"Not That One" A Look at 'The Other Judas' 3-17-2024
March 17, 2024
“Not That One” A Look at ‘The Other Judas’
Pastor Kevin Redding
March 17, 2024
I. His
Luke 6:13-16 – “Judas, the Son of James”
John 14:22 – “Judas (not Iscariot)”
Matthew 10:2-4 & Mark 3:16-19 – “Thaddaeus”
II. His
John 14:22 “Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, ‘Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world’?”
III. His
(John 14:15-31)
IV. Christ is Manifested
A. The
John 14:23, 25, 29-30 “Jesus answered him, ‘If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him … These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you … And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me.’”
1. To Those Who It Has Been Revealed
(John 1:14; 6:44-45, 65; 15:16)
2. To Those Who Have Observed
(Psalm 19:1-3; Romans 1:18-20; John 6:66-69)
3. To Those Who Are Seeking
(Isaiah 55:6-7; Jeremiah 29:12-14a; Matthew 7:7-8)
B. The
John 14:16-17, 26 “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you … But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”
1. Helper/Comforter
(John 16:7)
2. Revealer
(John 16:15)
3. Truth
(John 16:13)
4. Sealer
(Ephesians 1:13, 4:30)
5. Guarantee
(Ephesians 1:14)
V. Christ is Manifested
A.
(Acts 5:27-32; 1 John 2:3)
John 14:15, 21, 23-24 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments … Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him … Jesus answered him, ‘If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.’”
B.
John 14:27-29 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe.”
1. Inner Peace
(John 16:33; 20:19-22)
2. Outer Peace
(Mark 9:50; Galatians 5:23)
C.
John 14:15, 21, 31 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments … Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him … but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.”
1. For Christ and the Father
(Ephesians 3:17-19; 5:1-2)
2. For Others
(John 13:34-35; 1 John 4:7-8)