Motivated for the Mission #1

Place of the mission (vs. 17-18a)

The Gospel according to Matthew 3. A Prediction of the Passion, 20:17–19

They were going up at the time of one of the great festivals of the Jewish liturgical year, and the expectation would be that they were facing a time of celebration and rejoicing.

Person on the mission (vs. 18b)

“The Son of Man” points to Jesus being the messiah

Problem as a result of the mission (vs. 18c-19)

“Will be delivered over” vs.18

“Will condemn him to death” vs. 18

“Will deliver him over to the Gentiles” vs. 19

To be:

- Mocked

-Flogged

-Crucified

-Raised

Prize because of the mission ( vs. 20-23)

Posture of those who are on mission (vs. 24-28)

The Gospel according to Matthew 4. Places for the Sons of Zebedee, 20:20–28

Jesus could scarcely use a more graphic term to bring out the lowliness his people must seek. It is in lowly service that Christians find their true fulfilment. They follow a Master who took the form of a servant and lived all his earthly days in humble obscurity. The way forward for them is in humility and lowliness. To set one’s heart on eminence is to lose the heart of the Christian way. This does not, of course, mean that among the followers of Christ there are to be no leaders, none in high places. It means that those who take the lead among them are to be humble, people seeking not personal success but the opportunity of doing lowly service.