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Jesus Again Foretells His Death and Resurrection
Mark 9:30-
The first time Jesus foretells his death and resurrection the story was followed by Christ showing his glory and his greatness to Peter, James, and John, on mount of transfiguration.
This time Jesus foretells his death and resurrection it is followed by disciples arguing over who will be the greatest.
You see, even though Jesus has now told them twice that he was going to die and after three days come back to life, the disciples still didn’t understand.
And, they were afraid to ask him to explain it to them.
You see, the death and resurrection of Jesus is so important that he tells his disciples three times that its coming.
and all three time the disciples just don’t understand.
The fact that Jesus who is the great king of the world would die didn’t make sense to them
They thought Jesus would conquer everything.
They thought Jesus would get rid of all the bad guys and that he would be the hero who sits on the throne forever.
And they were partially right, Jesus is the great hero, and he does conquer everything, and he is sitting on his throne and will be there forever!
However, Jesus does it in a very different way than the disciples thought he would.
And thats why Jesus is trying to explain it to them, so they know whats coming.
That he is going to rule and conquer by dying and being raised again.
Why is the death and resurrection of Jesus so important?
Why did he want to make sure his disciples understood what he was talking about?
Well, the death and resurrection of Jesus is important for many different reasons.
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On the cross Jesus took the penalty of our sins upon himself so we don’t have to pay that penalty ourselves.
2. Jesus rescued us from slavery.
Sin is like chains that keep us from living in freedom.
Jesus came to free us from the chains of sin and give us his own freedom.
3. When Jesus rose from the dead he also guaranteed that his people would also rise from the dead.
Because Jesus defeated even death itself he has given us victory over death as well.
So our eternal destiny is not one of death, but one of perfect life.
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There is another thing Jesus did in his death and resurrection, and this is the one I’m going to focus on this morning.
Jesus also created an everlasting bond between himself and his people.
This bond is also called a covenant.
You see, all throughout the bible there is only one way for a perfect holy God to be in relationship with his people.
And that is through covenant.
The covenant is like the friendship God has with his own people.
And this covenant relationship is based on the promise that Jesus will never leave you or forsake you.
Because he has done everything for you to be in the covenant relationship with himself.
And, this promise is not only for you parents, but for your children as well
This is powerful truth for both children and parents, that the promises of Christ are for children as well as for adults.
And our passages this morning we will see Jesus, the author of the covenant promises, make sure that kids are not passed over.
We see here Jesus doing something that is completely countercultural, completely revolutionary, and yet, completely in line with who God is.
Lets look at and Mark 10:13-16
Mark 9.33
You see the disciples were arguing with each other about who would be the greatest when Jesus becomes king.
And Jesus addresses this issue by telling them that, “if anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all”
He then brings a child into their midst and talks to his disciples about how receiving a child in his name is the same as receiving Christ himself.
In other words, we pursue greatness by becoming a servant to all, even to little kids.
Because, to receive a child is to receive Christ.
another way to understand the word “receive” is by translating it “accept”
so, “whoever accepts one such child in my name accepts me...”
And lets remember, we only accept Christ through covenant, and he only accepts us through covenant, therefore, we are to likewise accept children into the covenant.
And lets see how Jesus responds when his disciples don’t accept children...
Here we have people bringing children to Jesus so that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them - trying to keep the children away from Jesus.
But, when Jesus saw it, he was indignant
Indignant means to be angry, to shutter with rage.
So Jesus saw the disciples keeping the children away and he became really upset with his disciples.
Why do you think Jesus was so upset with the disciples for not letting the children near him?
Was it because Jesus likes kids and wants to play with them?
Though thats true, thats not why he was so angry.
was it because kids are really good at making people feel happy, and Jesus wanted everyone to be happy?
Again, that might be true, but not the reason why Jesus was upset.
Maybe its because kids have really good snacks and Jesus was hungry… No thats not it either.
Mark tells us why Jesus was so upset with the disciples for not letting the kids come near in verse 14
for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
You see, the kingdom of God is made up of all God’s people who are in covenant with him.
All of God’s people who have that special bond with Jesus.
And Jesus says that the kingdom of God not only belongs to adults, but to children as well!
And how old do you think these children were?
Well, the word for children actually refers to infants - So these kids are even younger than you, these children are like the ones who are still in kids church.
Jesus then takes these little babies in his arms and lays his hands on them and blesses them.
Do you know what one of the best parts of being in a covenant relationship with God is? its the blessings!
All throughout the bible when God’s people would obey God, obey his covenant they would be blessed.
And now here Jesus is giving a covenantal blessing to these little kids.
So lets look back at these two passages and unpack Jesus’ relationship with little children.
Jesus Put Him in the Midst of Them
First of all we need to notice the posture Jesus takes.
He sat down
He called his disciples to himself
And took a child and put him in the midsts of them
This reminds me of
is where we see God’s covenant with Israel confirmed
There is a sacrifice (Which Jesus just got done talking about his sacrifice)
Moses teaches the people all that God had told him (which is what Jesus is doing now)
It says that God sat down on the mountain
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He then calls Moses into his midst and continues to teach him
What did God teach moses?
He told moses how to build his house - which is called the tabernacle
And when the tabernacle is finished God sits down in the holy place in the midst of his people
In fact we see the tabernacle always being in the midsts of the people, the covenant people of God would set up their tents around the tabernacle so that they were always in the midst of God.
This is part of what it means to be in covenant relationship with God, to be in his midst - to be near him.
Like God who sits with his people in the tabernacle and the Temple, So Jesus sits down and calls people into his midst
And after taking his seat among his people what does he do?
He brings a child into their midst.
And after taking his seat among his people what does he do?
He brings a child into their midst.
Jesus brings a child, a little baby into his covenant community
Moses and the elders went into the cloud, into the presence of God and was taught by God
This child, like you kids, and the kids in the back, are in the midst of God.
You are part of his people, you are part of his covenant.
Then what does Jesus do?
Jesus Takes Him in His Harms
OT reference about God mighty arms
God’s arm represents his power in creation
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