SERMON, March 3, 2025

Rev. Dr. Gary Findley

“The Garden of Ambush” John 18:1-11

Sermon Insights:

1. A Lush Place
2. A Lacerated Protuberance
3. A Lasting Protection
4. A Lethal Poison

Joh 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
Joh 18:2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.
Joh 18:3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Joh 18:4 Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?”
Joh 18:5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
Joh 18:6 When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
Joh 18:7 So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
Joh 18:8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.”
Joh 18:9 This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”
Joh 18:10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)
Joh 18:11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”