Why Jesus Came - Part 2

2 – Why Jesus Came: Part 2

What was the purpose Jesus came for? Today we look at SUBMISSION

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35 He went on a little farther and fell to the ground. He prayed that, if it were possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by. 36 “Abba, Father,” he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

Introduction

Series:

Outline/Overview:

Why Jesus Came – Part 2 ()

1. To live out the life of love we were meant to live

1. To free us from sin and the false self it creates

2. To show us God is really worth trusting

Today: Submission

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5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

6 Though he was God,

he did not think of equality with God

as something to cling to.

7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;

he took the humble position of a slave

and was born as a human being.

When he appeared in human form,

8 he humbled himself in obedience to God

and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

Submission

the action or fact of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person

Jesus as King, Savior, and Son of God came to serve us, to submit to God totally, and to save us.

Body – In Context of

1 - ... to live out the life of Love we were meant to live

· To live and die to make a new covenant in by His blood: ,

· To live out right relationship with God and others -

· We are selfish by nature… lacking being satisfied by God

2 - ... to Free us from Sin and the False self it creates

· – He lived and died selflessly so we could be forgiven and freed from sin and the false self that sin creates – freed from the version of yourself built on selfishness and delusion.

3 - ... to show us God is really worth Trusting

· Jesus modelled a life totally submitting to God VOLUNTARILY. He knew the Father was his authority, but He chose to TRUST that authority, even to the point of death.

· Abraham and Isaac and God

· Jesus – “I only do what the Father says”

· Watch him pray – how often he prays, and how He prays “is there any other way, yet I WANT what you will to be done.” The tensions of holding both

Conclusion

Questions:

1. What are you here for?

You may get the answer as you look at what Jesus came for.

Notes

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The Last Supper

12 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go to prepare the Passover meal for you?”

13 So Jesus sent two of them into Jerusalem with these instructions: “As you go into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 At the house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 15 He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.” 16 So the two disciples went into the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there.

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22 As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it, for this is my body.”

23 And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 And he said to them, “This is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice for many. 25 I tell you the truth, I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new in the Kingdom of God.”

26 Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

27 On the way, Jesus told them, “All of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,

‘God will strike the Shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’

28 But after I am raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there.”

29 Peter said to him, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I never will.”

30 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.”

31 “No!” Peter declared emphatically. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the others vowed the same.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

32 They went to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and Jesus said, “Sit here while I go and pray.” 33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he became deeply troubled and distressed. 34 He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

35 He went on a little farther and fell to the ground. He prayed that, if it were possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by. 36 “Abba, Father,” he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

37 Then he returned and found the disciples asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour? 38 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

39 Then Jesus left them again and prayed the same prayer as before. 40 When he returned to them again, he found them sleeping, for they couldn’t keep their eyes open. And they didn’t know what to say.

41 When he returned to them the third time, he said, “Go ahead and sleep. Have your rest. But no—the time has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Up, let’s be going. Look, my betrayer is here!”

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Jesus Predicts His Death

31 Then Jesus began to tell them that the Son of Man must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise from the dead. 32 As he talked about this openly with his disciples, Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things.

33 Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples, then reprimanded Peter. “Get away from me, Satan!” he said. “You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

34 Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. 35 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it. 36 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? 37 Is anything worth more than your soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Obedience. Act or instance of submitting to the restraint or command of an authority; compliance with the demands or requests of someone or something over us. The general words for obedience in both Hebrew and Greek refer to hearing or hearkening to a superior authority. Another major Greek word includes the idea of submission to authority in the sense of arranging or ordering oneself under someone in a place of command. [1]

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6 Though he was God,

he did not think of equality with God

as something to cling to.

7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;

he took the humble position of a slave

and was born as a human being.

When he appeared in human form,

8 he humbled himself in obedience to God

and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

Previous Week’s Points

1 - ... so we could learn to serve one another in love ()

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· (v1-9, 13-14) Jesus teaches us what it means to truly be a servant

o to serve then we must sit, listen, and learn from Jesus

· (v.8-9) to serve we must be cleaned by Jesus (words and presence)

· (v. 1, 15-16) to truly serve we must learn love for one another from Jesus

· (v. 4-5) to serve we must get low and offer and level of help required

2 - ... so we could learn to totally rely on Him ()

· (14:1-14) to rely on God we have to give Jesus the right place

· (15:1-5) relying on God means radically rooting out self-reliance

· (14:15-18; 16:5-15) to rely on God means letting the Holy Spirit lead and guide

3 - ...to show the world who God is together (/17)

· (17-1-5) Jesus, the Son, and His Father together with the Spirit shared glorious relationship, unified together from eternity

· (17:9-12) Jesus with the Father desire to protect us

· (17:20-21) The world is meant to see the same loving unity in us as we see in the Trinity that they may really know God

· (17:22-25) Jesus passionately desires for His own to be with him

· (13:33-35) This love shows the world we are from God

[1] Elwell, Walter A., and Barry J. Beitzel. “Obedience.” Baker encyclopedia of the Bible 1988 : 1575. Print.