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0:00Matthew 26:1. [music]
0:02When Jesus had finished all these words,
0:05he said to his disciples,
0:07"You know that after two days, the
0:09Passover is coming, and the Son of Man
0:12is to be handed over for crucifixion."
0:16Then the chief priests and the elders of
0:18the people were gathered together in the
0:21court of the high priest named [music]
0:23Caiaphas.
0:24And they plotted together to seize Jesus
0:28by stealth and kill him.
0:31But they were saying not during the
0:34festival, otherwise a riot might occur
0:37among the people.
0:40Now when Jesus was in Bethany at the
0:43home of Simon the leper, a woman came to
0:47him with an alabaster vial of very
0:50[music] costly perfume, and she poured
0:53it on his head as he reclined at the
0:55table.
0:57But the disciples were indignant when
1:00they saw this and said, "Why this waste?
1:05For this perfume might have been sold
1:08for a high price and the money given to
1:11the poor.
1:13But Jesus aware of this said to them,
1:17"Why do you bother the woman? For she
1:20has done a good deed to me,
1:23for you always have the poor with you,
1:26but you do not always have me."
1:29For when she poured this perfume on my
1:31body, she did it to prepare me for
1:34burial.
1:36Truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel
1:39is preached in the whole world, what
1:42this woman has done will also be spoken
1:45of in memory of her.
1:50So Jesus is getting ready to die and
1:53he's telling them what's coming and
1:56they're not hearing him.
1:58And then Matthew gives us this little
2:01insight into this event where he goes to
2:05a man named Simon's house. And Simon was
2:08likely a leper who was previously
2:12cleansed.
2:14And in another gospel, Jesus describes
2:17how when he comes to this man's house,
2:20the man does not show him a greeting. He
2:23does not show him honor or respect.
2:26There's no affection. There's no warmth.
2:29And yet this woman
2:32who from the other gospels we know is a
2:34notorious sinner, likely a prostitute.
2:38She comes and gives him this costly gift
2:42that she had, likely a gift that was
2:45associated with her trade as a
2:47prostitute.
2:49And she pours it all out as much to end
2:53her former life as anything else. But
2:57the disciples can only see the money
3:00involved. In the other gospels, we're
3:03told that it's specifically Judas who
3:06raises the objection. And it's not
3:08because he cares so much about the poor,
3:10but it's because he was gleaning from
3:13the money bag that he was supposed to be
3:15watching over.
3:17So Jesus tells them, "You always have
3:20the poor with you, but this woman has
3:22anointed my body for burial. She's done
3:25something for me in anticipation of my
3:28departure.
3:30The next scene is tied to this scene in
3:33Matthew's story. Matthew immediately
3:36begins to tell how Judas for money sold
3:40Jesus to his enemies.
3:43And so the the insight is that he's
3:47pretending to be concerned about the
3:48poor, but what he's really concerned
3:50about is is himself, his own money. And
3:53that concern is what drives him to not
3:56only withhold something costly from
3:58Jesus, but to sell Jesus.
4:02Then one of the twel named Judas a
4:05Scariot went to the chief priests and
4:07said, "What are you willing to give me
4:11to betray him to you
4:15or deliver him to you?"
4:18and they weighed out 30 pieces of silver
4:21to him.
4:23From then on, he began looking for a
4:25good opportunity to betray Jesus.
4:30Now on the first day of the unleavened
4:32bread, the disciples came to Jesus and
4:35asked, "Where do you want us to prepare
4:38for you to eat the Passover?"
4:41And he said, "Go into the city to a
4:44certain man and say to him,"The
4:46[clears throat] teacher says, "My time
4:49is near. I am to keep the Passover at
4:52your house with my disciples."
4:55The disciples did as Jesus had directed
4:58them. And they prepared the Passover.
5:02Now again we see Judas going to the
5:05chief priests and asking them what are
5:08you willing to give me to deliver him
5:12into your hands.
5:15Judas is his name means true worshipper
5:19Jew
5:21and he's not from Galilee like all the
5:25others.
5:26He's from a different region, likely a
5:29region that was much more conservative,
5:31much more devout,
5:34and it was a region where zealots had
5:37risen up. So he's Judas. He's like, it's
5:41like saying the true Jew from the
5:44[clears throat] the region where the
5:45Zealot revolt came from.
5:48And it's possible that Judas is
5:52disenchanted and frustrated that Jesus
5:55is not acting out his rebellion against
5:58Rome soon enough. And it's possible even
6:02that Judas is trying to provoke him to
6:06seize the power that Judas wants him to
6:09seize. And so going to the chief
6:12priests, we don't know his motivation.
6:14We know that money is a big part of it,
6:17but it's possible that he's trying to
6:20trigger the revolution that he believes
6:23Jesus should be starting.
6:26It's interesting that they give him 30
6:29pieces of silver. Who else was given who
6:33else was sold for 30 pieces of silver?
6:36Joseph. [snorts] Joseph was one among
6:39how many brothers? 12.
6:42So in a symbolic way, Jesus is being
6:46sold by his brothers to his enemies for
6:5030 pieces of silver. And in a symbolic
6:53way, he's going to be handed over and
6:56imprisoned
6:58uh by that same system that he's being
7:01sold to.
7:03And uh he's fulfilling his his role as a
7:07type as the fulfillment of Joseph.
7:11Now when evening came, Jesus was
7:13reclining at the table with the 12
7:15disciples.
7:17And as they were eating, he said, "Truly
7:21I say to you that one of you will betray
7:24me."
7:27Being deeply grieved, they each one
7:32began to say to him, "Surely not I,
7:35Lord."
7:39And he answered, "He who has dipped his
7:42hand with me in the bull is the one who
7:44will betray me."
7:47The Son of Man is to go, just as it was
7:50written of him. But woe to that man by
7:53whom the Son of Man is betrayed.
7:56It would have been good for that man if
7:59he had not been born.
8:02And Judas
8:04who was betraying him said, "Surely it
8:07is not I, Rabbi."
8:09Jesus said to him, [clears throat] "You
8:12have said it yourself."
8:16This is the first communion.
8:20This is a sober moment. He's going to be
8:24betrayed this very night. And so the
8:27meal of communion
8:30is weighty with the question
8:33[clears throat] of faithfulness.
8:37And the core question that the disciples
8:39are asking,
8:41they're not making a statement, it is
8:43not I, but the core question that
8:45they're all asking is, is it I? And
8:50those who are asking that question in
8:52sincerity will not be the betrayers.
8:56But the one who asks Rabbi, surely it is
9:01not I, but also is the one who dips in
9:05the bowl at the same time as Jesus.
9:08He's the one.
9:11There's probably significance to the
9:13idea that he was dipping in the bull at
9:16the same time as the Lord.
9:18There's some arrogance conveyed in that.
9:22there's some presumption.
9:24He's lost his sense of honor. So, he
9:28doesn't have a regard or respect even to
9:32wait his turn in the food line.
9:36He's made himself equal to Jesus and
9:38he's dipping at the same time as the
9:40Lord.
9:42While they were eating, Jesus
9:44[clears throat] took some bread and
9:46after blessing it, broke it and gave it
9:49to the disciples and said, "Take, eat.
9:54This is my body."
9:58And when he had taken a cup and given
10:00thanks, he gave it to them, saying,
10:04"Drink from it, all of you, for this is
10:07the blood of the new covenant, which is
10:10poured out for many, for forgiveness of
10:13sins.
10:14But I say to you, I will not drink of
10:17this fruit of the vine from now on until
10:20the day when I drink it new with you in
10:23my Father's Kingdom."
10:26After singing a hymn, they went out to
10:29the Mount of Olives.
10:31So here we see the communion supper
10:34instituted in its first example.
10:38Jesus takes bread and he breaks it.
10:42And that breaking is acknowledging that
10:46it is through suffering.
10:48It is through sacrifice.
10:51It is through his atoning offering that
10:55his body, his church is going to be
10:59formed.
11:01And he tells them that [clears throat]
11:03they need to partake. They need to eat
11:06of that body. The word in Greek for
11:09fellowship is coinia.
11:12And it's the idea of eating bread and
11:15drinking wine and having this fellowship
11:18with one another.
11:20And then he takes the cup and he says,
11:23"Drink from it all of you. This is the
11:26blood of the covenant."
11:30So no longer is it the blood of bulls
11:33and goats. No longer is it circumcision,
11:37but he says this is the blood of the
11:39covenant.
11:41Salvation that Jesus is offering is
11:44covenant salvation. He says, "This is
11:47the blood of the covenant.
11:51This is the blood of the covenant which
11:53is poured out for many for the
11:56forgiveness of sins."
11:59Then he tells them that he's not going
12:01to drink of the wine until he drinks it
12:04a new in the kingdom. [clears throat]
12:07So the kingdom is going to be
12:08inaugurated
12:10thereafter. and he's going to drink it
12:12again with them, but not until he's made
12:15this complete sacrifice.
12:18Then they sing a hymn,
12:21and they go out to the Mount of Olives.
12:25Then Jesus said to them, [clears throat]
12:27"You will all fall away because of me
12:31this night. For it is written, I will
12:35strike down the shepherd, and the sheep
12:38of the flock shall be scattered.
12:42But after I have been raised, I will go
12:45ahead of you to Galilee."
12:49But Peter said to him, "Even though all
12:52may fall away because of you, I will
12:56never fall away."
12:59Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you
13:03that this very night before a rooster
13:06crows, you will deny me three times."
13:10Peter said to him, "Even if I have to
13:13die with you, I will not deny you." All
13:17the disciples said the same thing, too.
13:21In the first part of this supper, we see
13:25that they're all asking if they are the
13:28ones who are actively betraying him and
13:31delivering him over to his enemies.
13:34In the second part, we see that they are
13:37facing whether they will remain faithful
13:40in the face of death and trouble that is
13:43coming.
13:45And in the first test, only one is
13:48failing the test. all the others can
13:50take communion
13:52with a clear conscience. In the second
13:55test, no one is passing.
13:59He tells them that
14:01they're going to strike the shepherd and
14:04the sheep are going to be scattered
14:07and he says that
14:10they're all going to deny him. And Peter
14:14has the last word. He he argues and he
14:17comes back and says, "Even if I have to
14:20die with you, I will never deny you."
14:24And all the disciples say the same
14:26thing.
14:28They don't understand that this is going
14:30to require more than what they have. But
14:32in time, God is going to give them what
14:34they need to be faithful on this greater
14:36level.
14:38>> [sighs and gasps]
14:39>> Then Jesus came with them to a place
14:41called Gethsemane and said to his
14:44disciples, "Sit here while I go over
14:47there and pray." And he took with him
14:50Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and
14:54began to be grieved and distressed.
14:58Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply
15:01grieved to the point of death. remain
15:04here and keep watch with me.
15:08And he went a little beyond them and
15:10fell on his face and prayed, saying, My
15:14father, if it is possible, let this cup
15:18pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as
15:23you will.
15:25So, Gethsemane
15:28is a garden on the Mount of Olives and
15:33it literally means
15:35the oil press
15:38and it was a place where they would
15:40harvest the olives. Right there in the
15:42middle of the garden, they had a olive
15:45press. And that's the place where a
15:48stone would crush
15:51the olives and squeeze from them the oil
15:56that that was in them. And so the very
15:59fact that he is praying in this garden
16:04is symbolic of a crushing and a breaking
16:08that is happening in his spirit in
16:11himself. But what is coming out is the
16:15oil of anointing
16:17[snorts] and he prays my father if it is
16:21possible let this cup pass from me. This
16:25is the cup that he spoke of when the
16:28mother of James and John asked for her
16:31sons to sit, one on his left and one on
16:34his right. He said, "Are you able to
16:36drink the cup that I am going to drink?
16:39This is the cup of total surrender. This
16:43is the cup of total sacrifice.
16:46This is the cup of salvation that the
16:49psalmist speaks of, which is the cup of
16:52Yeshua.
16:54And this is the cup of God's will no
16:58matter what it takes. This is the cup
17:01that Paul speaks of in Philippians 2
17:05when he said, "Let this mind be in you
17:07that was also in Christ Jesus,
17:09who being in very nature God, did not
17:12grasp for his rights as God, but emptied
17:15himself and took on the form of a
17:18servant, even a bondervant,
17:20and became obedient unto death, even
17:24death on the cross."
17:27What was he obedient to? He was obedient
17:30to the will of God. And what was the
17:32will of God? That of all whom you have
17:34given me, I should lose none but raise
17:37them up on the last day. Ultimately, the
17:40obedience was the obedience to the love
17:42of God that was expressing itself in the
17:46sacrificial
17:48offering on the cross.
17:51Jesus is praying my father
17:54not because he isn't God but because he
17:58has emptied himself of those rights in
18:02his kinosis so that he can know our
18:05humanity and serve as a high priest who
18:08is like us in every way. So the human
18:11part of him is praying to the divine
18:15part of him in his glorification.
18:18He will have no limitations. But in his
18:21sacrifice, he must know our weakness. So
18:25he must pray in this manner.
18:30And he came to his disciples and found
18:31them sleeping. And he said to Peter,
18:34he's saying to the one who was the most
18:36vocal about his loyalty, he calls Peter
18:39out and he says, "So
18:42you men could not keep watch with me for
18:45one hour?"
18:46He's trying to get Peter to face what he
18:50doesn't have. He's trying to get Peter
18:52to humble himself, not to humiliate him,
18:56but to show him what he's missing so
18:59that he can find it. So you men could
19:02not keep watch with me for one hour.
19:06Keep watching and praying that
19:08[clears throat] you may not enter into
19:09temptation.
19:11The spirit is willing, but the flesh is
19:14weak.
19:16So Jesus was praying here in the garden
19:20and he was wanting them to pray and he
19:23was praying that he would not enter into
19:25temptation which in this instance means
19:28he was praying that in the face of
19:31betrayal
19:32and attacks and lies and trials and
19:37death he would not act
19:41as a slave to the fear of death. That's
19:45what entering into temptation would have
19:47been to act under the power of the
19:51devil.
19:53The book of Hebrews tells us that the
19:54devil holds people in bondage all their
19:57lifetime through the fear of death. So
19:59entering into temptation would be acting
20:03in the bondage of that fear of death.
20:06And Jesus is saying to Peter, pray so
20:09that you will not enter into temptation.
20:13But Peter doesn't pray and Peter is
20:15going to enter into temptation.
20:19He went away again a second time and
20:21prayed saying, "My father,
20:24if this cannot pass away unless I drink
20:27it, your will be done."
20:31Again he came and found them sleeping.
20:34For their eyes were heavy. And he left
20:36them again and went away and prayed a
20:39third time, saying the same thing once
20:42more.
20:43Then he came to his disciples and said
20:45to them, "Are you still sleeping and
20:48resting?
20:50Behold,
20:52the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man
20:55is being betrayed into the hands of
20:58sinners. Get up, let us be going.
21:02Behold, the one who betrays me is at
21:05hand."
21:07In all likelihood, Jesus would have kept
21:10his whereabouts secret. He would have
21:14appeared in public because he knew that
21:17his haters and murderers feared the
21:19people, but he would have kept his
21:21lodgings where he was staying secret.
21:25And so, the way Judas likely betrayed
21:27him was telling the chief priests where
21:31he was going to be praying that night.
21:35While he was still speaking, behold,
21:37Judas, one of the twel,
21:41came up accompanied by a large crowd
21:45with swords and clubs, who came from the
21:48chief priests and elders of the people.
21:51Now he who was betraying him gave them a
21:55sign, saying, "Whomever I kiss, he is
21:59the one sees him.
22:05Immediately Judas went to Jesus and
22:08said, "Hail, Rabbi." And kissed him. And
22:13Jesus said to him, "Friend,
22:17do what you have come for."
22:21Then they came and laid hands on Jesus
22:23and seized him.
22:26Judas is brazen enough to dip with Jesus
22:30in the bowl at the same time, but he
22:34still has
22:36the language of honor.
22:39At the Passover, he calls him, "Rabbi,
22:42is it I?" And here again, he says,
22:45"Hail, Rabbi."
22:47And kisses him on the cheek.
22:50We don't know what he was trying to
22:52provoke.
22:53He may have been surprised by the
22:55outcome, but we know he was lifted up in
22:58pride.
23:00We know he had lost all honor. We know
23:03he had taken matters into his own hands,
23:06and he had become an instrument of
23:08hatred and bitterness and betrayal.
23:13And behold, one of those who were with
23:15Jesus reached and drew out his sword and
23:20struck the slave of the high priest and
23:22cut off his ear.
23:25Well, that's entering into temptation.
23:27That's acting exactly like people act
23:31who are still controlled by the fear of
23:33death.
23:35That's what the enemy wanted. He wanted
23:37a bloodbath. But Jesus had a different
23:40power completely.
23:42Then Jesus said to him, and we know
23:44[clears throat] it was Peter, "Put your
23:47sword back in its place, for all those
23:50who take up the sword shall perish by
23:52the sword.
23:54Or do you think that I cannot appeal to
23:57my father, and he will at once put at my
24:00disposal more than 12 legions of angels?
24:04How then will the scriptures be
24:06fulfilled which say that it must happen
24:09this way?"
24:11At that time Jesus said to the crowds,
24:15"Have you come out with swords and clubs
24:17to arrest me as you would against a
24:20robber?
24:22Every day I used to sit in the temple
24:25teaching and you did not seize me. But
24:29all this has taken place to fulfill the
24:31scriptures of the prophets."
24:33Then all the disciples left him and
24:37fled.
24:39when they realize he's not going to rely
24:42on the arm of the flesh, on the sword of
24:45violence, but he's going to rely only on
24:48the spirit. That's what they don't have.
24:52And they run away.
24:55Those who had seized Jesus led him away
24:58to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the
25:01scribes and the elders were gathered
25:03together.
25:05But Peter was following him at a
25:07distance
25:09as far as the courtyard of the high
25:12priest and entered in and sat down with
25:15the officers to see the outcome.
25:19Now the chief priests and the whole
25:20council kept trying to obtain false
25:24testimony against Jesus so that they
25:26might put him to death.
25:29They did not find any even though many
25:32false witnesses came forward.
25:35But later on two came forward and said,
25:38"This man stated, I am able to destroy
25:41the temple of God and to rebuild it in 3
25:44days."
25:46The high priest stood up and said to
25:48him,
25:49"Do you not answer? What is it that
25:52these men are testifying against you?"
25:55But Jesus kept silent.
25:58And the high priest said to him, "I
26:01adjure you by the living God that you
26:04tell us whether you are the Christ, the
26:07Son of God."
26:09Jesus said to him, "You have said it
26:12yourself.
26:14Nevertheless, I tell you, hereafter you
26:16will see the Son of Man sitting at the
26:19right hand of power and coming in the
26:22clouds of heaven."
26:24Then the high priest tore his robes and
26:27said, "He has blasphemed.
26:30What further need do we have of
26:32witnesses? Behold, you have now heard
26:35the blasphemy.
26:37What do you think?" They answered, "He
26:41deserves death."
26:44Then they spat in his face and beat him
26:47with their fists. And others slapped him
26:50and said, "Prophesy to us, you Christ.
26:54Who is the one who hit you?"
26:58Is Jesus entering into temptation?
27:01[clears throat] Is he retaliating?
27:03Is he punching back? Is he defending
27:06himself?
27:08No. Because all of that would show that
27:11he was under the power that these men
27:14are under.
27:16Now Peter was sitting outside in the
27:18courtyard and a servant girl came to him
27:21and said,
27:23"You too were with Jesus the Galilean."
27:27But he denied it before them, saying, "I
27:29do not know what you are talking about."
27:33When he had gone out to the gateway,
27:36another servant girl saw him and said to
27:39those who were there, "This man was with
27:42Jesus of Nazareth."
27:44and he again denied it with an oath. I
27:47do not know the man.
27:52A little later, the bystanders came up
27:55and said to Peter, "Surely you too are
27:58one of them, for even the way you talk
28:00gives you away."
28:03Then he began to curse and swear. I do
28:06not know the man. And immediately a
28:10rooster crowed.
28:13And Peter remembered the word which
28:15Jesus had said, "Before a rooster crows,
28:19you will deny me three times." And he
28:22went out and wept bitterly.
28:28Peter
28:29has a measure of loyalty.
28:32He hangs on even when everyone else
28:35flees.
28:36But he does not have the power of the
28:40Holy Spirit inside of him enough [music]
28:42to overcome the power of the fear of
28:46death. And so in the face of this
28:51cruelty,
28:53this betrayal,
28:55this humiliation of his master and lord,
28:59he can't he can't keep it together.
29:03And as soon as he feels the threat of
29:07the first question, he gets up and
29:09starts leaving.
29:11He's asked in the gateway the second
29:13time. And the way he proves to them that
29:16he's not part of Jesus is with his
29:20filthy language. He starts cursing and
29:24swearing. And that's how they know, oh
29:27no, he he can't be he can't be part of
29:30what Jesus is. Jesus would never act
29:32like this.
29:35It's a weighty thought to see just how
29:38weak we are
29:41if we have to rely only on the spirit.
29:44If Peter could rely on the arm of the
29:46flesh and the sword, he would have
29:48fought to the bloody end. But if he has
29:51to [music] rely on the spirit of God
29:54alone, on faith in the world, word and
29:58will of God alone, he cannot drink the
30:01cup.
30:03But there's there's going to come a day
30:04when Jesus's promise is fulfilled. You
30:07will drink this cup. But that Peter is
30:10the Peter who's going to be changed
30:12through this revelation that he's having
30:14of himself and a Peter that's going to
30:16be empowered through what happens at
30:18Pentecost.
30:20That's still to come.
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