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This morning we are picking back up in our study of the Gospel of Mark.
If you’re new to our church, it would be good for you to know that we practice a form of preaching called “Expository Preaching”.
What that means is we believe the Bible is best taught by taking books of the Bible, and then studying them from beginning to end, chapter by chapter, verse by verse, in order to understand what they mean in our lives today.
With that said, we are currently walking through the Gospel of Mark.
If you’re not familiar with the Gospel of Mark, it’s one of four books in the NT that tells the story of Jesus.
And in the case of Mark’s Gospel, it’s a book primarily written to tell us who Jesus is, what he’s come to do, and what it means for you and I to follow him.
So, if you haven’t been with us, I would encourage you to go online to marysvillefellowship.com where you can listen to all the messages in our Mark series.
Today, as we come back to our study, we find ourselves at the end of chapter 14, and the end of Jesus’s public ministry.
It’s the end because Jesus has just been arrrestedwhich marks the beginning of the trial and execution of Jesus.
A trial that will be held in the darkness of night.
A trial that will be illegally held.
And a trial that will seal the fate of Jesus and further reveal who he is and why he’s come.
It’s the end because as we saw last week, having been arrested, Jesus and is now on his way to His trial.
A trial that will be held quickly and in the darkness of night.
A trial that will be held secretly and illegally.
A trial that will seal Jesus’s fate as he is condemned to death.
And maybe most important of all, it’s a trial that in many respects will reveal the true identity of Jesus and further highlight our need to follow Him.
That being the case, if you’ve ever wondered why you need Jesus or if you’ve ever had somebody ask you why they should follow Jesus and you’re not sure what to tell them, today’s message is for you.
Because the trial of Jesus, without a doubt proves two facts concerning Jesus: Who He is and why you should put your hope in Him.
So, to help us get mentally and emotionally engaged with our passage this morning, I want to begin by laying some framework for this trial.
And to do that I’m going to get political.
Political in the sense that I want to paint a picture of Jesus’s trial by drawing your attention back to the election of President Donald Trump.
If you weren’t with us last week,
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Now, before some of you start jumping to conclusions, and maybe even getting a little upset, let me clarify a couple things as I bring up the topic of Donald Trump.
First, my goal in talking about the election of Donald Trump isn’t to convince you of whether you should or shouldn’t be a supporter of President Trump.
I’m not a politician, I’m a Pastor.
Honestly, I don’t care if you’re a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Socialist, or a Chiefs fan.
All I care about is if you’ve put your faith in Jesus and you’re a Christian.
Because at the end of the day, Jesus is the true King regardless of what political party is in control.
And like it or not, Jesus is a Broncos fan.
Second, my goal in bringing up the election of President Trump isn’t to compare Donald Trump to Jesus or insinuate that President Trump is some kind of messianic figure that has all the answers.
So, nobody better leave here today and say, “Pastor Brad said President Trump is like Jesus.”
Because at the end of the day there is only one Messiah and one King, and his name isn’t Donald Trump, it’s Jesus.
That being said, I do want to make some comparisons between the election of Donald Trump and the trial of Jesus that I think will help us get a better grasp on what we are about to read.
So, with that said, let’s talk some politics.
Donald Trump Illustration: It goes without saying that the election of Donald Trump as President is probably one of the most controversial and mind blowing elections in American History.
It’s controversial because he is probably one of the most unorthodox candidates ever to run for the office of President.
A rich business man who’s never been a politician and who starred on a reality television show telling people they’re fired.
Not the most likely candidate for the highest office in the land.
And that’s what makes it so mind blowing.
Mind blowing because nobody though he’d win, but he did.
In fact, I’ll never forget the look on the faces of so many in the main stream media as it became clear on election night that Donald Trump would be the next President of the United States.
They literally didn’t know what to say.
They were bewildered.
And the truth is, after almost two years, many are still living in shock and denial, including his opponent Hillary Clinton.
They just can’t believe Donald Trump is President.
And as a result, it’s become one of the most heated elections and Presidency’s of all time.
But the pollsters were wrong.
I’ll never forget the look on the faces of many in the media as it became clear on election night that Donald Trump would be the next President of the United States.
They literally didn’t know what to say.
And the truth is, after almost two years, some of those people are still living in shock and awe.
And as I think about President Trump’s election, there have been two outcomes of the election and his Presidency that I find fascinating.
First, I find it fascinating on how he got elected.
Because in my opinion he wasn’t elected based on experience or political know how.
I think we all know that.
He was elected based on the promotion of one statement.
A statement that was plastered on t-shirts, hats, and billboards.
A statement that many Americans resonated with.
A statement that Donald Trump repeated over and over and over again throughout his candidacy.
A statement that simply said, “Let’s Make America Great Again”.
It was and still is a powerful statement.
Powerful, because it spoke to an underlining frustration among many conservative Americans.
Americans who wanted to see change.
Americans who felt our country had lost its way.
Americans who felt our country had lost sight of our American heritage, principles, and moral foundation.
So, when Donald Trump said, “Let’s Make America Great Again!”, it resonated with people, they voted, and Donald Trump became our 45th President, with the promise, that he would make America Great Again.
It’s rather fascinating how one phrase of hope had so much power.
The second outcome of President’s Trump election that fascinates me has to be the relentless attacks he’s received from his opponents since he was elected.
In my lifetime I’ve witnessed 6 US Presidents, and never have I seen a President so viscously attacked.
Almost on a daily basis his opponents grasp for anything and everything that might bring him down.
Whether it be hearsay, a rumor, false testimony, trumped up witnesses, or something from his past, it seems they will do anything it takes to discredit and destroy his presidency.
Impeach 45 is their mantra.
And what’s funny is, the harder they try to discredit him, the worse they look and the more frustrated and unhinged they become as their false or shaky allegations never seem to stick.
And the truth is, President Trump doesn’t help matters.
When attacked he fights back.
Using Twitter like a sword he lashes out to defend himself and slander those who slander him, sometimes causing more hare than good to his credibility.
But at the end of the day, regardless of what his opponents say or do, the question that remains for those who put their stock in President Trump, is, “Can he make America better again?”
Will President Trump be able to follow through with that promise?
I guess time will tell.
In fact, I would say his opponents are hoping at some point he’ll say or doing something they can use against him.
The truth is, it’s an insane game of politics like our country has never seen, at least in my lifetime.
To be honest, it’s
But at the end of the day, regardless of what his opponents say or do, the question that remains for those who put their stock in President Trump, is, “Can he make America better again?”
Will President Trump be able to follow through with that promise?
I guess time will tell.
Now, you might be wondering, “Pastor, where are you going with this?
How does the election of Donald Trump relate with Jesus and his trial?”
If you think about it, there are many similarities.
For instance, at first glance, in the political context of the first century, nobody would have ever imagined Jesus as a future savior and King.
To begin with, he was born in a barn not a palace.
Not only that, but he grew up in a rural community out in the middle of nowhere called Nazareth where he worked as a carpenter.
I mean he might as well been Jesus from Oketo, or Jesus from Bettie.
He was from a remote place in the middle of nowhere.
From the outside looking in, Jesus didn’t seem to have much to offer.
But as time went on, that all changed.
Because one day, out of nowhere, Jesus showed up on the scene.
And in the midst of hopelessness, in the midst of a people who were looking for a savior, Jesus had a message of hope.
A statement so to speak.
And thankfully no, the statement wasn’t, “Let’s make America great again.”
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