Making Sense Of Life

TRINITY WORSHIP NOTES

WHO IS JESUS?

“Making Sense Of Life”

November 18, 2007

“They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. [33] ‘We are going up to Jerusalem,’ he said, ‘and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, [34] who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.’  [35] Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. ‘Teacher,’ they said, ‘we want you to do for us whatever we ask.’  [36] ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ he asked.  [37] They replied, ‘Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.’  [38] ‘You don't know what you are asking,’ Jesus said. ‘Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?’  [39] ‘We can,’ they answered.  Jesus said to them, ‘You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, [40] but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.’                               Mark 10:32-40 (NIV)

DENIAL

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I. THE BACKGROUND

• The simple _______________________________________

“He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.”                                                              Mark 8:32 (NIV)

• The minimization ___________________________________

“But they (the disciples) did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.”                                     Mark 9:32 (NIV)

• The bargaining ____________________________________

II. THE PROPHECY

• I will be _________________________________________

“The Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law.  They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles….”                                     Mark 10:33 (NIV)

• I will ____________________________________________

“…and kill him….”                                                      Mark 10:34 (NIV)

•  I will comeback to _________________________________

“…Three days later he will rise.’”                             Mark 10:34 (NIV)

III. THE PETITION

• We want you to do _________________________________

“Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. ‘Teacher,’ they said, ‘we want you to do for us whatever we ask.’”

Mark 10:35 (NIV)

• We want _________________________________________

“They replied, ‘Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.’”                                           Mark 10:37 (NIV)

IV THE PROVOKED

• The angry ________________________________________

“When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.”                                                                Mark 10:41 (NIV)

• They want ________________________________________
• They got a _______________________________________

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”             Mark 10:45 (NIV)

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