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The Situation (32-36)
Finally Arrive to Gethsemane
It’s here that Jesus prays prior to his crucifixion and death.
It’s here that He invites His closest of disciples to join Him.
It’s here that He asks them to sit while He prays.
It’s also here at Gethsemane that Jesus ends one part of His ministry and begins another.
Notice a couple things from Mark’s gospel:
Mark’s usage of the word “immediately.”
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Mark’s usage of the word gives evidence of the fast pace of his gospel, and;
The intent of Jesus’ mission to show that He is the Savior, provide evidence through miracles, and minister to the sick and lost sheep of Israel.
Mark’s use of the phrase, “troubled and deeply distressed.”
This phrase indicates the trouble that Jesus alone faces in the garden.
It’s here that He recognizes that He must win the victory in prayer with His Father in the garden.
Jesus’ Request of the Disciples
The Greek for this command of His disciples implies “purpose involved” in His prayer.
He isn’t simply going to be alone with the Father.
He’s going with the purpose of praying of Himself-praying that the cup that He would soon be drinking be passed from Him if possible.
His request for them to sit was actually a command.
He told them,
Think about what was about to happen.
He wanted some of His closest followers to be there with Him during this time:
He was being made sin for us.
He was made a curse for us.
Jesus’ Request of the Father
Note the intimacy He relays to God the Father by using the term “Abba.”
He also doesn’t pray first that God’s will be done, but that “this cup be taken away from Him.”
He knows torture and death soon await Him.
He understands the severity of it, while the disciples do not.
Mark 10:
Our Struggle with the Situation (37-40)
Be on the Watch for Boastfulness (37)
Mark 13:29-
Friends, are we boastful?
Christians like to boast by:
Stating that they haven’t missed a Sunday service for X amount of years.
I knew a guy who used to brag that he always found a church to worship in on vacation.
Whether you do or not, that’s not the point, but don’t brag about it.
We boast through telling people how intellectual we are,
By mentioning how often we attend services each week,
and by making sure everyone hears how often we are studying our SS lesson throughout the week.
Be on the Watch for Laziness and Complacency (39-40)
Mark 14:29-40
They came to the garden at around 10/11pm.
It was late, but these weren’t senior adults or children.
This would have been something they were used to.
They were tired.
Maybe they had a hard day walking and ministering.
Maybe they hadn’t been sleeping all that well.
Even so, the Lord asked them to “watch and pray.”
Their friend and mentor specifically asked them to do something and all three failed.
We tend to struggle when we are tired, don’t we?
When we are tired:
The TV gets turned on, sometimes for a long time.
Our phones get glued to our faces.
We complain.
And can get in a habit of laziness if we are not careful.
These guys have been busy following Jesus for the past three years!
They were constantly on the move.
There are times in our Christian walks when the local church has been so busy that you think you can’t handle another event or class.
It’s awfully tempting to say, “I’m gonna rest for a time,” but that time turns into laziness and complacency.
Senior adults, don’t allow the excuse of age turn into a retirement from Christianity.
Listen to this quote from Mark Clifton of NAMB:
“Both POTUS candidates in 2016 were over 70.
I’m hurling toward 60 and have more to do than ever.
So why do many churches treat anyone over 55 as a “golden ager” who needs to be entrained and treated like a kid?
Don’t just entertain them.
Challenge them to keep working for the kingdom.”
My mentor passed away last Nov. and would have been 80 this year.
He used to lament on the number of senior adults who have more time and experience than anyone and aren’t using it for the Kingdom.
(He had MS!!)
Friends, of all people, our senior adults should be leading the way in evangelism and discipleship.
I led an evangelism session at the Senior Living Celebration for the KBC this past week in two locations.
We had around 300 attend.
I had two sessions on Tuesday and two on Thursday.
Out of these 4 sessions and 300 people, I had 6 seniors attend the evangelism sessions.
Younger people, you don’t get the excuse that your young family or busy activities outside your church family and responsibilities as a Christian get you off the “responsibility wagon.”
Friends, I was married at 19, had kids at the age of 21 and 23, and our kids did everything we did.
Kids can stay up till 8p to attend an evening service.
Friends, I was married at 19, had kids at the age of 21 and 23 and our kids did everything we did.
Parents don’t have to worship at the altar of sports and activities on Sunday.
The Bible is clear in that our call to follow Him has no limitations or restrictions to it.
Each one according to his/her own ability is to take up their cross and follow Him.
Have we allowed laziness or complacency to invade our lives and take over?
The Gravity of the Situation (41-42)
Jesus comes a third time and finds them asleep.
Listen again to the second part of verse 41 and 41.
Jesus called His closest ones out to watch and pray with Him knowing that His time to do that which He came to do had come.
As followers of His, we know that all people get physical death due to our sinful nature.
We die because of sin.
Jesus, on the other hand, was born to die FOR sin.
For this reason He came to live.
All the miracles, preaching, teachings, time with His disciples, and confrontations with the religious led up to this point.
The Gravity of the Situation has arrived and Jesus will be handed over into the hands of sinners.
Believer, The Gravity of the Situation has been outlined today.
Regardless of age, if Jesus came today, would He find us sleeping?
Are we busy evangelizing and making disciples?
Friends, scripture encourages the old and the young to work together.
Older believers, disciple the younger.
Younger believers, respect and look up to the old.
Have we become lazy and complacent in our walk with the Lord?
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