In today's GB News Daily Reflection, we discuss how Jesus acted after he was betrayed by his closest friends."The Bible tells us that Jesus first words to his friends weren't words of condemnation or judgment. It wasn't a ticking off or laying of the guilt. "His words were. Peace be with you. He was telling them that whatever they had done, he had come to make it right and to make peace with them. This is at the heart of the Easter message. "Easter is a celebration of Jesus's new life, but also his promise to others of a new life, a new start for everyone. Whatever they passed."
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00:00Hi, I'm Mark and I'm a vicar in the Church of England in Middlesbrough.
00:10The Bible tells us that the night Jesus was arrested, before he was executed the next day,
00:14he was deserted and left alone by his friends.
00:17Among those friends was Peter, someone who could claim to be Jesus' closest and dearest friend.
00:21And yet in the 24 hours before the crucifixion, he completely betrayed Jesus.
00:26You have to wonder how Peter would have felt when he saw Jesus after his resurrection.
00:31Afraid? Ashamed? Worry about what Jesus would say?
00:35If someone had betrayed me that badly, I would at least expect to hold it over them for a while.
00:39That's the kind of thing you could milk for years.
00:41But there's nothing like that from Jesus.
00:44The Bible tells us that Jesus' first words to his friends weren't words of condemnation or judgment.
00:49It wasn't a ticking off or a laying of the guilt.
00:52His words were, peace be with you.
00:54He was telling them that whatever they had done, he had come to make it right and to make peace with them.
00:59This is at the heart of the Easter message.
01:02Easter is a celebration of Jesus' new life, but also his promise to others of a new life.
01:07A new start for everyone, whatever they passed.
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01:20WARREN
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01:26SUBTITULAR
01:29IF your friends were just hidden in the depths of Jesus' carson