[Mar 22, 2026] His Betrayal

But I would say this, this is the more challenging part of this whole thing. Is are you able to lay the guilt of others towards you at the cross? Because this we all want grace for ourselves when we know we've messed up. But can you take the failure of somebody else, the betrayal, the sin of somebody else, and take it to that cross? And remember that, Lord, you forgave me through the cross and what you did, I'm gonna I'm gonna take that person's wrongdoing to the cross. How many know that's hard? That's not easy to do, but it's the call of the Lord to his followers, to forgive as we've been forgiven, forgive as the Lord forgave you. [00:31:09] (51 seconds)  #LayGuiltAtTheCross

He will never leave you. He will never forsake you. And I got really good news. Jesus is incapable of betrayal. He's incapable of it. He's our perfect empathetic savior. So I would say this this morning, lay your guilt at the foot of the cross. Jesus, he died to put an end to sin and to take it to the cross and to bury it forever and ever. As far as the East is from the West, so as he removed our sins from us. [00:29:39] (40 seconds)  #JesusNeverForsakes

And then while Jesus was on the cross, he was humiliated. He was humiliated and called all kinds of things and he's had his hands and feet pierced to a cross. And what did he say? Father, forgive them for they don't know what they're doing. That was Jesus' response to mankind's hatred of him. He responds with, father, forgive them. And then one of the greatest things Jesus said, his last words on the cross were, it is finished. It's finished. [00:26:38] (39 seconds)  #FatherForgiveThem

What was his response? Well, I think about Judas. He had just washed the Judah the disciple's feet, and he washed his betrayer's feet. He treated him with love and kindness. And he calls him friend when Judas comes to betray him with a kiss, he calls him friend. Made me think of Matthew five forty four where Jesus says, love your enemies. Love those who are at enmity with you. [00:24:04] (29 seconds)  #LoveYourEnemies

What was Jesus' response to betrayal on the cross? Think about the moments before the cross that he was before Pontius Pilate and it was a a custom of the Romans to release a criminal or someone who was gonna be crucified. And there's a guy named Barabbas and then there's Jesus. Barabbas is a guy who was a rebel. He was a rebel and and revolting against the Romans. And they said, do you want Jesus or do you want Barabbas? And what they say, give us Barabbas. Crucify him. [00:25:59] (39 seconds)  #ChooseJesus

It's good news. The bad news is we've all been there, done that, but the good news is Jesus on our behalf loved us so much for the joy set before him, he endured the cross. What was the joy set before Jesus that he endured the cross? It was you. It was me. You were his joy. Your salvation was his joy and what caused him to be able to go through the agony of betrayal. [00:27:49] (32 seconds)  #JoySetBeforeHim

John's gospel says in the same encounter that they brought a cohort of Roman soldiers. A cohort was 600 armed soldiers. They needed 600 armed soldiers and the temple police to come and arrest Jesus who had never done anything violent, never even thought of doing anything violent. That's crazy to me. So the question is, why did Judas betray Jesus? He's one of the 12. He he saw the ministry and miracles of Jesus. [00:11:14] (39 seconds)  #WhyJudasBetrayed

Look to him. Let him heal the brokenness of feeling betrayed, man. That's a tough one. Like I said, we don't have a a peg in our worldview to hang this on. It's gonna be supernatural by the Holy Spirit. It has to be. It's the only way we can get through this kind of stuff. But then I thought about the words of Psalm 27 verse 10. Though my father and mother forsake me or betray me, the Lord will receive me. [00:29:03] (37 seconds)  #HeWillReceiveMe