Exalt the Lord of Glory!
by Rev. Kirby Williams
Far from betraying, denying, blaspheming or mocking our Lord, we will exalt Him as the Lord of glory!
Text: Luke 22:63-65
Date: 10/05/2025, the Combined service.
Series: "Luke: Thy Kingdom Come" Part 213
Description:
As the details of Jesus' arrest and trial at the hands of the Jews continue to unfold, Luke selectively relates a sinister event that happened during the trial with Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin. Without discussing the legal proceedings at all, Luke focuses on the physical and verbal abuse Jesus suffers at the hands of His captors. We will marvel at the scene before us as the glorious Son of God is mocked, beaten and blasphemed at the hands of a band of cowards. We will ask ourselves why Luke has chosen to position this segment immediately after Peter's denial in the courtyard and Judas' betrayal in the garden-- suggesting that the soldiers are not the only ones mocking Jesus' divinity, love, sacrifice and friendship. We will analyze carefully the nature of the mockery, attacking the omnipotence, omniscience, Lordship and glory of Christ. Ultimately, with the negative example of these mockers before us we will incorporate ways that we as His followers can honor the name of Jesus and thereby exalt the Lord of Glory.
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I. Introduction
II. Exposition of the text, Luke 22:63-65.
A. Context
B. Mocking the Lord of Glory, vs. 63-65.
1. Describing the mockery, vs. 63.
a. A band of cowards, Luke 8:45.
b. Mockery in word and deed.
c. A physical mockery, Luke 20:11, 17-18.
d. The reason for the mockery, Mark 14:61-62.
2. A debased and debasing game, vs. 64.
a. Describing the "game".
b. The object of the mockery.
3. Blaspheming the glorious One, vs. 65, Luke 12:10.
4. Analyzing the scene, Isa. 53:3-4; John 1:14.
C. When glory is mocked.
1. Defining glory.
a. Words of glory.
b. The Father of Glory, Eph. 1:17; 1Chr. 29:11-12, 16:28-29; Psa. 19:1, 63;2; Hab. 2:14; Deut. 5:24.
c. The glory of Christ, Phil. 2:6-8; Heb. 1:3; John 1:14; Rev. 5:12-3.
2. Ways that Lord of Glory is mocked.
a. Focusing on the band of cowards.
i. Mocking His Omnipotence, Isa. 53:7.
ii. Mocking His Omniscience.
1) Leaning on their own understanding, Isa. 26:4; Psa. 125:1; Prov. 3:5.
2) Thinking God does not see, Psa. 139:7-10.
iii. Mocking His Sovereign Lordship, Matt. 27:42; Luke 4:3; John 1:3; Heb. 1:3.
iv. Blaspheming His name, Luke 9:35; John 3:18, 6:29; Acts 17:30; Mark 1:14-15.
b. Focusing on the disciples.
i. Peter's autonomy.
ii. Judas' hypocritical betrayal, James 4:4.
III. Application
A. Exalt the Omnipotence of the Lord of Glory, 2Cor. 12:10.
B. Exalt the Omniscience of the Lord of Glory.
C. Exalt the Lordship and Sovereignty of Christ.
D. Exalt the Lord of Glory!
IV. Conclusion
