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Matthew 26: The Last Supper and the Lord's Supper pt 3 of 4

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1) God’s sovereignty and human free will need to always be held in tension and we see this in Judas’ choice to betray Jesus. That’s the first point.

2) Judas is condemned because he lacked repentance and faith.

Now, let’s look at the character of Judas more specifically. Within the group, he was the keeper of the money bag. He was the group treasurer. So we can presume that people thought he was trustworthy. Would I entrust a new Christian whom I barely know, who is in a lot of financial debt and bumming around at his parent’s house with the role of treasurer of this church? Probably not. Because I want to see the person grow in faith and stand up to various temptations and prove that he can be trusted. And this trust is earned over a period of time. And for whatever reason, Judas is given that position of trust. [Read more…] about Matthew 26: The Last Supper and the Lord's Supper pt 3 of 4

Matthew 26: The Last Supper and the Lord's Supper pt 2 of 4

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That’s one prophecy from the book of Jeremiah. We pick up the strand of God’s redemption history in Zech 11. Zechariah was another prophet who came upon the scene after Jeremiah. While the Israelites were captives in Babylon and the temple lie in ruins, Babylon was attacked by Cyrus, the king of Persia, and Babylon fell in 539 BC. And God in his sovereignty influenced a pagan king, Cyrus, and Cyrus allowed the Hebrews to return to their homeland and rebuild their temple. So Zechariah was a prophet that God had raised up to shepherd his people during this restoration period when exiles were returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. [Read more…] about Matthew 26: The Last Supper and the Lord's Supper pt 2 of 4

Matthew 26: The Last Supper and the Lord's Supper pt 1 of 4

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For this month, we’re going to take a break from Romans and study the Passion accounts in preparation for Good Friday and Easter.

Matthew 26:14-30.

Today, I have 3 points.
1) God’s sovereignty and human free will need to always be held in tension and we see this in Judas’ choice to betray Jesus.
2) Judas is condemned because he lacked repentance and faith.
3) Judas sinned against Christ and he also sinned against the body of Christ. [Read more…] about Matthew 26: The Last Supper and the Lord's Supper pt 1 of 4