Love Suffers

St. Charles | Bob Ingle
December 14, 2025

John 13:18-30

“I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’ I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am. Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.” After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

1. Love Suffered the PAIN We Deserve

“I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’ “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am. Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.” After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” John 13:18-20 (NIV)

What Is This Moment About?

-> Fulfilling SCRIPTURE

“But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’” John 13:18 (NIV)

“Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me.” Psalm 41:9 (NIV)

“Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer…” Isaiah 53:10 (NIV)

-> Fortifying FAITH

“I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am.”

2. Love Suffered the BETRAYAL We Commit

“After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”” John 13:21(NIV)

-> The QUESTION Asked

“His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.” Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”” John 13:22-25 (NIV)

“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick; who can understand it?”Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV)

-> The GRACE Extended

“Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.” John 13:26 (NIV)

“Do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?” Romans 2:4 (ESV)

People go to hell UNSAVED, but no one goes to hell UNLOVED.

3. Love Suffered the DARKNESS We Can’t Survive

“And it was night.” John 13:30b (NIV)

-> The Darkness of Satanic CONTROL

“As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.” John 13:27a (NIV)

“But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” James 1:14-15 (NIV)

“and do not give the devil a foothold.” Ephesians 4:27 (NIV)

-> The Darkness of Spiritual BLINDNESS

“So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him.” John 13:27b-28 (NIV)

-> The Darkness of Divine JUDGMENT

“As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.” John 13:30 (NIV)

“God gave them over…” Romans 1:24, 26, 28 (NIV)

Jesus faced darkness we cannot SURVIVE, so we could walk in light we do not DESERVE.