Forget Him Not

Judas, Passover, and the Lord's Supper

(Mark 14:10-25, Preaching: Pastor Stephen Magee, February 23, 2020)

[10] Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. [11] And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

[12] And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” [13] And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him, [14] and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ [15] And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.” [16] And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

[17] And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. [18] And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” [19] They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” [20] He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me. [21] For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

[22] And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” [23] And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. [24] And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. [25] Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

Shouldn't our savior be glorious? How could the King of kings be a Passover Lamb?

Judas the Betrayer – Will Jesus be an unwilling victim?

One of the twelve – Psalm 41:9, 69:25, 109:8

The chief priests were glad

He sought an opportunity to betray him.

The Passover Announcement – The Lord of history knows

The day and the place known to Jesus

Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.

The Son of Man goes as it is written of him: Dan. 7:13-14, Gn. 22:8, Ex. 12:5-6, Is. 53:6-9

A New Meal – A willing lamb will save a needy church.

Take; this is my body.

My blood of the covenant, poured out for many. Is. 53:12 “He bore the sin of many.”

The hope: That day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

THE POINT: The God/Man has become our Passover Lamb.

Applying these verses: 1. Do this in remembrance of him, and 2. Forget him not.

Old Testament Reading—Psalm 128 – What happened to Jesus?

New Testament Reading—1 Cor 1:18-31 – The word of the cross

Other passages:

Psalm 41:9

[9] Even my close friend in whom I trusted,

who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Psalm 69:25

[25] May their camp be a desolation;

let no one dwell in their tents.

Psalm 109:8

[8] May his days be few;

may another take his office!

Daniel 7:13–14

[13] “I saw in the night visions,

and behold, with the clouds of heaven

there came one like a son of man,

and he came to the Ancient of Days

and was presented before him.

[14] And to him was given dominion

and glory and a kingdom,

that all peoples, nations, and languages

should serve him;

his dominion is an everlasting dominion,

which shall not pass away,

and his kingdom one

that shall not be destroyed.

Genesis 22:8

[8] Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”

Exodus 12:5–6

[5] Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, [6] and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.

Isaiah 53:6–9

[6] All we like sheep have gone astray;

we have turned—every one—to his own way;

and the LORD has laid on him

the iniquity of us all.

[7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,

yet he opened not his mouth;

like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,

and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,

so he opened not his mouth.

[8] By oppression and judgment he was taken away;

and as for his generation, who considered

that he was cut off out of the land of the living,

stricken for the transgression of my people?

[9] And they made his grave with the wicked

and with a rich man in his death,

although he had done no violence,

and there was no deceit in his mouth.