Energy for Bible Class

Bible class each week is a meaningful, enjoyable time of fellowship and Bible study. We share many things with each other and encourage each other every single time we come together. There is nothing like it during the week. The folks in Putnam have honored me by asking me to lead the adult class each Sunday. We are very informal and it makes for a time that I pray is pleasing to the Lord. Currently we are studying Matthew. I'm hoping to finish this study up by the end of August.

We are in Matthew 26:14-30. We will have to finish this lesson next week. At this point, we know that the Jewish authorities are looking for a way to arrest Jesus quietly. The Roman authorities were worries about the chaotic season of Passover in Jerusalem at this time. While the Jewish authorities were wondering how they were going to pull this off, Judas came to them and asked them what they would give him to hand him over. They gave him 30 pieces of silver.

Jesus according to scripture new what was going to happen and who would be responsible for that. He had accepted this and he kept his disciples close, but didn't really let them in on the specifics of his arrest that would lead to his Crucifixion. He let them know that they would all deny him during this time. The disciples couldn't imagine such an idea. What would possibly happen to cause this?

The question we left with was how Judas got to the point of handing Jesus over? And what happened before his death? What could happen to us to cause us to deny Jesus and even turn on him? Ponder on that this week and we'll talk more about this next week.

Take care,
Brad