Mark 14:26–42 | The Stricken Shepherd and His Fallen Sheep from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
FOR IT IS WRITTEN …STRIKE THE SHEPHERD, SCATTER THE SHEEPI WILL NOT DENY YOUGREATLY DISTRESSED AND TROUBLEDWATCH AND PRAYNot to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
_Praise the Lord, all nations!
Extol him, all peoples!
For great is his steadfast love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. _
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!
The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?” “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.
“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.”
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. This is in strong contrast with idealized portrayals of martyrs who go gladly to their death. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”