2nd Sunday of Lent
Mark 8:31-38
31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Questions
What stood out to you from Pastor Jason’s sermon this week?
Pastor Jason mentioned in his sermon that the welcome into the Christ’s Kingdom is through suffering. Why do you think suffering is important to Jesus’ mission?
What does Jesus’ words mean to you personally when he invites us to take up our crosses and follow him. Or, when he says to gain your life you have to lose it?
What are the things in your life that you feel Jesus is inviting you to crucify, to die, or “to lose”?
