HOST SERVANT
Kingdom Kids yield personal will to Yahweh in this Lenten series
Mark 14:12-48, 15, 16
Mark 14:14: “Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’”
The owner of the house never questioned Whose guest room?
Depending on different people’s hearts, John 1:11-13 explains the difference between borrowed space and where Jesus takes possession: “He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him. Yet to all who receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—children not born of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”
Jesus took possession of the kataluma (Greek for “inn”, “guest, or inner room”) in Mark’s Gospel.
Jesus proved that He’s the Son of God by predicting the future. He admitted that He’d be betrayed, arrested, deserted by His disciples, interrogated, sentenced to death, tortured, nailed to a cross, die, be buried, and raised back to life.
Let’s watch His transformation from host to servant. Jesus became the host for the Passover Supper. He said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me.”
Jesus showcased the betrayer: “It is one of the Twelve,” He replied, “one who dips bread into the bowl with Me.”
Then Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to His disciples saying, “Take it; this is My body.”
Then He took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, declaring, “This is My blood of the [new] covenant, which is poured out for many.” They all drank.
After singing a hymn together, Jesus led them to the Mount of Olives. “You will all fall away,” Jesus said. “But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”
Peter insisted that he’d NEVER disown Jesus. Jesus objected. Peter would disown Him—three times—before the rooster crows. Then Jesus took Peter, James, and John along to Gethsemane.
Take Home Nugget
From this point, Jesus flipped the switch and became a servant. He became the Father’s obedient Son who’d fulfill every prophesy recorded about Him in the Bible’s Old Testament. Jesus laid aside His Godhead and allowed Himself to be tortured and die a criminal’s death.
Read what happened at Gethsemane in Mark 14:32-15:46 and complete the lesson linked below.
Jesus ushered in a new covenant when He rose from death and ascended to the Father in heaven. (Jesus’ words and history are referenced in Mark 14:18,20, 22, 24, 28, 48, Mark 15:2-15, 21-47, Mark 16:1-14, 19).
Hallelujah to the Lamb of God!
Adapted from “The True Servant”, a devotion by Rev. Erik J. Rottmann. March 16, 2018. Portals of Prayer devotional magazine. Missouri.
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