THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS
Nevertheless…
Sermon Title: NEVERTHELESS… Sermon Text: MARK 15:42-47 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 15:42-47 ESV And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the SabbathJoseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.Pilate was surprised to hear that he…
He Has Done It
Sermon Title: HE HAS DONE IT! Sermon Text: MARK 15:33-41 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 15:33-41 ESV And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is…
The Love That Would Not Leave
Sermon Title: THE LOVE THAT WOULD NOT LEAVE Sermon Text: MARK 15:21-32 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 15:21-32 ESV And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take…
Who Is Really On Trial?
Sermon Title: WHO IS REALLY ON TRIAL?Sermon Text: MARK 15:1-15Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSSBy: PTR NIC SY SERMON NOTES I. THE CHIEF PRIESTS: ROBES DON’T MAKE YOU RIGHTEOUS envy | Greek phthonos | “displeasure for another’s good” Jealousy wants what another person has. Envy goes further: it resents the other person for having it. The most dangerous corruption isn’t the kind that looks evil; it’s the kind that looks holy. Reflect: When someone else is praised, promoted, trusted, or used by God,…
The One Who Did Not Fail
Sermon Title: THE ONE WHO DID NOT FAILSermon Text: MARK 14:43-72Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSSBy: PTR NIC SY SERMON NOTES I. SOVEREIGN IN HIS SURRENDER (Mark 14:42-52, Romans 8:32) kiss | Greek kataphileó | “to kiss repeatedly or fervently” betray | Greek paradídōmi | “betray, to hand over” Reflect: What do you do when something unjust happens and you cannot fix it? Do not build your peace on your ability to control the outcome. Build your peace on the God…
The Spirit Is Willing, Flesh Is Weak
Sermon Title: SPIRIT IS WILLING, FLESH IS WEAK Sermon Text: MARK 14:27-42 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 14:27-42 ESV And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.”And Jesus said…
The Plan That Was Always There
Sermon Title: THE PLAN THAT WAS ALWAYS THERE Sermon Text: MARK 14:10-26 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 14:10-26 ESV Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they…
Broken And Beautiful
Sermon Title: BROKEN AND BEAUTIFUL Sermon Text: MARK 14:1-9 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 14:1-9 ESV It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill himfor they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”And while he was at Bethany in the house…