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201. No Promotion Required

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... five thousand, it is difficult to keep the word from getting out. And so, we have today’s dramatic text from Mark 11. Jesus and his disciples are drawing near to the holy city of Jerusalem. They came to the villages of Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of his disciples into one of the villages where, he said, near the entrance to the village, they would find “a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it,” he said, “and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why ...

202. When Christians Pray

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” Now they were in that period of waiting. The writer of Acts tells us, “They 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 ...

203. Overcoming Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Lee Griess

... knew the power of temptation over the human heart and so he taught his disciples how to deal with it. Listen as he instructs the disciples on the night he was betrayed. Luke writes, "And he came out, and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. And when he came to the place he said to them, 'Pray that you may not enter into temptation.' " Notice the linkage between prayer and temptation. What follows then in Luke's gospel is a description of Jesus' own battle with ...

204. Maundy Thursday Service

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Bulletin Aid

Howard Eshbaugh

... suitable for Maundy Thursday may be substituted. Scripture: Mark 14:26-72 The readers necessary for this lesson are a narrator, Jesus, Peter, Judas, Accuser, High Priest, maid, bystander. (See instructions.) Narrator: And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. (14:26) Narrator: And Jesus said to them, (14:27a) Jesus: "You will all fall away; for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee ...

205. Mission Accomplished!

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Charles L. Koester

... of a servant, became obedient unto death, even death on the cross. He suffered, died, and was buried. The third day he arose, alive again! His resurrection was God’s declaration of sin’s forgiveness. Forty days later at Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, he lifted his hands blessing the disciples. While doing so, he parted from them. In boyhood I had trouble understanding and comprehending the Ascension. As a kid, it was constantly mixed up with model airplanes and "Superman." In my mind’s eye, Jesus ...

206. The Door of Celebration

Luke 19:36-44

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J. Howard Olds

... the horizon. On the one hand, Jesus prepares for it. On the other hand, He weeps over it. Palm Sunday is a day for both cheers and tears. I. PALM SUNDAY IS A DAY FOR CHEERS When Jesus came near the place where the road goes down to the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen (Luke 19:37). A. Palm Sunday is a Celebration of Gratitude Sometimes the best thing we can do is lift our hands and raise our voices saying, “Thank ...

207. Stargazing, Naval Gazing, and Other Waiting Games

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Tony Everett

... those know-it-all Pharisees whom God really likes. Soon they’d show those Romans a thing or two about military operations. Well, their one pound brains were filling up with two pounds of hot air. Here they were, gathered just outside Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives exactly where God’s kingdom would begin. Maybe Jesus was about to commission them as heavenly warriors in the new kingdom. Then Jesus told them that they were not to be warriors for an earthly kingdom, but to be witnesses to a new king and ...

208. The Lord's Supper

Matthew 26:17-30

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... kingdom in which once again he will share the intimacy of table fellowship with his disciples. Then, after they had sung a hymn (following the order of the Passover it would be the second half of the Hallel, Pss. 115–118), they went out to the Mount of Olives. Additional Notes 26:17 If the Last Supper was not an actual Passover meal, it may have been a preparatory meal at which a lamb was not eaten. There is some evidence for a “Diaspora Passover,” which was eaten on the evening of Nisan 14. For ...

209. The Scariest Job Interview

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... 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 ...

210. The Source of Power

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

... was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight." Thus, the earthly life of Jesus was ended. While I understand why they may have done it, I admit I was surprised the first time I went to Jerusalem and visited the Church of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives. We were taken to the roof of the church where we saw a small cupola, which had an opening in the top of it. We were ushered inside where we were told that the single footprint in the stone was the place from which Jesus had ascended into heaven ...

211. Getting Ready

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and paper but of human flesh. His very name, Emmanuel, means God With Us. Because God lived among us, there is no feeling, no experience that you can encounter that God does not understand. He went through the loneliness of Gethsemane, the betrayal at the Mount of Olives, the weeping at the death of Lazarus, the temptations of the wilderness, the joy of the wedding at Gethsemane, the pain of seeing his mother suffer while he was on the cross. Don’t tell me that God does not understand. I don’t care ...

212. The Long and Dusty Road

Luke 19:28-40 · Psalm 31:9-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... live!” (Ezekiel). What becomes inanimate in death, what becomes dust and ash (Adamah), only God can restore with his spirit (nephesh). For God is the creator of our world, the creator of all life, and the creator of our hope. In a sense, Jesus’ ride from the Mount of Olives down the hill and into the Temple gates of Jerusalem symbolizes his entire life and mission. This is the path he was meant to take. This is the life he was meant to lead. This is the death he is meant to face. This is the promise he ...

213. Seating Arrangements

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... God was going to come back and destroy the temple, as well as all of those people who had been doing the things to mistreat God’s people. And he said it was going to happen soon. Now they were back at the place they were staying on the Mount of Olives. It was one of those increasingly rare moments when they were alone, and the disciples could ask Jesus about things they did not understand. One of them asked, “Tell us, when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the ...

214. When The Risen Christ Comes Looking For Us

John 21:15-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ” came back to weigh heavily on his heart… and thrust him into despair. Go back with me to that poignant scene. Jesus and His disciples had just finished the Last Supper in the Upper Room. They sang a hymn and then went out to the Mount of Olives. There, Jesus told His disciples that they were fast approaching the “showdown” and in that crunch moment they would all fall away. They would all deny Him, they would all forsake Him. But boldly, Peter said to Jesus, “Not me Lord. All the rest of ...

215. When God Is At Work

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

... in life till then end. Perhaps there are times when we travel through life all alone. But just like our friend the leper, while he was at the lowest possible point, God is at work in our lives too. Jesus once was with Nicodemus on the top of the Mount of Olives. He told him, “Do you hear the wind blowing? You don’t know where it comes from and you don’t know where it is going. Nicodemus. The spirit of God is like that. Sometimes it’s like a gentle breeze and other times a mighty hurricane. But it ...

216. Where Is Jesus?

John 11:17-37

Sermon

David O. Bales

... there was hope. But I might be wrong.” Maybe some stern, super-religious person declares you second rate because, when nearing death, your faith flickers with a weaker light. Jesus is more merciful. We see him today arriving in Bethany, just over the Mount of Olives, a couple of miles east of Jerusalem. Jesus’ friend Lazarus has died, and we hear that Jesus loves him and his sisters Mary and Martha. Lazarus has died. His sisters Mary and Martha believed there was hope. Now they wonder if they were ...

217. Rules for Christian Households

Colossians 3:18-4:1

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... her Christian behavior at home. The Colossians likely were aware of the picture of Christ preserved in the hymn of Philippians 2:6–11, which poignantly portrayed the submission of Christ to the Father. They probably knew of Jesus’s words on the Mount of Olives: “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done” (Luke 22:42). Jesus Christ practiced perfect submission to the Father (1 Cor. 15:28); wives have a similar opportunity to practice this sort of submission ...

218. The Big Hand

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

James Weekley

... , which is poured out for many. Truly, I say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 (RSV) Following the story of Jesus' feeding the five thousand, a little girl commented, "Jesus must have sliced that bread awfully thin!" Actually, Jesus never cut corners in dispensing his Father's resources. The supply was never shorter than the demand ...

219. On Time

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . The Devil was equally canny at discerning the most advantageous time for his work. When Satan failed to defeat Jesus in the desert, he swiftly withdrew, waiting "until an opportune time" (Luke 4:13) - an "opportune time" that was grasped at the Mount of Olives. Jesus' sense of timing was superb. But it was worthy only of second place. Matthew's text reveals that "only the Father" knows the ultimate timetable lying behind the movements of the universe. It was God who orchestrated the timing of the Messiah ...

220. The Lord’s Defeat of Judah’s Enemies

Joel 3:1-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... and famine. In a typical lawsuit format, the Lord gathers the adversaries in the “Valley of Jehoshaphat,” which means “the Lord judges.” The actual location defies identification, though some equate this valley with Kidron, a valley east of Jerusalem between the Mount of Olives and the temple, on the basis of other texts that refer to an area east of Jerusalem typically associated with visions and theophanies (Ezek. 10:19; 47:1–12). The fountain that flows from the Lord’s temple (3:18) also ...

221. The Master at Prayer

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the escape hatch is closing quickly. In that terrible setting, Jesus prays, and offers for us five lessons here about vital prayer. The first lesson is this: PERSIST IN PRAYER. In verse 39 we read, "He came out and went, as was his custom; to the Mount of Olives." How persistently Jesus prayed! We know he often got up before dawn to pray. He sometimes prayed all night. In this same 22nd chapter of Luke, Jesus says to Simon Peter, "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I ...

222. What the Future Holds

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of a minivan. With the benefit of our perspective — 20/20 hindsight — we know he was right. As Jesus and his friends continued to walk and talk together, they made their way across the valley and finally rested in one of their old haunts on the Mount of Olives. Off in the distance, the temple dome dominated the landscape, and the sight prompted the conversation to continue: "Tell us, when will this be (this ‘not one stone upon another'), and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be ...

223. Travel Arrangements

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

John Jamison

... our overall understanding of things like astronomy and physics, but today, let’s just say it is simply too much for some of us in our faith journey. In short, the common telling of the story is that Jesus was with his disciples on the Mount of Olives. There is a church there today, marking the spot where tradition believes they gathered. Some traditions claim to know the actual rock Jesus was standing on as he spoke with them. After talking with them for a while, he ascended. He physically rose up, and ...

224. The Word Jesus Spoke

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... Jesus had spoken. Long before, Jesus had said to his disciples, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." At the end of the conflict stories in Mark Jesus left the Temple for the last time. Sitting on the Mount of Olives, looking down at the Temple, he told his friends of the new temple, which would bring in God's time and the new heaven and earth. "Listen!" Mark told his congregation. Listen to the shaking of the foundations. Nothing is permanent. Everything is change. Heaven ...

225. Sermon Opener - Connected to God

Luke 24:50-53

Illustration

Lee Griess

... us -- but he has ascended into heaven and that's what the focus of our worship today is about. So important is this event that Luke describes it twice -- in the last chapter of his gospel and the first chapter of Acts. The setting is the Mount of Olives. Forty days had passed since the resurrection of Jesus. It was time for him to return to heaven. And so once again, Jesus appears to the disciples. He joins them in worship. He breaks bread with them. He announces to them that they will soon receive ...

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