The Spirit Is Willing, Flesh Is Weak

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Sermon Title: SPIRIT IS WILLING, FLESH IS WEAK Sermon Text: MARK 14:27-42 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 14:27-42 ESV And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.”And Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”But he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same.And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.”And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him.And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.” SERMON NOTES I. THE PROMISES WE MAKE “fall away” | Greek skandalizó | “to trap or to set a snare.” Strength without dependence on God is not strength. It is just exposure waiting to happen. Is there an area of your life where you have repeatedly made the same sincere promise and repeatedly broken it? What does that pattern tell you? II. THE PRESSURE WE FACE “flesh” | Greek sarx | “the body, human nature” The difference between a prepared believer and an unprepared one is not the intensity of their intentions. It is the depth of their prayer life. When you face spiritual pressure is your first instinct to try harder, or to pray? The preparation for the moment of pressure happens before the moment arrives. You cannot summon what you have not cultivated. III. THE PRAYER WE NEED This is what prayer is for: To bring our willing spirit and our weak flesh into the same place, and let the Father hold both of them. Is there something you are trying to face with willpower that you have not yet fully surrendered in prayer?

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