Lord's Day Sermon
January 28, 2024
The Plan to Kill Jesus Takes Shape
Sermon Details
Read passage (ESV) — Matthew 26:1-16
The Plot to Kill Jesus
26:1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, 2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, 4 and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
6 Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 8 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9 For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor.” 10 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. 12 In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. 13 Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
Judas to Betray Jesus
14 Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.
Outline
- Israel’s _____________ Determine That It Is Time to __________ with Jesus (1-5)
- An Unnamed ______________ Extravagantly _____________ Jesus (6-13)
- Jesus’ Own ________________ Plots to _________________ Him (14-16)
- Applications A. God will hold you _______________ for how you wield __________________, whether you do it for good or for ill. B. God will hold you responsible to ______________ authority, and if that authority is ______________, the LORD will hear your _____________ for _________________ and bring it about in His ________________ time. C. Nothing is ever ________________ when it is done to ________________ Christ Jesus. D. We should not be ______________ or thrown off from our spiritual __________________ when we witness those who ______________ ___________________ from the faith and commit terribly egregious _________________ against Christ.
Order of Worship
Lord’s Day Worship January 28, 2024 10:45 a.m. Prelude Welcome & Announcements Meditation [Bulletin, p. 2] Call to Worship & Invocation †Hymn of Worship “Lord, My Weak Thought in Vain Would Climb” [TPH 225] Greeting †Song of Praise “In Christ Alone” †Confession of Faith The Nicene Creed Pastoral Prayer Missions Update †Scripture Reading Isaiah 53:8-12 [Seat Bibles, p. 615] †Singing Psalms Psalm 29 – Now unto Jehovah, Ye Sons of the Mighty [TPH 29B] Tithes & Offerings †Gloria Patri [TPH 572] Sermon Text Matthew 26:1-16 [Seat Bibles, pp. 831-32] Expounding the Word of God Pastor Michael Mang “The Plan to Kill Jesus Takes Shape” †Hymn of Response [*] “How Deep the Father's Love for Us” The Lord’s Supper [Bread, gluten-free bread (health), wine, and white grape juice (conscience) are served.] †Doxology †Benediction Postlude † Standing, if able * The livestream ends during this hymn.
Meditation 44 And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.” – John 12:44-50 (ESV) Prayer of Confession of Sin O God of unsearchable greatness, before You [we are] nothing but vanity, iniquity, perishing. Sin has forfeited Your favor, [marred in us] Your image, banished [us] from Your presence, exposed[us] to the curse of Your law. [We] cannot deliver [ourselves], and [are] in despair. But a resource is found in You, for You did devise an everlasting plan in Christ. May His shed blood make [us]: more thankful for Your mercies, more humble under Your correction, more zealous in Your service, more watchful against temptation, more contented in [our] circumstances, and more useful to others. Amen. Excerpt from The Valley of Vision, ed. by Arthur Bennett; Banner of Truth. ______________________________________ Personal Confession This time of silence is for private confession of personal sins. Assurance of Pardon Because of the LORD’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. --Lamentations 3:22-26 (NIV) 2