As we close in on the last couple of days before Jesus’ death,
there is little neutral ground in the hearts of humankind. In light of Jesus’ love, tender hearts can’t hold back their lavish worship, and hard hearts grow harder still.
This passage contains Jesus’ longest uninterrupted teaching in the gospel of Mark. In response to the disciples marveling at the magnificence of the Jerusalem temple, Jesus predicts its utter destruction, after which the disciples when that will happen and when will be the sign that it’s about to take place.
After fielding a series of deceptive, adversarial questions with wisdom and grace, Jesus now asks a single powerful question, and reveals a prophetic truth, rattling the tenets of the religious core and their systemic manipulation, domination, and exploitation. The audience listens with delight as Jesus reveals Himself as the God who sees.
We all take comfort in being right. “Being right” helps us justify our
wrongs and make sense of wounds. “Being right” protects us from villains and liberates us to pursue the good life, or so we think. But happens when we find out our mind map of “being right” is off? What happens when we realize we don’t see life as clearly as we thought? Jesus eases the burden of our incessant needs of “being
right” and invites us to follow Him along the path to living well—truly liberated to live a life of love. In this sermon we explore what happens when the people most obsessed with being right confront the author of life.
This is Day 21 of our 21 Day Prayer Tour. We're praying for a new season of faithful ministry at Reality Santa Barbara and the other churches in the Reality Family.
We are returning to our Reality roots by praying for our city. Each day, listen to the podcast, and then take some time to pray in response.
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These are the sermons from the teaching ministry of Reality Santa Barbara, led by pastor Stephen Posey. We exist to create space for people to follow Jesus.For more information on our church, visit…