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Understanding the Last Supper's Significance: Luke 22-23
July 21, 2025 · 14 min
Dive into Luke's account of Jesus instituting the Lord's Supper before his crucifixion.
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The Final Days of Jesus 0:09 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word, and thanks for joining me this morning. Alright. Today, we are in Luke chapters 22 and 23 verses 31 and 32. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, indeed, Satan has asked0:21 for you that he may sift you as wheat, but I prayed for you that your faith should not fail. Alright. These 2 chapters cover Wednesday through Saturday in the final week of Jesus'0:33 life before the crucifixion. That will cover Sunday, in the last chapter, chapter 24. That's next. Take time to read both chapters today. Today's reading is a little longer than usual, but0:45 you don't wanna skip over any of the important truths that we find here in these 2 chapters. Here's a quick overview of what's covered in these 2 chapters. 1, we have the devil inspired plot for Judas to0:57 betray Jesus. We have the Last Supper. We have the institution of the Lord's Supper. We have the last lesson, and that is to be a servant leader. We have the prayer in the garden. We have the1:09 false arrest. We have the denial by Peter. We then have the sham trial. Then we have the crucifixion and the burial. Alright. Let's begin verse 1, chapter 22. Now the Feast of Unleavened1:21 Bread drew near, which is called Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him, that is Jesus, for they feared the people. Then Satan entered Judas named surnamed1:32 Iscariot, who was numbered among the 12. Right. So the religious leaders, they wanted1:48 betray Jesus out of greed. Verse 4. So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and the captains how he might betray him to them, and they were glad, and they2:00 agreed to give him money. So he promised and sought opportunity to betray him in the absence of the multitude. Now we're gonna compare Judas to Peter in just a2:12 moment. But before we get to that, a few more observations, in this chapter. Verses 15 through 20, let's look at that. Go down to verse 15. Then he said to2:24 them, with fervent desire, I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of2:35 God. Then he took the cup and he gave thanks and said, take this and divide it among yourselves, for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. And he took2:47 bread and he gave thanks and he broke it and he gave it to them saying, this is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Likewise, he also took the cup after supper2:59 saying, this cup is in the new covenant is the new covenant in my blood, which is set shed for you. So what we see here is the old economy, the old testament being replaced with the new.3:11 The Passover, commemorating them coming the deliverance of them coming out of Egypt was looking forward to the very moment that was taking place3:23 right then. And so then Jesus institutes the Lord's supper, which would become what we do to look back upon the the sacrifice of the lamb of God for the3:35 remission of our sins. So when does the kingdom of God come? Well, it comes upon the resurrection of Jesus as he overcomes death and the grave. And during the time3:47 between his resurrection and his ascension into heaven, the scripture records disciples. In Luke chapter 24, which we'll look at next time3:59 in verse 41, it says, but while they still did not believe for joy and marveled, he said to them, have you any food here? So they gave him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb, and he took it, and he ate in their4:11 presence. And Peter said this in Acts chapter 10. Remember, Luke also wrote the book of wrote Acts. So Peter said, him,4:23 God raised up on the third day and showed him openly, not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with him after he4:35 arose from the dead. Alright. So Jesus, he ate and drank with him after his resurrection. Alright. Back to Luke, and, to Peter4:47 as we compare Peter and Judas. Verse 31. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, indeed, Satan has asked for you that he may sift you as wheat, but I prayed for you that your4:58 faith should not fail. And when you have returned to me, strengthen your brethren. But he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death. Then he said, I tell you, Peter,5:10 the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny 3 times that you know me. So why does it say Satan entered Judas, but5:22 that he had asked for Simon? So what was the difference between the 2? Now what we read here of Judas that Satan entered him, this was not the beginning. It wasn't like all of a5:34 sudden he just kinda fell into the grip of Satan's schemes. Rather, this was the culmination of choices that he had previously made, which brought him to a point where he could callously betray Jesus5:46 with a kiss. Now shortly before Jesus's death, Mary, the sister of Lazarus, anointed the feet of Jesus with a costly oil. And the gospel5:58 of John records Judas responding this way in in John chapter 5 verse, John 12 verse 5. Why was this fragrant oil not sold for 3006:10 denarii and given to the poor? This, he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the money box, and he used he used6:22 to take what was put in it. So Judas was the keeper of the money bag. He was the treasurer for the for the disciples. Alright? And he had been dipping into it for his own personal6:33 use. This willful sin opened him up. This greed opened him up to Satan, searing his conscience and and leading him down this path of self destruction.6:46 That that's why we're told in in James chapter 4 verse 7, therefore, submit to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. If you dance with the devil, he's gonna take you someplace you don't wanna go, and that's6:55 what Judas did. It began with a coveting heart, led to a seared conscience, which culminated in being captivated with evil evil. This is why Proverbs warns this7:07 in Proverbs 4 23, keep or guard your heart with all vigilance for from it flow the springs of life. Now compare this to Peter who was strong in his own mind,7:19 but not in the Lord as of yet. Now he would be after Pentecost, and he received the power of the Holy Spirit. But Satan asked for the ability to sift him as he did Job.7:31 Satan probably Satan probably saw an opening in in in Peter because he was so, I mean, he just he didn't really think all the time before he acted. He he7:42 just, just kinda spoke, kinda acted without thinking. And, so I'm sure Satan saw an opening in Peter just as he did in Judas, just a different kind. And,7:54 I mean, I I think we would all prefer that Satan just leave us alone. But notice that we are the Lord's, and we are under his care. So we don't have to worry about Satan if we're walking8:06 in fellowship with the Lord. Jesus tells Peter, Satan has asked for you, but I have prayed for you that your faith should not fail. So what's Jesus saying? Jesus is saying that he interceded for8:18 him. You see, Satan wants to trip you up. He wants to trip me up. He wants to use us to bring reproach upon the name of Jesus and tarnish the kingdom of God. But if we belong8:30 to Jesus, he is literally at the right hand of the father making intercession for us. That's what Romans chapter 8 verse 34 says, who is he who condemns? Is it Christ who died and furthermore is also risen,8:42 who is even at the right hand of God who also makes intercession for us? Jesus is interceding for us. He wants us to succeed. He wants us not8:54 to fail or falter before the schemes and the traps of Satan. John records Jesus' prayer for us over in John chapter 17. You know, we looked before at what's9:06 called the Lord's Prayer. I said that's more like the disciples' prayer. What we have in John 17 is the Lord's Prayer. Verse 9, I pray for them. He saw about his disciples. That would be all of us. I do not pray for9:18 the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. And all mine are yours and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the9:30 world. Jesus was going out, but the disciples were going to be staying. And I come to you, holy father. Keep through your name those whom you have given me that they may be 1 as we are. While I was with9:42 him in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you gave me, I have kept, and none of them is lost except the son of perdition that the scripture might be fulfilled. So Peter denied9:53 Jesus, but did his faith fail? His faith even held in his denial of Jesus as he came back to the10:05 Lord, repented, and was restored. What Judas had, whatever it was, didn't hold. He was remorseful, and he regretted his actions. But unlike Peter, he10:17 did not return and find forgiveness and restoration in Jesus. Yes. Satan is like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. But if we're under10:29 the watch care of the good shepherd, Jesus, who is the door, he literally determines what comes in and comes out. If he is our savior and our Lord, Satan has to go through him to get to10:41 us. Now that doesn't mean as we see with Job and with Peter that Satan won't have the opportunity to test us. I mean, there are gonna be challenges. If you identify with10:52 Jesus, Jesus warned you're gonna have tribulation in the world, but in me you're gonna have peace. But it doesn't mean Jesus what what it means, you know, we're we're11:04 gonna have these difficulties, but we also have to have the the understanding and the confidence that comes from that is that Jesus will be praying for us that our faith will11:16 hold. But here's something else. We cannot be passive in the preparation for the testing and the tribulation that, as I said, Jesus warned would be coming.11:28 Just as Jesus repeatedly told his disciples that there was difficulty ahead, so he has warned us. Look at what Jesus tells his disciples in in the Garden of Gethsemane in11:40 verse 40, chapter 22. When he came to the place, he said to them, pray that you may not enter into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt11:52 down and he prayed. Verse 45, when he arose up from prayer and he came and he had come to his disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow. Then he said to them, why do you sleep? Rise and12:04 pray, lest you enter into temptation. Pray that you will not enter into temptation. Pray that you will be kept from sin, that you will not falter or fall when12:16 the temptation comes. Now they didn't know exactly, as we've seen, we didn't know exact they did not know exactly what was gonna happen. They didn't have a clear understanding, but they knew something. They knew12:26 something was coming, so they were instructed to pray. Now, likewise, we don't know exactly what is coming and when it's coming. We know something's coming. We know something is going to happen12:38 because we've been told by Jesus that, he has a plan, and he also told us there's going to be difficulties. There's going to be trials and tribulation, but he told us to pray, to12:50 watch and pray. Because I think in the difficulties, we have the opportunity to see God at work. If we are watchful, if we13:02 are prayerful, that our faith will hold. Father, thank you for your word. Thank you for this reminder that these disciples, they were with13:14 Jesus for nearly 3 years. And and you would have thought they would have understood it, but they didn't. Their eyes were not completely open. They didn't have a full understanding. Lord, I pray that through the Holy13:24 Spirit that we have, that we would grow in our understanding and that we lord, even though the flesh is weak, that you would strengthen us, that we would be watchful13:36 and prayerful, and that our faith would not fail. Lord, strengthen us for what is ahead, Lord, individually and collectively. And we pray and ask13:47 this in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright. Thanks for joining me. Have a great day, and have a great week. Until next time. Keep standing on the word.14:01 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day,14:13 you can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 The Final Days of Jesus
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