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101. On the Singing of Hymns

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.” (Mark 14:26) This little verse in Mark’s Gospel which occurs at the end of the Last Supper account, has always intrigued me. It may well be one of the greatest pictures of quiet courage and confidence in all of literature. For Jesus and His students were singing in ...

102. Not the Seasons for Figs

Mark 11:12-19

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... heard of corruption in high places confirmed. But that night he returned quietly to Bethany, which was sort of the “bedroom community” for those who worked in Jerusalem. The next morning He and His students set out once more to cross over the Mount of Olives and reenter Jerusalem. They climbed a long, narrow, dusty, rocky road, until they reached the ridge of the Mount where they were within sight of their goal. There they could see the splendor of the Temple spread out before them. It would have been ...

103. The One Who Came Still Comes; The One Who Spoke Still Speaks

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... deeper meaning and richer application for our lives as God’s people and as those who need to be God’s people. I have prayed that God will do that as we read and study His Word. Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you ...

104. Adam And Jesus See Temptation

Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25, Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David Belgum

... from the top of the Temple in Jerusalem. It was ninety cubits from the pinnacle to the courtyard (a little taller than the average town water tower). But if one were to jump off the other side into the Valley of Kidron (between the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives), it could be a fall of 450 feet. Take your choice. What if Jesus had made that spectacular jump and landed safely as the Tempter quoted? "He will give his angels charge of you, and on their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your ...

105. Praying in Faith

Mark 11:20-25 (26)

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... 24–25 emphasize the importance of communal prayer.3 11:23 if anyone says to this mountain, “Go, throw yourself into the sea” . . . it will be done. This strong proverbial saying of a faith that can move mountains could refer to (1) the Mount of Olives, on which theywere standing and which carried apocalyptic symbolism (cf. Zech. 14:4), or (2) the Temple Mount, which would fit Jesus’s prediction of the destruction of the temple here and in the Olivet Discourse;4 the latter makes better sense here ...

106. Torn Curtain

Luke 23:44-49, Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... that’s a shame. Many people were moved by Gibson’s portrayal of Christ’s passion. And why shouldn’t they be? It tells the story of the most magnificent and most important drama ever recorded. You know the story well. It begins on the Mount of Olives, where Jesus and his disciples have gone to pray. “Pray,” Jesus says to them, “that you will not fall into temptation.” Then he withdraws about a stone’s throw away, kneels down and prays, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me ...

107. The Servant of All's Second Prediction

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:33-37

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... to him and to the others: "Surely, not I?" None of them is sure that he won't be the man. That's an honest response from men with hardened hearts! After the meal had ended and they had sung a hymn they went together to the Mount of Olives. There Jesus said to them: "You will all become deserters" (Mark 14:27). Other translations read, "You will all fall away." Remember Jesus' explanation for the seed sown on rocky ground, "... they have no root ... when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word ...

108. The Broken

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... , because not only does it have strong manuscript support, but the story rings true to what we know about Jesus and it really fits the context of what comes before it and what comes after it. Now, let’s read the story. “But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, ‘Teacher ...

109. Living With The Birth Pangs

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." (NIV) Labor pains on a pregnant woman. Interesting imagery. What is interesting about it is that Jesus used practically the same imagery in Matthew 24. Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives. The disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?" And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. For ...

110. Gifts of Lent III: A Family Gives Their Home

Luke 22:7-38

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... leaving! And at such a late hour! Where could they be going? Waiting until they were out the gate, I rose from my mat and followed. The path led through the city and out the gate across the Kidron Valley and up the slope of the Mount of Olives to the Garden of Gethsemane. Nothing much seemed to be happening in the garden. Apparently Jesus was praying while the disciples where supposed to be watching. But it looked more like sleeping to me. And no wonder, it was already Friday morning. I slept too. Suddenly ...

111. Christ Has Gone Up

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... on earth,” Willimon reflected. “Christ is gone, not to forsake us, but to continue to redeem us. He has gone to take charge, to rule, to put all things under his feet.” Deus Ascendit. God has ascended. The setting for our lesson today is the Mount of Olives. Jesus has broken bread with his disciples. He has announced to them that soon they will be baptized with the Holy Spirit, and when the Holy Spirit has come upon them, they will be given power to be witnesses for him, not only in Jerusalem, not ...

112. Matthew 21:1-11 - Roll Out the Green Carpet

Matthew 21:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... had its place in the messianic gene pool. In Zechariah 14:4 Bethphage’s location is the site of a great eschatological battle. On “the Day of the Lord” the great king was to conduct his battle on this eastern slope of the Mount of Olives. So that we won’t miss the connection, Matthew is intent on getting every messianic nuance into his description of Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. Although Jesus is new to Jerusalem he has been close by the city long enough to establish some relationships ...

113. A Queen Bee’s Sting

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

... ’s uxorious heart was crushed by the steamroller fury of David’s ire, as he snatched Michal from Palti’s breast. Palti was a pathetic portrait of pain as he followed Michal to the outskirts of a village called Bahurim, nestled on the slopes of the Mount of Olives. But Michal’s royal heart was made of sterner stuff. Granite-faced she marched to her fate as a member of David’s harem. Unlike the Mozart opera The Abduction from the Seraglio, this daughter of Saul knew her life would be spent in a silk ...

114. A Lady With A Listening Ear · Mary Of Bethany

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... one who lived his dreams with him? But even more than that, Mary had a ready-made field of operation in which to do so. With her sister Martha and her brother Lazarus Mary lived in a village approximately two miles from Jerusalem at the base of the Mount of Olives, which was popularly held to be the "foot-stool of God." Consequently there was a steady flow of pilgrims to it along the three roads converging at her door just a Sabbath day's journey from Jerusalem. Nor was there any let-up in the traffic the ...

115. Faces of Failure: Peter

Matthew 26 (selections)

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... a reminder of God’s grace. That is certainly true of our focus for today, Simon Peter. On the night Jesus was arrested, he had celebrated a final meal with his disciples. Following the meal they sang one of the Hallel Psalms and went to the Mount of Olives, where many of those in Jerusalem for Passover were encamped. There Jesus tells his disciples that they will soon be scandalized by him and “fall away.” Soon, he says, they will abandon him. I am not sure why that news startles the disciples. Jesus ...

116. Shake It Up

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a shiny new home with a rotting interior. These are the kinds of deceptions Jesus warns against. Especially because Jesus knows our human fascination with shiny and cool. Look at the disciples’ reaction to the awe-inspiring view of the Temple from the Mount of Olives, where he was teaching them later that day. They are looking out over the mount at the glistening, imposing, architecturally stunning Temple on the hill with its thick stones and its massive gates. No doubt the setting sun cast a golden hew ...

117. All in God’s Time

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... muddling in our immediate or current difficulties, we feel more peace, joy, and satisfaction in life. Trust and wait, one could say, define the core values of true “faith.” When Jesus and his disciples left the Temple, they stood on the nearby Mount of Olives and marveled at its beauty. It had been a spectacular sight. It was a huge edifice made of beautiful stone with pillars, several courtyards, and surrounded with tall, bright oil lamps that cast an ethereal glow upon it at night. It appeared regal ...

118. Peter, James and John

Matt. 17:1-9; Mark 9:2-13

Illustration

J.O. Sanders

... they learned precious lessons. On the occasion of the raising of Jairus's daughter (Luke 8:51), they were granted a preview of their Lord's mastery over death ... On the mount of transfiguration (Matt 17:1), they gained clearer insight into the importance of His impending death ... On the Mount of Olives (Mark 13:3), they marveled at His prophetic discernment ... In the Garden of Gethsemane (Matt 26:37), they glimpsed in the sufferings of the Savior something of the cost of their salvation..."

119. Responsive Reading for Palm Sunday

Matthew 21:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Craig M. Sweet

Reader 1: When Jesus and the disciples drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethany, to the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples on ahead, saying to them, Reader 2: "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with it, untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need ...

120. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a man without giving him a hearing and discovering what he is about?’ To this they answered, ‘Are you a Galilean too? Go into the matter, and see for yourself: prophets do not come out of Galilee.’ They all went home, and Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At daybreak, he appeared in the Temple again; and as all the people came to him, he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman along who had been caught committing adultery; and making her stand there in full view of ...

121. Jesus Proclaims Judgment on the Temple and the Nation

Mark 13:1-31

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... the signs (vv. 5–8), endurance in the midst of persecution (vv. 9–13), and the abomination and great persecution (vv. 14–23). Interpretive Insights 13:1 What magnificent buildings! Proceeding through the East Gate of the temple on the way up to the Mount of Olives, a disciple looks back in wonder. Even the Romans recognized the Jewish temple for its beauty (Josephus, J.W.6.267). The walls were constructed of huge stones (some forty to sixty feet long), with the top adorned by white marble with gold ...

122. The Last Day of the Feast

John 7:45--8:11, John 8:12-30

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... divides one day’s action into two and interrupts the narrator’s development of 7:37–8:20. Its more appropriate historical setting is that described in Luke 21:37–38, in which Jesus, during the last week of his ministry, spent his nights on the Mount of Olives and his days teaching in the temple (cf. vv. 1–2), answering questions from the Pharisees and chief priests about the law. This helps explain why some late manuscripts insert the passage after Luke 21:38 but not why so many more place it here ...

123. “I Am from Him and He Sent Me”

John 7:25-44

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

124. She Waits

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas ...

125. Through the Eyes of an Eagle (Introduction)

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... story of Jesus, no baptism by that other John in the Jordan River, no temptations in the wilderness, no Last Supper with the institution of the Eucharist, nothing about the agony in the Garden of Gethsemane or the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, no healing of persons possessed by devils and evil spirits, and no parables. In the “synoptic” Gospels, Jesus either speaks these wonderful, scandalous little stories called parables, or gives us vivid, epigrammatic sentences that stick in the mind. In John ...

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