WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? (2 OF 8)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: John 18:1-14
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Who Are You Looking For? (2 of 8)
Series: The Final Week - Part 2
Jeff Strite
John 18:1-14
About 10 years ago, there was a sight-seeing tour in Iceland that lost one of its sightseers. She was nowhere to be found. Panicked, they called in the police and the search began. Hours later (about 3 in the morning) they discovered that the woman they were searching for had been there all the time. Apparently, the woman had left the tourist group to change clothes and when she returned in a different outfit the rest of her tour group did not recognize her. On top of that, when the description of the ''missing person'' described her as - ''An Asian woman, in dark clothing and speaks English well'' - the woman seemingly didn't realize they were describing HER. So she began to assist the others in searching... for herself. (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-woman-finds-herself-after-intense-search/ Article from August 30, 2012)
She didn't know who she was looking for!
In our text today we're told that: ''Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went (to the Garden) with lanterns and torches and weapons. Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, 'Whom do you seek?''' John 18:3-4
WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? Jesus asked.
You know, Jesus loved to ask questions. According to one of my sources, Jesus asked at least 135 questions during His ministry:
Do you believe that I am able to do this? (Matthew 9:28);
Who do you say I am? (Matthew 16:15);
What do you want me to do for you? (Mark 10:51);
Why are you so afraid? (Mark 4:40);
Do you love me? (John 21:17);
And perhaps the most important: What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet loses his soul? (Matthew 16:26)
Jesus always seemed to ask the right question at the right time to challenge people to think about what they were doing. And so, when this band of armed men come to arrest ...
Series: The Final Week - Part 2
Jeff Strite
John 18:1-14
About 10 years ago, there was a sight-seeing tour in Iceland that lost one of its sightseers. She was nowhere to be found. Panicked, they called in the police and the search began. Hours later (about 3 in the morning) they discovered that the woman they were searching for had been there all the time. Apparently, the woman had left the tourist group to change clothes and when she returned in a different outfit the rest of her tour group did not recognize her. On top of that, when the description of the ''missing person'' described her as - ''An Asian woman, in dark clothing and speaks English well'' - the woman seemingly didn't realize they were describing HER. So she began to assist the others in searching... for herself. (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-woman-finds-herself-after-intense-search/ Article from August 30, 2012)
She didn't know who she was looking for!
In our text today we're told that: ''Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went (to the Garden) with lanterns and torches and weapons. Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, 'Whom do you seek?''' John 18:3-4
WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? Jesus asked.
You know, Jesus loved to ask questions. According to one of my sources, Jesus asked at least 135 questions during His ministry:
Do you believe that I am able to do this? (Matthew 9:28);
Who do you say I am? (Matthew 16:15);
What do you want me to do for you? (Mark 10:51);
Why are you so afraid? (Mark 4:40);
Do you love me? (John 21:17);
And perhaps the most important: What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet loses his soul? (Matthew 16:26)
Jesus always seemed to ask the right question at the right time to challenge people to think about what they were doing. And so, when this band of armed men come to arrest ...
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