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 sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow himand wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.”And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.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.”They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?”He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.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.”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.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.”And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
SERMON NOTES
I. THE BETRAYER MOVES, BUT GOD HOLDS THE PEN (Mark 14:10-11, 17-21)
went | Greek aperchomai | “the verb marks a decisive exit from one sphere to another” (Topical Lexicon)
written | Greek gegraptai | perfect tense, indicative mood, passive voice
Reflect: What situation in your life right now feels like it has escaped God’s notice or God’s control?
Man proposes. God composes.
II. THE ROOM IS READY BEFORE YOU KNOW YOU NEED IT (Mark 14:12–16)
ready | Greek hetoimazó | “prepared, standing by ready to meet the opportunity.”
God’s preparation precedes the need.
Look back before you look forward.
Reflect: Where can you see that God had already prepared something before you knew you would need it?
III. THE CUP WAS HIS TO GIVE ALL ALONG (Mark 14:22–26)
At the very moment when everything seemed out of control, Jesus gave his church a meal that would forever remind us that this was always the plan.
covenant | Greek diathéké
Reflect: Are you living as someone who believes the future is in God’s hands or as someone who believes the news has the final word?
The cross was not a crisis. It was a covenant.