Fri Oct 2

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the titles Son of God, Son of Man.

Reading

Matthew 26:57-68—"He is Deserving of Death”

Optional Reading

Mark 14:53–65

Keys for kids

Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.

Jesus was tried unjustly.
No one could find Him guilty of any sin.
He told them He will be seated at God’s right hand.

Questions

(Some read the ?s before the notes/ ask them after.)

What did Jesus claim to the high priest?
Why did the Jews say Jesus deserved to die?
Did Jesus deserve to die? Explain your answer.

Catechism

WSC 83

Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?

Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.

(Ezekiel 8:6, 13, 15; 1 John 5:16; Psalms 78:17, 32, 56)

Notes

(See Saturday for authors.)

We read in these verses how our Lord Jesus Christ was brought before Caiaphas the high priest, and solemnly pronounced guilty. It was fitting that it should be so. The great day of atonement was come. The wondrous type of the scape-goat was about to be completely fulfilled. It was only suitable that the Jewish high priest should do his part, and declare sin to be upon the head of the victim, before he was led forth to be crucified. May we ponder these things and understand them. There was a deep meaning in every step of our Lord’s passion.

Let us observe in these verses, that the chief priests were the principal agents in bringing about our Lord’s death. It was not so much the Jewish people, we must remember, who pushed forward this wicked deed, as Caiaphas and his companions, the chief priests.

The unconverted Jew can never tell us at the present day, that his forefathers were left in ignorance that Jesus was the Messiah. Our Lord’s answer to the solemn adjuration of the high priest is a sufficient reply. He tells the council plainly that He is “the Christ, the Son of God.” He goes on to warn them that though He had not yet appeared in glory, as they expected Messias would have done, a day would come when he would do so. … They would yet see that very Jesus of Nazareth, whom they had arraigned at their bar, appear in all majesty as King of kings. (Rev. 1:7.)

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on Matthew

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 109d, 104a

Prayer

Rejoice that Jesus was willing to die in our place.
Pray for the hearing of God’s Word preached this Lord’s Day’s.
Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.