Disclosure of the Betrayer

Driving home: O God have mercy on us lest left to the native darkness of our hearts and blindness of our hearts we should see no glory in Christ no beauty in your beloved Son that we should feel no present and powerful impressions of …

Martin uses the analogy of hearing a lecture on airplane size and structure to describe how some might hear the sermon without seeing the glory of Christ, emphasizing the need for the Holy Spirit's work.

to be in the immediate presence of the incarnate God over a period of many months and yet see nothing beautiful in him see nothing glorious in his person nothing of saving life in his words but to go out and hand him over for the price of a slave then we know it's possible for us to have Bibles opened on our laps to have a preacher seek to be honest with the words of scripture and to go out of here as though we had heard a lecture on the size and structure of an airplane O God have mercy on us lest left to the native darkness of our hearts and blindness of our hearts we should see no glory in ...

5:16 - 6:40 Read in full sermon

Driving home: one of you my familiar ones here in this private chamber as we meet as a family to celebrate the great deliverance of our fathers out of Egypt one of you shall betray me

He compares the shock of Jesus' disclosure to a thunderclap out of a blue sky, illustrating how unexpected and jarring His words were to the disciples, who had pushed aside earlier prophecies of His suffering.

but the evidence is clear that though the words registered on the brain they did not sink down into their hearts they did not yet by the illumination of the spirit understand how it was necessary for this one to whom they were attached in faith and love to fulfill all of the prophecies of the suffering servant of Jehovah if he was indeed to be the savior of men and in that set of circumstances and with that background the substance of his disclosure could have come as nothing less than the kind of shock effect that comes if there's a summer day and the sky seems blue to eternity and out of a b...

19:54 - 21:23 Read in full sermon

Driving home: one of you my familiar ones here in this private chamber as we meet as a family to celebrate the great deliverance of our fathers out of Egypt one of you shall betray me

Martin explains the cultural significance of eating with another man in ancient Jewish society, using Psalm 41:9 to highlight how eating together symbolized deep friendship, thus intensifying the horror of betrayal.

introducing his words with the magisterial introduction verily I say unto you he drops the disclosure upon them with these words too plain to be misunderstood here are his words one of you shall betray me even he that eats with me one of you one of you in the inner circle one of you will hand me over you will deliver me up and then to intensify the shocking nature of the fact he adds one of you that is eating with me now remember the significance of eating with another man in the culture in which this entire scene is set and this is what underscores the horror of the betrayal because as we rea...

21:23 - 22:51 Read in full sermon

Driving home: do you feel sick to your stomach I hope you do what a sickening display of the human heart devoid of the grace of God and the welcome home of the devil and his fiendish guile

He uses the analogy of grieving at the death of a loved one (1 Thessalonians 4:13) to describe the deep, soul-percolating sorrow the disciples felt upon hearing Jesus' disclosure.

and of John 13 in doing so as William Hendrickson accurately observes there were basically three responses number one the sorrowful self distrusting response of the eleven look at the text those sooner does our Lord say one of you shall betray me he that is eating with me but we read they began to be sorrowful and to say unto him one by one is it I hear the response of the eleven was a sorrowful self distrusting question the words of our Lord immediately caused the eleven disciples to experience what is called in our text grief or heaviness same word used to describe what people feel on the oc...

25:50 - 27:19 Read in full sermon

Driving home: do you feel sick to your stomach I hope you do what a sickening display of the human heart devoid of the grace of God and the welcome home of the devil and his fiendish guile

Martin vividly describes Judas as wearing a 'mask' and 'quoting the script' of offended innocence, even as Jesus 'pulled his mask off and tore the script out of his hands,' illustrating Judas's profound hypocrisy.

self-condemning question surely it is not I Rabbi he saith unto him you have said it Judas still has the mask on Judas is still quoting the script still has his mask on still quoting his script even when Jesus as it were reached across the table and pulled his mask off and tore the script out of his hands Judas is determined to wear it already having struck his deal with the religious leaders already frustrated by the holy guile of Jesus in making the Passover arrangements in such a way that Judas did not know where they were till he arrived and could not by any means betray him then he assume...

33:12 - 34:38 Read in full sermon

Driving home: do you feel sick to your stomach I hope you do what a sickening display of the human heart devoid of the grace of God and the welcome home of the devil and his fiendish guile

He uses Edersheim's description of a U-shaped dining table to visualize the seating arrangement, explaining how Peter could signal John and how John could privately whisper to Jesus, making the scene more concrete.

the hypocritical self-condemning question of Judas that was the second response but then there was a third response of the twelve disciples and we'll not take the time to expound it that's why I read from John 13 and that was the trusting private question of John and there's a fascinating section in Edersheim's volume two on the life and times of Jesus the Messiah in which he suggests if you liken this pulpit to the large table on which the food was spread and around it the U-shaped couch like a large horseshoe that most likely since they leaned on the left arm and ate with the right hand at t...

34:38 - 36:07 Read in full sermon

Driving home: do you feel sick to your stomach I hope you do what a sickening display of the human heart devoid of the grace of God and the welcome home of the devil and his fiendish guile

Martin uses the metaphor of 'night' to describe Judas's spiritual state after his departure, extending it to his eternal destiny: 'it'll be night for Judas for all eternity,' emphasizing the finality of his damnation.

that's what Pastor Nichols meant in the previous hour when he said the analogy of scripture you take the total witness of the word of God on a given issue this much is clear that with this shocking disclosure and its varied responses what should have awakened the conscience of Judas caused him to cross a line from which he never returned for it says after the sop that is when Jesus said to John the one to whom I now dip and give the sop here it is it says after the sop Satan enter Judas and he went out and it was night and it's been it was night and as surely as the thick darkness of Palestine...

37:36 - 39:05 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: This section examines Jesus' additional disclosure, identifying the betrayer as 'one of the twelve, he that dips with me in the dish.' Martin explains that the reason for this…

He uses the analogy of several butter or relish dishes at a modern table to explain how multiple 'dishes' for dipping might have been present at the Passover, clarifying why 'he that dips with me in the dish' wasn't a unique identifier for Judas to the other disciples.

had said that one of the twelve that had dipped his hand with him into the dish well you see if there were three or four smaller dishes for the diminutive is used in Mark it may be that for that kind of sauce made up of fruits and vinegar in which they did the unleavened bread there may have been several around the table just as we might have several butter dishes where we might have only one plate of meat to be passed among all several butter dishes or several relish dishes or several dishes of chutney for some of our English friends well in either case you see this was no certain identificat...

40:35 - 42:02 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: This section examines Jesus' additional disclosure, identifying the betrayer as 'one of the twelve, he that dips with me in the dish.' Martin explains that the reason for this…

Martin cites Ahithophel's betrayal of David (2 Samuel 15) as a God-established type or prototype of Judas's betrayal of Jesus, demonstrating how Old Testament events foreshadowed Christ.

even as it is written concerning me now turn to John thirteen for the clue that pulls this all together John thirteen verse eighteen I speak not of you all I know whom I have chosen but that the scripture may be fulfilled he that eats my bread and you'll notice the marginal reading many ancient authorities read his bread with me lifted up his heel against me and that's a direct quotation from Psalm forty-one verse nine but that the scripture may be fulfilled you see this was no distinct messianic prophecy in its context you read Psalm forty-one and you'd say I don't see any distinct prophecy b...

43:31 - 45:01 Read in full sermon

Driving home: good it were that no birth pangs were ever undertaken and a man child brought forth and joy come into a home good it were for that man if he could somehow be taken back into nothingness good it were for that man if he ha…

He uses a poignant hypothetical story of a woman announcing her pregnancy to illustrate the horror of Judas's destiny, stating 'good it were that no birth pangs were ever undertaken and a man child brought forth and joy come into a home good it were for that man if he had not been born.'

is divine decree on the other hand the action of Judas is said to be action in which one sense he was just the lackey of the devil it was through him that it is the ancient serpent attempting to crush the heel of the seed of the woman and though his actions are bounded by the divine decree on the one hand and the powerful present unusual activity of the devil on the other he is totally fully responsible for his actions woe unto that man and our lord places the full weight of moral responsibility upon Judas's shoulders divine decree not withstanding and the devil's activity not withstanding so ...

48:00 - 49:29 Read in full sermon

The point: See what the passage teaches us about our blessed Lord, specifically His complete control over all people, circumstances, and events leading to His death.

Martin uses the metaphor of Jesus having 'a bit in his mouth and the reins in his hand' for Judas, illustrating Christ's absolute control over the timing and execution of the betrayal.

the simple supper of remembrance as an addendum to the Passover meal he must bequeath to his church that simple feast of remembrance of his body given and his blood poured forth he is in absolute control can't you just picture Judas is already under the instigation of the devil gone to the chief priest made his deal he's got his 30 pieces of silver in his stinking money box trumping it a bit to do his deed and without any evidence of restraint the Lord Jesus has him as it were with a bit in his mouth and the reins are in his hand and he says Judas you don't do your deed till I tell you and at ...

52:27 - 53:57 Read in full sermon

The point: See what the passage teaches us about our blessed Lord, specifically His complete control over all people, circumstances, and events leading to His death.

He reminds the audience of Jesus' power over raging seas and death (raising Lazarus) to emphasize that Christ could have easily destroyed Judas with a word, further proving His control.

the simple supper of remembrance as an addendum to the Passover meal he must bequeath to his church that simple feast of remembrance of his body given and his blood poured forth he is in absolute control can't you just picture Judas is already under the instigation of the devil gone to the chief priest made his deal he's got his 30 pieces of silver in his stinking money box trumping it a bit to do his deed and without any evidence of restraint the Lord Jesus has him as it were with a bit in his mouth and the reins are in his hand and he says Judas you don't do your deed till I tell you and at ...

52:27 - 53:57 Read in full sermon

The point: Stand in amazement and wonder at such a salvation wrought by such a Savior; cry to love Him more and serve Him with greater singleness of heart and mind.

Martin uses the metaphor of Jesus reaching over, grabbing Judas's mask, and tearing it away to reveal him for what he was, illustrating the moment of public identification and exposure.

loved with unique love is to his right with his head on his bosom and our Lord is receiving on his right shoulder the fruit of his redemptive love John the beloved disciple bound to him in perceptive heart love and to his left is Judas he knew from the beginning who it was that should betray him have not I chosen you twelve and one of you is a devil he said in John six he knows that Judas is already made his visit to the high priest and after an hour or two of sitting next to the man who has had the call to reach in to the dish of the various juices and to dip with him his soul can no longer s...

62:51 - 64:19 Read in full sermon

The point: Stand in amazement and wonder at such a salvation wrought by such a Savior; cry to love Him more and serve Him with greater singleness of heart and mind.

He uses two powerful metaphors—a soul becoming the 'marked place for all the arrows of the almighty' and an 'ocean bed to receive the very ocean of God's wrath'—to convey the immense spiritual agony Christ endured on the cross.

and you say pastor what does that say to us about our savior just this it should cause us to stand in amazement and wonder at such a salvation wrought by such a savior who not only moves knowingly voluntarily and scripturally to the cross but feel as a true man and as great as were the agonies of the tortures of his body that awaited him and he had no special nerve endings that would neutralize the sting and the bite of the thorns and the aching pain of the lictors lash upon his back or the torturous screaming pain of the nails through his hands it was the greater agonies and the tortures of a...

64:19 - 65:49 Read in full sermon