Mark 2

Mark 2:1-12

TITLE: Who Can Forgive Sins

TEXT: Mark 2:1-12: I must learn how to forgive.

Who? KEY WORD: Types READING: Mark 2:1-7:

1. Story of the faith of 4 friends of a paralyzed man.
2. Some were critical of Jesus offering forgiveness.
3. Who can forgive sins but God alone?Define - Forgive - forgive vs. forget Word means = send away, let go, release from debt, turn loose, not hold on to

Types of forgiveness Total - complete = Only Deity can erase the guilt of sin Jeremiah 31:34 - Forgive AND forget Preacher, elders - cannot forgive sins, (priest and confessional) We pray for forgiveness from God - then inform the church of repentance

I can forgive when someone asks We MUST forgive - Luke 17:3-5 Church, family, friends, non-Christians

I can forgive when they do not ask My choice is to confront or forgive (Matthew 18:15-17) Big issue - can’t ignore it - Confront Little thing - don’t make a fuss - let go

I can forgive when they will not ask Filled with resentment, anger, denial They feel they have done nothing wrong Reason for taking others with you (Matthew 18:15-17)

I can forgive myself Psalms 51:1-15 - my sin is ever before me Most difficult - let go, learn from

SERMON #2

TITLE: Jesus They Never Saw

TEXT: Mark 2:1-12: While we see the physical, we often miss the spiritual truths before us.

Which? KEY WORD: Truths READING: Same :1. Review the story of our text.

2. Most sermons focus on the faith of the 4 friends.
3. Today I want to focus on the Jesus they never saw. WHILE THEY WERE A LAME MAN WALK - THEY NEVER SAW: They were in the presence of deity1. Matthew 1:23 - called Emmanuel - God with us
4. John 1:14 - word became flesh, dwelt among us God’s Love in Action1. John 15:13 - Great love has not man than this
5. John 3:16 - for God so loved the world The sacrifice of Jesus1. 2 Corinthians 5:21 - became sin for us,
6. 1 John 2:2 - He is propitiation for sins of the whole world Hope of resurrection and eternal life1. John 10:10 - come that they might have life, more abundantly
7. John 11:25 - I am the resurrection and the life Forgiveness was offered1. Before there was physical healing - there was forgiveness
8. The people did not feel the need for forgiveness
9. They argued the “ right” to forgive Grace made available1. Titus 2:11 - Grace has appeared to all men
10. Ephesians 2:10 - Saved by grace Compassion driving to action1. They say the action - not the motivation behind it
11. Today - many see our actions - not our motives, feelings, emotions Power of God1. Reason for the healing - know the power to forgive sins
12. Miracles done - so that we might believe - John 20:30-313. John 10:18 - I have the power to give my life, no one takes it from me The gospel demonstrated1. The REAL good news was forgiveness
13. They focused on the temporary, visual, physical, material things

Mark 2:13-17

TITLE: Eating with sinners

TEXT: Mark 2:13-17: As we try to reach the lost we face some real challenges.

What? KEY WORD: Attitudes READING: Same :

1. We face a real challenge.
2. We must eat with sinners - friends, associate, encourage, minister
3. 19:10 - Seek and save the lost
4. We must NOT condone sin, support error, fellowship darkness
5. Ephesians 5:11 - Have no fellowship with works of darkness
6. John 1:10-11 - Do not bid him Godspeed
7. Corinthians 6:17-18 - Come out, be separate, touch not unclean thing
8. How can we fellowship with sinners and not fellowship their error?
9. How can we associate with them and not condone their life? Matthew - tax collector - “ Meet my friends”1. Jesus called him - 14
10. Had a dinner with all his tax collector friends - 15
11. Cornelius - call friends and kinsmen - Acts 10:1-484. Modern term = Web evangelism Scribes and Pharisees - critical, drunk, glutton, low life1. Eating with sinners - low life
12. Luke 7:34 - Wine bibber and glutton Jesus Response1. Text - Who needs a doctor, sick or well?
13. See Luke 14:12-15 - Invite the poor, lame, blind
14. Luke 19:9-10 - Zaccheus - Salvation has come to this house
15. Parable (Luke 14:16-24) Excuses - go to handicapped, then hedges
16. Matthew 21:31-32 - Harlots enter ahead of you
17. John 8:11 - woman taken in adultery - Go and sin no more Missed opportunities1. Right after conversion - they know more non-Christians
18. Longer in the church - fewer non-Christians we know Our challenge1. Not to associate with each other - only - Matthew 5:472. To fish for men - Go where the fish are
19. Call sinners to repentance

Mark 2:18-20

TITLE: Why Fast

TEXT: Mark 2:18-20: There are right and wrong reasons to fast.

Why? KEY WORD: Reasons READING: Same :

1. Difference noted - John fasts, you don’t. How come?
2. Some fasts were required in Law of Moses.
3. Most fasts of Jesus time (every 2nd and 5th day of week) imposed fasts
4. The topic of discussion with Jesus centers on the purpose of fasting. Valid Reasons people fasted1. To get well - proper diet will help with stomach problems
5. When in distress, grief, loss - 1 Samuel 1:7 (Hannah)
6. Danger - Esther 4:16 - Esther going before the king Wrong Reasons people fasted1. Anger - 1 Samuel 20:34 - Jonathan was angry
7. Sulking, pouting - 1 Kings 21:4 - Ahab could not but Naboth’s vineyard
8. To be seen of men - Matthew 6:16 - Show everybody your dedication, humility God’s Reasons for people to fast1. Humility - Psalms 35:13 - Humbled my soul with fastings
9. Prayer - often connected with fasting
10. Spiritual renewal - Isaiah 58:1-8 - Study this text closely Conclusion:1. Fasting - purpose - withdraw, introspection, soul searching, seeking
11. Fasting is for times of separation, loss, grief - not for a party.

Mark 2:21-22

TITLE: New Wine in Old Skins

TEXT: Mark 2:21-22: Christianity is a brand new religion.

What? KEY WORD: Applications READING: Same :

1. Some think this passage approves drinking wine.
2. Some use this text to change the teachings of the NT.
3. Some see in this scripture a need to restructure the church, worship, etc. Discuss how this verse is misused today1. Change agents - accept the NEW we are preaching
4. You (religious conservatives) are the old skins and old shirts.
5. We (religious liberals) are the new skins, new shirts
6. Social drinkers - try to say Jesus approved drinking wine What does the passage say?1. New cloth (unwashed, not shrunk) on an old (washed and shrunk) garment.
7. Dye will bleed over, new cloth will shrink, the hole will be bigger than before.
8. New wine = fresh grape juice in an old skin (dregs inside, cracked, brittle)
9. Juice was not put in to ferment it, but to prevent fermentation. (Luke 5:38) Show proper understanding of passage1. Psalms 119:83 - I am like a wineskin in the smoke. (Dried out, brittle, burned up)
10. Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:83 - “ He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shriveled up.” Old Garments and New Patches1. Baptism - not a new patch on circumcision
11. Communion - not a new patch on table of showbread
12. Church - not a new patch on Judaism
13. New Testament - not a new patch on Law of Moses
14. Law of Christ - not a new patch on the 10 Commandments
15. Sunday - not a new patch on Sabbath worship Applications for today1. You do not mourn (fast) at a wedding, but at a funeral.
16. Jesus did not come to patch up the old, worn out, religion of Judaism.
17. He did not come to preserve this old system with a new patch.
18. Jesus is teaching a new religion - laws, faith, doctrine, hope, salvation.
19. Christianity is not an old patched, fixed, repaired and re-conditioned faith.
20. The religion of Jesus Christ is BRAND NEW!!
21. We must avoid being - old, dry, worn out, shriveled up, burned up (or out)

Mark 2:23-28

TITLE: Jesus is Lord

TEXT: Mark 2:23-28: Jesus must be Lord of All.

Why? KEY WORD: Meanings READING: Same :

1. Many call him Lord - But he is not. Luke 6:462. God made him Lord. Acts 2:363. He is Lord of heaven and earth. Matthew 28:184. He is ALSO Lord of the Sabbath. Mark 2:23-285. Is Jesus your Lord?
2. Greek word “kurios” = Four definitions Ownership A. Does Christ own you? B. “My body. I can do what I want.” C. He bought us with his blood. Ephesians 1:71 Pe 1:18-19D. Are you bought with the blood of Jesus?

Master A. We must choose a master. Matthew 6:24B. Christ should be only one. Matthew 23:10C. Obey the master’s will. Luke 6:46D. All property belongs to our Master. All we have belongs to God. Psalms 24:1 (cattle); Haggai 2:8 (gold & silver); 1 Timothy 6:8-19 King A. Jesus is the King of Kings. 1 Timothy 1:171 Ti 6:15 Revelation 17:14B. For Jesus to be our King we must be in Kingdom. Church is the kingdom. Matthew 16:18-19 Colossians 1:13 - translated into the kingdom C. Enter Kingdom (enter Christ) by baptism. D. We must obey the King.

Reverence, Respect, Fear A. Gentiles did not fear God. Romans 3:18 Profanity, Immoral lives, Ignore the Bible B. Christians fear God. Acts 9:31 - Church will grow. Philippians 2:12 - Motivates us to save ourselves. 2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 Peter 3:15 - Try to save others. 2 Corinthians 7:1 - Urges us to be holy. Revelation 19:5 - Cause us to worship God. C. Solomon summed it up. Ecclesiastes 12:13 Is Jesus your Lord? If not now - in eternity. Philippians 2:9-11