The Captain of Our Salvation

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September 29, 2019

00:02: Well, we're officially on record Today this morning
00:11: We will survey Quickly what I would like to do first is bring us up to speed and what the
00:19: Lord pressed upon me is that we were going through the book of James and the
00:25: James said he who is a friend of the world is that enemy with God make no friendship with the world
00:32: So I thought wow Who is? One person that comes to mind
00:41: That loved the world greater than the Savior that we have in holy holy writ that has that was given the most privileges the most privileges ever given to man
00:55: So This morning We come beloved to our text
01:02: John 18 verses 1 through 11 and here the word of the living God When Jesus had spoken these words he went out with his disciples over the brook
01:12: Kidron where there was a garden which he and his disciples entered and Judas who betrayed him also knew the place for Jesus often met there with his disciples disciples
01:25: Then Judas having received a detachment of troops and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees came with lanterns torches and weapons
01:35: Jesus therefore knowing all things that would come upon him went forward and said to them
01:42: Whom are you seeking? They answered him Jesus of Nazareth Jesus said to them
01:49: I am he and Judas who betrayed him also stood with them Now when he said to them
01:56: I am he they drew back and fell to the ground Then he asked them again
02:02: Who are you seeking? And they said Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus answered.
02:09: I've told you that I am he therefore if you seek me let these go their way That the saying might be fulfilled what she spoke of those whom you gave me.
02:19: I have lost none Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it and struck the high priest's
02:26: Servant and cut off his right ear the servant's name was Malchus So Jesus said to Peter put your sword into the sheath
02:35: Shall I not drink the cup which my father has given me? This is the
02:40: Word of God. Let us pray father
02:50: This is your holy word We can do nothing apart from you father.
02:58: I need You to expound your word Lord, I need to be fed
03:04: Lord your word informs, but it also inflames our hearts Lord let us see
03:10: Jesus Holy Spirit as we just sung teacher be showing the things of Christ to me
03:18: Lord, this is all that matters the name above all names Lord God we come to this text and we humble ourselves before thee we are on holy grounds
03:30: Lord God, we humble ourselves. We are nothing but from the dust and we are only have significance because of you
03:40: Lord God teach us what we need to know and encourage us to love you more in Jesus name.
03:47: I pray Amen Well beloved I'm gonna attempt to cover a lot of ground the next hour.
03:56: So please fashion your seatbelts and stay with me Quickly what I would like to do is
04:02: Do a 30 ,000 foot commercial jet flyover Starting in chapter 12 to bring us up to speed and starting in chapter 12.
04:12: This is where Jesus separates himself Back only to the inner circle
04:20: He separates himself preparing This small band of raw materials to take the gospel to the world
04:28: So we're gonna start and what I'd like to do Is give you just a quickly a brief overview of the book of John as John as a coin has two sides
04:38: So both is valid of its worth So Jesus Christ has two natures both valid the
04:46: Son of Man and the Son of God So John in the book of John John emphasis is on his deity on being the
04:54: Son of God so John gospel
04:59: John's the gospel of John just according to God John is a topical gospel That's not in chronological order and it's revolved around seven miracles and seven
05:10: I am statements So quickly if you look at chapter 12, what
05:16: I'm gonna do is just you can go with me there Or just follow along There really is no clear -cut divisions, there's a lot of overlapping through these some form clear units than others and just so chapter 12 as I mentioned
05:38: Christ turns away from the multitude and withdraws himself to this his inner circle Chapter 13 starts the upper room discourse.
05:47: This is within the temple walls This is a in Jerusalem So 14
05:56: Chapter 14 is a is considered the words of comfort It centers around 10 comforting statements to encourage his
06:07: Weary perplexed prone to stray disciples and Here's what here
06:14: I'm just gonna point out some key points in chapter 14 brave verse 1 let not your hearts be troubled In verses 25 through 26.
06:23: It says I'm gonna leave a helper out the Holy Spirit in The last in verse 27 one of the most comforting words.
06:30: I will leave the greatest gift of all my peace so chapter 15 is words of admonition
06:40: That all believers are how we were to abide in Christ how we relate to Christ and then to relate to one another
06:47: So that's admonitions teachings of how we are to relate with Christ and how we are to relate with one another and I remember this acronym the see a
06:58: PPP so If you remember this words of comfort in 14 a is admonition
07:04: P is prediction and then the priestly prayer CAPP so In chapter 16 we see the prediction that persecution is going to come and he's preparing his band of disciples
07:18: He's preparing us The pretty as you follow me There will be persecution
07:26: But that sorrow will be turned into joy because I'm gonna be raised from the dead. I'm gonna conquer what conquered you
07:34: Chapter 17 this is probably the holiest holy grounds in Scripture Christ in verses 1 through 5 praise to the
07:44: Father In verses 6 through 9 he prays for his immediate disciples and in verses 20 through 26 towards the end the chapter
07:52: He prays for us the church at large So now we come We've gone from 12 as he turns away and what
08:00: I would like to do is I want you to journey with me Our destination is a Gethsemane this morning. We want to journey to Gethsemane We all are gonna cross these same paths in life and we're gonna we're gonna journey
08:12: With our Lord this morning to the Garden of Gethsemane so in chapter 18, which is where I'd like to focus on this morning and land the plane and really
08:28: Walk this path Walk this path from the temple walls from a Thursday night.
08:33: The setting is a Thursday night during passion week Jesus has just had supper
08:43: So supper discourse So in Matthew, I'm sorry in John 18 and 19
08:49: This forms a unit and this describes Christ dying as a substitute for his people and then towards the end of the chapter chapters 20 and 21
09:00: Describing his resurrection and we see his appearances So as we worship on the
09:06: Lord's Day, we're gonna see where this this all begins so What I'd like to do is give you
09:14: A quick overview of my outline. I'm gonna try to work through this fast as fast as I can but verses 1 through 3
09:22: I'd like to discuss privileges misused verse 4 perfect knowledge verse 5 great prophet verse 6 king of kings verses 7 through 9 compassionate high priest
09:42: Verse 10 zeal without knowledge in verse 11 perfect submission.
09:49: So here we go Let's let's plunge into this journey together John 18 verse 1
09:58: When Jesus had spoken these words he went out with his disciples No more talking.
10:04: No more talking It was time for our captain of our salvation to passion must commence
10:14: As brother Ben reminded me yesterday a good captain a good officer Never ask his soldiers to do something that he hasn't done, but that's not willing to do
10:26: Jesus had just shared quite a bit with his disciples and their hearts were heavy and complex Not only were their hearts heavy their bellies were full
10:34: They just had been fed There was a great feasting many people had come to the festivals within this
10:41: Jewish tradition To the temple and they brought a lot of people the garrisons had
10:46: Was a large number of officers there because it's any event that comes to Atlanta.
10:52: There's special security that comes So nevertheless, here we go
11:00: Jesus the greatest prophet has said all he can say So what are the prophet does
11:05: God speaks to the prophet the prophet tells of God's people Of what
11:10: God has to say so a prophet turns his back to God God speaks to the prophet the prophet tells
11:15: The people then he now he takes upon the priestly office The priest represents
11:22: God's people. That's right. So he turns his back and what he does it in that He prays for his people.
11:28: He teaches his people and ultimately he makes these sacrifice for his people. That's right
11:33: This is what a priest does And we're gonna see later on the king of Kings So now he takes upon he said
11:42: All he could say to his own people as a prophet now, he turns to the office of his priest Okay, so let us journey
11:52: Jesus had just shared a lot of this time to demonstrate to his band of disciples better yet known as I see this as a bunch of raw goods
11:59: I Mean raw goods, they all started out with the same lump of raw goods
12:06: Jesus is what Jesus he chose this raw goods That would be responsible and have the privilege for making the gospel known to the rest of the world
12:17: Judas has already redrew himself and he his plan of betraying Christ is already into effect
12:24: He has isolated himself and is starting to have fellowship with the world a great military leader
12:35: Doesn't stand back He goes before his people This setting as I said is
12:44: Thursday night and it is a full moon in the last days of Jesus's ministry So as we continue in verse 18
12:49: He said he went out over with his disciples to the brook Kidron where there was a garden which his disciples entered
12:57: Every word of God is inspired And I could just stop right here. I told my wife
13:03: I could just stop right here and worship When I came to the brook Kidron David first,
13:16: I'm going to tell you a little bit about the geography The brook Kidron, so you had the temple that was up in Jerusalem In the brook
13:23: Kidron, you would come down and enter into a valley and cross over it and to get to the garden of Gethsemane From Eastern Jerusalem was about a mile a mile and a quarter
13:33: Walk to the Mount of Olives and the garden of Gethsemane was at the base Of the
13:39: Mount of Olives, so you can imagine runoff that will come down from the temple all the sacrifices
13:47: Yeah, that was being made the filth the stench. Yeah the rottenness
13:53: That was all through that that valley and just around that corner There was another valley where they used to burn bodies and these valleys merged together and would come around the corner
14:07: This valley right here this brook Kidron Why is there significance? Why is it in here that it says he crossed over?
14:16: What what is the significance of this? Yeah, we must ask that's the key question
14:22: This brook Kidron lies down in the shadow of the temple walls Our Savior didn't have a velvet slipper.
14:32: Come on The brick the in 2nd
14:37: Samuel 15 King David himself passed over when his son Absalom and his close -knit confidant a
14:45: Hippothil Yeah, you can read this in 2nd Samuel 15 23, which is the the
14:50: Old Testament Judas turns turns on David to turn
14:58: David's people against him He crossed over this same brook, but now we come to the greater of the
15:08: Kings This brook was so vile and so filthy it received runoff from the temple.
15:17: It was dark valley It was dark and it's knowing that the temple of the lights there were no lights It was dark from a visible standpoint and it was dark and vile from this vileness standpoint
15:27: And what this symbol represents of the brook Kidron is a time of distress a time of discomfort
15:34: And it was a time of suffering Ultimately crossing this brook would be a foretaste of suffering dear brothers and sisters.
15:49: We must all pass over our own brook Kidron So if you're suffering this morning if you're struggling through slander shame
16:00: Any kind of pain in your life? Be of good cheer let your not let your heart not be troubled because the royal road lies across this brook
16:11: Kidron In this place of sorrow has our captain's footprints
16:19: It's all along it when they said hey a walk a mud puddle. He walked it dry He walked through it.
16:26: He walked through it So he crossed over he crossed over it to the to the garden.
16:35: What's so significant? This garden is called the garden of Gethsemane. It's also called the olive press
16:42: And you say why did he choose this place this night? Why did this place? Yeah, there was such an intimate man and a solitude that he got refreshments to go back and fight the battle
16:54: We all have a place That we can call our garden of Gethsemane. Yeah that we where we get refreshments to go back and fight the battle
17:04: He chose this place of many nights and his disciples knew where he could be found at any time.
17:10: Yeah If you look at olive tree, I looked it up It's really kind of it's pretty it's really neat because They kind of start off at a wide base and they twist and turn and it almost looks like agony
17:23: It almost looks like it just uh the trees speak
17:33: I Was like wow So the garden was a place of solitude that we find our beloved
17:44: Savior spending many nights meditating crying out and getting refreshments With the
17:49: Father being union and communion with the Father We all have a place that we must go to for solitude
17:56: I think of that Psalm 4610 be still and know that I'm God I Encourage you to seek that place often to be still quiet our busyness within our souls and have refreshments
18:12: Also, I strongly believe that he chose this place because it was the place Judas knew where he would be
18:19: See our Savior wasn't running from the enemy. He was saying I'm gonna be where I'm always gonna be
18:26: There it is Happy this is a quote from Spurgeon happier
18:34: They who shall be with their Lord in the day of his sorrow for they shall be with him in the day of his joy
18:40: So as we continue let us continue to verse 2 and we come to a sorrowful sorrowful person
18:49: We come now and Judas who betrayed him also knew the place for Jesus often met there with his disciples
18:59: So now continue as we continue on to the garden We've arrived there at there at the garden now
19:08: And Judas I got some questions. Who is Judas? Where is he from and who's his parents?
19:14: Who is this man that Christ said to be better for this man had never been born? Who is he? Where does he come from?
19:20: I'll tell you Scripture tells us that his father was Simon Simon Iscariot in Greek is
19:29: Judah is his Greek form which means Jehovah leads So his parents had all the greatest intentions that he would follow
19:39: Jehovah Scripture tells us that his father again
19:46: Like I said is Simon in John 6 71 and his mother's name from I'm understanding was never mentioned
19:52: But his last name is scary hot Tells us where he's from it's scary odd in Greek up a care rota
20:01: Greek meaning Kareth K -e -r -i -o -t -h Kareth. It's a city in Judea There it is 11 of the disciples were all from Galilee Samaria Judea Do you realize he started out as a night outsider he was an outsider and ended up an outsider.
20:25: Yeah So let us continue His name is always mentioned last name in the list of the disciples so These are the things that he was called.
20:42: He was called a devil John 6 71 he's also called the son of perdition which means the lost child of Destruction and there's only one other person that was ever called the son of perdition and that's that was the
20:55: Antichrist Judah so happened Can you imagine it kind of worked to his benefit?
21:02: He was an outsider. So no one knew his motives. No one really knew who he was So he entered into this band of brothers
21:12: So isn't it beautiful as we see man is plotting and scheming while God is orchestrating
21:19: Wow Judas was a treasure for the ministry
21:26: Jesus was the treasurer for our Lord Jesus Christ. He carried the money back
21:34: Carried the money back. He was granted so many privileges and what
21:40: I'd like to do is Define what is a privilege a privilege is an honor given to one that's more than the other
21:47: It's also called a right granted in a peculiar benefit and that's from Merriam -Webster
21:56: So but before we go any further I want to simplify this and as Pastor likes to say put the cookies low.
22:03: Yeah, I want I want to see if this rings a bell with you Judas was a follower of Christ a preacher of the gospel actively engaged in ministry
22:14: Walked three years with Jesus Left everything to follow the Lord He was a double -minded
22:21: He heard the sermon on the mountain and even knew that there was a narrow and broad way Doesn't that make you examine your own heart?
22:33: When I come to this man outside of Jesus Christ, this is the most interesting man in the Bible to me
22:39: Just for this reason because our hearts are deceitfully wicked and who can know it Deceitfully Come on, come on brother
22:49: So as we continue it said he betrayed him. Yeah. Did you hear what
22:55: I said? He said who betrayed him Who did what Who loved him?
23:03: No, no, no think again who betrayed him This was a choice This was a choice that he made
23:13: Joshua 24 15 says choose this day whom you'll serve Betraying Greek means para de de para de daimo
23:22: Para de demo, I'm probably murdering these words But this means to give over or to yield up Listen to this quote by Charles Spurgeon regarding this area
23:34: Familiarity qualifies a man to be a traitor and familiarity religion qualifies man to become an apostate
23:46: Familiarity Qualifies man to become a traitor and familiarity religion qualifies man to become apostate
23:57: Because he betrayed one you don't know But then as Timothy tells us having the form of religion but denied his power
24:08: But precious is that form? But there's something greater than the form that's to be desired and that's the power
24:15: That's the Spirit of God. That's to be desired The body is dead without the spirit if you can if you would please turn with me to Matthew 25 14 and 16
24:34: The book of John is very colorful. It really gives us a lot of details, but the book of John does not go into Christ's prayer to the
24:42: Father and it also doesn't mention The betrayal of the kiss and in the book of John it does in the other synoptics
24:53: Matthew Mark and Luke So if you take a look and I said Matthew 25
25:00: Versus 14 26 14
25:13: I was my finger. I had a fat finger on my computer.
25:18: Sorry It's 26. I'm sorry. I was looking I was like, let's keep going Here it is
25:25: Thank you, Ben So verse 14 in chapter 26 of Matthew then one of the twelve called
25:32: Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and said What are you willing to give me if I deliver him to you and they counted out to him 30 pieces of silver
25:45: Some from that time he sought opportunity so from that time he sought opportunity to betray him
25:53: So you see There is a greater significance of what these 30 pieces of silver mean and that'd be a good study for you to dig into a
26:02: Little bit later, but I'm gonna continue on but from my understanding that was a price of a slave
26:08: And I'm gonna tell you what that got this man 30 pieces of silver only got this man his own burial plot
26:22: As a proverb says what a man would do for a piece of bread Just for a piece of bread
26:30: Wow So, here we go These this prophecies were nothing but prophecies fulfilled in Zechariah 11 psalm 41 9 and psalm 55
26:44: Brothers and sisters Satan makes a relentless assault on one who chooses to follow the
26:50: Lord Jesus Christ He will knock as you mentioned brother Michael He will knock on that door and he will knock on that door and he'll continue and continue its relentless
27:00: He doesn't take vacations. He doesn't sleep. He doesn't slumber Amen Here we go.
27:10: So what I would like to look at Judas had been stealing all along from the money bag
27:16: And he kept this a secret Keeping sin a secret. This is when Satan entered it
27:24: Let's remember Proverbs 28 13. It says a man who covers his sins will not prosper But he who confesses them and forsakes them will have mercy
27:34: Numbers 20 I Believe it's numbers 23. I'm sorry numbers 32 23 basically says in paraphrase
27:44: Those that have sinned against the Lord be sure that your sin will find you out So he was hiding this
27:53: He was hiding this What a awful thought then when it says
28:00: Satan entered him Satan does not gain a foothold in the lives of those whom they are walking in the light
28:06: But only when we open the door Judas had not been thinking or meditating on think about this.
28:13: He had not been meditating on what was pure What is noble what is trustworthy as someone 119 says
28:20: I meditate upon your majesty I meditate upon your wonderful words your statutes your precepts your law
28:29: What do you Proverbs also? Proverbs 23 7 says as a man thinks in his heart so is he so as we continue in verse 2
28:43: Judas who betrayed him also knew the place he knew the place What a privilege to know this place and for the
28:51: Lord to share such intimacy with a friend Proverbs 18 24 tells us a man who has a friend must himself be a friend
29:00: I Will tell you this this word friend is when I saw this it knocked me off my feet
29:08: When Judas betrayed him with a kiss This was the most sacred symbol of worship you think about this
29:21: Mary Magdalene kissed the feet of Jesus and was exalted And he kissed the face and went to hell
29:28: Judas kissed the door of heaven and went to hell So close but so far.
29:33: Yes, sir. So this is what I want to share with you the Lord Jesus when he says
29:41: Love your enemies He exemplified it For three years he covered this man no didn't knowing it
29:51: What matter of love is this yeah, I want to love my enemies like this
29:56: I can't Without his help apart from him
30:01: I can't Knowing that somebody's gonna betray me lovingly.
30:08: I'll just cover you as long I'll keep covering you I'll keep covering you.
30:16: I want to share this with you Jesus Knows what our greatest need is and when
30:23: G when Judas kissed him You know what his Christ's first word out of his mouth was
30:30: Friend his greatest need was a friend
30:37: What a friend we have in Jesus. Oh What comfort we forfeit all because But all because we do not carry them to Jesus He Didn't have to carry this
31:01: Verse 3 if you look at verse 3 then Judas having received a detachment of troops and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees Came there with lantern torches and weapons
31:12: Can you understand this they come by that with lanterns and torches? to find the light of the world
31:22: It's like here's your son But I want you to understand who these people are these troops these officers chief priest and the
31:32: Pharisees These sects hardly never got along Been been shared this with me a while back.
31:38: There was always conflict among them pride. Yeah pride They always got along, but they always didn't get along, but now they're getting along Because there's a greater common denominator of evil within their own hearts.
31:54: There you go And that's the hatred of the Lord Jesus Christ So I'm gonna share this here with you where there's light there always be bugs
32:04: So if you follow through the book of Acts, which we had the blessing at Berean to go through three years of Acts Yeah, so I mean what a beautiful to see the history of the church
32:17: But where we see the Holy Spirit at work unholy spirit was never far behind so You'll see in your own lives, and I've seen this and I'm sure you can testify
32:27: The more seriousness that you set your face like the flint towards the cross Rest assured it's coming
32:36: It's coming suffering It's coming so Here's what here's what we have the chief priests.
32:45: These are mostly Sadducees I love don't you see they were always sad you see
32:54: All these schemers come together as one yeah to arrest a holy living
33:01: God that has humbled himself God incarnate in Humanity Wow Pharisees were the most hatred enemies of Christ and received the most pointed rebukes
33:16: They were hypocrites play actors, please note that we are to are born
33:25: Pharisees in the means of God The number is not specifically quoted of how many people came but oftentimes they said cohort of Roman soldiers were anywhere between six to 800 so I'm saying there's a couple hundred people coming
33:41: I can't Tell you specifically, but these sects as I said didn't get along the hated
33:49: Christ And they come with weapons
33:56: And if you notice the next very next verse how calm he is to face
34:03: This barrage of troops Let us continue in verse 4 Jesus therefore knowing all things that would come upon him went forward and said to them
34:15: Whom are you seeking? Such calm and resolution Jesus bit declares himself as a prophet here.
34:25: He again tells them. I'm sorry. It's in the next verse in verse 5
34:30: He tells them I'm he I'm he that's what a prophet is. He tells who he is
34:37: I am he But perfect knowledge getting back into verse 4 knows all things and knows the motives of our hearts
34:45: Jesus knowing what lies ahead took the fight to the enemy and was never defensive
34:51: Never defensive What resounding resolution that we too have to face our fears and in our battles?
35:02: Matthew Henry said when people forced him to receive a crown and offered to make him a king
35:08: He withdrew and hid himself but now When they come to force him to the cross
35:14: He offered himself and came forward So The great question is to all creatures.
35:22: I have a living breath in them this very moment. Yeah, whom are you seeking? Whom are you seeking today?
35:32: Verse 5. Let us look at verse 5. They answered him and said Jesus of Nazareth Jesus said to them
35:38: I am he in Greek. I am I am
35:43: And Judas who betrayed him also stood with them
35:54: Jesus of Nazareth was a name of reproach to darken the evidence of him being the Messiah Jesus this was
36:01: Jesus of Bethlehem a town of nothing a town of nobodies This was the great
36:09: I am in Exodus tells us Exodus 3 14. Amen. This was the lamb chosen before the foundation of the world
36:16: Everything was made for him through him and unto him This was the greatest prophet
36:24: Judas now stands at opposite with the opposition. Can I tell you what this defines? This is right now is the definition of an apostate.
36:32: Yeah, he has changed sides Can you imagine the look of Christ?
36:38: Looking across with him Can You imagine with his eyes locked upon him looking across Can't tell you what
36:52: Satan gave him We just read about it in James 4. He says you adulterous and adulterer says
36:59: Satan gave him a horse forehead Yeah in exchange This was the biggest hypocrite to ever walk the face of the earth
37:12: Comes face to face with the Lord Jesus Christ God manifested in the flesh in verse 6 as we continue
37:26: Now when he said to them I am he they drew back and fell to the ground Wow, this is the
37:37: King of Kings And just for a moment just for a moment when all of others are believing that he's in his weakest humanity and weakest state
37:48: There's a divine deity that flashes a lightning bolt from heaven comes down even in the hour of basement of his humanity he
38:03: When we are weak he is strong He gives them another sign
38:10: They're always seeking a sign They got one Got knocked off their feet and he just said
38:18: I am Wow, what's in a name?
38:25: Right. What's in a name? That's the question. Is it? Yeah No, brethren.
38:30: This is the name above all names This is not a tough battle of tug -of -war This is not a battle equals.
38:38: This is the creator of heaven and earth versus a finite creature from the dust
38:45: An angel that has also felon from that that is taking control of this man
38:57: Also, let us notice that these men fell backwards. They didn't fall forward God's people fall forward in humility
39:05: Worship of the true living God we humble ourselves and we fall at his feet
39:13: Last let us notice the mercy and the long patience and the loving kindness
39:18: That God is to evil and rebellious hearts that were knocked down and they gather themselves and they again ask the same question
39:27: Come on, bro And having you in your
39:34: With with sharing gospel the truth with your friends saying why don't they get it?
39:41: Why don't you turn? He's the fountain of living water Your sin will beat you it will keep you longer than you want to stay cost you more than you want to pay
39:52: And take you further than you want to go. Amen, brother It will beat you and leave you with many strikes he's a good taskmaster.
40:01: Yeah Last let us notice also as I mentioned
40:11: He did they drop backwards. They didn't drop dead But what mercy there was because he could have struck him dead just like Ananias and Sapphire Here's another sign, but they cannot see
40:29: Here is Jesus the King before them as we continue the journey
40:35: Let us look at verse 7 then he asked them again. Whom are you seeking? They said Jesus of Nazareth.
40:42: Oh What compassion to give so many man's to repent and believe? So evident that these men get back to their feats
40:50: And their hearts are so hard hard. They cannot stop their evil intentions, but we will see what the purpose
41:03: Of asking them again as he interrogates these stricken warriors. He interrogates them
41:08: We see let's look in verse 8
41:13: Jesus answered have I told you that I am he therefore if you seek me Let these go their way
41:20: Don't you see cease that's compassion Jesus continuing to reach out Continue to cover as a good shepherd
41:29: His goodness has shown to both of the ungodly and godly here
41:38: He interrogates these stricken warriors in verse Again and now Jesus brings home his inquiry and that's to protect his own
41:46: That these sayings may be fulfilled which he had spoke if we look in verse 9 Of those whom you gave me
41:54: I have lost nine as a loving great shepherd.
41:59: He stands guard over his sheep Calvin and Luther give a great insight upon a question
42:08: How can this saying be suddenly robbed of his precious important seemingly degraded into a reference
42:15: To the manner in which Jesus only provides a physical escape for his disciples
42:22: Their response in summary together is that had these disciples at this time been captured these soldiers and guards
42:29: It would have been too severe a test for the faith They were not ready for this torture and Jesus knew this
42:37: Wow Man, that's good. Amen miss Lil because the
42:42: Holy Spirit is not Amen what a what a loving and compassionate high priest still making sacrifices for his people
42:53: In verse 10, let us look at verse 10 then Simon Peter. Do you notice his name not Peter, but Simon Peter?
43:01: Having a sword drew it and stuck the struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear
43:08: He was aiming for the head Jesus the servants name was
43:14: Malchus As I mentioned Simon Peter was his Nature was his old nature from where he found him.
43:22: He was a salty salty fisherman with a lot of get up and go But the
43:29: Lord used this for his kingdom But here we see man still falling upon the arm of the flesh
43:38: But but hadn't you though Can't you feel like you can? Sympathize with this man because when he's close to the
43:46: Savior, he says I'll slay them all He takes on the all six and eight hundred of them.
43:51: He's willing to take them all But moments before that He's alone with a little servant girl as Michael mentioned last week warming his hands by the fire
44:04: And he's scared to death He's operating in fear And he says
44:10: I never knew him now. He's saying I'll slay him off So you see the extremes?
44:20: I'm there with him. Yeah But Jesus as you see
44:27: Peter doesn't choose to avail himself with immediately Opportunity that the
44:32: Lord Jesus has provided this safety for his physical safety. Yeah, he doesn't take it Do you know the
44:37: Lord says resist the devil and he will flee? Mm -hmm Basically, he gives us the exit door.
44:43: Our problem is we don't take it We don't take it Here an exit door is given
44:50: But Christ is sympathetic and compassionate The disciples ask him in Luke 22 49.
44:58: Shall we smite with the sword? And Paul said Peter Simon Peter could not wait for that answer
45:04: Notice how bold Peter is as I've mentioned when he's so close to Jesus also another time when he stepped out on water
45:15: Took his eyes off the Lord Jesus Christ and he sunk and what I love about this
45:20: He didn't go into a deep prayer He says this one of the shortest prayers in the
45:27: Bible, and I love it. It's simple Lord help me. Yeah I mean
45:35: And all of a sudden he was grabbed up snatched And that's so comforting because sometimes
45:42: I'm so weary and weak. That's all you can say. That's right. Lord. Help me So we see
45:59: Jesus conducting another miracle before he goes to the cross
46:06: One of the last miracles he takes and heals Malchus did you see it interesting that Malchus his name is mentioned
46:14: One must conclude that the author had a relationship with the high priest. Yeah That's good.
46:21: So he takes his ear and heals his ear again Faith cometh by what?
46:26: Hearing. Hearing. Hearing got a ear. Amen. So an opportunity was given for this man
46:32: To hear truth again That's good so leaning upon the heart so we see zeal without knowledge zeal without knowledge and Leaning upon the arm of the flesh is never an option
46:48: Let's look at verse 11 as we conclude So Jesus said to Peter put your sword into your sheath shall
46:56: I not drink the cup which my father has given me Jesus sharply rebukes this zealous disciple disciple
47:04: Jesus no longer prays. Let this cup pass from me. The Good Shepherd is ready
47:11: And his time has come to lay down his life This surrender and yielding was no surrender at all.
47:18: It was victory So the question
47:24: I have for you this morning as I in conclusion to make some application and instruction to give to you
47:31: First of all, and I shared a little bit last week This morning.
47:36: Are you holding the sword? Are you holding the cup? Start for our battle is not against flesh and blood
47:43: But principalities and powers within in darkness of within heavenly realm
47:49: He chose to fight a spiritual battle with a carnal me a sword
47:56: Jesus showed him what you needed to have in your hand was a cup And that's my sufferings to be drink my cup
48:03: To be identified with him his sufferings First first application.
48:12: I'd like to share with you this morning Beware of the form of religion Knowing in your head and not in your heart.
48:20: Yeah Nominal Christianity is devoid of power and it's a shameful thing
48:25: People called Peter called hypocrites wells without water Beware of second -hand religion and cast your soul solely upon Jesus Second Timothy as I mentioned earlier
48:40: Second Timothy 3 5 says having a form of godliness, but denying his power and from such people turn away
48:47: And there's something in godliness worth having and that's the blessed power of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is that power and he can work and willing to do
48:57: God's good pleasure So come to Jesus Second I'd like to say
49:04: Take heed if you've been given much if you've heard the word much I See in this also a great
49:12: Lesson for parents and friends and loved ones That has had a loved one abandon the faith
49:20: All the worrying about what all the what -ifs What if I'd have done this? What if they'd had a different environment?
49:27: What if they could have been under this environment? Judas had them all He shows us
49:37: This is a divine work of God and God alone. They can only change the heart of men
49:46: This is I want to share with you privileges that Judas misused I'm gonna just start with some simple things think about this for a second his eyes witnessed the greatest life that ever lived
49:59: And he saw the miracles with his own eyes What greater model and evidence can faith of faith can a man have?
50:08: His ears heard the greatest teacher preach. Can you imagine him sitting there? Giving those scathing rebukes to the
50:16: Pharisees and talking about hypocrites
50:23: Who do you think he's speaking to? Think about the unprofitable servants think about the ones that were given talents
50:33: Think about him here in the broad and narrow way. He heard of all this. It didn't register
50:39: It did not register Think about his feet his feet followed the greatest example that ever have tread upon this world
50:47: His hands touched the Messiah He kissed him His hands ate the bread from his own hands
51:00: He was totally devoid. He's totally void of the spiritual dimension The disciples all became better and he became worse
51:09: So was Judas saved? No John 17 2 says
51:16: As you have given me as you have given him authority over all flesh that he should give eternal life
51:22: That's too many as you have given me so we see except the son of perdition
51:39: Amen So flee to Christ and don't let your eyes rest until you have found peace with him third point
51:48: Jesus is a Jesus received sinners and never cast away any soul that truly comes to him
51:54: John 6 37 So the only remedy for a guilty conscience is the blood of Jesus And as I mentioned earlier
52:04: Examine your own hearts. Let us examine our own hearts. Are we holding this very moment the sword or the cup?
52:12: God is faithful as the hymn writer says Let us not lean
52:19: Upon the arm of the flesh, but holy lean on Jesus Let's pray father son and Holy Spirit To try on trying
52:35: God We thank you that we have been given much.
52:40: We thank you father of The privileges that you've given us Father have mercy on us for the misuse of these privileges
52:50: We have not loved you with all our heart soul mind and strength As we have read from one of your faithful ministers familiarity
53:02: Lord Can only lead one to be a traitor the familiarity of religion can lead one to an apostate
53:12: So father help us to watch and pray Lord but you are the Good Shepherd You never sleep or slumber
53:21: And father we thank you that this very moment. We see the prophet priest and high king
53:31: Always Lord Reaching out in compassion and affection you're so kind and you're so loving you're loving kindnesses beyond So father help us just to take your word and apply it to our hearts in Jesus name.