Maundy Thursday April 14, 2022
Maundy Thursday
John 13:1-15, 34-35
April 14, 2022
“On the Night When He Was Betrayed”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Tonight I plan to do a slightly different sermon than usual. I usually pick one major theme and doctrine to cover on this night like, for instance, the Lord’s Supper or the commandment Jesus gives, “just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” But there is so much that happens on this night when Jesus was betrayed that never gets mentioned at all. So this year I’d simply like to give you all the facts and the Holy Spirit will use them in your heart tonight as He knows best to do. I have the outline or timeline of all the moments I’m going to take you through right there in the bulletin.
So we have come here once again to this most holy night of our Lord’s suffering and death. The sun has set on Thursday thus beginning the day of Friday in Jewish reckoning. We are here on this very night our Lord Jesus gathered with His disciples in an upper room in Jerusalem. Earlier in the day on Thursday He had sent Peter and John to make the necessary arrangements for them to eat the Passover meal. Although, they didn’t have to do much of anything. Jesus, in His Divine omnipotence and omniscience, had taken care of most everything. Peter and John find a man just as Jesus told them they would who shows them an upper room all furnished and ready. Many have speculated that this house belongs to Mark’s father. This would make much sense as this room becomes a sort of gathering place hereafter. All that’s left then for Peter and John is to make sure the lamb is there for the meal.
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