Sermon Title: THE ONE WHO DID NOT FAIL
Sermon Text: MARK 14:43-72
Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS
By: 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 who holds history.
II. UNFLINCHING IN HIS CONFESSION (Mark 14:53-65, Isaiah 53:7)
I am | Greek egō eimi
Reflect: Is there a truth about Jesus that you have been quietly holding back, because saying it out loud in a certain room, to a certain person, would cost you something?
The issue isn’t to win an argument or to be loudest voice in the room; the issue is to be faithful to Jesus.
III. STEADFAST IN HIS SOLITUDE (Mark 16:66-72)
Mark places Peter’s denial around Jesus’ confession so we can see the difference between the Savior we need and the disciples that we are.
Reflect: Have you ever been more confident in your spiritual strength than you should have been?
Jesus is faithful in the very place where his disciples fail.