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Dan DeRoche | Mark 14:53-72
A Solid Rock: Jesus
Mark 14:53-59 CSB
Mark 14:60-62 CSB
Isaiah 53:7 CSB
Jesus combined these three declarations:
Isaiah 52:8 - …for every eye will see when the Lord returns to Zion.
Psalm 110:1 - This is the declaration of the Lord to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand…”
Daniel 7:13 - …and suddenly one like a son of man was coming with the clouds of heaven…
Mark 14:63-64 CSB
“In utter ignorance, souls in darkness condemned their Messiah to death. There was damnation and hell in that room.” - Kent Hughes
Mark 14:65 CSB
Isaiah 50:6 CSB
Isaiah 50:7 CSB
He did not rely on His human abilities, but instead relied fully on God alone.
A Broken Rock: Peter
Mark 14:66-71 CSB
Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered…
- Luke 22:61
Mark 14:72 CSB
Peter wept bitterly
What can we learn from this tale?
One placed their dependence on God and the other placed their dependence upon themselves.
He wants us to see the two ways to live:
1. Human strength, which at its best will fail
2. Moment by moment dependence on God
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 CSB
With all weakness, fall into the arms of Jesus and stay there!