Why John is so selective when telling the story of the Crucifixion

Goal:

To see how John is showing us how to make a personal connection with this story that is life-changing.

Outline

1. Jesus was calmly in control: the king
2. Link with Psalm 22
3. The New Creation

Structure of John

John 13–21 “Book of Glory”

13 A meal with the disciples

21 A meal with the disciples

Last time (John 19—Pilate)

• By taking us in and out seven times with Pilate,
  We are forced us to walk in Pilate’s shoes
• He is caught between two forces, two choices
• The passage makes us think about the pressures in our own lives when making choices
• There is a risk in standing with Jesus
• Is Jesus really your King, Is Jesus really your Truth?

John 19

10. So Pilate said, “Do you refuse to speak to me?
    Don’t you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?”
11. Jesus replied, “You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above.

• The reason John includes it:
• Amid the horror, Jesus was calmly in control
• We are not to read this story like a horrific tragedy, but as the victory of the king!
• It is the title John has set over this story!

Outline

1. Jesus was calmly in control
   • All happened exactly as he wanted - he was king
2. Link with Psalm 22
3. The New Creation

When we go through horrific situations

• Jesus can say, I have been through what you are going through
• I have won the battle
• I am with you right now—rest calmly in my victory

John’s Purpose

• This, I believe, is the main reason why John has done these two things:
• 1. Linked Jesus’s story to David’s out of control anxiety and terror
• 2. Shown us a Jesus who is the King—calm and victorious—In similar circumstances
• Rest in Jesus, he is your victory!

The Faith that Saves

• This needy and clinging trust is what Jesus uses to connect with us and walk with us
• He gives us his victory. As he walks with us, and calms our fears, we join him in his victory over darkness on the cross

Undoing The Old Creation Existence

3. Achieved his purpose as King
2. Need for clothes, or any posessions
1. Birth from a mother
0. The old body itself

• Resurrection with a New Creation body

Takeaways

• Do not be afraid of death, or catastrophe, or any kind of evil
• Have a clinging trust in Jesus and he will join to you and walk with you.
• There is nothing that you can suffer than he has not defeated.
• He gives us his victory. As he walks with us, and calms our fears, we join him in his victory on the cross over darkness.
• Spoiler for the next chapter:
  Things get better—you can start enjoying the New Creation right now!