Luke 22:47-53: The Betrayal of the Savior

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, March 9th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. We provide the preaching each week through YouTube by Sunday afternoon. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 22:47-53

Intro

  • The betrayal and arrest of Jesus
  • All the characters are present
  • We see the motives of the heart on full display

Judas’ Betrayal – vv. 47-48

One of the 12

  • Been with Jesus
  • Saw the miracles
  • You can get no closer to Christ than Judas
  • Matthew 7:15-23; 2 Corinthians 11:14
  • 1 Timothy 6:12 (We must fight the good fight of faith… look within…looking out)

Yet, heart would not/could not receive Christ for who He was

  • Judas had impure motives when he followed Christ
  • Power, Prestige, Problems (our lack of)

Acted as a friend, yet was a betrayer

  • Kiss on the check
  • In the cover of darkness

Do not let our proximity to Jesus confuse us with relationship our with Jesus.

The Disciples Reaction – vv. 49-51

They were not spiritually ready

  • Did not listen (follow the words of Christ)
  • Did not pray
  • Did not respond well

Thought the battle was physical rather than spiritual

  • Ephesians 6:10-20 (Not flesh and blood)
  • Responded in a physical way

As his followers, if we are not prayed up and standing firm, we will react to the temptations of the world with physical means rather than spiritual.

The Crowds Darkness – vv. 52-53

Jesus references the political and religious powers

  • The authority of darkness
  • Sanhedrin, Pilate, Herod

Opposed to the who and what of the true Gospel (JESUS)

  • Working in the cover of darkness
  • Conspiring together

Darkness

  • Sin and Evil
  • Ignorance, shame, isolation
  • Opposed the thing of God (His Holiness/Truth)
  • John 1:5
  • Acts 26:18
  • 1 John 1:5-7
  • Ephesians 5:8
  • Colossians 1:13

The world is full of darkness, and we are called to be children of light. Therefore, we should not have any desire to wander in the dark.

  • Do not walk where they walk
  • Do not live as they live
  • Do not respond as they do

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