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And now let's dive in to today's devotional.

Hey, welcome to the podcast. We are tracing the final steps of Jesus as we walk toward Easter.

I guess final steps is not really accurate, but what we are doing is walking with him on the road

toward the cross this week that is known as Passion Week. And we're just taking a little more time

than we normally do each day. So thanks for hanging with us for extended time this week. And we're just taking a little more time than we normally do each day. So thanks for hanging

with us for extended time this week. Today we're going to see a striking contrast between real

and fake, between authentic and phony, genuine and counterfeit as we join Jesus in a dark

courtyard. Let me ask you, are you an artificial Christmas tree person or a real tree person?

I used to be a diehard real tree guy, but I got tired of sweeping up needles, so we got a fake

one. But man, it looks so real. I mean, you really can't tell the difference. In fact, there's a lot of

fake things these days that really do look real, whether it's faux flowers or fruit or non-prescriptive

fashion lenses or toupees or eyelashes or virtual reality green screens.

I mean, it's hard to tell.

Is it real?

Is it not?

It's especially hard with people.

Now, of course, none of us are 100% the genuine article. None of us perfectly practice

what we preach, right? We all fail to live up to expectations. We all occasionally blow it,

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