Come Follow Me (2013) - full transcript

Fishing was my life
until the day he called me to
follow him.

Our journey revealed how great
he is.

He taught and did one just like
no one else.

I left everything behind to go
his way and he gave me a new
life, his life.

The truth is for all to hear.

Jesus, stop. What are
you doing? You shouldn't be
washing feet.

You're not the servant. You're
not going to wash my feet, not
ever.

Peter, if I don't wash
you, you won't belong to me.

Then wash my hands and
head as well lord, not just my
feet.

I need only wash your
feet, you are washed,
completely clean.

You call me teacher and
lord. That is what I am. Follow
my example



by showing the same love I have
shown you. Then the world will
know

that you are my followers.

I look forward to sharing this
passover meal with you before I
face

My suffering.

I will not eat it again with
you until its meaning is
fulfilled

in my father's kingdom.

He thinks he's the son
of god, king of the Jews.

The Messiah.

What he says is blasphemy.

This is my body given
for you. Eat it in remembrance
of me.

Drink from this, all of
you. This cup is my blood of
the new covenant

poured out for you for the
forgiveness of your sins.

Judas, tonight is the
night.

Where did Judas go?



My friends, the time has
come for god to show his glory

by what I am about to do. But I
must do it alone. You can't
come along now

but you will follow later.

What are you going to
do? Why can't I follow you now
lord?

I'm ready to go to prison for
you, even to die for you.

You say you will die for
me Peter.

I tell you before the rooster
crows twice at dawn, you will
deny 3 times

that you even know me. In fact,
all of you will run away
because of me

scattering like sheep without a
Shepherd.

No lord, never. Even if
everyone else falls away

I will never disown you.

Satan once deceived all
of you like wheat.

Peter, I have prayed that your
faith will not fail

so that you will be able to
strengthen the others.

Don't be troubled by all these,
you trust in god, trust also in
me.

Soon I will leave to prepare a
place for you in my father's
house

and when it is the right time I
will come back in all my glory

and take you to be with me
where I am.

No lord. You can't leave
us, not now. What will we do
without you?

My friends, I'm not
leaving you like orphans.

My father and I will send you a
helper, the holy spirit.

He will remind you of what I
have said and lead you to
understand

what I have done. I will leave
you with a peace that this
world cannot give.

But now the ruler of darkness
approaches. Don't be troubled
by what will happen,

I will overcome him.

Go, follow me to the garden of
gethsemane to pray.

Stay here and keep watch.

It really troubles me
that Jesus would even think

that we would abandon him.
Scattered like sheep?

Tonight the Shepherd that cares
for us, doesn't he realize

that he can depend on us?

Why would he say we would
run away? He's the promised
Messiah

we've all been waiting for.

He has to be. No one
could do the things we've seen
Jesus do

in the three years we've been
following him.

How many has he healed?
How many demons has he driven
out?

Even power of a death.
Nobody else has that kind of
power.

The high priests and
teachers of the Jewish law

continue to reject him. Why?

Because of their power,
their traditions, what people
think of them.

Those things are more important
to them than the truth.

But Jesus speaks with the
authority of god.

They don't want to hear
it.

I'm afraid they would try
to find a way to get rid of
Jesus.

If it comes to a fight
John, I'm ready to fight for
him.

I'm even ready to die for him.

My dear father, if it
possible, take this cup away
from me,

yet if the only way to save the
world from sin is for me to
suffer

let not my will but yours be
done. Let me bring you glory

by completing the work you've
planned for me.

Couldn't you stay awake
with me for just one hour?

Watch and pray so that you will
not fall into temptation

for your spirit is willing,
that your flesh is awake.

The hour has come for the son
of man to be handed over the
powers of darkness.

Master.

Do what you came for.

Put away your sword.

Don't you realize that if I
wanted to I could have called
down

thousands upon thousands of
angels to rescue me,

but how then will I accomplish
the will of my heavenly father

and drink the cup of suffering
he has planned for me?

This is what I came for.

What is this? You're coming
with swords and clubs

as if I were a dangerous
criminal or leading a rebellion.

You did nothing when I taught
in the temple.

All this just confirms what the
prophets wrote, so take me.

I'm the one you want. Let these
men go.

What have I done?

I'm afraid what they'll
do to him or us.

I couldn't allow this to
happen to him.

They must be taking him to the
high priests' house.

I think I can get us into
his courtyard.

Come on then, let's go.

Just make sure you stay
in the shadows.

Did you see? We captured
Jesus. He's in there.

Did they get any of this
followers?

Not yet. They all ran away
like scared little children.

You are one of his
disciples aren't you?

No I'm not.

He was. He was one of
those with this Jesus.

What? I don't know what
you're talking about.

This man, he was one of
them. He was with Jesus.

No I'm not. Jesus, I
don't know him.

Yes, you were with him.
You're a galilean.

You talk just like his
followers, your accent gives
you away.

God curse me if I know
him. I swear, I don't know this
man

you're talking about.

You say you will die for
me Peter.

I tell you before the crows
twice at dawn,

you will deny 3 times that you
even know me.

I was sure Jesus would
be the Messiah,

the king who would lead a new
era of glory

but now that hope seems lost.

Hanging on a cross, dying
shamefully, punished like a
criminal.

After he died his body was
placed in a tomb

leaving us all feeling hopeless
and afraid.

Have mercy on me lord, I
have sinned against you

and done evil in your sighte.

Peter.

John, they killed him.

Led him away like an innocent
lamb to the slaughter.

I thought I could save him but
look at me, I'm the one who
needs saving.

I'm weak. I'm a coward, a
failure. I ran. I lied.

Pretended I didn't even know
him to save myself.

We all let him down that
night. We all ran.

But I'm the one who
vowed I would never disown him.

How can I face god's anger over
what I've done?

How could he ever forgive me?

But he loved us, didn't
he? He said so again and again.

What good does that do
us if he's dead?

I've just come from the
tomb, Jesus' tomb.

The stone was rolled away! It
was empty. The tomb is empty!

Peter, can you believe
it? He was dead and now he's
alive.

Risen from the dead.

We can follow him again.

Follow him? What kind of
follower was I?

I turned my back on Jesus to
save myself.

I didn't leave behind my
selfish pride and my anger and
my fears,

I crumbled, I fell apart.

But the angel said he
would meet us in galilee Peter.

He wants to see you.

Why me though? Why me? I
don't know why he would want to
see me.

I'm not good enough for him, I
failed.

Peter, when we were
hiding in fear behind closed
doors

Jesus appeared to us, he said
"be at peace."

He's not holding our sins
against us. He's forgiven them.

So I don't have to be
afraid to see him again.

No, you don't.

That's what I needed to
hear.

Let's go home and do some
fishing while we wait for him.

Peter look! It's the lord!

Jesus we were on the
boat fishing, didn't catch a
fish all night

then someone on the shore told
us to throw a net on the other
side of the boat.

I counted it, we got 153
fish!

I couldn't believe all
the fish, it was hard to pull
the nets in.

I should have known it was you.

Lord, I'm so sorry I let
you down.

I don't deserve to be sitting
here with you.

How can you accept me back
after all I've done?

Peter, remember the
story I told you about the
selfish son

who demanded his inheritance,
left home and wasted all of it
on wild living?

Of course. I acted like
that son didn't I?

When the son came back
humbled, repented, what did the
father do?

Turn him away? Make him pay it
all back? Punish him?

No. The wayward would
son found a loving and
compassionate father.

He embraced his son, he
welcomed him home didn't he?

He was full of joy. He had a
feast and celebrated

for his son has returned.

But how could the father
so happy

and accept his son after all he
had done?

That's the whole point.
This is what makes heaven
rejoice,

sinners who repent and turn
back to them with waiting arms

of their heavenly father.

I am sorry Jesus. What
do I have to do?

God's acceptance isn't
about you or about what you
must do.

It is always about what I have
done for you.

I obeyed my father's will. In
your place I laid down my life

to take the punishment for your
sins.

My blood shed on the cross
washes you clean.

A savior. You are the
passover lamb

who takes away the sins of the
world. How can I ever thank you
enough?

Peter, do you love me?

Lord, you know
everything. You can search what
is in my heart.

You know that I love you.

Then feed my sheep, now
follow me.

Satan knows my
weaknesses, my selfish pride,
my fears, my doubts.

What if he tries to bring me
down again?

Peter, don't be afraid.
You're not alone in this
struggle.

I will be by your side. Nothing
can separate you from my love,

not the troubles and dangers in
life, not even demons

or the powers of hell itself.

I won the victory against the
prince of darkness.

You will have the power to
overcome him but not with swords

or by your own strength but by
the power of my word.

The message of the forgiveness
of sins that you tell others

will draw many people back to
god, turning them from doubt to
faith,

from death to life. To a living
hope because of my resurrection
from the dead.

In the end I will bring all who
believe in me to my glory in
heaven.

I will gather people from the
east and the west,

from the north and the south to
take their places with Abraham

at the celebration feast of the
way,

to dwell with god forever.

I will leave you to
return to the glory I had

before the world began. But
you, go,

teach others what you have seen
and heard.

Who will believe us?
We're just ordinary men,

fisherman from galilee.

Go back to Jerusalem and
wait.

In a few days all of you will
receive power when the holy
spirit comes on you.

He will give you the words to
speak and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem

and in all judea and all
samaria and to the ends of the
earth.

Men of galilee, why are
you still staring into the sky?

This same Jesus who has been
taken from you into heaven

will come back in the same way
you have seen him go into
heaven.

The pentecost festival is
filling the streets.

I can see africans, greeks,
arabs, people from all over the
world.

You will receive power
when the holy spirit comes on
you

and you will be my witnesses.

Jesus of nazareth
was proved to be from god

by the miracles, wonders and
signs he did among you.

And you, with the help of
wicked men killed him by
nailing him to the cross.

But god raised this Jesus to
life. We are witnesses of that
fact

and now he is exalted to the
highest honor at the right hand
of god.

Now, repent and be baptized
everyone of you in the name of
Jesus Christ,

the forgiveness of your sins.

God's acceptance isn't
about you or about what you
must do,

it is always about what I have
done for you.

Your trust in god trust also in
me.

Don't be afraid, you're not
alone in this struggle.

I will be by your side. Nothing
can separate you from my love.

I will prepare a place for you
in my father's house

and when it is the right time I
will come back in my glory

and take you to be with me.

I have good news for
you. Leave behind all these.

I am the way and the truth and
the life. Come, follow me.