{"id":15037,"date":"2021-04-02T22:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T05:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john_17_13-26-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-03-28T00:44:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T07:44:06","slug":"john_18_1-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john_18_1-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus = Prophetic, Powerful, Protecting\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 18:1-11 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 18:1-11.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

John 18:1-3 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was an olive grove, and he and his disciples went into it.
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0So Judas came to the grove, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-3:\u00a0\u00a0The first time the Kidron Valley is mentioned in Scripture, King David is crossing it at a time when he is being betrayed by the son he loves and his life is in jeopardy (see 2 Samuel 15, especially verse 23).\u00a0\u00a0The last time the Kidron Valley is mentioned in Scripture, Jesus the Son of David is crossing it at a time when he is being betrayed by a disciple he loves and his life is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

John 18:4-11 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?”
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “I am he,” Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.)
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Again he asked them, “Who is it you want?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“I told you that I am he,” Jesus answered. “If you are looking for me, then let these men go.”
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 4-11:\u00a0\u00a0The sense John wants us to get from these verses is that Jesus voluntarily surrendered himself to his betrayer Judas.\u00a0\u00a0The fact that Jesus could cause a detachment of soldiers to cower in fear just with the sound of his voice saying, \u201cI am He\u201d (v6) shows that Jesus had no reason to fear Judas or the mob who was with him.\u00a0\u00a0This was the powerful Son of God submitting to weak sinners simply because he was intent on drinking the cup of suffering that the Father had given to him (v11).<\/p>\n

From this we learn that this Jesus of Nazareth is:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The prophetic and prescient seer who knew the betrayal and abuse that would happen to him before it happened (v4);<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The powerful Son of God whose voice can disarm and humble armed soldiers (v6) and whose declaration \u201cI am He\u201d recalls what God says to Moses in Exodus 3:14;<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The protecting shepherd who would sacrifice himself if it meant his disciples could go free (v8-9 \u201cIf you are looking for me, then let these men go.\u201d)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The peacekeeping Saviour who would not let the violence around him distract him from the saving, healing, peaceful work he had come to do (v10-11);<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The persevering son who is set on completing the mission his Father gave him (v11)<\/p>\n

Jesus would ask the soldiers, \u201cWho is it that you want?\u201d (v7) Little did they know that Jesus was not just the one they wanted, but the Saviour we all need.<\/p>\n

Jesus, You are prophetic, powerful, protecting, peacekeeping and persevering.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You for willingly surrendering Yourself to sinners, though You were so much stronger than them, and all simply so that You could be faithful to the mission the Father gave You.\u00a0\u00a0I am amazed by Your power, Your prescience, Your protecting shepherd\u2019s heart, Your peacekeeping ways and Your perseverance in completing the mission You were given.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 18:1-11.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

John 18:1-3 (NIV)\u00a0
\n1\u00a0\u00a0When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was an olive grove, and he and his disciples went into it.\u00a0
\n2\u00a0\u00a0Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.\u00a0
\n3\u00a0\u00a0So Judas came to the grove, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons.<\/p>\n

On verses 1-3:\u00a0\u00a0The first time the Kidron Valley is mentioned in Scripture, King David is crossing it at a time when he is being betrayed by the son he loves and his life is in jeopardy (see 2 Samuel 15, especially verse 23).\u00a0\u00a0The last time the Kidron Valley is mentioned in Scripture, Jesus the Son of David is crossing it at a time when he is being betrayed by a disciple he loves and his life is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15038,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15037\/revisions\/15038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}