Peter Barnes | John 13:18-20
SERMON NOTES
HOW TO KNOW THE TRUTH
Psalm 41; John 13:18-20
1. Not all the Church is the Church.
– 13:18; the Lord knows those who are His (2 Tim.2:19)
– John 6:70-71; not like a football club which buys a disappointing player
– not all Israel is Israel (Rom.9:6; see John 8:39-40, 47)
2. Prophecy shows that Christ is true.
– 13:18b-19; Ahithophel ate with David, betrayed him, then suicided (2 Sam.15:12; 16:23-17:1-4, 23)
– J. C. Ryle thinks it likely that Judas ate the Last Supper
– all this shows that Jesus is ‘I am’ (13:19; see 8:24, 28, 58)
3. We know Christ from His apostles.
– 13:20; there is no other way.
– Bill Shorten claimed to know Christ while bypassing the apostolic testimony to Him. That is unbelief.