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	(gentle organ music)	0:03
	(calm organ music)	1:43
	(gentle organ music)	3:22
	(calm organ music)	6:02
	(gentle organ music)	7:16
	(calm organ music)	9:57
	(gentle organ music)	11:15
	(calm organ music)	12:15
	(gentle organ music)	13:26
	(calm organ music)	14:31
	The reading is number 640, let us stand.	15:46
	Who has believed what we have heard?	15:56
	And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?	15:59
	For he grew up before him like a young plant.	16:03
	And like a root out of a dry ground.	16:06
	He who had no form or comeliness	16:09
	that we should look at him.	16:11
	And nothing in him that we should desire him.	16:14
	He was despised and rejected by men.	16:16
	A man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.	16:20
	And as one from whom men hid their faces.	16:24
	He was despised, and we received him not.	16:28
	Surely, he has borne our griefs	16:31
	and carried our sorrows.	16:33
	Yet we esteemed him stricken,	16:36
	smitten by God, and afflicted.	16:38
	But he was wounded for our transgressions.	16:41
	He was bruised for our iniquities.	16:44
	Upon him was the chastisement that made us whole.	16:47
	And with his stripes we are healed.	16:51
	All we like sheep have gone astray.	16:54
	We have turned every one to his own way.	16:57
	And the Lord has laid upon him the iniquity of us all.	17:01
	He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,	17:06
	yet he opened not his mouth.	17:10
	Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter.	17:12
	And like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb,	17:16
	so he opened not his mouth.	17:19
	By oppression and judgment he was taken away.	17:22
	And as for his generation,	17:27
	who considered that he was cut off	17:30
	from the land of the living,	17:32
	stricken for the transgression of my people.	17:35
	And they made his grave with the wicked.	17:39
	And with a rich man in his death.	17:41
	Although he had done no violence.	17:45
	And there was no deceit in his mouth.	17:48
	Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise him.	17:51
	He has put him to grief.	17:55
	When he makes an offering,	17:58
	made himself an offering for sin.	18:00
	He shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days.	18:02
	The will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.	18:08
	He shall see the travail of his soul and be satisfied.	18:12
	By his knowledge shall the righteous one,	18:18
	my servant, make many to be accounted righteous.	18:21
	And he shall bear their iniquities.	18:25
	Therefore I will divide him for a portion with the great.	18:28
	And he shall divide the spoil with the strong.	18:33
	Because he poured out his soul to death.	18:37
	And he was numbered with the transgressors.	18:40
	Yet he bore the sin of many.	18:43
	And he makes intercession for the transgressors.	18:47
	Let us read together the opening sentences.	19:09
	And this is the judgment:	19:13
	that the light has come into the world	19:15
	and the people loved darkness rather than light.	19:18
	God is light in whom there is no darkness at all.	19:23
	For God sent the Son into the world	19:28
	not to condemn the world,	19:31
	but that the world might be saved through him.	19:34
	Everyone who does evil hates the light	19:38
	and does not come to the light.	19:42
	Come, let us worship in spirit and in truth.	19:44
	Selah.	19:51
	Let us pray together now the prayer for illumination.	20:03
	Open our hearts and minds, oh God,	20:07
	by the power of your Holy Spirit	20:11
	so that as the Word is read and proclaimed,	20:13
	we might hear with joy what you say to us this day, amen.	20:16
	The Scripture lesson for this evening is taken	20:24
	from the Gospel of John 12:23-26:	20:26
	And Jesus assured them the hour has come	20:33
	for the Son of Man to be glorified.	20:36
	Truly, truly, I say to you unless a grain	20:39
	of wheat falls onto the earth and dies,	20:42
	it remains alone, but if it dies, it bears much fruit.	20:45
	He who loves his life loses it,	20:50
	but he who hates his life in this world	20:53
	will keep it for eternal life.	20:56
	If anyone serves me, he must follow me	20:58
	and where I am, there shall my servant be also.	21:02
	If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.	21:06
	This ends the reading of Scripture lesson.	21:11
	(gentle organ music)	21:19
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	21:23
	♪ Are we healed ♪	21:28
	♪ With his stripes ♪	21:31
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	21:34
	♪ Are we healed ♪	21:36
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	21:43
	♪ Are we healed ♪	21:48
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	21:51
	♪ Are we healed ♪	21:53
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	21:57
	♪ And with his stripes ♪
	♪ Are we healed ♪	22:02
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	22:04
	♪ Are we healed ♪	22:06
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	22:08
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	22:11
	♪ Are we healed ♪	22:13
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	22:19
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	22:23
	♪ Are we healed ♪	22:24
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	22:30
	♪ Are we healed ♪	22:34
	♪ And with his stripes ♪
	♪ Are we healed ♪	22:50
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	22:53
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	22:53
	♪ Are we healed ♪	22:55
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	23:03
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	23:06
	♪ Are we healed ♪	23:08
	♪ With his stripes ♪	23:11
	♪ Are we healed ♪	23:13
	♪ With his stripes ♪	23:16
	♪ Are we healed ♪	23:17
	♪ With his stripes ♪	23:20
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	23:21
	♪ Are we healed ♪	23:22
	♪ With his stripes ♪	23:25
	♪ Are we healed ♪	23:29
	♪ Are we healed ♪	23:35
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	23:40
	♪ And with his stripes ♪	23:46
	♪ Are we healed ♪	23:50
	♪ With his stripes ♪	23:54
	♪ Are we healed ♪	23:58
	Let the words of my mouth	24:34
	and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable	24:35
	in thy sight oh Lord, our strength	24:39
	and our redeemer, amen.	24:42
	One warm night last December,	24:48
	I decided to to back to the office	24:53
	to work on law school recommendations	24:55
	and since I was planning to write recommendations	25:00
	for Dave and Paunch and Janet and another Dave,	25:04
	I was trying to get myself and my best fiction writing mood.	25:09
	(audience laughs)	25:13
	Now needing the inspiration of mood music,	25:15
	I turned on my favorite classical	25:20
	FM radio station hoping for Mozart,	25:23
	but willing to settle for Mahler	25:28
	and I pushed the preset button on the radio,	25:31
	the car radio, but unbeknownst to me,	25:35
	my teenage daughter, Holly,	25:39
	had reset the button to WLOUD.	25:41
	Now needing inspiration, not perspiration,	25:48
	I quickly turned the knob there	25:53
	to the first human voice that I could find	25:56
	and that first human voice turned out	26:01
	to be a radio evangelist.	26:04
	And I started to tune off and tune out,	26:09
	but before I could, I had to make a turn	26:13
	and in the passage of time,	26:17
	I became rather fascinated with the evangelist.	26:19
	The theology being preached and the style	26:24
	in which it was being presented were not exactly akin	26:27
	to anything I learned at Duke Divinity School	26:30
	and certainly not anything I heard at presbytery.	26:32
	But the theme of the message or the sermon	26:37
	or whatever seemed to be that the way to be successful	26:39
	in this world was to accept Jesus,	26:44
	be saved, be "borned again," an exact quote,	26:47
	and near the end of the broadcast	26:52
	in order to clinch the point of the sermon,	26:55
	letters of testimony were read	26:57
	and one particular seemed to get straight to the point.	27:02
	It read as I remember: Dear Preacher So-and-so,	27:07
	after years of being lost in sin,	27:11
	last Sunday night I was saved	27:14
	and I joined a church and guess what?	27:16
	Monday morning I opened the newspaper	27:20
	and I read that I had been the lucky winner	27:23
	of a new car in the drawing at the opening	27:26
	of a shopping center.	27:28
	Now, Preacher, I really believe!	27:31
	Hallelujah, bless Jesus.	27:35
	I mention all of this because in my own reading	27:39
	of the New Testament, I keep running across	27:42
	these phrases that say things like,	27:45
	"The person who loves his life, loses it,	27:48
	"and he who hates his life in this world	27:52
	"will keep it for eternal life."	27:55
	And "if anyone serves me, he must follow me."	27:57
	And "do not lay up for yourself treasures	28:02
	"on earth where moth and rust consume	28:05
	"and where thieves break in and steal,	28:07
	"but lay up for yourself treasures in heaven."	28:10
	And "if any person would come after me,	28:13
	"let him deny himself and take up his cross	28:17
	"and follow me."	28:21
	I read these things,	28:23
	but nowhere in the New Testament do I read	28:26
	about guarantees of worldly success,	28:29
	nor do I read anything that evenly,	28:31
	even vaguely suggest, to use Waldo Beech's phrase	28:34
	that God is a cosmic bellboy available	28:39
	to serve his believers at their beck and call.	28:43
	In fact, the words of the New Testament seem	28:48
	to run in a contrary direction	28:51
	and they talk about the service	28:54
	that we are called upon to render.	28:57
	And strangely enough, even among us here this evening,	29:02
	there's a lingering hope that somehow going	29:06
	to church, saying our prayers, doing church-y things will	29:10
	at minimum propitiate God so that we will be freed	29:14
	of life's troubles and at maximum bring us good things:	29:18
	success, the ability, in the words	29:23
	of the commercial, to have it all.	29:25
	Over and over and over again.	29:29
	We need to remind ourselves	29:33
	that Jesus gathered the disciples there	29:36
	in the upper room to pass the cup,	29:39
	not to slice the pie.	29:41
	You know, part of this becomes evident,	29:45
	I think, by examining our misunderstanding	29:46
	of what taking up our crosses really means.	29:51
	Often, we've heard someone, perhaps even we ourselves,	29:56
	have said when going through a time of crisis,	29:59
	"Well, it's just a cross I have to bear."	30:01
	What we fail to realize is that our daily burdens are part	30:07
	of life, they come to us uninvited and unwelcome,	30:12
	to be sure, but they are not to be identified	30:16
	with or as crosses because they lack	30:19
	the one essential element of a cross: volunteerism.	30:24
	Crosses are extracurricular burdens we volunteer to accept	30:31
	and here's the point: commitment to the Christ	30:36
	of the cross does not mean that we will be relieved	30:39
	of daily, even lifelong burdens,	30:43
	though certainly we will receive help in bearing them,	30:45
	but rather commitment means that we volunteer	30:49
	to accept additional burdens for his sake.	30:52
	We volunteer to join him in his work,	30:56
	remembering ever the words of Washington Gladden's	30:59
	19th century hymn, "Oh master, let me walk with thee	31:02
	"in lowly paths of service free.	31:07
	"Tell me thy secret, help me bear	31:10
	"the strain of toil, the fret of care."	31:12
	You know, sometimes I have the haunting fear	31:17
	that I'm gonna turn on the radio	31:19
	and hear a 20th century instant salvation version	31:21
	of this hymn that will proclaim,	31:24
	"Oh master, let me ride with thee	31:27
	"on highways of glory and duty free.	31:29
	"Teach me thy secret of success.	31:32
	"Help me to put on permanent hold	31:34
	"the strain of toil, the fret of care."	31:37
	Or, by the way, almost the same idea	31:42
	of the real nature of commitment	31:44
	that Washington Gladden wrote about was expressed	31:47
	a century earlier by Isaac Watts when he wrote,	31:49
	"Must I be carried to the skies	31:53
	"on flowery beds of ease while others fought	31:56
	"to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?"	32:00
	But in this age of computerized and sanitized commitments,	32:05
	this thought in the hands of the media might well become,	32:10
	"May I be carried to the skies	32:13
	"on flowery beds of ease letting others fight	32:16
	"to win the prize and sail through bloody seas?"	32:19
	Yet while we reject the rewrites	32:25
	of the hymns, both literally and spiritually,	32:27
	we keep hoping that maybe, just maybe,	32:31
	the supply of crosses will run out before they get to us	32:34
	so that we can feel good about volunteering	32:38
	without having to accept and so we become,	32:41
	to use Mark Twain's phrase,	32:45
	"as happy as a martyr when the fire won't light."	32:46
	Oh, for service with an escape clause!	32:50
	Or if they do get to us in the distribution	32:53
	of crosses, please let mine be convenient.	32:56
	I am so busy!	32:59
	Let me close with the story that is	33:04
	most certainly apocryphal,	33:06
	and I say most certainly because it contains	33:09
	too much concentrated truth ever really	33:11
	to have happened this way.	33:15
	Many years ago on a certain section	33:18
	of northwest coast of England	33:22
	where a number of shipwrecks had been occurring,	33:25
	a group of concerned citizens got together	33:29
	and they formed a rescue society.	33:31
	They made their headquarters in an old lighthouse	33:34
	and whenever there was a shipwreck	33:37
	in the icy waters off the coast,	33:39
	they went out in small boats to rescue	33:41
	the victims of the shipwreck.	33:43
	And after a while, some other citizens,	33:46
	recognizing the value of this service	33:48
	and wanting to help, contributed money	33:51
	to fix up that lighthouse,	33:53
	and they built a club room for these rescue workers	33:56
	to spend their long hours of waiting in,	34:00
	and they bought some comfortable furniture	34:03
	and some games for the workers to play there	34:04
	in that long wait.	34:07
	But as time and such a story would have it,	34:11
	the room became so very comfortable	34:15
	that rescue workers gradually became reluctant	34:19
	to leave this comfort and venture out	34:22
	on the treacherous seas to perform	34:24
	their acts of service.	34:26
	And realizing that this rescue society,	34:29
	this agency of service, was becoming nothing more	34:31
	than a club for the enjoyment of its members,	34:34
	another group, another group of people	34:37
	further up the coast found another lighthouse	34:41
	and set up another rescue mission	34:44
	and before long, it too was made comfortable	34:46
	and the process repeated itself or,	34:50
	well, the beat goes on.	34:54
	And now, according to this story,	34:57
	this whole area of the northwest coast	34:59
	of England is dotted with country clubs,	35:02
	but there are no rescue missions, no service agencies.	35:05
	Now there is in that story a personal	35:11
	as well as an institutional moral	35:16
	or immoral, depending on how you look at it,	35:19
	for it illustrates the fact	35:22
	that the true way of life is to be found	35:24
	not in a cornucopia, but on the arms of a cross.	35:28
	Amen, let us pray.	35:36
	As we pass the cup and dim the candles,	35:39
	may we remember that our lives are weighed not	35:42
	in terms of success,	35:45
	but in large measure by service.	35:48
	May we internalize the authentic words	35:51
	of Washington Gladden, "Oh master,	35:54
	"let me walk with thee	35:57
	"in lowly paths of service free.	35:58
	"Tell me thy secret, help me bear	36:01
	"the strain of toil, the fret of care,"	36:04
	amen.	36:10
	Let us pray.	36:21
	God of grace.	36:25
	You have come to us in our Savior Christ,	36:27
	but we have reviled him, denied him,	36:31
	even betrayed him with a kiss.	36:35
	We have not faithfully followed his commandment	36:38
	to love one another as he has loved us.	36:40
	Have mercy upon us through the signs	36:45
	of bread and wine, reveal your love,	36:48
	which is constant in the face of our infidelity	36:51
	and restore us by the power of your Holy Spirit	36:55
	through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.	36:59
	In this is divine love revealed,	37:04
	not that we loved God,	37:07
	but that God has loved us and has come	37:09
	in Jesus Christ to bring about true reconciliation.	37:12
	By the power of the cross, we are forgiven, amen.	37:17
	Christ our Lord invites to his table	37:25
	all who love him and who desire to live	37:27
	in peace with one another,	37:29
	therefore, let us stand and offer one another signs	37:32
	of reconciliation and love.	37:35
	(congregation murmuring faintly)	37:38
	Peace be.	37:43
	And with you.	37:44
	Peace.	37:45
	Peace be.	37:46
	Peace.	37:48
	Peace be with you.	37:51
	Being here.	37:52
	As forgiven and reconciled people,	38:05
	let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God	38:07
	singing together hymn number 412.	38:10
	(introspective organ music)	38:15
	♪ Ah, holy Jesus ♪	38:52
	♪ How hast thou offended ♪	38:56
	♪ That we to judge thee ♪	39:01
	♪ Have in hate pretended ♪	39:06
	♪ By foes derided ♪	39:12
	♪ By thine own rejected ♪	39:17
	♪ Oh, most afflicted ♪	39:22
	♪ Who was the guilty ♪	39:30
	♪ Who brought this upon thee ♪	39:36
	♪ Alas, my treason ♪	39:41
	♪ Jesus, hath undone thee ♪	39:46
	♪ Twas I, Lord Jesus ♪	39:52
	♪ I it was denied thee ♪	39:57
	♪ I crucified thee ♪	40:02
	♪ Lo, the Good Shepherd ♪	40:10
	♪ For the sheep is offered ♪	40:16
	♪ The slave hath sinned ♪	40:21
	♪ And the Son hath suffered ♪	40:25
	♪ For our atonement ♪	40:32
	♪ While we nothing heeded ♪	40:37
	♪ God interceded ♪	40:42
	♪ For me, my Jesus ♪	40:50
	♪ Was thy incarnation ♪	40:55
	♪ Thy mortal sorrow ♪	41:01
	♪ And thy life's oblation ♪	41:06
	♪ Thy death of anguish ♪	41:11
	♪ And thy bitter passion ♪	41:16
	♪ For my salvation ♪	41:22
	♪ Therefore, my Jesus ♪	41:30
	♪ Since I cannot pay thee ♪	41:35
	♪ I do adore thee ♪	41:41
	♪ And will ever pray thee ♪	41:46
	♪ Think on thy pity ♪	41:51
	♪ And thy love unswerving ♪	41:57
	♪ Not my deserving ♪	42:02
	(uplifting organ music)	42:14
	Join with me in the prayer of thanksgiving.	43:38
	The Lord be with you.	43:41
	And also with you.	43:42
	Lift up your hearts.	43:44
	We lift them up to the Lord.	43:45
	Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God.	43:47
	It is right to give God thanks and praise.	43:50
	Blessed are you, Lord our God,	43:54
	sovereign of the universe.	43:57
	You created the heavens and the earth	44:00
	and saw that it was good.	44:02
	From the earth, you bring forth bread	44:04
	and create the fruit of the vine.	44:06
	You formed us in your own image,	44:08
	delivered us from captivity,	44:11
	fed us with manna in the wilderness, made covenant with us,	44:12
	and set before us a way of life,	44:16
	therefore, with your people in all ages	44:19
	and the whole company of heaven,	44:22
	we join in the song of unending praise saying.	44:24
	Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of power and might,	44:29
	heaven and earth are full of your glory.	44:34
	Hosanna in the highest.	44:36
	Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.	44:38
	Hosanna in the highest.	44:42
	Most holy and merciful God,	44:44
	time and again we turned aside from your way.	44:46
	We abused your gifts, yet you gave us the crowning gift	44:51
	in your son, Jesus, emptying himself	44:54
	that our joy might be full.	44:58
	He fed the hungry, healed the afflicted,	45:00
	ate with scorned and forgotten,	45:02
	washed his disciples' feet,	45:04
	and gave us a holy meal as a pledge of his presence.	45:06
	On the night he gave himself up for us	45:10
	at table with those who would desert him	45:12
	and deny him, he took bread, gave you thanks,	45:15
	broke the bread, gave it to his disciples,	45:19
	and said, "Take, eat, this is my body	45:21
	"given for you, do this in remembrance of me."	45:26
	When the supper was over, he took the cup,	45:30
	gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples,	45:32
	and said, "Drink from this, all of you.	45:35
	"This is the cup of the new covenant	45:37
	"poured out for you and for many	45:40
	"for the remission of sins.	45:42
	"Do this and as often as you drink it	45:44
	"in remembrance of me."	45:47
	Therefore, recalling your son's death	45:49
	and resurrection, his ascension, his presence	45:51
	through your Holy Spirit we ask you	45:54
	to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving,	45:56
	which we offer in union with his sacrifice for us.	46:00
	Send the power of your Holy Spirit	46:04
	on us and on these gifts	46:06
	that in the breaking of this bread	46:08
	and drinking of this wine, we may know	46:09
	the presence of the living Christ,	46:11
	be renewed in his body	46:13
	and transformed into his likeness	46:15
	faithfully to serve him all our days.	46:18
	Through him and with him in the unity	46:21
	of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours	46:23
	almighty God now and forever,	46:28
	therefore, we are bold to pray.	46:31
	Our Father who art in heaven,	46:34
	hallowed be thy name.	46:37
	Thy kingdom come, thy will be done	46:39
	on earth as it is in heaven.	46:41
	Give us this day our daily bread	46:44
	and forgive us our trespasses	46:46
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	46:49
	And lead us not into temptation,	46:52
	but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom	46:55
	and the power and the glory forever, amen.	46:58
	When we break the bread,	47:05
	is it not a means of sharing in the body of Christ?	47:07
	When we give thanks over the cup,	47:12
	is it not a means of sharing in the blood of Christ?	47:14
	This is the Lord's table.	47:20
	He has prepared the feast through.	47:22

-	We invite all to come.	0:04
	Join with the choir in singing the hymns	0:06
	listed in the bulletin	0:09
	as we come for communion.	0:11
	(organ music)	0:30
	♪ Beneath the cross of Jesus ♪	1:16
	♪ I fain would take my stand ♪	1:21
	♪ The shadow of a mighty Rock ♪	1:27
	♪ Within a weary land ♪	1:33
	♪ A home within the wilderness ♪	1:39
	♪ A rest upon the way ♪	1:45
	♪ From the burning of the noon-tide heat ♪	1:51
	♪ And the burden of the day ♪	1:57
	♪ Upon the cross of Jesus ♪	2:05
	♪ Mine eye at times can see ♪	2:10
	♪ The very dying form of One ♪	2:16
	♪ Who suffered there for me ♪	2:22
	♪ And from my stricken heart with tears ♪	2:28
	♪ Two wonders I confess ♪	2:34
	♪ The wonders of redeeming love ♪	2:40
	♪ And my unworthiness ♪	2:46
	♪ I take, O cross, thy shadow ♪	2:55
	♪ For my abiding place ♪	3:01
	♪ I ask no other sunshine than ♪	3:08
	♪ The sunshine of His face ♪	3:14
	♪ Content to let the world go by ♪	3:20
	♪ To know no gain nor loss ♪	3:26
	♪ My sinful self my only shame ♪	3:32
	♪ My glory all the cross ♪	3:40
	(organ music)	3:53
	♪ When I survey the wondrous cross ♪	5:11
	♪ On which the Prince of Glory died ♪	5:20
	♪ My richest gain I count but loss ♪	5:29
	♪ And pour contempt on all my pride ♪	5:39
	♪ Forbid me Lord that I should boast ♪	5:51
	♪ Save in the death of Christ, my God ♪	6:00
	♪ All the vain things that charm me most ♪	6:09
	♪ I sacrifice them to His blood ♪	6:19
	♪ See, from His head, His hands, His feet ♪	6:31
	♪ Sorrow and love flow mingled down ♪	6:41
	♪ Did e'er such love and sorrow meet ♪	6:51
	♪ Or thorns compose so rich a crown ♪	7:01
	♪ Were the whole realm of nature mine ♪	7:14
	♪ That were an offering far too small ♪	7:24
	♪ Love so amazing, so divine ♪	7:35
	♪ Demands my soul, my life, my all ♪	7:45
	(organ music)	7:58
-	And when they had summoned Him,	12:29
	they went out to the Mount of Olives	12:31
	and Jesus said to them,	12:33
	You will all fall away,	12:36
	for it is written,	12:38
	I will strike the shepherd	12:40
	and the sheep will be scattered.	12:42
	But after I am raised up,	12:44
	I will go before you to Galilee.	12:46
	Peter said to Him,	12:48
	Even though they all fall away, I will not.	12:50
	And Jesus said to him,	12:54
	Truly, I say to you,	12:56
	this very night before the cock crows twice,	12:59
	you will deny Me three times.	13:03
	But he said vehemently,	13:06
	If I must die with You, I will not deny You	13:08
	and they all said the same.	13:11
	And they went to a place which was called Gethsemane	13:14
	and He said to His disciples,	13:19
	Sit here while I pray.	13:21
	And He took with Him Peter and James and John	13:25
	and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.	13:30
	And He said to them,	13:35
	My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.	13:37
	Remain here and watch.	13:41
	And going a little farther, He fell on the ground and prayed	13:43
	that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.	13:49
	And He said,	13:54
	Abba, Father, all things are possible to Thee.	13:56
	Remove this cup from Me.	14:03
	Yet not what I will but what Thou wilt.	14:05
	And He came and found them sleeping	14:10
	and He said to Peter,	14:13
	Simon, are you asleep?	14:14
	Could you not watch one hour?	14:16
	Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation.	14:20
	And again, He went away and prayed,	14:26
	saying the same words.	14:29
	Again, He came and found them sleeping,	14:32
	for their eyes were very heavy,	14:35
	and they did not know what to answer Him.	14:39
	And He came the third time and said to them,	14:42
	Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?	14:45
	It is enough.	14:49
	The hour has come.	14:51
	The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.	14:53
	Rise, let us be going.	14:58
	See, My betrayer is at hand.	15:01
	(organ music)	15:08
	♪ Go to dark Gethsemane ♪	15:21
	♪ You who feel the tempter's pow'r ♪	15:26
	♪ Your Redeemer's conflict see ♪	15:32
	♪ Watch with Him one bitter hour ♪	15:38
	♪ Turn not from His griefs away ♪	15:45
	♪ Learn of Jesus Christ to pray ♪	15:51
-	And immediately, while He was still speaking,	16:05
	Judas came, one of the 12,	16:09
	and with him a crowd with swords and clubs	16:11
	from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.	16:14
	Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,	16:19
	The One I shall kiss is the man.	16:22
	Seize Him and lead Him away safely.	16:25
	And when he came, he went up to Him at once	16:29
	and said, Master, and he kissed Him.	16:31
	And they laid hands on Him and seized Him.	16:34
	But one of those who stood by drew his sword	16:38
	and struck the slave of the high priest	16:41
	and cut off his ear.	16:43
	And Jesus said to them,	16:46
	Have you come out as against a robber,	16:47
	with swords and clubs to capture Me?	16:50
	Day after day, I was with you in the temple teaching	16:53
	and you did not seize Me.	16:56
	But let the Scriptures be fulfilled.	16:59
	And they all forsook Him and fled.	17:02
	(organ music)	17:07
	♪ 'Tis midnight and on Olive's brow ♪	17:25
	♪ The star is dimmed that lately shone ♪	17:34
	♪ 'Tis midnight in the garden now ♪	17:42
	♪ The suffering Savior prays alone ♪	17:51
-	And as soon as it was morning,	18:13
	the chief priests, with the elders and scribes	18:15
	and the whole council held a consultation	18:18
	and they bound Jesus	18:21
	and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.	18:23
	And Pilate asked Him,	18:27
	Are You the King of the Jews?	18:29
	And Jesus answered,	18:32
	You have said so.	18:34
	And the chief priests accused Him of many things	18:37
	and Pilate again asked Him,	18:40
	Have You no answer to make?	18:42
	See how many charges they bring against You.	18:45
	But Jesus made no further answer,	18:49
	so that Pilate wondered.	18:51
	Now at the feast, he used to release for them	18:54
	one prisoner for whom they ask	18:57
	and among the rebels in prison who had committed murder	19:00
	in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.	19:02
	And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate	19:07
	to do as he was wont to do for them.	19:10
	And Pilate answered them,	19:13
	Do you want me to release for you	19:16
	the King of the Jews?	19:18
	For he perceived that it was out of envy	19:20
	that the chief priests had delivered Him up.	19:23
	But the chief priests stirred up the crowd	19:26
	to have them release for them Barabbas instead.	19:29
	And Pilate again said to them,	19:34
	Then what shall I do with the man	19:37
	whom you call the King of the Jews?	19:39
	And they cried out, Crucify Him.	19:42
	And Pilate said, Why?	19:46
	What evil has He done?	19:49
	But they shouted all the more, Crucify Him.	19:52
	So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd,	19:56
	released for them Barabbas	19:59
	and having scourged Jesus,	20:01
	he delivered Him to be crucified.	20:04
	(organ music)	20:09
	♪ Ah, holy Jesus ♪	20:23
	♪ How hast Thou offended ♪	20:29
	♪ That we to judge Thee ♪	20:34
	♪ Have in hate pretended ♪	20:40
	♪ By foes derided ♪	20:46
	♪ By Thine own rejected ♪	20:52
	♪ O most afflicted ♪	20:58
-	And the soldiers led Him away inside the palace,	21:10
	that is the Praetorium.	21:14
	And they called together the whole battalion	21:17
	and they clothed Him in a purple cloak	21:21
	and plating a crown of thorns, they put it on Him	21:23
	and they began to salute Him.	21:27
	Hail, King of the Jews.	21:30
	And they struck His head with a reed	21:33
	and spat upon Him	21:35
	and they knelt down in homage to Him.	21:38
	And when they had mocked Him,	21:42
	they stripped Him of the purple cloak	21:43
	and they put His own clothes on Him	21:46
	and they led Him out to crucify Him.	21:48
	(organ music)	21:52
	♪ O sacred Head, now wounded ♪	22:07
	♪ With grief and shame weighed down ♪	22:13
	♪ Now scornfully surrounded ♪	22:20
	♪ With thorns, thine only crown ♪	22:26
	♪ How art thou pale with anguish ♪	22:34
	♪ With sore abuse and scorn ♪	22:41
	♪ How does that visage languish ♪	22:48
	♪ Which once was bright as morn ♪	22:55
-	And they crucified Him	23:08
	and divided His garments among them,	23:09
	casting lots for them	23:11
	to decide what each should take.	23:13
	And it was the third hour when they crucified Him.	23:16
	And the inscription of the charge against Him read,	23:19
	The King of the Jews.	23:22
	And with Him, they crucified two robbers,	23:24
	one on His right and one on His left	23:28
	and those who passed by derided Him,	23:31
	wagging their heads and saying,	23:34
	Aha, You who would destroy the temple	23:36
	and build it in three days,	23:40
	save Yourself and come down from the cross.	23:41
	So also the chief priests mocked Him	23:44
	to one another with the scribes, saying,	23:46
	He saved others.	23:50
	He cannot save Himself.	23:51
	Let the Christ, the King of Israel,	23:54
	come down now from the cross	23:56
	that we may see and believe.	23:58
	Those who were crucified with Him	24:00
	also reviled Him.	24:02
	(organ music)	24:06
	♪ Were you there when they crucified my Lord ♪	24:17
	♪ Were you there when they crucified my Lord ♪	24:27
	♪ Oh ♪	24:38
	♪ Sometimes it causes me ♪	24:43
	♪ To tremble, tremble, tremble ♪	24:49
	♪ Were you there when they crucified my Lord ♪	25:00
-	And when the sixth hour had come,	25:15
	there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.	25:19
	And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice,	25:22
	Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani,	25:26
	which means, My God, My God,	25:30
	why hast Thou forsaken Me?	25:32
	And some of the bystanders hearing it said,	25:35
	Behold, He is calling Elijah.	25:38
	And one ran and filling a sponge full of vinegar,	25:41
	put it on a reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying,	25:44
	Wait, let us see if Elijah will come and take Him down.	25:47
	And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed His last.	25:52
	And the curtain of the temple was rent in two,	25:57
	from top to bottom.	25:59
	And when the centurion who stood facing Him	26:01
	saw that He thus breathed His last,	26:04
	he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.	26:07

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Title:

[unknown] - Maundy Thursday Service (April 4, 1985)

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Sermon start time: 24:34. Sermon end time: 36:12.
The New Testament does not guarantee worldly success and prosperity for the believer. Rather, it calls us to voluntarily carry our cross in service for Jesus and the Gospel. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “Commitment to the Christ of the cross does not mean that we will be relieved of daily, or even lifelong burdens…but rather commitment means that we volunteer to accept additional burdens for his sake.”

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April 4, 1985

Biblical Book:

John

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John 12:23-26

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Duke University. Chapel

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