This is how I introduced this sermon:
“We began this chapter last week with the anointing of Jesus at Bethany. The faith, love, and devotion displayed by the unnamed woman there, Jesus called beautiful. She had done this, he had said, for his burial. And we were reminded again that Jesus is on a mission.
He first said they were going to Jerusalem. Then he had said that he was going to die there—that he would be rejected by Israel, handed over to the Gentiles, and executed. He repeated this twice more in chapters nine and ten.
Mark has informed us of this for the express purpose of making sure we understood that what happened to Jesus was according to plan. The son of man must go to Jerusalem, Jesus had said. He must be rejected. He must be handed over. He must die.
Mark has told us this so that we would not make the mistake of thinking that perhaps Jesus had miscalculated, or that things had spiraled out of control. Jesus has entered the heart of enemy territory, is offering himself up, and now he will be crucified. Peter will say in just a few weeks that all of this happened according to the ‘definite plan and foreknowledge of God.’ It was foretold by the prophets who spoke as they were ‘moved along by the Holy Spirit.’ It must happen this way.
So after the story of his being anointed for burial at Bethany we were told how Judas went to the chief priests and offered them the information they needed in exchange for money. That’s where we ended last week.
What we’re about to see is that just as Jesus sent disciples ahead to make preparations for his entrance to Jerusalem back in chapter eleven, so he does again, this time for the celebration of the Passover meal. The stories and details are remarkably similar and serve to emphasize that Jesus is in complete control of events as we edge closer and closer to crucifixion. Everything is according to purpose—his as well as the Father’s.”
To listen to the sermon just click the link below.
Click here: Mark 14:12-21 - Jesus Celebrates Passover
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