Week 35: Mark 13:1-37 | James Sharp

We begin the new returning to our sermon series in the gospel of Mark: Behold the Servant King. Pastor preaches through Mark 13:1-37.

“The temple complex covered about thirty-five acres. The sanctuary stood one hundred and fifty feet high, as did the temple wall. The columns that held up the portico were so massive that three large men could barely encompass them by touching fingertip to fingertip. Josephus tells us that some of the stones that made up the temple were sixty feet long, eleven feet high, and eight feet deep, with each stone weighing more than a million pounds. Other historians of antiquity said Herod’s temple looked like a mountain of marble decorated with gold. The temple complex was architecturally stunning and must have looked strong enough to stand for a thousand years or more.”

“[Children and young people], swollen from starvation, roamed like phantoms through the market-places and collapsed wherever their doom overtook them.”

One hindrance to our spiritual readiness: Indifference to our own sin.

Three Ways to Grow Our Spiritual Readiness

1. We must cultivate our affection for the Lord.
2. We must sacrifice for Christ’s mission here on earth.
3. We must boast increasingly in the gospel.

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