Saturday, December 24, 2011
It's Been a While
Merry Christmas. One way to keep Christ involved in our Christmas is to break the word down like this------ Mas in Spanish is more. Turn Christmas around and say Mas Christ.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Blind beggar Healed follower
Blind Beggar------Healed Follower Mark 10:46-52
We see Jesus and his disciples enter and start to leave Jericho. They are traveling around and performing the ministry that they have been called to do. We see Jesus’ encounter with a poor beggar. This beggar is in need of healing. Usually when we speak of healing we are referring to a physical problem. Something on the inside or outside is not functioning properly and the problem needs to be fixed. This problem in us needs to be transformed. If we are healed, we are usually big a big fan of the doctor that we went to. My doctor, Dr. Sehlokov, was an amazing physician. He performed the surgery that saved my life. I am a big fan of his. When I heard that he unexpectedly passed away a year and a half ago I panicked, and I cried. You may think that a little silly, but I had a great amount of respect and love for that man. My attention should have been on Jesus Christ though. Let see what happens when we turn our attention to Jesus Christ.
I. Blind Beggar
A. We find in verse 46 Bartemaus beside the highway begging.
B. When we encounter someone begging for money or such today, we often find them beside a busy thoroughfare.
C. Lets look at the word beggar for a moment. It means to cry out or to ask incessantly.
D. Bart is on this busy highway crying out incessantly.
E. He is in the middle of the world looking for help or relief.
F. He is looking for the fulfilling of his physical needs.
G. Notice that when Bart received help from men, he had to keep crying out or asking incessantly. He remained a beggar.
H. Our physical needs continue.
I. In a different instance in John 4:13 we see Jesus tell the woman at the Samaritan woman “whosoever drinketh of the water (physical water) will thirst again…”
J. The temporary empty physical fulfillment will only last until we need it again.
K. That is why Bart had to remain a beggar.
II. The Last Cry
A. Verse 47 we see Bart cry out to Jesus.
B. The reaction of those around Jesus is Important to take note of.
C. They confronted Bart and challenged him or commanded him to keep quiet and leave Jesus alone.
D. Are we these people sometimes?
E. Jesus is too busy with me right now to be concerned with you.
F. Jesus is tired and weary and does not have the energy to waste on a roadside beggar. There are more important people for Jesus to meet.
G. Do we have the time to share Jesus with those around us?
H. Bart cries out louder over the challenges of those that should be introducing him to Jesus.
I. In verse 49 we see Jesus calling Bart.
J. Are you being called this morning?
K. Have you been crying out or asking or seeking incessantly for a change in your life?
L. Cry the last cry you will ever need to cry today for that change.
III. Comfort
A. We see that those that went to Bart offered him comfort.
B. You can be comforted today.
C. That last cry to Jesus will bring you spiritual comfort today.
D. If Jesus is calling you this morning, be comforted and come to him.
E. Jesus asks Bart, “What will thou have me do unto you?”
F. What do you want Jesus to do for you this morning?
G. Bart simply answered, “I want to receive my sight.”
H. I want you to heal this incomplete part of me.
I. I want to be whole and I know you can do it.
J. Jesus said to Bart, “Go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole.”
K. The result of crying out that last cry to Jesus—Immediate healing.
L. If Jesus returned your physical sight like that, it would be easy to do what Bart did-Follow after Jesus.
M. Blind faith. Living by faith and not by sight.
N. In the account in john with the Samamrtian woman, we see Jesus tell her, “Whoever drinks of the water that I give shall never thirst again.”
Stop begging for change in your life this morning. Cry out that last cry to Jesus. A cry that will result in a complete and total spiritual healing. Then follow him as Bart did. Introduce people to him.
We see Jesus and his disciples enter and start to leave Jericho. They are traveling around and performing the ministry that they have been called to do. We see Jesus’ encounter with a poor beggar. This beggar is in need of healing. Usually when we speak of healing we are referring to a physical problem. Something on the inside or outside is not functioning properly and the problem needs to be fixed. This problem in us needs to be transformed. If we are healed, we are usually big a big fan of the doctor that we went to. My doctor, Dr. Sehlokov, was an amazing physician. He performed the surgery that saved my life. I am a big fan of his. When I heard that he unexpectedly passed away a year and a half ago I panicked, and I cried. You may think that a little silly, but I had a great amount of respect and love for that man. My attention should have been on Jesus Christ though. Let see what happens when we turn our attention to Jesus Christ.
I. Blind Beggar
A. We find in verse 46 Bartemaus beside the highway begging.
B. When we encounter someone begging for money or such today, we often find them beside a busy thoroughfare.
C. Lets look at the word beggar for a moment. It means to cry out or to ask incessantly.
D. Bart is on this busy highway crying out incessantly.
E. He is in the middle of the world looking for help or relief.
F. He is looking for the fulfilling of his physical needs.
G. Notice that when Bart received help from men, he had to keep crying out or asking incessantly. He remained a beggar.
H. Our physical needs continue.
I. In a different instance in John 4:13 we see Jesus tell the woman at the Samaritan woman “whosoever drinketh of the water (physical water) will thirst again…”
J. The temporary empty physical fulfillment will only last until we need it again.
K. That is why Bart had to remain a beggar.
II. The Last Cry
A. Verse 47 we see Bart cry out to Jesus.
B. The reaction of those around Jesus is Important to take note of.
C. They confronted Bart and challenged him or commanded him to keep quiet and leave Jesus alone.
D. Are we these people sometimes?
E. Jesus is too busy with me right now to be concerned with you.
F. Jesus is tired and weary and does not have the energy to waste on a roadside beggar. There are more important people for Jesus to meet.
G. Do we have the time to share Jesus with those around us?
H. Bart cries out louder over the challenges of those that should be introducing him to Jesus.
I. In verse 49 we see Jesus calling Bart.
J. Are you being called this morning?
K. Have you been crying out or asking or seeking incessantly for a change in your life?
L. Cry the last cry you will ever need to cry today for that change.
III. Comfort
A. We see that those that went to Bart offered him comfort.
B. You can be comforted today.
C. That last cry to Jesus will bring you spiritual comfort today.
D. If Jesus is calling you this morning, be comforted and come to him.
E. Jesus asks Bart, “What will thou have me do unto you?”
F. What do you want Jesus to do for you this morning?
G. Bart simply answered, “I want to receive my sight.”
H. I want you to heal this incomplete part of me.
I. I want to be whole and I know you can do it.
J. Jesus said to Bart, “Go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole.”
K. The result of crying out that last cry to Jesus—Immediate healing.
L. If Jesus returned your physical sight like that, it would be easy to do what Bart did-Follow after Jesus.
M. Blind faith. Living by faith and not by sight.
N. In the account in john with the Samamrtian woman, we see Jesus tell her, “Whoever drinks of the water that I give shall never thirst again.”
Stop begging for change in your life this morning. Cry out that last cry to Jesus. A cry that will result in a complete and total spiritual healing. Then follow him as Bart did. Introduce people to him.
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