The event that confirms Jesus is exactly who He claimed to be: the Messiah, the Son of God. After His burial, the women came to the tomb expecting decay, but the Scriptures had already declared that the Holy One would not see corruption. Instead, they found the stone rolled away, an empty tomb, and an angel announcing the truth: “He has risen; He is not here.”

Sermon Notes

Mark 16:1 – 4 Women go to the tomb with spices to prepare Jesus’ body and wondering how they will get the stone rolled away from the tomb

Mark 16:5 & 6 They enter the tomb and see a young man wearing a white robe (an angel) who tells them Jesus who had been crucified is risen and He is not here

Mark 16:7 Angel tells them to tell Jesus’ disciples and Peter Jesus will meet them in Galilee

Mark 16:8 The women left afraid

1 Corinthians 15:3 – 11 Jesus died, buried and rose according to the Scriptures

A part of the gospel story that is often treated as a simple transition between the crucifixion and the resurrection. Scripture shows it is far more significant. The burial of Jesus fulfills prophecy, demonstrates God’s control over timing and events, and provides evidence that He is the promised Messiah.

Sermon Notes

Mark 15:42 Crucifixion happens on Day of Preparation before the Sabbath – that Sabbath was not Saturday

Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea gets enough courage to ask for the body of Jesus

Mark 15:44 & 45 Making sure Jesus was dead, Pilate grants Joseph’s request

Mark 15:46 Joseph bought a linen sheet, wrapped Jesus’ body in it and placed Him in a hewn out rock for a tomb and a stone was placed at the entrance

Mark 15:47 Women observed where Jesus was buried so they could come back and properly bury Him

Isaiah 53:9 Prophecy concerning the burial of the Messiah

The way someone dies does not usually prove who they are. But in Jesus’ case, His crucifixion fulfills the very scriptures that foretold the Messiah’s suffering, death, burial, and resurrection. Jesus’ crucifixion is not a story of defeat. It is the ultimate proof that He is the Messiah, the Son of God, the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world.

Sermon Notes

Mark 15:22 – 27 Jesus crucified on a hill called Golgotha. He refused the offer of dulling His pain. His garments were divided and 2 others were also crucified

Mark 15:29 – 32 Many were insulting Him and said he saved others but could not save Himself What if He had come down?

Mark 15:33 – 37 Crucifixion started at 9:00 am, at noon darkness fell and at 3 He breathed His last

Mark 15:40 & 41 Results of His death – the veil in the Temple was torn top to bottom and the Centurion said “Truly this was the Son of God” Women ministered to Him during His life were looking from afar

This sermon walks step-by-step through the events of the crucifixion:

• Jesus’ physical suffering and the prophetic reasons behind it

• Why He refused the pain-numbing wine

• The meaning of being crucified at Golgotha, the place of the skull

• How Roman soldiers unknowingly fulfilled Old Testament prophecy

• The darkness that covered the land and Jesus’ cry, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

• The powerful significance of Psalm 22 and Isaiah’s prophecies

• The tearing of the temple veil and what it means for our access to God

• The centurion’s confession, “Truly this man was the Son of God”

• The women who faithfully stayed near the cross

• What Jesus’ death tells us about the love, timing, sovereignty, and faithfulness of God

Ever since Adam and Eve’s children, humanity has shown cruelty toward one another. There’s even an expression: man’s inhumanity to man. But today, we’re going deeper—into man’s inhumanity to God.

Sermon Notes

Mark 15:16 – 21 Soldiers mock Jesus and lead Him to be crucified

Probers 14:9 Fools mock at sin

Galatians 6:7 – 10 God is not mocked

Pontius Pilate faced a moral crossroads when choosing between justice and public pressure. As Jesus stands silent before His accusers, we witness the ultimate example of strength, humility, and divine love.

Sermon Notes

Mark 15:1 Religious leaders bind Jesus and deliver Him to Pilate (The Roman Governor)

Mark 15:2 – 5 Pilate questions Jesus

Mark 15:6 – 11 Pilate tries to release Jesus. The crowd instead wants a murder released. (the son of the father rather than (The Son of God the Father)

Mark 15:12 – 14 The crowd influenced by the Chief Priests, want Jesus crucified

Mark 15:15 To satisfy the crowd Pilate has Jesus scrouged and authorized His crucifixion

While Jesus stands firm in truth, Peter falters under pressure, denying his Lord three times.

Sermon Notes

Mark 14:66 – 70 Three times people accuse Peter of being with Jesus. The first two times he denies it and moves away from the accuser

Mark 14:71 The third response to the accuser was to curse and swear

Mark 14:72 After the third denial Peter hears the cock crow the second time and weeps

What would you do if silence could grant your deepest prayer? Jesus's has been arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane and the profound choice to speak the truth, even when silence could have spared Him suffering.

Sermon Notes

Mark 14:43 – 45 Judas betrays Jesus

Mark 14:46 – 50 Jesus arrested; someone tries to stop the arrest, but Jesus intervenes, then Hiss disciples fled

Mark 14:51 & 52 A young man wearing only a linen sheet flees naked

Mark 14:53 Jesus taken to the High Priest and Council

Mark 14:54 Peter follows at a distance

Mark 14:55 – 60 During the first trial only false and inconsistent testimony is given

Mark 61 & 62 Jesus thus far remains silent and if He remained so He would have to be released. So Chief Priest asks Jesus why He does not respond and if He is the Christ. Jesus responds “I am”

Mark 14:63 – 66 High Priest acts as if he is mourning. The Council condemns Jesus as worthy of death due to blasphemy and begin to mistreat Him

Sermon Notes

Mark 14:27 & 28 Jesus tells disciples they will be scattered according to the Scriptures, but He will meet them in Galilee after He has risen

Mark 14:29 Peter confident he will not fall away

Mark 14:30 Jesus tells him that he will deny Him 3 times before the cock crows twice

Mark 14:31 Peter and the others disciples insist they would die before betray Him

Mark 14:32 – 36 Jesus and the disciples go to a garden called Gethsemane to pray. Jesus takes 3 of them with Him farther and He goes even farther to pray

Mark 14:37 – 42 Jesus prays to avoid what is going to happen 3 times, asks the disciples 3 times to watch and pray, but they continue to sleep

The significance of the Lord’s Supper initiated by Jesus during the Holy Day of Passover. We will see the betrayal of Judas, the symbolism of bread and wine, and Jesus as the Passover Lamb and the covenant of grace.

Sermon Notes

Mark 14:10 & 11 Judas makes a deal to betray Jesus

Mark 14:12 – 16 Preparation for the Passover meal

Mark 14:17 – 21 Jesus reveals He will be betrayed by one of them

Mark 14:22 - 26 Jesus initiates Communion/Lord’s Supper

Acts of worship by the woman with the alabaster jar, the poor widow, King David, and ultimately Jesus Christ.

Sermon Notes

Mark 14:1 & 2 2 days before Passover and Unleavened Bread the religious leaders were looking for a way to kill Jesus before the Holy Days

Mark 14:3 – 9 A woman during the meal poured on Jesus expensive perfume and was criticized for it, but Jesus told them to leave her alone, what she did was good and to be remembered

2 Samuel 24:18– 25 David would not make an offering to God that cost him nothing

Hebrews 9:11 – 14 Jesus offered Himself to God for us