It's good to be here. I'm going to continue the series in John 13 and I've been reading John 13 now for about six months because I've known I was going to speak this message and let's be honest. I'm ready to move on, okay? I'm ready to get this off my chest this morning and move on so I'm going to be John 14.

The turning your Bible right now to John 13.

There's some tremendous thing that the Lord speaks about in John 13.

And if you remember, when we started this series, Pastor Robert kind of gave you an understanding of what we're doing.

We're going chapter by chapter.

If you're first-time guests this morning, we are in a series on the Book of John where every week is another chapter.

And as Pastor Robert said in the beginning, it's impossible to look at every chapter and to really preach every message in those chapters.

For example in John 13 this is where Jesus washes the disciples feet.

That's a tremendous message there. Also, John calls himself

the one Jesus loved here in John 13 for the first time. And we hear that, and remember

Pastor Robert says, for years people have made made fun and because John wrote that about himself.

But then we got great revelation about that.

I'm going to share some more this morning about that one thing.

Also, Judas makes his final decision in John 13 to betray Jesus and it's a moving time when he leaves the room where the disciples are meeting for the Passover feast, he goes out and betrays Jesus, collects his 30 pieces of silver.

Also, Jesus says a real emotional goodbye to his friends.

Now I want you to pay close attention, not that you have not been playing close attention, but in John 13,

14, 15, and 16, Jesus begins to talk very intimately to these men that he's been walking with now for three years.

And he says a very emotional goodbye.

For example, how many of you if you knew that in 18 hours your life was going to end, you knew the minute that it was going to end in 18 hours your life was going to end you knew the minute that it was going to end in 18 hours

you would probably be around your family your friends people that you really love and you would carefully

choose your words well this is what Jesus we see almost the transition now and the way Jesus begins to talk to his disciples. He begins to talk to him like friends. He begins to talk to him like brothers. And it's really powerful the way Jesus begins to interact with them and answer their question

and we begin to see this in John 13.

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