Free Methodist Church Of Santa Barbara

This Sunday we took a deeper look into Mark 14:43-52. We are going to open our hearts and minds to a story we may have heard many times. We might know the characters and the outcome. It is a story we often hear this time of year and it more or less blends in with the whole narrative of the crucifixion and the resurrection. It is a tragic story but perhaps we have become a little numb to how much it intersects with our lives. Within the passage we find different people and we see how they betrayed their relationship with Christ in significant ways. In the process we will find ourselves in the midst of these responses and lament how our own sinfulness is a part of our own betrayal of Christ. All this while remembering through Christ there will always be forgiveness, grace, mercy, resurrection and hope. Pray with me for open hearts and minds to what Christ wants to say to us. - Pastor Doug