We all have to make decisions…

What was the biggest

decision ever made?

The Decision to Die…

Mark 14:32-42

The Decision to die was made in a garden outside Jerusalem 2000

years ago.

The Decision to Die~Mark 14:32—42

1.Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow. (v. 32—34)

Mark 14:32—34 32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”33 He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”

1.Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow. The disadvantage of being both God & Man.His grief brought him to the point of death.

The Decision to Die~Mark 14:32—42

1.Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow.

2.Jesus gave His will up for the Father’s.(v. 35—38)

The Decision to Die~Mark 14:32—42

Mark 14:35—38

Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him.“Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

1.Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow.

2.Jesus gave His will up for the Father’s.Redemption had no alternative plan.

Silence from Heaven was the only response.

The Decision to Die~Mark 14:32—42

1.Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow.

2.Jesus gave His will up for the Father’s.

3.Jesus was totally alone in His decision.(v. 39—40)

The Decision to Die~Mark 14:32—42

Mark 14:39—40 39 Once more he went away and prayed the same thing.

40 When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to

him.

1.Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow.

2.Jesus gave His will up for the Father’s.

3.Jesus was totally alone in His decision.No one could make this decision for Him.

No one knew what to say.

The Decision to Die~Mark 14:32—42

1.Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow.

2.Jesus gave His will up for the Father’s.

3.Jesus was totally alone in His decision.

4.Jesus gave Himself to die.(v. 41—42)

The Decision to Die~Mark 14:32—42

Mark 14:41—42 41 Returning the third time, he said to them,

“Are you still sleeping and resting?

Enough!The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42

Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

1.Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow.

2.Jesus gave His will up for the Father’s.

3.Jesus was totally alone in His decision.

4.Jesus gave Himself to die.But why?

He thought of and said “Enough.”

The Decision to Die~Mark 14:32—42

Do we truly understand how

personal this decision is?Who did Jesus really die for?

“For God so loved _______ that He

gave His one and only Son, that whoever

believes in Him shall not perish but have

eternal life.”