Weekly Podcast from Cornerstone Wesleyan Church, North Gower, Ontario
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The One Thing
The truth that finished Jesus is the same truth that frees you
The Passage
Mark 14:43-65
Know
- “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!” Have you ever been told an uncomfortable truth about yourself? How did you respond?
Grow
- In Mark’s account Judas is never heard from again after 14:45. What are your thoughts / feelings towards Judas?
- Who do you think the young man was in 14:51? Why do you think Mark includes him in his account?
- Peter abandoned Jesus (14:50) but he also attacked the high priests’ servant (14:47) and at great risk entered the High Priests’ courtyard (14:54). Remembering that Mark is based on Peter’s eye-witness account, how do you think Peter felt about how he behaved this night?
- Do you see any of yourself in Peter? How so?
- From chapter 14:63, was Jesus condemned because of the truth He told about Himself or the lies that others told about Him? How does this help us understand the Cross?
- In 14:62 why did Jesus not just keep quiet? What would have been the outcome if He had?
- List the various ways we see the corruptness of the Chief Priest and the Sanhedrin. Why did they act so corruptly?
- What feelings / emotions does this passage create in you towards Jesus? Ask God to help you not just know the truth in your head, but respond to it in your heart.
- The truth that finished Jesus is the same truth that frees you. Share your heart response to this statement?
Show
- Make this Easter be the start of something new for you. Is God moving you towards baptism this Easter? Or who in your life do you need to invite to the Easter Sunday service to hear the message of the God’s saving grace? Go round the circle and each share your response.
