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We're going to do the best we can.
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This is a rich passage before us. We began to consider this chapter several weeks ago.
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We entered a section of John's gospel in which we have addressed and displayed before us the relationship and intimate interaction that Jesus had with his disciples and more specifically with the twelve, the apostles.
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And we've already considered the event of the Lord Jesus washing the feet of his disciples which occurred toward the end of the of the supper that they had enjoyed together and we considered the principal lessons that are displayed for us in John 13.
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First of all of course Jesus as an example for us that we ought to be humble in serving one another as he did but secondly also conveyed in this passage is the need for every disciple of Jesus Christ to have his feet washed.
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It is to be cleansed from sin that continues to defile us to our daily lives and so this cleansing is of course performed by our
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Lord but also we're to wash one another's feet and I think that what's implied here is that we ought to be in the business of helping one another address our sin condition to to encourage and exhort and strengthen one another as we live for Christ.
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Now as we continue to study the passage before us we read of our Lord Jesus declaring that one of his disciples is a traitor who would betray him to the
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Jewish authorities and then after being asked quietly as it were privately by John the apostle as to the specific identity of the betrayer
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Jesus indicated to John in this passage it was
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Judas Iscariot although the other disciples did not fully understand the action of Jesus in identifying
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Judas he gave him you know that piece of bread and then sending
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Judas forth to do his deed the other disciples really didn't understand what was taking place.
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Now the English translation that we will be citing is the New King James Version and we also often employ the
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English Standard Version the ESV in our consideration of a passage but as I was looking over this passage today
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I thought it would be good if we compared how these two translations stylistically differ from one another the
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New King James Version and the English Standard Version the ESV. With respect to this passage before us
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John 13 18 through 30 I have the Reformation Study Bible in both the
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New King James Version and the ESV they're both the same study Bible R .C.
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Sproul is the general editor the Reformation Study Bible and we highly recommend it and I have it both in the
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ESV and the New King James Version. Interestingly the paragraph divisions differ between these two
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English translations and that's not unusual they commonly differ between the
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New King James Version and the ESV. We should recognize that paragraphs are established by the translators the early
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Greek text when John first wrote this gospel he wrote in Greek letters and they were all what's called unsealed letters all capital
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Greek letters and there were no spaces between words it was just continuous letters there was very little punctuation if any and so they were just strings of lines of alphabetic
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Greek letters and so paragraphs are supplied by the translators.
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The English translators of the ESV perceived this is what should constitute a paragraph and the
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New King James Version translators did as well and of course a paragraph is a single thought as it were that can be set apart and the sentences in a paragraph support that main idea and so paragraph divisions are very important and when studying the
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Bible you should attempt to identify the paragraphs it'll help you in that study but it so happens that there is a difference in the way the paragraphs are designated between the
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New King James Version and the ESV and so in our
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New King James Version a new paragraph begins with verse 18 and in the
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Reformation Study Bible it actually has a heading in the study Bible above verse 18 and so it's separated verse 18 is separated from verse 17 before and so the foot washing episode
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John 13 1 -17 is separated in the
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New King James Version even has a heading separating the end of verse 17 and the beginning of verse 18 it has a separate paragraph and a separate heading and at the bottom of your notes on page 1
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I actually reproduced the paragraph designations of the New King James Version out of the
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Reformation Study Bible and so here we have John 13 18 -30 and notice the heading which is an attempt to describe the contents of what follows is
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Jesus identifies his betrayer but you notice there at the bottom of page 1 that verses 18 -20 is a single paragraph and it is within this section under this heading
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Jesus identifies his betrayer now at this point I want to read the passage that we're going to be considering and we're going to read it out of this
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New King James Version Jesus said I do not speak concerning all of you
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I know whom I have chosen but that the scripture may be fulfilled he who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me now
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I tell you before it comes that when it comes does come to pass you may believe that I am he most assuredly
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I say to you he who receives whomever I send receives me and he receives me receives him who sent me when
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Jesus had said these things he was troubled in spirit and testified and said most assuredly
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I say to you one of you will betray me and then the disciples looked at one another perplexed about whom he spoke now there was leaning on Jesus's bosom one of his disciples whom
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Jesus loved Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who it was of whom he spoke and then leaning back on Jesus's breast he said to him
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Lord who is it Jesus answered it is he to whom
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I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it and having dipped the bread he gave it to Judas Iscariot the son of Simon now after the piece of bread
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Satan entered him and then Jesus said to him what you do do quickly but no one at the table knew for what reason he said this to him for some thought because Judas had the money box that Jesus had said to him by those things we need for the feast or that he should give something to the poor having received the piece of bread he then went out immediately and it was night now that's the new
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King James Version and you'll notice I believe there's six paragraphs within that translation now in the same study
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Bible the Reformation study Bible but the different translation English translation the
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English Standard Version I have that reproduced for us also we're not going to read it
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I just want to draw your attention to the difference in the way that the paragraphs are set for notice with verse 18 it's not a new paragraph but rather it's right at the margin in other words verses 18 through 20 are to be attached with the paragraph that goes before you follow in other words we're 17 doesn't end the episode about the foot washing but rather in the
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ESV verses 18 through 20 should be understood as within this episode of the foot washing and then after verse 20 the
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ESV in the Reformation study Bible has this heading one of you will betray me and then we have you'll notice verses 21 through verse 30 in a single paragraph in the
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ESV and so we're in the ESV you have one full paragraph and a portion of a paragraph in the
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New King James Version you have six separate paragraphs and so verse 18 is a continuation according to the
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ESV of the previous episode and by the way I was looking at my modern
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Greek text and I noticed the Greek editors Matthew Black and Kurt Alon, Bruce Metzger also included verses 18 through 20 with the previous episode interestingly.
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The point is this the ESV has verses 18 through 20 connected with the pericope of Jesus washing his disciples feet the way that the
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New King James translators have identified its paragraphs particularly with its heading however suggests that the words of verses 18 through 20 refer to what
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Jesus was about to say they're connected with verses 21 through 30 rather than connected directly with the verses that went before you follow that and particularly because of this heading that's inserted in the
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New King James Version it really separates those two as though they were two different episodes but in reality verses 18 through 20 should be seen within the whole context of the foot washing event and I think probably the
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ESV has the better paragraph identification in that instance but having said that I might point out a weakness in my view in the manner that the
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ESV commonly distinguishes paragraphs and we have that in the text before you right in the middle of page 2.
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Notice verses 21 through verse 30 is set forth as one single paragraph in the
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ESV. In the New King James Version you have six paragraphs between verses 18 and verse 30.
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Up until recently English writing style would begin a new paragraph every time there was a change of voice.
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Whenever a new character began to speak you would begin a new paragraph. Jesus spoke,
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Peter spoke, John spoke, three different paragraphs and you can see that somewhat in the
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New King James Version text above there's six different paragraphs, six distinguishable paragraphs but the
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ESV gathers many sentences into one paragraph. All the verses 21 through 30 is a single paragraph regardless of the change of speakers and so in the same verses as the
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King James Version the ESV has one full distinguishable paragraph not six and in this one paragraph
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I believe that runs together the dialogue of different speakers can result in more difficulty in understanding the passage.
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You follow what I'm saying? When you read it it just seems to run together where when you have it in different paragraphs you kind of emphasize and distinguish each saying, each statement of each character.
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I prefer the paragraph designation of the New King James Version even though I don't think they got it right here with verses 18 through 21.
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And so these kinds of things are very subtle but they really do influence or affect how we read and interpret the
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Bible before us. Verses 18 through 20 should go with the foot washing episode that goes before.
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Well after having said that, pointed that out, let's begin to work now through this passage in the time that we have.
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And so in verses 18 through 20 we have Jesus concluded his instruction to his 12 in the setting of his washing the feet.
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And so I'm moving those verses up to be at the end of that washing the feet episode.
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Jesus had just instructed his disciples to permit him to wash their feet but he also gave them an example that they were to be washing one another's feet as well.
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And what he meant by this was that he would be performing the work of grace of their ongoing need to be cleansed of sin.
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They too should get effort to serve one another in this work of sanctification. But then
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Jesus stated in verse 18, I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom
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I have chosen but that the scripture may be fulfilled, he who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.
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Jesus was of course referring to Judas Iscariot who was sitting with the other disciples throughout this meal.
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Jesus had apparently washed the feet of Judas along with all the other disciples present at this meal.
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When Peter had first resisted Jesus from washing his feet Jesus had indicated that one among them was not really of them.
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Verses 10 and 11 Jesus said to him, he who is bathed needs only to wash his feet.
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It is he who is a Christian, he's already cleansed, he's completely clean.
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And then Jesus said you are clean, speaking of all the disciples but not all of you, referring to Judas.
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And then verse 11 clarifies what he meant for he knew who would betray him and therefore he said you are not all clean.
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Now when Jesus said I know whom I have chosen in verse 18, we who are reformed may immediately think in terms of God's eternal election and that's what chosen of course means in so many different places.
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I know whom I have chosen. We read in Romans 9 earlier Pastor Jason, God has his elect ones that he chose before creation that they would be recipients of his grace in salvation.
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But here when Jesus says I know whom I have chosen he was probably not speaking of God's election of sinners unto salvation.
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One reason we can say this is that the election by God of sinners to salvation is commonly attributed to God the
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Father not God the Son. It's God the Father who elects sinners unto salvation and then of course he commissions his son to go redeem them.
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Here Jesus speaks of choosing these men himself, ones who would be his closest followers, ones whom he would designate as his apostles.
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And so when he says I know whom I have chosen he is talking about specifically the 12 apostles.
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Now we can see this account of his choice of these men in Luke 6. Jesus spent all night in prayer to his
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Father and then in the morning designated 12 of them. It came to pass in those days that he went out to the mountain to pray, continued all night in prayer to God.
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And when it was day he called his disciples to himself and from them he chose 12 whom he also named apostles.
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Simon whom he also named Peter, Andrew his brother, James, and John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, and Thomas, James the son of Appius, Simon called the
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Zealot, Judas the son of James, and then a second Judas, Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor.
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But notice Jesus chose 12. And I believe in John 13 when he says
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I've chosen you he is referring to this choice as apostles. Jesus made this selection after spending all night in prayer to his
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Father. But even when he chose them Jesus knew that Judas would be the one who would prove to be a false disciple, a false apostle who would betray him into the
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Jewish and Roman authorities. And now here in John 13 that time had come for this man to betray
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Jesus. And so Jesus announced it beforehand. We know of course that Judas in his betrayal of Jesus was foreordained of God.
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This is what Jesus declared that had been foretold in scripture. Again verse 18 reads but that the scripture may be fulfilled he who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.
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On another occasion Jesus made this declaration when praying to his Father while I was with them in the world
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I kept them in your name those whom you gave me I have kept none of them is lost and he's talking about the apostles except the son of perdition that the scripture might be fulfilled.
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We're going to consider that in detail when we get to John 17 someday. The scripture that Jesus was referring to is
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Psalm 41 verse 9 the same reference that we have in our passage of John 13 18 it reads of Jesus referring to Judas as his friend even my own familiar friend in whom
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I trusted who ate my bread has lifted up his heel against me. The psalmist spoke of that friend in Psalm 41 9 and it's a prophecy of Judas the friend of Jesus betraying
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Jesus. He's referred to as the son of perdition which is a
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Hebraism in one sense it describes a man's character as a wicked person he's deceitful despicable but it also speaks of his destiny because perdition is a word meaning hell
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Judas belonged to hell that was his destiny his outcome of life as one wrote interestingly the same expression the son of perdition is applied to the
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Antichrist in second Thessalonians 2 3 and parallelism with the man of lawlessness presumably to denote his evil nature but it may also include the thought of assured destruction perdition which is mentioned in second
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Thessalonians 2 8 a similar duality of meaning could attach the expression in our passage son of perdition describes his evil character but also his certain destiny of damnation.
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Now let's consider the meaning of the words of Psalm 41 9 it suggests great deceit treachery total disrespect and even contempt of one who is trusted and regarded as a close friend again
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David had written he who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me Jesus and Judas had ate bread together which was an emblem of close fellowship of friends further
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Jesus said of him he's lifted up his heel against me what in the world does that mean there are two ideas that are commonly asserted there are those who regard
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Judas as like a mule kicking its master who feeds it and that may be true another understanding proposed is that Judas was as a man who showed such indifference and disrespect to Jesus is as though he showed the underside of his foot to Jesus which would have been a very disrespectful act in the ancient world as one wrote some take has lifted up his heel against me to mean has shown the bottom of his foot as a gesture of contempt others take it to mean simply has kicked me.
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Now I want to give you a little personal experience of this in the next paragraph from page 4 the belief that showing the bottom of one's foot towards someone to show great contempt to him is still retained in parts of the world when
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I was pastoring an international church in Munich Germany we had people from many places of the world and there was usually 10 or 12
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African asylum seekers who had been sent to Germany by their family or their village who pooled their money and sent this man to Germany hopefully to be able to get a good paying job and send money back to help his family and village it was a very sad thing however that when they got up to Germany Germany had such an oppressive social system and culture they would never allow these men to do anything but the most menial hard labor work and it was only enough that they could barely survive so they didn't make enough money to send home and then they were too ashamed to go back home having failed and some of these men had wives and children they hadn't seen three four years and they were just grieved over it anyway
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I was having lunch with two of these men they were sitting across table from me and Sam was sitting next to me he was a deacon in our church but he had immigrated from Nigeria about 20 years before and had married a
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German woman and they had three sons between them and so Sam began to talk to these two men from Nigeria and they started he started delving into the
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German culture and how difficult it was and it's like I was lost to it it was like they forgot
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I was there and so here I was listening to them in their African context and talking to one another and Sam began telling these two men just how disrespectful toward him were his three sons who were raised in Germany in a rather incredulous tone he said to these two men and you know what they even dare to do when they sit in my presence they cross their legs and show the bottom of their foot to me and these two men were gasped no no
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I mean it was just a total sight of disrespect and I became conscious at that point that you know people in our church tended to do that all the time you know cross their legs and whatnot and they weren't aware that they were offending people left and right by doing this well perhaps this is suggested in this
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Psalm Psalm 41 9 the total disregard and disrespect of Jesus by Judas was conveyed by the words even my own familiar friend and whom
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I trusted who ate my bread and has lifted up his heel against me Jesus told his disciples the reason he mentioned his betrayer when he did verse 19 reads now
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I tell you before it comes that when it does come to pass you may believe that I am he to be able to predict an event that shortly came to pass was proof that one was a true prophet of God we read this in a number of places in the
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Old Testament I don't think that they will recite those because of the time but one of the proofs of a true prophet of God is if he gave a short term prophecy and it came to pass on the other hand of a man claimed to be a prophet and gave a short term prophecy and it didn't come to pass he was proved to be a false prophet and the instance
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I gave there from Jeremiah 28 was about Hananiah who is a false prophet when
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Babylon wiped out Jerusalem and Judea he basically stood up and said this is only temporary within 2 years
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God's going to bring us all back bring everything back everything's going to be at peace Jeremiah said no it's not in 2 years it's in 70 years and so Hananiah proved to be a false prophet because his short term prophecy was not fulfilled however this is an important matter and now
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I'm on page 5 just because a short term prophecy did come to pass that itself was not proof that a man or woman was of God in addition to the realized prophecy short term prophecy that prophet had to speak in accordance with the written scriptures if he failed to do so even though the miracle came to pass he was to be viewed as a false prophet and so there were 2 tests of a legitimate prophet a short term prophecy had to take place but everything he said had to be consistent with the scriptures with the law of God well sometimes
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God would allow people to foretell the future that would come to pass but they were not preaching or according to the scriptures and Moses warned the people you're not to give heed to that man and I've duplicated
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Deuteronomy 13 1 -5 it speaks to this if there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dream and he comes and gives you a sign or wonder and the sign or the wonder comes to pass see short term prophecy realized of which he spoke to you say let us go after other gods that's the message it accompanied that miracle which you've not known let us serve them you should not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams why for the
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Lord God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul you shall walk after the
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Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his laws you're to obey the scriptures and it doesn't matter if a man comes along and gives you a prophecy in a dream and it comes to pass that doesn't make him a legitimate prophet it's the scriptures and so Moses said that God may do this from time to time to test you to see if you love him but that prophet of that dreamer dreams should be put to death because he's spoken in order to turn you away from the
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Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage to entice you from the way in which the
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Lord your God commanded you to walk so you shall put away the evil from your midst and so ultimately it's not that someone can perform a sign or wonder that matters but teaching and obeying the written word of God is the true sign or indicator of a true man of God as Isaiah warned
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God's people to the law and to the testimony if they do not speak according to this word is because there is no light in them no truth in them the scriptures are to be the sole authority in matters of faith and practice now here back in John 13
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Jesus declared to his disciples in advance that one of them was his betrayer and he declared in verse 19 why he told them this now
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I tell you before it comes that when it comes does come to pass you may believe that I am he had our
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Lord not told them in advance of the betrayal of one of them they might have become greatly disillusioned and discouraged one of their own one of the apostles betrayed him but for Jesus to have declared in advance this would occur would guard their hearts knowing that their master had not been caught unawares or that his intentions and purposes had somehow been thwarted but Jesus intended that this advanced declaration of Judas's betrayal would not just prevent their disillusionment and discouragement but note this and this is important but that it might confirm them in their faith that he was
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God incarnate actually the pronoun he look up at that verse again now
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I tell you before it comes that when it does come to pass you may believe that I am he actually that pronoun he is not in the
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Greek text this is another example that we've seen there's 25 of them in the gospel of John where Jesus is making the declaration basically
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I tell you before it comes that when it does come to pass you may believe that I am it's another instance of the
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I am saying the ego a me is a declaration of Jesus's deity I'm telling you ahead of time about these things so that you'll know that I am
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God incarnate is what Jesus is saying to his apostles on this occasion I won't read that quote that substantiates that but after our
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Lord had declared to his disciples that one of them would betray him he immediately followed up this charge with this word of affirmation to those who were faithful to him and so we read in verse 20 most assuredly
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I say to you he who receives he who receives whomever I send receives me he who receives me receives him who sent me here's one more occasion in which
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Jesus prefaced his statement with the words amen amen or the Greek I mean I mean now it's translated in the new
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King James version most assuredly I wish they wouldn't have translated that way but would have duplicated the words it gives emphasis the
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King James I think says verily verily some of the other translation truly truly very truly now although this might be applied to people representing him or sent by him throughout history
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I would argue that you know he sent me called me to declare his word and although in a measure in a way it might say the one who receives the one
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I sent receives me it's specifically talking about the apostles and I think that's important to understand we should understand that when
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Jesus said I say to you he was speaking directly to his 12 apostles minus one
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Judas and then later of course the apostles would select the disciple to replace
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Judas so the number 12 would be complete and so this saying of Jesus would later affirm the apostles in their unique office to represent
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Jesus Christ to the world whoever receives you whom I sent receives me and whoever receives me receives my father who sent me this is a declaration of the authority of the apostles office as the foundation of the church.
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The church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets and so this is a declaration of authority and competency of the apostles he chose 12 because they were to be rulers over the 12 tribes of Israel Israel realized that's why there are 12 apostles 12 tribes of Israel and in Matthew 19 he made that declaration quite clearly and so he's talking about apostolic authority and you and I we believe the new testament which is basically a witness of these apostles when you and I read and receive the new testament we're receiving the witness of these apostles whom he sent whom he called and we're believing that new testament witness of the apostles we're believing in Jesus Christ who called them and sent them and in believing that we are receiving the father who sent the
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Lord Jesus himself is talking about apostolic authority and that's extended to the sufficiency and authority of our new testament the witness of the apostles we have to wrap things up here at the top of page seven
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Jesus reveals his betrayer verses 21 through 27 our
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Lord first told the disciples one of them was a traitor when Jesus had said these things he was troubled in spirit testified said most assuredly
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I say to you one of you will betray me and then the disciples looked at one another perplexed about whom he spoke they didn't know who he was dealing with who they who he was identifying notice first our
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Lord was troubled in spirit he was distressed disturbed distraught at the prospect that one of his own would betray him even though he knew all along he would this of course was an experience within his human nature he was troubled greatly troubled disturbed this was not within his divine nature by definition biblical definition the divine nature is never troubled
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God cannot be troubled distressed or affected by anything that happens in history he's infinite he's perfect he's unchangeable in his divine nature
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Jesus was unaffected but in his human nature he was almost overwhelmed he was troubled in his human spirit just by word of application are you one of his disciples ever troubled in spirit you have a high priest in Jesus Christ who knows very personally and experientially your distress and so you may take to heart the reality that Jesus Christ is able to give you peace he's able to give you grace to help in your time of need because he went through the same things that you encounter he was troubled in spirit
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I might ask this question think about it why did Jesus speak in a manner that any of the 12 could have been the one they didn't know who he was talking about now later on we're going to see
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Peter insists I'll never do it and he was of course betrayed the the
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Lord you know before the night was out but the way Jesus revealed it he said one of them would betray you but he didn't tell him which one he told
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John but apparently John just whispered to Jesus tell us who it is and Jesus apparently whispered to John the one
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I give bread to he gave the bread to Judas and then Judas went out but everybody there probably except John didn't know who it was why did
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Jesus do that well I think it's clear from the account that each of them when he said that at first thought each of them was possibly capable of doing that thing and I think the way the
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Lord Jesus spoke to them he wanted them to think about themselves each of them is it me
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Lord we should take a lesson for this the fact is any one of us is capable of the most terrible kind of sin if it were not for the promise and grace of God to keep us in Christ but we should each recognize our own weakness and vulnerability to experience great personal failure
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Paul wrote to the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 10 we won't read it but he says I want you to consider everything that happened in the
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Old Testament scriptures all the all of all the failures of all the defections those are all examples to you as a
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Christian so it doesn't happen to you and then he concluded that section with the words of 1
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Corinthians chapter 10 verse 12 therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall and I think when the
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Lord Jesus said to his disciples one of you is a traitor they were all doing a little self introspection is it me could
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I possibly do that and I think that's a healthy thing and you and I ought to have that concern
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I am capable of the most egregious kind of defection and sin if it were not for the grace of Christ and so were you better men than I have fallen better men and women than you who have professed
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Christ and walked with other Christians have walked away from Christ have betrayed him and so we should examine ourselves notice and we'll close with this idea notice the special love that Jesus had for his disciple
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John John never identified himself by name in his gospel or in his epistles first second third
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John but he described himself as one of his disciples whom Jesus loved and apparently everybody knew it
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Peter knew it hey John you ask him who it is he knew that John had an inside track with Jesus J .C.
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Ryle wrote about this let it be noted that the general special love with which our Lord loved all his disciples and I believe
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John 13 1 declares that right he loved them unto the end nevertheless it does not prevent his having a particular love for one individual why he especially loved
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John were not told gifts certainly do not appear so much in John as does grace but it's worth noticing that love seems more characteristic of John than any disciple that in this he showed more of the mind of Christ it is quite clear that special friendship for one individual is consistent with his love for all and it's noteworthy that of all the writers of the new testament none go so deep and reveal so much of the hidden things of God as he who lay in the bosom of Christ they should not generate envy on the part of any of us but I hope it generates some desire
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I want to be one that is you know loved of Jesus not
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I want to be one who's loved more by Jesus than others no that would be sinful but I want to be one who is loved by Jesus like he loved
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John and how does that take place if I can spiritualize a little bit
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John wanted to be right next to Jesus while eating that supper right laid his head on his breast he was closest to Jesus and Jesus loved him and Peter knew this hey
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John he motioned to him you ask him who is it that betrays and Jesus revealed to John it's the one that I give this piece of bread to he dipped that piece of bread in the in the graveyard whatever it was gave it to Judas and then told
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Judas you go out and do what you're going to do and then the bible tells us that after that he was given that piece of bread
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Satan entered Judas he basically became possessed entirely by the devil
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Satan entered him probably signifies deacarson said thorough possession and he went out and did his deed what you do do quickly and then it declares that no one at the table knew for what reason
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Jesus said this to Judas some thought Judas had since he had the money box
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Jesus was saying go out and buy some things for the feast some argue well the feast of the Passover this proves it happened on Thursday the next day was
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Passover but it could very well be he was telling they thought he was telling Jews go out and buy things for the feast of the unleavened bread that would begin the day after the
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Passover but he went out and then the last statement of this episode of this pericope is he went out immediately and it was night and that fits with the symbolism of John's gospel as one declared night is more than a time note in view of the teaching of this gospel as a whole it must be held to point us to the strife between light and darkness and to the night black night that was in the soul of Judas he'd cut himself off from the light of the world and accordingly shut himself up to night and then our our closing word about this there may be a tendency for us to think of Judas as this this guy so foreign to us so different from us that there is no application or common ground and I appreciated the words of Edward Klink who on his commentary on John wrote this
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Judas must not be viewed as an isolated example but as a common experience in the church while the gospel is good news it's not easily swallowed scripture warns that the message of Christ is a stumbling block and foolishness and that even
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Satan the god of this age is actively blinding the minds of the world but as scary as this is there is something else frightening in the example of Judas Judas does not represent disbelief among those on the outside of the faith opposed to Christ but disbelief among the faithful those on the inside he was an apostle
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Judas is a far more threatening figure than Pilate or the
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Jewish leaders for he reminds us that on any day some faithful follower sitting among us might turn off the light and stumble out into darkness may this not be you oh reader of this gospel may the spirit of God protect you from such a flight into the night into darkness and keep you in Christ shielded by God's power in intimate communion with Christ hold firm
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Christian hold fast church and I think that's a good word we of course are always concerned for members of our church the people in our church and we hear accounts or stories about the hardness of heart the defection the sin the departure of some and we become very concerned and burdened one of the first signs of a soul in trouble is lack of concern laziness in spiritual matters a sense of complacency