Linden Road Church
The Least Supper
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Linden Road Church
160 S Linden Rd, Mansfield, OH 44906, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
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And who was it who betrayed Jesus?.
John 13:21-30
After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”
His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”
Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.”Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”But noone at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.
Why on earth would Judas do what he did?
Why would he betray — give away — Jesus?
John 6:1-13
Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
A bridge between John 6 (5,000) and Exodus 16 (Israel in the wilderness)
We all have a deep hunger for the bread of this world, don’t we? The things and the stuff of this world?
John 6:41
At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
John 6:60
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
John 6:66
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
Many turned away from Jesus that day, and it’s because he wouldn’t play by the rules of their stomachs. He was up to a deeper work — he was offering something greater — and the grumbling of their stomachs led to angry grumbling amidst the crowd.
When we think only with our stomachs…
(1) we lose our bearings
(2) we grow cold toward God.
The crowd wasn’t alone in rejecting Jesus that day.
John 6: 67
“You do not want to leave too, do you?”Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.” Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil! (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
Why would Judas betray Jesus?
Why would he give him away?
Judas thought only with his stomach, and he wanted only the bread of this world.
John seems to be saying that there among the Twelve is ‘a pretender.’ There among the Twelve is one who merely wants bread — the stuff of this world — and nothing more.”
Matthew 27:1-5
Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
We all have a deep hunger for the bread of this world. But all the bread we seek — and sometimes even secure — always fails to satisfy.
What it is we really need?
To be forgiven for our betrayal of God?
John 6:53-58
Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
Jesus, the Bread of Life, satisfies our soul’s deep hunger.
But will we come to the Table and take hold of the Bread?
Matthew 27:1-5
Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
But will we come to the Table and take hold of the Bread?
That’s the question.
And who was it who betrayed Jesus?.
John 13:21-30
After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”
His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”
Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.”Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”But noone at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.
Why on earth would Judas do what he did?
Why would he betray — give away — Jesus?
John 6:1-13
Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
A bridge between John 6 (5,000) and Exodus 16 (Israel in the wilderness)
We all have a deep hunger for the bread of this world, don’t we? The things and the stuff of this world?
John 6:41
At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
John 6:60
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
John 6:66
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
Many turned away from Jesus that day, and it’s because he wouldn’t play by the rules of their stomachs. He was up to a deeper work — he was offering something greater — and the grumbling of their stomachs led to angry grumbling amidst the crowd.
When we think only with our stomachs…
(1) we lose our bearings
(2) we grow cold toward God.
The crowd wasn’t alone in rejecting Jesus that day.
John 6: 67
“You do not want to leave too, do you?”Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.” Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil! (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
Why would Judas betray Jesus?
Why would he give him away?
Judas thought only with his stomach, and he wanted only the bread of this world.
John seems to be saying that there among the Twelve is ‘a pretender.’ There among the Twelve is one who merely wants bread — the stuff of this world — and nothing more.”
Matthew 27:1-5
Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
We all have a deep hunger for the bread of this world. But all the bread we seek — and sometimes even secure — always fails to satisfy.
What it is we really need?
To be forgiven for our betrayal of God?
John 6:53-58
Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
Jesus, the Bread of Life, satisfies our soul’s deep hunger.
But will we come to the Table and take hold of the Bread?
Matthew 27:1-5
Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
But will we come to the Table and take hold of the Bread?
That’s the question.
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