:uke 22:47-54a (Betrayal)

I. Review/background
II. Narrative
1. Interruption (22:47)
John 18:2-3/Matthew 26:47
2. Judas (22:47)
3. A show of sovereignty (John 18:6)
John 18:6
4. The kiss (22:48)
5. Jesus frees the disciples (John 18:8-9)
6. Protective outburst (22:49-50)
John 18:10
7. Not the time to fight (22:51)
John 18:11/Matthew 26:53-54
8. An eerie healing (John 18:10)
John 18:10
9. Jesus’ rebuke (22:52-53)
10. Detainment (22:54a)
John 18:12
11. Second betrayal (Matt 26:56)
Matthew 26:56
III. How should we then live?
A. On sovereignty and free will
1. There is a time to fight—and to lay down arms (22:49-51)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
2. Strategic retreats (22:51)
3. Trust in the sovereignty of God (22:53)
B. On dealing with betrayers
1. Expect betrayal (22:47-48)
Acts 20:29-30
2. Watch for false intimacy (22:48)
3. Beware workers of the dark (22:52-53)
C. On the Gospel
1. Never forget, we are Judas
2. Jesus took the cup so that we might live (22:42)