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Hey there friends, thanks for checking in today. We're going to explore the question is the Taurus G2C the best gun for the money I've got 12 rounds loaded up with tool ammo Let's go ahead and take a few shots We'll check out the G2C and explore that question Whoa that last one I pulled a couple times. I've never had that happen before I Literally pulled and it continued to pull that trigger But I did okay But the question is Is this the best gun for the money now? I have to believe that the majority of the people are going to say yes there are many that would say no way no Taurus under any terms and I've heard both sides of the equation. I picked this up for 199 that is an amazing price. I know some people have gotten it for less the MSRP and this is 271 and it is Unquestionably a lot of gun for the money, but is it the best gun for the money? I already mentioned 12 round magazines does come with two 3.2 inch barrel clearly it has Restrike capability, but when the Slide is charged. It's a single action trigger pull With a very short reset does have a trigger bar safety in there a thumb safety for those who like that And I would say that there are there really are a lot of people who will not carry a gun unless it has a thumb safety and so Offers it here very nice grip texturing with the mag in there You're looking at three finger contact. All right. You can see right there a full grip on the gun Wind adjustable or drift adjustable same thing rear sight with a pinned in front sight a Pick rail right there Unloaded weight 22 ounces loaded weight with 13 rounds is 26 and a half ounces So many people say you know that gun is amazing. It's got a loaded chamber indicator bar You know the features just go on and on and on and For 200 bucks it is a Steel and many people carry the gun they say I love it And I've said several times that this is the gun that brought tourists back in a positive light in the gun world and people By and large agree, but there's also that group that say no way no tourists for any reason now for a comparison sake many People say you know the P365 the Springfield Hellcat those are the best guns But this is actually the closest in size and weight to those guns. So I've got a hellcat here. Let's take a look We're looking at just a little bit longer on the Taurus on the left and if we look at the grip We'll see that They're about the same. All right, let me go closer there. See that they're about the same and it's also worthy to note that the Mag will hold a or will accept a P226 mag So if you want 15 rounds even the Metgar that make 18 round mags You can do that and I'm told also the canik mags will work in the G2c. So is this the best gun for the money? Yeah, it's got a simple takedown This assemble process is easy dual recoil spring Light polymer frame Let's go ahead and take a few more shots because I want to check out and see what exactly happened there, but It has been reliable and that's the one thing people said, you know, I've owned that gun for a long time It's extremely reliable. Is it the best gun for the money though? And I'm going to share my opinion after I take a few more shots All right, I have 10 rounds loaded up of 115 grain tool Steel case ammo. Let me go ahead and take some shots one-handed here All right, I Think what happened the first time was that there's a little bit of grit in that trigger and I'm not sure that I Pull the trigger all of the way But there is no denying that the Taurus G2C is a Feature loaded handgun and there's also no denying that many people love the Taurus G2C But when you consider all the other guns out there for budget prices, is this one the best Handgun for the money. Let's take a few shots. You can check out the recoil and I will give you my thoughts on The G2C. I think the G2C is a fine handgun. I have no regrets buying it I I mentioned I paid $199 for it. I think that's an amazing price You can't beat the 12 rounds. I guess you could beat it considering the Hellcat has 13, but nonetheless 12 rounds and two mags for $199 and everything that I already mentioned with the G2C It's an incredible deal. But is this the best handgun for the money? I'm gonna say no Is it a great handgun for the money? Absolutely it is and I think many people will testify to that However, I have three others in mind right now I'm not going to share that because I'm going to come back and Talk about those as well as report the feedback that I've gotten from you guys as to the question Is the Taurus G2C the best handgun for the monies I can't wait to get your feedback and I'll come back and give you what I feel are the best Handguns for the money and you can let me know if this is that handgun Yeah, if you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate the thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


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Hello, Columbia, and welcome to This Week in the City. Highlights brought to you from the Public Relations, Media, and Marketing Department at the City of Columbia. I'm your host, Alicia Utsi. Please be advised that you still need to mask up, Columbia. Columbia City Council recently extended the mask ordinance in the city limits, and it has extended until December 5th, 2021. Please remember to wear a mask within all facilities and retail stores and events within the City of Columbia. If you like details regarding our mask ordinance, please visit our website at columnsc.gov and also check out our social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to see our mask frequently asked questions. On Monday, October 11th, please join us as we celebrate the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the City of Columbia's new Payment and Customer Care Center, which is located at 3000 Hardin Street. This ceremony will begin at 11.30 a.m., and will involve city council members, our city manager, city officials, and of course city staff. The new Payment and Customer Care Center located at 3000 Hardin Street will be the sole location where you can stop by to pay your water bill, sewer bill, parking tickets, and solid waste fees in addition to other services. Customer Care Representatives will be on site at 3000 Hardin Street to assist with new service for water, also a reconnection of your service for water, and additional services as well. Please note that you will no longer go to 1339 Main Street for these services. Our new center at 3000 Hardin Street will allow for in-person services and also drive-through services are available for your convenience. On Tuesday, October 12th, the Affordable Housing Task Force will hold a virtual meeting via Zoom. This meeting will begin at 11 a.m. You may watch the meeting from our website at columbiasc.gov and from the City of Columbia's YouTube channel. On Thursday, October 14th, the Design Development Review Commission will hold an in-person meeting at Busbee Street Community Center, located at 1735 Busbee Street. The meeting will begin at 4 p.m. The meeting will also be live-streamed in case you would like to watch it via our website at columbiasc.gov or the City's YouTube channel. For agenda items, please visit our website at columbiasc.gov. Please note that the Columbia Animal Shelter has announced their October Adoption Special. During the entire month of October, you can adopt a dog or cat for only $20. Please visit our shelter or you can call 776-7387. For additional details, also visit our website at columbiasc.gov. For all those ghosts and goblins who are planning ahead for Halloween, please note that the City of Columbia's annual Spooktacular will be held this year, but with a little different twist. Our Parks and Recreation Department will host Spooktacular on October 30th from 3 to 7 p.m. And it will be a drive-through event only due to the pandemic. We want to have our citizens have fun, but also stay safe. For details regarding the Spooktacular, you may call Parks and Recreation at<PHONE_NUMBER> or visit our website for more details at columbiasc.gov. Thank you for watching this week in the City. As we close our program, we remind you, please visit our website for information on a 24-hour basis at columbiasc.gov. Also make sure you follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for day-to-day highlights and event information. And you can also call our department at<PHONE_NUMBER>. And remember, we are Colombia.


Training in our school, learning the techniques and forms will give you a higher level of fitness. Martial arts fitness is much different from conventional fitness, whereas we deal with breathing, alignment, proper structure. We cover a lot of different bases that really doesn't get covered in the everyday gym. The movements are easy enough for students of all fitness levels, but may prove challenging for even the fittest of athletes.


Family Theatre presents Jane Wyatt and Charles Davis. It presents Charles Davis in Hayward-Broon's classic, The Fifty-First Dragon, who introduced the drama, Your Hostess, Jane Wyatt. Thank you, Gene Baker. Self-confidence is a priceless gift. Unfortunately, we're not all born with just the right amount. Some people are blessed with an overabundance of this rare virtue, and almost all of us possess it in some degree. However, the hero of Hayward-Broon's story, poor Gawain Lecair Hardy, had none at all.  He just didn't have any self-confidence. On the other hand, Hayward-Broon, the author of our story, was considered one of the few men with no inhibitions whatsoever. His one great weakness was his inability to retain information. Everything he knew, everything he heard, was passed on to the world, usually in the form of delightful short stories coloured with his wise philosophisings. Perhaps that's why he's regarded as one of the best-loved figures of American journalism. Family theatre, through the cooperation of the Hayward-Broon estate, has found a perfect example of his tongue-in-cheek writing in The Fifty-First Dragon, starring Charles Davis. In the days before the flower of knighthood withered on the vine, the forests and hills of England were fairly overrun with dragons, not the charming bashful kind of dragon, but the huffing-puffing blowtorch type that specializes in roast peasant for breakfast, lunch, and of course dinner. You might think that with so many knight errands clanking around that the dragon population would be pretty scarce, but such was not the case. One just didn't rush out and knock off a couple of dragons before breakfast. A dragon exterminating knight had to take a very special course in the Academy of Knight Errantry. And such a school was the Old Academy of Knight Fighting, located in Northern England. Class is now in session. Now, sir, dear boys, when you charge your opponent, you must remember to keep your lance up and strike his shield squarely. Or else you might break his neck. Yes, sir. About yesterday, sir. I'm sorry. I slipped up there, sir. Will he be all right, sir? Oh, he isn't hurt very much. He only broke five ribs, a collarbone, and one leg. Think nothing of it. Accidents will happen, you know. Yes, sir. Who's to be my opponent today? I think today you will joust with Guain Le Cojardi. Ah! Of all our students, I can spare him most. Good. I've been saving something for him for a long time. But where is he? Guain? Guain Le Cojardi. Oh, that boy will be death of me yet. I think I saw him sneaking into the woodshed, Professor. Ah, yes, of course. His favorite retreat. Guain, come out here this instant and break your neck like a man. What, sir? Come out here. I was only looking for a woodchuck, sir. You can look for them. Embarrand your boy's shield. Now get on that horse. Yes, sir. The wise horse looks bigger than mine, sir. Nonsense. It's only a pony. Now come on. Take your place. Yes, sir. One more thing, sir. All right. What is it? No, and that's final. Are you ready, dear boys? Ready, sir! Then charge. Did I do something wrong, sir? Sir Guain, in this school we wait until we're knocked down. We don't drop our lance and shield, jump up our horse and lie down. What's the difference, sir? I knew I'd wind up down there anyway. Sir Guain, you will report to the principal in the morning. And until that time you're confined to quarters on bread and water. Bout face. Forward, up. Sitting outside, sir. Yes, yes. Before you haven't come in, I'd like to ask you a few questions. Would you please close that door? Yes, sir. Guain, I've been looking over your report on Ker-Hade. Must say it isn't very flattering. I only put down about half the things I could. I run out of paper. Yes, yes. Must do something about the paper shortage. You said he has a very poor memory. What seems to be the trouble? Well, for example, he's the only pupil I have that forgets to put on his armour before it's sword practice. As a result, he spends most of his time in surgeon's office. He misses more classes that way. Must be tough on the head, too. Not only that, but he forgets his own name sometimes. The only thing he doesn't forget is mealtime. How is he with a sword and battle axe? Oh, he's pretty good with them. He's big enough and strong enough to lick his weight in dragons if only at stand and fight. I suppose he'll have to be expelled. Oh, dragons, eh? That gives me an idea. I think I'll train him to slay dragons. He might be killed. So he might, but we must consider the greater good. We are responsible for the formation of this lad's character. Are the dragons particularly bad this year? I've never known them worse. Up in the hills to the south, last week, they killed a number of peasants.  And if this dry spell holds, there's no telling when they may start a forest fire by weaving around indiscriminately. Would there be any refund on the tuition fee in case of an accident to Young Carhardy? No, no, that's all covered in the contract. As a matter of fact, he won't be killed. Before I send him up in the hills, I'm going to give him a magic word. That's a good idea. Sometimes they work wonders. But you better make it strong. If he isn't any better at slaying dragons than he is just at jousting. He's going to need a string of magic words as long as you're armed. From that day on, Gawain specialized in dragons. His course included both theory and practice. In the morning, there were long lectures on the history and anatomy and manners and customs of dragons. Gawain did not distinguish himself in these studies. Instead, he merely proved again that he had a marvelous talent for forgetting things. In the afternoon, he showed a better advantage. For then, he'd go to the south meadow and practice with sword and battle axe. Harry! Yes, Young Carhardy seems to be coming along that way. He chopped the head off that wooden dragon in one strike. He looks positively ferocious when he charges. Oh, he's developed quite a temper. Well, there's one thing I can't understand. Oh, Young Carhardy, what is it? I've noticed that when it starts to get dark, he doesn't charge quite as fast, nor shout quite as loudly. You don't suppose those long shudders scare him, do you? Yeah, nonsense. It's just that he can't see as well in the dark. Anyway, I think he's about ready for the crucial test. Last night, a dragon actually ate some of the prize letters from the school garden. Is that right? I think you'd better bring him to my office tomorrow and I'll present him with a diploma and a new battle axe. Don't forget the magic word. Oh, yes, yes, yes. And a new magic word. Young Carhardy to see you, sir. Oh, yes, yes, show him in and close the door as you leave. Yes, sir. Come in, Carhardy.  Here, have a cigarette. I know it is, but after all, you've received your preliminary degree.  You're a man. Tomorrow you will go out into the world, the great world of achievement. Besides, I get them for nothing. Thank you, sir. Match? I have one. You have? I must check up on those rules. However, here you have learned the theories of life. But after all, life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. Your problem, for example, is to slay dragons. Oh, they say those dragons down in the south would have 500 feet long. Stephen Lonson's, the curate sawman last week from the top of Arthur's Hill. He didn't have an opportunity to look at him very long. He felt it was his duty to make a report to me. He said the monster, or shall I say, the big lizard, wasn't an inch over 200 feet. Only 200 feet? But the size has nothing at all to do with it. Oh, it hasn't. You'll find the big ones even easier than the little ones. They're far slower on their feet and less aggressive, I'm told. Well, I still don't know that. Besides, before you go, I'm going to equip you in such fashion that you need to have no fear of all the dragons in the world. I'd like an enchanted cap, sir. A what? An enchanted cap. What is an enchanted cap? A cap to make me disappear. You mustn't believe in all those old wives' stories. There isn't any such thing. Well, I read some with... A cap to make you disappear, indeed. What would you do with it? Well, I... You haven't even appeared yet. Why, my boy, you could walk from here to London and nobody would so much as look at you. You're nobody. You couldn't be more invisible than that. But the dragons have got real good eyes. They'll see me. Don't worry, my boy. I'll give you something much better than an enchanted cap. I'm going to give you a magic word. A magic word? That's right. All you have to do is repeat this magic charm once, and no dragon can possibly harm a hair of your head.  Can one little old word do that? A word I'll give you can. Now, let's see now. I've got a book of magic charms here somewhere. Oh, there it is. Give me a hand here, my boy. Yes. It's kind of heavy, isn't it? Kind of dusty, too. We haven't had to use it much lately. What kind of a word will it be? Sometimes the charm is a whole phrase or even a sentence. But I think a single word would be best for dragons. A short word? It can't be too short or it wouldn't be potent. There isn't so much hurry as all that. Heh, as she now. Heh, here's a splendid word. Rumpelsnitz. Rumpelsnitz? Rumpelsnitz. Rumpelsnitz. Do you think you can learn it? Well, I'm not so sure. It's a pretty tough word. Heh, you go ahead and say it over a few dimes to yourself. Rumpelsnitz. Rumpelsnitz. What did you say I was? Rumpelsnitz. Oh, yes, yes. Rumpelsnitz. Rumpelsnitz. Are you sure that if I say Rumpelsnitz, the dragon can't possibly hurt me? Heh, if you only say Rumpelsnitz, the dragon can't possibly touch you? Rumpelsnitz. Rumpelsnitz. Rumpelsnitz. Rumpelsnitz. Hard morning, Wayne seemed resigned to his career. After repeating the magic word several thousand times, he seemed to have it firmly entrenched in his vocabulary, if not in his brain. There were, of course, short relapses when he had to be reprimed by the headmaster. But at daybreak, he was led somewhat reluctantly to the edge of the forest. Be that cloud of steam over there. You mean that great big cloud over to the southwest? Nonsense, it's only a small cloud, probably made by a very old dragon with rheumatism. What was that magic word again? Rumpelsnitz. That steam looks a little closer. Goodbye. Goodbye. I never get to a battle, X. That steam does look a little closer. I wonder if I should charge at him the way I did when I was practicing. No, no, I think I'm going to see him soon enough as it is. I guess the best thing would be for me to walk slowly, saying Rumpelsnitz, Rumpelsnitz all the way. Rumpelsnitz, Rumpelsnitz. Uh-oh. Here I go. What was that word? I did it. I did it. Say that was even easier than the wooden ones. That sure is a good word. If I had time to say it more than once, he probably would have dropped dead by himself. Boy, he sure is a big one. First I'll cut off his ears. Then I'll chop off his tail. He must be a mile long. Wait till the gang at school see this. At home, both the dragon's ears and a small section of the tail, his schoolmates and even the faculty were very much surprised, to say the least. They were all for throwing a big party, but the headmaster would have none of it. That's spoiled, the boy. And besides, he has work to do in the morning. A large dragon was seen today in the North Ridge. It isn't killed. It might steam up the whole countryside. It will be your job to keep the dragons out of our valley. Every clear day, Gwane rose at dawn and went out to slay dragons. The headmaster kept him at home when it rained because the woods were damp and unhealthy. After all, we don't want the boy to take needless risks. But few good days passed in which Gwane failed to slay a dragon. Here are some more ears, sir. Another tail, sir. Here's another metal, my boy. But don't bring me any more tails. Only the ears. Now, as Gwane's record of killings mounted higher, the headmaster found it impossible to keep him completely in hand. He fell into the habit of stealing out at night and engaging in long drinking bouts at the village tavern. Come on. Aren't you ever afraid? Me? Nah. Not even when a great big old dragon breathes fire and smoke at you? Nah. Not even when they charge about 100 miles an hour? Nah. My, but you must be brave. Are all those metals for bravery? Yup. What's this great big one for? Number 25. How many have you killed so far? Only about 49. You'll get number 50 tomorrow? Yup. Do you always wear your metals? Yup. Even when you're slaying dragons? Yup. But don't they weigh an awful lot? Oh, about eight pounds, I guess. Don't they get in the way when you swing your battle axe? Nah. Waiter, bring us another bottle of champagne. Oh, champagne? Yup. I like to hear the pork cup, uh, carp pork, uh, pork lop, uh, it tickles my nose. How long does it take to slay a dragon? I can knock off a dragon like, like, like... Well, quicker than you can say rumpers... rump, rump, rump. It ain't easy. Show me how you do it. Can't. Why not? No dragon. We can pretend that this, this is the dragon, and you can see him from, from over there in the corner. Okay. Where's my axe? I'm gonna get me another dragon. Here it is. Now you go over there and I'll make a noise like a dragon. Wait, he's gonna get another dragon. Which post is it? This big one in the middle of the floor. I'll cut that old dragon's head off with one whack. Here I come.  A little before dawn, Wayne Rose donned his medals and started after his 50th dragon. His head was heavy and his mind sluggish. His medals fell as though they weighed 80 pounds instead of 8. And just as he was beginning to wish he'd left them home, still pinned to himself, he spied a dragon in the very same medal where he killed the first one. I wonder if he sees me yet. Guess not, he isn't even looking. Must be an old dragon. I'll holler at him and when he charges, swap off goes his head.  Well, if that's the way you feel about it, I come and get you. Why don't you charge like the other dragons? What's the use? You're going in the core heart, aren't you? Yep. These dragons know all about you. You do? We know it's no use to fight back. You've got an enchantment. Yep, I've got a magic word. Oh, so that's it. You know it doesn't seem quite sporting to me, all this magic stuff. It's not cricket. As I used to say when I was a little dragon. But after all, that's a matter of opinion. Would you mind sticking your neck out so I can get a good swing of my axe? Not at all. Not at all. How's this? Fine. Now for my magic word. Rump. Rump. Rump. Uh, uh. That seems to be the trouble. I've forgotten the magic word. Oh, no, that's too bad. Could I possibly be of any assistance to you? I don't know. Come, come, my boy. Don't be alarmed. What's the first letter of the magic word? It begins with an R. An R? Now let me see. It doesn't tell us much, does it? Is it an epa-fect, do you think? Uh, uh, uh, uh. Why, of course, reactionary Republican. Oh, that's not it. Well, now let me see. Let me see. How about a hippocamp epa-ma-fluss camellus? Oh, that should stop anything cold. No? Well, then, well, then, we better get down to business. Will you surrender? Well, what will you do if I surrender? I'll eat you.  Doesn't make any difference, does it? Just me. I'd rather you didn't surrender. You'd taste much better if you didn't. Why? Because, you see, if you didn't surrender, you'd die game. Oh, you get that. You'd die game. Oh, it's not funny, eh? Well, you'd better think of that magic word and quick, because here I come. I've got it. Well, anyway. Oh, I didn't say it.  I didn't say it. Oh, wait till I tell the headmaster about this. Why didn't you say the magic word? I forgot it. I don't suppose there's any doubt that you did kill that dragon. Oh, no, sir. His head sailed at least 100 yards. That's what's so funny. My best record before, even with the magic words, was only 25 yards. I'm glad you found out. It makes you ever so much more a hero. Don't you see that? No.  There wasn't any magic word at all? Of course not. You ought to be too old for such foolishness. There isn't any such thing as a magic word. But you told me it was magic. You said it was magic and now you say it isn't. It isn't magic in a literal sense, but it's much more wonderful than that. Confidence. It took away your fears. Why, if I hadn't told you that, you might have been killed the very first time. It was your battle acts did the trick. If I hadn't hit up almighty hard and fast, any one of them might have crushed me like a... Egg shell? Like a egg shell. Yup, just like egg shell. Egg shell. Just like egg shell. Yup. Go in. Go in. Go in. Come back here. Come back here. What's the matter with Uncle Hardy? It passed me much in something about an egg shell. I just found out there isn't any magic word. You did? Poor boy. Is he going to quit? Of course not. He'll be all right once he gets a couple of more dragons under his belt. He's going out after dragons tomorrow if I have to drag him all the way. Or at least, most of the way. Next day was clear, but Wayne did not get up at dawn. Indeed, it was almost noon by the time the headmaster found him cowering in bed with the covers pulled over his head. He called the professor and together they dragged the boy toward the forest. There's one down there. Yes. Obviously only a small one judging by the small cloud of steam. Like egg shell. Can't you say something else? Like egg shell. No, no, never mind now. Here's your battle axe. It would be a shame to stop such a fine run. Why, counting that one yesterday, you've got 50 dragons. Now get down there and make it 51. Yes, sir. Number 51. Like egg shell. Yes, sir. Just like egg shell. No. You know that boy worries me. I think, oh, excuse me. Wait for me, wait for me. Wayne did not come back that night or the next. In fact, he never came back. Some weeks afterwards, brave spirits from the school explored the thicket. But they could find nothing to remind them of Wayne except the metal parts of his metals. Even the ribbons had been devoured. And accordingly, these were gathered up and with 50 pairs of dragons' ears were mounted on a great shield and hung in the Hall of Fame. Students, do take a good look. If you can do as well as the test. What did he do? Jane wired again. In tonight's fantasy, Hayward Broome showed what power faith, misplaced or unreal, though it was, can exert on a man's confidence. Until he forgot the magic word, the Wayne felt himself invincible. You might say, this is improbable. Magic words are for children and you would be right. But all of us need something real upon which we can rely. Something that will encourage us and give us strength. Something in which we have faith. And that is the purpose of this program. To convince you that the greatest encouragement, the greatest strengthener is faith in God. Faith in God expressed in prayer to him. This is faith that is not based upon our childish magic formula. Turning to God as a family prayer is the real way to achieve happiness and confidence. It's the true way to experience what we've experienced. A family that prays together, stays together.  Howard McNeer and Daphne O'Callaghan. This adaptation of Hayward Brune's classic was written by Robert Hecker with music composed and conducted by Harry Zimmerman and was directed for Family Theater by Jaime Del Valle. Our Family Theater broadcasts are made possible by the thousands of you who felt the need for this type of program, by the mutual network which has responded to this need and by the hundreds of stars of stage, screen and radio who have so unselfishly given of their time and talent to the Family Theater stage.  This is Gene Baker expressing the wish of Family Theater that the blessing of God may be upon you and your home and inviting you to join us next week at this time when Family Theater will present Jimmy Gleason and Bobby Driscoll in Mahoney's Lucky Day. Join us, won't you?


Wendy's announced that starting in June it will automate its drive-thru service using a chatbot powered by Google that's trained to understand what people say when they order. Does anybody have any issues? It's supposed to be able to tell when you go like, give me a milkshake. Wait, no, I actually don't want a milkshake. I want to dye a Coke. Like it's supposed to be able to keep track of that stuff. It knows when you say milkshake you mean frosty. Putting chat GPT in there means they can have two people actually paying attention to the cooking. I would be curious to see if it works. This has the advantage of being only trained. You're not going to be able to talk to it about global thermonuclear water. It's just Wendy's stuff.


Hey there friends, how's it going? My name is Kevin and today we're playing The Sims 4. We're gonna be playing as Turg and we're gonna gather up everyone in the neighborhood and we're gonna save them. We're gonna lock them into one house because you cannot trust Sims. They're wandering everywhere. They don't understand social distancing. You could argue that it might be a bad idea to gather everyone in a small confined space, but actually no. You can't because I'm making the video. You're not here right now, so that's fine. I was actually gonna make Jim Pickens do this, you know, as more of an evil thing, like trap everyone in the bunker, but it seemed more like a Turg thing to do.  I'm gonna give you a quick look. So yeah, there's Santa Claus.  Well, first of all, I don't think it would fit, so I think you're okay. Jim, surprisingly, is shy, but also one of the least affected. I thought he was actually normal given these little previews, but then I swapped him into one of his outfits and no, he's not normal. I really don't think it's safe to be barbecuing when you clearly cannot see.  But yeah, we're gonna go back to Turg and play as him. I like how it's called the Chaffik House. That's not Turg's name.  Turg doesn't even get recognized in this. That's so sad. Hey, who locked the door? Let me and keep unwanted guests at bay by locking doors. No, I want them inside. Look at how beautiful he is. He is gorgeous. If you don't know, by the way, Turg is my character on my Switch and Wii. So that is the context. Turg's smart. Turg good. Okay, I think the fastest way to start this off would be to throw a party. Okay, maybe a spontaneous 4am party on a Tuesday wouldn't work. Can I plan it for like in the future? Is that possible? I wanted to throw a wedding, but I can't because you need people to actually marry. I don't have anyone for that. Let's do a good old fashioned weenie roast then. Jim's family is safe in the bunker, so we'll just invite everyone else. Including all the women he's impregnated. Oh God, I'm surprised you could fit through the door, but I mean welcome. Hold on. It's snowing. Where are you going?  The possessed child is here. Oh, for fuck's sake. Well, one of my guests is already dead. Guys, get back inside and more importantly, Turg get your clothes on. He just saw women and he was ready.  I was going to say all he knows is impregnating people, but there goes another guest. I don't know if she's dying or not. She's pregnant with a baby Turg. Don't let this happen. Wait, is she pregnant? Fuck, she is. I plead for her too. This is absolutely terrifying to be honest, this whole situation. Wait, can I just reset her? Reset? Does that... Okay, I hope that worked. I can still hear her scream. Okay, Turg is angry for the first time in his life. Wait, she's still there. Can I just bring her back to life? Age adult disabled. No, no, no, she's dead. They're very different things. All right, you know what, we can't just let Turg's partners die like this. Let's just load the game. That was all a weird fever dream. Sure felt like it. The sad part is, I think I invited him to the party. That is the sad part. All right, let's try this again. Plan a social event. All right, let's just invite everyone else. That isn't under Jim's protection. It's like the mafia or something. You just can't interact with them. Welcome, everyone. I've impregnated. How are you? Don't scream at my owner. Oh my God, he's filthy. Don't blow kisses at them.  Sorry about the smell. That could be the plates, the dog or me. Okay, everyone destroyed the family. And they're all women. They're all after this fine specimen. And he's just happy to be here. All right, we're going to have to build some sort of decontamination zone up at the top where we can lock this interior door and leave the open one and then swap them around basically. It's a good idea. I just, I'm not good at talking despite doing it for a living. I always get these houses and I just single-handedly immediately ruin them. Like every time they're always nice little coin houses but I just have none of it. This creepy music really sets the mood for what I'm doing. Like this is a good thing, okay? Stop judging me. You know, I always thought I was bad at building in the Sims but I think I'm actually starting to get pretty good at this specific kind of building in the Sims which is a little bit worrying. You see what I mean? We've got like the little entrance here now with the little fancy sciency door. We've got some sciency windows looking in. We've got some sciency vents venting the air out. We've got some sciency showers to decontaminate them and then they can come through to the main house. It's the perfect plan. Although I didn't do it to the first people so that might be an issue. Oh Jesus, I didn't do it to myself either. Locked door for everyone but Turg. He's doing this out of the goodness of his heart people. Very different motivations when Jim locked people in his house and when Turg locks people in his house. They're all happy. They're like, aren't you delighted to be impregnated by Turg? Isn't it great? Wait, you're not impregnated by Turg. Come with me. Oh God. Oh, he's coming in. Oh, it's just the dog. Okay, you can watch. That's fine.   Okay, great job.  That's someone who has another baby. Wait, were you already pregnant? Because if so, this isn't going to work.  Okay, great. Oh, gosh, we almost got caught. This is going to become like a civil war. Oh, for fuck's sake, what are you doing? No, no, don't hit me. Don't hit me. You'll damage the merchandise, not the face, not the face. That's the money maker. We're going to have to change outfits because every time he goes outside in the snow, he swaps to his underwear. There we go, that'll do. All right, Turg, let's go find some more people to save.  Party's over, folks. By the way, you can't leave. It's for your own good. They're all mingling there. It's only a matter of time before they realize they're all impregnated by the same person. All right, let's go to the lounge. Actually, my dog can come. I was going to say no one else can come, but my dog is fine. Honestly, I think he's my chaperone at this point anyway. Why is the bar outside? It's winter. I can see your breath of bartender. It's worse than I thought. They all need my protection, not just against the quarantine, but against themselves. Come back, come back. I need to make you my friend too. Oh my God, she wants to go on a date. No, no, no, we're not allowed to leave the house. We'll all have a group date later, trust me. Feck! She disappeared. Feck! What's wrong with you? Honestly, why are you getting angry? Oh no, he loves me. See, I knew it. He's confident because he hosted a great weenie roast. Did he? They came, they ate, they roasted marshmallows. I think only one of those things are true. Okay, buddy. I don't know what's wrong with you, but you are not coming into my house. Okay, no, you're out. No, this is not happening. I'm leaving. No decontamination can save this. Honestly, I think someone just drew on him when he was asleep, but still. All right, a new plan.  Oh, he likes that. Okay, go home, Turk. We're going to invite them all over and we're going to make them join the family. Get them into the decontamination zone. Oh, it's death day. Well, that's kind of ironic. Should I save people? Oh, God. Well, it's an excuse for a party anyway, I suppose. A good old-fashioned weenie roast, I think, since he's so famous for them at this stage. Can't even remember which are already in the house. I don't know. Wait, I can invite them all. Can I? Okay, I can. Even though they're already here. She just arrived and I'm already saying, can we have a baby in the shower? Why are you crying? You'll get your chance next. Okay, they're trying to do it in the shower inside. That's not going to work. Okay, everyone in. Come on. This isn't hard to understand. You're being locked inside my house. Get in the decontamination zone. Okay, that's everyone in. Fantastic. Now lock the door. Oh, they're all crying because he's going to pregnant her first. They're all very upset. I think it's not big enough to woo-hoo in. We might have to expand this one.  Look at them. They're all giving out. Like, no, me next. Me. Just not even a wall, but to hear them. Okay, you're clean. You can go in. You can join the family. Lock door for everyone, but Shannon, and you get inside. And now lock door for everyone, but Turkey, you continue your mission. Oh, Christ. Oh, Jesus. They're not happy. They're all crying. It's like, why can't I have an amazing man for myself?  You're allowed to come in now. Unlock the door. Don't do back in sit-ups. Come on. Come in. Who are you? You want to join the family? Are you an elder? You can't be impregnated. You're not welcome in here. Go away. She's like, please. It's cold and I'm scared. Or her back is going out. All right, you know what? Turkey would allow it.  Lock the door, Turkey. Once you're in, you're in. You cannot leave except for the dog. They're allowed to leave. Apparently, even though that's locked.  What is wrong with her head? There is no Julia Wright in my family. I've gone through them all.  Do you reckon that's the pregnant lady's baby?  Who is that monster? I can actually cheat to hurry up their pregnancies, which is what I'm going to do. We're going to start the kitchen and work our way back. Okay, I'm forcing them all into labor. I was going to put them into their last trimester, but no, I'm just forcing them into labor now. They're all grasping their stomach all of a sudden. Why is he freaking out? A pre-parental panic, a lot of it. Okay, she's very angry from being woken up. Well, you know what? You're going straight into labor then. He's freaking out. He's like, what do you mean you're all going into labor at the same time? We can't go to the hospital. We got to stay here. This is like a reboot of Cheaper by the Dozen for Fechseke. Oh my God. Oh my God, it's going nuts. It's going nuts. Oh, Jesus Christ. I'm going to have to name them all. I'm going to have to just name them all. Numbers, one Turk, two Turk, three Turk, four. At least to a little bit clear on how many we have. Oh my God. Oh, we're going to go berserk, aren't we? There's more. What was I up to? Was it seven or eight? I'll chant seven. There might be two sevens here. My dead day was awful. Yeah, I can kind of see that. Oh my God, there's still more coming. Jesus Christ is crying. Oh my God. Okay, that's 10. Okay, I think we're done. Have a sim give birth to triplets. Oh my God. All right, let's see here. Higher living nanny. Yes, I think that's a good idea. I hope we're paying her a very fair wage. Oh my God, there's more. Jesus Christ. When are you going to stop? I'm afraid some of them are going to get taken away too quick. Okay, I think we're done. I can finally go into the build menu. This is no longer the living room. This is the baby room. This is where we store the babies. There's a definite shortage of chairs in this house. One's in the bathroom. Okay, I'm playing find the babies right now. Oh, there's plenty more in here. I was wondering. I was like, I feel like I'm getting too many alerts for how many babies there are in the lot, but they're hidden everywhere. Good. Is there any outside? No, there shouldn't be anyway. And upstairs is clear too. Perfect. Okay, they're going to have their hands full. Where is the nanny? We desperately need that nanny. 11 is very hungry, which is 11. 10, four. Oh God, I wish we put these in the right order. 11, someone feed 11 please. Not going to lie to you. Not all of you are going to make it. In fact, very few of you are going to make it, but we'll try to keep you all alive. Hire second live in nanny. I think that's a good call.  Dude, I have 11 kids. How am I supposed to support them if you shut off my power? Really? It seems cruel. For $18, that's why they shut off the power on a family of like 25. For $18.  There you go. Will you turn back on the power? Thank you. I don't think the nannies are coming to live with us because our family is already too big. Can I just hire a nanny that doesn't live here? A nanny, okay. Yes, you can come in. I don't know how long they'll stay for, but please. Okay, I think this beautiful sound, it might be a good time to end the episode. Jesus Christ, what have I done? Yeah, we're going to end it there. I hope you enjoyed the video. I hope you stay and save folks. It is weird times to be living in and not just in The Sims, I mean in general. But wow, this has been a strange episode, but they all kind of air, I guess. So no surprise there. I hope you enjoyed. I appreciate you watching as always. And I do hope to see you next time. Bye for now. I'm sorry.


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What we're looking at tonight is the arrest of Jesus from the perspective of the Gospel of John. And so beginning at verse 1, reading to verse 11, John writes, when Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden which he and his disciples entered. And Judas who betrayed him also knew the place for Jesus often met there with his disciples. Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that would come upon him, went forward and said to them, whom are you seeking? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. And Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas who betrayed him stood with them. Now, when he said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. Then he asked them again, whom are you seeking? They said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he. Therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way that the same might be fulfilled which he spoke of those whom you gave me, I have lost none. Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Melchus. So Jesus said to Peter, put your sword into the sheath, shall I not drink the cup which my father has given me, the arrest of Jesus? Now, let me give you a little bit of an introduction and we'll move into our study. Jesus has been teaching this last night with his disciples. He had been in an upper room. He had celebrated Passover and then according to John 14 verse 31, he left that room and he was walking with his disciples and as he was walking and you could imagine Jesus did this so many times, you see it so often in Scripture that he would be with his disciples and as he was walking with his disciples with his men, he was continuing to teach them, he was continuing to instruct them. They're walking to a garden, a place called the garden that we know as the Garden of Gethsemane and the Garden of Gethsemane is just outside the city walls and as he's walking, he's concluding his teaching and as he was concluding his teaching, he lifted up prayer to his father. We saw that in chapter 17 and he had began his prayer with a personal yielding to the will of his father. We saw then in chapter 17 verse 1, he had prayed glorify your son that your son also may glorify you. Well we know that as we've gone through this particular gospel, we know that Jesus's glory was going to come through his death on the cross. So he's now putting what you would call feet to his prayer, this prayer of consecration. He's making his way to the cross and he's completing the will of his father. He's completing the task his father had sent him to do in order that he might bring glory to his father. Remember in John 4.34, Jesus had said, my food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. It's to do his work. It's to finish his work. It's to do his will. When you look in the book of Hebrews in chapter 10 verse 7, it says, behold I have come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do your will, oh God. So Jesus was doing the will of the Father. And as we were looking at chapter 17, John closed the chapter by telling us that Jesus was concluding his prayer. So we pick up at verse 1 in chapter 18 and it simply says here in John 18, 1, that he went out with his disciples over the Brook Kidron. Now we've been to the garden of Yosemite. Some of you have gone with us to Israel, have been to Israel and you've been by the Brook Kidron. It's dried up now, but this garden of Yosemite is located just east of the city. It's on what is called the Mount of Olives. And as you were leaving the city in order to get to the Mount of Olives to the garden of Yosemite, you would have to cross over a brook and that brook is called Kidron. The word Kidron literally means to be dark or to be murky. Now the brook was in what is called the Kidron Valley and it wound southeast and emptied into the Dead Sea. In 1 Kings 15, 13, that particular verse speaks of idols that were burned by the Brook Kidron. And it seems that the ashes of those idols were thrown into the brook and were carried off in that brook to the Dead Sea. And that was intended to show the futility of idolatry. The ashes ended up in a sea that had no life. And so this Brook Kidron is significant in the nation of Israel's history. Now during the summer it's very dry. When you go to Israel and we've only been to Israel once in the actual summer, we've found that it's very dry and very, very hot. And so during the summer it's very dry in Israel. But during the rainy season, this brook would swell with water. At Passover, lambs would be killed in the temple area and the blood was poured on the altar. And from the altar was a channel and the channel funneled the blood into the brook 200 feet below. Now there's a lot of blood that would be poured into this dark and murky brook because 30 years after Jesus died, it's recorded that 256,000 lambs had been slain during Passover. Usually a lamb was intended to feed 10 people. And so that tells us the number of people that would be in Israel. It also would tell us how many lambs would be slain and the amount of blood that would be poured into this dark and murky brook.  It would be filled with blood during the time of Passover. So you have to picture Jesus is crossing over the brook and that brook would still be read with the blood of the lambs that had been sacrificed. Undoubtedly the thought of a soon sacrifice would be on his mind. He was going to be the lamb slain for the sin of the world. And the book of Hebrews in chapter 10, verse 4, it makes it clear. It's not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. But Ephesians tells us in chapter 1, verse 7, in Jesus, in him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace. And so the thought of his sacrifice has to be in his mind. It is in his mind as he's crossing over this brook that's filled with the blood of the lambs that have been sacrificed, the offerings that had been made. And we know that the blood of bulls and goats do not cleanse us from sin. It took the blood of Christ. And all of this is symbolic as we understand it now. So Jesus is making his way outside of the walls to a garden, a garden that is owned by one of his followers. You see, the gardens that they had would be outside of the walls. And the reason that it would be outside the city walls is because in the city itself there was very limited space and it was prohibited for manure to be used for gardens within the city walls. And because that was true, many wealthy owned private gardens on the slopes of Mount, the Mount of Olives. And so Jesus is going to one of these private gardens. They're going to a place called Gethsemane. Gethsemane literally is translated oil press. And he's about to go into this area and he's going to go through a press, if you will. And he's going to take time to pray. According to Mark 1432, it says they came to a place which was called Gethsemane and he said to his disciples, sit here while I pray. And so Jesus is on his way. He went out with his disciples, according to verse one, over the brook he drawn. There's a garden which he and his disciples entered. Verse two, Judas who betrayed him also knew the place for Jesus often met there with his disciples. Now notice how it says Judas who betrayed him. Judas is often identified in that way. Judas who betrayed him. When you read the names of the apostles that Jesus had, you might find this interesting because he had two apostles who went by the name Judas. According to Luke, chapter six, verse 16, in Acts, chapter one, verse 13, there's one named Judas, the son of James. But this Judas that's being mentioned here is the one who betrayed Jesus. One of his followers, one of Jesus's followers, owned this private garden. And we're told here that Jesus often met there with his disciples. And Judas would know where the Lord would be. Notice with me as we're looking at this, Jesus didn't try to hide. He went to the place where Judas could easily find him. And so Judas knew where he was. And according to verse three, Judas received a detachment of troops and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. He came there with lanterns, torches and weapons. And so the Romans were sensitive to problems during this feast. They often would provide troops. So Judas went and got some of them. It was a mixture of Roman soldiers and Jewish temple police. And there was a detachment of them. And the detachment speaks of a number ranging from 200 to up to 1,000 soldiers. And so they were prepared for a possible riot. So there were quite a number of soldiers that came. And so as this is taking place, notice they came with lanterns, torches and weapons. So they came fully armed and fully prepared. Well, Jesus first forth, therefore knowing all things that would come upon him, went forward and said to them, who are you seeking? Now, John doesn't supply some information that I want to use for a moment and develop this with you. Jesus enters the garden. And when you look at the other Gospels, he left eight of his disciples and he went deeper in with only three of them. He took with him Peter, James and John. These three have been referred to by Bible commentators as his inner circle. These are ones that you would see very often with Jesus experiencing things that the others didn't share. They were with him, for example, when he raised Jairus' daughter from the dead, according to Mark 537. They were with him on the Mount called Transfiguration as recorded in Matthew 17, verse one. And they were with him at the Mount of Olives when he spoke of the last days in Mark 13, verse three. These are three men who spent an awful lot of time with Jesus, his inner circle. And now they are with him as he enters into this garden and he's going there to pray. Now he commands them to watch and to pray. But out of sorrow, according to Luke 22, 45, they fell asleep. In Matthew 26, 45 through 49 it says he came to his disciples. He said to them, are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going. See, my betrayer is at hand. And while he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve with a great multitude of the swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now his betrayer had given them a sign saying, whomever I kiss, he is the one, seize him. Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, greetings rabbi. And he kissed him. So you picture this, Jesus is there. He's told this man to watch and to pray. Watch and pray, let's you enter into temptation. The Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. And he went and he prayed and he prayed three different times. And as he was praying, he was praying, Father, if it'd be possible, take this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will but yours. If it's possible, take this cup from me. But the fact is, it wasn't possible, was it? I remember going to the Garden of Gethsemane for one of the first times that we ever went. And my pastor, Chuck Smith, was there in this particular garden, giving a Bible study. And his son, Chuck Jr., had just given a great devotion in that garden. But Pastor Chuck, being the pastor that he was, if he felt something was not mentioned, that should have been mentioned, well, he would go and he would take it upon himself to mention it. And he did that quite often. That's why I didn't like to teach in front of him. And I'll never forget how Pastor Chuck went up after Jr. had spoken after his son had spoken. And how Pastor Chuck said, and this is how Chuck would be, what Jr. didn't say was there is no other way. And I've never forgotten that. Not that it could have been embarrassing to a son. I'm pretty sure Chuck Jr. was used to that, a lifetime with a dad like that. But what Chuck said has always remained within my heart after all of these years. What Jr. didn't say is, there is no other way. There is no other way. There's only one way to the Father and that's through the Son, Jesus Christ. There is no other way. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us by the washing of regeneration, by the renewing of the Holy Spirit. If there were another way, there would have been a way supplied, but there was no other way. And Jesus was there and he had said to his Father, if there be another way, and his Father, by not providing another way, said, no, you are the Lamb of God. You were slain from the foundation of the world. You are the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world.  And as Jesus was agonizing and Luke made it very clear that in his agony, he even began to perspire as it were great drops of blood.  His physical body was so gripped because he was about to yield his body up for the sin of the world.  And so Jesus was there and he was yielding himself to his Father's will. And he prayed three times. And three times he was led to the same conclusion. He was going to lay his life down. Well, according to Luke 22, 47, and 28, while he was still speaking, behold a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss him. Now, we saw a moment ago out of Matthew that Judas came up to him and said, greetings Rabbi and kissed him. What I didn't point out is when you look at the original language when it says in Matthew that he kissed him, the word kissed him is in a Greek tense that speaks of kissing him repeatedly. He didn't kiss him just a greeting on the cheek. He smothered his face with kisses. There was a reason he did that. It wasn't a sincere love or affection for Jesus. It was to make sure that the Romans knew that this was the one that they were to take. He didn't want the others to be taken. He wanted this one to be taken. And so he gave the customary kiss of greeting. Even in our culture today, people don't do this quite as often as others. But there are cultures, for example, the Greek culture is well known for this. And other cultures like the Greek culture that there is still a kiss of greeting. I didn't know that. I was 25 years old and I had gone to Europe with a friend of mine, a Greek friend of mine, and we'd been in Europe for three months. And we returned from Europe and my friend's dad, and my friend is Greek, and my friend's dad met us at the airport. And when he met us at the airport, he gave me a kiss on my cheek. And that had never happened to me. And I was not a happy camper. I wasn't used to that kind of affection at that time. I have since obviously grown to accept it and understand it, but I didn't know it then. You know, there are cultures that do that and affection is fine. And I've learned to appreciate that. I still remember one time, oh, here we go. I didn't put this in my notes, but I just remembered it. I was speaking to someone in our church. Our church wasn't two years old at the time. It was still a young church and I was still a young man. And we were at Ontario Christian Elementary School. And I remember I was standing outside and there was this fella. He was a Mexican guy from Mexico. And he came up to introduce himself to me. And if there were a, if you were looking at a dictionary and the word macho was there, they would just put this guy's picture next to the word. Very macho guy. And so, you know, as I was speaking to him, you know, and he's asking me questions and all. And it's his first time in our church. I have a friend of mine who to this day still does this 38 years later. I have a friend of mine is just a very affectionate guy. And he comes walking by while I'm speaking to this kind of rigid guy. And he comes walking by and he says, Hi, Pastor, how are you? And I said, well, I'm good. How are you doing? He goes, I'm great. He walks by. He turns around and he says, I haven't kissed you in a long time.  And this macho man I'm looking at. I'm thinking, oh boy, you know, what's he thinking right now? So I kissed him. No, I, this is a friendly church. And that's when I began being more and more aware of affection and how natural it is and how right it can be.  You see it in scripture, greet one another with a holy kiss. In scripture, the men would actually greet the other men with a kiss. It wasn't the men kissing the women, you know, because when I first got saved, I'm a brand new believer. I'm single. And it says right here, kiss one another, greet one. And I'm looking around for some little hippie Christian to get all right, you know, but it was, I was supposed to kiss a guy. So that was off the table. But that's what they would do. They would, they would greet each other. And it was a typical thing, right? It's something they did. But this is different because Judas approached Jesus and gave him the kiss of greeting, which is normally a sign of affection and respect, and smothers his face with kisses, not because he loved him, but to make sure that the Roman soldiers and the detachment that came to arrest Christ knew for sure that that was the one. Jesus didn't stand out amongst all those men in that garden. He wasn't, there was no holy glow about him where they could see him lighting up in a dark garden. They had to identify him. And that's what he did. But Jesus' response is again found in Luke 22, verse 48, when when Jesus said to him, Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss? Are you showing, are you betraying me by showing affection? And so as all of this is taking place, can you imagine what it would have been like if you had been there the night, the darkness, the sounds, to see all of these angry soldiers, lanterns, torches, swords drawn, quite a number entering into this enclosed garden, filling it up with the presence, the intimidation, how the men would have felt at that time, how much chaotic emotion there would have been, and what happens is they're entering in, but John tells us that Jesus went to them and he asked them, he went and interrogated them, whom are you seeking? He didn't go and hide behind a tree. He didn't put one of his disciples or two in front, bunch up and kind of hide me so I can slip out. He walks up to them, he confronts them. This reveals to us that Jesus wasn't a martyr. This reveals to us that he chose to die. The Bible tells us in Titus, chapter 2, verse 14, that he gave himself for us. Galatians chapter 1, verse 4 says Jesus gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father. So he approaches them and he asks them, whom are you seeking? Well, verse 5, they answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. And Jesus said to them, I am he. Now notice, and Judas who betrayed him also stood with them. Judas stood with them. Judas made his choice. He chose to stand with those who opposed Jesus. Remember Luke 16, verse 13, guys, no servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. And he went on to say, you cannot serve God and mammon, earthly wealth. You have to make a choice. You can't have two masters. I think that's one of the problems a lot of believers have today is they're trying to serve two masters. They're trying to serve God and they do that on a Sunday, we'll say. But the rest of the week, they serve the world. But Jesus said, you can't do that. You have to choose whom you're going to serve. You need to know who is your master and you can't serve both the world and the kingdom of God. And so you have to make a choice. Judas made his choice. Judas, the scripture is very clear and it simply says that he was on their side. He stood with them and that's what he did. So notice, when he had said to them, I am, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. He asked them again, whom are you seeking? They said, Jesus of Nazareth. And so Jesus begins to interrogate them. Jesus actually intimidates them and then Jesus permits them to take him away. Notice how it says here that they drew back and fell to the ground. To me, that is a beautiful picture of the pride of man and what the pride of man actually does in the presence of God and all of their blustering arrogance in their sense of power because there's a large group of them. When it's just you and another person, that's one thing to show courage and stand up. But when you've got 100, 200 or whatever behind you, it doesn't take an awful lot of courage when you've got a whole troop of people behind you. It really doesn't because what happens is if something goes down, you've got these people to back you up. I used to know a guy, his nickname, and I think I can say it now, it's been almost 50 years, his nickname was Big Time. That was his nickname. That's how I knew him. I didn't even know. I think his name was Steve, but I knew him as Big Time. Everybody knew this guy as Big Time. That was his name. That's how I knew him. I had met him when I was 19 years old. And years later, I'm talking about when this church began, somebody that I used to hang around with who also hung around with this guy named Big Time came to the church for a little while. His name was Phil. And I was talking to Phil and he said, oh, I remember Big Time. And he says, well, yeah, he says, do you know where he got his name? I said, no, I really didn't know him. Where did he get his name? He said, Big Time got his name like this. We would go to a party and Big Time was only like 5'5", 115, 120 pounds. I should have mentioned that, right? He says, little guy. He says, you know how he got his name? I said, no, he said, we'd go to a party. There'd be several of us. And Big Time would look for the biggest guy and he'd go and hit him. And when he hit the guy, the guy would get up to beat him up.  That's how he got the name. So Big Time was Big Time as long as he had big friends. When he didn't have any friends, he was the opposite. You get real brave when you've got a lot of people back in you. You really do. We're seeing that right now. We're seeing that right now. Where people are in cluster groups doing all kinds of things that they would normally, most of them would normally not do by themselves. Can you imagine some of these, and I won't spend too much time on this, but can you imagine some of these protesters? Some of you, perhaps if you watch the news, you see them going face-to-face with police officers that are foot taller than them and they're acting this and that, all big and bad and this and that. They wouldn't do that under normal circumstances if they didn't have a camera on them and several people behind them and everybody taking film. They wouldn't do that. They're Big Times. We've got a whole bunch of Big Times today. People standing up and doing that. Well, during the time of Christ, there's Judas. He's got all of these soldiers with torches, lanterns and swords drawn. They enter into an enclosed garden area. They fill it with their presents. There's only 11 apostles and Jesus. Here comes Judas. He had told them, the one whom I kiss, this is the one, take him, not take him away safely so much as take him without too much incident. He didn't care about Christ. He's just pointing them out. He walks up to Jesus and he kisses him profusely, kisses his face. Smothers his face with kisses.  And then Jesus is approaching these people and who are you looking for? Jesus of Nazareth. I am he. And when he says I am he, they all fall to the ground. They're on the ground because for just a moment the majesty of Christ shows. And it reveals to us that had he not yielded himself, there's no way they would have taken him. They couldn't have taken him. I often think of this though.  I'll read it like this. He said to them. He said to them in verse four. He went forward and said to them, whom are you seeking? So you can picture that all of these people and then these blustering people. They answer him, Jesus of Nazareth, you can hear a rough answer. I am he. Judas is there. When he said I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. Then he asked him again. Well, when he asked him again, I wonder if he was looking down at them because do you think their voice might have changed at that point? From that bluster to surprise? Who are you looking for? Jesus of Nazareth. I am he. Whom they're on the ground. Okay, I'll ask you again. Who are you looking for? Jesus of Nazareth. I can almost hear their voices change. Well, I've told you that I am he. Therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way. Jesus interrogates them in all their blustering arrogance and their sense of power. Jesus reveals their nothing. Psalm two versus two through four says it like this. The kings of the earth set themselves. The rulers take counsel together against the Lord against his anointed saying, let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us. He who sits in the heavens shall laugh. The Lord shall hold them in derision. You think that you can rebel against me? Satan, a high ranking angel couldn't could not stand against me, but you think you can stand against me? Well, Jesus makes it clear. He says, if you seek me in verse eight, he says, let them go. And in verse nine, that the same might be fulfilled when you spoke of those whom you gave me, I have lost none. He's a good shepherd. And once again, Jesus moves on their behalf to protect them. And John sees this as a fulfillment of what he had said in prayer shortly before John 1712. He had said, those whom you gave me, I have kept and none of them is lost. Jesus is our good shepherd. Never forget that. That's one of the things that I want to just remind us of. Nothing enters into my life that hasn't first passed through the permissive will of the father. Nothing enters into my life that hasn't first gone through his counsel wisdom and his plans for me. One former another. God is on our side. I simply want to make sure I'm on his side. In my plans, I don't want to make plans without consulting him for his because he may give me my request, but send leanness to my soul, as he says in the Psalms. It's possible for you to pray and get your prayer answered to get what you asked for, but you dry up inside. Aren't you glad that he doesn't answer everyone of the prayers that you've prayed with a yes? I wonder if you are. I am. I am because if God would have answered my prayer, you know, I wouldn't be married to Marie because I wanted to marry other people first. And I would, oh God, in Jesus' name, I claimed this one for myself. And he says, no. And I said, oh, Lord, you don't love me. You know, if you love me, you would give me her. And he says, oh, no, no, I've got something for you. But Lord, you know, you know I like blondes. Well, I left this one in the oven a little bit longer and you're going to like her. Oh, how, how grateful I am that God doesn't answer everyone of my prayers for the yes. How grateful I am that he's taught me to pray, but to pray according to his will and to trust him because Father knows best. To ask what is on my heart, to try and make sure that it's lined up with his word and pray that it's his will. But if he says no, it's only because it's the right thing to hear no. Because sometimes the word no is the best word you can hear. And we are on his side. We line up on his side. And what we want is the Lord to fulfill his will. So we yield to him. And we know that this God who answers prayer, well, his son had been praying that night and said, if it be your will, allow this cup to pass for me. And God had said, no. And now this one is saying, you know what, this is my moment. This is what I'm going to do. And he takes care of his men to the very end. Now, it must have been difficult for those men because they had never seen Jesus yield in this way. They had never seen him in a vulnerable place like this. For him to be taken from them must have just torn them up. It must have shocked them. As a matter of fact, look how they respond. Verse 10, Simon Peter having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cut off his, notice his right ear. And John says, the servant's name was Melchus. And so in this moment where they're taking Jesus and let's face it, I love this man, Peter. I love this guy. I really do. I've gone to love him over time because he was so sold out. He was so committed. He was a powerful man and a protective man. And he had this strong personality. You see it throughout the scriptures. So often he would speak without thinking, but you can't help but love this guy. And he obviously loved the Lord. He told the Lord just that night, though all were to forsake you. I will never forsake you.   You can't help but love this guy. And when this is taking place and these people have entered into that garden and the chaos, the noise, the lanterns and all the jostling and the disciples are being moved around in there.  Those men are on the ground to get back up. He yields himself and the Apostle Peter couldn't take it. He has a sword and he just, he just, he just, good thing he wasn't a swordsman. He was a fisherman. He was a swordsman.  That would have been an interesting, a more interesting miracle than an ear. And if Jesus had a sense of humor, he could have put Marcus's head on backwards. That way he'd know when someone's coming from behind. It's often been noted that during the time of Christ, and you might find this interesting, the left hand and the right hand have different meanings.  The right hand is reserved for certain things and the left hand is reserved for certain things. Bathroom duties are performed with the left hand in the Middle East. The right hand is looked at as the hand of power authority in favor. So it is more than likely that the Apostle Peter would use his right hand when he used a sword, his right hand. He wouldn't have used his left hand. And so when you look at this, I want you to notice again in verse 10, Simon Peter having a sword drew it and struck the high priest's servant and cut off which ear? His right ear. So if Malchus is facing the Apostle Peter, and Malchus and Peter's right hand it and he swings his sword, which ear is he going to cut off? He's going to cut off the left ear. The only way he's going to cut off the right ear is if he hits him from behind. Way to go Peter. He blindsided him. Now it may be that he just wildly swung, you don't know. But if Malchus was facing him and he used his right hand, he would have hit his left ears. And and that tells me he got hit from behind. That's what that says. And so basically what happens is he he just goes crazy. And what does he do here? Well, Jesus in verse 11 says to Peter, put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given to me? Now we're told that Jesus healed his ear. And so what happened is this, all this takes place, all this anger takes place. And yet Jesus is yielding himself. Now Jesus had already said, and I had to point this out, earlier that night, Jesus had made mention of a sword in Luke chapter 22 verses 35 to 38. He said to them, When I sent you without money bag, knapsack and sandals, did you lack anything? They said nothing. Then he said to them, but now he who has a money bag, let him take it. Likewise a knapsack. And he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in me. He was numbered with the transgressors for the things concerning me have an end. So they said, look, Lord, look, here are two swords. And he said to them, it's enough. So Jesus had said, he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. Now Jesus was speaking in that context of his of their future ministry in his absence. And what he was doing is he's teaching his men to bring about conversion, not to bring about conversion by the sword, because that's not how it works. Jesus's kingdom isn't of this world. What he was doing is he was preparing them for ministry in the midst of opposition, even danger. We need to remember that when he had been speaking that night, the country was infested with robbers and wild beasts. So it was customary to go armed. So he's telling them of the dangers and they needed to be prepared and the usual way that you would meet this danger, their life was going to be changed. They needed to be prepared for that kind of life. So when they said, Lord, here are two swords, he said, it's enough. In other words, enough has been said, we're going to leave it at that. You don't understand the full import of what I'm saying, but one day you will. You see, it seems that the apostles had misunderstood his mission once again. And so Peter moves impetuously and Peter attacks Malchus. Now, in Luke 22, verses 49 through 51, it says, and those around him saw what was going to happen. They said to him, shall we strike with the sword? One of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus answered and said, permit even this. And he touched his ear and healed him. Matthew gives us further insight into the ministry of Jesus. And Matthew 26, 52 and 53, Jesus said to him, put your sword in its place for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Or do you think that I cannot pray to my father and you will provide me with more than 12 legions of angels?  My father could deliver me. I remember years ago, guys, every time I read this, it comes to mind. Years ago, before I was saved, I was 19 years old. And I had some friends who were having a party and I went to the party. And while I was there, there was a guy. As I walked out the door, there was a guy I didn't know who was standing at the door. And as I walked past, he said something to me. And I didn't know him. And I remember responding, talking to him. And he was trying to start trouble with me. I'll never forget it. He was, and I wasn't one of these guys who liked that, who wanted to, I was, you know, I was a hippie. Why are you so mad? So I asked him, what's wrong with you? You know, why are you? And he just got very aggressive. And a couple of my friends had to step in and he backed off. But I never forgot that guy. I never forgot how aggressive he was. I never forgot how he tried to intimidate. I never forgot how he was such a bully. And you know, the party was at a friend of mine's house by the name of Jeff. I hadn't seen Jeff in a few years. And I was in Whittier and I was on Whittier Boulevard at a Bob's Big Boy on Whittier Boulevard. Some of you may know of that Bob's Big Boy. And I was talking to Jeff, I saw him. And I asked him, whatever happened to that guy at your house who tried to start trouble, remember Jeff? He goes, yeah, I remember. Whatever happened to that guy? He said this, I'll never forget it.  He said he started trouble with the wrong guy. I said, what happened? He said they found his body cut to pieces in a motel room. He was murdered and butchered. And I've never forgotten that. That's part of what has made me as a man real sensitive to attitude and bullying and all of that.  If you're starting trouble, you ultimately end up in more. It's just wiser for us not to. But Jesus was speaking to his men, put your swords away. My kingdom is not of this world. If it were of this world, my soldiers would be fighting, but it's not modeled after this world. My kingdom is a kingdom of the heart where I transform people's lives. And Peter, I was trying to prepare you for when you were out doing the work of ministry to be aware of the fact that there are dangers and there'll be opposition. And I was using the sword as a symbol to help you to understand that there's an aggressiveness that will come against you and you have to be prepared for that.  That's not what I was teaching you, because you need to know that if you live by the sword, you're going to die by the sword. And so Peter didn't get it. Once again, he didn't understand. Jesus said, I don't need human help. If I needed help, I would pray and my father would provide me with more than 12 legions of angels. Well, I don't need human help. Well, in verse 11, Jesus said, Peter, put your sword into the sheath. Put it away. Shall I not drink the cup which my father has given me before Jesus was taken into custody? Remember that in the garden, he had prayed. And again, I mentioned this three times. He asked his father, take this cup from me. And though he was God's son, the answer came back. No, as mentioned, because there's no other way. Jesus knew that the cup was from the hand of his father. And this cup that he had prayed about was speaking of the cup of God's wrath. And Jesus came to give his life at ransom for many. And he drank the cup his father gave to him. Remember in John 12, 27 and 28, he said, Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this purpose, I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name. And I've always came from heaven saying I have both glorified it and will glorify it again. Shall I not drink the cup which my father has given me? Shall I not take it? Shall I not drink it to the full? Shall I not accomplish the will of my father lay my life down? And Peter, you're trying to keep me from the cross. But for that reason, I came to lay my life down so that I could I could atone for the sin of the world. Listen, when you think of Jesus and I know you do every day, try and keep in the forefront of your mind what he did for you. Try and remember, put that in the forefront. Keep that as what you meditate on. You know that he laid his life down for me. He yielded himself for me. I've shared this with you recently, I think, but a song that was out years ago that that reminds me of this thought all the time. It says that he left the splendor of heaven knowing that his destiny was a lonely hill called Golgotha, where he laid down his life for me. And then the question is asked if that isn't love. Isn't that love? That's love.  There he is in this lonely garden. His men are going to forsake him and flee. He's going to be taken. He's yielded himself up. He did so because he came to fulfill the will of his father. And the Savior that you and I worship, the one that we have as our Messiah is somebody who took upon himself my sin. He paid the price I couldn't pay. He yielded himself in a way I never would.  So that I might have a relationship with God, not because I tried hard, but because he succeeded. And then he drew me by his Holy Spirit. And there he is in this garden after a night of celebration of the Passover, knowing full well that he himself is the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world. And there he is with his men. Judas had taken off. His other men are with him, not knowing where Judas is, thinking that perhaps he went off to buy some more supplies and would meet them later. And here he comes walking in, but there's a detachment of troops, and the men must have been confused. There were eight men posted at a gate and three who were further in with Jesus. And these eight men are overwhelmed by this crowd of men who crowd into this garden. And then they see their friend, somebody that they broke bread with, somebody that they performed ministry with, somebody that they had slept next to at campfire, I said marched through for three and a half years, gone through Israel. A man that they had performed miracles alongside of, they had preached next to, they had been close to, can you imagine three years with this man? And they thought they knew him. And here he comes walking into this room, rather this garden, here he comes walking into the garden. And as he walks into the garden, they see him and it's Judas and they're not even thinking.   And then the chaos that that erupts and there's the apostle Peter saying, I'll lay my life down for you. And he's swinging this sword wildly and he hits this guy on the side of the head and cuts his ear. Jesus picks it up and touches the man and heals him, basically touches the man in the air and heals him. Put away your sword. All of this is going on. Can you imagine the shock? Can you imagine what you'd have felt like? It's hard to, you got to put yourself there tonight. Think about that for a moment. What would you have felt? What I have felt like seeing all of this chaos. And then I see, I see my master, I see my savior, I see him being taken away. There's nothing I can do. There's nothing I can do. The last thing he's saying is, put your sword away. I'm drinking the cup that my father gave to me. Put your sword away. This has to be done. Is there another way? No. There is no other way. There's only one way. And Jesus fulfilled the will of his father by laying his life down, by giving himself up. He yielded himself. He wasn't taken. He wasn't martyred. He yielded himself. He was in full control. These men were on the ground. If he needed angels, he could have had legions, but he yielded himself so that he could be that lamb who's led to slaughter, who dies on a cross to take upon himself our sin. And that's why we love him, isn't it? We love him because he loved us first. And he laid his life down for us. And that's why we worship him. And that's why we serve him because he's a wonderful savior. And he loves us to the very end. Never forget that. You have a savior who loves you.