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[1439.66 --> 1439.92] In fact,
[1440.00 --> 1440.62] you should notice,
[1440.72 --> 1441.02] by the way,
[1441.06 --> 1441.82] in this sermon series,
[1442.14 --> 1443.20] we have tried to focus
[1443.20 --> 1444.04] very carefully
[1444.04 --> 1444.76] on the teaching
[1444.76 --> 1445.26] of Jesus
[1445.26 --> 1446.20] in Matthew 6
[1446.20 --> 1447.32] and Matthew 18
[1447.32 --> 1448.02] and elsewhere
[1448.02 --> 1449.28] on specifically
[1449.28 --> 1450.30] how we are to forgive,
[1450.48 --> 1451.46] how we are to reconcile,
[1451.60 --> 1452.46] how we are to give
[1452.46 --> 1453.24] a release
[1453.24 --> 1453.88] of our vengeance.
[1455.32 --> 1456.02] But Jesus
[1456.02 --> 1457.28] didn't just teach that.
[1458.32 --> 1459.36] He did that.
[1460.60 --> 1461.38] Jesus asks
[1461.38 --> 1462.64] nothing of us
[1462.64 --> 1463.44] that he didn't
[1463.44 --> 1464.96] model for us
[1464.96 --> 1465.98] in his own ministry.
[1467.34 --> 1467.78] And I think
[1467.78 --> 1468.50] we just need to pause
[1468.50 --> 1469.12] and realize
[1469.12 --> 1469.90] that there is
[1469.90 --> 1471.66] a very good chance
[1471.66 --> 1472.20] that you and I
[1472.20 --> 1472.98] will never
[1472.98 --> 1474.48] comprehend
[1474.48 --> 1476.02] the betrayal
[1476.02 --> 1476.90] and the injustice
[1476.90 --> 1478.20] that Jesus experienced.
[1479.54 --> 1480.66] It's very unlikely
[1480.66 --> 1481.42] that you will ever
[1481.42 --> 1482.38] wrap your head around
[1482.38 --> 1483.46] the way Jesus
[1483.46 --> 1484.18] was betrayed
[1484.18 --> 1485.60] by his enemies,
[1486.20 --> 1487.96] by his Jewish leaders,
[1488.24 --> 1489.76] by his own disciples.
[1490.94 --> 1491.94] That he was brought
[1491.94 --> 1492.50] to sort of this
[1492.50 --> 1493.06] mock,
[1493.22 --> 1493.80] make-up,
[1494.00 --> 1494.74] pseudo-court
[1494.74 --> 1495.42] in the middle
[1495.42 --> 1495.98] of the night
[1495.98 --> 1496.74] with Jewish leaders
[1496.74 --> 1497.94] who just wanted him dead.
[1498.22 --> 1498.84] That he was put
[1498.84 --> 1500.24] before these Roman officials
[1500.24 --> 1501.38] who didn't,
[1501.68 --> 1501.96] or sorry,
[1502.06 --> 1502.64] who don't even,
[1502.86 --> 1503.76] they knew that Jesus
[1503.76 --> 1504.32] was innocent
[1504.32 --> 1505.56] but would rather not
[1505.56 --> 1506.76] deal with the work
[1506.76 --> 1508.00] of all that.
[1508.00 --> 1508.92] so they just released
[1508.92 --> 1510.12] Jesus to be flogged,
[1510.30 --> 1510.76] mocked,
[1511.10 --> 1511.42] beaten,
[1511.86 --> 1512.84] and eventually nailed
[1512.84 --> 1513.66] to a cross
[1513.66 --> 1515.10] in public shame
[1515.10 --> 1515.80] and humiliation.
[1516.32 --> 1517.42] We will never
[1517.42 --> 1519.16] comprehend
[1519.16 --> 1521.24] that kind of betrayal,
[1522.20 --> 1523.46] that kind of sin,
[1524.02 --> 1525.22] that kind of wound.
[1527.34 --> 1527.74] And yet,
[1527.80 --> 1528.58] this is the one
[1528.58 --> 1529.60] who invites us
[1529.60 --> 1530.48] to forgive.
[1530.48 --> 1533.38] This is the one
[1533.38 --> 1534.02] who invites us
[1534.02 --> 1535.92] to follow him.
[1537.14 --> 1537.90] And I want to read
[1537.90 --> 1538.38] for you
[1538.38 --> 1539.52] some of my favorite
[1539.52 --> 1540.44] words from 1 Peter.
[1541.66 --> 1542.60] This is how 1 Peter
[1542.60 --> 1543.44] describes
[1543.44 --> 1544.48] the ministry of Jesus
[1544.48 --> 1545.56] as it then moves
[1545.56 --> 1546.20] to the church.
[1546.68 --> 1547.10] And this is
[1547.10 --> 1548.36] in a section of teaching
[1548.36 --> 1549.18] called Suffering
[1549.18 --> 1549.92] for Doing Good.
[1551.02 --> 1551.98] 1 Peter 2,
[1552.06 --> 1552.58] verse 21,
[1552.70 --> 1552.98] we read,
[1553.06 --> 1553.76] But if you suffer