And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.And when they had sung a hymn, they went out unto the mount of Olives.
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… You remember that? And after they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Jesus goes to the cross with a hymn in mind. Jesus will return from heaven with a great hymn in mind. In the book of Revelation, the amazing anticipation of what will happen when faith becomes sight. And the wonder of it is this, that although I hasn't seen it because it's invisible, nor ear heard it because it's inaudible, nor has it entered into the heart of man because it's indescribable. The Spirit of God has revealed it to us so that we can turn around to one another on any given Lord's Day or in a gathering like this and say, Oh, magnify the Lord with me and come, let us exalt his name together. just a brief moment before we sing a song just a moment of silence Take your truth, gracious God, plant it deep in us, shape and fashion us.
… look what Mark 14, 26 says. When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Do you remember at the start of this year, pastor did a series called Seeking Jesus, and we learned about staying Jesus and seated Jesus, and right here we have singing Jesus. He leaves the Passover dinner with his disciples, gives them the bread and the juice, and on the way to the garden where he would kneel before the father sweating blood and say, Father, if there's any other way, let it be so, but nevertheless, not my will, but your be done. It says that he sang a hymn. And do you know what song he sang? Do you know what hymn he was carrying with him? The tradition was that during Passover, they would sing through a number of psalms. And the last one they sang, the song they would sing at this point of the Passover was Psalm 118. Jesus going to die on the cross singing, the Lord is my strength and my song. …
… And I love the next part of the verse. It says, and when they had sung a hymn, they went out. So we're going to sing this song one more time after we take this sip. of his blood is getting into my blood and my bloodline and my family and my children's my children's children is blessed because his blood's coming in contact cleansing my blood take drink this do in remembrance of me I really want to say thank you for joining us this week. If you haven't already, make sure you click on the subscription button and leave us a review. It helps this podcast reach even more people when you comment, when you give us your feedback. For more messages and inspirational materials, download the Jensen Franklin app. Or you can head over to jensenfranklin.org. I want to thank all of you who give generously to help us produce weekly content like this to reach the world with the message of Jesus. God bless you and we'll...
… And finally, at the crossroads here in Jerusalem, two covenants meet. And we see them all gathered together, juxtaposed here in Mark chapter 14, verses 22 through 26. And here we see salvation at the crossroads. Bridget and I had the privilege of attending a pastor's conference this weekend in Miami, the Miami pastor's conference. And it was unbelievable. It was the first time that we ever got to just go to a pastor's conference and receive and not have to do anything. And it was incredible. And the theme of that pastor's conference was, what is the gospel? And we got to hear individuals like Ken Jones and Michael Horton and others preach and address this theme of what is the gospel. And you may hear that and say, well, wow, why would that be the theme? Isn't that easy? Don't we all know that? Don't we all understand that? Nothing could be further from the truth. we don't understand the gospel in our day. We don't understand the gospel in our culture. …
… The night the disciples met with the Lord at the Last Supper, it says, after they sang a hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives. And in Acts 16, Paul and Barnabas are in jail, but what are they doing? They're singing. And in 1 Corinthians 14, Scripture says, sing with your mind and sing with your spirit. In Revelation 5, as I showed you, there's singing around the throne. In Revelation 14, there's the singing of the 144,000 Jews saved out of the tribulation. In Revelation 15, there's the singing of all the saints. We have to sing. We get to sing together, but we have to sing in our hearts. And that's what we do. We sing and make melody with our heart to the Lord. The music of the world reflects the world. And the more degenerate a society becomes, the more corrupt its music becomes. It will be more corrupt in every aspect, composition and performance. And by the way, the corruption of a culture is on display in its music. …