Walking with Jesus. …Walking With Jesus? Are You…

“Walking with Jesus”

…Walking With Jesus?

Are You…

Who Was He?Who Was He?

Who Did He Become?Who Did He Become?

WhoWho DidDid HeHe BecomeBecome??

•He Emptied Himself

WhoWho DidDid HeHe BecomeBecome??

•He Surrendered His Rights

2nd Corinthians 8:9 – “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poorsakes He became poor, that ye

through His poverty might be rich.”

The right to wealth

Isaiah 53:3 – “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and

acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was

despised, and we esteemed Him notesteemed Him not.”

The right to honor and esteem

2nd Corinthians 5:21 – “For He (God) hath made Him (Christ) to be sin made Him (Christ) to be sin for usfor us (you and I), who (Christ) knew

no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”

The right to purity

Mark 10:45 – “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to ministerbut to minister, and to

give his life a ransom for many.”

The right to bebe served

John 1:4(a)- “In Him was life;…” Matthew 27:50 – “ Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice,

yielded upyielded up the ghostthe ghost.”

The right to livelive

Romans 12:1Romans 12:1 – “I beseech you – “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the therefore, brethren, by the

mercies of God, mercies of God, that ye present that ye present your bodies a living sacrificeyour bodies a living sacrifice, holy, , holy, acceptable unto God, which is your acceptable unto God, which is your

reasonable service.”reasonable service.”

“Walking with Jesus”

A Significant Step

“Walking with Jesus”

A Selfless Step

““BetrayalBetrayal””

He Was Well He Was Well DisguisedDisguised.

He was motivated by motivated by self interestself interest..

He was a cold, calculated, deceiverdeceiver.

He was a replica of his replica of his father, father, the the devildevil.

He Was Well He Was Well RespectedRespected. He was known

for servingserving.

He was known for benevolencebenevolence.

He was known for being being busybusy.

He shined shined outwardlyoutwardly.

How could they not have known?

Self and Pride

• Proverbs 6:16-17 – “These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud lookA proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed

innocent blood..”• Proverbs 16:18 – “Pride goeth before

destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”

• Proverbs 15:25 – “The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he

will establish the border of the widow.”

• Proverbs 16:5 – “Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand,

he shall not be unpunished.”

“Walking with Jesus”

A Suffering Step

Colossians 1:17 – “And He is before all things,

and by Him all things consist.”

Colossians 1:17 – “And He is before all

things, and by Him all things consist.”He gave

breath to the men who took

His away.

Colossians 1:17 – “And He is before all

things, and by Him all things consist.”He gave breath

to the men who took His away.He counted the hairs on the heads of them who

plucked His.

John 13: 1-5 •Washing Washing

the feet of the feet of those those

arguing arguing over who over who should be should be

the the greatestgreatest.

John 14: 1-3

•Comforting Comforting the the

troubledtroubled hearts of hearts of

those who those who would soon would soon troubletrouble HisHis.

John 15: 7, 16

•Promising to Promising to answeranswer the the prayersprayers of those who would of those who would soon soon failfail toto praypray withwith HimHim..

John 14:18

•Promising to Promising to nevernever

forsakeforsake those who those who would soon would soon

forsakeforsake HimHim..

…Walking With Jesus?

Are You and I…

Romans 5:8 – “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

…Walking With Jesus?

Are You and I…

John 20:21(b) – “…: as my Father hath sent Me,

even so send I you.”

…Walking With Jesus?

Are You and I…

•You DON’T GIVE to RECEIVE•You DON’T LOVE for

RESPONSE

The LongestLongest Mile

•Isaiah 53:6 – “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.”

Our Our Lamb!Lamb!

KidronKidron•A place where destroyed

idols and the bodies of the rebellious were

crushed and burned.

KidronKidron2 Kings 23:4 – “And the king

commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned

them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of

them unto Bethel.”

KidronKidron2 Kings 23:6 – “And he brought out the grove from the house of

the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and

burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to

powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the

children of the people.”

KidronKidron2 Kings 23:12 - “And the altars that

were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of

Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the

two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook

Kidron.”

KidronKidron•A place where destroyed idols

and the bodies of the rebellious were crushed and

burned.• It ran past the place where

sacrifices were offered, through the wilderness of

the scapegoat into the Dead Sea.

Leviticus 16:7-8 – “And he shall take the two goats, and present

them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the

scapegoat.”

Leviticus 16:22 – “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.”

Isaiah 53:6 – “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.”

Leviticus 16:22 – “And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and and he shall let go the goat in the wildernesshe shall let go the goat in the wilderness.”

THE SCAPEGOAT

Our Laid!Our Laid!

““Scapegoat”Scapegoat”Hebrew= “azazel”Hebrew= “azazel”

“to remove” or “go away”“to remove” or “go away” “removed and gone away “removed and gone away

goat”goat”

Psalms 103:12 – “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed (AZAZELEDAZAZELED) our transgressions from us.”

KidronKidron•A place where destroyed idols

and the bodies of the rebellious were crushed and

burned.• It ran past the place where

sacrifices were offered, through the wilderness of

the scapegoat into the Dead Sea.

Micah 7:19 – “He will turn again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our

iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sinsand thou wilt cast all their sins intointo thethe depthsdepths ofof thethe seasea.”

Lamentations 3:22-23 – “It is of the LORD'S mercies that

we are not consumed, because His compassions fail

not. They are new every morning: great is thy

faithfulness.”

Mount of Mount of OlivesOlives•Luke 22:39 – “And He

came out, and went, as He was wont, to the

mount of Olives; and His disciples also followed

Him.”Olivet =Olivet = ““oiloil

presspress””

• Leviticus 24:2 –

“Command the children

of Israel, that they bring unto thee

pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to

burn continually.”

Our Lodge!Our Lodge!

The PicturePicture of The The TabernacleTabernacle

The Table of ShewbreadThe Table of ShewbreadChrist-Christ- Our Bread of LifeOur Bread of Life

• Luke 4:4 - “And Jesus answered him, saying, It is

written, That man That man shall not live by shall not live by

bread alone, but by bread alone, but by every word of Godevery word of God.”

• John 1:48- “I am that bread bread

of lifeof life.

John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the

Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

John 6:44 – “No man can come to me, except the

Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

John 16:7-8- “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is

expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away,

the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I

will send him unto you. And when He is come, He will

reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of

judgment”

• Leviticus 24:2-4 - “Command the children of Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the lightbeaten for the light, , to cause the lamps to burn to cause the lamps to burn continuallycontinually. Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. He shall order the lamps upon the He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestickpure candlestick before the LORD continually.”

Isaiah 53:4 – “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:

yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.”

Isaiah 53:5 – “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.”

The Golden CandlestickThe Golden CandlestickChrist-Christ- Our LightOur Light , , Our Our

GuideGuide• John 8:12“When Jesus

spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the lightlight of the

world. Whoever

follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of lifelight of life.“

•1 John 1:7 – “But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with

another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth

us from all sin.”•Galatians 5:16 – “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of

the flesh.”

•Galatians 5:25 – “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in

the Spirit.”

Mount of Mount of OlivesOlives. Acts 1:11-12(a) – “Which also said, Ye men of Galilee,

why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come

in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven. Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount

called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.”

Zechariah 14:4 – “And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.”

Matthew 24:1-3 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say

unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be

thrown down. And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall

these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Mount of Mount of OlivesOlives

22ndnd Samuel 15:23-33 Samuel 15:23-33David, the rejected king, leaves Jerusalem, and with his faithful men

he crosses the Brook Kidron and goes weeping up to the mount. Meanwhile, his former friend and counselor Ahithophel betrays

him to Absalom and soon hangs himself. (2nd Samuel 17:23)

11stst mention mention

The LoneliestLoneliest Man

A Man of SorrowsSorrows

A Man Aquainted With Grief and Fear

Mark 14:33Mark 14:33 - “And He taketh with Him - “And He taketh with Him Peter and James and John, and Peter and James and John, and

began to bebegan to be soresore amazedamazed, , and and to be very heavyto be very heavy”

Luke 22:44Luke 22:44 – “And being in an – “And being in an agonyagony He prayed more earnestly: and His He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were sweat was as it were great drops of great drops of bloodblood falling down to the ground.” falling down to the ground.”

The LovingLoving Mission

The LovingLoving Mission

John 15:13 - “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down

his life for his friends.”

He Had To BecomeBecome Sin

Who Did He Become?Who Did He Become?

2 Corinthians 5:212 Corinthians 5:21 – “ – “For He hath For He hath mademade Him to be Him to be sin for ussin for us, , who who knew no sin; that we might be knew no sin; that we might be

made the righteousness of God in made the righteousness of God in Him.”Him.”

Psalms 22:6Psalms 22:6 – “But I am a – “But I am a wormworm, , and no man; a reproach of men, and no man; a reproach of men,

and despised of the people.”and despised of the people.”

2 Corinthians 5:212 Corinthians 5:21 – “ – “For He hath For He hath mademade Him to be Him to be sin for ussin for us, , who who knew no sin; that we might be knew no sin; that we might be

made the righteousness of God in made the righteousness of God in Him.”Him.”

Our Our Look!Look!Text:

John 3 andNumbers 21

John 3:14-15John 3:14-15 – “And – “And as as Moses Moses lifted up the lifted up the serpentserpent in the in the wilderness, wilderness, even soeven so must the must the Son of man be lifted up: That Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in Him whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have should not perish, but have eternal life.”eternal life.”

Moses lifted

Jesus lifted

He Had To BearBear Forsaking

He Had To BeBe ResolvedResolved

Mark 14:41- “It is Mark 14:41- “It is Enough”Enough”

Romans 12:1Romans 12:1 – “I beseech you – “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the therefore, brethren, by the

mercies of God, mercies of God, that ye present that ye present your bodies a living sacrificeyour bodies a living sacrifice, holy, , holy, acceptable unto God, which is your acceptable unto God, which is your

reasonable service.”reasonable service.”

Mark 8:34 – “And when He had called the people

unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and

follow Me.”

…Walking With Jesus?

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