Hey guys, my name is Johnny Ardavanus, and this is Dial In. In this episode, we'll be looking at our third

installment in our short series, Living for Christ in a Hostile World. And in this episode, we'll look at

the work and nature of the Holy Spirit. Let's dial in.

The world's two most recognizable paintings are painted by the same man,

engineer, scientist, architect, and painter Leonardo da Vinci.

Likely his most recognizable painting, the Mona Lisa, has hung in the Louvre Museum since 1797. His second most

famous work of art is the mural painting that covers the dining hall wall at the monastery of Santa

Maria de la Grazie in Milan, Italy. This mural painting is entitled The Last Supper.

Far and away, the most recognizable religious piece of art in history, this famous painting

covers the emotions of shock, fear, grief, and concern at a specific moment in Jesus' earthly

ministry.

The specific scene that Da Vinci aims to capture is during Jesus' final meal

with his disciples, the night before his crucifixion. And the expression and the emotion Da Vinci paints

is the moment after Jesus had told his disciples that he was going to be killed and that one of his

own disciples was going to betray him and that one of his own disciples was going

to betray him. The painting portrays various responses from four huddled groups containing

three disciples each. Some of the groupings appear to whisper, some look to be yelling, some look

confused, but with the exception of Judas, all look to be afraid, distressed, and discouraged. And at the

center of this famous painting is the one the disciples had followed, the one they had served,

the one they had loved, and the ironic reality expressed in scripture and in this painting

is that the one who should have been comforted by

his disciples is rather the one offering words of profound comfort to them. It's during this very night

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