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“Walking with Jesus”
Do you know this Do you know this Man?Man?
Matthew 16:2-3 - “He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for for
the sky is redthe sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the
face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
…Walking With Jesus?
Are You…
1 Corinthians 1:18 – “For the preaching of the cross is to
them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved
it is the power of God.”
Who Was He?Who Was He?
Who Did He Become?Who Did He Become?
Who Does He Want Who Does He Want To Be In Me?To Be In Me?
WhoWho DoesDoes HeHe WantWant
ToTo BeBe InIn MeMe??
•Who I can only be by walking with
Him!
WhoWho DidDid HeHe BecomeBecome??
•He Emptied Himself
The Creator of the world, from whom the heavens fled away (Revelation 20:11)…
……made Himself of no made Himself of no reputation. (Philippians 2:7)reputation. (Philippians 2:7)
He that was appointed the heir of all things (Hebrews
1:2)…
……had no place to lay His had no place to lay His head. (Matthew 8:20)head. (Matthew 8:20)
The brightness of God’s glory (Hebrews 1:3)…
……was made in the likeness of was made in the likeness of sinful flesh. (Romans 8:3)sinful flesh. (Romans 8:3)
The express image of God (Hebrews 1:3)…
……was marred more than any was marred more than any man ever. (Isaiah 52:14)man ever. (Isaiah 52:14)
He that upheld all things by the word of His power
(Hebrews 1:3)…
……allowed Himself to be allowed Himself to be heldheld, , mocked and smitten for our sin. mocked and smitten for our sin.
(Luke 22:63)(Luke 22:63)
WhoWho DidDid HeHe BecomeBecome??
•He Surrendered His Rights
2nd Corinthians 8:9 – “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poorsakes He became poor, that ye
through His poverty might be rich.”
The right to wealth
Isaiah 53:3 – “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was
despised, and we esteemed Him notesteemed Him not.”
The right to honor and esteem
2nd Corinthians 5:21 – “For He (God) hath made Him (Christ) to be sin made Him (Christ) to be sin for usfor us (you and I), who (Christ) knew
no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”
The right to purity
Mark 10:45 – “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to ministerbut to minister, and to
give his life a ransom for many.”
The right to bebe served
John 1:4(a)- “In Him was life;…” Matthew 27:50 – “ Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice,
yielded upyielded up the ghostthe ghost.”
The right to livelive
Romans 12:1Romans 12:1 – “I beseech you – “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, mercies of God, that ye present that ye present your bodies a living sacrificeyour bodies a living sacrifice, holy, , holy, acceptable unto God, which is your acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.”reasonable service.”
1 Corinthians 6:191 Corinthians 6:19 – “What? know ye – “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of not that your body is the temple of
the Holy Ghost which is in you, the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and which ye have of God, and ye are ye are
not your ownnot your own?”?”
“Walking with Jesus”
A Significant Step
“Walking with Jesus”
A Selfless Step
““BetrayalBetrayal””
•Welcomed as Messiah by the
crowd.
Mark 11: 7-10
•Cursed the fig tree as a picture of His
barren people.
Mark 11: 12-14
•Cleared the temple of the money
changers.
Mark 11: 15-19
•Encourages His Disciples To Pray.
Mark 11: 20-24
•Taught His Disciples about
forgiveness.
Mark 11: 25-26
•Answered accusations about
His authority.
Mark 11: 27-33
•Gave the parable of the slaying of the vineyard owner’s
son.
Mark 12: 1-12
•Answered questions
regarding the paying of taxes.
Mark 12: 13-17
•Answered questions
regarding the resurrection.
Mark 12: 18-27
•Teaches His disciples concerning the
greatest commandent.
Mark 12: 28-34
•Proved Davi’d view of Messiah as Lord.
Mark 12: 35-37
•Warns of the selfish pride of the religious leaders.
Mark 12: 38-40
•Teaches His followers the true heart of giving.
Mark 12: 41-44
•Gives His discourse on the signs of His
coming.
Mark 13: 1-37
TheThe Betrayal’sBetrayal’s Revealing
John 13:18-21 – “I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but
that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with Me hath lifted up his heel against Me. Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come
to pass, ye may believe that I am He. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth Me; and he that receiveth
Me receiveth Him that sent Me. When Jesus had thus said,
He was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you
shall betray me.”
To strike with fear, render anxious, to remove the calm of
heart.
The Trouble DeFINED
•Matthew 14:26 – “And when the disciples saw Him walking
on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a
spirit; and they cried out for fear.”
The Trouble DeFINED
• Luke 1:11-13 – “And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing
on the right side of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.”
The Trouble DeFINED
• John 11:33-34 – “When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and
the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord,
come and see.”
The Trouble DeFINED
The Trouble EXPLAINED
•The reality of the coming suffering.
The Trouble EXPLAINED
John 13:18-21 – “I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but
that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with Me hath lifted up his heel against Me. Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come
to pass, ye may believe that I am He. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth Me; and he that receiveth
Me receiveth Him that sent Me. When Jesus had thus said,
He was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you
shall betray me.”
•The reality of the coming suffering.•The rejection of someone you love.
The Trouble EXPLAINED
• 16 times in the Book of Jeremiah
he weeps.
• 154 times he says “thus thus saith the saith the
LordLord”.
• Lamentations = 5 funeral songs!
•The reality of the coming suffering.•The rejection of someone you love.
•The reminderreminder of an even greater rejection.
The Trouble EXPLAINED
TheThe Betrayal’sBetrayal’s Responses
Matthew 26:21-22 - “And as they did eat, He said, Verily I say
unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto
Him, Lord, is it I?”
“Is It I?”
•Psalms 139:2 – “Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou
understandest my thought afar off.”
•Proverbs 5:21 – “For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He pondereth all his goings.”
John 13:22-25 – “Then the disciples looked
one on another, doubting of whom He spake. Now there was
leaning on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it
should be of whom He spake. He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto Him, Lord, who is it?”
“Lord, who is it?”
• John 13:25-29 – “He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto Him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when He had dipped the sop,
He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan
entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. Now
no man at the table knew for what intent He spake this unto him. For
some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have
need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.”
TheThe Betrayal’sBetrayal’s Responsibility
JudasJudas
He Was Well He Was Well RespectedRespected.
• John 13:25-29 – “He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto Him, Lord, who is it?
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And
when He had dipped the sop, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And
after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou
doest, do quickly. Now no man at the table knew for what intent He spake this
unto him. For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that
Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something
to the poor.”
He Was Well He Was Well RespectedRespected. He was known
for servingserving.
He was known for benevolencebenevolence.
He was known for being being busybusy.
He shined shined outwardlyoutwardly.
He Was Well He Was Well DisguisedDisguised.
He Was Well He Was Well DisguisedDisguised. He was
motivatedmotivated by selfby self interestinterest.
• John 12:2-6 – “There they made Him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him.
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed
the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. Then saith one of
his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he
cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was
put therein.”
GREEDGREED
•He was thinking revolutionrevolution..• He was thinking power.
•He was thinking authority.• He was thinking “money
making machine”• He was thinking world
domniation!
POSITIONPOSITION
• John 6:15 – “When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and
take Him by force, to make Him a king, He departed again into a
mountain Himself alonealone.”
• John 6:26 – “Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye
seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but becausebut because ye did eat of
the loaves, and were filled.”
• John 6:66 – “From that time many of His disciples went back, and walked
no more with Him.”
He Was Well He Was Well DisguisedDisguised. He was
motivated motivated by self by self interestinterest.
He was a cold, calculated, deceiverdeceiver.
• Matthew 26:14-15 – “Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And
said unto them, What will ye What will ye give megive me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted
with him for thirty pieces of silver.”
His Character His Character RevealedRevealed.
John 13:26 – “Jesus
answered, He it is, to
whom I shall give a sop, when I have
dipped it. And when He had dipped the
sop, he gave it to Judas
Iscariot, the son of
Simon.”
His Christ Rejected.
Matthew 26:49-50 And
forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and
kissed Him. And Jesus said unto him,
Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came
they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
His Christ Rejected.
He Was Well He Was Well DisguisedDisguised.
He was motivated by motivated by self interestself interest..
He was a cold, calculated, deceiverdeceiver.
He was a replica of his replica of his father, father, the the devildevil.
HeHe witnessedwitnessed thethe GloryGlory .
•He saw 5000 fed …twice.
HeHe witnessedwitnessed thethe GloryGlory .
•He saw 5000 fed …twice.
•He saw the blind eyes opened.
HeHe witnessedwitnessed thethe GloryGlory .
•He saw 5000 fed …twice.
•He saw the blind eyes opened.
•He saw the dead raised.
HeHe witnessedwitnessed thethe GloryGlory .
• Ezekiel 28:14 - “Thou art the anointed
cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast
walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire.”
HeHe witnessedwitnessed thethe GloryGlory .
• Job 38:4, 7 – “Where wast thou when I laid
the foundations of the earth? … When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”
HeHe wantedwanted thethe GloryGlory .
HeHe wantedwanted thethe GloryGlory .
• Ezekiel 28:15 - “Thou wast
perfect in thy ways from the day that thou
wast created, till iniquity was
found in thee.”
HeHe wantedwanted thethe GloryGlory .• Isaiah 14:13-14 - “For
thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon
the mount of the congregation, in the
sides of the north: I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
High.”
HeHe wantedwanted thethe GloryGlory .• Isaiah 14:15 – “Yet thou
shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.”• Ezekiel 28:16 – “By the
multitude of thy merchandise they have
filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast
sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of
the stones of fire.”
HeHe wantedwanted thethe GloryGlory .• Matthew 27:3-5 - “Then Judas,
which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was
condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief
priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have
betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to
us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the
temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.”
HeHe wantedwanted thethe GloryGlory .
• Isaiah 48:11 – “For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be
polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.”
How could they not have known?
Self and Pride
• Proverbs 6:16-17 – “These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud lookA proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood..”• Proverbs 16:18 – “Pride goeth before
destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
• Proverbs 15:25 – “The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he
will establish the border of the widow.”
• Proverbs 16:5 – “Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand,
he shall not be unpunished.”
“Walking with Jesus”
A Significant Step
“Walking with Jesus”
A Selfless Step
Isaiah 48:11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how
should my name be polluted? and I will not
give my glory unto another.…Walking With
Jesus?
Are You…