Murder and the Miraculous

Big idea today: when you live by faith, you can be amazed by God whether he sustains you

THROUGH agony or miraculously delivers you FROM agony.

Arrest and Murder

Context

Chapter 11 a hard time is coming—a famine

Chapter 12 a hard reality continues—a murder

Herod is King

V. 1 “laid violent hands”

Mark 10:37-39 A prophecy of pain

o James the apostle

A Miraculous Intervention

Then Peter

V. 5 Earnest prayer

V. 12-16 A Surprise Release

A Hard Question: why one and not the other?

Through agony vs. from agony

Daniel 3 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

“but if not…”

Psalm 23:3-4

GOSPEL: Jesus experienced both

Amazed by God

V. 16

The wisdom of escape

3 Application Points today

Trust the sovereign purposes of God

Embrace the power of earnest prayer

Change your surroundings and flee