January 19, 2025Following Jesus
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Mark 2:13-17
Introduction
Jesus had just been in the house, with a lot of people, and healed the
paralyzed man. He now goes out to the sea side, and is again followed by
a multitude. They didn't have cameras to take pictures, but imagine the
paparazzi. Jesus amassed a large following because of the miracles He
did. We have the specific calling of Matthew.
I. His Calling (Mark 2:13-14)
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A. Seaside calling
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1. "by the sea" (13)
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- There was a lot of space for the crowd to gather.
- It was not limited to the crowded house
2. "the multitude" (13)
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- Walking through the pages of Mark, many miracles had been done! Word
had gotten out, and Jesus had become popular!
3. "he taught them" (13)
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- Jesus is found over and over teaching people!
- He was more than just a miracle worker, he was a minister, and had a
message from the Word!
- The calling came during the teaching of the Word!
B. Spontaneous calling
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1. "as he passed by" (14)
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- The Gospel message is often a fleeting message!
Matthew 13:4 “^4\ ^And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way
side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:”
February 23, 2025 A Seaside Multitude
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Mark 3:8-12
Introduction
In our last message entitled the “Sabbath Showdown” out of Mark, 3:1-8
we covered
I. The Crippled Man (withered hand)
II. The Compassionate man (Jesus)
III. The Contentious Men (Pharisees)
IV. The Converted Men
In keeping with the continuity of the passage, we note that Jesus had
left the synagogue having clearly put the Pharisees in their place. He
went to the seaside. One cannot hardly read the passage without taking
notice of the word “multitude” that shows up in verse 7, 8, and 9 that
it is a prominent point of the passage. There is emphasis in the crowd.
November 27, 2022 November 27, 2022
Glimpse of Heaven
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Revelation 4:2-11
Introduction
Last week we saw the Rapture, Throne, and the Lord sits on the throne.
We noted the Priestly heritage, the Promise in the rainbow, and the
Praise worthiness that the emerald represents.
The Travel (Trumpet) (1)
-Door -Christ
-Declaration -Come up
-Destiny -Condemnation to unfold
The Throne (2-7)
The Tribute (8-11)
-Worship
--Seraphims
--Elders
-Worthy
I. The Travel (Rev 4:1)
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A. Door (Jesus)
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John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, I am the door of the sheep.
December 4, 2022 December 4, 2022
Revelation 5
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Revelation 5:1-4
I. Sealed Book (1-4)
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A. Book -
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1. Daniel saw this scene. (Dan 7:9-10, 13-14)
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Dan. 7:9 ¶ I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient
of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his
head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his
wheels as burning fire. 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from
before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand
times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the
books were opened.
August 17, 2025 August 8, 2025
A Crumb of a Miracle
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Mark 7:24-30
Introduction
What is a crumb? A crumb is not thought of as anything grand. Matter of
fact, we would consider them dirty, annoying, and brush them off the
table, collect them in our hand, and throw them away. No one, asks for a
box for crumbs. They are pitched without thought. We have a crumb of a
miracle here in Mark 7. But the crumb made a difference to this woman
and her daughter. The smallest of God’s miracles, is life changing for
some!
August 24, 2025 August 24, 2025 - AM
Deaf man Healed
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Mark 7:31-35
Introduction
A couple of interesting things about this passage. This miracle is not recorded in the other Gospels. It is unique to the Gospel of Mark.
Jesus traveled quite a bit, it is estimated about 60 to 70 miles traveling. That would be up to 3-4 day trip of walking every day. The Bible doesn’t explain to us the details about the traveling of Jesus, but that is a lot of walking.
September 7, 2025 August 31, 2025Feeding 4000
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Mark 8:1-9
Introduction
There are two separate miracles, the Feeding of the 5000 takes place on the west side of the Sea of Galilee, while the feeding of the 4000 takes place on the east side of the Sea of Galilee. The 5000 is recorded in all the Gospels where the 4000 is only recorded in Matthew and Mark. The 5000 there are 5 loaves, and 2 fish, the 4000 there are seven loaves and a few small fishes. The miracles were performed under very similar circumstances.
September 14, 2025 September 14, 2025
Certainty about Christ
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Mark 8:27-38
Introduction
Last week we looked at two miracles, the miracle where the blind man was made to see, however he saw men walking as trees. We equated that to the fact that now, we don’t have perfect understanding. The second miracle was the second touch, and he was made to see clearly! Much like in heaven we will see clearly.
October 8, 2025 September 28, 2025
The Transfiguration of Christ
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Mark 9:1-13
Introduction
There is a continuity here in the Gospel of Mark that we have stumbled across. It started with the Blind man seeing men as trees after Jesus touched him the first time. We equated that to many things we do not understand here in our life time. But soon after, he was touched again, and made completely whole! The very next section Jesus is asking his disciples who do men say that I am….. Jesus makes it very clear to his disciples that He is the Christ, the Messiah. They of course said that about him as well. But they didn’t fully understand the implications of that.
October 14, 2025 October 5, 2025
Growing in Faith
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Mark 9:14-29
Introduction
We have been following the life of Christ, and specifically his interactions with the disciples. We have dealt a lot with the certainty he made clear to the disciples about the fact that He (Jesus) is God. The Transfiguration was a very clear revelation to Peter, James and John the inner circle, those disciples that were perhaps closer to Jesus than others.