EP: 9 "Veterans Day

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Howdy, and welcome to Episode 9 of Hello Fairview, your local podcast made right here in Fairview

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for people in Fairview and the surrounding areas.

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This is a weekly show released every Wednesday, a little late this week, featuring stories

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that aim to inform and inspire.

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Local radio stations and local newspapers now don't exist in small towns like ours,

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so we use Hello Fairview to fill that void with news related to Fairview.

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This is a value for value podcast, which means you contribute what you can based on the value

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received. This concept was founded by the podfather himself, Adam Curry, and his co-host,

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John C. Dvorak of the No Agenda Show over 18 years ago. Currently, this is just a one-man

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don't hesitate to let me know. Just go on the website and use the contact form. You are a

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producer of the show. You are not the product because your time and attention are not being

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sold to advertisers for value like everyone else. Some shows will be longer, others will be shorter,

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but I'll do my best to help keep things relevant.

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Traffic time.

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Normal busy, Cumberland 100 has been better for sure.

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There's still some rolling closures here and there

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as they keep working on the road,

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as they're doing more grading and getting the culvert done

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on basically the west side of that intersection.

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There's a lot more work that has to be done, I guess,

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on the west side than the east side.

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So that's good.

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We still just have three red lights on the red light front

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and the poles and everything are set up

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at the new city center intersection and eventually there'll be some at the new Cumberland and 100

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intersection when that's all done along with the sidewalk project there's been some t-dot updates

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related to that which has been good but they're kind of very generic so it doesn't really help us

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if you're trying to figure out if you should go that way to school or not go to that way to get

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to school future projects I'm still digging into a lot of those between the t-dot and GNRC

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websites. I've got a lot of help from a couple other producers of the show that have reached out

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to me. And so that's been great to have. We're growing. So City News Commissioner Update just

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posted again about the health department being open, which is across from the elementary school

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has recently renovated and ready to help. They have a stockpile of vaccines if you're needed

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or other medical service. So please go check them out. The Fairview Police Department Shop with a

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applications are still open and can be picked up for there. And then basically all the information

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has to be returned on November 14th of this week. So thank you for that and all their information

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in there. Mr. Ross on the city side made a city blanket drive. This is the first post I saw about

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it. Basically, it's going to run from the November 7th to the 24th at City Hall, and they're accepting

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new blankets, which will be given out to our residents. So that's good as we have had a cold

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snap and now we're back. And the city page was also did a post thanking the Fairview Community

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Education Group for their generous donation for the Shop with a Cop program. So thank you to this

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group for helping our families in our city. And I have a link to the Fairview FCE in the blog on

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this. Special elections and early voting has started. Please go and vote at the Fairview

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Recreation Center between November 19th and 26th, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the weekdays.

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Saturday will be 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. And the final day, just so you don't get stuck, November 26th,

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it will be closing early at noon. City of Franklin also passed a urban growth boundary agreement

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linked here that's related to infrastructure and future borders within the city. So basically,

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if you live in Fairview now and you have a Fairview address, you will be in the pretty

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much urban growth boundary. Pretty much some of the edge of Fernvale isn't included there,

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but basically it was like all these towns of Brentwood, Franklin, Fairview, Leapers Fork,

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Thompson Station, Nolensville, and Spring Hill all saying that this is where they think they're

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going to grow and they voted on it and has made it happen. So there's a cool map in the show notes

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if you want to learn more about that. So what meetings have we had? So recap from the last

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town meetings. So there was no board of zoning appeals. The last planning commission was on 1014,

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183 homes approved. Board of commissioner was on November 6th. And this is the recap of that.

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So basically old business, there was a 10A, which is 111 acres that was already been proved.

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This is on its second and final reading.

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And it was passed four to one with Carolyn Roberts voting nay.

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This is the 111 acres out by Pinewood Road.

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So the very, very edge of the city as it's already been annexed and rezoned into this based on this from RS 40 to RS 10.

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So this is one that's going to have, you know, 100 plus homes on it.

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So that'll make things interesting.

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And the second and final reading of we'll see which one was this one.

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This was the R.

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This one had a lot of public comments.

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Where is it?

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this is the 10 acres, like pretty much this, this one almost took up the whole meeting.

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Yeah. This is the old Franklin road, 10 acres on there. And so we had multiple public comments,

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multiple people, uh, talk about it. So there was people that one of the first person that spoke had

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been there, uh, was a nice generation worried about erosion and water flow as the property

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drains onto his property the road was already too full another lady talked about this is kind of

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ruining the rural feel of that and do we have any studies that show the impacts of schools the city

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and traffic as we keep adding all these houses and houses are not selling as fast as they used to

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developers continue to win while residents lose and she would want you know residents to be

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responsible for greenway sidewalks and to keep up and not keep increasing the density in r20 and

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lower to stop there because that's small enough another gentleman talked about mud and erosion

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and how that affected everything and that the other property being sold could cause even more

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traffic problems because that's not all the way done yet and there hasn't been anything there

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another lady said that she had moved out of the subdivisions in nebraska to here and this is

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obviously ruining that area. They tried to buy the land along with two or three other people that

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spoke so that it wouldn't turn into a subdivision. But now, you know, she definitely does not want to

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be surrounded by subdivisions, which is what's happening. Commissioner Roberts also talked about

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why couldn't it just say RS-40 versus RS-20. She asked about how other properties might be there

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and the 2040 plans shows RS40 so it could just stay where it is it doesn't need to be rezoned

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and that we might want to take a pause on the whole R20 thing for this and so that all came up

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along with you know that we're trying to wait for the new codes to come out

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and we could see what RS20 and the cycle of that so basically the respondent said that there's seven

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to nine months out from a final plat to be ready along with the other geological challenges so

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everything's kind of up to in the air um mr greer talked about that south of this property was rs 40

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and all other properties are in williamson county and across the road is rs 15 pod castleberry farms

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which is r20 so it's not completely unnormal but it's also surrounded by that commissioner mcdonald

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walked through some of the drainage areas and talked about some of the things that he had seen

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through there. The parcel to the South had been developed and kind of going through that process

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of things. So he talked a little bit about that. And then also about the legal implications if they

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voted to delay this vote and what the litigation is. And it talked about the city actually being

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sued a couple of times and that comes out of taxpayer money. And so he's trying to do the right

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thing. The response is that, you know, they're going to do a lot more studies on the property

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side before they figure out there's no design engineering yet to figure out the exact density,

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no money or energy has been spent on that because they're still waiting for approval of this

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rezoning. And this is also up to the city of how things will be connected. If there's a bridge

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allowed from the one current subdivision, we're talking about this 10 acres and to others.

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this was also submitted under the current city codes and it's unclear whether it's going to wait

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for the 90 or 120 days and who knows what would be done there because they submitted it based on

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the current codes and if they wait for the new ones that obviously changes their response

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commissioner all hall asked about a buffer zone and talked about you know in interior sidewalks

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and roadside sidewalks also talked about getting a grant for sidewalks on old franklin road and how

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it failed in the past because of residential support. They did not want it and a financial

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match obligation for money. He also asked Josh about the decision if the codes are approved.

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Commissioner McDonald noted that there could be legal repercussions by delaying this vote,

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which was suggested by Mr. Hall. They walked through that back and forth,

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talked about the sidewalks a little bit more. Then Mr. Hall brought the motion to defer and

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Ms. Roberts seconded the vote and 90 days was selected from there.

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But then at the end, that vote fell through when they voted for it because of the, I guess,

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the fear of repercussions of this.

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And so Mayor Anderson talked about the King property, which is across from there and how

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it will be impacted by this.

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She thinks that RS-40, this could be RS-40 and be there, but don't want the King property

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to be held up by this decision on larger properties and similar properties with half acre lots and

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talked about the cost of much larger lots and how that affected things. We needed to vote to move

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things along, so they did that. Commissioner Buffalini agreed with Ms. Roberts and talked

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about the folks who are coming and why they're coming and understanding that they feel like

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they've not been heard, but they are being heard, that he's been contacting and he listens and he's

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you know, trying to work with everybody because everything that happens in the city also affects

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everyone around here. So the 90 day extension, even after all that talk back and forth failed

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zero to five, and then it passed, uh, four, uh, failed four to one, uh, with, uh, the only yes

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vote being, uh, Mr. McDonald. So that was kind of the first one that's failed in a while, uh,

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that I can think about and as much talk as they went back and forth. And then 10C, which was 2522.

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This was the industrial general. Basically, they it was the past five. Oh, unanimous. There was

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open, closed, no speakers, no public hearing. And then the respondent talked about that it was

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Miss Roberts asked about what the plan was. Fifty thousand square foot mixed use industrial buildings

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and how this is zoned in the right spot. So that was happening in the new business.

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on item 11a 2025-23 there was about nine new houses that are talked about this this was

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something that went back and forth for quite a while too that there is an existing home and nine

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new homes would be built there's also some space that could have to have a water tower on it based

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on some water restrictions in that area and they went back and forth around a stub road and why

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they wanted to go RS-20 versus RM-8, which was their original thing. So they talked about that

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this tank would need to be a million gallon tank instead of a hundred thousand gallon tank,

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just based on the water shortages in that area and her, Mayor Anderson going to the water board.

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And then from there, you know, Mr. Hall asked if they were giving up a lot for this. And he said,

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yes, but there's a lot more planning that still has to go through there to do that.

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And this was just 3.73 acres on Harrison Drive, going from RS-40 to RS-10. And so that one was

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approved. Ordinance 2025 to 2024, item 11B, passed 4-1 with Ms. Roberts being a nay.

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This had a negative recommendation from the planning team because it doesn't meet the

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criteria of the 2040 plan, um, asked about the votes from last time and how it had failed in

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the planning commission. Um, and that, you know, way these lots were shaped that it could, there

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would be some that would be 20,000 feet, but a few others that would not meet the requirements for

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RS 20, uh, because they would be let more than 10% lacking in space. So they also talked about,

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uh, that there was an AT&T hub at lot six, which was bigger than they thought it was,

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which complicates the lot size and the shape of everything.

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They brought an updated plot map and that they're basically losing a quarter acre right before they even start

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based on some of the requirements and geological surveys and requirements there.

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Commissioner Roberts asked why it could have just stay RS-20 and maybe go RS-15

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and that it just getting denser and denser um he the respondent mentioned multiple places where this has happened before so this is not out of the ordinary But this is 3 acres on Hall Road

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that did get rezoned from RS-40 to RS-15, so from one house to basically nine houses more,

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so there'll be a total of 10. Then they had a discussion on the meeting dates for 2026 and

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We talked about that, how there were some conflicts with stuff on New Year's Day and stuff on 1231 and how we could move forward.

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So this passed with a no vote.

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This is going to the Planning Commission after this on the 20th.

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So they'll be there.

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And then on the roundtables, Commissioner Buffalini talked about the Park and Landscape Board had canceled their meeting because there wasn't anything assigned to them.

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So we need to figure out how we can help them.

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sends condolences to veterans family and there was new business new business sweet magnolia flower

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shop with delivery and that he was looking forward to the veterans day program commissioner roberts

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thanked everyone that came there and everybody putting on their work and that we should set

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aside some time for the park and landscape board to help give them something to do and then very

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happy about the veterans day have event happening because the previous week we reported that it

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Was it happening? Because that's what they told Mayor Anderson.

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And a couple of parents pulled together and made it happen, which is awesome.

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And that happy about the blanket drive happening and that the middle school had rumors

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and that community theater was doing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this same weekend.

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So you could see it all.

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Commissioner McDonald just said, go Yellow Jackets.

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Commissioner Hall, thanks to all city employees.

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And can't wait to get the new ordinances so that we can understand how subdivisions

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and minor subdivisions can connect to others.

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Mayor Anderson sent her thoughts and prayers to the family of Elvis Jones

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and talked about how the government shutdown is impacting many families around the area,

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but Fairview Nutrition was helping to collect and distribute food.

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Farm Bureau Insurance was helping people, along with Cano's, with the Pay It Forward board.

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So it was really good to see everyone working together as this hopeful government shutdown simmers down.

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And then at the last town hall meeting, she talked about how she didn't know that they said that it wasn't going to happen, but a couple parents chipped in and made it happen to that scheduling there.

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And she won't make it to there, but it's there.

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Planning commission, there's nothing until November 18th.

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And so on November 18th, you've got some new business.

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You've got a new phase, final plat for phase five of Richvale subdivision, which is 17.41 acres.

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That's going to be on the vote there too.

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And then a final plat for the Hatcher Heights subdivision, which is 15 acres, and a residential

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development plan, which is what was before that, which is the Cove, which is 28 acres.

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And then we have 117.74 acres for another residential development plan, which is called

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Fairview 17.

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So it doesn't say where that's at.

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and then the planning commission is going to vote on their february 2026 to 2027

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calendar and some of the projects and planning and then there'll be some other notes from the

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city staff in there so that'll be that part of it and yep and then they'll also be on the

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the next board of commissioner meeting is november 20th that was the planning commission we talked

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about before. There'll be, um, scheduling on a vote on the new schedule for 2026. There was also

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a resolution offer authorizing the installation of stop signs on old Nashville road at Jones lane.

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So there's going to be a vote on that. If you want some stop signs, there's also a vote coming

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on a driver training matching grant program, uh, for the fire chief. So I guess they're going to

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train more drivers to drive the fire truck, uh, parks and landscape board. We'll have some

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talks with Commissioner Roberts and out parcel land and trust with Commissioner Roberts.

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Our next town hall is January 29th of 2026. Parks and Landscape Board is December 1st at 7 p.m.

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There's no around town coffee until January 14th, 2026. No beer board. And so that kind of goes in

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here. So the state of Tennessee, President Donald Trump pardoned Kingsport Republican U.S.

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Representative Diana Harshbarger's husband amid a string of Tennessee-related clemencies issued

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last week. So we'll see how that goes. The government is still shut down, but hopefully

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winding down once the Senate-approved version goes back to the House and makes sure it's the

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same before heading to President Trump for signatures to pull us out, which I think just

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passes the buck down a little bit before they have to agree on other stuff. The Tennessee

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Department of Tourist Development, TDTD, Commissioner Mark Ezel announced today that

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30 communities will receive more than $2 million in tourism enhancement grants to strengthen

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local tourism assets and drive Tennessee's continued growth on a world-class destination.

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So that'll be cool to see what that does. December 2nd is the final special election

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for the 7th U.S. House seat, which is Afton Benn and Matt Van Epps on the Republican side.

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based on the primary results. More news to keep coming back, but one thing was this turnout was

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down 75% in Middle Tennessee's House Special Election, especially in GOP strongholds, which is

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our seventh district here. So people did not go out and vote. The Music City loop is still digging

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and drilling and making things happen, so the hole is getting bigger. And then on the bills,

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So what we have right now is the Education, Health, and Joint Subcommittee on Government Operations and Government Operations and Rural Review are going to happen November 19th at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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The agendas are posted there.

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Not really anything super cool or detailed, but, you know, something's happening.

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How's the hill?

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the weather guessers are predicting highs in the 60s to 70s with lows in the 40s for the rest of

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the week and a couple dips and a couple increases from there businesses nothing new has been spotted

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ace hardware still brewing there was a post talking about vigilance martial arts moving to

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the public shopping area so that's good to see them move over there so we'll have to see what

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goes in that existing space it looks like it's for sale for 1.25 million dollars that building

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on the other thing nothing else spotted but there's still some properties and surrounding

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areas coming in there so farmer's market make sure you head to the farmer's market every saturday

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from 8 a.m to 12 p.m not earlier at mess at chiropractic and fairview deli donuts for their

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life-changing apple fritters and located down the road from public so many good places to get local

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beef pork breads treats fruits vegetables along with some hot sauce fishing lures and other holiday

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gifts, especially this time of year. In our brick and mortar highlight, we're going to talk about

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the Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee, which started in 1903 on North Cherry Street downtown,

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which is now Fourth Avenue. It has expanded to impact the lives of thousands of youth.

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There are 11 physical clubs, one of those being here in Fairview, Tennessee. Each clubhouse offers

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different capabilities. And I know I see loads of kids getting dropped off daily from school there.

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We have their address, their phone number, and all their information on there.

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So you can check that out.

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And a local business highlight, All Better Appliance.

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If you have an appliance that isn't working, this is the number and place to call.

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They can get it fixed up.

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They're just down the road in Burns, Tennessee.

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We've used them a couple times to fix some different appliances.

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And they've always been on time and have gotten the job done,

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which is what you want when your appliances are broken.

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Job openings.

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There's still a pile of them.

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The associate planner position is still open with the city.

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along with a police officer. Walmart still has multiple positions. Cornerstone,

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Publix, Dunkin' Donut, Boys and Girls Club still has a coordinator, both subways,

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The Pearl, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Sonic, McDonald's, Tractor Supply Co., Marmon Holdings,

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Hardee's, and Destination LLC. If there's anything else, let us know. History Nugget.

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This time, we're going to talk about the Boone Road. Clarence Daniel Boone came to Fairview in

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1931 in an area where this today is now located. He was one of the first entrepreneurs in the area

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and he began by tomato farming, which became a big business. The construction of the Daniel Boone

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Cafe and the Daniel Boone Service Center and Daniel Boone Hotel followed this. These two

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businesses and the main ones are located right now where the Fifth Third Bank is and the Fairview

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fresh donuts stand today were owned by Daniel Boone. We have a link to a little story about him

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from the Tennessean. And since this is kind of a special one today, since it's Veterans Day,

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Armstice Day to Veterans Day history. Armstice Day, this holiday was established to honor the

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anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, which took effect the 11th hour of the 11th

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day of the 11th month in 1918. The first commemoration was in 1919, and President Woodrow

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Wilson issued a message acknowledging this day. The National Holiday, Congress declared this a

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federal holiday in 1938, initial as a day to honor World War I veterans, but eventually expanded

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to veterans of World War I, II, and Korean War, and it was officially renamed in 1954 to honor

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all those Americans who have served in U.S. war from there. And November 11th is the exact date

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maintained by the original historical significance where some holidays move based on there being the

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third Saturday, the third Thursday, and stuff like that. Upcoming events. Well, the Fairview

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high school rumors play was a success uh the fairview community theaters strange case of dr

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jekyll and mr hyde was a hit also saw some cool pictures of both the dixon veterans day parade was

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a great turnout and the franklin parade was amazing uh lots of good stuff there the fhs

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veterans appreciation event went well so we were so glad that that actually happened the fes uh

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veterans reverse parade had a good turnout and the kids were loving it and up there cheering it's

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always cool to see that. And some of the new events. So Bowie Park this week, we had the

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Kindness Rock painting on November 15th. We had the Fall Market coming up this weekend at the high

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school. And Grace Works is having its mobile food pantry food drive from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. or until

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when times runs out. And then in the town, the Fairview Recreation Complex has a Bob Ross painting

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uh, November 16th, one 30 to four. So that's cool. Uh, buoy November 18th and 19th intro to feeder

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watch and November 21st, one to 2 PM is the leaf critter craft at the park. Also Westview United

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Methodist from November 21st and 22nd, 9 AM to 5 PM is the 11th annual family education and

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Christmas marketplace. So that'd be cool to see that. So another chance to get some good goodies

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for there buoy on november 22nd has the the book club and november 24th there's a volunteer

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opportunity which is the cider and service day uh november 27th is 7 30 to 9 30 there is a

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at any time fitness on november 27th there's a turkey trot so there'll be a 5k and a one mile

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race uh so that'll be cool if you've got any kids or want to get get out and about especially after

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the Thanksgiving rush. Christmas tree lighting is December 5th at 5 p.m. The Christmas parade is

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December 6th at 10 a.m. And they've started sending out the notifications if you want to

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be part of it. And then the Adams family at the middle school is starting December 11th, 12th,

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13th, 14th, between 6 p.m. or 2 p.m., depending on which day it is. So definitely check that out.

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So we've got a lot of good events going on for the kids.

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So there's tons of activities to do here to keep your kids engaged.

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There's a lot of cheer and recreation ball teams from baseball to basketball to football and others.

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There's a thriving Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA programs from your elementary school kids to your high school kids.

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There's many recreation and travel teams if you're into that.

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And if you're a homeschooler, make sure you're always checking out Bowie Park schedule for the clubs that meet there.

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Lala's Dance Studio and Elevate Gymnastics and Cheer are definitely a great opportunity for people and also a cool place to have parties and stuff like that, too, now.

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And there's also, you know, Taekwondo and Jiu Jitsu from Vigilance Martial Arts, which we mentioned earlier, which is going to move to public sometime soon.

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And the Jackets Youth Wrestling Program is huge.

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Lots of cool opportunities with summer options, too.

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and they have multiple state champions that have come through that program.

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School news, no school November 24th through 28th for Thanksgiving. Hawk and Tiger news, the

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Westwood Elementary School picture retake day is November 18th and the FES picture retake is November 20th We need your help We don get any real news from there And if you are a parent and or part of the PTO please reach out to us so we can keep any news

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that you think is relevant out there.

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On the Falcon News, November 10th,

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there was a basketball game with Burns,

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with the JV girls, boys, and varsity over there.

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And wrestling on that same day was at Spring Station.

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And then on the Renaissance High School

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is the eighth graders are going to go visit that during flight time on November 12th.

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November 13th was the James Lawson Battle of Bellevue tournament for basketball with varsity boys and girls.

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And then St. Henry wrestling at Battle Creek on that same day, along with open mic night.

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From there, November 14th is basketball at James Lawson Battle of Bellevue.

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We already talked about that.

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and there is a fundraiser coming up for the Fairview Middle School called the McTeacher

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Night at our local McDonald's from 4.30 to 7.30. 15% of food sales and 100% of apple pie sales

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will go to the school. The FMS PTO is selling 24 and 36 inch wreaths until November 20th and you

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can pick those up at Lala's Dance Studio on 12.1 from 5 to 7.30 and the link is on here so thank

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you, La La Stand Studio, for supporting our PTO and our school. FMS Student Council Food Drive is

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November 3rd through the 14th, so please, you know, no glass containers. We have a link to

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that shopping list for there. The Homework Club is starting on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3 to

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4.45 p.m. Sign up is listed in the show notes. And then if you like Adidas, you can save some

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money and help raise money for the school by ordering online from the adidas us site and using

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promo code fms18adp and 10 will go to the general athletics fund and we already talked about adam's

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family so you're doing that bowling's tryouts are tuesday december 9th at 3 30 at the franklin

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entertainment center jacket news both cross-country teams made it to state the girls finished 12th in

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the state. The boys finished 16th and one of those team members actually meddled in the top 15th and

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got 12th position. So congratulations to that. The pep rally is on November 14th and this is also the

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round two of the TSAA playoffs game at Fairview versus Dyerburg Trojans. The fall market is also

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this weekend, November 15th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is a great place to do your Christmas shopping

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just like our farmer's market to support other local businesses. Every Friday this school year,

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Just like we've mentioned before, Kona Ice and Tom's Coffee will be there at lunchtime.

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Senior jackets and rings can be ordered now.

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The link's there.

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The high school wrestling season starts November 18th at home against Spring Hill and John Paul.

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Wrestling at Eagleville and Warren County and at Franklin on the 22nd, November 20th.

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Visit Dairy Queen on Highway 100 and 20% of sales will be donated to the school.

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Senior portraits and ads are due by November 21st.

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So next week, November 21st was the career day, but it looks like it's been removed from the schedule.

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ASVAB is scheduled for December 9th.

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So if you have anybody looking to go in the military, that is a must-have, must-do to go from there.

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And it looks like the high school bowling team is still rolling along with a practice earlier this week and a practice next week on November 20th.

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And you'll be making your trips to Thunder Alley at Dixon to get your roll on.

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And if you're 8th to 12th grade and looking for a creative outlet this winter, join us for an unforgettable season inspired by the Broadway hit musical Waitress.

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Tryout dates are November 14th, 17th, 21st at 4.30 to 7.30.

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And regular rehearsals are Monday through Fridays, 4.30.

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No experience required.

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Bring your energy and enthusiasm.

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So the auditions will take place at the Fairview High School.

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the fairview career community leaders of america fcc la formerly known as the future homemakers of

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america is opening a care closet seeking donations items can be dropped off at the school here is a

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list of the amazon items that you can go from there if you have a student is driving this year

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make sure they take their email the principal to get the schoology link for checkpoint driver

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training and make sure you get your parking pass for 15 a year so that's that when it comes to

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school stuff and faith moment. This is another sermon from Fairview's own Ian Gilchrist at One

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Church Home. This is one in the middle of the year plus long where we went through the whole chapter

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of John. I never read the whole chapter before, so it was great to learn. And I think this chapter,

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many will know because a lot of it is highlighted as this was what was led to Jerusalem and then to

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the crucifixion and then to the resurrection within this chapter. And there's some interesting

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correlations to the first garden mentioned in the Bible and this last garden Jesus within,

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which is Gesselmaine. So this is a sermon from John chapter 18, verses one through 11.

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Go ahead and be seated. This morning we are continuing and have been for almost a year and

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half now walking through the Gospel of John and came to a real pivotal moment last week

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in chapter 17. Chapter 17 kind of sums up the dialogue, the discourse that's been happening

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in the last few chapters where after, you know, he washes the feed, after the denial

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of Judas, and Judas leaves the room after this huge conversation about what's about to happen,

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about this long dialogue about Jesus sharing with them that he's going away and where he's going,

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and there's just this constant over and over, like, what are you saying? What do you mean? And

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he's like, okay, let me try it this way. Let me try it this way. And I relate to that. I need him

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to explain things a lot, but there's this filling he's doing, this filling up that again

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we said, he said, I long to give you more, I want to fill you, but you're too full, you're

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filled up now. So I'm going to send the Spirit, he's going to come, he's going to guide you

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into all truth, he's going to, boom, the dynamos of the Holy Spirit's going to come and ignite

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all of this that I've been imparting to you as I prepare to depart from this world.

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He's told them over and over again, my time is coming, my time is now.

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It's now time for me to do that which I'm supposed to do,

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knowing how the story is about to change,

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how it's going to go from theory and a lesson they're learning to walking it out.

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And I think in just the grace of knowing humanity, of knowing us, of knowing how these guys were going to respond, he's just, he's being kind and gracious and he's really being patient.

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We see the prayer that then Jesus prays that kind of sums up and ties together all the realities that he's been teaching about.

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The way he prays for his guys, the way he prays for the body of Christ, the way he prays for the world.

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He kind of sums it all up in this prayer in chapter 17.

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And it's just this perfect and incredible prayer.

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And then directly from there, he steps out into what we know is his suffering or his passion.

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We see him begin the process where he goes from that moment of prayer.

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He steps out of that room and into what we will know as the arrest, where that whole thing begins.

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So he starts to, he's like, they're going out to do that which he's been called to do

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and to fulfill all the things he's been preparing his guys for in the process.

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And so there's a reality to this, that this is really the beginning of the end,

398
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which is really the beginning, right?

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Like there's a putting legs on it that's about to happen

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and we're gonna jump right in.

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So chapter 18, verses one through 11,

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they read like this.

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When Jesus had spoken these words,

404
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the prayer he just prayed,

405
00:36:55,928 --> 00:37:00,248
he went out with his disciples over the brook Kadron

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where there was a garden

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00:37:03,028 --> 00:37:05,488
which he and his disciples entered.

408
00:37:05,648 --> 00:37:08,848
And Judas, who had betrayed him, also knew of the place,

409
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for Jesus often met there with his disciples.

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Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops and officers

411
00:37:16,048 --> 00:37:17,948
from the chief priests and Pharisees,

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00:37:18,328 --> 00:37:21,068
came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

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00:37:22,008 --> 00:37:25,448
Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that would come upon him,

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00:37:25,748 --> 00:37:27,728
went forward and said to them,

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Whom are you seeking?

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00:37:29,128 --> 00:37:31,968
And they answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.

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00:37:31,968 --> 00:37:34,628
And Jesus said to them, I am he.

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00:37:35,288 --> 00:37:38,228
And Judas, who betrayed him, also stood with them.

419
00:37:38,888 --> 00:37:43,948
And now when he said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell on the ground.

420
00:37:44,868 --> 00:37:47,308
And then he asked them again, whom are you seeking?

421
00:37:48,228 --> 00:37:50,148
And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

422
00:37:50,308 --> 00:37:54,308
And he, Jesus, answered, I have told you that I am he.

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00:37:54,448 --> 00:37:58,108
Therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way.

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00:37:58,108 --> 00:38:04,788
that the saying might be fulfilled which he spoke of those whom you gave me, I have lost none.

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00:38:05,468 --> 00:38:10,948
Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear.

426
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And the servant's name was Malchus.

427
00:38:14,488 --> 00:38:18,148
So Jesus said to Peter, put your sword into its sheath.

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Shall I not drink the cup which my father has given me?

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00:38:23,348 --> 00:38:26,408
so right out of the prayer

430
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right out of this

431
00:38:27,968 --> 00:38:30,728
moment of discipleship

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and connection and relationship

433
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right after this filling up of the tanks

434
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and the impartation of wisdom

435
00:38:36,368 --> 00:38:38,348
that he's going away but the spirit's coming

436
00:38:38,348 --> 00:38:40,608
right after he speaks all those words

437
00:38:40,608 --> 00:38:42,508
he goes out and heads

438
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to a familiar place

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where he would meet with his guys

440
00:38:45,608 --> 00:38:47,528
he finds the garden

441
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and John's description of the garden

442
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is unique in the sense that

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this is the garden of Gethsemane. This is the garden of the pressing place. I've been here.

444
00:39:00,428 --> 00:39:08,048
I've seen it right over, right down from the gate, right down from the Temple Mount. There's

445
00:39:08,048 --> 00:39:16,248
this incredible little, you know, the brook of Kidron. And you step, you go over it, you walk

446
00:39:16,248 --> 00:39:22,508
right over it and you see now there's a church there and a little, you know, orchard of olive

447
00:39:22,508 --> 00:39:27,908
trees and some of them are 1,000, 1,800 years old. Some of them, you know, you don't know which one

448
00:39:27,908 --> 00:39:32,628
was which, but these things are old and wild looking and they still bear fruit. Like it's an

449
00:39:32,628 --> 00:39:40,928
incredible sight to see. And that was not some historical place prior to Jesus meeting there.

450
00:39:40,928 --> 00:39:44,808
Like this was just an orchard of olive trees.

451
00:39:45,368 --> 00:39:48,468
But it was some place that Jesus had made significant.

452
00:39:48,948 --> 00:39:53,508
And he had used as a place of meeting with his guys.

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00:39:53,608 --> 00:39:54,088
Of connecting.

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00:39:54,228 --> 00:39:55,908
Of kind of getting out of the hustle and bustle.

455
00:39:56,228 --> 00:40:01,668
This was a place that became significant because of what happened in this place.

456
00:40:02,228 --> 00:40:05,128
So the garden of Gethsemane was not.

457
00:40:05,728 --> 00:40:09,328
It's not like it had some big historical meaning prior to.

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this was just a common place that Jesus went to with his guys. And I think what's significant is

459
00:40:16,048 --> 00:40:22,528
we're going to look here in a little bit. It's, it's interesting the way Jesus willfully goes to

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00:40:22,528 --> 00:40:28,568
a place he knows Judas knows about because he's not avoiding what's about to come.

461
00:40:29,368 --> 00:40:34,948
There's a profound nature to the decision to go to a familiar. He could have gone to any place,

462
00:40:34,948 --> 00:40:40,768
right? He could have chose to do this in the temple. He could have chose to do this in the

463
00:40:40,768 --> 00:40:48,428
marketplace. He could have chose to do, to have this moment where he's arrested, the beginning of

464
00:40:48,428 --> 00:40:53,828
his suffering. He could have chose to do that anywhere. But the significance of him doing it

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00:40:53,828 --> 00:41:00,848
in a garden, I believe, has attachments all the way back to the origin of humanity's fallen nature.

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because when God started redeeming in that garden, he knew it was going to finish in another garden.

467
00:41:08,508 --> 00:41:13,828
And it might remind you, this is the place where Jesus prayed. This is the place where Jesus,

468
00:41:13,828 --> 00:41:18,908
Jesus wept with blood. This is the place where the beginning of his suffering began.

469
00:41:19,828 --> 00:41:25,128
And it's all about submission to the father in juxtaposition to submission to self.

470
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And so I want to look before we take to you know I love how John is so you just got to appreciate the way John writes about himself versus the way he writes about everybody else We talked about this in our small group You know it like John the one who said his name is the disciple Jesus loved

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Well, isn't that convenient, Mr. Author? You know, and as I reflect back on all the guys,

472
00:41:53,522 --> 00:42:00,682
there was one who rose above all. It was I, you know. All right, he might punch me when I get to

473
00:42:00,682 --> 00:42:04,882
But, no, I just love the way he writes about that.

474
00:42:05,022 --> 00:42:05,702
He calls himself.

475
00:42:05,902 --> 00:42:08,702
But I love how, like, straightforward and honest he is about the other guys.

476
00:42:08,782 --> 00:42:10,342
Like, yeah, well, guess what Peter did.

477
00:42:10,482 --> 00:42:11,182
Bam, bam, bam.

478
00:42:11,242 --> 00:42:15,022
Like, he's just, like, the whole, he's just, like, telling it like it is with Peter.

479
00:42:15,082 --> 00:42:17,342
Like, yeah, Peter pulled a sword out and cut dude's ear off.

480
00:42:17,402 --> 00:42:20,262
It's like, you know, geez, John, take it easy.

481
00:42:21,582 --> 00:42:29,962
But the reality is, is, is, is this significant thing, this, this way he kind of hones in on Peter is important.

482
00:42:29,962 --> 00:42:33,382
and we're going to get there. There's so many places we could go in this text. There's so many

483
00:42:33,382 --> 00:42:39,442
things that we could look at about the way he said, I am he, and it blows them back. And just,

484
00:42:39,602 --> 00:42:45,842
I mean, there's so much richness here, but I want to kind of lean in today first on the significance

485
00:42:45,842 --> 00:42:53,082
of the location of the scene. And then I want to get to where Peter and why he was the focal point

486
00:42:53,082 --> 00:42:54,942
of John's gospel specifically.

487
00:42:55,622 --> 00:42:58,542
I find it fascinating

488
00:42:58,542 --> 00:43:04,702
how redemptive the gospel continues to be in my life.

489
00:43:05,402 --> 00:43:05,522
Right?

490
00:43:05,582 --> 00:43:07,462
How redemptive the gospel is.

491
00:43:08,022 --> 00:43:10,142
You know, it's like, yes, I got saved.

492
00:43:10,262 --> 00:43:11,262
Yes, I got set free.

493
00:43:11,382 --> 00:43:12,342
Yes, I got transformed.

494
00:43:12,802 --> 00:43:14,882
But then you just, you know, you go on in life

495
00:43:14,882 --> 00:43:16,762
and you continue to find and see ways

496
00:43:16,762 --> 00:43:19,642
that like you still need the gospel.

497
00:43:19,642 --> 00:43:21,262
You still need to realize like,

498
00:43:21,262 --> 00:43:26,182
Like, man, Amanda and I, we talk about this all the time.

499
00:43:26,262 --> 00:43:31,202
It's like one of the ways as we kind of walked through the suffering

500
00:43:31,202 --> 00:43:36,042
and the tragedy of our son's accident was constantly being told,

501
00:43:36,182 --> 00:43:36,902
like, it's not your fault.

502
00:43:36,942 --> 00:43:37,562
It wasn't your fault.

503
00:43:37,602 --> 00:43:38,222
It's not your fault.

504
00:43:38,622 --> 00:43:41,382
And then finally one day somebody said, okay, try this on.

505
00:43:41,422 --> 00:43:43,542
It is your fault, and you need the gospel.

506
00:43:44,602 --> 00:43:46,902
You did do something wrong and caused something.

507
00:43:47,002 --> 00:43:48,002
It is your fault.

508
00:43:48,242 --> 00:43:49,202
Now you need the gospel.

509
00:43:49,202 --> 00:43:55,422
And it was like a breath of fresh air to just be able to go, I need the gospel still, right?

510
00:43:55,482 --> 00:43:57,142
Like I'm not perfect.

511
00:43:57,282 --> 00:43:58,582
That's because I'm saved and set free.

512
00:43:58,642 --> 00:43:59,322
It doesn't mean I'm perfect.

513
00:43:59,582 --> 00:44:01,562
I need Jesus still.

514
00:44:02,562 --> 00:44:05,182
And there's this freedom that comes.

515
00:44:05,342 --> 00:44:07,582
There's this redemption that comes.

516
00:44:07,722 --> 00:44:14,402
And God is constantly redeeming in ways that we can't understand and fully anticipate and see.

517
00:44:14,402 --> 00:44:21,942
And so I just think it's fascinating that the location that Jesus chose is a garden.

518
00:44:22,602 --> 00:44:27,122
Because the first garden we see humanity in is a garden of mistakes.

519
00:44:27,682 --> 00:44:29,262
It's a garden of selfishness.

520
00:44:29,362 --> 00:44:32,582
It's a garden of selfish desire.

521
00:44:32,762 --> 00:44:38,002
And listen, before you get too high and mighty up in here, you'd have done the same thing.

522
00:44:38,902 --> 00:44:43,362
There's not a single person in this room who wouldn't have made the same mistakes.

523
00:44:43,362 --> 00:44:48,102
you know and listen guys don't be blaming the girls for this well the girl

524
00:44:48,102 --> 00:44:55,662
I first technically it's like well he ate too you know what kind you know it's

525
00:44:55,662 --> 00:44:58,182
like it's not like all of a sudden it's like well the girl was like well now I

526
00:44:58,182 --> 00:45:02,562
have no choice I got to eat it it's like we're together forever no I mean he had

527
00:45:02,562 --> 00:45:06,222
a choice to every one of us would have made the same choice so we're not beating

528
00:45:06,222 --> 00:45:11,502
up on Adam and Eve we're simply recognizing the humanity of the first

529
00:45:11,502 --> 00:45:16,882
first garden and the divinity of the second. That there is a redemptive nature by which

530
00:45:16,882 --> 00:45:23,782
even in his suffering God is redeeming the garden of origin. He's redeeming humanity.

531
00:45:23,782 --> 00:45:27,942
He's fulfilling his promise that he would, he would redeem it and this is coming full

532
00:45:27,942 --> 00:45:36,942
circle now. The two gardens standing juxtaposed. We see in the garden of Eden that Adam faced

533
00:45:36,942 --> 00:45:42,282
faced a moment of testing and failed Genesis chapter 3 and yet in the garden

534
00:45:42,282 --> 00:45:49,242
of Gethsemane Jesus faced a moment of testing but triumphed it's two separate

535
00:45:49,242 --> 00:45:54,882
gardens one redeeming the other the first broken and fallen by humanity the

536
00:45:54,882 --> 00:46:01,902
second covered and complete through his divinity Adam disobeyed God's will

537
00:46:01,902 --> 00:46:07,122
bringing sin into the world just like all of us would have Jesus submitted to

538
00:46:07,122 --> 00:46:11,682
the fathers will be getting the process of redemption the second thing is this

539
00:46:11,682 --> 00:46:15,702
that that Adam rebelled against God's will he ate from the tree after the

540
00:46:15,702 --> 00:46:21,222
serpents deception choosing self over obedience and yet in the second garden

541
00:46:21,222 --> 00:46:27,402
Jesus surrendered to God's will and get simity is the place where he prayed not

542
00:46:27,402 --> 00:46:37,722
my will but yours be done with tears and and and and sweat like blood he willingly

543
00:46:37,722 --> 00:46:44,682
accepted this cup of suffering I mean if there's nothing else like I don't know if

544
00:46:44,682 --> 00:46:49,542
there's another picture or image that is more impactful to me but but I think so

545
00:46:49,542 --> 00:46:54,162
often we just assume like this wasn't difficult for Jesus because he's Jesus

546
00:46:54,162 --> 00:46:57,022
because he's fully God and fully man.

547
00:46:57,102 --> 00:46:59,542
We just assume like, yeah, it's easy for him.

548
00:46:59,902 --> 00:47:02,422
I mean, I know he can do it, but remember,

549
00:47:02,802 --> 00:47:05,762
he fully had emptied himself, like Philippians said,

550
00:47:05,982 --> 00:47:09,622
of anything that would give him the ability to do this as God.

551
00:47:09,702 --> 00:47:11,382
He was fully man also.

552
00:47:11,382 --> 00:47:13,222
And so he had fully surrendered.

553
00:47:13,382 --> 00:47:16,822
And he said, like, it gives me great comfort that he said,

554
00:47:17,082 --> 00:47:18,622
not my will, but yours be done.

555
00:47:19,122 --> 00:47:22,782
Because in that moment, he said, if this cup can pass from me,

556
00:47:22,782 --> 00:47:24,662
I don't want to do this.

557
00:47:25,662 --> 00:47:28,362
But not my will, yours be done.

558
00:47:29,062 --> 00:47:36,382
If that's not a shining hope that, man, you're going to go through things in life

559
00:47:36,382 --> 00:47:38,482
that you don't want to go through.

560
00:47:39,222 --> 00:47:43,902
And the question you have to ask in the pressing place, in the place of that suffering,

561
00:47:44,262 --> 00:47:46,942
is it my will that doesn't want to go through this?

562
00:47:47,042 --> 00:47:48,802
Or is it God calling me out of it?

563
00:47:48,802 --> 00:47:54,162
But it's because I want to say, God, I don't want to go through this, but not my will, yours be done.

564
00:47:54,262 --> 00:47:56,122
That's the difference of the two gardens.

565
00:47:57,442 --> 00:48:07,982
And so we have this opportunity to look at this and behold this and understand that Jesus is revealing something.

566
00:48:09,722 --> 00:48:14,262
He's revealing that we have the ability to surrender.

567
00:48:14,262 --> 00:48:20,222
Where Adam chose selfish desire, Jesus chose sacrificial obedience.

568
00:48:22,322 --> 00:48:27,842
The third thing I would notice is that Adam took from a tree and that brought death.

569
00:48:28,582 --> 00:48:31,482
A tree in Eden symbolized knowledge of good and evil.

570
00:48:32,262 --> 00:48:36,782
But Adam's disobedience brought spiritual and physical death to humanity.

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00:48:36,962 --> 00:48:40,162
Again, Genesis 2, 17, Romans 5, 12.

572
00:48:40,162 --> 00:48:44,322
but yet Jesus drank the cup bringing life.

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00:48:45,442 --> 00:48:49,062
So Adam took the fruit and it bore death.

574
00:48:49,722 --> 00:48:53,642
But Jesus is drinking the cup of God's wrath on our behalf.

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00:48:54,862 --> 00:48:57,342
In Gethsemane, Jesus wrestled with drinking the cup.

576
00:48:57,342 --> 00:49:01,182
He said, if it can pass from me, let it pass.

577
00:49:02,002 --> 00:49:03,342
But not my will, but yours.

578
00:49:03,442 --> 00:49:06,442
By accepting it, he reversed the curse of Adam's sin.

579
00:49:07,162 --> 00:49:09,102
Adam's choice led to curse.

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00:49:09,502 --> 00:49:11,362
Jesus' choice led to cure.

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00:49:12,922 --> 00:49:15,882
The fourth thing that I notice in similarity,

582
00:49:16,082 --> 00:49:20,282
the thing that happens that we see in these two gardens

583
00:49:20,282 --> 00:49:22,862
is Adam hid in fear.

584
00:49:22,962 --> 00:49:25,162
After sinning, he and Eve hid from God.

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00:49:25,262 --> 00:49:26,742
That's Genesis 3, 8 and 10.

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00:49:27,422 --> 00:49:29,422
They tried to hide themselves.

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00:49:29,562 --> 00:49:32,402
They tried to cover themselves, and they did it in a terrible...

588
00:49:32,402 --> 00:49:36,002
I mean, you know, and again, we're not picking on Adam and Eve here,

589
00:49:36,062 --> 00:49:37,602
but, like, we all do this.

590
00:49:37,602 --> 00:49:45,042
like how many of us we we sin and we mess something up we screw something up and and we decide we're

591
00:49:45,042 --> 00:49:51,882
going to try to kind of hide from god in some way you know it's like you you go okay like here's a

592
00:49:51,882 --> 00:49:57,682
water bottle i'm going to hide behind this so you can't see me it's like well you're a pretty big

593
00:49:57,682 --> 00:50:03,602
guy that's a pretty little water bottle and by the way it's clear that's a stupid thing to hide

594
00:50:03,602 --> 00:50:09,302
behind. It's like the God who's all-knowing, all-powerful, and everywhere always. The God who

595
00:50:09,302 --> 00:50:17,722
created you in His garden. The God who created the garden, the God who you know, who you've

596
00:50:17,722 --> 00:50:25,402
walked with in the cool of the evening. You sin and human nature and under the reality of sin

597
00:50:25,402 --> 00:50:33,542
goes, I got to hide from that God. That's crazy. But we do it all the time. We do it

598
00:50:33,542 --> 00:50:39,082
constantly as the people who go, oh man, I messed up. I screwed up. So I'm just going to, you know,

599
00:50:39,142 --> 00:50:43,362
I bet God didn't want to see me at church today. I bet he didn't want to hear me listen to him. So

600
00:50:43,362 --> 00:50:47,622
I'm just going to kind of hide out on my own and sulk and kind of pay my penance. And then I'll

601
00:50:47,622 --> 00:50:54,122
finally be, well, it's like, it's crazy how we do this stuff, but we all do it. We allow our shame

602
00:50:54,122 --> 00:51:00,382
or our guilt or our fear to keep us from running back into the presence of God and abiding with him.

603
00:51:00,382 --> 00:51:07,242
we allow it to pull us away and cause us to shame. So, so Adam in his garden sinned and then hid.

604
00:51:07,602 --> 00:51:13,242
And yet what did Jesus do in the garden of Gethsemane? Did he hide from his accusers? Did

605
00:51:13,242 --> 00:51:18,342
he hide from those who were coming to hunt him down and kill him? Did he hide? No, he stepped

606
00:51:18,342 --> 00:51:24,182
out. That's the first sentence that we just read. He, after saying these things, he stepped into his

607
00:51:24,182 --> 00:51:32,922
suffering. Jesus again redeeming the hiding of Adam by the stepping forward and courage to face

608
00:51:32,922 --> 00:51:40,342
his suffering. In John 18, 4, when the soldiers came, Jesus went forward and identified himself.

609
00:51:40,562 --> 00:51:45,782
He didn't cower back in the crew and be like, okay, well, listen, we're all a group, okay? So

610
00:51:45,782 --> 00:51:49,022
if you're going to take one, you got to take us all and kind of push all the guys ahead. You know,

611
00:51:49,022 --> 00:51:50,282
like you guys get up there in front.

612
00:51:51,042 --> 00:51:51,802
Peter, get ready.

613
00:51:51,942 --> 00:51:52,642
You know, it's like,

614
00:51:54,342 --> 00:51:55,822
no, he stepped forward

615
00:51:55,822 --> 00:51:57,082
and pushed everyone behind

616
00:51:57,082 --> 00:51:57,822
and he said,

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00:51:58,222 --> 00:51:59,082
who are you looking for?

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00:51:59,982 --> 00:52:00,502
I'm he.

619
00:52:01,462 --> 00:52:02,022
And by the way,

620
00:52:02,062 --> 00:52:03,382
why don't you let everybody else go?

621
00:52:03,622 --> 00:52:04,482
Because you're looking for me.

622
00:52:05,682 --> 00:52:06,802
It's a picture.

623
00:52:06,962 --> 00:52:07,842
It's in one more time.

624
00:52:08,022 --> 00:52:10,442
It's an image of the redemption,

625
00:52:10,442 --> 00:52:12,422
not just of the garden,

626
00:52:12,502 --> 00:52:13,482
but in the garden

627
00:52:13,482 --> 00:52:16,662
of how God is and what he does.

628
00:52:16,662 --> 00:52:20,402
and the opposite of the way he operates

629
00:52:20,402 --> 00:52:22,782
than human nature and broken sinful desire.

630
00:52:25,362 --> 00:52:27,102
Adam's sin led to fear and shame.

631
00:52:27,262 --> 00:52:30,282
Jesus' righteousness led to boldness and surrender.

632
00:52:31,722 --> 00:52:33,842
The fifth thing I would notice is that

633
00:52:33,842 --> 00:52:38,502
there was an angel that guarded the way to Eden.

634
00:52:38,662 --> 00:52:41,842
After Adam's fall, a cherubim with a flaming sword

635
00:52:41,842 --> 00:52:43,622
blocked the way back to the tree of life

636
00:52:43,622 --> 00:52:44,982
for the protection of humanity

637
00:52:44,982 --> 00:52:47,182
because he knew we'd run back to it.

638
00:52:48,222 --> 00:52:51,822
And yet there was another sword in Gethsemane.

639
00:52:52,682 --> 00:52:54,442
Peter drew his sword to fight,

640
00:52:55,302 --> 00:52:57,302
but Jesus told him to put it away.

641
00:52:58,382 --> 00:53:01,022
Jesus didn't come to resist with violence,

642
00:53:01,022 --> 00:53:02,722
but to surrender himself.

643
00:53:03,562 --> 00:53:06,202
Adam's sin led to separation from God's presence.

644
00:53:06,642 --> 00:53:10,042
Jesus' sacrifice opened the door back up.

645
00:53:11,062 --> 00:53:13,782
There was a reality that the sword was used

646
00:53:13,782 --> 00:53:19,502
in the beginning and the cherubim sword was there to keep us out of going back to the knowledge of

647
00:53:19,502 --> 00:53:24,382
Jesus. But he said, hey, now I don't need a sword again because what I'm doing, what I'm stepping

648
00:53:24,382 --> 00:53:30,262
into, the suffering I have, the suffering I'm going to endure is going to, to, to remove the

649
00:53:30,262 --> 00:53:40,422
need to have a sword and remove and open the door back to me. The sixth thing that we see,

650
00:53:40,422 --> 00:53:43,182
and then we'll move on to Peter

651
00:53:43,182 --> 00:53:47,802
is that Adam's failure led to the fall of mankind

652
00:53:47,802 --> 00:53:50,262
through one man's disobedience

653
00:53:50,262 --> 00:53:52,062
sin and death entered the world

654
00:53:52,062 --> 00:53:54,942
and yet in this other garden

655
00:53:54,942 --> 00:53:58,362
Jesus' victory led to salvation

656
00:53:58,362 --> 00:54:00,262
for all who would believe

657
00:54:00,262 --> 00:54:01,822
through his obedience

658
00:54:01,822 --> 00:54:04,022
many are made righteous

659
00:54:04,022 --> 00:54:06,362
so in these two gardens

660
00:54:06,362 --> 00:54:07,762
sin entered the world

661
00:54:07,762 --> 00:54:10,222
and sin was overcome

662
00:54:10,222 --> 00:54:13,322
Adam's garden was a place of defeat.

663
00:54:13,542 --> 00:54:17,502
Jesus' garden is a place of decision that leads to victory.

664
00:54:18,602 --> 00:54:21,582
You're telling me this garden thing doesn't make it?

665
00:54:21,662 --> 00:54:23,662
I mean, it means something.

666
00:54:24,222 --> 00:54:27,402
He's showing just in every facet of this story,

667
00:54:27,862 --> 00:54:31,762
just the redemptive nature of who he is and what he does.

668
00:54:32,942 --> 00:54:35,762
But before we leave the garden and move on in this story,

669
00:54:35,882 --> 00:54:37,402
we need to look at Peter.

670
00:54:37,402 --> 00:54:47,682
again because John chose to identify and highlight this significant moment in the garden.

671
00:54:48,502 --> 00:54:56,582
This moment where we see Peter do something that I think we all can relate to a little bit.

672
00:54:56,582 --> 00:55:03,582
Like if you're a guy and you're into guy stuff, whatever that is, I'm going to give myself an email here.

673
00:55:07,402 --> 00:55:11,262
I think you can resonate here, right? Like what would you do

674
00:55:11,262 --> 00:55:16,722
if Jesus was getting arrested and you believe Jesus is God, right?

675
00:55:16,722 --> 00:55:20,002
You've confessed that. You know this is God incarnate.

676
00:55:20,002 --> 00:55:27,802
If he's getting arrested, it makes sense that Peter draws the sword and attacks.

677
00:55:27,802 --> 00:55:32,582
I'm just making a guess here. It would be really hard to hit an ear

678
00:55:32,616 --> 00:55:38,476
a sword. I don't think he was aiming for an ear. I think he was trying to take a big shot and he

679
00:55:38,476 --> 00:55:43,796
just wasn't a fighter, if you know what I mean. I don't think he was used to that. I don't think

680
00:55:43,796 --> 00:55:49,756
that's what he did. And so he just kind of, Jesus, no, like flails and hits and bam,

681
00:55:49,876 --> 00:55:54,036
wow, Malchus's ear's off, you know, and it's just like, oh my God, that works, you know, like.

682
00:55:56,156 --> 00:56:01,376
And again, it's such a significant thing and we've heard it maybe so many times that we haven't just

683
00:56:01,376 --> 00:56:06,796
pause to step back and think about it in these ways. But there's a reason why John, like that's

684
00:56:06,796 --> 00:56:12,696
the main description of what he says happens in the garden. That the arrest happens. That Jesus

685
00:56:12,696 --> 00:56:20,036
is, he goes to the place that he remembers that he says the thing of I am he. And then bam,

686
00:56:20,736 --> 00:56:25,756
he turns and Peter's got his sword out and he's ready to cut somebody.

687
00:56:25,756 --> 00:56:32,616
in this moment of of redemptive surrender and obedience from jesus

688
00:56:32,616 --> 00:56:39,496
peter is actually the one who resisted all because you have to remember earlier in the story

689
00:56:39,496 --> 00:56:45,496
jesus had already told them at dinner that there was going to come a time and they were going to

690
00:56:45,496 --> 00:56:51,736
be scattered but not to fear he wasn't going to be alone he wasn't going to be by himself because

691
00:56:51,736 --> 00:56:56,816
the Father was going to be with him. That no one could take this cup and bear this cup for him,

692
00:56:56,836 --> 00:57:01,636
and nobody could stop it from happening. There's not a single human on the planet that can stop

693
00:57:01,636 --> 00:57:07,296
God's will from being done once God decides it needs to be done. And mind you, earlier in chapter

694
00:57:07,296 --> 00:57:15,596
17, Jesus had already said, it is complete. My work is complete because he had said it was going

695
00:57:15,596 --> 00:57:23,096
to happen. Nothing was going to stop it. And it was Peter who didn't obey in the first place.

696
00:57:23,596 --> 00:57:29,576
It was Peter who decided, I know you said we were going to be scattered. I know you then told the

697
00:57:29,576 --> 00:57:53,010
guys to let me go but I ain going to do it Bam cut the guy ear off I don like that plan I don want that plan I don want to let you go And for zeal and righteousness sake he jumps to action and he cuts off the ear of a soldier Let me just say like we don talk

698
00:57:53,010 --> 00:57:58,730
about this enough. Cutting off the ear of a soldier back then was a lot different than being

699
00:57:58,730 --> 00:58:07,050
mean to a police officer now. And that's horrendous if you do that. You should thank police officers

700
00:58:07,050 --> 00:58:11,730
for their work and what they do to take care of our people but you know now you

701
00:58:11,730 --> 00:58:15,210
can just run off at the mouth and hold your phone out and just talk crazy I

702
00:58:15,210 --> 00:58:20,970
promise you people didn't do that back then people didn't mouth off to these

703
00:58:20,970 --> 00:58:23,790
guys because they knew one thing was going to happen either a whip was going

704
00:58:23,790 --> 00:58:29,430
to come off the top rope or a big old hammer fist or something or a sword but

705
00:58:29,430 --> 00:58:33,390
you cut the ear off of one of these soldiers what do you think is going to

706
00:58:33,390 --> 00:58:41,310
happen death or you're at least going to prison like it that's there's no way he

707
00:58:41,310 --> 00:58:45,090
should have walked away from this moment there's no way he should have walked away

708
00:58:45,090 --> 00:58:53,010
from this situation he just cut the ear off of a member of the courts an officer

709
00:58:53,010 --> 00:59:01,770
of the courts like he should be killed on site most likely and yet he's covered

710
00:59:01,770 --> 00:59:04,630
and we know that Jesus ends up healing Malchus

711
00:59:04,630 --> 00:59:07,590
and the healing and the distortion of the moment,

712
00:59:07,750 --> 00:59:10,050
it's just Peter's kind of brokenness gets overlooked.

713
00:59:10,350 --> 00:59:12,450
But here's the reality of the situation.

714
00:59:12,630 --> 00:59:15,330
Jesus had said, you guys need to go.

715
00:59:15,450 --> 00:59:17,290
I'm going to go on my own to do this.

716
00:59:17,550 --> 00:59:19,830
You're going to be scattered, but don't fear.

717
00:59:20,130 --> 00:59:21,350
The Spirit is coming.

718
00:59:21,550 --> 00:59:22,530
He's going to fill you.

719
00:59:22,590 --> 00:59:24,430
So it's like Jesus had prepared him for this,

720
00:59:24,770 --> 00:59:26,190
but Peter didn't like the plan.

721
00:59:27,190 --> 00:59:28,810
Peter didn't like the process.

722
00:59:29,010 --> 00:59:30,170
He didn't like that idea.

723
00:59:30,170 --> 00:59:37,490
So he took it upon himself in a zeal for God to do what God never asked him to do.

724
00:59:37,570 --> 00:59:43,150
And in doing so, he justified a sin that was separating him from the Father.

725
00:59:43,970 --> 01:00:04,204
And then as we see that sin puts him in a position to then be questioned by people outside of a kangaroo court which leads to his denial of Christ entirely and it my assertion is my observation that

726
01:00:04,204 --> 01:00:09,064
this is in here this is there because he's showing you a pattern of behavior

727
01:00:09,064 --> 01:00:14,464
showing us a pattern of behavior that even people that follow God can fall into

728
01:00:14,464 --> 01:00:21,924
this temptation, to return back to the first garden and live out of our selfish desire

729
01:00:21,924 --> 01:00:28,424
instead of submission to the Father. And when we do that, we walk in disobedience to what God says

730
01:00:28,424 --> 01:00:34,804
to do. That leads to justifying the sin we have in our life, and that leads to an eventual denial

731
01:00:34,804 --> 01:00:41,664
of this Jesus that we know. And if it's possible for that to happen to Peter in the peculiar way

732
01:00:41,664 --> 01:00:47,404
it did, then it's certainly possible to happen to the, to the follower of Jesus and the body of

733
01:00:47,404 --> 01:00:54,264
Christ today, all these years later, that that progression of sin, disobedience, justification,

734
01:00:54,264 --> 01:01:00,844
and denial is a process that, and, and y'all, it's so, it's wild to me. I got, I walked off the

735
01:01:00,844 --> 01:01:06,624
platform last service and immediately was hit with a, with a broken situation. They went,

736
01:01:06,624 --> 01:01:09,384
I'm living this out right now.

737
01:01:10,244 --> 01:01:11,904
So don't tell me it's not possible.

738
01:01:12,064 --> 01:01:13,644
People love God.

739
01:01:13,744 --> 01:01:14,624
They're following Jesus.

740
01:01:14,804 --> 01:01:15,664
They're hungry for God.

741
01:01:15,904 --> 01:01:16,844
They're serving in the church.

742
01:01:16,924 --> 01:01:17,344
They're doing it.

743
01:01:17,504 --> 01:01:20,464
All of a sudden, disobedience leads to justification

744
01:01:20,464 --> 01:01:23,384
to now they've left and abandoned their family entirely.

745
01:01:23,684 --> 01:01:24,964
That happens.

746
01:01:26,224 --> 01:01:27,244
It's happening.

747
01:01:27,404 --> 01:01:28,364
It's possible.

748
01:01:28,364 --> 01:01:32,064
And so we have to take this seriously and go,

749
01:01:32,164 --> 01:01:34,484
man, where does it start?

750
01:01:34,544 --> 01:01:35,264
It doesn't start.

751
01:01:35,264 --> 01:01:40,924
Nobody just wakes up one day and goes, I don't want to believe in Jesus anymore.

752
01:01:41,824 --> 01:01:45,244
It's a progress that happens over time.

753
01:01:45,624 --> 01:01:49,844
And the beginning and origin of every denial is disobedience.

754
01:01:51,444 --> 01:01:55,084
It's us finding ourselves in a place where God has given us an instruction.

755
01:01:55,224 --> 01:01:56,084
He's told us how to live.

756
01:01:56,144 --> 01:01:57,084
He's told us what to do.

757
01:01:57,864 --> 01:02:09,918
He given us a clear expectation And you go well God doesn speak to me that way It like no but he has spoken in times past by the prophets And now in this day has spoken by his son

758
01:02:10,198 --> 01:02:12,258
And this word is his truth.

759
01:02:12,378 --> 01:02:14,458
And the Old Testament has been confirmed.

760
01:02:14,538 --> 01:02:15,978
And the New Testament has been confirmed.

761
01:02:16,058 --> 01:02:17,098
And the canon is closed.

762
01:02:17,378 --> 01:02:19,198
And this is his word to us.

763
01:02:19,278 --> 01:02:21,978
And so if you want to know what he says to do,

764
01:02:22,058 --> 01:02:24,558
you've got to get into the word and let the word get into you.

765
01:02:25,458 --> 01:02:27,518
You've got to learn how to read it,

766
01:02:27,518 --> 01:02:30,038
not out of some weird moral sense of obligation,

767
01:02:30,238 --> 01:02:32,418
but out of a passion to hear his voice

768
01:02:32,418 --> 01:02:34,918
and not fall into the temptation of disobedience

769
01:02:34,918 --> 01:02:37,558
that lulls the church to sleep.

770
01:02:38,398 --> 01:02:41,118
That we start to hear his word and obey his word

771
01:02:41,118 --> 01:02:42,798
and live in accordance with his word

772
01:02:42,798 --> 01:02:46,518
so that we don't fall into that disobedient trap

773
01:02:46,518 --> 01:02:50,478
that leads us down the path away from the abundant life

774
01:02:50,478 --> 01:02:55,538
and into the confines of the original garden.

775
01:02:56,538 --> 01:02:58,278
Jesus didn't come to set you free

776
01:02:58,278 --> 01:03:01,918
so you could return back to the brokenness of your humanity.

777
01:03:02,338 --> 01:03:05,158
He wanted to give you life to the fullest.

778
01:03:05,458 --> 01:03:06,298
And welcome back.

779
01:03:06,538 --> 01:03:09,898
I hope you learned a little bit about the situation in John chapter 18,

780
01:03:10,078 --> 01:03:13,878
and that has piqued your interest into learning more about the Gospel of John.

781
01:03:14,218 --> 01:03:17,238
I always enjoy these types of sermons that are based on sections of the Bible

782
01:03:17,238 --> 01:03:20,098
because I have still yet to read the whole Bible end to end,

783
01:03:20,538 --> 01:03:23,298
and it amazes me how much is still relevant from there.

784
01:03:23,298 --> 01:03:29,138
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