Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 10:28-34 "Sacrifice to Surrender" on 4/26/2026 for our Sunday service.
Mark 10:28-34
The Rich Young Man
28 Then Peter began to say to Him, "See, we have left all and followed You." 29 So Jesus answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's, 30 "who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time - houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions - and in the age to come, eternal life. 31 "But many who are first will be last, and the last first."
Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time
32 Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed. And as they followed they were afraid. Then He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that would happen to Him: 33 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles; 34 "and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again."
In Verse 28 Peter states his and the disciples sacrifice.
In Verses 29-31 Jesus redirects Peter to surrender before He talks about His own surrender going to the cross in Mark 10: 32-34.
Sacrifice and surrender may fall along the same line and seem closely related, but they could not be more fundamentally different. Sacrifices are good and beautiful. They should be offered without blemish. However a sacrifice can be offered without the heart being involved. True surrender to God requires the heart to be completely involved. Sacrifice gives something to God. Sacrifice is usually a substitution. Usually, it is in place of yourself.
Surrender is giving everything to God. Usually yourself. Giving yourself completely.
Jesus shares three realities is the true cost of surrendered discipleship.
Separation: Reordering your priorities.
Supply: Present and eternal rewards.
Suffering: Persicutions.
