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Get ready for a teaching
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and your mind where the
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We keep it simple,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner and I'm
so glad you have joined me.
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Today we're continuing the
new series called Easter,
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The Rest of the Story.
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And you can see on the screen
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behind me the moment when Judas Iscariot led a Roman cohort
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along with Temple police
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and all kinds of religious
leaders into the grotto
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of Gethsemane to arrest Jesus.
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And today we're going to discover
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how many soldiers does it take
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to arrest one man?
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And it is going to be amazing.
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That is why I call this Easter, The Rest
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of the Story.
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But before we get into
the teaching today, I want
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to remind you if you need prayer, we want to hear from you.
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We are praying people
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and we believe a significant
part of our ministry is
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to pray for you.
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So if you have a prayer need, I know you can pray
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by yourself, but maybe you'd just like to have somebody pray
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with you - well call the number on the screen
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or send us an email, and
the moment the phone rings
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or the moment your email shows
up in our inbox, we are going
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to release our faith.
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And Jeremiah 33:3 says that if we will call out
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to God in faith, he will hear us, he will respond
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and he will move mightily.
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And with you, we will cry out to God
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in faith, we will pray scripturally, Jesus will hear us
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because when we pray the word
of God, it opens God's ears.
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He's listening. And if we
ask according to his will,
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we have whatever we ask, he will move
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and he will do exactly what needs
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to be done in your life.
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So please give us a call
or send us an email.
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But today I want to show you
something in the scripture
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that I think you've never seen
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before about how many
soldiers were required to
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arrest rest Jesus.
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It is going to be absolutely
amazing. But first,
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watch this.
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Do you know the story of Easter, the resurrection of Jesus,
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the empty tomb and the appearances to the disciples?
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But did you know that's
only part of the story?
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In Rick Renner's book - Easter, The Rest of the Story,
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Rick delves into the lesser known details
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of the Easter story that
are often overlooked.
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Details like who was Pontius Pilate,
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what really happened to
the Garden of Gethsemane?
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What happened to the
temple when Jesus died?
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What exactly did the disciples witness on
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that miraculous morning?
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Why Easter is the absolute
defining moment of our faith.
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In yesterday's program,
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I told you a little about
the Garden of Gethsemane
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and that when you arrive at the Garden of Gethsemane today,
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it is surrounded by a stone fence.
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But when you enter through
the gate of that fence
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and you enter into the interior courtyard,
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you find 8-massive gnarled, ancient olive trees,
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some of which likely date to the time
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that Jesus was betrayed.
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So those trees have been standing there for 2000 years,
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and if they really are 2000 years old,
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as recent carbon dating
tests have revealed,
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it means their silent witnesses to
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what took place in the
Garden of Gethsemane.
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But when you go a little further
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and you go through another
gate, which leads you
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to the entrance of the
Church of All Nations:
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a church which was consecrated in 1924,
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and the reason they built it is
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because archeologists
were excavating there
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and they found the ruins of
a Byzantine basilica along
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with magnificent frescoes.
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And in the midst of that area,
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they also found a large
outcropping of rock.
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And they came to understand
it really was the place
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where Jesus prayed in
the Garden of Gethsemane,
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and it was the place where he
sweat great drops of blood.
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And today it is one of the favorite sites
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that people go to visit.
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And I love to go to the
Church of all Nations
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and take my seat and pray
there and look at that stone
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and think about the battle
that Jesus fought that night
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for me.
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And he fought that battle for you.
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But when you finally exit the church
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and meander back through the courtyard
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and leave the central gate
of the Garden of Gethsemane,
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if you will cross the street,
you'll find another gate.
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And if you'll follow the steps
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that lead down into a lower level there
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to the right is a long rock
passageway, which leaves
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to a cave that is called
the Grotto of Gethsemane.
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And most people don't
even know that it's there.
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But the majority of the events
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that we read about in the
Garden of Gethsemane occurred
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inside that cave or inside that grotto.
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And when you enter into
that space, my friends,
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it is basically untouched.
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It is nearly the same as it
was 2000 years ago when Jesus
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and his disciples would
regularly assemble there
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inside the cave
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or the grotto, which is within the
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confines of the Garden of Gethsemane.
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And the reason Jesus would
go there is because it
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provided shelter from all
kinds of inclement weather.
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It was a great place and
a private place together.
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And Judas Iscariot knew that's
where he would find Jesus
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because he had been there so many times.
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But today, the only thing
that has really changed
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over the past 2000 years is a
painting has been put on the
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wall, which shows the appearance of Jesus
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after his resurrection.
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And there's a place
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where there is an altar
and there are candles.
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And today people go there to pray
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and people go there to worship
in there are wooden chairs.
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So let me tell you, if
you ever go to Jerusalem
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and you go to the Garden
of Gethsemane, ask
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where is the grotto of Gethsemane?
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Because most of the events
in the gospel occurred inside
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that grotto the night
that Jesus was betrayed.
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But today, when you enter
the Grotto of Gethsemane,
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on the wall is written
an ancient statement
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that says Christ the Savior
frequented this place
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with his apostles.
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But on the night that Jesus was betrayed, Judas
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Iscariot came with a large group
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of Roman soldiers plus temple police
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plus those from the chief priests with scribes and elders.
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It was a massive, massive mob which came
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to arrest Jesus.
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But why did they bring so many?
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Now, maybe you had in your
mind that it was just Judas
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and a few soldiers that showed up,
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but you're gonna find
out today it was a mob.
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It was possibly more than 600 armed forces
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who showed up to arrest Jesus.
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You might say, why would so
many soldiers be required
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to arrest one man?
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Well, that's a good question.
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But you have to remember
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that Jesus was legendary in his own times.
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In fact, he was so legendary,
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we find out later that even Herod Antipas,
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for a long time had wanted
to meet this legend.
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People had heard of the
power of Jesus Christ.
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His power was well known.
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People knew that he healed the sick,
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that he cast out demons.
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He raised the dead, he walked on water.
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People knew that he turned water into wine
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and multiplied loaves and fishes.
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The power of Jesus was
already legendary even
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during the three and a half
years of his earthly ministry.
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And in fact, when we read John 21:25, this is
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what John says about Jesus
miracles and his power.
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And there are also many
other things which Jesus did,
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the which if they should be
written, everyone, I suppose
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that even the world itself
could not contain the books
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that should be written.
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My friend's Jesus ministry was abounding
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with divine supernatural power.
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But not only that, the
religious leaders had tried
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to capture Jesus on numerous occasions
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and every time he supernaturally slipped out of their hands.
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You can read about that in Luke 4:30, John 7:30,
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John 8:59, in John 10:39.
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And because Jesus had
supernaturally slipped out
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of their hands so many times,
the religious leaders feared
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that he might once again
get away from them.
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So knowing of Jesus amazing,
legendary supernatural power
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and his supernatural ability
to slip out of their hands,
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Judas Iscariot came empowered
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with authority from the chief priests,
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and he led a massive mob
of militia to the grotto on
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that particular night.
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Now, it was far too many
soldiers to arrest one man,
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but not if you are the son of God.
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Judas knew of Jesus extraordinary power.
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So he came with a whole militia to arrest Jesus that night.
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And Judas knew exactly where he could find Jesus.
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He knew Jesus
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and the other apostles would
be assembled in the Grotto
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of Gethsemane because Judas had been among them there
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so many times.
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But what kind of soldiers came
to arrest Jesus that night?
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And the answer can be found in John 18:3,
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which says - Judas then having received - listen to this -
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a band of men and officers from the chief priests
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and Pharisees cometh thither
with lanterns and torches
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and weapons.
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These were Roman soldiers who
were stationed at the Tower
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of Antonia, which was connected to the Temple Mount.
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Now, the Tower of Antonia was a very,
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very large Roman structure named
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after Mark Antony. Herod was a friend of Mark Antony
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so he named this tower
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after Mark Antony; it's called the Tower of Antonia.
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And in the Tower of Antonia there was a large number
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of Roman soldiers who were stationed
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and they usually resided
inside the inner courtyard.
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And the reason they were there is
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because even in the 1st Century,
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the Temple Mount was a hotspot,
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and they were there to make
sure there were no disruptions
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or commotions, which took
place on the Temple Mount.
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But there were also temple
officers or temple police.
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And these two groups worked
in conjunction together.
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And the Bible tells us in John 18:3,
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that Judas brought a band of
men, the Greek word speira,
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which describes a Roman cohort.
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You say, what is a Roman cohort?
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A cohort was somewhere between 300
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and 600 well-trained
soldiers who were equipped
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with the finest weaponry of the day.
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So if we just stopped there,
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it means when Judas Iscariot
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he came with a cohort,
he came with the soldiers
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who were stationed at the
Tower of Antonia, somewhere
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between 300
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and 600 Roman soldiers that were armed to the max.
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because Romans 18:3 ads that he also came
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with officers from the
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And these were temple police who worked
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for the chief priests and Pharisees on the temple grounds.
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Now, let me tell you about this particular group of officers
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or temple police.
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These were the men who
carried out the verdicts
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of the religious court,
and they were fearsome.
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People literally were terrified of these temple police.
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of Roman soldiers.
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So when John 18:3 says,
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officers came from the chief priests,
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this is describing this fearsome group of temple police
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who accompanied a band of men.
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That's the Greek word speira, which describes a Roman cohort
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or somewhere between 300
and 600 Roman soldiers.
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So if you put it all together, we find
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that night a massive group of militia came
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to arrest Jesus.
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And in fact, if you ever go to the grotto
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or the cave of Gethsemane,
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you will find it was far too many men
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to enter into that space.
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They must have been packed, packed, packed into that space,
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filling the narrow passageway all the way
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out into the lower level.
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They couldn't all get into that place.
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Why would so many people
come to arrest one person?
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But the fact that it was a
massive multitude is confirmed
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by all four gospel writers.
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For example: Matthew States in Matthew 26:
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46 - it was a great multitude that came
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to arrest Jesus.
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It was not just a few lonely soldiers.
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And the words - a great multitude - describes a huge,
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huge multitude of soldiers.
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Then Mark reports in Mark 14:43 -
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It was a great multitude
that came to arrest Jesus.
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And the original language
tells us it was a massive
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crowd of militia.
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Luke tells us in Luke 22:47,
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it was a multitude that came that night.
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And John tells us in John 18:3,
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it was a band of man.
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And again, this is the Greek word speira,
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which describes a Roman cohort
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or a group of 300
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to 600 Roman soldiers plus
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temple police.
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My friends, it was a massive group
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or a small army that came to rest Jesus.
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Now it makes me wonder, what
did they think about Jesus?
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Did they think Jesus was going to put up a fight
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or is it possible that Judas Iscariot
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having personally seen the power of Jesus Christ, knew
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that Jesus had tremendous power
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and would be able to resist them.
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We don't know what Judas told them,
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but we know that when he came,
he came with a small army.
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But remember, Jesus was known
for his miraculous power.
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But when you come to John 8:3,
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it continues to tell us - Judas than having received a band
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of men and officers from the chief priests
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and Pharisees, cometh thither -
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now listen to this - with lanterns and torches
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and weapons.
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Why in the world do they
bring lanterns and torches?
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Well, they were ready to search, to hunt
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and to track Jesus down
if that was required.
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And that is why they brought
lanterns and torches.
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Is it possible that Judas
thought Jesus would hide?
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Well, the fact is the Garden
of Gethsemane was filled
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with many, many graves and many caves.
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And Jesus could have hidden,
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but Jesus was not going to hide.
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He knew it was the will of
the Father for him to die
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as the lamb of God on the
cross for me and for you.
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But when they came, just in case Jesus
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and his disciples were gonna
put up a fight, they came
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with a mob of militia
and they brought lanterns
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and torches in case they
needed to search for him.
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And the word lantern is a Greek word which depicts a bright
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and shining light, a light to light up a dark room
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so you can see things better.
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It pictures a light
that was the equivalent
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of a 1st century flashlight that produced a beam
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so brilliant, it could
penetrate darkened areas
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and reveal things hidden in darkness.
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They were ready to
really search for Jesus,
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but they also brought torches.
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And the word torches depicts a long burning oil lamp.
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These were oil based.
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They had a long wick
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and they could burn all night if necessary.
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And the reason they brought the torches is
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because the lanterns were short-lived,
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but the torches could burn all night,
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which means if they couldn't find Jesus
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and they really had to search,
they had enough light power
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to search all night long.
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And these soldiers were
also armed for a fight.
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You say, Rick, how do you know that?
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Because John 18:3 continues
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to say they brought weapons.
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And the word weapons
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that is used is a Greek word which depicts the full weaponry
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of a Roman soldier, which would include his belt,
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his breastplate, his shoes, his shield, a helmet,
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a sword, a lance.
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These 300 to 600 shoulders were armed
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for a confrontation.
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And in fact, Mark 14:43 says -
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And immediately while he yet spake cometh Judas, one
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of the 12, and with him a great multitude.
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There it is again. This was
a massive mob with swords
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and staves.
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Wow! The word sword, is the Greek word
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which depicts a deadly type of sword used
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for stabbing someone at close range.
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What in the world did they
show up with these swords?
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Did they really think they
were going to need to stab
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and draw blood that night?
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And the Bible says they
also came with staves.
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The word staves is a Greek
word that depicts a thick,
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heavy stick made of wood,
a heavy duty, dangerous,
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hard hitting club
intended to beat someone,
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which means they were ready
to really put up a fight.
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Well, again, you have
to remember the stories
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of Jesus power were legendary
even in his own lifetime
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so legendary that even Herod Antipas had wished
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for a long time to see him
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that he might see Jesus
perform some miracle.
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Everyone knew about Jesus power,
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but Jesus wasn't going to fight: ay..yi.
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Is it possible that
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after Judas Iscariot had walked with Jesus for three
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and a half years, he really didn't know Jesus.
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Maybe you've had an experience
in your own life when someone
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said something about you or
thought something about you
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and you wondered, after
knowing me for so long,
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how could they say that
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or how could they think that about me?
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I'm sure that when Judas Iscariot showed up coming into the
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grotto, into the cave of Gethsemane with 300
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to 600 armed forces, Jesus must have thought,
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what in the world are you doing?
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Who in the world do you think I am?
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How do you think I'm going to react? Judas -
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is it possible that you don't
really know me? My friends,
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if that could happen to Jesus, it's possible
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that it could happen to you as well.
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So don't be surprised.
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And if it happens to you,
just remember it happened
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to Jesus as well.
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But Jesus power was so legendary
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and he had supernaturally
slipped out of the hands
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of the religious leaders so many times
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that this time they were ready to come
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with a full army just in
case Jesus released his power
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and they came with enough lanterns
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and torches to search
all night if they needed.
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And they came with a full
weaponry of Roman soldiers,
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including swords and staves.
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They were ready to draw blood
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and beat each other with clubs if needed.
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They were coming
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to take Jesus even if
they felt like they needed
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to take him against his will.
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But on that particular night, no one had
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to forcibly take Jesus
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because Jesus had
already won the battle in
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the Garden of Gethsemane
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when he prayed on the outcropping of rock,
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which today can be seen in
the Church of All Nations,
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he knew he was going to surrender his life
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to the will of the Father.
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He was going to die on the cross for you
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and me as the lamb of God
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and ultimately be
resurrected from the dead.
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And on that particular
night, they did not need
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to use their weapons because
Jesus stepped forward
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and surrendered himself, entrusting himself into the hands
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of the Father, knowing he had been born to be the lamb
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of God, to take away the sin of the world.
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But my friends, this story tells us what kind
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of power Jesus has, and
Jesus has enough power
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and enough authority to resist anything
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that has come against your life.
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So rather than deal with it
on your own, you need to say,
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Jesus, I need your power
to show up in my life.
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And my friends, Jesus has
the power to defeat anything
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that has come against you.
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But hey, I've got more to say to you,
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and I'll be back in just a moment.
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Did the Apostle Paul really
pray in tongues more than the
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entire Corinthian church?
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He sure did.
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And he tells us that in 1 Corinthians 14:18,
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where he says - I thank my God
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that I pray in tongues more than you all.
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And in Greek it is comparative, comparatively more.
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It means accumulatively, if I put all of you together
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and all the tongue talking that you do,
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I pray in tongues more
than all of you combined.
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Now, the reason is why did
he pray in tongues so much?
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And the answer is in 1 Corinthians 14:4, which says
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He that prays in an unknown tongue edifies himself.
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And that word edify is an architectural term
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which means to expand.
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It's like if you wanted
to make your house bigger,
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you gotta knock the walls out
in order to expand your house.
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And Paul said, when I
pray in tongues, I begin
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to move the walls out.
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I expand my spiritual capacity
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to receive more divine revelation.
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And that explains why Paul wrote more
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of the New Testament than anyone else.
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Every time he prayed in tongues,
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he was increasing his spiritual capacity
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to receive more revelation.
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Are you tired of the same
watered down Easter sermons?
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Rick Renner has a solution. In his new series, Easter -
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The Rest of the Story,
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This series is an opportunity
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to rediscover the profound spiritual significance of Easter
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and its lasting impact on our lives
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how many soldiers it took to arrest Jesus: the reality
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of Judas's kiss of betrayal: the horror of a Roman surging:
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and resurrection, which are
the cornerstone of our faith.
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His death was not just a tragic event,
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it was a purposeful act of
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for redemption. By taking on the weight
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of our transgressions,
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Jesus bridged the gap between sinful humanity
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and a holy God.
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Well, as you can see
on the screen behind me,
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when Judas Iscariot came to the grotto in Gethsemane he came
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with a complete mob.
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You know today you can
still visit the grotto.
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Most people don't even
know that it's there.
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But when you enter the
Grotto of Gethsemane,
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you will see there painted on
the wall an ancient painting
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of Jesus after his resurrection.
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But this really was the cave,
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or it was the grotto where
Jesus regularly assembled
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with his disciples,
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and it was in that cave
that Judas gave Jesus a kiss
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of betrayal.
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While there is so much to
this story, did you know
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that somewhere between 300
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and 600 men showed up to arrest Jesus?
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That is how legendary his power was.
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And my friends, his power's the same today.
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And if you need Jesus to do anything in your life,
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he is willing
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and he is ready to release
his power for you right now,
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and we'd like to pray with you.
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So if you'd call the number on the screen
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or send us an email, we
will pray for the power
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of Jesus Christ to be
detonated in your life.
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And my friends, when the
power of Jesus is released,
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evil leaves sickness, leaves resistance,
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leaves nothing has the
ability to resist the power
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of Jesus Christ.
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So if you'll call that number
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or send us an email the moment
we hear from you, we're going
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to agree in prayer for God to move,
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and the power of Jesus is gonna do what needs
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to be done in your life - say Amen.
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But hey, I wanna pray for you now.
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So put your hand on your heart.
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Father, I thank you in the name of Jesus,
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for Jesus amazing power.
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And Father, I pray for that divine power
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to be released into the life of my friend
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and drive back every evil attack
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in Jesus name - Amen.
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Well I'll see you in the next episode. It's gonna be good.
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You're gonna learn something
you've never heard before,
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but until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,
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"Where the word of a king is, there is power."
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Hey, this is Rick Renner, and Denise
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and I are coming to the United
States for a brief trip,
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and we want to invite you to come to some
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of our meetings. On Sunday, April 19th,
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we'll be ministering at Vertical Church in West Haven,
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Connecticut with Pastors Ken and Kathy Vance.
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Then on Wednesday through Sunday, April 22 to 26,
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I'll be speaking at Perry Stone's -
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Wonderful 2026 Prophetic Summit in
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Cleveland, Tennessee.
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Then on Sunday, May 3rd,
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I'll be speaking at Resurrection Life in Granville,
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Michigan with Pastors Duane and Jeanie Vander Klok.
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Friend, if you can come to
any of these meetings, Denise
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and I would just be so
thrilled to see you.
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But please go online
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or give us a call to make
sure none of the dates
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or times have changed.
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen.
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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.