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Communion

Matthew 26:14-30 (ESV)                                               August 8-9, 2026

1. Judas’s Motive

Judas to Betray Jesus

Matthew 26:14-16:  Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.

DQ1: What motive did Judas have for betraying Jesus?

DQ2: Why would Jesus still invite Judas to the table?

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2. The Disciples' Need For Control

The Passover with the Disciples

Matthew 26:17-25:  Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’” And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.   When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”  And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?”.   He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?”  He said to him, “You have said so.”

DQ3: Why would the disciples ask, “Is it I, Rabbi”?

DQ4: Why did the disciples feel the need to control Jesus?

DQ5: How did Peter’s desire to control Jesus differ from Judas’s 

          desire to control Jesus?

DQ6: How have you desired to control Jesus?

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3. Communion as Judgment

Institution of the Lord’s Supper

Matthew 26:26- 29: Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”  And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.  I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

DQ7: How does God undertake the humanly impossible task of 

          extracting our unbelief?

DQ8: Why should we rejoice in judgment?

DQ9: When have you experienced God’s judgment in your life? 

          Do you view it as mercy?

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4. Communion as Deliverance

Matthew 26:30: And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Psalm 116:1-9: (ESV) I Love the Lord

I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”  Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.  Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling; I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

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