All right, Luke 22 and 23, if you have your Bible's open there and out of those two chapters.

I've been saying over the last couple of weeks, as we draw near to the end of the gospel of Luke,

that the last six chapters from 19 to 24 detail the final week of Jesus' life.

And even though today is technically Palm Sunday on the Christian calendar, we've already

passed that chapter. I'm going to stay on track because next Sunday we're going to conclude

the Gospel of Luke, chapter 24, as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. So for today, we're

going to be looking at events leading up to and including the crucifixion

of Christ.

Last week, we talked about how Jesus was betrayed by Judas, that Judas felt remorseful,

but not repentant, and thus he was weighed down with the guilt, and he ended up hanging

himself.

Peter denied Jesus, was also remorseful about it, but he joined his

remorse with repentance, and he was then gripped by brokenness. He was a broken man, and God

can work with broken people. And so God restored him. So we went from remorse to repentance to restoration,

and God used him in a glorious way to impact the kingdom.

Jesus then being betrayed into the hands of the Roman army, a band of soldiers that have come

to the Garden of Gassimini, arrest Jesus, and they take him to the

Jewish ruling council, otherwise known as the Sanhedron. So I want you to think of them as somewhat

like a religious Supreme Court, and Jesus has been hauled before them, and that's where our

story picks up today. Here in Luke 22, we're going to start at verse 66, and then it'll move into

chapter 23. But here in Luke 22, verse 66, it says, as soon as it was day, the elders

of the people, both chief priests and scribes came together and led him into their counsel.

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