Luke 24:44

• Gospel of Luke quotes Psalms
• In Acts, Luke quotes Psalms

“The Stones the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone”

• Psalm 118:22
• Luke 20:17
• Acts 4:8-12
• • Two types of people in the Passion Narrative
    • Those who and Jesus for His claims
    • Those who for Jesus’ claims

Temptation

• Christ is tempted three times in the wilderness before worldly ministry:
  • Luke 4
• Christ is “tempted” three times at Gethsemane before His arrest:
  • Luke 22:39-46
• Disciples tempted:
  • Luke 22:54-62

Betrayal of Jesus

30 Pieces of Silver?

• • Zechariah 11:12-13
    • Shows the worth Judas had for Jesus as in Zechariah
  • Exodus 21:32
    • Cost of a slave…the Sanhedrin purchased Judas as a slave to man
      • See Romans 7:14 (Slave to sin)
• More times than not, we are the in the story!

WE’VE BETRAYED JESUS FOR MUCH LESS!!!

Why a Kiss?

The Kiss complete

• Zechariah 9:9 -Prophesied Christ’s entry
• Luke 19:28-44 -Jesus Enters Jerusalem as King (Coronation)
  • Psalm 118:26 – Quoted in Christ’s coronation
  • 1 Kings 1:32-35 -Coronation of Solomon (Ride of David’s mule- David’s dynasty established)
  • Psalm 2:12
    • “Kiss the Son”
    • New King referred to as the “Son of God” or “The Son”
  • Shows Judas’ heart towards Christ…a mocking kiss to “the King”
    • God actually turns the irony…completes the coronation

God gave Man through a kiss/ Man gave God through a kiss

• Genesis 2:7 -God gave life through a kiss (Nashaq)
• Luke 22:47-48 -Man betrays God through a kiss
  • Judas uses a mechanism that is supposed to show respect and admiration for a teacher as a mockery towards Christ

Through God’s grace of breath, we use it to….

Trial of Jesus

• Luke 23:1-25 – 3 Times they find no fault with Jesus
• Luke 23:18; 25 – “Release Barabbas”
  • Hebrew: “Bar = Son Abba= Father”
  • The crowd had a choice to release two “Son’s of the Father”
  • They chose the murderous “Son” of man

WE PUT GOD ON TRIAL ALL THE TIME!

• God, explain why…..

TRUTH IS…IF HE TOLD US, WE WOULDN’T BELIEVE HIM!

• Luke 22:67 –“If I told you, you would not believe me”

Crucifixion of Jesus

• Luke 23:22-43 -Executed and mocked between two guilty men
  • One mocks
  • One witnesses
    • Luke 23:40-41 –“This man has done nothing wrong”
• Simon of Cyrene- Luke 23:26
  • He was a
    • Luke is saying, “Disciples do not come just from Israel”
  • Probably the church at the time
    • Mark 15:21 states he was the “Father of Alexander and Rufus”
    • Romans 16:13 – Man named Rufus mentioned
  • Acts as i.e. “The man you know, Simon, carried the cross”
  • True understanding of
    • Luke 9:23 – Pick up your cross daily and follow me
    • Luke 23:26 – Simon picked up the cross and followed Jesus

LIKE SIMON OF CYRENE DEMONSTRATES, DISCIPLESHIP/SERVING GOD IS OFTEN…