Please take your Bibles with me and turn to John chapter 18. John 18. We continue with our consecutive exposition through the Gospel of John. We pick up verses 1 through 11. Rick read from Genesis 2 and 3, a man in a garden. And now we see another man in a garden. John 18, verse 1. When Jesus had spoken these words, that's in the upper room, he went forth with his disciples over the ravine of the Kidron where there was a garden. into which he himself entered and his disciples. Now Judas also, who was betraying him, knew the place, for Jesus had often met there with his disciples. Judas then, having received the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth and said to them, whom do you seek? And they answered him, Jesus the Nazarene. And he said to them, I am he. And Judas also was betraying him, was standing with them, when wherefore he said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. Again, therefore, he asked them, whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus answered, I told you that I am he. If, therefore, you seek me, let these go their way that the word might be fulfilled which he had spoke of those whom thou hast given me. I have lost none. Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest slave and cut off his right ear. And the slave's name was Malchus. Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, put the sword into the sheath. The cup which the father has given me Shall I not drink it? Let's pray together. Heavenly Father, it's clear that. Your almighty power was present in the garden. And we pray that your almighty power be present in this room, too. Even as we would be led to the table. Come, Holy Spirit, we ask in Jesus name, amen. It says in 18.6, when therefore Jesus said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. Back in 1946, the United States conducted an experiment to measure the destructive force of a Hiroshima or Nagasaki atomic bomb detonation. This was near an isolated South Pacific island where a bomb was dropped, listen to this, amidst a constellation of over 100 anchored mothballed warships. What a picture. Now, also many miles away from the detonation, at a presumed to be safe distance, thousands of sailors sitting in rows on deck aboard an Australian aircraft carrier were allowed to view the magnificent blast as spectators. And here are some of the vets reminiscing many years later after what they had experienced back in 1946. You can see it in a YouTube video, and these Australian men with outback accents speaking. I won't give the accents, but you break from one man to another to another. Here's a medley of what they said. They told us to cover our eyes. When the flash hit us, you could see the x-rays of your hands through your closed eyes. It was just sheer brilliant light. Then another. In the process of your hands over your eyes, you saw every bone in your hand. And another. If I was looking at you now, I would see all your bones. You would see all the blood vessels, everything, the bones, the lot. Another. Then the heat hit you. That was just as if somebody my size had actually caught fire and walked through me. It was an experience that was absolutely unearthly. Another. Some of the lads would stand up, but some 30-odd seconds later, you'd get the blast. And the blast would knock you flying. Another. And there were guys with bruises and broken limbs. We couldn't believe it. Another. After a while, we were told we could now stand and look up and watch the mushroom form. It was so huge. Another, all I saw was this rising colossal fireball just going up and thunder and lightning, you name it. Another, it was too much for some of them. Some of them were crying. Ask for their mums. That was awful. Another, there was no comprehension that anything like that could ever exist. It was immense. And finally, it's a sight to see, but I never want to see it again. Now these sailors, they saw something immensely powerful. But these soldiers in this garden, in John 18, saw something immensely more so. And that's what we want to unpack in these first 11 verses of John 18. We'll do it under four headings, and that'll lead us to the table. It's lovely, first of all, to Beware of a hard heart. We see that in verses 1 and 2. Beware of a hard heart. Look how it opens in verse 1. When Jesus had spoken these words, in the grand drama of this gospel, there's a scene change from the upper room in the 17th chapter, early 13 through 17, now to Gethsemane. in chapter 18. We move from priestly intercession in the 17th chapter now to priestly sacrifice in the 18th and the 19th chapter. It says in 1B, and he, Jesus, went forth with his disciples over the ravine Kidron. That word Kidron means dark. And if the traditional site of the Upper Room in Jerusalem is accurate, it was about an hour walk from the Upper Room to the Garden of Gethsemane. And we see that the Lord Jesus Christ went probably half a mile north in Jerusalem and then he headed east with his little band of disciples past the shadow of the Temple Mount out the gate and then he led them down, down the descent of the Temple Mount to the brook Kidron. Now from the Temple Mount, which is about 200 feet higher, that's about a 20-story building higher, that went down, down, down, there was a drain from the Temple Mount altar that would drain down to the Kidron Ravine. The drain was important, especially during Passover time, because there were tens of thousands, some say even hundreds of thousands of Passover lambs that had been slain. Imagine the flow of blood. Imagine how bloody that brook Kidron was that Jesus was passing at this time, dark Kidron blood. This is really profound sovereign staging of this grand drama. You realize we're here at this point, this night, we're at the fulcrum of world history? Behold in Jesus, the Lamb, we see him crossing the brook Kidron. Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. 1C says this, where he was there, there was a garden in which he entered. The word garden is the Greek word kapos. He entered this garden with his disciples. Now garden, Rick read of a garden, didn't he? In fact, it's interesting how in Ezekiel 36-35 it's called the Kippos, the Garden of Eden. There is a very purposeful parallel between the Garden of Eden and the Garden of Gethsemane. There are great theological profound things happening here. There was a man in the garden, an Adam. in the first garden, Genesis 2 and 3. Now another man, the Son of Man, appears in the second garden in Gethsemane. Both of these men faced a conniving devil. Serpent slithering, Judas possessed. The devil has come back now. Remember Luke 4, 13, after the temptation in the wilderness? He would come back at an opportune time. The devil was tempting Jesus in this garden. Now the first Adam sinned against the father, leading a multitude whom he represented over a cliff. But the Lord Jesus, the second Adam, he is going to come, he's gonna obey the father, saving a multitude from the cliff. There's really profound theology here. All of us, our destiny, our eternal destiny hinges on His victory here. See, in Adam, all were lost. But in the second garden, in Jesus, none would be lost, of whom the Father had given Him. Now, when we come into the garden, there's a time lapse here. It seems like Jesus comes in the garden, and immediately, Judas appears. Not so. There's a time lapse. The synoptic gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, tell us that he entered the garden. Jesus took the three, set them, watch and pray. They fall asleep three times. Jesus goes off, and he battles in sweat like blood against the temptation. Satan's opportune time, blood like sweat. Oh, Father, that this cup would pass from Me, but not My will. Thine be done." He obeys the Father, unlike the other Adam who was tempted by the devil. And now you pick up after that time lap, maybe it was an hour or two, now Judas appears, John 18.2. Now Judas who was betraying Him. It makes me want to spit when I think of His intruding onto this stage. Who is this? Pretend, friend, this table buddy who said, the right of Jesus. Jesus gave him the best of places. In fact, Jesus quoted from the psalm writer in John 13, 18, he who ate bread with me is now lifting up his heel against me. This is a fraud here. I say spit because I wonder how onto this solemn stage of this garden could such a treacherous pretender perform without melting in the presence of the The God who in the beginning was the Word and was with God and the Word was God. This is Jesus. How could he pretend in the face of Jesus? I think of those sailors in the way, remember I told you at the beginning they stood in that Australian aircraft carrier before this mushroom cloud of power and might, this fireball. It's kind of like that fireball is like Jesus who is the Lord of glory. Ask Isaiah. when he saw Jesus enthroned high and lifted up. Holy, holy, holy. The angels were hiding them. The Seraphim were hiding themselves, weren't they, with their hands before their eyes and their feet. And Isaiah said, woe is me. Or even John in Revelation chapter 1, it says that Jesus appeared, it says, his face shone like the sun, and its power in his eyes were like fire. This is the one before whom Judas stood. But it says in 15b, Judas stood there with the soldiers. I'm just giving all this because what a hard-hearted pretender he was to stand in the presence of Jesus with betrayal in his heart. You think of all the privilege that Judas had. For three years he was Jesus' companion. He had heard his sermons. He had seen his miracles. The second chapter, he saw him turning water into wine. Judas saw Jesus, he's gonna betray Jesus, he saw him doing that. In the sixth chapter, he saw Jesus multiplying the loaves, feeding the 5,000. He was handing out. In the 11th chapter, he saw Lazarus coming forth from the tomb. And he sat next to Jesus. Jesus was warmly wooing him just a few hours earlier. And this is Jesus before whom Peter, when Peter saw him in the great catch in the boat in the Sea of Galilee, Peter saw, depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man. But Judas just stood with a hard heart before this Jesus. J.C. Ryle says this, the same fire that melts wax will harden clay. We need to be aware of a hard heart, beloved, because may we who here sit in the presence of Jesus this hour, we're going to sit at this table this hour. May we have a close encounter at the table with Jesus, a close encounter of a penetrating kind. And may we not have such a hard heart. Again, think of those Australian soldiers on that aircraft carrier in the presence of that immense power that enabled them to see their bones right through themselves and their own blood vessels. May it be that as the Word is spoken and as the table is celebrated, that the Word would come to us living and active, piercing the division of soul and spirit, joint and marrow, judging the thoughts and the intentions of our heart, not just sitting there coldly, going through something. May we say, Search me, O Lord, know my heart. Test me, O Lord. See if there be any offensive way in me, O Lord. Lead me in the way everlasting." He has eyes of fire. He sees everything in us. It says in 1 Corinthians 11, 28, let a man examine himself before he eats, that he drink not judgment on himself. This is a solemn thing we're doing. We're being hosted by the God of heaven and earth, the Lord Jesus. Let us not be like Judas. This is a sweet and awful presence that we have. And may we just pray here before we come to the table. Oh, Lord, expose me. Buckle my knees. Bring me repentance where I need to repent. Bring me worship where I need to worship. Let us beware of a hard heart, because beloved brothers and sisters, It's possible on both sides of the pulpit to be content with Bible knowledge and are having religious connections and are having outward whitewash, but at the core of us to be rotten. And just like in the case of Judas, if that's the way we be, then it would be better if we'd never been born. Because we can bask in the spiritual privileges and hear the best sermons and bear no fruit. And Jesus sees us for what we are, branches that are barren of good fruit, fit only for the fire, just like Judas. And let us all be particularly aware of harboring that besetting sin. When old Puritan said, one leak can sink a ship. That besetting sin, what is it? Go after it. Gouge it out. Don't be content with it. Kill it, or it'll kill us. That's what the table calls us for. Judas had a hard heart. Let not us have a hard heart. Judas is here. He's meant to be a lesson to us. So beware of a hard heart. But secondly, behold our lion-like lamb in three through six. Behold our lion-like lamb. You know what a lion is? It's the king of the beasts. And Jesus, He's the king of creation. The lion of the tribe of Judah. He's sovereign over all things, says in Colossians 1. He upholds all things, says in Romans 8. He causes all things to work for the good. In Ephesians 1, it says he predestines all things. So as we come to the garden here of Gethsemane, lest any of us would think that Jesus was somehow cornered by his enemies here, lest we might think he was checkmated by Satan. People have that view of life. Like Satan is checkmating. They're playing chess together. Two equal rivals. Jesus against the devil. You hear this sometimes with people who say, in my calamity, this is the devil. He's doing all this. In my cancer, in my infertility, this is the devil. Boy, don't live like that. What a terrible way to live. No, no. God is never checkmated by the devil. We give way too much credit to the devil with bad theology. No, to the contrary here, we see Jesus is in his sovereignty. Look what it says, verse 13. Judas therefore then, having received the Roman cohort and the officers from the chief priests, verse 13. Now don't, I used to think, I admit before this, I thought this was basically just the temple guards coming, but you look at it, it was the Roman cohort who was there. I thought it was just the temple guards, like the rent-a-cop guys, the wannabes, they don't really get a gun with a bullet, just get clubs. I thought that's what it was here. No, but you look at it, it says the Roman cohort, the Greek word is spira. Spira refers to a battalion of soldiers. In fact, you look at Jerusalem at this time, there was the Fortress Antonia. There were 2,000 soldiers stationed at the Fortress Antonia which would overlook the Temple. Why were they there? It was Passover. There was a powder keg. The festive goers, the city was swelling with citizens of Jews. There could have been a riot. 2,000 soldiers were there. They were led by a kiliarch, which would be 1,000 or 2,000 men. So the group that came, they didn't get everybody from the Fortress Antonia out of the barracks to come down to the Garden of Gethsemane. Probably a couple of hundred men are with the temple guards. And so we see that it is so fitting, then, that there be a combined force of Jews and Gentiles, both Jews and Gentiles coming to arrest who? The Savior of the world. Not just the Savior of the Jews, but the Jews and Gentiles. All of mankind is against him and is defying him. Here, there's profound theology here. Now we see that the Jews, they wanted to have this military display because they feared the supernatural power of Jesus. It was just a few days earlier that Jesus had pulled Lazarus out of the tomb. He was dead four days. And somehow this Jesus had a power to raise a dead man. And they weren't so sure about this Jesus, but they were afraid of him, this lion who could rage against them. But if we have a cohort with us, we'll be able to chain this lion, so they thought. They were right that Jesus was no hapless prophet caught in the gears of the Jerusalem political machine. They were right at that, no mere hapless prophet, but they were dead wrong because this was not just a mighty lion. This was an almighty lion. This was the almighty one. In fact, in the court of Caiaphas, when the question is, are you the Christ? And what does Jesus say there? I am, and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power coming in the clouds. This was an almighty force that was in their presence there in Gethsemane. And this night's dramatic events, now, they weren't cornering Jesus like he was hapless. These events were crowning the Lord Jesus Christ. Think of what was going on that night. It was cold because verse 18 said they made a fire later on to warm themselves in Caiaphas Court. It was a cold night. I mean, it was clear. So it was clear. It was a full moon because it's Passover. So there are these guys in the Garden of Gethsemane. They're looking down and coming down from the Temple Mount is this snaking torch train of these soldiers and these guards. You can see the flickering torches and then the flashing on the swords. Imagine if you were one of the disciples who was watching them come down from the temple mound and you knew that there was an assassination plot in the air. This would all make your skin crawl, seeing this happen. You might be very concerned, but relax. Jesus is in control. Look what it says in verse 4. Jesus knowing all of the things that would come upon him. I think Jesus was nervous. Oh no, the devil's cornering me here in the Garden of Gethsemane. No, look, Jesus knowing all the things that were coming upon him. Of course he knew it, because it says in Colossians 1, he upholds all things by his power. It says in Romans 8, he causes all things to work for His good. Ephesians 1, He predestines all things. He wasn't cornered here. He was in complete control here. Some don't view God that way. Some view Jesus and God as kind of hapless on the table of history. Kent Hughes comments about H.G. Wells. H.G. Wells is a historian and he talks about God in kind of a mocking way. Listen to what he says, his view of God. The world, it says well, is like a great stage production, produced and managed by God. But the curtain rises, the stage is set perfect, a treat for every eye, and everything goes well till the leading man steps on the hem of the leading lady's gown. causing her to trip over a chair, which knocks over a lamp, which pushes over a table into a wall, which knocks over the scenery, which brings everything down on the heads of the actors. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, God is running around, shouting orders, pulling strings, trying desperately to restore order from chaos, but alas, he is unable to do so. Poor God. Realize that's the view some have of God. Because the devil's doing all this, and Jesus is cornered, and he made a move, and what is Jesus going to do? No, no, no, no, no. This is not the God of the Bible. This is not the God of Gethsemane. Jesus, our God, is a God of sovereignty, and we see it here. Look at verse 5. So Jesus, it says, look, Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming on him, went forth. You see he's like a lion. You see his kingly striding. Jesus wasn't bewildered here. He was in complete control here. Look what he says in verse 5. Whom do you seek? There was a spokesman or two from the Sanhedrin. Jesus of Nazareth. Now, I'm thinking of those 200 Roman soldiers there, those veteran battle-tested fellows. I can only imagine the mindset of those unsuspecting spectator soldiers who were standing not on a deck, on a ship. They were standing on the floor of a garden. And then the lion roared. Could we say he detonated? Look, he says, I am. I don't know how loud it was. It was powerful though. I am who I am. In fact, the word I am is emphasized three times. It's in verse 5, I am. Verse 6, I am. Verse 8, I am. This, in the Gospel of John, is a thunderclap phrase. In John of the Seven Great I am's. I am the truth. I am the door. I am. I am. And this is the climactic I am. And what does this I am flashback to? Do you know? Flashes all the way back to Exodus chapter 3, when Moses was told to take off your sandals, sir. And Moses faced this burning bush. Whom shall I say you are? And what does God say? He identifies him. Yahweh. Elohim. I am who I am. It reads, I am the one who always was, always will be. No beginning. No end. I am who I am, the burning bush. And isn't this the whole message of the Gospel of John? John 1.1, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God, and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Who was there in that garden? It was the Lord of glory, the Eternal One. So what is the response of these soldiers who were standing there? Reminds me of the Australian men on the deck. So when he said, I am, he says, they drew back and fell to the ground. This cohort of battle-tested veterans thrown on their backs. Where's Tricia? Wouldn't they say in the slang in the British, on their bums? They were thrown, but these tough men were thrown back on their bums. Maybe some of them were even asking for their mums. This was a terrifying thing that they were facing here. And you realize, according to Matthew 26, where Jesus says, do you not know I could call upon 12 legions of angels? If Jesus wanted to, he could have called upon against these 200 dwarfs. 12 legions of angels, each angel being 60 feet high. If he wanted to come in that form, there's power here. So we ask the question again, theologically, is the devil brilliantly checkmating Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane? Is he being taken against his will? No. Jesus is sovereignly orchestrating everything that takes place here. It's been happening all night. In the upper room, Jesus sprung the trap, telling Jesus in 1327, Judas, do it quickly. And now he offers himself up here as bait to the devil-driven arresting force. Who's in control here? Forsythe says this, the devil is in the end a bull in a net, a wild beast kicking himself to death. That ought to be our theology. Though the devil prowls about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, he is on a short chain. And it's our Lord Jesus who holds that Our Savior is no mere passive Lamb. He is an Almighty Lion here tonight. Do you see Him coming forward? What's He coming for? Why is He so resolved to stride forward here? because He's coming forward to save sinners who believe in Him. He's stepping forward for us, whom the Father had given Him. For us, His friends, His brothers, and His sisters. He came to save us. Not very lovable. but he resolves to love us willingly and cheerfully and gladly. He came to bleed a river to die to atone for our sins. For Jesus, it was a matter of, for the joy set before him, the Lord Jesus is going to endure the cross. So he steps up here. He laid down his life like a lamb, even though he was a lion that lay on a stone table. He laid down the cross for us. And whoever believes in him, believe in him. Don't walk. He says, believe in me. Come, come, come, come. Believe in me. He'll not cast any out who believe in him. That is, behold our lion-like lamb. Just now thirdly and more quickly, be comforted then. Be comforted by our protecting shepherd. In verses 7 through 9. It seems it was an awkward moment here. The brave soldiers, they were stunned, and they were trying to clank up off their bums. But Jesus kind of breaks the clumsy silence. In verse 7, he says, whom do you seek? And for the third time, he says, I am he. So listen, if you seek me, let these go their way. Look at that picture. You seek me, let me go their way. Like a shepherd whose flock is in the crosshairs of bloodthirsty wolves. The flock is in trouble. He calls and says, come to me. Engorge your fangs on me, Jesus says, and let them go. This is so epitomizing of our Savior. What a priestly protector he is in his atoning, and what a bodyguard he is in his daily protecting us here. It's an old movie. It's called The Bodyguard or My Bodyguard, movie back in 1980. It's a story about a young man in a junior high school, and there were these bullies who would make him pay money so they wouldn't beat him up. And the story goes on. But then there's this climactic scene where he comes, the young fellow, his name is Clifford, he comes into the cafeteria and the bullies are all there, they're mocking everybody. And Clifford takes the mustard and the ketchup and sprays it all over the three bullies' t-shirts and takes a milkshake and puts it all over the bullies' heads. He's gonna get it! And he runs out of the cafeteria, out of the building, into an alley, and the three bullies are coming and the whole student body's following. They're gonna see Clifford get the snot knocked out of him. But then Clifford had made a certain friend. It was a high school senior football bodyguard, big guy. And when the three came and said, Clifford said, I want to introduce you to my friend, my bodyguard. Anything you want to say to me, say to him first. And that was the end of the conflict. And we think to ourselves, oh, in this dangerous world, would that I had a bodyguard like that. We do. Look at the Lord Jesus. He says, let them go. He will take. He will guard. He is our good shepherd. And so we think of all those things that would be like a wolf pack to us. What do you have in your life? Is it shame and guilt of past failures that makes you tremble? Jesus says, let my disciple go. Let them go. Nothing to fear. Is it accusing voices of criticism? Do you have panic attacks? Do you have feelings of inadequacy that snap at your heels? Do you have fears of the future regarding your health, your job, your relationships, your finances? Why? You have a good shepherd. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. He is my shepherd, I shall not want. If God before us, if Jesus before us, who can possibly be against us? We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Just, beloved, be comforted by our protecting shepherd. He's as sovereign today as he was that day. And he always says, let my disciples go. He will take the hits for us regarding judgment day hits and even regarding everyday hits. He's causing all things to work for our good. Meditate on that. Just lastly, be melted by his death day commission. Be melted by his death day commission in 10 through 11. In a few hours here, Jesus is going to breathe his last. But even here, Jesus oozes compassion toward sinners. Look at verse 10. And Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave and cut off his ear. Peter is, he loves Jesus, doesn't he, Peter? He really loves him. He has a real strong allegiance to the Lord Jesus, and his love for Jesus erupts. Now, I know what you're saying. It's going to be a bad night for Simon Peter overall. But, you know, look at Peter. Let's look for the good in Peter. He doesn't love hope, all things. Jesus is going to, Peter's later going to say, Lord, you know all things. You know I love you. And Peter does love Jesus, though clumsily and inconsistently, but sincerely he does love him. But apparently as they're in the garden, as Judas comes forward with his betrayal kiss, this is just too much for Peter. Peter pulls out his short sword, which is mentioned in Luke 22, and he lunges at Malchus. And Malchus probably had a helmet on, probably glanced off his helmet, not lopped off his ear. Malchus was stunned. He put his hand to his ear. Warm blood was flowing between his fingers. And before Malchus could even scream, while Malchus was still in shock, Jesus is going to reflexively react to him. And how does he react to Malchus? Injustice? Well, pal, you think this is a tough thing, meeting me here in the garden? You wait till you meet me on Judgment Day." And that's what Malchus deserved. But instead, it says, Jesus, Luke 24, Luke 25, Luke 23, Jesus steps up and says, enough, to Peter. Put that away. And it says that he immediately heals. He heals Malchus' ear. He acts with compassion toward Malchus, who's about to arrest him. If you've come not a friend of Jesus, but an enemy of Jesus, look who comes to you today. He comes to you with a table. He's offering you to be friends with him today. What a glorious thing. And even think of the way he dealt with Peter. In Mark chapter 8, when Peter made a mess of things trying to deter Jesus from going to the cross, what did Jesus say to Peter? He said, Lord, never not get behind me, Satan. But Jesus, he knows Peter's dust. He knows his frame. Not on this night does Jesus frown on Peter. Instead, he's gentle and compassionate with Peter. He says, Peter, put that away. Peter, this cup, this cup, shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given to me? Not my will, but thine. By the way, what is this cup? This cup is the cup of wrath. The cup of wrath, the cup of wrath filled with the wrath that Adam really poured a cup up for each and every one of us. All of his children, Adam poured it up because of his sin. All of us deserve the wrath of God. But now Jesus, for all of us who believe in him, all of our cups are poured into the one cup. It is so concentrated. Jesus is going to drink it down on the cross. My God, why hast thou forsaken me, Jesus, in outer darkness for us? So just as we come to the table now, beloved, just ponder how at this table, this cup, even this cup, His blood, the wrath, what we deserve, what we deserve is to drink a cup filled with the Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone. We deserve to be like those soldiers, those sailors on the deck, to be burned through with the wrath of God. But instead, in grace, Lord Jesus says, I will take the hit for you, my body broken for you, my blood shed for you. And maybe you are a person who, you come and you feel very guilty about what you have done in the past week, in the past month since we've been at the table. And if Jesus would meet you and give you what you deserve, you would get his wrath right now and his fierce anger and you'd be thrown into outer darkness. But look what he comes, like a breakfast on the beach. You have denied him in your life. Breakfast on the beach. And he said, do you love me? Come on. Do you love me? Do you love me? Repent. Believe in me. Turn away from that sin. Gouge it out. Get rid of it. May the Lord have mercy on us as we eat in full faith.