The Road Less Traveled Part I & II - New Birth Missionary ...

1 1 TITLE: MINISTRY, THE road less Traveled ( part I & II) TEXT: MARK 14:32-37 MARK 14:32-37 NEW king james version 32) THEN THEY CAME TO A PLACE WHICH WAS NAMED GETHSEMANE; AND HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, SIT HERE WHILE I PRAY. 33) AND HE TOOK PETER, james , AND JOHN WITH HIM, AND HE BEGAN TO BE TROUBLED AND DEEPLY DISTRESSED. 34) THEN HE SAID TO THEM, MY SOUL IS EXCEEDINGLY SORROWFUL, EVEN TO DEATH. STAY HERE AND WATCH. 35) HE WENT A LITTLE FARTHER, AND FELL ON THE GROUND, AND PRAYED THAT IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, THE HOUR MIGHT PASS FROM HIM.

2 36) AND HE SAID, ABBA, FATHER, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FOR YOU. TAKE THIS CUP AWAY FROM ME; NEVERTHELESS, NOT WHAT I WILL, BUT WHAT YOU WILL. 37) THEN HE CAME AND FOUND THEM SLEEPING, AND SAID TO PETER, SIMON, ARE YOU SLEEPING? COULD YOU NOT WATCH ONE HOUR? GENESIS 1:28 NEW king james version THEN GOD BLESSED THEM, AND GOD SAID TO THEM, BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY; FILL THE 2 EARTH AND SUBDUE IT; HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, OVER THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND OVER EVERY LIVING THING THAT MOVES ON THE EARTH. PROVERBS 10:22 AMPLIFIED version THE BLESSING OF THE LORD--IT MAKES [TRULY] RICH, AND HE ADDS NO SORROW WITH IT [NEITHER DOES TOILING INCREASE IT].

3 ISAIAH 1:19 NEW king james version IF YOU ARE WILLING AND OBEDIENT, YOU SHALL EAT THE GOOD OF THE LAND; <THE RICH YOUNG RULER IN MARK 10:17-30> WAS NOT WILLING AND OBEDIENT MARK 10:17-30 NEW king james version 17) NOW AS HE WAS GOING OUT ON THE road , ONE CAME RUNNING, KNELT BEFORE HIM, AND ASKED HIM, GOOD TEACHER, WHAT SHALL I DO THAT I MAY INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE? 18) SO JESUS SAID TO HIM, WHY DO YOU CALL ME GOOD? NO ONE IS GOOD BUT ONE, THAT IS, GOD. 19) YOU KNOW THE COMMANDMENTS: DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, DO NOT DEFRAUD, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR 3 MOTHER.

4 20) AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, TEACHER, ALL THESE THINGS I HAVE KEPT FROM MY YOUTH. 21) THEN JESUS, LOOKING AT HIM, LOVED HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, ONE THING YOU LACK: GO YOUR WAY, SELL WHATEVER YOU HAVE AND GIVE TO THE POOR, AND YOU WILL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN; AND COME, TAKE UP THE CROSS, AND FOLLOW ME. 22) BUT HE WAS SAD AT THIS WORD, AND WENT AWAY SORROWFUL, FOR HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE 23) THEN JESUS LOOKED AROUND AND SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, HOW HARD IT IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RICHES TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD!

5 MARK 10:17-30 CONTINUED 24) AND THE DISCIPLES WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS WORDS. BUT JESUS ANSWERED AGAIN AND SAID TO THEM, CHILDREN, HOW HARD IT IS FOR THOSE WHO TRUST IN RICHES TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD! 25) IT IS EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE THAN FOR A RICH MAN TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 26) AND THEY WERE GREATLY ASTONISHED, SAYING AMONG THEMSELVES, WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED? 4 27) BUT JESUS LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID, WITH MEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT NOT WITH GOD; FOR WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

6 28) THEN PETER BEGAN TO SAY TO HIM, SEE, WE HAVE LEFT ALL AND FOLLOWED YOU. 29) SO JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, THERE IS NO ONE WHO HAS LEFT HOUSE OR BROTHERS OR SISTERS OR FATHER OR MOTHER OR WIFE[C] OR CHILDREN OR LANDS, FOR MY SAKE AND THE GOSPEL S, 30) WHO SHALL NOT RECEIVE A HUNDREDFOLD NOW IN THIS TIME HOUSES AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND MOTHERS AND CHILDREN AND LANDS, WITH PERSECUTIONS AND IN THE AGE TO COME, ETERNAL LIFE. HE TRUSTED IN HIS MONEY TO THE EXTENT THAT HE COULD NOT OBEY GOD S CALL TO HIM <AFTER HE WENT AWAY SAD AND DEPRESSED> **JESUS SAID HOW HARD IT IS TO TRUST IN RICHES TO ENTER INTO GOD S WAY OF DOING AND BEING RIGHT THE DISCIPLES WERE ASTONISHED AND ASKED HOW COULD ANYONE BE SAVED 5 AND JESUS ANSWERED WITH MEN, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT NOT WITH GOD TRULY I TELL YOU.

7 THERE IS NO ONE WHO HAS GIVEN UP HOUSE OR BROTHER OR SISTER OR MOTHER OR FATHER OR CHILDREN OR LAND FOR MY SAKE AND FOR THE GOSPEL WHO WILL NOT RECEIVE A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH NOW IN THIS TIME HOUSES AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND MOTHER AND CHILDREN AND LAND, WITH <IN THIS AGE AND THE AGE TO COME> <REMEMBER ISAIAH 1:19 NEW king james version > ISAIAH 1:19 NEW king james version IF YOU ARE WILLING AND OBEDIENT, YOU SHALL EAT THE GOOD OF THE LAND; <JESUS OBEDIENT> <LUKE 2:51-52 NEW king james version > 51) THEN HE WENT DOWN WITH THEM AND CAME TO NAZARETH, AND WAS SUBJECT TO THEM, BUT 6 HIS MOTHER KEPT ALL THESE THINGS IN HER HEART.

8 52) AND JESUS INCREASED IN WISDOM AND STATURE, AND IN FAVOR WITH GOD AND MEN <AND THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF HIS OBEDIENCE> MARK 14:32-37 NEW king james version 32) THEN THEY CAME TO A PLACE WHICH WAS NAMED GETHSEMANE; AND HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, SIT HERE WHILE I PRAY. 33) AND HE TOOK PETER, james , AND JOHN WITH HIM, AND HE BEGAN TO BE TROUBLED AND DEEPLY DISTRESSED. 34) THEN HE SAID TO THEM, MY SOUL IS EXCEEDINGLY SORROWFUL, EVEN TO DEATH. STAY HERE AND WATCH. 35) HE WENT A LITTLE FARTHER, AND FELL ON THE GROUND, AND PRAYED THAT IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, THE HOUR MIGHT PASS FROM HIM.

9 36) AND HE SAID, ABBA, FATHER, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FOR YOU. TAKE THIS CUP AWAY FROM ME; NEVERTHELESS, NOT WHAT I WILL, BUT WHAT YOU WILL. 7 37) THEN HE CAME AND FOUND THEM SLEEPING, AND SAID TO PETER, SIMON, ARE YOU SLEEPING? COULD YOU NOT WATCH ONE HOUR? JESUS TOOK PETER, james AND JOHN HE NEEDED THEM TO PRAY FOR HIM AS HE PRAYED YET WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE FOUND THEM SLEEPING **HE SAYS TO THEM, YOU GUYS PLEASE WAKE UP AND PRAY WITH ME, I NEED YOU NOW. <THIS IS THE EDDIE LONG version > FOR I AM IN MY CRUCIBLE MOMENT OF LIFE A CRUCIAL MOMENT IS WHEN ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS OF YOUR LIFE COME TO ONE POINT OR JUNCTION IN YOUR LIFE <THEREBY CAUSING US TO MAKE A DECISION> <DE CISION> <IT IS A CUT BETWEEN TWO IDEAS> <IT S EITHER YOUR IDEA OR GOD S IDEA> 8 <IT S EITHER YOUR OPINION OR SOMEONE ELSE S OPINION> SO WHEN HE GOT TO THIS CRUCIBLE MOMENT, HE TRIED TO GET SOME PEOPLE TO HELP HIM.

10 BUT THEY DIDN T HELP HIM BECAUSE THEY WENT TO SLEEP SPECIAL NOTE: HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED PEOPLE GET SLEEPY WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND YET THEY WILL STAY UP ALL NIGHT WHEN THEY HAVE A PROBLEM **JESUS PLEADS WITH PETER, james AND JOHN TO STAY UP WITH HIM; HE NEEDED THEM **AND THEN THE TEXT SAYS THEN JESUS GOES BACK, BUT HE GOES A LITTLE FURTHER **WHEN YOUR FRIENDS LEAVE YOU ALONE, YOU NEED TO GO FURTHER YOU DON T NEED TO GO BACK WHERE THEY FOUND YOU <YOU NEED TO GO FURTHER> **SO THE BIBLE SAYS, HE WENT A LITTLE FURTHER AND FELL DOWN ON HIS KNEES 9 <AND BEGIN PRAYING AGAIN> <AND HE SAID, GOD, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE > POSSIBLE ABLE POWER AVAILABLE FOR ME TO ALTER WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN LET ME KNOW OR IN ESSENCE, HOLLA AT YOUR BOY IN OTHER WORDS.