Jesus CSCK #61 Jesus and the Supper with Friends John 12:1-10
Jesus CSCK #61 Jesus and the Supper with Friends John 12:1-10 Introduction: This morning we are in John chapter 12:1-10. A favorite passage of mine for a sermon text because it is a moment frozen in time like a photograph. In this scriptural photo we stand at the very edge of the Passion week. The subject within the picture show us the Gospel story as seen in the lives of those closest to Jesus. It is the last time such a setting will be seen. From this point forward every person, event and place in the Father’s sovereign plan for the redemption of mankind will be in place and only wait for the trigger to pulled and then Jesus, the creator, the savior, the lord and the king will be crucified. John wrote this after all the people in our scripture snapshot are gone except himself. I had not considered this before but one of my sources remarked that this is the reason it was recalled and recorded by John. When he sat down to write his book it was about 60 years after ...
