Big Idea:

God wants your FAVORITE FOOD to be His WORDS.

Here is why:

1. MATURE wisdom is LOVING the Holy Spirit.

2. Righteousness is CONFRONTING your BROKENNESS.

3. Usefulness is OVERFLOWING with God's LOVE.

Challenge:

TASTE and SEE that the LORD is GOOD.

1. Mary Magdalene's response was, "Feeling is believing."

2. The disciple's response was, "Seeing is believing."

3. Thomas' response was, "Proving is believing."

1. Christ's Death was DIVINELY PLANNED.

JOHN 10:18

2. Christ Death was EXTREMELY PAINFUL.

MATTHEW 27:32-40, 45

3. Christ Death had an ETERNAL PURPOSE.

1. Introduction
   1. Amos 5:21-24
      1. Inevitable Justice of God
   2. Martin Luther King's I have a dream speech
   3. Hook: Who is Jesus?
2. The Story
   1. Is Jesus a Liar? 
      1. Story: The Jewish Trials
      2. Text: John 18:28
      3. The Guilty Posture Piety to make the innocent look like liars.  
   2. Is Jesus a Lunatic? 
      1. Story: The Roman trials
      2. Text: John 18:33, 36-38
      3. The Guilty obscure the truth by making the innocent look like lunatics.
   3. Is Jesus Lord? 
      1. Story: The Mocking and Flogging. 
      2. Text: John 19:1, 15-16
      3. The Guilty desperately preserve the status quo to keep the innocent in line. But Jesus changes everything. 
3. Application
   1. Righteousness is Obedience
   2. Sacrifice is Powerful
   3.  Love is Painful
4. Closing
   1. Why do we struggle so much with injustice?
   2. Mother Pollard, "My feets is tired but my Soul is rested." 
   3. Challenge: Be the inevitable justice of God rolling down like a mighty stream on this earth and see how it transforms into something beautiful

1. Jesus was sensitive to his DISCIPLE'S TROUBLES

2. Jesus provided SOUND REASON FOR THEIR HOPE

3. Jesus prepared A WAY FOR THEIR VICTORY

4. Jesus was PATIENT with his disciples' DOUBTS

5. Jesus promised the COUNSELOR FOR THEIR SUPPORT

Jesus washed the feet of Judas.

Jesus washed the feet of Peter.

Jesus saw a NEED and he RESPONDED to it.

SERVANTHOOD leads to BLESSEDNESS.

1. The PREPARATION for the Lord's Supper

2. The PARTICIPANTS of the Lord's Supper

3. The PURPOSE of the Lord's Supper

1. The critics QUESTION.

• Person doing the criticizing
• Timing of the criticism
• Nature of the criticism

2. Jesus' ANSWER to the critics.

3. Lessons for LIFE:

• Expect occasional criticism
• Evaluate criticism honestly
• If the criticism is unfair or untrue, ignore it
• When it's appropriate, answer the critics directly