WHAT JUDAS MISSED-I—John 13:18--17:26
OR--‘WHILE YOU WERE OUT’
*THIS IS A BARE-BONES SERMON OUTLINE THAT WAS FLESHED OUT IN THE PULPIT*
Attention:
Shortly after Jesus Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem as Her promised Messianic King...
& During the Passover supper, Jesus’ provided an example of Christian humility for His disciples(including Judas Iscariot) by washing their feet as would a servant...
*Judas missed the entirety of Jesus’ teaching which took place from the time of his prematurely leaving the Lord’s supper(13:30) until he arrived in the Garden of Gethsemane, with the detachment of soldiers, chief priests & Pharisees to arrest Jesus!(18:3; Mat. 27:27)—[Roman cohort(speira—the tenth part of a legion=600 soldiers)]
Need:
*Every time you are ‘too busy’ to take part in a gathering of the Church of God, you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
*Every time you think God cannot use you to do what He has plainly shown you, you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
*Every time you ‘avoid’ God’s plain direction for you, you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
*Every time you discourage another person, (whether it be your spouse, your friend, your brother or sister in Christ, etc.), you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
*Every time you do not fulfill an appointment by God, you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
13:3-17
Judas missed...His UNCLEANNESS
Judas missed...That PERSONAL GREATNESS Is INEXTRICABLY BOUND To The MASTER
Judas missed...His BLESSING
13:18— "I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’"
Judas missed...The PRIVILEGE Of BEING CHOSEN(13:18a)
Judas missed...EVIDENCE Of MESSIANIC FULFILLMENT(13:18b)
Judas missed...His ANCIENT WARNING
Cf.-Ps. 41:9—“Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.”
13:19—"Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He."
Cf.-14:29
Judas missed...A MEMORABLE MISSION
13:20 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; & he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
Judas missed...His REPRESENTATIVE CALLING
Judas missed...The TRUE GOD
13:21—"When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, & testified & said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.”"
Judas missed...The WARNING Of BEING A HINDERANCE TO GOD
Mat. 13:24-30—“Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came & sowed tares among the wheat & went his way. But when the grain had sprouted & produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner came & said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go & gather them up?’ “But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, & at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares & bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
1Jn. 2:15-21—“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, & the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, & the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. Little children, it is the last hour; & as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, & you know all things. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, & that no lie is of the truth.”
Jn. 16:2—“They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.”
Lk. 17:1-2—Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! “It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, & he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
13:22—"Then the disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom He spoke."
Judas missed...The WARNING Of DENYING PERSONAL SIN
Jer. 17:9-10—“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.”
13:23-26—23—"Now there was leaning on Jesus bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. 24 Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke. 25 Then, leaning back on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon."
Judas missed...The EASE & BLESSING Of SEEKING The LORD’s WISDOM
Heb. 4:15-16—“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy & find grace to help in time of need.”
Js. 1:5-6—“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally & without reproach, & it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven & tossed by the wind.”
Judas missed...The CONFIDENCE Of ALTHOUGH LIMITED Yet TRUE KNOWLEDGE
Jn. 16:12-13—“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; & He will tell you things to come.”
*:25—“This disciple was reclining next to Jesus, but on His right. Therefore his back was to the Master. The easiest way for him to address Jesus was to lean back until his head literally rested on Jesus’ breast.”—DACTGATJ
13:27 —"Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
Judas missed...The WARNING Of BEING OUT For YOURSELF
Eph. 6:11-13—“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh & blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, & having done all, to stand.”
Judas missed...The WARNING Of GAINING ‘PERMISSION’ RATHER THAN FOLLOWING GOD’s ‘DIRECTION’
Num. 22:18-22—“Then Balaam answered & said to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver & gold, I could not go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me.” And God came to Balaam at night & said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise & go with them; but only the word which I speak to you--that you shall do.” So Balaam rose in the morning, saddled his donkey, & went with the princes of Moab. Then God’s anger was aroused because he went, & the Angel of the LORD took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey, & his two servants were with him.”
CONCLUSION:
Visualization:
Remember Judas Iscariot!
Action:
!You must not miss what Judas missed!
*Every time you are ‘too busy’ to take part in a gathering of the Church of God, you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
*Every time you think God cannot use you to do what He has plainly shown you, you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
*Every time you ‘avoid’ God’s plain direction for you, you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
*Every time you discourage another person, (whether it be your spouse, your siblings, your friend, your siblings in Christ, etc.), you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
*Every time you do not fulfill an appointment by God, you miss out on something vital & life-changing!
Presented 03/25/2018am to:
FBC Cbelle
206 Storrs Ave. SW(SE Ave. A)
Carrabelle, FL 32322
