TITLE: After
the Sop
TEXT: John 13:19-30
PROPOSITION: After Jesus extends us special kindness; we must not betray
him.
QUESTION: Why?
KEY WORD: Meanings
SCRIPTURE READING: John 13:26-30
INTRODUCTION:
Conclusion:
“Some have supposed that Judas was in the position where he would be dipping at the same time with Jesus into the dish, and that he would thus be singled out as the betrayer. But this could hardly be, since the other disciples did not discover who the betrayer was from these words of Jesus. Since they had all been eating from the same large dish, these word of Jesus, ‘He that dippeth with me in the dish,’ did not identify any one of them. All of them, as well as Judas, had been dipping into the dish with Jesus. Jesus was simply informing them that one of them now eating would become the betrayer.”
“It is with them a mark of special respect for the master of the feast to hand a guest a portion of what is before him, or to insist on putting the morsels or sop into his mouth with his own hands – when it was the intention to honor and manifest good will.”
Come, Share the Lord
We gather here in Jesus name, His love is burning in our
hearts like living flame.
For thru the loving Son the Father makes us one.
Come take the bread, come drink the wine, come share the Lord.
He joins us here; He breaks the bread.
The Lord who pours the cup is risen from the dead.
The One we love the most is now our gracious host.
Come take the bread, come drink the wine, come share the Lord.
We’ll gather soon where angels sing. We’ll see the glory of our Lord and coming
King.
Now we anticipate the feast for which we wait.
Come take the bread, come drink the wine, come share the Lord.
No one is a stranger her, everyone belongs.
Finding our forgiveness here, we in turn forgive all wrongs.
We are now a family of which the Lord is head.
Though unseen He meets us here in the breaking of the bread.
Come take the bread, come drink the wine, come share the Lord.
When we do – we receive the “sop.”