Pause – “Betrayal”

Mark 14:10-50 Jud Brooks

Betrayal = to mislead.

Per contra to betrayal is constancy. 1-Judas represents us.

2-Judas wanted a Messiah who would punish the “bad” and “reward” the good. Jesus says “no one is good except God alone.”

3-Judas wanted a Messiah who would give him “the good life.” Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life.”

“The man on the middle Cross said I could come.” –

Alistair Begg

Mark 4 & 6 Jud Brooks

“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

-Jesus

Why did Jesus sleep during the storm in Mark 4?

-Jesus humanity (he sympathizes with us)

-Jesus divinity (he didn’t fear)

In Mark 6, Jesus teaches us that:

- The Lord of the storm often sends us into the storm (v45)

- The Lord of the storm prays for us while we’re in the storm (v46-48)

-The Lord of the storm commands the storm and delivers us from the storm (v48-50)

-The Lord of the storm brings us peace in the midst of the storm (v51)

Mark 1:12-13 Jud Brooks

When you wake up to kingdom realities, you find that you are tracing the  steps of both the Israelites and Jesus himself into the wilderness ...  The wilderness is the place where God meets his people, Satan attacks,  and kingdom allegiances are revealed. — Ed Welch

Temptation one - confronts desire Temptation two - confronts pride Temptation three - confronts power Wilderness seasons:

1-Are not always welcome

2-Always change us

3-Can leave us with renewed purpose

1 Peter 5:12-14 Jud Brooks

1-Peace from fellowship with the Saints 2-Peace from the true grace of God 3-Peace from being hid in Christ

The key to shalom is not merely the absence of conflict but the presence  and favor of God. The theater in which God has chosen to display this  blessing is His redeemed community, the church. That is, as men and  women, boys and girls find pardon and peace with God through His  redeeming grace, their relationships with one another are transformed by  that same grace. The church, in both its old covenant and new covenant  expressions, is marked by peace and reconciliation.

– Mark Johnston

1 Peter 3:13-18 Jud Brooks

In your suffering:

-Make much of Jesus (v15) -Share your hope (v15b)

-Remember just as Christ suffered for us all, we too are called to suffer alongside one another (v18)

Who might come to trust Jesus, as they observe the church suffering and enduring well together?

What if suffering together, plodding together, enduring together and  struggling together are some of the most powerful evangelistic tools we  have?

1 Peter 5:1-11 Jud Brooks

“An elder is a pastor is a shepherd is an overseer is a teacher is a  leader, and in many ways the unifying concept underlying the biblical  material is that of guardian. Our job, as elders, is to protect the  church from harm – from danger, dispersal, division, drift, deviant  doctrine, disobedience, destruction and ultimately the devil – while we  wait for the day when Jesus returns, conquers the accuser, and takes his  rightful place as the Shepherd to end all shepherds. Until that day, we  are called to be not just gatherers, growers and governors, but also  guides, gospellers and guardians; not in mere pragmatism,  professionalism or presentation, but in preaching, protection and  prayer. “Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, of  which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of  God, which he obtained with his own blood.”

- Andrew Wilson

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