Mark 14:1-16:8

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

*Tel: 253-517-9195 - Email: jmbetter at gmail.com*

*Web: www.2rbetter.org*

August 26, 2011


 *FEB 19 - MARK 14:1-16:8 - CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS*


 *1. 14:9 (14:1-11) JESUS: HIS PASSOVER ANOINTING. “And amen I say unto you,
Wherever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, what also
this woman has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her” (NNT). *This
is an amazing revelation Father, and it behooves us to ponder it well and
clearly understand what Your Son Jesus is really saying. The Gospel of Your
Kingdom cuts across man's thinking and tradition. *Hallowed be your :name.*


 *2. 14:23-24 (14:12-31) JESUS: PASSOVER BECOMES COVENANT SUPPER. “And he
took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them: and all drank of
it. 24 And he said to them, This is my :blood of the covenant, which is shed
for many.” *You have made Jesus our *Passover*, Father (1 COR 5:7), and now
the new covenant is in His blood. We accept Your provision in Him! *Your
:kingdom come.*


 *3. 14:36 (14:32-52) JESUS: GETHSEMANE AND BETRAYAL. And he said, “Abba,
:Father, all things are possible to you; remove this :cup from me: but not
what I will, but what you will.” *O Father, we see in Jesus - perfect God
and perfect man. We are humbled by His example, and yet more by His Atoning
Work. In Christ You have given us *everything*! *Your :will be done, As in
heaven, so on earth.*


 *4. 14:61b-62 (14:53-72) JESUS: DENIED JUSTICE, AND DENIED BY PETER. “Again
the high priest asked him, and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of
the Blessed? 62 And :Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the son of :man
sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of
:heaven.” *Imagine! The Son of God is turned over for injustice for
witnessing to the Truth! O forgive us Father, for our ineffective witness
for truth, or even denial as did Peter! *Our :daily :bread Give us this day.
*


 *5. 15:33-34 (15:1-41) JESUS: HIS SUFFERING AND CRUCIFIXION. “And
when thesixth hour was come, darkness came over the whole earth until
the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour :Jesus cried with a loud voice,
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthanei? which is, being interpreted, My :God, my
:God, why have you forsaken me?” *Jesus was tempted Father, but did not
fall. Help us in our weakness, too! *And forgive us our :debts, As we also
have forgiven our :debtors.*


 *6. 15:42-43 (15:42-47) JESUS: HIS BURIAL. “And when even was now come,
since it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43 Joseph
of Arimathaea came, a councilor or honorable estate, who also himself was
looking for the :kingdom of :God; and he boldly went in unto :Pilate, and
asked for the body of :Jesus.” *Not one of Jesus' bones was broken, and His
body was laid with the rich in His burial. Father, You arranged this, and
yes, you are well able to arrange all things for us too! *And bring us not
into temptation!*


 *7. 16:6-7 (16:1-8) JESUS: HIS RESURRECTION! “And he said to them, Be not
amazed: you seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one: he is risen; he is
not here: see the place where they laid him! 7 But go, tell his :disciples
and :Peter [that], He goes before you into :Galilee: there you shall see
him, as he said to you.”*

*Here* is power of the Kingdom demonstrated! *But deliver us from the evil *
*one!*


 *NOTE**: 14:37-38 (14:32-52) JESUS: ADMONISHES HIS THREE. “And he comes,
and finds them sleeping, and said to :Peter, Simon, do you sleep? could you
not watch one hour? **38** Watch and pray, that you enter not into
temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” *Watching
and praying to You Father, will strengthen our spirit to triumph over the
weakness of the flesh!


 This passage expands on the prime purpose of the coming of Jesus. It was *
not* to teach or heal or set us an example - it was to *die* and give His
life a ransom for many! To miss this, is to miss the heart of God.
Modernistic seminaries completely bypass this great purpose, and settle for
lesser things that fail to point mankind to the only place of help and
safety! I know. I have sat under their teaching. I came out from among them
by the insight given to me of the Lord.


 It is so important to see that *Jesus* is our Passover! The oath of God
establishes the New Covenant in Jesus' blood! Oswald Chambers exhorts us to
*brood* over the tragedy of the Cross. Though it was absolutely necessary,
yet it shows up the perfidy of the Jewish rulers of that day, and that of
Judas in his betrayal.


 But - this section closes with the Resurrection! According to 1 Corinthians
15 - had there been no resurrection - we would yet be in our sins! Jesus *is
* Risen! - *This* was the greeting of the early church!


 One should visit “Forest Lawn Memorial Park” in Glendale, California - and
there look up the huge painting of “The Crucifixion” by Jan Styka. But
immediately following, one should then observe “The Resurrection”! It shows
Jesus immediately upon exiting from His tomb - to see the glorious vision
from the Father of all the souls to come into the Kingdom because of the
death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.


 Yes - Oswald Chambers is correct. We should at times take occasion to *
brood* over the tragedy of the *Cross*, and what it meant to God - and what
it means to *us*!


 And lastly - the word from our Psalm of the Day:

*49:15, 20 (49:1-20) GOD BANISHES FEAR IN TIMES OF TROUBLE! “But God will
ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
20Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that
perish”
(ESV). *Father, teach us this Kingdom principle: write it deep on our
hearts; help us to walk in rest and peace because of it.* *Then we will
indeed walk with glad hearts! J.A.Watt



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