1. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16

2. 1. His early life

3. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 1.His early life 2.The year of obscurity

4. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 1.His early life 2.The year of obscurity 3.The year of popularity

5. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 1.His early life 2.The year of obscurity 3.The year of popularity 4.The year of opposition

6. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I. Who Killed Jesus?

7. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Isaiah 49:7 …despised and abhorred by the nation

8. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Psalm 22:6-8 6) But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. 7) All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: 8) “He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue Him. Let Him deliver Him, since he delights in Him.”

9. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? John 11:47-50, 53 47) Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many miraculous signs. 48) If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

10. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? John 11:47-50, 53 49) Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know nothing at all! 50) You do not realise that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.” 53) So from that day on they plotted to take His life.

11. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Luke 23:13 Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people,

12. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Luke 23:18,21 18) With one voice they cried out, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!” 21) But they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”

13. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Acts 2:22-23 22) “Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know. 23) This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

14. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer,

15. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer, …the LORD makes His life a guilt offering,

16. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Revelation 13:8 All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast — all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.

17. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Acts 4:23-28 23) On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24) When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.

18. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Acts 4:23-28 25) You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “`Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 26) The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’

19. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 I.Who Killed Jesus? Acts 4:23-28 27) Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. 28) They did what Your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

20. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 II. The Conspiracy is Born (vv.1-5)

21. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 III. Christ is Anointed for His Burial (vv.6-13)

22. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 III.Christ is Anointed for His Burial (vv.6-13) Psalm 41:9 Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

23. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 III.Christ is Anointed for His Burial (vv.6-13) Luke 10

24. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 III.Christ is Anointed for His Burial (vv.6-13) John 11

25. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 IV. The Traitor Makes His Deal (vv.14-16)

26. “Being a Friend to Jesus” Matthew 26:1-16 IV.The Traitor Makes His Deal (vv.14-16) Proverbs 28:25 A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.