Surely Not I, Lord
First B Jackson
2024-03-10

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Good morning, everybody. How are you? Good. How'd you sleep? Good.

I got up this morning the time I usually leave the house. Would you all stand with me? And we're gonna sing blessed assurance. Isn't it good to know that you can know? Yeah.

Blessed assurance. Jesus is mine.

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine. Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine. Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his spirit, washed in his blood. This is my story. This is my song, praising my savior all day long.

This is my story. This is my song, praising my savior all the day long. Perfect submission,

world.

To whispers of love. This is my story. This is my song praising my savior all day long. This is my story. This is my song.

Praising my savior all the day long. Perfect submission, all is at rest. I and my savior, I'm happy and blessed, watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love. This is my story. This is my song, praising my savior all the day long.

This is my story. This is my song, praising my savior all the day long. Amen.

How about this is Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. We've been singing this for years, just the chorus because that's what it what is in our hymn book. But y'all sing off the wall anyway, right? We we're gonna pull the verses from a different hymn book and here they are. So, most of you will know it anyway.

What a very true song this is.

Oh, soul are you weary and troubled. No light in the darkness you see. There's light for a look at the savior and life more abundant and free. Turn your eyes on Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face.

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace. Through death into life everlasting, he passed and we follow him there. Or since in no more hath dominion, for more than conquerors we are. Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face.

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace. Unless his word shall not fail you, he promised. Believe him and all will be well. Then go to a world that is dying, his perfect salvation to tell. Turn your eyes upon Jesus.

Look full in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace. I

think we're gonna skip that part. Have you all ever seen that part? Okay. Good. Y'all can have a seat.

Announcements are just a few of them. Awana is tomorrow night. It's a regular club night at Awana. Tomorrow night, they'll start off right here in this room and have a little ceremony for beginning and spread out all over the church, learning scripture, hearing counsel, and it's a good time. So the kids club tomorrow starting 05:45.

There is a supper for volunteers and their kids at 05:15. Naomi is taking care of that I think tomorrow night. Iwana tomorrow. We still need always volunteers for connect hour to set up. Addie Hare did it herself this morning.

It was wonderful, very very good. But if you'd like to help out, you can call Addie at that number and she will tell you kind of how it goes. You don't have to pay for the food. We pay for the food, but if you'll just set it up, that helps tremendously. Either that or the Awana meal, both of those are available for helpers.

There is a study on Thursdays at lunchtime. So basically noon to one by 11:55 to give a little, start up. 11:55, hard stop at one. You can come and go as needed, but that is a good time of studying God's word together as men. So I I highly recommend it.

I've missed the last two for circumstances. Been a been a couple of weeks of ministry around here, and I think that's the last one. Nick had one more in the first service. There is some left there's some leftover sandwiches. We had a huge funeral here yesterday.

Many of y'all will know Kelly Krauss, owner operator of the Virginian passed two Fridays back. And we had the wart who does not normally cater, catered sandwiches yesterday and they brought enough for an army. So there are still some sandwiches down the hall. If you'd like some of them, you're welcome to carry those with you. Seems like that was it.

Anybody else have one that I'm forgetting? Okay. Connor, you got an announcement? It was his birthday last week, March 4. Fantastic.

I know that. That was the one. Would you stand? Give Connor a round of applause.

That's good. It's good.

Thank you. We'd rather have Jesus. Hymn number five zero six. Here it is.

I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold. I'd rather be his than have riches untold. I'd rather have Jesus than houses or lands. I'd rather be led by his nail pierced hand than to be the king of a vast domain and be held in sin dreads way. I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today.

I'd rather have Jesus than man's applause. I'd rather be faithful to his dear cause. I'd rather have Jesus than worldwide fame. I'd rather be true to his holy name than to be the key of a vast domain and be held in sins dread sway. I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today on the last.

He's fairer than the king of a vast domain and be held in sin's dread sway. I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today.

And next, we're gonna sing through His Name is Wonderful. We're gonna sing the whole thing twice. Alright? It's short. So we're gonna sing it a couple times.

His name is wonderful. His name is wonderful. Jesus, my Lord. He is the mighty king, master of everything. His name is wonderful.

Jesus, my lord. The He's the great shepherd, the rock of all ages. Almighty God is he. Bow down before him. Love and adore him.

His name is wonderful. Jesus, my lord. His name is wonderful. His name is wonderful. His name is wonderful.

Jesus, my lord. He is the mighty king, master of everything. His name is wonderful. Jesus, my lord. He's the great shepherd, the rock of all ages.

Almighty God is he.

Amen. Y'all can have a seat. I'm gonna invite the ushers to come forward. Would you pray with me? Actually, would you all just pray with me the Lord's prayer?

Carl did this this morning in the first service and I think it's appropriate. We don't do it every week, all the time, but would you join me? Would somebody start me for crying out loud? I just forgot the Lord's prayer in front of all these people. Our father, we go.

That's why Carl writes things down. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil for thine is kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.

Amen. Amen. The last time I did that, I forgot the words of the doxology. Glenn is coming up to he Glenn Owings. Owings, not Owens, o w I n g s.

Owings. Glenn Owings is coming up. He's an elder, and he's gonna give a bit of his testimony this morning.

Alrighty. Great. Well, you guys heard from from Berkeley last week, and I think you'll hear from mister Gibson next week. So, today's my day. It's nice to visit with you briefly this morning.

And so, just by way of introduction, most of you I know, but my name is Glenn Owings. My wife is Liz. We have four kids, Logan, Caleb, Timber, and Cely. And we've been attending First Bee since about 2015. And, as I thought through kind of what I might share this morning, I think the first thing that stuck out was just how blessed I was to have folks who really assured me what it meant to believe in Jesus and to have a strong faith.

And then, I thought also of just some kind of key moments and key role models that I had in my life at important moments that help point me toward Christ. So, I'll just highlight highlight a few of those. And the first I thought of was just my dad and my granddad, who were strong believers. My granddad was the first first in our family and his family to to really hold on to Jesus and and come to faith. Had some pretty miraculous experiences as a young person and some pretty tough circumstances.

But but God really brought him through that and kind of started a legacy of just truth and faith in our family. He and my dad were so rooted in scripture and until the day he died, my granddad was so just faithful to share about Jesus with anybody he would come in contact with. He was a mechanic, a heavy equipment mechanic, and a logger for his whole life. And there was never a time when the first thing on his mind was how he was gonna work into that conversation, just sharing his story and his testimony. And then as I kind of grew into my high school years, I had some great mentors.

I went to a great school and had some teachers and mentors that really showed me what it was like to live out their faith. And that was really important to me. I was able to go on some short term missions trips that were really meaningful. And so, were some important moments in my life as well. And then, as a young adult, kind of between high school and college, I went on to a mountaineering school for thirty days.

And that really was a time where I kind of was in this new environment with brand new people, and it was really like, who was I gonna decide who I was, you know. I remember, and I've It was like really uncomfortable, but kind of like this. Here, you know, essentially So each person in this group was given the floor. Okay. Here you got, I forget what it was, ten minutes.

You're not allowed to stop talking until your ten minutes is up. And you will talk about yourself, whether you want to or not. And it's a great way to, well, a very functional way to force kids to get to know each other. But anyway, so here I am, and I get to explain who I am to these people. And you know, it really was a kind of a inflection point of who am I?

You know, that I could tell them whatever. You know, is this my faith? Is this really what I believe? Or is this just kind of, you know, what I've grown up with? So, that wasn't, you know, a moment of coming to faith, but really a time I remember where, you know, this was decision time.

Is this mine or not? So, that was a really important moment, as well. And then Liz and I, we got married young. We had kids young. We've really grown in our faith a lot together.

And we've tried to always make a priority of our relationship and our family of just doing what God is asking us to do. Whether or not that, you know, makes sense in human terms or not. You know, we really try to prioritize that. So, that's what we continue to work on and try to strive for with our family and with our relationship with God. And so, we've grown a lot and we continue to move that direction and something we continue to work on.

So, you know, I think some I like Berkeley, I asked Liz, okay, what are some strengths that I had, you know? And so, I don't like talking about myself. So, the things she came up with are discernment, and leadership, and service. And I do do love to serve, and serve the church, or outside the church, and those things are meaningful to me. So, that's it.

Thank you. Oh, two more. Okay. I'm mediocre at cards. Don't

Great. Thank you. And he said he doesn't really like to stand up front, but he is always always at work behind the scenes serving others. That's great. So this this we're back to a study.

We have been doing a relational series for a while. And last week, I did two full chapters of Matthew. Two full chapters, twenty four and twenty five. Probably the hardest two chapters of Matthew to interpret. We did in one sermon last week.

We're up to going back to the harmony of gospel study. Matthew, Mark, and Luke mostly but I'm gonna also mention John some this morning. He fills in some gaps for us in this one but the surely not I, lord, is just put it as a name. If we are to betray our faith, may it be a surprise to us. Does that make sense?

We do falter. We do fail. We do make mistakes and we do betray our lord from time to time. He offers forgiveness. He brings us back into the fold but may it be an accidental, may it be a mistake, surely not I.

I would not intend that because we're gonna see a couple of different groups today that have gone ahead of that. Surely not I. Let let's start right here. So we're in Matthew 26, Mark 14, and Luke 21 today. And before we get into the scripture, the scripture is gonna speak.

Usually, I go through the slides. Last thing I do on Saturdays go through and kinda verse by verse it, you know, black things out, great things, put highlight. I haven't done any of that this week. The Kelly's family, Lynette and Kevin and Danielle and Casey took priority this week, most of the week. And on Wednesday evening, 11:15 in the evening, there was a wreck in the canyon and it was Ben Upton, he's fine.

But Ben Upton was involved in a very, very bad car wreck and the cab of the truck was knocked off the chassis of the truck and he was in it upside down in the middle of the canyon hit not exactly head on but really close to head on with a semi. And so Wednesday night to Thursday morning, all the way around the clock until the next day was spent with Sarah and with the family and getting from one hospital to the other. He is fine. He's recovering with a broken femur and a broken ankle and a few contusions here and there, a couple of lacerations that have been stitched up and he is gonna be fine. But I apologize for not highlighting the stuff this morning.

That is my defense. When Jesus had finished all these words, these are the two chapters of the all that discourse that I covered last week in Matthew. This is what it's talking about. When he had finished all these words on Tuesday night of Holy Week. When he finished all these words, he said to his disciples, you know that after two days of Passover is coming and the son of man is to be handed over for crucifixion.

He said it plainly. He's handed I'm gonna be handed over for crucifixion. They still didn't get it. At that time, the chief priest and the elders of the people were gathered together in the courtyard of the high priest named Caiaphas. Now, two days from now, three days from now, we're gonna see what taking place there.

That's the same place where there's a little fire that the people are warming by. It's the same place where they're conspiring and there's gonna be a kangaroo court. At that time, the chief priest and elders of people were gathered together in the courtyard of the high priest named Caiaphas. They plotted together to arrest Jesus covertly and kill him. That was their intent.

They set out. They had it in mind. There was no doubt about what they were gonna do but they were saying, it's not gonna be during the festival. We don't wanna do it now. This is a big time of year.

This is our time. We don't wanna do it because there might be a riot among the people. Jesus has gained a lot of popularity. That's the whole reason they were against him. He's threatening their political power and so we're not gonna do it during the festival.

Rome is over us. We get in big trouble whenever there's a riot. We're not gonna do this right now. We know Jesus has a lot of followers. We we know that that he has a lot of people that believe in him.

Let's see what Mark has to say. Now, the Passover and the festival of unleavened bread were two days away and the chief priest and the scribes were seeking how to arrest Jesus covertly and kill him. That was their intent. They've made up their mind already. They were saying not during the festival though, otherwise, there'll be a riot of the people and we don't want a riot of the people.

We want to do this secretly. Luke gives us a little more information. Now during the day, was teaching in the temple but at evening, he would go out, spend the night on the mountain that's called Olivet. That's what he was doing. Mornings in the temple, evenings up on the mountain overlooking the temple.

And all the people would get up very early in the morning to come to him and to to the temple to listen to him. Now, the feast of unleavened bread which is called the Passover was approaching and the chief priest and the scribes. They were the ones that were in power, mostly Sadducees, mostly Sadducees. They're in the Sanhedrin and they were the ones that had a measure of political power over their people but underneath Roman rule. The chief priest and the scribes were trying to find a way to put Jesus to death since they were afraid of the people.

So that is the kind of the setting for what's going on. And next, we see in Matthew, one of the 12 named Judas Iscariot. He went to the chief priest. It's kind of an open secret what's going on. Right?

We know who the players are. Pharisees are against the sadducees. That's just right and left. We know that's the case. That's always been.

It always will be. But then when Jesus comes into the mix, they're both kind of against him and we start seeing them get together because they're both against him because he's threatening both of them. We one of the 12 though, Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priest and he said, what are you willing to give me? Now, this makes it look like his motive is money. What are you willing to give me to betray him to you?

And they set out for him 30 pieces of silver. And from then on, he looked for a good opportunity to betray Jesus. If you think about the time frame from when this was, the church traditionally has called Wednesday of Holy Week spy Wednesday because one from within Jesus's camp went to the other oppressed the other side and made a deal to betray. So Spy Wednesday. Mark says, then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the 12, went off to the chief priest in order to betray Jesus to them and they were delighted when they heard this.

So, they had already made up their minds about opposition to Jesus and what they wanted to do, arrest and kill. That's what they wanted. They wanted an end to Jesus. No more worries from that guy. And when Judas, who is one of their camp, came to them, they're looking for a way that might be kind of quiet that they wouldn't cause a riot and now Judas has come.

And and they were delighted it says, when they heard this and they promised to give him money. This one plays down that he's asking for money. This one says, no, no, no. Yeah, you get this. For that, absolutely, we're willing to pay for this.

And he began from that point seeking how to betray him at an opportune time. Luke, again, a little more information. And Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot who belonged to the number of the 12. There's a temptation from the evil one. Right?

There is temptation out there. We have an adversary. He's seeking someone to devour. Judas went. He belongs to number 12.

He left and he discussed with the chief priest and the officers how he was to betray him to them and they were delighted and they agreed to give him money, and so he consented. So now, it's not only the chief priests and scribes and this says guards that were assenting to arrest and kill Jesus but now there's one more and it's one from the camp and so he consented. It was his will that he be turned over, and he began looking for a good opportunity to betray him to them away from the crowd. He wanted it to be not a riot. The best way that you can possibly look at Judas' motives is that he thought this would bring about God's will on earth.

That the Romans get kicked out, that Jesus establishes his rule, earthly rule. Now, Jesus has told him over and over that that's not the way this works. He's told them recently that he would be crucified. Here we go forward. Now on the first day of the unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, where do you want us to prepare?

That's all we have for Wednesday, by the way. Right right here, this is the end of Wednesday, Spy Wednesday. We're on the Thursday morning now. Okay? So of holy week, we started here last little bit of Tuesday, all of Wednesday.

It was just about Judas making the deal. So now, it's not just chief priest scribes guards but there's one of his own number who has determined in his heart to betray his master. Now, on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover? And he said, go into the city to a certain man and say to him, the teacher says, my time is near. I'm keeping the Passover at your house with my disciples.

This is a little bit vague, isn't it? It's a little bit vague. There's a certain man. Doesn't say who he is or what he'll be doing and and it says, disciples, just disciples, plural. And he said, go into the city to a certain man and say to him, the teacher says, my time is near.

I'm keeping the Passover at your house with my disciples. That sounds like he's inviting himself to supper, doesn't it? The disciples did just as Jesus had directed them and they prepared the Passover there. Now, when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the 12. This is Matthew's version.

Mark's version says this, on the first day of unleavened bread, same time period. When the Passover lamb was being sacrificed and that's significant. His disciples said to him, where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover? And he sends two, like when you see the asterisk in the New American Standard Version, it is a historical present. It's a it's a storytelling device to get you into the story.

So his disciples say to him, where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover? And he sends two of his disciples and says to them, go into the city and a man carrying a pitcher of water. That's more specific. We'll meet you and follow him and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, the teacher says, where is my guest room in which I may eat the Passover with my disciples? And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready, Prepare the meal for us there.

So it says there are two disciples this time. It's not just disciples plural but two, and he himself will show you a large upstairs room furnished and ready. Prepare for us there. The disciples left. They came to the city obediently, should say.

They did exactly like he said and what happened? They found everything just as he had told them and they prepared the Passover like he had commanded. They were being obedient. When it was even in, he came together there with the 12. If you look at Mark, he just says it's a couple of the disciples.

Well, let's

look at Luke. Luke gives a

little more information that's pretty characteristic. Now the first day of unleavened bread came on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed and so Jesus sent Peter and John. That's very specific. It's not Judas. Judas is looking for a time when he's going to betray him.

All the cloak and dagger that we've seen so far, go into the town. Look for a guy. He's gonna be carrying a picture. Right? The code word is, it's like that sort of thing.

Jesus had set up in advance. There's a little lesson here. When Jesus gives you a command that he wants for you to obey, he has gone before you. Does that make sense? He set things up ahead of time before Peter and John go into town.

He's already talked to the owner of the house. He's already talked to the man with the picture. He's already got this set up but they are going in. Go and prepare. Jesus sent Peter and John saying, go and prepare the Passover for us so that we may eat it there together.

They said to him, where do you want us to prepare it? And he said, when you enter the city, there's gonna be a man carrying a pitcher of water and he'll meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters. You don't have to say anything on the street. Judas and the spies can be looking at all of this.

So when you see the guy with the picture, follow him. When he goes inside, you would go inside. And you say to the owner of the house, the teacher says to you, where's the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with my disciples? And he'll show you a large, furnished upstairs room, it's a good spot, prepare it there. And they left and they found everything just as he had told them.

They're being obedient. They saw it just like he said and they prepared the Passover. And Luke goes on here and says, now when the hour came, gets to be supper time, he reclined at the table and all of the apostles were with him And he said to them, I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I say to you, I'm not gonna eat it again until it's fulfilled in the kingdom of God. I won't be with you here next year.

He's told him he's gonna be crucified. He's told them he's not gonna be with him. He's said this on multiple occasions. The best we can think is that Judas wanted the revolution to begin in an earthly way And so he's prompting that, forcing Jesus's hand because he thinks he knows better. How?

When's it gonna happen? When's it gonna happen? When are you gonna set up your kingdom? When are you gonna do this? When are you gonna do this?

And he's like, my hour's not yet come. My hour's not yet come. Now, he's saying right here, when the hour came. Okay? And let's go to John.

In the book of John, we've heard up to this point, my hour has not yet come. My hour has not yet come. The time has not yet come. My time is not yet. Now the feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that his hour had come.

This is the time. This is the place that he would be departing from this world to the father and having loved his own who were in the world. He loved them to the very end and during supper, the devil, having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, he'd already fed him the bait. He'd already put it out there, given him plenty of ways to justify. During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Jesus Iscariot, the son of Simon to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the father had handed over all things over to him.

He has all authority on in heaven and in earth. He can do anything. Jesus knowing that the father had handed over all things to him and that he had come forth from God, that he was going back to God. He gets up from supper and he lays his outer garments aside and he took a towel and he tied it around himself. All authority is given to him in heaven on earth.

If you had all the power in the world and you knew you had one day left, what would you do with it? If you get a terminal diagnosis and you know you got six months left, what would you do with it? He has one day. He knows he's gonna be crucified. He's walking towards that cross.

Jesus washes the disciples' feet. That's what he did with his day, with his evening. You can read that for yourself. John thirteen five through 20. I've got an assignment for you at the end of the sermon.

If I forget, Carl's gonna remind me. Had to remind me how to start the Lord's prayer. Goodness. This is what the last part we're gonna cover today is right here and you can see that the synoptics give us a little and it's weird because Luke is not the longest one this time. But John gives us some more ample understanding of what's going on.

But the synoptics are the one that hit the surely not eye. Let's go there. And as they were eating, so they've he's already washed their feet. And as they were eating, he said, truly I say to you that one of y'all will betray me. And being deeply grieved, they began saying to him, each one of them, surely surely it's not I Lord.

I don't I don't want it to be me. And he answered, he who dipped his hand with me in the bowl is the one who will betray me. They're eating and they're dipping their hands in the bowl. He who dipped his hand with me in the bowl is the one who will betray me. The son of man is going away.

Just as it's written about him, but woe to that man by whom the son of man is betrayed. Now Judas, like we said, he's already made the deal, Wednesday. This is Thursday. It would have been better for him that he had not been born and Judas who was betraying him said, surely it's not I, Rabbi. Oh, he said the exact same thing as the other 11.

He knew it was him. And Jesus said to him, you said it yourself. Not only did you do the betrayal or start the betrayal, but now you're lying about it just to look good in front of everybody else. And as they recline, this is Mark, as they recline at the table and eating, Jesus said, truly I say to you that one of you will betray me. One of you who is eating with me right now, table fellowship is so important in the New Testament.

For Jews and Gentiles to eat together is huge for Paul, know, for Peter after the resurrection, after the church is growing, but right now to be called into this place, who you eat the Passover with is a really really big deal and he is prepared right there. As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, truly I say to you, one of you will betray me. One who is eating with me and they began all to be grieved and to say to him one by one, surely not I. Surely, it's not me. Lord, may it never be.

I don't wanna do anything. I don't wanna do anything. Lord, Lord is important in there, right? Kind of interesting in Matthew that everybody said, surely not I, Lord, except for Judas and he said, surely not I, Rabbi. They they began to be grieved and they said to him, surely not I, but he said to them, it is one of the twelve, one who dips bread with me in the bowl, which they've been doing now for three years.

But woe to that man by whom the son of man is betrayed, it would have been good for that man if he had not been born. Luke, what does Luke say? But behold, the hand of the one betraying me is with mine on the table. For indeed the son of man is going as it has been determined. He is determined.

In Luke from nine fifty one forward, he has set his face like flint towards Jerusalem. He is walking with purpose toward the cross, but this is how it's gonna come about. Just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom it he is betrayed and they began to debate among themselves which one of them it was who was gonna do this. Can you imagine him sitting around looking going, surely not I, maybe it's Peter. He's he does stupid stuff all the time.

Maybe it's Judas. I think he'd steals from the money back. John says that he stole from the money back, you know. Maybe it's Judas. I don't know who it is.

Surely not I, Lord. I hope that they were examining themselves. That time of Passover, looking back at the way God had delivered and considering that a lot of those folks died in the wilderness because they were stiff necked and they dis disobedient. Right? It's a time for pondering heavy stuff.

They began to debate among themselves which one of them it was who was gonna do this. It's funny. We'll get back to what goes the next part of what they begin to debate in a minute. That's Luke. Let's go to John.

And John says, when Jesus had said these things, he became very troubled in spirit and he testified and he said, truly, truly, I say to you that one of you will betray me. And the disciples began looking at one another at a loss to know of which one he was speaking. And

all the all the

rest of Synoptics say they're wondering if it's themselves. Surely, not I I hope it's not me. I really don't wanna do that. Lying back on Jesus' chest was one of his disciples and whom Jesus loved. Now, in the painting Leonardo's famous last supper painting, you know, they're sitting at a table, they're not reclining on the floor, but they're sitting at a table and you see John is leaned back on Jesus.

That's where we get that. Lying back on Jesus' chest was one of his disciples whom Jesus loved, John. So Simon Peter nodded to this disciple. Can you see it right now? He's like, John.

You're sitting right next to him. Ask him who it is. So Simon Peter nods to this disciple and says to him, tell us who it is. I'm whom you're speaking. Ask him.

He then simply leaned back on Jesus' chest and said, Lord, who is it? Tell me. And Jesus then answered and said, that man is the one for whom I shall dip a piece of bread and give it to him. So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he took it and he gave it to Judas and the son of Simon Iscariot and after this, Satan then entered him. Now it already says in Luke that Satan had tempted him.

It's already says that Satan had had something to do with this. We do have an enemy. He is very active. He's looking for points of pride. He's looking for entry ways.

He's looking for roots of bitterness. He's looking for an opportunity all the time. After this, it says Satan entered into him and Jesus said to him, what you're doing? Do it quickly. Go now.

Now, none of those who are reclining at the table knew for what purpose he has said this to Judas. They're used to hanging out with Jesus. They're used to eating with Jesus. They're used to Jesus giving commands. Peter and John just had to do something.

He might tell, would you go and do this? So, whatever you're doing, Judas, go do it quickly. Go go ahead. Now, none of them knew why he was saying that. For some were assuming since Judas kept the money box that Jesus was saying to him, go buy the things we need for the rest of the feast.

It would be a weird time to do that at Passover meal. Right? You go during Passover and go do something. By the things that we need for the feast or else that he was give to give something to the poor. Okay.

That might make sense. We do give to the poor. That's part of what we do. So maybe he was sending them to do that. But after receiving that piece of bread, he left immediately and it was night.

Let's skip back over Luke for a minute. So the last thing they said they were debating on who it might be that betrays Jesus. And then listen to this next and the dispute also developed among them as to which one of them was regarded as being the greatest. That's funny, Connor. I agree with you.

Can you believe that Jesus has just washed their feet? He's been given all the authority in heaven and in earth and he washed his feet. And a dispute arises among them as to which one of them was regarded as the greatest. What prompted that? Is which one of us is gonna betray him?

And all of a sudden, they're wondering, well, who's the best? And he said to them, the kings of the Gentiles, Jesus said to his disciples that were left, 11 of them. The kings of the Gentiles domineer and rule over them and those who have authority over them are called benefactors. They call themselves benefactors. Right?

They're oppressing the people and they call themselves benefactors. By my grace, they live. But it's not this way for you, rather. The one who is greatest among you, 11, the one who's greatest among you followers of Jesus must become like the youngest. They must become like the youngest and the leader must be like a servant.

For who is greater? The one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? That's right. Yeah.

It is, but I am among you as the one who serves. I'm giving you an example. And that's what we're looking for. Y'all are the ones who have stood by me in my trials. Literally, they're gonna stand by him in his trials that are coming in the next day.

Y'all are the ones who have stood by me in my trials and just as my father has granted me a kingdom, I grant that to you so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom forevermore and you'll sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel. My assignment, not what I said, the assignment that I'm asking you of you all is considering that and considering that Judas had made up his mind and knew it and was trying to cover it. And then the rest of the guys were going, surely it's not I, Lord. I pray that all of us are in that camp where we're surely it's not I. Lord, if you'll show me any way that I'm betraying you, I will renounce that.

I will put that down. Don't allow the devil to convince you of anything that is betraying Christ. I pray that it would be an you would fall into it, not make your decision and go after it. Does that make sense? For for worldwide fame, when we sang, I'd rather have Jesus, I thought, than houses or lands and worldwide fame.

I'd rather have Jesus than be the king of a vast domain, but also be held in sin's dreads way. Right? Yeah. May it never be. Surely, not I, Lord.

Should surely, it's not I. I don't think that there's anything in my life right now that's betraying you, Lord. But please please call it to my attention so I can get it gone, so I can get rid of it. I think that's a good place as the fourth step of the 12 says for a fearless and searching moral inventory. Where you look and say, is there anything where I am decidedly going against God's will for me?

Am I looking to be served rather than to serve? Am I looking for my own? Am I am I looking out for number one rather than looking out for Jesus? Am I willing? Now, I will remind you that the 11 that were left all died martyrs death.

They all carried forward with this for the rest of their lives proclaiming Jesus' resurrection. We'll get to that later. So next week, I'm gonna go to Good Friday. We're at Thursday right now, Thursday night in the upper room. What I'm gonna ask of you as the assignment is this, read the upper room discourse.

It's in John. It's John thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen. Four whole chapters are in that upper room and it's all good and it will bless you, I promise to read it. John thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen and then when they leave out of the upper room and Jesus goes into the garden to pray is John 17. I'm asking you to read five chapters of John because that's better than me preaching it in fifteen minutes.

Right? Okay. Five chapters of John and it will bless you, I promise. But what we're gonna do next week when we get back together is talk about Good Friday. I have done the Palm Sunday message over and over and over and over again since I've been here.

I'm trying to get to Good Friday rather than the triumphal entry. We've done that recently already. Would you stand with me? And Judy, thank you. We're gonna sing I surrender all.

We're gonna sing all of them actually. All the verses that come up, we're gonna sing.

All to Jesus, I surrender all to him I freely give. I will ever love and trust him in his presence daily live. I surrender all. I surrender all. All to thee, my blessed savior, I surrender all.

All to Jesus, I surrender humbly at his feet I bow. Worldly pleasures all forsaken, take me. Jesus, take me now. I surrender all. All to Jesus, I surrender to give myself to thee.

Fill me with thy love and power. Let thy blessing fall on me. I surrender all. I surrender

all. Amen. Now, we know that there's not a single one of us in the room that has not betrayed our faith at some point. There's there's not a one of us in the room but may we renounce that instead of holding on to it, instead of holding on to what we think might be best, the best we can think is Judas was trying to help Jesus when Jesus was reluctant. He was trying to help him set up his kingdom.

That's the best we can think but that is Judas' political understanding, not God's will. May we renounce anything that is not the will of God for our life and the power to carry it out. In Jesus name, Lord, we pray a blessing that you would transfer to us the peace that passes all understanding and allow us the grace and the mercy to be able to give that away to people who are at war and struggling with you. Lord, would you bless, would you make your face to shine upon these people who are gathered in your name. Amen.