk in freedom. 580 00:29:24,165 --> 00:29:25,155 He suffered the garden. 581 00:29:25,155 --> 00:29:27,165 So we get to stand in grace. 582 00:29:28,005 --> 00:29:29,595 So what will you do with that pain? 583 00:29:30,765 --> 00:29:33,645 Will it let it, will you let that pain push you away from God? 584 00:29:34,065 --> 00:29:34,605 Will you let it. 585 00:29:34,995 --> 00:29:38,595 Draw closer to God in the garden where healing begins. 586 00:29:39,735 --> 00:29:41,595 So how do we respond to this? 587 00:29:42,135 --> 00:29:45,585 How do we take what we've heard and what we felt and actually live it out? 588 00:29:46,095 --> 00:29:49,245 You know, let's really get practical here, because I think Jesus didn't experience 589 00:29:49,245 --> 00:29:51,165 pain for us to admire from a distance. 590 00:29:51,524 --> 00:29:54,254 He invites us to respond, to take action, to walk with him. 591 00:29:54,945 --> 00:29:56,415 So here are a few steps this week. 592 00:29:56,655 --> 00:29:57,645 We get practical here. 593 00:29:57,675 --> 00:29:59,925 One is we gotta commit to a time of prayer. 594 00:30:00,794 --> 00:30:05,024 Set a set time aside to have a deep, honest conversation with God. 595 00:30:05,655 --> 00:30:08,655 And I know it may seem difficult at first if you're new to this, but 596 00:30:08,655 --> 00:30:10,875 I promise you it's gonna be great. 597 00:30:11,024 --> 00:30:14,264 God invites us to come with our raw emotions and our feelings, 598 00:30:14,264 --> 00:30:15,945 with our doubts and our fears. 599 00:30:16,395 --> 00:30:20,264 So I challenge you this week to carve out a quiet moment, to talk with 600 00:30:20,264 --> 00:30:23,055 God about what you are facing next. 601 00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:24,465 We gotta reach out for support. 602 00:30:24,764 --> 00:30:27,405 You know, Jesus wanted his disciples to be with him in the garden. 603 00:30:27,825 --> 00:30:30,885 And we're called to be there for each other during times of hardship. 604 00:30:31,485 --> 00:30:34,245 If you're struggling, I encourage you to reach out to a friend, reach 605 00:30:34,245 --> 00:30:36,915 out to someone you trust that you love, that you maybe see as a mentor. 606 00:30:37,155 --> 00:30:40,935 Let them know what you're going through and allow them to walk aside, aside 607 00:30:40,935 --> 00:30:45,405 you in prayer and encouragement because I believe that that God really, uh, 608 00:30:45,405 --> 00:30:48,645 wants us to share our pain with each other so he can bring healing and 609 00:30:48,675 --> 00:30:50,445 others can bring healing to us as well. 610 00:30:51,285 --> 00:30:54,705 And then lastly, let's choose to follow closer. 611 00:30:55,365 --> 00:30:56,415 Peter struggled. 612 00:30:56,985 --> 00:30:59,264 With Jesus by following him at a distance. 613 00:30:59,715 --> 00:31:03,825 And sometimes we wanna keep God at arm's length when things are tough, 614 00:31:04,185 --> 00:31:08,294 but this week let's commit to move closer to him when times get hard. 615 00:31:08,294 --> 00:31:09,105 Let's not retreat. 616 00:31:09,405 --> 00:31:10,875 Let's lean in to God. 617 00:31:11,835 --> 00:31:15,195 You know, as we think about the pain Jesus endure and how he responded 618 00:31:15,195 --> 00:31:18,975 to it, let's remember the ultimate gain that came through his sacrifice. 619 00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:24,345 Jesus entered into pain for you and me, and he endured what we couldn't 620 00:31:24,345 --> 00:31:26,205 so we could experience forgiveness. 621 00:31:26,955 --> 00:31:28,995 Restoration healing. 622 00:31:30,465 --> 00:31:33,225 Know we're gonna right now take, uh, prepare to take communion. 623 00:31:33,705 --> 00:31:37,425 And communion is a time where we need to remember Jesus as we take the bread 624 00:31:37,425 --> 00:31:41,445 that represents, uh, his body and the juice that represents his blood. 625 00:31:41,985 --> 00:31:46,215 As we prepare to take communion, we have an opportunity to respond to him. 626 00:31:46,935 --> 00:31:51,165 In one Corinthians chapter 11, verse 23 through 24, it reads, for I received from 627 00:31:51,165 --> 00:31:53,235 the Lord what I also passed on to you. 628 00:31:53,790 --> 00:31:57,629 The Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had 629 00:31:57,629 --> 00:32:01,260 given thanks, he broke it and said, this is my body, which is for you. 630 00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:03,690 Do this in remembrance of me. 631 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:09,480 Let's take this moment to remember the pain he endured, but also the gain we 632 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,120 receive because of his love and sacrifice. 633 00:32:12,570 --> 00:32:12,990 Let's pray. 634 00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:20,399 Uh, God, as we, uh, prepare to take, uh, communion this morning, pray that we get 635 00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:23,040 to remember your son Jesus in the garden. 636 00:32:24,165 --> 00:32:28,935 Remember the weight he carried, the spiritual agony, the loneliness, 637 00:32:28,935 --> 00:32:30,405 the sorrow that he experienced. 638 00:32:30,405 --> 00:32:34,335 Lord God, I'm so grateful that he endured it all. 639 00:32:35,145 --> 00:32:37,725 He could have walked away, he could have chosen another 640 00:32:37,725 --> 00:32:39,705 path, but he decided to stay. 641 00:32:41,325 --> 00:32:46,545 God, I pray that we can, uh, practice the example of your son, not your, uh, 642 00:32:46,575 --> 00:32:48,465 not our will, but your will be done. 643 00:32:49,245 --> 00:32:52,815 He surrender to the pain because of the love and because of us. 644 00:32:53,490 --> 00:32:58,439 And we thank you God, that Jesus didn't turn away from suffering and 645 00:32:58,439 --> 00:33:03,240 that in his pain became the price and our salvation became the reward that 646 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:08,280 in his broken body and his spilled blood, we find healing, hope and grace. 647 00:33:09,449 --> 00:33:13,050 Help us God, not follow you at a distance, but really to lean into 648 00:33:13,050 --> 00:33:16,169 you during times of pain and trouble. 649 00:33:16,169 --> 00:33:21,449 Lord, we take this bread, we take this juice and remembrance, uh, of you. 650 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:26,130 And we remember the love that stayed, the love that surrendered, 651 00:33:26,730 --> 00:33:28,650 and the love that saved us all. 652 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:30,090 But we thank you. 653 00:33:30,090 --> 00:33:32,130 In your son's name we pray, amen.