39. Betrayal...

3/2/2017

39.

God's Son Betrayed

1. Today's passage: Mark 14:43-52

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43. And immediately, even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders.
44. The traitor, Judas, had given them a prearranged signal: "You will know which one to arrest when I greet him with a kiss. Then you can take him away under guard."
45. As soon as they arrived, Judas walked up to Jesus. "Rabbi!" he exclaimed, and gave him the kiss.

45. Then the others grabbed Jesus and arrested him.
47. But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest's slave, slashing off his ear.

48. Jesus asked them, "Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?
49. Why didn't you arrest me in the Temple? I was there among you teaching every day. But these things are happening to fulfill what the Scriptures say about me."

50. Then all his disciples deserted him and ran away.
51. One young man following behind was clothed only in a long linen shirt. When the mob tried to grab him,
52. he slipped out of his shirt and ran away naked." Mark 14:43-52 NLT

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Robyn Rochelle C link

3/2/2017 06:12:15 am

Two things that struck me today: both deal with betrayal.
#1
A kiss and The kiss.
It made my stomach turn.
I've been rejected by a husband. The
Pain. And Jesus knew what THE kiss would lead to.
A kiss
A kiss to identify Jesus from everyone else.
The kiss
The kiss of betrayal from Judas and
The kiss of death for Jesus.

He could have walked away before but
Jesus forged forward into His Father's will.
And in so doing Jesus' blood covered me.
And He touched me in that place
of betrayal.
He is no stranger to betrayal.

#2
Verse 50.
Then all his disciples deserted him
and ran away.
Left deserted.
Jesus.

How Have I?
Me the betrayer instead of the betrayed.

Cheryl C

3/2/2017 07:53:15 am

Becky J

3/2/2017 08:51:43 am

Alone, deserted.
Jesus faces his destiny.
His blood, shed for me.

Biff C

3/2/2017 11:12:10 am

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