Gospels (62) - Mark 14:29-31, Luke 22:35-38 & John 14:1-6

Teacher: Rusty Kennedy
Series: Gospels

Rusty's Notes

Mark 14:29-31
29 Peter told him, “Even if everyone falls away, I will not.”
30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to him, “today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”
31 But he kept insisting, “If I have to die with you, I will never deny you.” And they all said the same thing. [1]
 
BE READY FOR TROUBLE
Luke 22:35-38
35 He also said to them, “When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?”
“Not a thing,” they said.
36 Then he said to them, “But now,
 - This is an annulment of Jesus’ previous command.
whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn’t have a sword should sell his robe and buy one. 37 For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in me: And he was counted among the lawless. Yes, what is written about me is coming to its fulfillment.”
38 “Lord,” they said, “look, here are two swords.”
“That is enough!” he told them. [2]

• One in the front and one in the back for protection against things besides human opponents.
• Personal protection… not against persecution.

 
THE WAY TO THE FATHER
 - Still in the Upper Room.
John 14
1 “Don’t let your heart be troubled.

• Remember last week, where we talked about them taking the Lord’s Supper and immediately they began arguing between themselves about who was the greatest?
• Jews were taught they received a certain rank and the rank determines where they will live when they get to heaven.
• They were arguing who had accumulated the most wealth.

Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms;
 - One house! Many rooms (dwelling places).

• We are all going to be living together!

if not, I would have told you.
 – Jesus tells them the Truth but He also exposes any error.
I am going away to prepare a place for you. 3 If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.

• Reference to the “Rapture of the Church”
• “I am” – NOT “where I will be.”
• John 14:10-11 - 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who lives in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.
• Jesus had the ability to live in two places as once (in Spirit).
• Ephesians 2:6 - He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus[3]
• Colossians 1:27 - God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.[4]

4 You know the way to where I am going.”

• Jesus is the way to the Father in heaven
• You know Jesus

5 “Lord,” Thomas said, “we don’t know where you’re going. How can we know the way?”
6 Jesus told him, “I am the way,

• Colossians 3:4 -  When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.[5]
• “Exclusivity”
• How do you get to heaven?
• Christianity has taken a hit on “exclusivity.”
• Mohammed, Buhda, Krishna all have determined ways to heaven… but don’t get pinned with “exclusivity”.
• Because their way is based upon ways of living and philosophies.
• Jesus said, “I am the way.”

John 1
47 Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, “Here is a true Israelite; no deceit is in him.”
 - In reference to Jacob, he was an Israelite who deceived his father, Isaac to steal the birthright of Esau.
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered.
 - Jewish tradition was that students sat under specific trees to study… that being fig trees.
 - Jesus even referred to the person Philip was thinking about.
 - He not only told him where he had been but what he was thinking.
- Genesis 28:10-12 - 10 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11 He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place. 12 And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.[6]
49 “Rabbi,” Nathanael replied, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” 50 Jesus responded to him, “Do you believe only because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” 51 Then He said, “I assure you: You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”[7]
 - Nathanael was going to see greater things than Jesus just reading his mind.

• Jesus has determined that He is the “absolute” way to heaven.
• Absolutes are being minimalized in today’s society.
• There has to be more than one way.
• One might argue that the sun always rises in the east. An astrophysicist might confidently counter that the sun never rises in the east; it stays put, and Earth does the moving.
• Often when we use superlative forms (those that usually boast an -est ending), it’s a matter of opinion or hyperbole: “Best coffee in town!” or, “That was the worst rendition of ‘I Can Only Imagine’ ever,”
• ““She exaggerates more than anyone else in history.”
• You can't logically argue against the existence of absolute truth. To argue against something is to establish that a truth exists.
• Society does not want absolutes controlling their lives and it causes them to rebel against them.
• You cannot argue against absolute truth unless an absolute truth is the basis of your argument.
• “There are absolutely not absolute truths.” – ha!
• "No one knows what the truth is." The speaker obviously believes his statement is true. 
• We live in a world of…  "Truth is relative! There's no right and there's no wrong! We should be able to do whatever we want!"
• See where this gets you.
• Today, Truth is based upon, science/reason, popular opinion and feelings.
• It’s like we have walked into an endless cave of thought and now we are lost.
• I believe in Jesus and Jesus said, “I am…

the truth,

• Sometimes we need assistance out of the cave…
• Psalm 40:11 - "Do not withhold your mercy from me, O Lord; may your love and your truth always protect me."
• Psalm 86:11 - "Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name."
• Psalm 119:45 - "I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts [truths]."
• Zechariah 8:16 - "These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts."
• John 8:31-32 - "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• John 16:13 - "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."
• John 17:17 - "[God's] word is truth."
• Romans 1:18 - "The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness."
• 1 Corinthians 13:6 - "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth."
• Ephesians 6:14 - "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place."

and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you know me, you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mk 14:29–31). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 22:35–38). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Eph 2:6). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Col 1:27). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Col 3:3–4). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Ge 28:10–12). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
[7] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Jn 1:35–51). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.