Feb. 25, 2024

“Law and Disorder”
Mark 14:43-65
Central Idea: By trusting in God you can endure injustice.
Context (43-65)
• Last 48 hours in Jesus life leading to the cross.
• The old passover & new “Lord’s Supper” meal has ended.
• Jesus in agonizing obedience _______________ to do the Father’s
will by going to the cross and dying.
• Moving _____________ into the early hours of Friday morning.
• Injustice #1 - Jesus was _____________ at the wrong time (43-52)
• Those who came to arrest Jesus came in _________. (43)
• Judas gives a ________ to identify Jesus. (44-46)
• Peter ______ off the ear of the high priest’s servant. (47)
• Jesus arrested like a ___________. (48-49)
• A man had to be arrested for a capital crime during the _______.
• Injustice #2 - __________ held at the wrong time (53-55)
• “Council” - Sanhedrin: _____ members lead by the high priest
• No Jewish trial could ever be held at __________ (6 p.m. - 6 a.m.)
• Injustice #3 - Trial held at the wrong __________ (Luke 22:54)
• The regular meeting place was in the ___________.
• Injustice #4 - __________ testimony given (56-59)
• Witnesses couldn’t keep their lies _____________.
• Law - must be _____ or ________ witnesses for a death sentence
• Injustice #5 - Deliberation time was ___________________ (60-64)
• Jesus clearly testified He was indeed the ______ of God. (60-62)
• Jewish leaders declared Jesus guilty & worthy of _______. (63-64)
• Prohibited, in a capital crime, from an ________________ verdict.
• Injustice #6 - Improper ___________ on the verdict
• Required to vote one __________ at a time.
• Injustice #7 - Improper ________________ of the accused (65)
• __________ and _____________ treatment of Jesus (65)
Application:
1. Injustice can be endured by entrusting yourself to the _________.
• 1 Peter 2:21-23: Jesus kept looking to the Father
• You endure injustice by your humble _________ in the Lord.
• 1 Peter 5:6-7
2. The number one priority in life is not your personal ___________,
but your _______________ to God.
• Example in our world today: The ________________ church
3. When you put your trust in the Lord He can __________________
great things through you.
• ____________ is not always in deliverance from difficulty, but in
perseverance through difficulty.