Eyes on Jesus: Denying EyesRedeemer Lutheran Church - LCMSCharleston, WVFourth Sunday of Lent (YrA) Message presented by Rev. Frank C. Ruffatto Psalm 10 : 1-12 Job 24 : 13-17 1 John 3 : 11-15 Mark 14 : 1-2, 53-65 “Murderous Eyes” is the theme of Week 4 in Lent. The chief priests and scribes saw Jesus as an obstacle to be rid of by murdering Him through the Roman judicial system. Yet during the Passover festival, they would unwittingly bring about the Father’s sacrifice of the ultimate Passover Lamb.

Psalm 27:1-5Isaiah 59:1-3, 12-132 Timothy 2:8-13Mark 14:26-31, 66-72 In the third week of Lent, we stare into the “Denying Eyes” of Peter and the other apostles. They could not see how they could ever fall away from Jesus, but after Jesus is betrayed by Judas, ten of them flee, and Peter—when he is spotted by a servant girl and sees that his own neck is on the line—sees fit to deny Jesus, which leads to his own eyes weeping in remorse. We sinners likewise deny our Lord in many ways, but Jesus denied Himself to take up the cross for our salvation.