All In

Mark 10:32-45

Intro: We have hit the two times that Jesus foretells his Death. Tonight we are looking at the third and final time.

Hook: What’s an activity where hesitating can be dangerous or lead to a lack of success? Things like a check swing in baseball, or if you hesitate on a bungee jump—not having an all-in mentality can be really dangerous!

I. Mark 10:32-34

Mark 10:32–34 ESV

And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.”

Jesus foretells His Death a Third time

We know this is to happen, He is now saying it as they are heading to Jerusalem. The time is quickly approaching.

This is the most detailed account that Jesus gives of the three

Maundy Thursday plug

II. Mark 10:35-38

Mark 10:35–38 ESV

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

The disciples hear this and again and it is clear that they still don’t understand what Jesus being the Messiah really means. Jesus, lovingly informs them—you don’t know what you’re asking. So he challenges them to count the cost.

When you set out to do anything big, a big purchase, a big commitment, we weight the cost. We have to consider what we are really agreeing to. Will we have the ability to commit to what it takes.

We want to be something, but Jesus asks are you able to drink the cup and be baptized with the baptism that He is being baptized with.

What he is alluding to is his death, his sacrifice, his service to all of humanity—are we willing to sacrifice and serve in the same way.

What answer would you give? Are you willing to give up or give anything that jesus asks? If he wants your time, your money, your future, your career? That’s what he’s asking for and the reward in doing so, is eternal.

III. Mark 10: 39-43

Mark 10:39–44 ESV

And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized, but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.” And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

James and John, perhaps ignorantly or arrogantly say they are able. Jesus then says he would not grant their request to sit at his right or left, as it was not for Him to grant but those seats were for who they were prepared for.

But he does agree that they will drink the cup and be baptized and we know that James and John, like the other apostles, will give an ultimate sacrifice.

James death we read about in Acts where King Herod kills him by the sword. John was exiled to Patmos where he wrote Revelation.

The greatest in Christ’s kingdom are those who are willing to serve anyone.

In the 19th century, missionary and abolitionist Adoniram Judson sacrificed everything to bring the Gospel to Burma. Leaving his young wife and family behind, he faced immense challenges, including loss and imprisonment. Despite these hardships, Judson persevered, translating the Bible into Burmese and establishing churches. His unwavering commitment to Christ's call ultimately transformed an entire nation. His life embodies the essence of sacrifice, revealing that genuine followership can lead us through the darkest valleys to fulfill God’s purpose for our lives.

Protestantism

Main article: Protestantism in Myanmar

Adoniram Judson

The Protestant churches of Burma were begun in the early 19th century by Adoniram Judson (1788–1850), an American Baptist missionary. It took years of intensive preaching before he reached his first convert, but the numbers grew rapidly, reaching 10,000 by 1851. He translated the Bible into Burmese in 1834.[8]

In 1865 the Myanmar Baptist Convention was established and in 1927, the Willis and Orlinda Pierce Divinity School was founded in Rangoon as a Baptist seminary. It is still operating as the Myanmar Institute of Theology, catering to students of many Protestant denominations. The majority of converts came from the Karen's ethnic group in the mountainous areas, and not from the Buddhists. By the census of 1921 Christians totalled 257,000, or two percent of the total population. This included about 50,000 Christians of Indian, English or Eurasian heritage; and 69% were Karens.[9]

After 1914, the Buddhist element became much more nationalistic, and highly resistant to Christianity. There was hostility toward the Christian Karens, and toward Indian immigrants as well. The Protestant population reached 192,000 in 1926, with the Baptists in the forefront, with over 200 missionaries. Increasingly, the native community took control of the Protestant organizations