Bible Readings:
Matthew 20:17-28
Luke 22:24-34
John 13:1-17
Sermon Outline:
Matthew 20:20-28
Matt. 20:20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him.
Matt. 20:21 And He said to her, “What do you wish?”
She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit,
one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.”
I Ambition
Matt. 20:24 And when the ten heard it,
they were greatly displeased with the two brothers.
Phil. 3
15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.
II Co-crucifixion
Matt. 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
They said to Him, “We are able.”
Matt. 20:23 So He said to them, “You will indeed drink My cup,
and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give,
but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father.”
Mark 8:34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Rom. 6
3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, ……
5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,
Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
III Redemption
Matt. 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
IV Prescription
Matt. 20:25 But Jesus called them to Himself and said,
“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and those who are great exercise authority over them.
Matt. 20:26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
Matt. 20:27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—