1. STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans…
… take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]!
Have the attitude of the Bereans…

2. Being SHARERS in the SUFFERINGS of Christ!
Jesus – His Life
Part 18:
Being SHARERS
in the
SUFFERINGS
of Christ!

3. A Brief Outline of Mark
Chapter 15

4. Jesus before Pilate [verses 1-15];
The RELEASE of Barabbas [verses 6-11];
The mob DEMANDS Jesus be CRUCIFIED [verses 12-15];
Jesus MOCKED by the soldiers [verses ]
The CRUCIFIXION [verses 22-32]

5. POST-CRUCIFIXION Events [verses 33-41];
The TEMPLE VEIL TORN [verse 38];
The CENTURION’S TESTIMONY [verse 39];
The WOMEN WHO Witnessed Jesus’ Death [verses 40-41];
BURIAL of Jesus [verses 42-47].

6. Mark – the CROSS-CENTERED gospel
Mark DOES NOT STRESS WHY Jesus Died, Mark DOES STRESS the FACT that Christ DID, INDEED, DIE! Mark chapter 15 PRESENTS the EXACT CIRCUMSTANCE and EVENTS of that day.

7. Through Mark, the Holy Spirit makes it clear that…
… the CROSS WAS NO ACCIDENT
but rather the CAREFUL PLAN of God.
Acts 2:23
[23] this Man, DELIVERED UP BY THE PREDETERMINED PLAN AND FOREKOWLEDGE OF GOD, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

8. Through Mark, the Holy Spirit makes it clear that…
… Jesus SAW his death as…
… the FULFILLMENT of Scripture [Mark 14:49]…
… and the result of God’s will [Mark 14:36]!

9. The Holy Spirit DOES NOT MOVE Mark TO TELL us about the CROSS for the PURPOSE of… … helping us UNDERSTAND and APPRECIATE the role of Christ’s death… … in FORGIVING our SINS… … and RECONCILING us to God.

10. So WHAT is the Holy Spirit TELLING us through Mark’s MESSAGE of the CROSS?
Are CIRCUMSTANCES TERRIBLE? Jesus RISES ABOVE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Are FRIENDS FAITHLESS? Jesus REMAINS TRUE.
THIS IS WHAT the Holy Spirit USES as the lesson He would have us learn from the CROSS.
Jesus RISES ABOVE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Jesus REMAINS TRUE.

11. In Mark the Holy Spirit’s EMPHASIS is on HOW Jesus SUFFERED… Jesus SUFFERED and DIED with DIGNITY. In EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE Jesus REMAINED TRUE TO GOD. No matter WHAT Others DID, Jesus REMAINED TRUE TO GOD.

12. Mark’s readers were SUFFERING also… … in TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES
Mark’s readers were SUFFERING also… … in TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES! … had NUMEROUS BAD EXAMPLES! … NEEDED an EXAMPLE of HOW to SUFFER!

13. SHARING in the SUFFERINGS of Christ!

14. The Greek Word for “SUFFERINGS”
and comes from a presumed derivative of another Greek neuter noun,
… is Strong’s Greek neuter noun 3804, and comes from a presumed derivative of another Greek neuter noun,
Strong’s number 3806 which means “SUFFERING”.

15. “SUFFERING” (Strong’s Greek neuter noun 3804), refers to something undergone, that is any hardship or pain;
refers to something undergone, that is any hardship or pain; Simply put, it is that which one suffers or has suffered mentally, emotionally, or physically. It is rendered as SUFFERING(s), PASSION(s), or MOTION(s)

16. Hebrews 2:9-10 BECAUSE OF THE SUFFERING OF DEATH
[9] But we do see Him Who has been made for a little while lower than the angels,
namely, Jesus,
BECAUSE OF THE SUFFERING OF DEATH
CROWNED with GLORY and HONOR,
THAT by the GRACE of God He MIGHT TASTE DEATH FOR EVERYONE.

17. IN BRINGING MANY SONS TO GLORY,
[10] For it was fitting for Him, for Whom are all things, and through Whom are all things,
IN BRINGING MANY SONS TO GLORY,
TO PERFECT the AUTHOR of their salvation THROUGH SUFFERINGS.

18. Lesson #1 – from Hebrews 2:9-10
BECAUSE of Jesus’ SUFFERING DEATH,
Jesus was CROWNED with GLORY and HONOR.
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19. Lesson #2 – from Hebrews 2:9-10
By the GRACE of God Jesus TASTED DEATH FOR EVERYONE.
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20. Lesson #3.1 – from Hebrews 2:9-10
Jesus, the AUTHOR of YOUR SALVATION, THROUGH His SUFFERINGS WAS PERFECTED (COMPLETED).
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21. Lesson #3.2 – from Hebrews 2:9-10
SUFFERINGS can also PERFECT or COMPLETE US!
Prayerfully, consider and meditate on
Romans 5:3-5;
James 1:2-4, 12;
1 Peter 1:3-9; 4:12-13.
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22. 1 Peter 4:12-13
[12] Beloved, DO NOT BE SURPRISED at the FIERY ORDEAL among you, which comes upon you FOR YOUR TESTING, as though some strange thing were happening to you;

23. SO THAT also at the revelation of His GLORY,
[13] BUT TO the DEGREE THAT YOU SHARE the SUFFERINGS of Christ,
KEEP ON REJOICING;
SO THAT also at the revelation of His GLORY,
YOU MAY REJOICE WITH EXULTATION.

24. Lesson #4 – from 1 Peter 4:12-13 Discipleship Lesson
SUFFERINGS of FIERY ORDEALS are a SHARING in the SUFFERINGS of Christ, for our TESTING,
through which we should KEEP ON REJOICING so that we MAY REJOICE WITH EXULTATION at His APPEARING!
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25. Romans 7:4-6
YOU also WERE MADE TO DIE to the Law THROUGH the BODY of CHRIST,
to HIM WHO WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD,
that we MIGHT BEAR FRUIT for God.
[4] THEREFORE, my brethren, YOU also WERE MADE TO DIE to the Law THROUGH the BODY of CHRIST,
THAT YOU MIGHT BE JOINED TO ANOTHER,

26. were at work in the members of our body to BEAR FRUIT FOR DEATH.
[5] For while we were in the flesh, the (sinful) PASSIONS (Lit. ‘SUFFERINGS’; motions, KJV),
which were AROUSED by the Law,
were at work in the members of our body to BEAR FRUIT FOR DEATH.

27. HAVING DIED to that by which we were bound,
[6] BUT NOW WE HAVE BEEN RELEASED from the Law,
HAVING DIED to that by which we were bound,
SO THAT we SERVE in NEWNESS of (the) SPIRIT and NOT IN OLDNESS of the LETTER.

28. Lesson #5 – from Romans 7:4-6
SINCE we have been JOINED to Jesus, and RELEASED from the LETTER of the LAW,
we are to SERVE in NEWNESS of SPIRIT,
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29. Lesson #6 – from Romans 7:4-6
AND we are to NO LONGER BEAR FRUIT from the SUFFERINGS of the flesh, BUT to BEAR FRUIT for God!
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30. Romans 8:16-18
[16] The Spirit Himself BEARS WITNESS with our spirit THAT WE ARE CHILDREN of God,
[17] AND IF CHILDREN, HEIRS ALSO, HEIRS
of God and FELLOW HEIRS with Christ,
IF INDEED we SUFFER with Him IN ORDER THAT we MAY ALSO BE GLORIFIED with Him.
HEIRS ALSO, HEIRS of God and FELLOW HEIRS with Christ,

31. ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED
[18] FOR I CONSIDER THAT the SUFFERINGS of this present time
ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED
with the GLORY that is TO BE REVEALED TO US.

32. Lesson #7 – from Romans 8:16-18
When we SHARE IN THE SUFFERINGS of Christ… … we PROVE ourselves TO BE CHILDREN of God! … and HEIRS of God and FELLOW HEIRS with Christ!
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33. Lesson #8 – from Romans 8:16-18
As HEIRS of God and Christ… … GLORY WILL BE REVEALED TO US! … THEREFORE, CONSIDER THAT the SUFFERINGS of this present time ARE NOTHING in COMPARISION with that COMING GLORY!
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34. Galatians 5:24-25 LET US ALSO WALK BY the SPIRIT.
[24] Now THOSE who BELONG TO Christ Jesus HAVE CRUCIFIED the FLESH with its PASSIONS (Lit. ‘SUFFERINGS’; affections, KJV), and DESIRES (Lit. ‘LUSTS’). [25] IF we LIVE BY the SPIRIT,
with its PASSIONS (Lit. ‘SUFFERINGS’; affections, KJV),
and DESIRES (Lit. ‘LUSTS’).
LET US ALSO WALK BY the SPIRIT.

35. Lesson #9 – from Galatians 5:24-25
YOU MUST HAVE CRUCIFIED the FLESH with its SUFFERINGS…
To BE IN Christ Jesus, YOU MUST HAVE CRUCIFIED the FLESH with its SUFFERINGS…
… and THEN WALK BY the SPIRIT and NOT BY the FLESH!
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36. Philippians 3:7-11
[7] BUT whatever things were gain to me, those things I HAVE COUNTED AS LOSS FOR the SAKE of Christ. [8] MORE THAN THAT, I count ALL THINGS to be LOSS in view of the SURPASSING VALUE of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for Whom I have suffered the loss of all things,…

37. NOT HAVING a RIGHEOUSNESS OF MY OWN derived from the law,
[8] … and count them but rubbish in order that I may gain Christ,
[9] and MAY BE FOUND in Him,
NOT HAVING a RIGHEOUSNESS OF MY OWN derived from the law,
BUT THAT WHICH is THROUGH FAITH in Christ,
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH COMES FROM God on the BASIS OF FAITH,

38. BEING CONFORMED to His DEATH;
[10] THAT I MAY KNOWN Him,
and the POWER of His RESURRECTION
and the FELLOWSHIP of His SUFFERINGS,
BEING CONFORMED to His DEATH;
[11] IN ORDER THAT I MAY ATTAIN to the RESURRECTION from the dead.

39. Lesson #10 – from Philippians 3:7-11
Given the SURPASSING VALUE of KNOWING Christ Jesus the Lord should MOVE the TRUE BELIEVER… … to count ALL THINGS AS LOSS IN ORDER TO BE CONFORMED to His DEATH the FELLOWSHIP of His SUFFERINGS
should MOVE the TRUE BELIEVER…
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IN ORDER TO BE CONFORMED to His DEATH
and to have FELLOWSHIP in the SUFFERINGS of Jesus!

40. SHARING in the SUFFERINGS of Christ!
GIVES
YOU the
CROWN of RIGHTEOUSNESS and LIFE!

41. Lesson #11.1 – from 2 Timothy 4:7-8
IF YOU HAVE…
… FOUGHT the GOOD FIGHT,
… FINISHED the COURSE,
… KEPT (GUARDED) the FAITH;
THEN…
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42. Lesson #11.2 – from 2 Timothy 4:7-8
… in the future there is laid up for YOU the CROWN of RIGHTEOUSNESS, which which the LORD, the RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, will and not only to YOU,
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which the LORD, the RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, will AWARD to YOU on that day;
but also to ALL who have LOVED His APPEARING!

43. Lesson #12 – from James 1:12 Discipleship Lesson
YOU NEED to PERSEVERE under TRIAL (a TRIAL, TESTING, or TEMPTATION designed to PROVE);…
… FOR IF YOU ARE APPROVED,
(a TRIAL, TESTING, or TEMPTATION designed to PROVE);…
YOU WILL RECIEVE the CROWN of LIFE PROMISED to those WHO LOVE the LORD!
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44. Here is YOUR Invitation to RECEIVE the BLESSINGS of
SHARING in the SUFFERINGS of CHRIST!