March 2010
March 21 AM
"THE GOSPEL OF MARK"
Jesus Predicts His Passion And Resurrection (10:32-34)
INTRODUCTION
1. On three separate occasions, Jesus predicted His passion and
resurrection...
a. In the region of Caesarea Philippi, He emphasized the necessity
- Mk 8:31
b. While traveling through Galilee, He stressed the certainty - Mk 9:31
c. Now on the road to Jerusalem, He describes it in greater detail
- Mk 10:32-34
2. If you have ever faced an impending ordeal...
a. You know the anticipation itself adds to the trial
b. The anxiety and stress of knowing what it is to come
I. THE SETTING
A. ON THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM...
1. Making their way from beyond the Jordan via Jericho - Mk 10:1,46
2. This was Jesus' last trip to Jerusalem
B. THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WALKED...
1. Jesus taking the lead - Mk 10:32
2. The disciples following behind - Mk 10:32 (NLT)
3. The people further behind - Mk 10:32 (NLT)
C. THE ATTITUDES AS THEY WALKED...
1. Jesus with steadfast determination - cf. Lk 9:51
2. The disciples filled with awe, perhaps by Jesus' determination
- Mk 10:32 (NLT)
3. The people overwhelmed with fear, perhaps knowing the danger
Jesus and His followers faced in Jerusalem - Mk 10:32 (NLT);
cf. Jn 9:22; 11:8,57
II. THE PREDICTION
A. HE WILL BE BETRAYED...
1. Betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes - Mk 10:33
2. Referring to the Sanhedrin, the Supreme Court of the Jews
3. Fulfilled - Mk 14:41-46
B. HE WILL BE CONDEMNED...
1. Condemned to death and delivered to the Gentiles - Mk 10:33
2. Referring to the Romans, who alone had the authority to put to
death - cf. Jn 18:31
3. Fulfilled - Mk 14:55-64
C. HE WILL BE MOCKED...
1. Treated with contempt, ridiculed - Mk 10:34
2. To imitate with mockery and derision
3. Fulfilled - Mk 15:16-20,29-32
D. HE WILL BE SCOURGED...
1. To be whipped, punished severely - Mk 10:34
2. "Under the Roman method of 'scourging,' the person was stripped
and tied in a bending posture to a pillar, or stretched on a
frame. The "scourge" was made of leather thongs, weighted with
sharp pieces of bone or lead, which tore the flesh of both the
back and the breast." - Vine
3. Fulfilled - Mk 15:15
E. HE WILL BE SPIT ON...
1. With saliva or phlegm
2. Done with anger or contempt - Mk 10:34
3. Fulfilled - Mk 14:65; 15:19
F. HE WILL BE KILLED...
1. Death would follow His mockery and torture - Mk 10:34
2. Jesus knew the manner of death: crucifixion! - cf. Mt 20:19
3. Fulfilled - Mk 15:24,37
G. HE WILL RISE THE THIRD DAY...
1. Resurrected from the dead - Mk 10:34
2. Foretold very early in His ministry - cf. Jn 2:19-22
3. Fulfilled - Mk 16:1-7
CONCLUSION
1. When Jesus predicted His passion and resurrection...
a. The first time, Peter took Jesus aside and rebuked Him - Mk 8:31-33
b. The second time, the disciples did not understand and refused to
ask Him - Mk 9:31-32
c. The third time, there is no dispute (though they may have still
been confused)
2. What strikes me about these three predictions...
a. Is that it reveals that Jesus knew what would happen to Him!
b. The stress and anxiety from anticipation only added to His
suffering for us!
3. How was Jesus able to press on, knowing what was to come...?
a. The writer to the Hebrews reveals the answer - cf. He 12:2
b. He encourages us to "consider Him...lest you become weary and
discouraged" - He 12:3
March 28 AM
"THE GOSPEL OF MARK"
The Cup And The Baptism (10:35-40)
INTRODUCTION
1. On the way to Jerusalem shortly before His arrest, Jesus received an
unusual request...
a. From James and John, together with their mother - Mk 10:35; Mt 20:20
b. For Jesus to do whatever they ask! - Mk 10:35
c. In particular, the honor of sitting by Him in His glory (kingdom)
- Mk 10:36-37; Mt 20:21
2. Jesus' response was two-fold...
a. First, about drinking His cup and being baptized with His baptism
- Mk 10:38-39
b. Second, their request was not His to grant, but His Father's - Mk 10:40; Mt 20:23
I. OF SUFFERING
A. EXPLAINED...
1. To drink a cup
a. Metaphorically, to get one's fill
b. Either of good (Ps 23:5) or of ill (Ps 75:7-8)
c. Jesus' cup was one of suffering - cf. Mk 14:36; Jn 18:11
2. To be baptized
a. Figuratively, to be overwhelmed
b. In this case, with calamity - cf. Ps 69:2,15
c. Jesus' baptism was one of suffering - cf. Lk 12:50
3. Compare the NLT: "...Are you able to drink from the bitter cup
of suffering I am about to drink? Are you able to be baptized
with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?"
The cup and the baptism refers to suffering Jesus and His
disciples would experience
B. EXPERIENCED...
1. By the apostles
a. Foretold by Jesus - Mk 10:39; Jn 15:20-21
b. Experienced by James (martyrdom) - Ac 12:2
c. Experienced by John (exile) - Re 1:9
d. Experienced by the apostles in general - 1Co 4:9-13
e. Experienced by the apostle Paul in particular - 2Co 11:23-28
2. By disciples today
a. Many believers in Christ continue to suffer much
1) In Muslim and Hindu nations
2) In communist nations like China and North Korea
b. In the USA and other western countries there are forms of
suffering
1) Christians and their faith are often ridiculed
2) Many are rejected by co-workers, neighbors, friends, even
family
We ourselves may one day have to receive the cup and the
baptism of suffering
II. OF BLESSING
A. THE CUP OF BLESSING...
1. There is a cup which we bless - 1Co 10:16
2. The fruit of the vine in the Lord's Supper - 1Co 11:23-29
3. Which represents Jesus' blood of the new covenant - 1Co 11:25;
Mt 26:27-28
4. Which we drink in memory of Him, proclaiming His death - 1Co 11:25-26
5. Thus participating in the blood of Christ - 1Co 10:16
The cup we bless, is a blessing for those who partake!
B. THE BAPTISM OF BLESSING...
1. There is a baptism commanded for all by Christ - Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15-16
2. For the remission of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit - Ac 2:38-39
3. Where penitent believers are commanded to be immersed in water
- Ac 8:35-38; 10:47-48
4. Where sins are washed away as we appeal to the Lord - Ac 22:16;
1Pe 3:21
5. Where we are buried into Christ's death, raised to newness of
life - Ro 6:3-7
6. Where we put on Christ, becoming children of God through faith
- Ga 3:26-27
7. Where we undergo the working of God and the Holy Spirit - Col 2:12-13; Tit 3:4-7
This baptism is a blessing for all who submit in faith and
repentance!
CONCLUSION
1. Jesus foretold that James and John would...
a. Drink the cup of suffering
b. Be baptized with the baptism of suffering
2. But suffering did not happen before they...
a. Experienced the baptism of blessing in being saved
b. Partook weekly of the cup of blessing in remaining saved
To prepare ourselves for whatever cup or baptism of suffering we might
experience for Christ...
* Let us be sure that we have submitted to the baptism of blessing
in faith and repentance!
* Let us be sure that we drink the cup of blessing weekly as
faithfully as we can!
