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The Passion of Jesus

The Plot to Kill Jesus

John 11:45-57

Tension

Details

The Plot to Kill Jesus Background

  • Pharisees saw Jesus raise Lazarus
  • Did not make them believe like it did others
  • Plotted to kill Jesus
  • (Also plotted to kill Lazarus)
  • Afraid of what the Romans would do if people kept believing in Jesus

Who are the Pharisees?

  • Keepers of Mosaic Law
  • Proof they were God's people
  • Must keep this law to stay in favor to God
  • Extreme
  • Condition of your heart didn't matter
  • Purity laws, no Gentiles
  • No personal relationship with God
  • Self-righteous

Pharisees Opposition to Jesus

  • Believed Messiah would be a Davidic King
  • Not divine
  • Warrior - ruler over Israel
  • Rebuild the Temple
  • Would bring peace over Israel
  • Jesus violated laws
  • Sinners - unclean
  • Healed on the Sabbath
  • Forgave sins - blasphemy
  • Criticized Pharisees openly for hypocrisy
  • Saw Jesus as threatening their popularity and authority

Jesus' Opposition to the Pharisees

  • Hypocrites
  • Corrupted the law
  • Void of mercy and ethical considerations
  • Spiritual blindness
  • Condemned them for being righteous on the outside and wicked on the inside
  • Jesus is concerned with the heart and inward cleanliness

Pharisees try to trap Jesus

  • “Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
  • "In the resurrection, when they rise again, which one's wife will she be? For all seven had married her."
  • “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

The Parable of the Tenants

(Luke 20:9-19)

  • Who do each of the following represent?
  • The landowner
  • The vineyard
  • The tenants
  • The servants
  • The beloved son
  • What is Jesus' purpose in telling this parable?
  • What connection does Ephesian 2:20 and Psalm 118:22 have to do with this parable?

Making Connections

“Above All” by Michael W. Smith

Jesus enters Jerusalem

John 12:12-19

Palm Sunday

Conspiracy to kill Jesus

  • 7 instances of plotting against Him
  • 2 efforts to arrest Him
  • 3 assassination attempts
  • Not spur of the moment decision
  • A formal decision to arrest Jesus had been made several months earlier

Background

  • Last week of Jesus' life = Holy Week
  • Starts with Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday)
  • Jesus went to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Feast
  • Israelites liberated from slavery

Jesus enters Jerusalem

  • Triumphal entry
  • Shouted "Hosanna" and laid cloaks and palm branches in His Path
  • Customary for kings
  • Palm branches signify expectation of a military victory over Rome
  • Jesus = spiritual king
  • Peace and forgiveness

Jesus enters Jerusalem cont.

  • Enters riding a donkey
  • Donkey = peace
  • Horse = war
  • Peaceful nature
  • Humility
  • Freedom from pride or arrogance

POD Discussion

  • What do you think the crowds felt and thought when they saw Jesus enter Jerusalem?
  • Do you think the people were surprised when they saw Jesus on a donkey rather than a horse?
  • What do you think Jesus felt and thought as he entered Jerusalem?

Jesus and Humility

  • Jesus rode on a donkey to demonstrate humility.
  • Humility is Love of God, Love of Others and Love and Appreciation of Self

What I like about myself is………..

I am able to reach out and help others by ………………

I feel closest to God when ……………

Mandalas

  • A mandala is a circular form with geometric patterns that builds off of a central point
  • Sanskrit for circle
  • Used to connect with a spiritual power through meditation and contemplation.
  • Typical mandala designs and circular symbols in Christianity include:
  • The crown of thorns
  • The halo
  • The Celtic cross
  • Communion wafers
  • Stained Glass windows

Mandalas

  • You will create your own spiritual mandala
  • This is an abstract activity
  • This is to be done SILENTLY
  • Think about your relationship with Christ and use a variety of symbols and colors to depict this
  • As we begin Holy Week, it is important to reflect on your individual relationship with Christ to prepare for the sacrifice he made for YOU.

The Last Supper

John 13

Last Supper

Details

Background

  • Jesus' last meal
  • Passover Meal
  • Remembrance of Israelites slavery
  • Seder means order
  • Sacrifice an unblemished lamb
  • Smear blood on door post
  • Eat the flesh of the lamb with unleavened bread
  • Keep the Passover as a day of remembrance

Information Revisited

  • "My hour has not yet come."
  • Jesus referring to the time of his Passion and death
  • Not time for me to provide the wine of the banquet
  • Wine of salvation
  • Jesus' "hour" begins at the Last Supper
  • Specifically when Judas leaves to betray him
  • Last Supper = banquet of love
  • Wedding banquet, Jesus the Bridegroom

The Last Supper and the New Wedding Covenant

  • Wine = Jesus' blood
  • Inauggerates a new wedding covenant
  • "Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
  • Connection to Moses and the covenant God make with the Israelites
  • "So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has [a]made with you [b]in accordance with all these words.”
  • Jesus' words = new Sinai
  • New union between God and his people

The Last Supper and the New Wedding Covenant Cont.

  • New covenant is a marriage covenant between Bridegroom God and people of Israel
  • Last Supper is the wedding banquet of God and his people
  • Jesus celebrates with 12 disciples
  • 12 tribes of Israel
  • Blood of the new covenant = Jesus reveals himself as true Bridegroom
  • No longer sacrifice blood of animals

Summary

  • The Last Supper brought the Old Testament observance of the Passover feast to its fulfillment.
  • Jesus is the lamb of God
  • Jesus commands us to remember what He did on behalf of all mankind: shed His blood on the cross thereby paying the debt of our sins
  • Remembered during the Lord’s Supper, or communion
  • Jesus took two symbols associated with Passover gave them fresh meaning to remember His sacrifice:
  • Bread and wine
  • As symbolized by the original Passover sacrifice in the Old Testament, Christ’s death atones for the sins of His people; His blood rescues us from death and saves us from slavery.

Washing of the feet

  • Emphasizes our call to service.
  • Just as Jesus bent down to wash the feet of his disciples, we are to bend down and serve anyone and everyone in need.

What can we learn from washing of the feet?

  • Demonstrate kindness and love without boundaries
  • This powerful display of love calls for us to remove the boundaries that can dictate how we express love for each other.
  • Abandon our notions of societal hierarchy
  • We should share equally in showing kindness, and we shouldn't think that certain acts of kindness/service are reserved for particular sections of society.
  • Be humble in our service
  • Sometimes discomfort is necessary in service

The Passion of Jesus

Crucifixion

Details

The Agony in the Garden

  • After the Last Supper, Jesus and disciples go to Gethsemane
  • Peter, James, and John - shows his true feelings
  • Sorrowful
  • Walked away and began to pray
  • Jesus was praying to avoid a terrible death
  • “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”
  • To discover God's will and to find the strength to cope with what was coming

Jesus before the Sanhedrin

  • Sanhedrin - Jewish legislative and judicial body
  • Try to obtain false evidence on Jesus in order to pronounce death
  • False witnesses
  • Ask Jesus if he is the Son of God
  • He affirms it
  • Outrages Sanhedrin
  • Accuse Jesus of blasphemy (insulting God)
  • Sentence Jesus to death

Jesus before the Sanhedrin cont.

  • They broke their own laws (sort of):
  • Illegal to hold a trial at night that sought the death penalty
  • Illegal to hold a trial during a religious festival
  • Illegal to have a trial without someone speaking on behalf of the accused
  • So they technically couldn't sentence Jesus to death
  • Roman Prefect had the right to inflict the death penalty

Jesus before Pilate

  • Pharisees bring Jesus to Pilate
  • Try him with sedition
  • Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority
  • Pilate knows Jesus is innocent
  • Tries to set him free by releasing a prisoner in honor of Passover
  • Jews do not choose Jesus
  • Pharisees blackmail him
  • "No friend of Caesar"
  • "I am innocent of this Man's blood; see to that yourselves."
  • Jesus = guilty of sedition
  • Scourged, sentenced to crucifixion

Crucifixion

  • Scourging and beatings weakened Jesus
  • 39 in total (one from death)
  • Crown of thorns
  • Simon helps Jesus carry his cross throughout Jerusalem
  • Cross was close to 100 lbs
  • Golgotha - place of the skull
  • Offered wine with a pain killer in it - refuses it
  • Nailed to cross
  • Suffered dehydration, extreme blood loss, shock, respiratory arrest

Christ's Crucifixion

  • Necessary for salvation
  • Atonement = make one right with God

  • Romans 5:12-21
  • Compare and contrast Jesus and Adam
  • Jesus had to suffer because suffering is part of sacrifice

Canvas Reflection: Suffering of Jesus

Redemptive Suffering

Redemptive Suffering

Details

Redemptive Suffering

  • Joining our own sufferings to Christ's sufferings on the cross
  • Society tells us to avoid suffering
  • Redemptive suffering = rising above complaints
  • Accepting and embracing suffering

How is suffering redemptive?

  • Redemptive = acting to save someone from error or evil.
  • Must accept personal sufferings before they can be joined to Christ's
  • This makes suffering redemptive
  • We can save souls by offering our suffering as prayer for others and ourselves
  • Don't waste suffering!

Think of it this way...

Redemptive Suffering how to

  • 2 ways to do redemptive suffering
  • Embrace the sufferings you have no control over
  • Ex. tiredness, homework
  • Embrace suffering that you choose to put on yourself
  • Ex. fasting, giving up sweets
  • Each morning you decide whether or not you are going to suffer with Christ
  • "Lord, instead of complaining, I will embrace this suffering an offer it up for [insert intention]"
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