That's why Jesus is drawing attention to Judas.

You think that all of these departures are because I have lost control, that I can't do any better

than this in gathering a band.

Let me tell you something.

I have 12 and I include a devil to show the devil's done.

He'll do his work.

He will commit his suicide at the cross.

And then when I'm lifted up, you'll know.

Hi, I'm your host, Dan Kruver.

Why would Jesus choose a man he knew would betray him?

In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper opens John 6, verses 52 to 71, to help us see

that Judas wasn't a failure in God's plan,

he was its servant.

This message was originally delivered

at Bethlehem Baptist Church on December 13th, 2009.

Let's pray.

Father, you know that I don't deserve to be here, and none of us listening deserves another chance to hear the Word of God.

What an amazing privilege.

What a gift.

To have another few minutes to breathe and to listen to the Word of God.

To read, to hear, to meditate, to appropriate, to apply. What a gift.

I find this to be a difficult text, and I ask for a special spiritual control of my mind and my lips and my attitude so that the demeanor of Jesus here is

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