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This is Part 22 in a year-long series on the book of Mark taught by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: Peter Knows

MARK 8:27-29

Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets."

"But what about you?" he asked.

"Who do you say I am?"

Peter answered,

"You are the Messiah."

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

MATTHEW 16:17

Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.

EVERYTHING IS NOT THE SAME THING AS EVERY THING.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS EVERY THING.

The deepest parts of us

will know

the deepest part of Him

forever.

Faith is not a set of things to study.

It is a river to step into.

"Becoming a Christian

might look more like falling in love

than baking cookies."

Donald Miller

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

When the eternal is known, it becomes external.

When the eternal becomes external, it becomes known.

HEBREWS 11:1-3

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

This is what the ancients were commended for.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Faith knows before it gets externalized.

And through faith, it becomes externalized.

"I know something I'm not supposed to know."

Erwin McManus

JOHN 3:27

A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.

1 CORINTHIANS 2:9-10

"What no eye has seen what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived" - the things God has prepared for those who love him - these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

MARK 8:30

Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

This is Part 21 of a year-long series on the Book of Mark taught by Teaching and Vision Pastor, Jason English, in Boone NC.

 

Subtitle: See AND Understand

MARK 8:22-26

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man 

and begged Jesus to touch him.

He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.

When he had spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him,

Jesus asked, "Do you see anything?"

He looked up and said,

"I see people;

they look like trees walking around."

Once more Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes

Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored,

And he saw everything clearly.

Jesus sent him home,

saying, "Don't even go into the village."

I need You to prove Yourself to me

I need You

This is Part 20 in a year-long series covering the Book of Mark. Today's episode is taught by theHeart Community Life Pastor, Josh Anderson.

 

Subtitle: Feeding 4000

MARK 8:1a

During those days another large crowd gathered.

MARK 8:1b-3

Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothering to eat. If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come along distance."

SPLAGCHNIZOMAI

Greek

(v) to be moved from the bowels

COMPASSION = ACTION

Mark 1:41

Luke 15:20

Luke 10:33-34

Matthew 20:34

COMPASSION = ACTION

Compassion + Action = Miracles

MARK 8:4

His disciples answerd, "But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?"

LOVE IN ACTION

"Let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth." `1 John 3

MARK 8:5-7

"How many loaves do you have?" Jesus asked.

"Seven," they replied.

He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the poeple, and they did so. They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them.

FEEDING 4000

7 Loaves of Bread

7 Baskets Full

MARK 8:8-10

The people ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away, he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.

FEEDING THE MULTITUDES

Broken Pieces

FEEDING 4000

4 X 1000

4 = the Whole World

FEEDING 4000

On the fourth day, God created the sun, the moon, and all the stars Genesis 1:14-19

MARK 8:11-13

The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven. He sighed deeply and said, "Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it." Then he left them, got back into the boat and crossed to the other side.

CHASING MIRACLES

The Pharisees were blind to the miracle.

God does not win people with miracles.

Who is 'this generation'?

MARK 8:11-13

The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. "Be careful," Jesus warned them, "Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod."  They discussed this with one another and said, 

"It is because we have no bread."

CORRUPTED BREAD

Matthew 16:12

Luke 12:1

MARK 8:17-21

Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"

"Twelve," they replied.

"And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"

They answered, "Seven."

He said to them, "Do you still not understand?"

THE MESSIAH FOR ALL

"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work."

John 4:34

COMMUNION

This is His Body Broken for You.

This is His Blood Poured Out for You.

This is Part 19 in a year-long series on the Book of Mark taught by Teaching and Vision Pastor, Jason English in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: Syrophoenician

MARK 7:24-26

Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.

He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.

In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet.

The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia.

She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

MATTHEW 15 ACCOUNT

"Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me!

My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly."

Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us."

He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said.

MARK 7:27-37

"First let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."

"Lord," she replied, "even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

Then he told her, "For such a reply, you may go;

the demon has left your daughter."

She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to he Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a ma who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him. After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means "Be opened!") 

At this, the man's ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement. "He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."

This is the eighth teaching in a series on the 7 Festivals by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart Church in Boone NC.

Subtitle: Appointed

LEVITICUS 23.1,2

The Lord said to Moses, "Speak to the Israelites and say to them:

'These are my appointed times [MO'ED]

the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as

sacred assemblies. [MIQRA]

ROMANS 15:4

everything that was written in the past was written to teach us

HEBREWS 8:1-6

pattern of heavenly things on earth (Exodus 25)

NUMBERS 8:4

the lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the Lord had shown Moses.

COLOSSIANS 1:15-17

The Son is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn over all creation.

For in him all things were created:

things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,

whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;

all things have been created through him and for him.

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

LEVITICUS 23:6

On the fifteenth day of that month

the Lord's Festival [CHAG]

of Unleavened Bread begins;

for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast.

The

This is the final teaching on a series on the 7 Festivals.

Subtitle: Pentecost

Spirit

Genesis 1.2 - Spirit hovering over waters 

Genesis 1.9 - gathered the waters 

Genesis 2.5-7 - waters come up from ground.

Adam breathed into. 

Pentecost

From Exodus 19 

In the third month after Jews left Egypt, they arrived in Sinai desert and camped opposite Mount Sinai. 

Moses gave the people two days to cleanse themselves and their clothes, 

and prepare for the third day. Moses told them not to come too near Mount Sinai.

Early morning, dense clouds covered the mountain.

Thunder and lighting. The sound of the shofar came strong, and the top of the mountain

 was enveloped in fire and smoke.

The Israelites at the foot of Sinai stood in awe.

Moses went up alone on mountain,

and a mighty voice announced Ten Commands.

Pentecost= Count 50

Shavuot = Weeks

(7Weeks. Week of Weeks)

Early Harvest. Spring Harvest

Acts2.1-8

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 

Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated

and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit

and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. 

Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews

from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, 

because each one heard their own language being spoken. 

Utterly amazed, they asked:

“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 

Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 

Acts2.9-15

 Parthians, Medes and Elamites;residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt andthe parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—

we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” Amazed and perplexed,

they asked one another, “What does this mean?”  Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”  Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!

Acts2.16,17

  No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

 

In the last days, God says,

    I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

[Joel 2.28]

The Father gives His glory

through His nation Israel,

through His Son,

through His Spirit

to the world.

Habakkuk 2.14

the earth shall be filled

with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

Ecclesiastes 3.11   

He has set eternity in the human heart;

yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Romans 8.11

the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you

Unlimited

inside of

Limited

?

The Holy Spirit in you

means that

you are capable of doing

more than

you are capable of doing.

This is Part 18 of a year long series on the Book of Mark taught by Teaching and Vision Pastor, Jason English in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: That Which Defiles

MARK 7:1-23

That Which Defiles

HEART

1 Samuel 16:7

 

Psalm 139:23-24

Psalm 51:10

James 4:8

PSALM 84:1-4

How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young - a place near your altar, Lord Almighty, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

This is Part 17 of a year-long series on the Book of Mark taught by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: Just Like Him

MARK 6:45-56

Just Like Him

 

4 MILES

Average Rowing Speed = 3 mph = 1 hour 20 minutes

8 man crew Rowing Speed = 10-15 mph = 15-25 minutes

Harsh Wind Factor = 1 hour per mile = 4 hours

Rabbi Jesus called you and is forming you to be just like Him.

Genesis 1:27

2 Corinthians 3:18

1 John 3:2

This is Part 16 of a year-long series on the Book of Mark taught by Teaching and Vision Pastor, Jason English.

 

 

Subtitle: Feeding

MARK 6:30-47

FEEDING

This is Part 15 of a year-long series on the Book of Mark taught by Teaching and Vision Pastor, Jason English.

 

Subtitle: The Ministry of John the Baptist

MARK 6:7-29

The ministry of John the Baptist