1. The Essential Jesus as
Revealed in the Gospel of Mark

2. When is
fourteen not
really
fourteen?

3. The Robert
Morris Hotel
Philadelphia, PA

4. The Robert
Morris
elevator
panel looked
like this.
Anything
strike you as
odd?

5. The Final Steps of
Jesus’ Final Days
(Mark 14-16)
Arrive at chapter 16 and His resurrection
on Easter Sunday, April 20th!

6. Beyond
Tomorrow
What Jesus has to
say about earth’s
final days
An in-depth study of Mark 13
Coming to Grace on May 25th

7. The Essential Jesus as
Revealed in the Gospel of Mark

8. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Festival of
Unleavened Bread were only two days
away . . .

10. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Festival of
Unleavened Bread were only two days
away, and the chief priests and the
teachers of the law were scheming to
arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

11. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 12:37b
The large crowd listened to him with
delight.

12. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:1-2
Now the Passover and the Festival of
Unleavened Bread were only two days
away, and the chief priests and the
teachers of the law were scheming to
arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. “But
not during the festival,” they said, “or
the people may riot.”

13. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:3
While he was in Bethany, reclining at the
table in the home of Simon the Leper,
a woman came with an alabaster jar of
very expensive perfume, made of pure
nard. She broke the jar and poured the
perfume on his head.

14. Jesus’ Final Steps
John 12:2-3
Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor.
Martha served, while Lazarus was
among those reclining at the table with
him. Then Mary took about a pint of pure
nard, an expensive perfume; she poured
it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with
her hair. And the house was filled with the
fragrance of the perfume.

15. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:4-5
Some of those present were saying
indignantly to one another, “Why this
waste of perfume? It could have been
sold for more than a year’s wages and the
money given to the poor.” And they
rebuked her harshly.

16. Jesus’ Final Steps
John 12:4-6
But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who
was later to betray him, objected, “Why
wasn’t this perfume sold and the money
given to the poor? It was worth a year’s
wages.” He did not say this because he
cared about the poor but because he was a
thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used
to help himself to what was put into it.

17. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:6-8
“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are
you bothering her? She has done a
beautiful thing to me. The poor you will
always have with you, and you can help
them any time you want. But you will not
always have me. She did what she could.
She poured perfume on my body
beforehand to prepare for my burial.”

18. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:9
Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is
preached throughout the world, what she
has done will also be told, in memory of
her.

19. Jesus’ Final Steps
Mark 14:10-11
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the
Twelve, went to the chief priests to
betray Jesus to them. They were
delighted to hear this and promised to
give him money. So he watched for an
opportunity to hand him over.

20. Today’s Takeaways
1. Are you like Judas? Externally, your
Christian walk looks “right on,” but in
reality, your heart is far from God? Are
you a man or a woman of integrity?

21. Today’s Takeaways
Mark 7:6
He replied, “Isaiah was right when he
prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is
written: ‘These people honor me with
their lips, but their lips are far from me.’”

22. Integrity is all about bringing all of life
into a consistent whole. So your walk
matches your talk! Integrity is not
perfection, but it is consistency!
Is this true of YOU?

23. Today’s Takeaways
Billy
Graham
“Integrity is the glue that
holds our way of life
together. We must
constantly strive to keep
our integrity intact. When
wealth is lost, nothing is
lost; when health is lost,
something is lost; when
character is lost, all is lost.”

24. If you had a parrot
that lived in your
house for some 20
years that had
really captured the
ability to talk. . .
. . .Would you be willing to sell
that parrot to the town gossip?

25. Today’s Takeaways
1. Are you like Judas? Externally, your
Christian walk looks “right on,” but in
reality, your heart is far from God? Are
you a man or a woman of integrity?

26. Today’s Takeaways
2. Mary’s story and her love for Jesus
became wrapped up in Jesus’ story and
his love for us! Is this true of YOUR story?
Mark 14:9
Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is
preached throughout the world, what she
has done will also be told, in memory of her.

27. When you think of
YOUR story, is it more
about YOU or is it
more about Jesus
Christ? For Mary, she
gave her most
valuable possession
to Jesus. What are
YOU holding back?

28. Today’s Takeaways
Mark 12:30
Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind
and with all your strength.
Romans 12:1
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in
view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a
living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this
is your true and proper worship.

29. Today’s Takeaways
1. Are you like Judas? Externally, your
Christian walk looks “right on,” but in
reality, your heart is far from God? Are
you a man or a woman of integrity?
2. Mary’s story and her love for Jesus
became wrapped up in Jesus’ story and
his love for us! Is this true of YOUR story?