Title: The Preparation of Courageous Love
Text: Luke 22:1-6
Speaker: Pastor Paul Chappell

Introduction

A. Jesus' Calming Assurance

- Jesus Expresses His Love

Quote: "I must confess that I never realize Christ’s preciousness so much as when I feel myself still to be, apart from Him, an undeserving, hell-deserving sinner.” – C.H. Spurgeon

- Jesus Illustrates His Love

Quote: “The deepest level of awareness of God is achieved only by intimate communion with the Son.” – Kenneth Grayston

Quote: “Affection is the real secret of a good memory in religion. No worldly man can think much about Christ, unless Christ is pressed upon his notice, because he has no affection for Him. The true Christian has thoughts about Christ every day that he lives, for this one simple reason, that he loves Him.” – J.C. Ryle

B. Jesus' Consideration of The Disciples' Weakness

- Judas Would Betray

Quote: "Man proposes, but God disposes."

- The Disciples Wanted Glory

- Peter Would Deny Him

Quote: "You can get too big for God, but you can never get too small." – Lester Roloff

Quote: “Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.” – E.M. Bounds

Quote: “Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer can do.” – C.H. Spurgeon

A. Our Lord's Request

- To The Father

Conclusion

B. Our Lord's Relinquishment

- Jesus Relinquishes His Own Will For The Father's

- Jesus' Acceptance Of What Was Before Him

A. The Plot Against Christ

- The Religious Leaders

Quote: “The arrest of Jesus was effected by the Sanhedrists through the Temple police, accompanied by a part of the cohort of Roman soldiers from the tower of Antonia. This cohort of some five hundred soldiers was kept in the tower to quell any tumult among the people and act as an emergency police force.” – Christ in the Gospels

- Judas Iscariot

B. The Power of Christ

- His Power Of His Perception

- His Power Of His Name

- His Power Of His Authority

C. The Passion of Christ for All Men

- He Loved The Servants And Soldiers Who Came To Arrest Him

- He Loved Judas

- With Great Sorrow