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today's devotional. Hey, what's up? Thanks for tuning into the Daily Drive. I'm Mike Bro, an honor to be

with you on this journey of getting to know Jesus. We are walking through the gospel of John, which is the fourth book in the New Testament section of the Bible. It is the good

news, all about Jesus, and we are in Chapter 12 today. The plot to kill Jesus is well underway. The

religious leaders, they want him out of the picture. It's better for the Romans to kill one man

than to bring the wrath down on all the people

and thus destroy everything they had worked so hard for.

These self-centered, self-righteous guys, they were in full-on self-preservation mode.

It says later over in Matthew 27 that even Pilate the Roman governor could see that it was because of envy.

It was because of envy the religious leaders arrested Jesus.

When you live in self-preservation mode, you see people as a threat to your little kingdom.

And Jesus was exactly that to them.

Now, Jesus isn't threatened by any of this, but he stays clear of Jerusalem for a while,

goes out in the desert about 12 miles north of the city, to wait on God's timing.

And then in chapter 12, we see him back in Bethany a couple of miles outside of Jerusalem

at the home of his good friends, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.

John writes this.

Six days before the Passover celebration began,

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