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March 28 - Mark 14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Shawn here and it is Thursday.
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  It is Maundy Thursday and I am so grateful that on this day,
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  this busy day for many people before a long weekend with a lot
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  on your plate. I bet as you try to get things
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  wrapped up, I'm so grateful that you have taken out this time
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  that you and I can read God's Word, that God's spirit can move
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  in us as we we witness. We witness these events in the
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  lead up to Easter. And today's Bible reading is the
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  morning Thursday Bible reading. We will read about Jesus and his
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  friends having that supper, about that journey of Jesus
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  through his arrest and that very, very long night that he
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  must endure before Good Friday. And that is today's reading.
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  And it is a long one, and it is a hard one.
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  But we read this today knowing, knowing that this is not the end
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  of the story and knowing that all this happens because you, my
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  friend and I, we are loved people.
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  We all loved people. I got nothing.
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  I got nothing to say this. Yeah, this is a big chapter.
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  This is a big story. This is a big moment in the
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  history of time and space where the God of the universe hands
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  himself over for us. So let's read it.
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  Mark Chapter 14. It was two days before Passover
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  and the Festival of Unleavened Bread.
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  The leading priests and the teachers of religious law were
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  still looking for an opportunity to capture Jesus secretly and
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  kill him, but not during the Passover celebration, they
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  agreed, or the people may riot. Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany
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  at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy.
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  While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful
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  alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from Essence of
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  nard. She broke open the jar and
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  poured the perfume over his head.
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  Some of those at the table were indignant.
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  Why waste such expensive perfume?
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  They asked. It could have been sold for a
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  year's wages and the money given to the poor, so they scolded her
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  harshly. But Jesus replied, leave her
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  alone. Why criticise her for doing such
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  a good thing to me? You will always have the poor
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  among you, and you can help them whenever you want to, but you
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  will not always have me. She has done what she could and
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  has anointed my body for burial ahead of time.
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  I tell you the truth, wherever the good news is preached
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  throughout the world, this woman's deed will be remembered
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  and discussed. Then Judas Iscariot, one of the
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  12 disciples, went to the leading priests to arrange to
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  betray Jesus to them. They were delighted when they
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  heard why he had come, and they promised to give him money.
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  So he began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus on
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  the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread.
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  When the Passover lamb was sacrificed, Jesus disciples
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  asked him, where do you want us to go?
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  To prepare the Passover meal for you.
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  So Jesus sent two of them into Jerusalem with these
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  instructions. As you go into the city, a man
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  carrying a pitcher of water will meet you.
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  Follow him at the house. He enters, say to the owner.
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  The teacher asks where is the guest room where I can eat the
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  Passover meal with my disciples. He will take you upstairs to a
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  large room that is already set up.
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  That is where you should prepare our meal.
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  So the two disciples went into the city and found everything
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  just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal
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  there. In the evening, Jesus arrived
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  with the 12. As they were at the table
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  eating, Jesus said, I tell you the truth.
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  One of you eating with me here will betray me greatly
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  distressed, Each one asked in turn.
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  Am I the one? He replied.
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  It is one of you 12, who is eating from this bowl with me.
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  For the Son of Man must die, as the Scriptures declared long
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  ago. But how terrible it will be for
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  the one who betrays him. It would be far better for the
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  man if he had never been born as they were eating.
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  Jesus took some bread and blessed it, and he broke it in
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  pieces and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take it, for
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  this is my body. And he took a cup of wine and
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  gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them, and they all
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  drank from it. And he said to them, This is my
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  blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his
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  people. It is poured out as a sacrifice
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  for many. I tell you the truth, I will not
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  drink wine again until the day I drink it new in the Kingdom of
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  God. Then they sang at him and went
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  out to the Mount of Olives. On the way Jesus told them, all
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  of you will desert me, for the scriptures say God will strike
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  the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.
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  But after I am raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you to
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  Galilee and meet you there, Peter said to him, Even if
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  everyone else deserts you. Oh, I never will.
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  Jesus replied. I tell you the truth, Peter,
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  This very night before the rooster crows twice.
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  You will deny three times that you even know me.
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  No, Peter declared emphatically. Even if I have to die with you,
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  I will never deny you. And all the others vowed the
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  same. They went to the olive Grove
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  called Gethsemane, and Jesus said sit here while I go and
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  pray. He took Peter, James and John
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  with him, and he became deeply troubled and distressed.
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  He told them. My soul is crushed with grief to
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  the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with
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  me. He went on a little farther and
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  fell to the ground. He prayed that if it were
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  possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by.
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  ABBA, Father, he cried out. Everything is possible for you.
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  Please take this cup of suffering away from me.
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  Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.
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  Then he returned and found the disciples asleep.
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  He said to Peter. Simon, are you asleep?
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  Couldn't you watch with me, even one hour?
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  Keep watching. Pray so that you will not give
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  in to temptation, for the Spirit is willing but the body is weak.
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  Then Jesus left them again and prayed the same prayer as
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  before. When he returned to them again,
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  he found them sleeping, for they couldn't keep their eyes open
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  and they didn't know what to say.
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  When he returned to them the third time, he said go ahead and
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  sleep, have your rest. But no, The time has come.
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  The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners up.
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  Let's get going. Look, my betrayer is here.
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  And immediately, even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the 12
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  disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and
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  clubs. They had been sent by the
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  leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders.
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  The traitor Judas had given them a prearranged signal.
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  You'll know which one to arrest when I greet him with a kiss.
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  Then you can take him away under guard.
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  As soon as they arrived, Judas walked up to Jesus.
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  Rabbi, He exclaimed and gave him the kiss.
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  Then the others grabbed Jesus and arrested him.
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  But one of the men with Jesus pulled out a sword and struck
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  the high priest, slave, slashing off his ear.
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  Jesus asked them, Am I some dangerous revolutionary that
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  you've come with swords and clubs to arrest me?
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  Why didn't you arrest me in the temple?
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  I was there among you teaching every day, but these things are
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  happening to fulfil what the Scriptures say about me.
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  Then all his disciples deserted him and ran away.
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  One young man following behind was clothed only in a long linen
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  shirt. When the mob tried to grab him,
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  he slipped out of his shirt and ran away naked.
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  They took Jesus to the High Priest's home, where the leading
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  priests, the elders and the teachers of religious law had
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  gathered. Meanwhile, Peter followed him at
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  a distance and went right into the High Priest's courtyard.
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  There he sat with the guards, warming himself by the fire.
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  Inside, the leading priests and the entire High Council were
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  trying to find evidence against Jesus so they could put him to
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  death, but they couldn't find any men.
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  Many false witnesses spoke against him, but they
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  contradicted each other. Finally, some men stood up and
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  gave this false testimony. We heard him say, I will destroy
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  this temple made with human hands and in three days I will
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  build another made without human hands.
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  But even then they didn't get their story straight.
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  Then the High priest stood up before the others and asked
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  Jesus, Well, aren't you going to answer these charges?
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  What do you have to say for yourself?
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  But Jesus was silent and made no reply.
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  Then the high priest asked him, Are you the Messiah, the Son of
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  the Blessed One? Jesus said, I am, and you will
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  see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God's right
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  hand and coming on the clouds of heaven.
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  Then the priest tore his clothing to show his horror and
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  said, why do we need other witnesses?
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  You have all heard his blasphemy.
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  What is your verdict? Guilty.
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  They all cried. He deserves to die.
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  Then some of them began to spit at him, and they blindfolded him
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  and beat him with their fists proper side to us.
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  They jeered and the guards slapped him as they took him
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  away. Meanwhile, Peter was in the
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  courtyard below. One of the servant girls who
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  worked for the high priest came by and noticed Peter warming
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  himself by the fire. She looked at him closely and
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  said you were one of those with Jesus of Nazareth, but Peter
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  denied it. I don't know what you're talking
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  about, he said, and he went out to the entryway.
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  Just then, a rooster crowed When the servant girl saw him
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  standing there. She began telling the others
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  this man is definitely one of them, but Peter denied it again.
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  A little later, some of the other bystanders confronted
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  Peter and said you must be one of them because you are a
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  Galilean. Peter swore a curse on me if I'm
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  lying. I don't know this man you're
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  talking about. And immediately the rooster
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  crowed. The second time, suddenly Jesus
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  words flashed through Peter's mind before the rooster crows
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  twice. You will deny three times that
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  you even know me, and he broke down and wept.
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  Jesus, it staggers us. It blows our mind that your
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  whole life, you knew that this was coming.
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  Your whole life, you knew that this was your mission, that you
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  willingly walk into that den of Vipers, that terribly unfair
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  trap. Without even trying to defend
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  yourself, you hand yourself over for us so that we can be safe,
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  so that we can be wholly and blameless before the Almighty
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  God. You walk in, eyes wide open and
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  with your heart full of love for us are we worship You, our God
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  of great love and sacrifice. Let me pray all these things in
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  your holy precious name Jesus. Amen.