1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,000 Please remain standing and pray with me. 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,840 Father in Heaven, we do praise you. 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:11,440 We thank You that you have shown Your grace and Your mercy to us 4 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:16,079 for those who are in Christ. We praise You for that grace of 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,120 illuminating our hearts and minds and enabling us to trust 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:25,800 Jesus to take you, Christ at Your word, to receive You alone 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,880 for salvation. We pray, Holy Spirit, that you 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,560 would do that very work even today. 9 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,840 We thank you for the mission that you've called us to and the 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,800 power that you've given us to be your ambassadors all over the 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,040 world. We thank you for Nancy and Derek 12 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:48,000 too, for their work in Taiwan. We thank you for the calling on 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,120 their lives, first as your children and then to serve and 14 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,280 make known the name of Jesus Christ as they serve at Christ 15 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,160 College Type A. Father, I praise you that as we 16 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,480 open your word today, you have promised to be at work. 17 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,240 You are going to feed your sheep and as we are fed we will then 18 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:16,440 come to another feast to set at your table to partake in the 19 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:21,120 elements that you have given us, to be encouraged to walk as you 20 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,960 called us to walk, filled with your Spirit. 21 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,640 Lord, do this all for your glory and for our good. 22 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,400 We pray in Jesus name, Amen. Well, this morning, Derek to his 23 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,480 wife Nancy, they're going to be doing a luncheon right after the 24 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,160 11:00 service. If you don't have lunch plans or 25 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,200 even if you do, maybe change them and come and listen to the 26 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,560 work that God is doing in and through our brother and sister 27 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,240 in Taipei. He's going to read the scripture 28 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,640 passage for us today, which is in the Gospel of John chapter 29 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,400 13, beginning at verse 21. We're in the fell farewell 30 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,520 discourse of Jesus. We will be spending a number of 31 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,920 weeks focusing and then on John 13 through 17. 32 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,600 Thank you brother. All right, please remain 33 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,000 standing for the reading of God's words. 34 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:20,880 I'll begin reading chapter 13 beginning in verse 21 here. 35 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:25,160 Now the word of the Lord. After saying these things, Jesus 36 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,920 was troubled in his Spirit and testified. 37 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,400 Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me. 38 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,040 The disciples looked at one another uncertain of whom he 39 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,160 spoke. One of his disciples whom Jesus 40 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,640 loved was a reclining at the table at Jesus side. 41 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,680 So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was 42 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,400 speaking. So that disciple leaning back 43 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,840 against Jesus, said to him, Lord, who is it? 44 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:01,280 Jesus answered, It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread 45 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,040 when I have dipped it. So when he had dipped the 46 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:10,480 morsel, he gave it to Judah, the son of Simon Iscariot. 47 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,920 Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. 48 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:23,000 Jesus said to him, What you are going to do too quickly now. 49 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,160 No one at the table knew why he said this to him. 50 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,080 Some thought because Judah had the money back, Jesus was 51 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:37,000 telling him buy what we need for the feast or that he should give 52 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,320 something to the poor. So after receiving the morsel of 53 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:46,040 bread, he immediately went out and he was night. 54 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,520 When he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man 55 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,040 glorified, and God is glorified in him. 56 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:01,200 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorified in him, in 57 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,360 himself, and glorify him at once. 58 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,560 Little children, in a little while I'm with you. 59 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,040 You will seek me. And just as I said to the Jews, 60 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:19,519 so now I also say to you, where I'm going, you cannot come. 61 00:04:21,079 --> 00:04:26,600 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another just 62 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,720 as I have loved you. You also ought to love one 63 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,680 another. By this all people would know 64 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,480 that you are my disciples if you have love for one another. 65 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,680 Simon Peter. As Simon Peter said to him, 66 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:50,600 Lord, where are you going? Jesus answers him where I'm 67 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,080 going. You cannot follow me now, but 68 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:59,560 you will follow afterward. Peter said to him, Lord, why 69 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:04,840 can't I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you, 70 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:09,040 Jesus answered. Will you lay down your life for 71 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,880 me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the 72 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:17,680 rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times. 73 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:23,680 This is the word of the Lord. You might be seated. 74 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:40,490 Thank you, dear, the beginning of the service. 75 00:05:40,490 --> 00:05:45,770 I mentioned about my time in Florida a week ago just how 76 00:05:45,770 --> 00:05:52,210 encouraging it was to see so many students praising the Lord, 77 00:05:53,930 --> 00:05:59,610 asking deep questions about the word I spoke Monday night, 78 00:05:59,730 --> 00:06:02,970 Tuesday night, Wednesday night. Will Washington did a remarkable 79 00:06:02,970 --> 00:06:05,880 job teaching Sunday night and Thursday. 80 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,240 Thursday morning I had the privilege of doing AQ and a 81 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,200 time. I was just telling Tim Jeffers 82 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,200 about that this morning. Kids could ask any question they 83 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,760 wanted. One group from A from 10:00 in 84 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,720 the morning to 11. The second group from 11:00 to 85 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,800 12:00. And the questions were deep, 86 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,840 that they were really profound. What was really so shocking to 87 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:33,640 me though was when we are finished at noon, lunch was 88 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,520 offered and free time on the beach. 89 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,600 I said I'll stick around and answer any other questions and I 90 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,480 did. And this is not a pat on the 91 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:47,600 back, it's a praise of the Lord. For 2 1/2 hours, students stayed 92 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:53,680 in the room asking questions, confessing sin, asking how they 93 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,920 can know for sure that they're in Christ, asking how they can 94 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,040 fight the temptations that they face. 95 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,720 Brothers and sisters, thank you for praying. 96 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,400 You would have been so encouraged. 97 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,320 Keep praying, though, for good soil to be present. 98 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,320 Today we're entering into our continuing. 99 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,720 I guess Sam took us there last week into this farewell 100 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:22,560 discourse from Jesus. This is a very rich passage 101 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,720 theologically, as are the next several chapters. 102 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,920 Their farewell discourse is only here in the Gospel of John, John 103 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,720 13 through John 17. And here's what I want you to 104 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,680 understand. If we did not have this section 105 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,960 of Scripture, we would not know the emphasis that Jesus was 106 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,120 placing up on love as a new command. 107 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,840 We would not hear Jesus's high priestly prayer. 108 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,840 We would not have his teaching on the Holy Spirit. 109 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,960 Today's Pentecost in two weeks I'm going to focus on what Jesus 110 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,160 said about the Holy Spirit at the Spirit will discourse. 111 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:08,400 John is taking us to this meal. The Holy Spirit carried the 112 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,280 Apostle John along to write these statements. 113 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,400 These statements are profound because what John is doing is 114 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,640 he's narrowing his audience. The Gospel of John, he tells us 115 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,680 he's written that you may believe. 116 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,800 And from John 1 to 12, Jesus has had his public ministry. 117 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,800 He has done more remarkable things, so many different 118 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,480 miracles. He has raised Lazarus from the 119 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,400 dead. He has calmed the seas. 120 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:41,000 He has changed water to wine. He has done so many things in 121 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,280 this public ministry, and in doing so, time after time, he 122 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:48,120 says I'm only doing the will of my father. 123 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,240 His focus on the intimacy of that union and desire to please 124 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,520 the Lord and bring him glory is everything. 125 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,960 But now John shifts. And I want you to understand 126 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:00,960 this is kind of a survey of what's coming. 127 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,800 John shifts the focus. The focus moves from the larger 128 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:09,160 audience now to those who are his most intimate followers. 129 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,360 He is going to focus in on explaining to them how they need 130 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,160 to be prepared for what is coming next. 131 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,600 The other thing that's remarkable about this farewell 132 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,560 discourse is it closely follows the pattern of Moses's 133 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:26,440 discourse. And at the end of Deuteronomy, 134 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,080 if you want to really see the beautiful way that picture the 135 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,400 Scriptures connected from Genesis to Revelation, spend 136 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,080 some time over the next few weeks looking at the end of 137 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:40,080 Deuteronomy. Look at the book of Exodus 33 138 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,480 and 34. Pay attention to the covenant 139 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,640 language that you see, because you're going to see very similar 140 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,600 language right here as we move through John 13 through 17. 141 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,400 We are not going to rush. In fact, today I'm not going to 142 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,520 get through this whole narrative. 143 00:09:54,360 --> 00:10:00,240 We're going to spend 8 weeks at this table seeking to understand 144 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:05,600 all that Jesus wanted his closest, most intimate followers 145 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,560 to understand. The audience changes. 146 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,600 The farewell discourse gives us profound insight to how we need 147 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,000 to be prepared as Jesus is preparing his disciples. 148 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,000 So what I want to do this morning is I want to speak about 149 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,920 the prophecy of the betrayal. I want to look briefly at where 150 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,960 Christ anchored himself. I want to look briefly at the 151 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,800 new command and then end with the prophecy of denial. 152 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:39,360 So let's go to the betrayal. Turn again in your Bible to John 153 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,440 13 verse 21. John says after saying these 154 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,920 things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit. 155 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:53,920 Today, when we understand what's happening in this this meal, we 156 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:55,960 already know the end of the story. 157 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,240 We already know that it's Judas who betrayed him. 158 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,480 We already know that Jesus is going to die on the cross. 159 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,360 But they did not know this. You have to read this with the 160 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:13,280 eyes of the original audience. So it says Jesus was troubled. 161 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:18,240 John is making sure that we don't miss the profound human 162 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,440 experience that Jesus was happening, knowing that one of 163 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,280 those who have been following him for 12 years is about to 164 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:32,600 betray him and one, the leader of the group of the 12, is going 165 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:37,120 to deny him. Jesus, John tells us, was 166 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,920 troubled in spirit. The word trouble has to do with 167 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,320 a stirring, a shaking. It's the same word that was used 168 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:50,040 to describe the waters that were turning when the invalid in John 169 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:54,320 5 sought to make his way there. It's the same word used to 170 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,360 describe Herod's emotional turmoil when he learned that a 171 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:02,520 king had been born. It's the same word used of the 172 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,720 disciples when they saw Jesus coming towards them walking on 173 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,200 water. It's the same word that 174 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,760 describes Jesus when he discovers that Lazarus is dead. 175 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,600 And it's the same word that Jesus uses of his own 176 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:22,160 contemplation of his own death. Jesus is troubled. 177 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,960 And what you and I need to understand is that trouble soul 178 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,880 was real. The turmoil inside Christ is a 179 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:35,040 man fully man is heavy. He's broken hearted that there's 180 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:41,440 one in their midst who is going to turn away from the living Son 181 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,920 of God. One who has seen what Jesus has 182 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,280 done, who was on the boat when he walked on the water, who was 183 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,160 there when Lazarus came out alive. 184 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:59,880 This man, Judas, is going to reject Christ and choose evil 185 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,880 and darkness. This is powerful. 186 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:07,280 Jesus is troubled. This is the fourth time in John 187 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:12,200 13 that John shows us about the betrayal. 188 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,840 Give your Bible and it's open. Turn to verse 2. 189 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,920 This is during supper, when the devil had already put it into 190 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,440 the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him. 191 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,080 Jesus, knowing the Father had given all things to into his 192 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:30,560 hands and that he had come from God, was going back to God, rose 193 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,240 from supper. He laid aside his outer garments 194 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,080 and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 195 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:40,240 And what did he do? He began to wash their feet, but 196 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:45,560 that included the feet of the very man who was about to leave 197 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:52,440 that table and turn Jesus in. Jesus is showing this profound 198 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:57,840 humility and extreme love. The betrayal comes up again in 199 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,880 verse 11 for he knew who was to betray him. 200 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,240 That was why He said not all of you are clean. 201 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:09,960 Then again, in verse 18, Jesus says, I'm not Speaking of all of 202 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,640 you. I know who my whom I've chosen, 203 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,080 but the Scripture will be fulfilled. 204 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:20,160 He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me. 205 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:25,480 And now in verse 21, John says Jesus was troubled in the spirit 206 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:30,120 and testified truly, truly, this is a very important statement. 207 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,680 What I'm saying is true. What I'm saying matters. 208 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,760 Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me. 209 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:43,280 Jesus was deeply troubled. Think of for a moment in your 210 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,400 own life, and you're not perfect. 211 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,560 Have you ever been betrayed? Has somebody ever done something 212 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,320 heinous to you, said something to you, spoke behind your back? 213 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:01,280 Jesus never did one thing wrong, never had one wrong thought, 214 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:09,280 never did anything to Judas that would cause Judas to say I am 215 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,880 turning him in, I'm going to betray him. 216 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,440 Jesus is troubled. And what about the disciples? 217 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,240 The word that's used to describe the disciples in verse 22 says 218 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,600 they looked at one another uncertain of whom he spoke. 219 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,200 The word uncertain doesn't mean doubt because it's the words of 220 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,400 Christ, but it means they're confused. 221 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,160 And I think we need to understand this. 222 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:36,080 They did not know it was Judas. Judas and his duplicate 223 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,960 personality was able to disguise this. 224 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,640 They had no idea who it was that Jesus was speaking about. 225 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,800 They look at one another. The other gospels tell us that. 226 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:54,000 They each begin to say, is it I? They're broken hearted, 227 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,280 confused, looking around this table. 228 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,120 So let's set the table. Let's set the scene. 229 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,600 The table that they're at essentially is 3 tables. 230 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,440 It's in the shape of AU. In this time period, people 231 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,920 would lean on their left side with their head towards the 232 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:13,000 table, feet away from the table. The servers would come into the 233 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,720 middle of EU and then provide the elements for the meal. 234 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,120 Jesus is leaning there on his left side. 235 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:21,600 John the Baptist, the beloved one. 236 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,240 This is the first time that's referred to. 237 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,880 He's referred to that way in the gospel. 238 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,640 He's to the right of Jesus. Most likely. 239 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:32,240 Judas is to the left of Jesus, making it easy for Jesus then to 240 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:38,040 take the morsel that he dips and hand it to Judas. 241 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:40,720 This is a fulfillment of prophecy. 242 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,680 The prophecy is Psalm 41. Nine. 243 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:47,240 Listen to this. Even my close friend and whom I 244 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:52,480 trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. 245 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:59,840 These disciples don't know who it is that Jesus is speaking 246 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,600 about. South Peter motions to John. 247 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,280 John again, is at the right of Jesus. 248 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,440 Ask him who it is the beloved disciple. 249 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,079 Ask Jesus, who is it that you're speaking about? 250 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,200 Who is the one that's going to betray you? 251 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:22,040 Jesus does not offer a name, but he does say the one to whom I 252 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,160 will give this morsel of bread when I dipped it. 253 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,440 So when he had dipped it, the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the 254 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,600 son of Simon Iscariot. In doing that, the disciples 255 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,040 still didn't get it. They didn't know that Judas was 256 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,000 the one who was going to betray, John tells us. 257 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,720 They thought he was going to go use that to buy something from 258 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,880 the money bag to provide for the meal. 259 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:52,120 But John clarifies what happens. It's at that moment, that moment 260 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:57,120 that the morsel is dipped and handed to Judas, that Satan 261 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,360 enters into him. What a dark statement. 262 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:08,520 Satan entered in to Judas. At some point in Judas's life, 263 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:15,160 he began to make the decision that I am not going to follow 264 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,040 the man that I have been following for three years. 265 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:23,760 The seed had been planted, that seed had taken root. 266 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:29,080 And now as Christ symbolically and literally dips this morsel 267 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:35,040 and gives it, Satan enters him. And Jesus quietly, because the 268 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,640 disciples still don't understand what's happening, says to him 269 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:46,680 what you are about to do, what you are going to do, do quickly. 270 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,640 Now, no one at the table knew why he said this. 271 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:57,080 So Judas gets up and he leaves. And how powerful are the four 272 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:04,280 words that John gives us? And it was night. 273 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:12,480 Jesus was troubled. The disciples were confused. 274 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,080 Judas, here's Christ's instruction. 275 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:24,080 The reason this is important is because though Jesus was deeply 276 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:30,320 troubled in his soul, he was never out of control in His 277 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,120 sovereignty. The plan of God is unfolding as 278 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:38,480 this man gets up, filled with Satan, entering into the 279 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:43,200 darkness. The movement towards the hour is 280 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,080 now in full. He leaves the room. 281 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,960 It's as if the evil that was present, the disciples don't 282 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,840 really understand. All of it is purged. 283 00:19:53,840 --> 00:20:00,160 And now Jesus in earnest begins to give his farewell discourse. 284 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,720 What does he say? First, it's about his glory. 285 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,640 Second, he issues a new command. And 3rd he makes another 286 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,560 prophecy. I'm just going to say a sentence 287 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,160 about each of these now until next week, verse 31. 288 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:22,960 When he had gone out, Jesus said, now is the Son of man 289 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,440 glorified and God is glorified in him? 290 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,640 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him and 291 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:38,480 Himself and glorify Him at once. It might be easy to move past 292 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,680 that, either because we don't understand what it means or we 293 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,520 just think it sounds religious. This is the essence of 294 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:50,680 everything Jesus is doing. Everything that He's doing for 295 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:55,160 the glory of His Father. And His Father is most glorified 296 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,440 when he's radiating through Christ as Christ is troubled in 297 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,600 His spirit, as He has been before. 298 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:06,200 Each time He's anchoring Himself in the glory that He shares with 299 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,080 the Father, and the place where this glory is going to be most 300 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:17,080 radiant is on the cross when Jesus is going to do everything 301 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:25,520 that was necessary to die for sinners like us, like me, like 302 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:29,840 you. Then Jesus says in verse 33, 303 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,320 little children, this is an intimate statement to those who 304 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:38,040 are around the table, his most close followers yet. 305 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,200 A little while when I'm with you, you will seek me. 306 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,720 And just as I said to the Jews, and I also say to you, where I'm 307 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,080 going, you cannot come. And then he says a new 308 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,600 commandment I give you that you love one another just as I have 309 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,160 loved you. You also are to love one 310 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,200 another. That doesn't sound like a new 311 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,440 command. We've been told to love God with 312 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:01,560 all of our hustle, strength of mind. 313 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,280 We've been told to love our neighbors, ourself. 314 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,560 What's different? Jesus. 315 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:10,920 He's ushering in this new covenant, this new promise, and 316 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,160 the pattern of Moses in the Old Testament. 317 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:17,520 Moses dies not leading the people into the Promised land. 318 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:23,000 Well, like Moses, Jesus dies, but unlike Moses, he will rise, 319 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:28,000 and as he rises, as the new Joshua, he is going to lead his 320 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,880 people into the Promised land, the ultimate promised land, to 321 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,840 use John's language to prepare a place for them, which you'll 322 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,040 speak of in John 14. This is remarkable stuff. 323 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:43,800 Here Christ says you're to love one another, but here's what's 324 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,760 different, the motive and the model. 325 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:52,640 You are to love as I have loved you, laying down my life for 326 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,400 you, humbling myself to wash your feet, being a servant. 327 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,600 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve 328 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,280 and give us life as a ransom for many. 329 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:08,360 The motivation has changed, the model has changed, and then 330 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:12,600 Jesus gives great clarity to the mission of the church by this 331 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,800 kind of love. All people know you are my 332 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,840 disciples. This is a survey. 333 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:20,800 We're coming back to all of this. 334 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:31,440 And then Jesus says in response to Peter, Lord, where are you 335 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,760 going? Jesus answered him. 336 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,520 Where I'm going, you cannot follow me now, but you will 337 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,760 follow afterward. Peter said to him, Lord, why can 338 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,280 I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you. 339 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,680 It's almost as if Peter missed what Jesus said about love and 340 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,760 was focused on the statement that Christ said you can't 341 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,320 follow me. Peter wants to know why can't I 342 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,520 follow you? Why can't I follow you now and 343 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:57,760 then? Classic Peter. 344 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,040 And he says this because he believes it. 345 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:11,000 I will lay down my life for you. Jesus speaks prophecy of 346 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,280 betrayal earlier fulfilled, now prophecy of denial. 347 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,040 He gives Peter a question. Will you lay down your life for 348 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:27,040 me truly, truly, once again, what I'm singing to you is true, 349 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,880 Peter. It's important. 350 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:34,600 I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me 351 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:39,760 3 times. There's no way Peter believed 352 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:46,720 that could be true, but it was. John does not record a word from 353 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,120 Peter. Again, in the farewell 354 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,720 discourse, it's mostly Jesus speaking, but there are times 355 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,440 that the disciples ask a question or make a statement, 356 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,960 but not Peter. We'll see Peter in the Garden of 357 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:03,680 Gethsemane, where Peter will take out his sword and strike 358 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,200 the servant, cutting off his ear. 359 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,920 Then we will hear Peter speak and Peter will speak these 3 360 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:21,240 words three times. I am not, I am not one with Him. 361 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,680 I am not one of his followers. And on the third time of denying 362 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,160 that he's a follower, the rooster will crow. 363 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,040 This is amazing passage of Scripture, all of this taking 364 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:41,040 place around this one table. Jesus is speaking to His most 365 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,000 intimate followers, preparing them for what they need. 366 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,400 And this is just a survey of what we're going to see over the 367 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,360 next 8 weeks. We're going to come back to this 368 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:54,120 table and listen to what Christ is saying. 369 00:25:55,040 --> 00:26:00,880 Friend, today in this place you have heard of a man who followed 370 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:05,760 Jesus for three years. He looked like he believed. 371 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,880 He looked the part. How easy is it for us in a 372 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:14,280 community like this to simply look like we are part of the 373 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,040 fellowship? But in truth, we've never really 374 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:22,400 surrendered our life to Christ. Friend, today you have heard the 375 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,840 good news that in Christ Jesus there's forgiveness. 376 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:31,440 Have you come to saving faith? Today's we come to this feast. 377 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,120 This table is for all those who trusted Jesus as their Savior. 378 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,480 This is a table just for those who believe in Christ. 379 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,720 If you don't believe in Christ, you've not trusted Him today. 380 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,160 Listen to what you have heard, preached, what we have sung, and 381 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,440 may this be the day that you would surrender to Christ and 382 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:55,920 say, I believe today. We don't come to this feast 383 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,360 except by the grace of God and in obedience to what He's given 384 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:03,080 us. We don't come as perfect people. 385 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:12,160 Jesus died for sinners. Isaiah 53 says We all, like 386 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,440 sheep, have gone astray. Not just some. 387 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:21,360 All of us, we all, like sheep, have gone astray. 388 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,280 Each of us has turned to his own way, and the Lord has laid on 389 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,520 him. That's Jesus, the iniquity of us 390 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:32,240 all. Friend, we come to this table 391 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:41,080 often so very troubled, troubled by our own denials, troubled by 392 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:45,880 our own patterns of sin, troubled by all sorts of things 393 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,680 that we experienced in this broken world. 394 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:56,000 Christ died so that the ultimate trouble of our life, a broken 395 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,880 relationship with Him, could be restored. 396 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:05,240 So that every time we come to this table, no matter what's 397 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,440 troubling our hearts, no matter what's stirring in US, no matter 398 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:14,040 what storm we feel like we're riding on, Christ reminds us 399 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:23,800 that he died to completely restore that relationship that 400 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,880 was broken. And why? 401 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:31,920 For his glory. For his glory, for his glory, 402 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,800 and if it's for his glory, for all who trust in Him, it's 403 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:43,120 always for our good. So as we come today in obedience 404 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:50,120 to Christ calling us to take and eat these elements, believer and 405 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:58,400 trust, and the one who gave us this farewell discourse, He fed 406 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:03,240 us even today with the hope of who he is. 407 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,800 Lord Jesus, thank you again for your word and Holy Spirit for 408 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,640 your illumination. Now as we get ready to come, I 409 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,200 pray for those who are hearing things such as this for the 410 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,360 first time, who may have not believed. 411 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,280 O Father, show mercy wherein today might be the day in which 412 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,000 you would profess faith in Jesus. 413 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,480 Simply acknowledge what you've heard today, that you're a 414 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,600 Sinner in need of a Savior. There's no sin that you've 415 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,840 committed that Christ will not forgive you for. 416 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:36,400 I pray this day you would trust him and Lord for those who are 417 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,040 in Christ, so many of us, we give you praise and ask that you 418 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,520 would bless this meal overwhelming us. 419 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:47,400 Holy Spirit, by your presence, the very presence of God in our 420 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,320 midst, we pray this all in Jesus name, Amen. 421 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:52,120 Please stand.