A short monologue about forgiveness.
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00:00Well, I suppose this is it.
00:30Do you see him?
00:33He's right over there.
00:38I suppose I should go over there.
00:43But I don't know if I can face him.
00:47Not after what I did.
00:53I will only be with you a little long.
00:56What do you mean?
00:57So I tell you now, as I have loved you, you must love one another.
01:02I don't understand. Where are you going?
01:05Where I am going, you cannot follow now.
01:08Why not? You know I would lay my life down for you.
01:12Would you really? I tell you the truth.
01:14Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.
01:19You will deny me three times.
01:26It was true, you know.
01:28That very night they came for him.
01:30It was a mob of police, soldiers and other troublemakers.
01:35I woke up and there they were.
01:37And there's people around me pushing and shoving.
01:40Something had to be done.
01:42So I jumped up and pulled out my weapon.
01:46Put down your weapon!
01:47The command was clear though, so I put down my weapon.
01:54I just watched as the mob hauled him away to the night.
02:02I wanted to find out what would happen next.
02:05I followed at a safe distance as they hauled him off to the house of the ringleader.
02:13What happened in that yard outside the house still haunts me.
02:21Pardon me, did you know that man?
02:24No, no, I can't say that I did.
02:27You look like someone from Galilee. You must have known him.
02:32That's ridiculous. I've never seen him before in my life.
02:36Really? I'm sure I saw you there with his followers when he was arrested.
02:41I told you before, I've never seen the man before.
02:52And there he is now, sitting by the fire.
02:58He won the victory he promised us he would.
03:03I suppose I should be happy.
03:07I suppose I should go over there.
03:11Will he welcome me?
03:14Will he even speak to me after what I've done?
03:17I wouldn't blame him for being angry with me after what I did and said.
03:21Pretended I didn't even know him.
03:23After what all he had done for me, I denied him.
03:28I ran away just when he needed me the most.
03:32I don't deserve to be called his friend.
03:37Like I said before, this is it. This is the moment of truth.
03:45I want you to tell me the truth.
03:49Of course, of course.
03:53Do you love me?
03:56Yes.
03:59Do you truly love me?
04:03Yes, I told you that I do.
04:07Simon, son of John, do you love me?
04:11Yes, of course. You know all things. You know that I love you.
04:17Well then, take care of my sheep.
04:29Three times I denied him.
04:32And three times he asked me if I loved him.
04:37Then Jesus asked me to love and serve others in the same way that I loved and served him.
04:46I thought that I could never be forgiven for what I had said and done.
04:52I didn't deserve to be.
04:55But I was. I didn't deserve to be, but I was.
05:00It's hard to believe. Only a few days ago he was up there on that cross.
05:06Suffering all the punishment that evil can dream up.
05:13But he offered me forgiveness. He offered all those who abused him forgiveness.
05:20It's unbelievable.
05:24It is Bethany, God's land.
05:28Where there is winter, there can be spring.
05:34Where there is hopelessness, there can be hope.
05:39Where there is death, there can be life.
05:54You are so good to me.
06:02I owe you everything.
06:08Jesus, the King of kings.
06:14You're so good to me.
06:23You're so good to me.