Amen
Look at verse 1 again where the Bible read now when they had passed through
Empipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica where was a synagogue of the Jews and
Paul as his manner was went in unto them and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures
opening and alleging that Christ must needs have suffered and
Risen again from the dead and that this Jesus whom I preach unto you is Christ
Now apparently it's going to take us three Sabbath days to finish this message, namaskar
But the verse that or the phrase that I want to focus on for this morning is this phrase where it says Christ
Must needs have suffered and that's the title of the sermon this morning is Christ must needs have suffered
I always thought this is really a cool section of Scripture where you see the Apostle Paul
He's going in and he doesn't have Matthew Mark Luke John
He doesn't have all these New Testament epistles yet
but he's gonna take the Old Testament and he's gonna preach and prove how Christ must needs have suffered and
He's gonna preach them the gospel because also he has the resurrection from the dead and that Jesus was the Christ
But go if you would to Matthew 26
I want to kind of slowly go through the book of Matthew and we're gonna go through chapter 26 and 27
And we're gonna see how Christ must needs have suffered
It's incredible when you look at these passages about the Lord Jesus Christ and how it's just the whole Bible is just picturing the same event
it's all pointing to the same event and that there's no way to
Say that the Old Testament and the New Testament don't reconcile one with another and there's a lot of liars out there
There's a lot of deceivers out there there in this chapter, too
They're called the Jews the Jews will disconnect the New Testament from the Old Testament
But that's literally impossible when you study the two because they fit together like a glove
They're so cohesive
It would be you might as well throw the whole Bible out if you're gonna reject the New Testament
But go to Matthew 26 and let's look at verse 56 for just a quick second
Then I'm gonna kind of backtrack look what it says in verse 56
But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled
So Jesus Christ
Even himself while on this earth was pointing to the fact that hey
Everything that's happening right now
was dictated by the Old Testament scriptures the Old Testament scriptures are gonna end up being fulfilled by what's
Happening right now and that's crystal clear when you read the New Testament
It's just Old Testament prophecy after Old Testament prophecy one after another
Another now back up to verse number 45 when it started
Now I'm not the Apostle Paul and I'm not as eloquent of a speaker as he is
But I'm gonna do my best to show you a lot of things that I'm sure he was showing them
Look what it says in verse 45
Then cometh he to his disciples and saith in them sleep on now and take your rest behold
The hour is at hand and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners rise
Let us be going behold
He is at hand that doth betray me and according to the Bible
Jesus Christ was always ordained to be betrayed and betrayal is such a
Difficult subject anybody that ends up being betrayed by someone it hurts to the core
It's very difficult, but keep your finger here because we're gonna keep coming back. We go to Psalms chapter 41 Psalms chapter 41
The betrayal of the Bible was always a picture of what would happen to Jesus Christ being betrayed by one is his only
Disciples Judas Iscariot the one who came and betrayed him and the Bible says in Psalms 41 look at verse number four. I
Said Lord be merciful unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against thee now
What I want to point out is this and this is I'm gonna do this first
But then I probably won't do it anymore is when you read the Old Testament
You have to understand that it has a lot of fulfillments for prophecy
But not every single verse every single line is
Signifying something in the future or the Lord Jesus Christ. It's intermingled with a present-day application
So King David, he's a sinner. There's not a just man upon the earth that doeth good and sinneth not
So in verse number four when it says I said Lord be merciful unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against thee
That's David speaking about himself. We know the Lord Jesus Christ
Did not sin it says he was in all points tinted like as we are yet without sin and so your key to
understanding old tephan Old Testament prophecy is the fact that it will constantly go back and forth between the person and whom is preaching and
prophecies of the future about the Lord Jesus Christ
Things that he's going to say so you can't it's not a carte blanche
You can't just say every single verse applies to both or just one now
Look at what it says in verse number five mine enemies speak evil of me
When shall he die and his name perish now, that's for both
Some people they hate David and they hate the Lord Jesus Christ
The enemies want him to perish it says in verse 6 and if he come to see me he speak of vanity
His heart gathereth iniquity to itself when he go of the broad
He telleth it all that hate me whisper together against me against me. Do they devise my hurt?
Now again, it's interesting how these verses were mentioned in the Bible and David's has a present-day
Application of having all these enemies that are whispering against them and hating him
But the Lord Jesus Christ is the same way the chief priests and Judas were counseling together against him and they're whispering
against him wanting to destroy him look what it says in verse 8 an
Evil disease say they cleaveth fast on him and now that he lieth he shall rise up
No more. Yea my own familiar friend in whom I trusted which did eat of my bread hath lifted up his heel
Against me. So we see the prophecy of David preaching. Hey my own familiar friend
What is someone that's familiar someone you hang out with it's someone that you're
Sharing life with the Lord Jesus Christ spent three and a half years with Judas every day every night virtually
They're constantly in fellowship one with another constantly doing things one another and he rose up against him says in verse 10
But thou O Lord be merciful unto me and raise me up that I may require them now
that's interesting because that's what the picture of Jesus being rose again from the dead and
Requite means to repay so he's gonna repay those that took his life
Okay now go back if you would to Matthew Matthew chapter 26
So we have this picture in the book of Psalms about the own familiar friend that's going to end up what?
betraying his friend that's Judas betraying Jesus Christ and
It's picture of the fact that Jesus would have to suffer betrayal and even though he knew that Judas was a devil from the beginning
It doesn't discount the betrayal aspect and it's still pictures for us
What would be like to be betrayed by a close friend and those that are like Christ those that serve Christ with their life
They will have to experience these type of things in often cases
You're gonna have Judas is creep in who you knew who you spent time with who you?
Enveloped you developed a lot of time and energy with and you thought they were your friend and they're a familiar friend
It's not even like just this random person in your church
It's like your familiar friend
The guy that you ate with the guy that you talked with the guy that you shared life with the guy that you washed his
Feet with he ends up betraying you and to me that's a big picture of suffering
Obviously when it comes to what Christ had to go through
There's a lot of things that we have to folk we can think about but what is the betrayal aspect?
I mean betrayal hurts and oftentimes people would rather have physical pain than this type of a pain
What other kind of betrayals are there? How about a spouse being unfaithful? I
Mean I'd rather take physical pain that type of pain, you know
maybe a family member going against you or speaking against you or
Turning you in or doing these type of things. I've known of family members. They turn their own siblings into CPS on them
You know wrongfully, you know that that kind of betrayal hurts it cuts to the heart and the Lord Jesus Christ
He's betrayed by Judas in the night to the Romans to kill him
That's got to hurt when your own familiar friend who you've loved and done good unto you
Just watch them just stab you in the back right there at the end
Now look at verse 47 the Bible reads in Matthew 26 verse 47
And while yet spake O Judas one of the twelve came and with them a great multitude with swords and staves
From the chief priests and elders of the people now he that betrayed him gave them a sign saying whosoever I shall kiss
That same as he hold him fast and forthwith he came to Jesus and said hail master and kissed him and
Jesus said and him friend wherefore art thou come notice how Jesus Christ
Responded to Judas. He called him friend
Because he was his friend the sad reality is is that his friend is betraying him and notice how he's betraying him
He's betraying him with a kiss. Now. This is interesting go to second Samuel chapter 15 go to second Samuel chapter 15
Those who are truly wicked those who are truly evil
Often use
flattery and
They try to befriend you and they try to use these endearing qualities about them while they betray you at the same time
the kiss of death a
Kiss from Judas and what was the kiss about the kiss was signifying to the Romans whom they should capture
Who Jesus truly was the one that was going to be betrayed the one that was going to be taken captive
He could have kissed any person
But it was on the Lord Jesus Christ because he's betraying him now constantly see this dream throughout the Bible
In fact, look at second Samuel chapter 15 look at verse 4
Absalom said moreover
Oh that I were made judge in the land that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me
And I would do him justice and it was so that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance
he put forth his hand and took him and
Kissed him now
Absalom is like Judas in the Bible and
Absalom stole the hearts of the people away from David and he betrayed David with a kiss
The way that he stole the hearts was by flattering people and he ends up giving them this kiss and all your matters are good
And right, you know, I wish I was the judge of the land
I would do good stuff and he kisses the people as a kiss of betrayal just like Judas was going to do to Jesus
Go to chapter 20 go to chapter number 20
We see this constant theme in the Bible and it's a picture of what Judas was gonna do to Jesus
Christ says in second Samuel chapter 20 look at verse 9 and Joab said to Mesa art thou and health my brother and
Job took a Mesa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him
But a Mesa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand
So he smote him therewith in the fifth rib and shed out his bowels to the ground and
Struck him not again and he died. So job and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bicrai
Notice again job coming up for the kiss
But all the while having a knife right in his hand just shoving it into a Mesa and just taking his life
The spiritual knife that Judas is trying to stab into Jesus heart
When he comes and betrays him with that kiss go to Proverbs chapter number 7 Proverbs chapter number 7
Be careful of the person that wants to come up and just give you a kiss right off the bat
And in fact, Joab and Mesa are not like the bestest of friends
There's already a little bit of contention there and you have to be
Careful when someone just wants to come up and just be all buddy buddy with you
You know at the workplace sometimes people do this the worst people will come up to you and all of a sudden it seems like
There's a little bit of rivalry all of a sudden they come up and they're just like, hey buddy. Hey pal
And you're like, why are we pals all of a sudden, you know, why are we buddies all of a sudden?
You should be careful of that kiss of death
You need to be careful of the person you take heed to the sword that's in his hand notice
He wasn't focused on the sword that's on his hand. He was just focused on that blessing of that kiss
Oh, he likes me now
You need to pay attention to where that sword hand is at even you know
Ihud does the same thing when he gives a he gives a gift. Okay, you have to be careful of where that sword hand is
that
look at Proverbs chapter 7 verse 13, so she caught him and
Kissed him and with an impudent face said unto him the Bible warns about the whorish woman
And now the whorish woman wants to destroy men's lives and notice with a kiss
She's never even met this guy before he comes around her corner
I've been waiting for you all my life
Let me give you a kiss
But it's a kiss of death. Look at what it says in verse 27. Her house is the way to hell
going down to the chambers of death
Be careful of the people that want to come around and flatter you of the person that just wants to give you a kiss and
Obviously in our culture, this isn't a normal greeting but beware of the person that's overly friendly
You've never even met this person and they're just like hey, you know, if you ever want to go on a date night
You could always drop your kids off at my house
Look that happens. I was in an independent fund of a Baptist Church and I found out later that there was this couple going around
Asking people. Hey, we'll watch your kids
They've never even they don't even know the person. It's like the first time I've ever met you. Hey, what's your name?
Just FYI if you want to drop your kids off at my house
Well, then later we find out that this family the son and the dad are basically involved in pedophilia
shocker
Hey, I just want to give you a kiss brother
Hey
We just really care about marriage and your we care about your marriage so much that we'll watch your kid just so you can get
That special date night. They don't care about your marriage
If you've never even met this person, they do not care about your marriage. They just wake you up
What kind of weird nonsense is that you have to be careful about the people that are too friendly
Be careful about the person that just overly nice and coming, you know on too strong that
Documentary by the LA Police Department about boys beware. They said that sexual predators like homosexuals. They're often
Overly friendly. They said young men. You should be afraid of any man
That's overly friendly and overly nice because it's weird
It's not normal. I
Like kids like the next guy, but I'm not gonna be overly friendly with kids
Okay, a man that just wants to be around kids and overly friendly and touching your kids doing that's weird
That's strange and a good person after being corrected would probably just fix it and feel embarrassed
So, you know you if you see these type of situations you need to stand your ground
You need to protect yourself from these situations
And if someone comes up to me and offers for them to watch my kids and never met them
I'm gonna say that's weird. Stay away from me
Like I don't want to don't even talk to me anymore that's too weird that was sorrow
No normal person offers that look even if I know you well, I don't want to watch your kids
Let alone strangers like I'm not interested. I mean, I love my kids
I want to do other stuff. I don't even watch them oftentimes. Okay. Well, I don't want to watch your kids
Okay, it's weird
It's just like even when I go to another independent fundamental Baptist Church and there's guys in the nursery. That's weird
What normal hair-legged man wants to avoid the hard preaching to go hang out with babies
You're weird
There's something off about that situation and I'm not saying I'm not gonna damn that person
Maybe they are just kind of weird, but I'm gonna stay away from you
I'm not interested in getting close to that type of person
And you should be aware of the woman who will just come up and she'll be all over you the day. She met you
You're not special. You're not Brad Pitt. Okay, you're not
You're not some super handsome studly guy. She'll tell you that. Oh, you're so handsome and studly
She'll do that to the next guy and the next guy and the next guy and the next guy
Be aware of people that are overly friendly and nice like that
the Bible says faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful and
Jesus Christ ends up getting betrayed by what the kiss the kiss of death go back to Matthew chapter 26, Matthew 26
You know a true friend will wound you with correction a bad friend
Will give you a kiss no matter what the situation is. They won't correct you. They won't tell you do anything wrong
Why because they're afraid of losing that connection because they have ulterior motives a true friend doesn't have ulterior motives
He just wants you to be a better person. He just wants you to do things that are right
So he'll tell you stuff that you need to fix that you need to correct
Whereas an enemy they're never gonna tell you anything wrong. You're never gonna tell you anything that you're doing. That's bad
They're gonna give you kisses on the cheek and then behind your back
They'll tell everybody everything you do that's wrong behind your back
They'll go around and gossip and say how wicked and evil you are but to your face is just kisses
If you find out that someone's giving you kisses in the front and stabbing you in the back
You just just stay away from that person. That's an immediate person. You should reject look at Matthew 26 verse 54
But how then shall the scripture be fulfilled that thus it must be
So you say well, why do these things happen?
I mean if Jesus knew that Judas was gonna betray him, why did he let him betray him?
So the scriptures could be fulfilled for our admonition go to Psalms chapter 40 go to Psalms chapter 40
This morning and you can't even though Jesus Christ knows everything, okay
You can't get this weird Calvinistic mindset doesn't Jesus know everybody that's gonna get saved or not. I
Mean he knows every that's gonna get saved but was he just like hey, I already know you're not gonna get saved
I'm not gonna preach you the gospel
Already just preached the gospel openly to everybody
Notice the person that actually knows who's elect and who's not still preached the gospel to everybody
And in fact many people that were not elect that he's telling us very clearly. They're not elect
He still preached the gospel to them. So that's why even if you believe this Calvinist nonsense
You should still go out and preach the gospel to everybody
It doesn't even make any sense
But you can't get this weird Calvinistic mindset and understand like well Jesus knew that Judas was the devil
Why do you do that? Well to fulfill Scripture?
That's why he did those things
Look because the whole Bible is about Jesus. Look at Psalms chapter number 40 and
Look at verse 7 then said I lo I come in the volume of the book. It is written of me
Oh
Hey, that's interesting. The Bible just tells us that it's written about Jesus
It says in verse 8 I delight do thy will. Oh my god. Yea thy law is within my heart
Notice Jesus delighted to do the will of God. This is not David saying oh, it's about me
This is David prophetically speaking about how it's all about Jesus
Jesus came to do everything that this book had written about him and some of those things were suffering
Being betrayed all the other stuff we're about to read go back
That's why the Bible says in John chapter 5 verse 46 for had you believed Moses
You would have believed me for he wrote of me
Jesus said hey everything in the Old Testament was about Jesus Christ. In
Fact the Bible says to him give all the prophets witness that through his name
Whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins
He's saying hey all the prophets were about Jesus all the sufferings that the prophets went through were picturing the sufferings of Jesus
It wasn't about them as a person
It was about what Jesus was gonna have to go through and when you constantly see all the different
Sufferings of people in the Bible. It was a picture of what Jesus was gonna have to do for us
Hey every time they got those those kisses of deceit. It was a picture of what was gonna happen to Jesus Christ
Every time they were mocked and ridiculed and spat upon and beat and killed it was always a picture of Jesus Christ
Look what it says in Matthew 26 now look at verse 56
But all this was done that the scripture of the prophets might be fulfilled then all the disciples forsook him and fled
So again, it reiterates the fact that this is to fulfill Scripture. Jesus came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill
But notice what it says they're gonna flee well keep your finger here and go to Zechariah chapter 13 go to Zechariah
chapters in the minor prophets
Close to the end of the Old Testament Zechariah chapter number 13, and we're gonna flip over the Bible everywhere
So this is gonna be good sword drill. Look at Zechariah chapter 13 verse 7
Awake O sword against my shepherd and against the man that is my fellow saith the Lord of hosts
Smite the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered and I will turn mine hand
Upon the little ones and it shall come to pass that in all the land saith the Lord two parts there and shall be cut
Off and die, but the third shall be left therein
So we have in verse number seven a picture of what's gonna happen
They're gonna smite the shepherd and all the sheep are gonna scatter
That's a picture of when they took Jesus Christ all of the disciples fled
It says all of them forsook him think about it. Jesus Christ has gone to all the sheep of Israel
He's preached to all of his people. He preached him the truth healed all their sicknesses all of their diseases
He only preached the truth to them. He poured out his entire life into these disciples
No, man stood with him
They all forsook him they all forsook the Lord Jesus Christ
So anytime you see picture in the Old Testament of the man of God being forsaken people being against him
It's a picture of Jesus Christ. And in fact this happens in a lot of people's lives even in King David's life
There's a point in time where nobody is with David. He's literally rejected of everybody King
Saul pushes him all the way out of the kingdom. He flees under the Philistines the Philistines reject him
Then when he comes back to the camp in Ziklag all of the women and children have been taken captive and his own men
They're just talking about stoning him. It's David by himself and the Bible says that David had to strengthen himself in the Lord
Just completely utterly forsaken. That's a picture of what would happen to Lord Jesus Christ
Look at verse 59 go back and look at verse 59
Says
Now the chief priests and elders and all the council saw false witness against Jesus to put him to death
Says but but found none
yay
though many false witnesses came yet found they none at the last came to false witnesses and
Said this fellow said I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days and the high priest arose
And said unto him answers thou nothing. What is it which these witness against thee?
So they found a couple false witnesses to preach against Jesus keep your finger go to Psalms chapter 35 go back to Psalms
And you'll notice Psalms being referenced a lot. It's probably the most referenced book when it comes to the New Testament and
That makes sense because we're even supposed to sing it in the New Testament
But the Psalms is a long book, but it has so much prophecy of the Lord Jesus Christ
You could probably find every doctrine in the book of Psalms
It's interesting the book of Psalms is such an incredible book and that's why it's important to sing it look at Psalms 35 verse 11
False witnesses did rise up. They laid to my charge things that I knew not
He said they're just making stuff up against me
Says in verse 12 they rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul
But as for me when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth
I humbled my soul with fasten and my prayer returned in mine own bosom
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother
I bowed down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother
But in mine adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together
Yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me and I knew it not they did tear me and cease not with hypocritical
Mockers and feasts they gnashed upon me with their teeth
Lord how long will thou look on rescue my soul from their destructions my darling from the lions
now
Again, some of this is going to be David
But it's mostly about the Lord Jesus Christ and notice how it's talking about him still behaving himself wisely
Still behaving himself friendly and being good even to these people that want to destroy him that want to kill him
They're hypocritical mockers. It says in verse 17
That he wants to have him the Lord rescue his soul from their destructions and my darling from the lions
Now darlings actually mentioned one other place in Scripture and it's pretty much interchangeable with soul
It's in Psalms 22
But darling just means you're dearly beloved your dear one and that's what Jesus is to the Father
This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. So he's just referencing to himself
It would be like soul there, but it also calls the people that would kill him. Look at what it says in verse 15 the
Abjects now that's only found there in the scripture of that time, but what would be an abject?
It's not a word that I often use in my normal, you know
vernacular
The only thing I could think of that I've ever used this word would be in reference to somebody saying they're an abject
Poverty you ever heard that kind of a phrase
Abject just means the worst of the worst
It's
Extremely bad. This is what we would call
reprobate okay
Jesus Christ is saying these people that want to kill me. They're the worst of the worst and they truly were
Caiaphas is the worst of the worst and you say who's the worst of the worst pastor Shelley Jews?
The Jews that killed Jesus are the abjects
They're the most reprobate when you read the Bible the most
Reprobate people are the Jews the ones that killed the Lord Jesus and we're gonna see this theme constantly in our Bible
Matthew's written to who?
The Jews right? It is written to the Jews. It's written to everybody though, and the Jews killed Jesus Christ
They rejected their Messiah. They rejected the Christ and all the scriptures are pointing to him
They were so blinded and they hated him and notice what Jesus attitude was towards them
The abjects gathered themselves together against me and I knew it not they did tear me and cease not he's not
You know looking on these people with love he's calling them abjects
He's not looking on them
We're gonna get we're gonna get more deep tell on this point in a minute, but go back to Matthew 26
Go back to Matthew 26
The people to know the scriptures the way that they did and to reject Jesus are just total abjects
That's
Why when I talk to somebody that's not ignorant of the gospel
That's not ignorant of the Bible and they gnash their teeth on the Lord Jesus Christ. They're an abject. Oh
You go try to love on those people no, I
Have no love for those people. I don't want anything good for those people. I want them to be destroyed
Just like Jesus wants them to be destroyed just like David wants them to be destroyed
Look I'm ready to go preach the gospel of those that are blind
I'm ready to preach the gospel of those that are ignorant and out of the way and I want to have compassion on them
But those that just sit there and mock Jesus Christ and mock the Bible and mock God, you know
They're just a complete abject. I want nothing to do with that person
Look at Matthew 26 verse 63
But Jesus held his peace and the high priest answered and said in him I adjure thee by the living God that thou tell us
Whether thou be the Christ the Son of God so notice
with all of this
constant mocking
Constant ridicule constant false accusation. What did Jesus do?
Let's read it again, but Jesus held his peace
You know, it causes them to just get eaten up
When they sit there and they mock and they ridicule. Hey pastor Shelley
Those bears haven't gotten me. You just hold your peace
Hey, where's that lightning bolt pastor Shelley just held your peace
Just keep holding your peace and they just get eaten up
Hey, you want to be like Christ? Oh, I don't want to go to the church or they mock
Well, Jesus had to get mocked Jesus had to be ridiculed but notice what Jesus did. He just held his peace
Keep your finger and go to Psalms 38 go to Psalms 38
Let them mock let them ridicule they'll have their day. I can't say anything to them that matters anyways
What happened when Michael the Archangel was contending with the devil he durst not bring a railing accusation didn't he?
said the Lord rebuked thee
What happened when Shimei was cursing David as he went by let him curse
I
Mean it's a constant theme throughout the Bible. You see I don't like it. Well, Jesus had to do it for you
Look at Psalms 38 and look at verse 12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me and they that seek my hurt speak
Mischievous things and imagine to see it's all the day long, but I as a deaf man heard not and
I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. Thus I was as a man that hearth not and whose mouth are no reproofs
They say what should I do pastor Shelley when people are just ridiculing Jesus and mocking Jesus just be a dumb man. I
Don't even know what they're saying
Who are you I don't they don't even exist
You know makes trolls go insane
Ignoring you
They can't stand it
so what they do is they keep increasing their their provoke because they just want to get a rise out of you and
Once they realize I mean, you know, it's gonna come to a head at some point, but just just ignore them
Just be as a dumb man
He says he has no reproof. You don't think that Jesus Christ had any good comebacks
You don't think Jesus Christ is like
I bet I could take you
It wouldn't even be hard, you know, I don't even have to lift the finger I could just
You know breathe and you just fall over right? I mean, you know, it's not about being tough
Jesus Christ is as tough as they come my friend
He's like, but I was just dumb. I
Just held my peace
That's hard
It's hard, but that's what Christ is. It's hard. It's hard. It's hard. It's hard. It's hard
Christ did for us go back
Just gives me more respect for Jesus Christ. I don't know what else to say
Look at Matthew 26 verse 64
Jesus say than him so they finally gives them a response. They they're just like begging for him to say something
He's like tell us you're the Christ tells you the Son of God. It's like I already have a million times but
Verse 64 Jesus saith unto him thou hast said he's like you guys even said it
Nevertheless I send you hereafter
So you see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven
He's like, yeah, you're gonna see the Son of Man coming all those mockings and ridicules and reviling
You're gonna eat your words
But keep your finger here. I'm gonna I want to spend some time on this point
Well, I want to I want to read a little bit more than spend some time on this point
Let's read verse 65 through 68. Then the high priest rent his clothes saying he has spoken blasphemy
What further need have we of witnesses behold now you have heard his blasphemy what think he they answered and said he is guilty of death
and they did spit in his face and
Buffeted him and others smote him with the palms of their hands saying prophesying to us thou Christ
Who is he that smote thee?
Like it's one thing
to receive
Verbal mocking it's another thing for them to just sit there and just smack you in the face
Hey who punched you? Hey who hit you he knows?
He knows who hit them, but he just took it
Go to litigates chapter 16 go to live in his chapter 16 the things that Christ endured for you
This is the king of kings mind you Lord of Lords. This is the omnipotent
The Almighty is getting punched in the face by some abjects by some rejects by the most disgusting
filthy dogs
Imaginable why because they were the worst of the worst
Chiapas and his goons were the worst of the worst
Leviticus chapter 16 look at verse 20
And what he had made an end of reconciling the holy place in the tabernacle the congregation in the altar
He shall bring the live goat. Now. This is interesting in in Leviticus. There's an offering
they have to take two goats one goat for the sin offering and
Another goat for the scapegoat. Okay, and this is the scapegoat section that we're reading
let's keep reading in verse number 21 and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat and
Confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel and all their transgressions and all their sins
Putting them upon the head of the goat and
Shall send him away by the hand of a fit man
Into the wilderness and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities
Unto a land not inhabited and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness
Now this is what's interesting about this is first of all Jesus Christ. You say what's the picture the two goats?
Well, every single sacrifice is about Jesus all of them. The sin is the fact that he became sin for us
He died on the cross for us who knew no sin. He became sin
Another aspect of it is the fact that he is our scapegoat
He is the one who had all the iniquities and transgressions and sins laid upon him
He has the bear iniquities that are not his
you say what's a scapegoat pastor Shelley a
Scapegoat is one who gets blamed for someone else's wrongdoing
They pick somebody that's innocent that did nothing wrong and they end up getting blamed
Oftentimes this happens in the workplace
Something's gets screwed up and they have a scapegoat
It's the person they just decide was the one that's at fault even though they had nothing wrong and it's frustrating when that happens
Jesus Christ didn't have to just do that for the bad thing at work. He had to do that for every sin on the planet
He has to sit there and get taken being punched in the face for your sin
For your iniquity for your transgression for everything that you did wrong. Jesus Christ has just sit there and just take it
Just take constant railing
constant false accusation
Constant smiting cut just all the iniquities of the whole world just put on Jesus Christ
He says to sit there and take it. So that's not fair
It's not
It's not fair
Go if you would Isaiah chapter 50 go with Isaiah chapter 50
The Bible says who his own self bear our sins in his own body on the tree
The Bible says in Matthew 8 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet saying himself
Took our infirmities and bear our sicknesses
Jesus Christ had to endure the affliction for us. It was not for himself. He was perfect. He was spotless
He was righteous they rewarded him evil for good
Look what else they're doing in this trend in this
transaction
Isaiah 50 verse 5 the Lord God hath opened mine ear and I was not rebellious neither turned away back. I
Gave my back to the smiters. He says I didn't even stop them from hitting me
I didn't even stop them from just smiting me and
My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair
They're sitting there just beating him and smiting him and grabbing him by the beard and just ripping the hair out of his face
for you
He just sits there and just takes it every single punch every single blow every single false accusation
Looking for seven for the Lord God will help me. Therefore I shall I not be confounded
therefore have I set my face like a flint and
I know that I shall not be ashamed notice. He says, you know how I got through this
I set my face as a flint. I was unwavering
I was steadfast even in the persecution even in the affliction
Keep your finger here in Isaiah and go to Ezekiel chapter number three go to Ezekiel chapter number three
Why because everything about the prophets is a picture of Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ
He says I didn't even turn away my back. I wasn't like flinching. I'm just standing there like a flint
And they're just hitting him and just punching him and just ripping out his beard and he's just taking it
Just saying hey who smote you who hit you just holding this piece
Just taking it just blow after blow
Accusation after accusation iniquity. He's like that goat. I mean, what do the goat do? I
Mean, there's people just sitting there like Johnny committed fornication and Susie committed fornication. I mean the goats just like
Like
All the sins of all the people are just confessed onto this this scapegoat that's what happened to Jesus Christ
for us
Ezekiel 3 verse 7
But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee for they will not hearken unto me for all the house of Israel are
impudent and hard-hearted be old
I have made thy face strong against their faces and thy forehead strong against their foreheads as an adamant harder than flint
Have I made by forehead fear them not neither be dismayed at their looks though. They be rebellious house
He's saying hey Ezekiel
You're gonna have to just stand in their face and no matter what they do
You're gonna be strong like a flint why cuz that's a picture. What Jesus was like
Jesus didn't cower
Jesus didn't whimper Jesus didn't turn away the back. He just stood there and took it like a man
The man the Lord Jesus Christ
He
Just took it look what it says in verse 10 moreover. He said to me son of man
All my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart and here with thine ears
Why because Ezekiel is a picture the Son of Man. I like it
They keep mocking Jesus and then when he said hey, you're gonna see the Son of Man coming with clouds
He's just he's just got his face like a flint you're gonna see the Son of Man coming
They
Knew what he was saying. He didn't back down. He didn't change the mist at the message. He didn't trim anything
He just took it all of our iniquities all of our sins all the mocking all the ridiculing
The Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven
He just stands there and just takes it good Isaiah chapter 53 Isaiah chapter 53
But
How can you read the Old Testament and say that Christ must needs not suffer I mean he did
He had to suffer everything's pointing to the sufferings. I mean when I read the books of
Ezekiel and Daniel and Isaiah and Jeremiah and it's like this is picturing the Messiah. What's his life gonna be like rough. I
Mean, did you read those guys lives? It was rough. What prophet are you? Just thinking like that was great
I want to try that one the dung bread
I mean, you know, I haven't had that in a while laying on my side for a year
I mean, you know, that's just exciting all my wife dies and I'm not even allowed to cry about it
Being becoming a eunuch like Daniel being thrown in the lion's den constantly railed and lied against and and just the trade
affliction
smiting
Scorning Elijah says everybody wants me dead, you know, I'm alone
David everybody wants to be dead Jeremiah. Everybody wants to be dead. I feel like I'm getting a constant theme here
Christ must needs have suffered
Look at it says nice yet 53. This is probably the most famous verse
Her section of verses verse 4 surely hath borne our greaves and carried our sorrows
Yet we did esteem him stricken smitten of God and afflicted
But he was wounded for our transgressions
He was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes
We are healed all we like sheep have gone astray
We have turned every one to his own way and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all
He was oppressed and he was afflicted yet. He opened not his mouth
He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before his shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth
Just the incredible actions of the Lord Jesus Christ just as strong as a flint rock
Taking all the iniquity all the transgression
Just bearing it all that the burden of the world laid upon his shoulders go back to Matthew go back to Matthew
Say oh, I can't bear the burdens that I have. Well, how about this burden? I
Mean what's it like to be like Christ to bear one another's burdens?
He bore all of our burdens and
Obviously during the time of Christ he healed everybody but the healing here is not a picture of a physical healing
It's a picture of what the spiritual healing of our sins
The fact that we're a transgressor against God. We're a transgressor of the law. We deserve help. We deserve beating
We deserve death. We deserve every single punishment. Jesus got we deserve it
And he took all of that punishment all that pain all that suffering all that affliction so that we could go to heaven
for free I
Mean the beauty of the gospel
Matthew 27 verse 1
When when the morning was come all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death
And when they had bound him they let him let him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor
then Judas which had betrayed him when he saw that he was condemned repented himself and
Brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders
Saying I've sinned and that I have betrayed the innocent blood and they said what is that to us?
See thou to that and he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed and
Went and hanged himself and the chief priests took the silver pieces and said it is not lawful
For to put them in the treasury because it is the price of blood and
They took counsel and brought with them the potters field to bury strangers in
Wherever that field was called to feel the blood unto this day
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet saying and they took the thirty pieces of silver
The price of him that was valued
whom they of the children of Israel did value and they gave them for the potters field as the Lord appointed me and
Jesus stood before the governor and the governor asked him so
What's interesting about this is so much stuff here, but keep your finger and go to Zechariah chapter 11 for a moment
You know Jeremiah ends up buying a piece of land in the book of Jeremiah. That's a picture of the year
But there's another picture in Zechariah of this same purchase and valuing of the Lord Jesus Christ notice that Judas
He ended up repenting of his sin and he still went to hell
You say like we're who repented of their sins in the Bible Judas did and he still went to hell
That's not the gospel. He even declared Jesus was the innocent one
He still went to hell because he didn't put his faith and trust in Jesus Christ. He was a devil from the beginning
Whoa, we're pitting her sins gets you to heaven
Well, the only person I'm reading about and of the disciples that repented of their sins was Judas and he went to hell
Peter ends up, but you know denying Christ and he gets to go to heaven. Isn't that interesting?
Zechariah chapter 11, so Jesus was led like a lamb to the slaughter. He's that Passover lamb and
Zechariah chapter 11 verse 12 says and I said unto them if ye think good give me my price and if not for bear
So they wait for my price 30 pieces of silver
and the Lord said unto me cast it unto the potter a
Goodly price that I was prized at of them and I took the 30 pieces of silver and cast them to the potter
And the house of the Lord and notice they call the field the potter's field from this scripture from this reference again
how could you say that these two don't line up like
I'm it's speechless, you know, it's the unspeakable gift. Okay, go ahead back to Matthew 27
And
Look at verse number 12 again
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing then said Pilate unto him
Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
And they said and he answered him never a word and so much that the governor marveled greatly
Hey, he was not speaking to them beforehand he's not speaking them when they beat him
He's not speaking them when they take him to Pilate again. He's holding his peace
It's it's it's mind-boggling to us. I mean the man that you know, they say never man spake like this man
Wouldn't he have been able to give a good counsel? You know, this is the the fallacy of the law system in America
Well, if I get up and tell the truth, of course, they'll exonerate me not in our legal system
Well, Jesus just got up and preached the truth they would let him go no, he was put there because he did preach the truth
We need a different legal system. We need one where Jesus Christ is the judge
We need Jesus Christ to be the father of the nation then we'll be judged rightly then we have the right governor in place
We have the right ruler, but until then, you know the unjust judge. He doesn't care what the truth is
He just wants people to leave him alone and it's no different in America today. They don't care about the truth
They just want to settle get out of court. Get out of here. I'm done. I want to go play golf
You know, whatever the situation is
Go to Psalms 39 go Psalms 39 for a moment
There's no way I could finish this morning, so we'll just have to chew on this for dinner
But I want to go to a few more places
Paul had to do it in three days. All right, so I think we can do it two sermons
Psalms 39 verse 2 I was dumb with silence. I held my peace
even from good and
My sorrow was stirred. My heart was hot within me while I was musing the fire burn then spake
I with my tongue look at verse 9. I was dumb. I open not my mouth notice this because that's
You say hey pastor Shelley, how can I keep my mouth shut when people are mocking and ridiculing we'll just say well
He did it so I'll do it
But notice even when Jesus was keeping his mouth shut his heart was burning
He was musing. He was fired up inside, but he just kept his mouth shut
And you know, we ought to do the same thing. We ought to try to keep our mouth shut
Hope you had to Luke 23 and this is the last point I'm gonna make this morning look at a few more places
But Jesus Christ didn't stand there now Jesus Christ no matter how many times he opened his mouth was never gonna sin
He's the Word of God. Okay, but the Bible warns in Proverbs about us
It says in the multitude of words there wanteth not sin meaning what if you speak enough?
You're gonna end up saying something wrong you're gonna end up screwing up, you know
If you preach three times a week, you're gonna say some weird stuff. All right
It just is inevitable why cuz I'm not Jesus Christ. I'm not perfect
I'm not gonna sit here and handwrite every single word that's gonna come out of my mouth for every single sermon and just read it
To you. Okay, and even in that situation, I would still make mistakes. I would still have problems
So, of course if you listen to any preacher for any length of time you're gonna find problems
you're gonna find times where they say weird stuff or dumb stuff or they just forget something or they make something up and
This is what the Pharisees and the scribes wanted
Because they're like we just got to wait a little bit. We'll catch something out of his mouth and
Look, the trolls are no different today. The trolls are the same the same Pharisees and some Pharisees are the same
The trolls are the same the same Pharisees and Sadducees exist today the Sadducees don't even believe in the resurrection
Yet they're still wanting to accuse Jesus, you know, there's people they don't even go to church. They don't care about Jesus
They don't care about the Lord. They're not a believer yet
They'll just hang out at church and listen to the pastor
Just to catch something out of his mouth just to find something that he can use against them
Twist out of context or even in some cases just it was legitimately wrong or they just misspoke or they did
Jesus never did
Another point is the fact that he's he's God. Okay, nobody can speak that much without making a mistake
but the Lord
mankind cannot speak in such a manner and not
Screw up all the time
So that's why it's important for us to be careful and sometimes we need to close our mouths a lot of times
We need to use
Discretion and not just blow off our mouth and blow our top a lot of times
We need to really think about the words that we use the Bible says the wise people will you know, shut his mouth a man
Steam of great wisdom. I'm screwing that up, but
We need to learn to have patience and be slow to anger and keep our mouths
This is what Jesus did for us
He modeled it for us and even though he didn't have to he modeled it for us
Look what it says in Luke 23 verse 4
Then said Pilate is the chief priests and the people I find no fault in this man and
That's super significant. Why?
Because if Jesus had died on the cross for any perceived fault, he would have not been the spotless lamb
He would have not been the sacrifice for us
He went to the cross with no possible option of any wrongdoing
There was no fault that they could possibly find with him
The Bible talks about a red heifer without spot without blemish
That's why the Old Testament has such strict laws about people not even be able to enter the congregation of the Lord if they had anything
Superflous on their face if they had any physical deformity if they had anything wrong whatsoever
They weren't even allowed to come in to the the high place. They weren't allowed to come into the tabernacle
They weren't allowed to come into the holiest of holies. I mean the high priest had to be physically without spot
Just like the lamb had to be physically without spot and just as a picture that Jesus Christ without spot in every possible way
Says in verse 7 and as soon as he knew that he belonged in the heritage jurisdiction
He sent him to Herod who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time
then he questioned with him with many words, but he answered him nothing and the chief priests inscribed stood and vehemently accused him and
Herod with his men of war
Set him at night and mocked him and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe and sent him again to Pilate and the same day
Pilate and Herod were made friends together for before they were at enmity between themselves
Now I think this verse is really prophetic you say of what well currently we have a lot of enmity in the world today
Don't we we have a lot of enmity. There's all these nations that are against one another you got Islam and you've got Catholicism
And you got Hinduism and you got you know, all these people but notice what their common rallying point was
hating Jesus
Hating the Bible there's gonna be a day and time when the whole world can rally together in one
Aspect and that is what killing Christians
They're gonna hate Christ. They're gonna hate the Bible and we already see precursors of this where people that hate each other
They want nothing to do with each other. Well, they can at least have a common enemy Christians
God the Bible it's interesting how Bible believing Christianity today receives persecution from all sides
Islam hates them the Catholics hate them the Jews hate them the world hates them. It's one common enemy
It's Jesus Christ white because he's the truth
And they hate the truth. This is prophetic. What's going to happen in the end times?
Why there's going to be a lot of lies out there a lot of deception because iniquity shall abound
The love of many shall wax cold. That's why you're gonna see such great persecution and we already see it today
People don't want the Bible people don't want truth. People don't love Jesus Christ. People aren't interested in this book
I mean if I said hey, I'm gonna preach a lot of stuff in Isaiah Ezekiel Daniel. I mean feel like
Hey listen about Jesus, what did he ever do for me everything?
He got punched in the face for you over and over he got falsely accused for you
He had to be drug up on the cross for you. We'll get there
Look what it says in verse 13 and pilot when he called together chief reason the rulers and the people
Said unto them you have brought this man unto me as one that perverted the people and behold
I have examined him before you have found no fault in this man touching those things. Where have you accused him?
No, nor yet Herod for I sent you to him and lo nothing worthy of death is done unto him
He said look there's absolutely nothing wrong with this guy now, let's read the next verse I will therefore chastise him
That was a bad move
Why that's our legal system today. Well, this guy's done nothing wrong
Let's just have him pay a couple fines and court fees and what you know
like even if you win in court you lost just
Because of all the fees and all the other stuff that goes on Jesus Christ. Oh, you're perfectly exonerated. We'll just still beat you anyways
I'm sure you did something wrong. I'm sure you know, even though we can't find anything wrong and released him
Now this prophetic go to Psalms chapter 2 and acts for the last places. We'll look this morning
Psalms 2 in Acts chapter number 4
Again Christ must needs have suffered the Bible reiterates this and it's every verse. It's every line
It's just the whole Bible every concept every precept every chapter
Everything just about Christ suffering for us. Why because it's all about the gospel. It's all about the death burial and resurrection
It's the climax of all humanity. It's the climax of all time
It's what we're supposed to look at. They are all looking to the cross. We're all looking back to the cross
Look at Psalms chapter 2 verse 1
Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing the kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together?
Against the Lord and against his anointed saying let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us
He that's that is in the heavens shall laugh
The Lord shall have them in derision when God's laughing it's negative for those people that he's laughing at
God's looking down from heaven at Pilate and at Herod and at the Jews and he was laughing at them
While they were sitting there against Jesus go to Acts because this is going to tell us exactly
What this verse meant because this verse is talking about this moment in which Jesus is passed around from the Jews
To Pilate to Herod back to Pilate back to the Jews. We see this circle of
Accusation false accusing they're just all against Jesus and notice that it said they're against the Lord and
Against his anointed that sounds like more than one person to me
That sounds like God the Father and
The Son the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of the Father and that's why they said let us
Break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us. He's saying hey, we want to break the things from them. Okay
How can you have there if it's one person?
their bands hmm
Their bands, I think that's more than one person
Look at Acts chapter 4 verse 23, I just love beating that dead horse
And anybody that's unsaved they always come out like not understanding the Trinity
It's just it's interesting verse 23 and being let go
They went to their own company reported all that the chief priests and elders had said of them
And when they heard that they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said Lord
Thou art God which has made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is
Who by the mouth thy servant David has said
Why did the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things the kings of the earth stood up and the rulers were gathered together?
against the Lord and
against his Christ
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus in case you're wondering who that anointed one was in Psalms 2
It's the holy child Jesus. Okay, it says whom thou hast anointed both Herod and
Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and the people of Israel were gathered together
Notice the Jews the Gentiles
Pilate and Herod they were all gathered together against whom Jesus
And God's upstairs laughing at them. He's laughing at them
It says in verse 40 28 for to do whatsoever thy hand thy counsel determined before to be done and now Lord behold their
Threatenings and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness
they may speak thy word by stretching forth thy hand to heal and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy
Holy child Jesus now, what is he saying here?
He's saying in verse 28 that this was already determined
forever thy word is settled in heaven I
mean the in the beginning was the
Word it's interesting the Bible so interesting the Bible literally tells the bad people what they're gonna do
And then they still do it
The Bible tells us hey the last days there's gonna be mockers saying where is the promise of his coming?
But then what do you see in the last days? There's mockers?
Hey the Bible constantly pointed to potless Pilate and Herod and all the Jews rejecting Jesus and then they still rejected Jesus
Stephen was preaching to the Jews and saying hey, we just kept rejecting all the prophets and then they stoned Stephen
It's you know, the Bible already tells us everything the devil's gonna do and he's gonna do it, okay
That's the counsel of the Lord
Because you know, he's infinite in knowledge
He's infant in power and might and all the things that he's already determined what Christ must need suffered
He already knew that Christ had to suffer
Why
because God is a just God and
He loved you
He wanted you to go to heaven, but the only way for you to go to heaven
the only way was for Christ or something and
that's why I was already forwarding and
Because they understand this passage
What do they want to do and verse 29 and now Lord behold their threatenings and granted thy servants that with all boldness
They may speak thy word
when we see Jesus on every single page when we see the sufferings in the
Persecutions and the things that he had to endure for us. It should cause us to speak his word with boldness
It should stir our hearts to see what he's done for us
It should cause us with gratitude to want to worship and serve him and preach the whole Bible
If all the prophets can give witness to Jesus Christ, then why can't I preach every verse in every line?
I
Love every verse in every line because it's all about Jesus Christ
It's all about his righteousness. It's all for his glory. It's all for his honor
I'm not up here trying to see what I can get out of this book. I'm just trying to get out of the way
It's all about him
And we ought to let God's Word stir us up and cause us to want to go out and do the right thing
Why did David keep his mouth shut because Jesus did?
Why can I suffer because Jesus did and why would I want to open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel?
Because Jesus did come back this evening. We'll get in some more. All right
Thank you father so much for your word that you've given to us
Thank you for the gift of your son the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for foreordaining that he would suffer for us
And take the entire burden and that you would lay upon him the iniquity of us all upon your son the perfect spotless lamb of God
We just thank you for your example and your great love that you poured out upon us
I pray that we would just have our hearts stirred this morning by the scriptures and it would inspire us to serve you better