Evangelist

George Mueller

(1805-1898 )

- Cared for over

10,000 orphans

- Established over

117 schools (trained

120,000 children)

- Received over $90

million in today’s

dollars to support

his work!

Evangelist

George Mueller

(1805-1898 )

“The vigor of our

spiritual life will be in

exact proportion to the

place held by the

Bible in our life and

thoughts.”

Carpe Diem (Seize the Day!)

A Spiritual Growth Initiative for 2014

The Bible cannot be our authority ... Our “polaris” ... Our reference point for life

IF we do not KNOW it and if we are not seeking to APPLY it!

Carpe Diem (Seize the Day!)

A Spiritual Growth Initiative for 2014

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The Essential Jesus as

Revealed in the Gospel of Mark

The Final Steps of Jesus’ Final Days

(Mark 14-16)

Arrive at chapter 16 and His resurrection on Easter Sunday, April 20th!

Beyond Tomorrow

What Jesus said about earth’s final

days

An in-depth study of Mark 13

Coming to Grace on May 25th

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:12 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”

Exodus 12:7,13

Then they are to take some of

the blood and put it on the

sides and tops of the

doorframes of the houses

where they eat the lambs.

The blood will be a sign for

you on the houses where you

are, and when I see the

blood, I will pass over you.

No destructive plague will

touch you when I strike Egypt.

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:13-16 So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 11:1-3 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:13-16 “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:17-18 And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.”

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:19 They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?”

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:20 He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.”

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:21 For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.

Jesus’ Final Steps

“Lord, I was just carrying out your will as foretold by the prophets. You should thank me for doing what I did. If I had

not betrayed Jesus, he would have never been arrested, tried, crucified. And without the shedding of blood

there’s no remission of sin!”

Judas

How do we put these two truths together?

How can they be reconciled in our minds?

If God is truly sovereign over all, then

how in the world can man be held responsible

for his decisions?

“In these events, we see the intersection between the

secret counsel of God and the schemes of the human will. In

God’s providence, what we call the mystery of

concurrence occurred. Two streams came together – the sovereign will of God and the earthly will of human flesh.”

R.C. Sproul

“It is not as though God in his sovereignty forced Judas to

carry out the evil act of betraying Jesus. Rather, the

sovereign God worked His will in and through the choices of

His creature. Judas did exactly what Judas wanted to

do, but God brought good out of evil, redemption

out of treachery!”

R.C. Sproul

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:22-24 And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

“This Do In Remembrance of Me!”

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:25 Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

“This year in Jerusalem, next year in the kingdom.”

Jesus’ Final Steps

Mark 14:26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Today’s Takeaways

1. In this passage, Jesus makes four predictions (directly or by implication): - his betrayal - his death - his resurrection - the establishment of his eternal kgd The first three have been fulfilled; in like

manner, the fourth will be as well!

Today’s Takeaways

Revelation 20:11-12 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.

Today’s Takeaways

Revelation 20:13-15 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Today’s Takeaways

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Today’s Takeaways

Mark 14:22 “Take; this is my body.”

Mark 1:15 Repent and believe in the gospel.

Today’s Takeaways

1. In this passage, Jesus makes four predictions (directly or by implication): - his betrayal - his death - his resurrection - the establishment of his eternal kgd The first three have been fulfilled; in like

manner, the fourth will be as well!

Today’s Takeaways

2. God has a plan and he is working that plan …. And NOTHING can derail it!

Mark 14:21 For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him . . .

Today’s Takeaways

2. God has a plan and he is working that plan …. And NOTHING can derail it!

John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.