Mark 14:27-51, 66-72
Sorrow, Betrayal, Denial, Hope

V.27 “Fall away”-(skan-dal-id'-zo)- to trip up (figuratively, to stumble, to sin, apostasy)

Zech. 13:7, “I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.”

V.28 The hope and forgiveness of the resurrection

The LORD knows us and loves us anyway.

V.31 Positive ConfessionJoel Osteen, “I believe one of the main ways that we grow in favor is by declaring. It’s not enough to just read it. It’s not enough to just believe it. You’ve got to speak it out. Your words have creative power. One of the primary ways we release our faith is through our words. There is a divine connection between you declaring God’s favor and seeing God’s favor manifested in your life. And some of you are doing your best to please the Lord. You are living a holy consecrated life, but you’re not really experiencing God’s supernatural favor. And it’s simply because you’re not declaring it. You’ve got to give life to your faith by speaking it out.”
(Lakewood Church prayer request Jan 19, 1999)- “God has promised him that he will be preaching into his early 90's, and he is only 77 now. God gave him a vision for “Seven Years of Harvest”, and we are just beginning our 6th year of this special thrust for world evangelism. God has promised our staff that He will bring our pastor's kidneys on a platter of praise. The God who began this universe as a mighty Creator is creating what our Pastor needs in his body”.

Here’s a Secret... Read your Bible!
V.33-35 “deeply distressed” “troubled” “overwhelmed with sorrow”
Luke 22:44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Dr. Frederick Zugibe (Chief Medical Examiner of Rockland County, New York), “The clinical term is “hematohidrosis.”. Around the sweat glands, there are multiple blood vessels in a net-like form.” Under the pressure of great stress the vessels constrict. Then as the anxiety passes “the blood vessels dilate to the point of rupture. The blood goes into the sweat glands.”

Phil 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

V.36 “Abba”- DaddyRom 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

V.36 “Cup” -same cup that Jesus made reference to in 10:38-39.

It was the cup of God’s wrath.

Isa 51:22 This is what your Sovereign LORD says, your God, who defends his people: See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger; from that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will never drink again. 23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors

Jer 25:15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16 When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them.

Rev 14:9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, 10 he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
Ask specifically but ask ultimately for God’s will
V.38 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”
1. Watch- Be mindful of your weakness. Be aware of your surroundings. Understand your humanness.
2. Pray- Ask God for His strength. His wisdom.

1 Cor 10:12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

V.39-40 A sign of remorse and true sorrow is silence.

V.41 “The hour has come.”
John 7:30 they [religious leaders] tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

V.42 Does prayer always change your circumstances?
V.46-47
•John identifies Peter as the attacker and
•Malchus, a servant of the high priest as the recipient.
•Luke records that Jesus heals Malchus’ ear.

Matt 26:52 "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. 53 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?"

Don’t assume that you always know God’s will

V.50 “Everyone deserted Him and fled”
Mark gives two specific examples:

1. V.51-52
2. V.66-72

Can you relate to Peter?