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This is Part 14 of a year-long series on the Book of Mark. Today's teaching is brought by Amanda Opelt. Amanda is a gifted teacher, as well as singer and songwriter. You can listen to her music here.

 

Subtitle: Skandalon

MARK 6:1-6

Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed.

"Where did this man get these things?" they asked. "What's this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.

Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home." He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. He was amazed at their lack of faith.

Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.

 

 

 

SKANDALON

MIRACLES

dunamai

This is Part 13 of a year-long series on the Book of Mark taught by Teaching and Vision Pastor, Jason English.

 

Subtitle: Daughter

MARK 5:21-43

Daughter

 

 

When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. He pleaded earnestly with him, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live." So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him.

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed."

Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" "You see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, 'Who touched me?'"

But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his fee and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."

While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. "Your daughter is dead," they said. "Why bother the teacher anymore?" Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, "Don't be afraid; just believe." He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. He went in and said to them, "Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him.

After he put them all out, he took the child's father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which means "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"). Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

DAUGHTER

This is Parts 5 and 6 in a short series on the 7 Festivals

Subtitle: Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits

HIDDEN

PSALM 19:12

Forgive my hidden faults.

cathar

:intent of not being revealed

HIDDEN TO CONCEAL

PSALM 69:5

You, God, know my folly;

my guilt is not hidden from you.

kachad

:cut off, cut down, destroyed

HIDDEN TO DESTROY

PSALM 119:11

I have hidden your word in my heart

that I might not sin against you.

tsaphan

:treasured

HIDDEN TO ENJOY

PSALM 78:2

I will open my mouth with a parable;

I will utter hidden things

chiydah

:riddle, parable, enigmatic question

HIDDEN TO REVEAL

LUKE 24:1-8

JESUS

Died on Passover

Buried on Unleavened Bread

Resurrected on Firstfruits

JESUS

-firstborn of Mary (Matthew 1:23-25)

-first begotten of God (Hebrews 1:6)

-firstborn of all creation (Colossians 1:15)

-firstborn from the dead (Revelation 1:5)

-firstborn among many brothers & sisters (Romans 8:29)

-first fruits of resurrected ones (1 Corinthians 15:20,23)

1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-23

ROMANS 4:25

He was delivered over to death for our sins

and was raised to life for our justification

COLOSSIANS 3:1-4

FOR YOU DIED, AND YOUR LIFE IS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD.

WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS YOUR LIFE, APPEARS, THEN YOU ALSO WILL APPEAR WITH HIM IN GLORY.

This is Part 4 on a short series about the 7 Festivals. 

Subtitle: Passover

7 FESTIVALS

1 - Yom T'ruah (Rosh Hashana)

2 - Yom Kippur

3 - Sukkot (Tabernacles/Booths)

4 - Pesach (Passover)

LEVITICUS 23

This is Part 12 of a year-long series on the Book of Mark taught by Teaching and Vision Pastor, Jason English.

 

Subtitle: To the Tombs

MARK 5:1

They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARK 5:2-5

When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

 

MARK 5:6-10

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name don't torture me!" For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you impure spirit!" Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"

My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many."

And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.

 

 

MARK 5:11-17

A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them." He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man - and told about the pigs as well. Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.

 

 

MARK 5:18-20

As Jesus was getting in to the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.

Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."

So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him.

And all the people were amazed.

 

 

PSALM 139:8-12

If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me," even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

 

 

2 CORINTHIANS 4:6-10

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

 

 

ZEPHANIAH 3:14-17

Sing, Daughter Zion; shout aloud, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm. On that day they will say to Jerusalem, "Do not fear, Zion; do not let your hands hang limp. The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."

 

 

PSALM 46

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear

This is Part 11 in a year-long series on the book of Mark. Today's installment is taught by Dan Enarson. Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart is Jason English.

 

Subtitle: Wind and Waves

 

MARK 4:35-41

THE WIND AND THE WAVES

PARABLES

Using the Visible to Explain the Invisible in order to make the Invisible Visible.

 

 

MIRACLES

Using the Temporal to demonstrate the Eternal in order to make the Eternal Present.

 

 

THREE QUESTIONS

"Do you not care...?"

"Why are you afraid...?"

"Who then is this...?"

 

 

'DO YOU NOT CARE...?"

Original Sin

 

He said the them, "Let us go over (dierchomai) to the other side." (v. 35)

 

"To pass through/go through"

 

 

"WHY ARE YOU AFRAID...?"

He said to them, "Why are you afraid (deilos)? Do you still have no faith?"

 

They became very much afraid (phobeo)...

 

Luke 12:32

 

 

JOHN PAUL II

"Do not be afraid to welcome Christ and accept His power...

Do not be afraid of what He may ask you...

Do not be afraid to set out on new paths of total self-giving."

 

 

"WHO THEN IS THIS...?"

Sea/ocean = chaos

Psalm 65:5-7

 

Genesis 1

 

 

DONALD MILLER

"Fear isn't only a guide to keep us safe; it's also a manipulative emotion 

that can trick us into living a boring life."

 

 

SIT/SLEEP

Psalm 91

 

"He that dwells (yashav) in the shelter of the Most High, shall abide (lun) under the shadow of the Almighty...You will not Fear."

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

 

Subtitle: (No Longer) Hidden

 

MARK 4:21-34

(No Longer) Hidden

MARK 4:21-34

Lamp on a Stand

Growing Seed

Mustard Seed

MARK 4:21-25

Lamp on a Stand

John 1:1-10 - Light in the Darkness

Luke 24:13-32 - Emmaus

MARK 4:26-29

Growing Seed

Luke 17:20-21 - Not By Careful Observation

MARK 4:30-34

Mustard Seed

PARABLES

Using the Visible 

to Explaining 

the Invisible 

in Order to Make 

the Invisible Visible.

PARABLES

That which was hidden 

was now being revealed

MATTHEW 13:35

I will open my mouth in parables, 

I will utter things hidden

since the creation of the world.

(From Psalm 78:2)

1 CORINTHIANS 2:7

We declare God's wisdom,

a mystery that has been hidden

and that God destined for our

glory before time began.

1 PETER 1:20-21

A thing is only revealed if it has first been hidden.

Therefore, you must hide yourself in Christ

in order to hope for the glory

that will be revealed through Christ.

COLOSSIANS 3:3-4

JOHN 11:25

 

The Hidden Messiah was Revealed

so you can Hide in Him 

so you can be Revealed like Him.

ROMANS 16:25-27

This is Part 9 in a year long series on the Book of Mark taught by Teaching and Vision Pastor, Jason English.

 

Subtitle: The Farmer

 

MARK 4:1-20

THE FARMER

PARABLES

DEEP CALLING TO DEEP

PARABLES

Using the visible to explain the invisible in order to make the invisible visible.

MYSTERIES

HIDDEN

MYSTERIES

Not difficult to understand;

Impossible to understand.

ISAIAH 6:8-13

GENESIS 22:17-18

SEED OF ABRAHAM

FARMER SOWS THE WORD

Along the path, Satan steals

Rocky places, no roots

Thorny places, no fruit

Good soil, produces a crop

FARMER SOWS THE WORD

1 PETER 1:23

HUNDREDFOLD

GENESIS 26:12

 

GALATIANS 3:14-16

GALATIANS 3:29

SEEDS PRODUCE SEEDS

JOHN 12:24

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

 

Subtitle: Outsiders Like Insiders

MARK 3:7-34

OUTSIDERS LIKE INSIDERS

MARK 3:22

Beelzebul

2 Kings 1:1-3

Baal-zebub, the god of ekron

haSatan

JOHN 14:30-31

"the prince of this world is coming.

he has no hold over me,

but he comes so that the world may learn

that I love the Father and do exactly

what my Father has commanded me."

1 JOHN 4:4

"I saw Satan fall like lightning."

[Isaiah 14]

THE MINISTRY OF JESUS

(THE GOSPEL)

TREATING OUTSIDERS LIKE INSIDERS

MARK 3:29

BLASPHEMY

GOD is the

SOURCE of

RECONCILIATION

1 JOHN 1:9-10

PSALM 130

This is the seventh installment of a year-long series on the Book of Mark. Today's teaching is by Josh Anderson, Community Life Pastor at theHeart.

 

Subtitle: Love in Action

MARK 2:23-3:6

Two Sabbath Stories

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Exodus 20:8-11

WHAT IS SABBATH?

shabbat = "cease, desist, rest"

shev = "sit"

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Genesis 2:2-3

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Shabat = To Cease

Melakhah = Creativity or Creative Activities

Kadosh = Holy

Hakadosh = God Himself, the Holy One

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Celebrating God's Role as Creator

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Set Apart as Holy

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Separated in Radical Ways

WHAT IS SABBATH?

"Fence" Around the Torah

39 CATEGORIES

Preventing People from Creating on the Sabbath

MARK 2:23-28

Exodus 34:21

MARK 2:23-28

How the Pharisees Observed the Sabbath

MARK 2:23-28

Deuteronomy 5:14

MARK 2:23-28

Leviticus 19:9-10

MARK 2:23-28

Deuteronomy 23:25

MARK 2:25-26

Consecrated Bread

 

 

CONSECRATED BREAD

 

 

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Made for Man

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Holy

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Using sacred things to help one another is the only way to give them to God.

WHAT IS SABBATH?

The day of freedom from work is a gift for humanity's good.

WHAT IS SABBATH?

The Sabbath is most fully celebrated by the demonstration of compassion and mercy.

MARK 2:28

"So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

MARK 3:1-6

The Man with the Paralyzed Hand

MORE RULES

Medical attention could be administered only if life was in danger

MORE RULES

Excessive rules make the Sabbath unholy.

TWO QUESTIONS

"Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath?"

"Is it lawful to save a life or kill it?"

WHAT IS SABBATH?

To Jesus, the most important thing in the world was not the correct performance of a ritual but the spontaneous answer to the cry of human need.

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Following the law instead of fulfilling the law misses the point of why the law was 

given to us in the first place.

WHAT IS SABBATH?

1 Corinthians 3:16

WHAT IS SABBATH?

Love in Action