1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, welcome back to How to Say the Bible. 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 2: I'm your host, Nicole Yunis, and I'm so glad that 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 2: you're here with me today, whether you're joining us here 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: on YouTube or wherever you get your audio, whether you're 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: sitting with your Bible right in front of you ready 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: to dive in with me, or you're going about your 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 2: business and you're just trying to squeeze in some time 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 2: where you can be encouraged by God's word. Wherever you 10 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: find yourself, you're in exactly the right place. We are 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 2: here to just discover together what God has for us. 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: What's incredible to me in the midst of a world 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: that is often so turbulent. I know that I experienced 14 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 2: the world as turbulent. I experience my inner world as 15 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: incredibly turbulent. And to have an anchor for our souls, 16 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: that's what it says in the Book of Hebrews. To 17 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 2: actually have a framing, grounding place where we don't have 18 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: to question and is this true? 19 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: What does this mean? 20 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: We can actually discover together knowing that because God's word 21 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: is living and active, as it says to us in 22 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: the Book of Hebrews, because it's living and active. It's 23 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: always doing a work. This is like nourishment for your soul. 24 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 2: Just like a healthy meal. You don't actually always know 25 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: exactly how that healthy meal works in your body, but 26 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: you know that over time, when you are a person 27 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: who eats healthy meals, you are a healthier person. It's 28 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: very similar with the Bible. You don't always know how 29 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: this is nourishing your soul. You're not actually sure, like 30 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 2: when you show up for God every day, what that 31 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 2: is doing. But over time, what's happening is that your 32 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 2: soul is being formed and shaped into the image of Christ. 33 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: The ways that you are being encouraged, the ways that 34 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: you're being comforted, the ways that you're being challenged, is 35 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: actually giving you a frame to understand and engage your 36 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: inner world. No matter how turbulent the outer world or 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: inner world feels. This is a way that we are 38 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 2: actually able to understand what it means that Jesus said, 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 2: I've come so that you can have life and have 40 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 2: it to the full. This is our tool to understand 41 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: the full and free life. So we are in the 42 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 2: Gospel of Mark right now. If you're just joining us, 43 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 2: it's great. You can jump right in with us in 44 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: Mark chapter three. But just so you know, the last 45 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 2: couple of weeks we've been starting to walk through the 46 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 2: Book of Mark. I'm really excited for us to take 47 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 2: this all the way to Easter and a little beyond. 48 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 2: This is a great chance for you to just clear 49 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: the decks and ask yourself what does it mean to 50 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 2: follow Jesus. This isn't about anyone else, This isn't about 51 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: anything else, This isn't about controversy, This isn't about having 52 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 2: to act or be a certain way. This is just 53 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: an opportunity to say, who is the person of Jesus 54 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 2: and what does he say about himself? What does it 55 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: mean to follow Jesus? So I've titled Mark chapter three 56 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 2: the Secret to Being Yourself because we are going to 57 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: see how Jesus is operating wholly from the influences and 58 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: pressures of the day, that he is able to move 59 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 2: through the world in obedience to his father, despite and 60 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 2: in spite of many ways that we might even find 61 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 2: a little bit challenging. Though, the choice is that Jesus 62 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 2: makes that we're going to see today. So first thing 63 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 2: we're going to do is what we always do. We're 64 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 2: just asking the question in Mark chapter three, what does 65 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 2: it say? We want to be able to say, here's 66 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 2: what I learned today, Here's what this chapter was about. 67 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 2: You don't have to know every little piece of it, 68 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 2: but you kind of want to know where it's going. 69 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: Because if we don't zoom out on a book like Mark, 70 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: and we just go way way deep deep on the microscope, 71 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 2: never out on the telescope, we're going to miss kind 72 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 2: of like the bigger picture of what is happening here. 73 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: And this book is full of action, as you know, 74 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: because I know I landed like a lot of thoughts 75 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: in chapter two. 76 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: Full of action. 77 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 2: So it is important for us to say, Okay, in general, 78 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: within the actions that have been happening, what are we learning. 79 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: So we learned in. 80 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: Chapter two Jesus's clear authority, right, Remember he had authority 81 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 2: to forgive sin, he had authority over the law when 82 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: he actually reinterpreted what Sabbath means, and he has authority 83 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 2: over creation. So we know and are starting to see 84 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 2: that Jesus, not only in his words but also in 85 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: his actions, is bringing all of this power. And if 86 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 2: we are confused about how that felt at the time, 87 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: Mark gives us plenty of context to understand that people 88 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 2: were as amazed as they would be today, is as 89 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: amazed as they were then. It talks about the crowds 90 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: that were coming, pressing in on Jesus. They didn't even 91 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 2: have time to eat, they didn't have time to sleep. 92 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 2: There were so many people everywhere they went. Despite the 93 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 2: fact that Jesus continues to move around to towns and 94 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 2: villages in the area that he is, people and crowds 95 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: follow him everywhere he goes. 96 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: All right, let's open up. Remember where we left off. 97 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 2: Jesus just said in March chapter two, so he is 98 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: the lord of the Sabbath like the Sabbath was. Let 99 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: me just let me read it for you. This is 100 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 2: verse twenty seven from chapter two. This is where we 101 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 2: left off. The Sabbath was made for man, not man 102 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 2: for the Sabbath. So the son of Man is lord 103 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: even of the Sabbath. Now, as a reminder, why Jesus 104 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 2: said that was the religious leaders were starting to call 105 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: him out because his Hymnist disciples had picked some grain 106 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: on the Sabbath to feed themselves, and Jesus is like, hey, 107 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 2: I'm going to declare the higher law here so that 108 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: you understand God doesn't need you to sabbath. God has 109 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 2: given you sabbath for life, for restoration, for freedom right. 110 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 2: And then we roll into what's about to happen here. 111 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 2: So in chapter three, if you haven't yet read, mark 112 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 2: chapter three, this is a great chance. 113 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to always remind you. 114 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: Pause the podcast, pause your audio, pause your video, take 115 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 2: a listen. 116 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: You can listen to any. 117 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 2: Free Bible app if you want to listen to chapter three, 118 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 2: or you can read it in your own Bible if 119 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 2: you're sitting down with your Bible study. And if you 120 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 2: are sitting down with your Bible study, you'll see here 121 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 2: that these are my notes that I just took right 122 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 2: before this podcast. I want you to do the same thing. 123 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 2: You're just kind of taking an understanding of what do 124 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 2: you observe, what are you curious about? What questions do 125 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 2: you have. I'm not going to, of course, answer all 126 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 2: of them, but I want to be able to answer 127 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 2: some of them. And you want to write those questions 128 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: down because that's part of the discovery process. And so 129 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 2: we're in chapter three, and we know that Jesus just 130 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 2: said this stuff about the sabbath, and then this is 131 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 2: what happens verses one through five. Another time, Jesus went 132 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 2: into the synagogue and a man with a shriveled hand 133 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 2: was there. Some of them were looking for a reason 134 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see 135 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 2: if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Notice this 136 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 2: is like adventures in missing the point right, Like right now, 137 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 2: everyone's focused on what Jesus is going to do. No 138 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: one's focused on the fact that there is a person 139 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 2: who is experiencing less life than they could experience because 140 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 2: of an injury and illness that they have. So he's 141 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 2: got this withered hand, Jesus says to the man with 142 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: the shriveled hand, stand up in front of everyone. Then 143 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 2: Jesus asked them and by them. 144 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: He's looking now at the. 145 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 2: Religious leaders, and he says, what is lawful on the 146 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 2: Sabbath to do good or to do evil? To save life, 147 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 2: or to kill? But they remain silent, And he looked 148 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 2: around at them in anger and deeply distressed at their 149 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 2: stubborn hearts. He said to the man, stretch out your hand. 150 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 2: He stretched it out and his hand was completely restored. 151 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 2: Then the pharisees went out and began to plot with 152 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 2: the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. Now, that should 153 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 2: stop you in your tracks, Like, if you're reading this, 154 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 2: you should stop. 155 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: And be like wait, what, Like what We're barely into 156 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: the Gospel of Mark. We are on the third chapter. 157 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: We have just gotten started. Jesus is just getting started 158 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: with his public. 159 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 2: Ministry, and already we've got this like mic drop line 160 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: that religious officials are already thinking about how they might 161 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 2: kill Jesus. Now that should really make you think, like, 162 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 2: what in the world it would be happening? 163 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: That would cause people. Now here's what's interesting. 164 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 2: If you want to know what the backstory is the 165 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 2: Herodians and the Pharisees, which is in verse six. They 166 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 2: are not friends. I want you to think about two 167 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 2: kinds of people as far apart on the political spectrum 168 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 2: that you can imagine right now, who have such a 169 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 2: common enemy that they are willing to work together. Now 170 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 2: we're at a very divisive time, so this feels real fresh. 171 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 2: That's what these two groups of people were, Like what 172 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 2: Jesus was doing was so disturbing to their order, to 173 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: this system, to their power, to the way that they 174 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: were moving through the world, to their own sense of 175 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 2: let's say security, let's say identity that because of who 176 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 2: Jesus was and what he was doing, they were already 177 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 2: plotting to kill him. Now, of course, let's reverse engineer 178 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 2: what has just happened here. Well, first of all, Jesus 179 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 2: has declared a higher law. Remember we talked about that 180 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 2: in chapter two. That Jesus is saying there is a 181 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 2: higher law. And so he turns to the religious leaders 182 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: and he says this line, what's better to save life 183 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 2: or to kill on Sabbath? Now, keep in mind, a 184 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 2: withered hand wasn't killing anyone. Here's what's really really interesting. 185 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 2: To have a withered hand was not a terminal illness. 186 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 2: You know, we've seen people who are paralyzed, We've seen people, 187 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 2: and we're going to start to see people who are 188 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 2: sick or dead that Jesus raises from the dead. But 189 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 2: Jesus is actually calling anything less than full life. He's 190 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 2: calling death. He's saying, this man isn't at his fullness, 191 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 2: he's not at his full freedom, he's not at his 192 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 2: full healing, his full wholeness. And so this is going 193 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 2: to be the higher law is when I, when I 194 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 2: actually heal this man who is having something that would 195 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 2: hinder his life, but not kill his life. And so 196 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 2: we start to ask the question like, what does Jesus 197 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 2: care about? What is really important to Jesus? And then 198 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: the other thing that we yet introduced to here is 199 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 2: what is Jesus upset about? 200 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: What is Jesus not like? 201 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 2: And you read that right, by the way, if you 202 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 2: read those words and you read the words that says 203 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 2: he looked at them with anger in his heart and 204 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:05,599 Speaker 2: deeply distressed about their stubbornness. You see, it says in 205 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 2: scripture that God opposes the proud. God goes on the 206 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 2: offense against pride. This is the place where God presses 207 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 2: in because pride is what will always keep us from growing. 208 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 2: Pride and closed mindedness will keep us from real life. 209 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 2: And these guys, who anyone in that room, in that 210 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 2: synagogue in that town would say, if you're gonna find 211 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 2: kind of the good religious leaders, it's these guys. And 212 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 2: Jesus is angry at them. And what he's angry about 213 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 2: is their lack of ability to see what the Kingdom 214 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 2: of God is really about. That the Kingdom of God 215 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 2: is not about a religion of rights and wrongs and 216 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 2: about how many things you can check off to show 217 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 2: how holy you are. The Kingdom of God is about 218 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 2: restoring life everywhere it goes. It's about reconciling life and 219 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 2: healing life, and bringing compassion and life love everywhere it goes. 220 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 2: And because of the fact that they were majoring in 221 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 2: such a minor thing, that they would have a person 222 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: who was experiencing anything less than life, and they'd be 223 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 2: watching to see if Jesus would bring life to a 224 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 2: person who was in distress. That's what made him angry. 225 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 2: That's what made Jesus so distressed about their stubbornness because 226 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 2: he knew they were missing the point. There is nothing 227 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 2: that makes Jesus more upset than people who think they're right, 228 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: who are missing the point and are missing opportunities to 229 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 2: love and to heal. 230 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: So this happens, and then. 231 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 2: We move on from there, because I remember we're still 232 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 2: in What does it say, I'm sorry I started preaching, 233 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 2: but I can't help it. I just like this passage, 234 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 2: this understanding the emotion and the tone of this moment 235 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: in Jesus's life when he's in a place of worship 236 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 2: and he's seeing that those who are meant to worship 237 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 2: God in spirit and in truth, as it says in 238 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 2: the Gospel of John, are actually so far from him 239 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 2: in his heart is just it's so distressing, right. And 240 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,439 Speaker 2: then on top of all that, when he calls them 241 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 2: out for who they really are, this is what it says, 242 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 2: and that's when they began to plot how they could 243 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 2: kill Jesus. Never underestimate the lengths that people will go 244 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 2: to to retain power. Never underestimate the lengths that people 245 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 2: will go to to contain and hold order, even those 246 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 2: who say that they're good and righteous. And so we 247 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 2: leave this moment. It says that Jesus withdrew with his 248 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 2: disciples to the lake, and then many, many people surrounded him. 249 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 2: And this is where we've got this proof text about 250 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 2: how many people were finding out about Jesus. Remember there's 251 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 2: no social media, there's no Instagram, there's no Channel twelve news, 252 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 2: there's no there's no Internet, there's no newspaper. This is 253 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 2: word of mouth, Like what is happening here? I mean, 254 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 2: can you imagine having your life completely changed? Can you 255 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 2: imagine how you would talk about that everywhere that you went, 256 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 2: How you would want every single person that you've ever 257 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 2: met in your entire life to know what had happened 258 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 2: to you. And so this is spreading like wildfaft. Our 259 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 2: People are coming to Jesus and his disciples from every 260 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 2: which way. They are coming from every region because he's 261 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 2: healed so many. And it says that whenever impure spirits 262 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 2: saw him, so a sickness of the soul. Whenever impure 263 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,319 Speaker 2: spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, 264 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 2: you are the son of God verse twelve. But he 265 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 2: gave them strict orders not to tell others about him. Now, 266 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 2: this is interesting. This is termed. Commentators call this in 267 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 2: the Gospels the Messianic secret, and it's a little confusing, 268 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 2: and it should have stopped you if you've read this chapter, 269 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 2: you would want to stop and ask the question, why 270 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 2: would Jesus not want people to know who he was? 271 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 2: Why would he do these good things and then immediately 272 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 2: tell people, don't tell people who I am. And there's 273 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 2: a lot of conjecture about that, and it's going to 274 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 2: start to become more clear to us as we get 275 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 2: into chapter five. But right here, before we get to 276 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 2: chapter five, just know that there was so much hype 277 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 2: around who the Messiah was going to be, and all 278 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 2: through the prophecies in the Old Testament, the Jewish people 279 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 2: would have believed that them mass Siah was going to 280 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 2: be a king who was going to establish an earthly kingdom. 281 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 2: So I want you to think about what it would 282 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 2: feel like to be in an oppressed government, where you 283 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 2: have a government that is oppressing the people, and the 284 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 2: people are crying out to be relieved from this oppression, 285 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 2: from this violence, from this terror, and they believe that 286 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 2: it's going to come in the form of a coup. 287 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 2: Someone's going to rise up from within their ranks, and 288 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 2: this person's going to rise up and actually begin to 289 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 2: overthrow this Roman occupation so that they can live again 290 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 2: as God's chosen people. That would be a very clear 291 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: understanding of how people thought the Messiah would come. So 292 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 2: commentators often say that one of the reasons that Jesus 293 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 2: tried to keep his power a secret or say to people, hey, 294 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 2: don't tell other people about what happened, was because he 295 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 2: was trying to avoid being taken by force to be 296 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 2: rising up to overthrow the government, which, of course, as 297 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 2: we know, is not what the Kingdom of God actually 298 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 2: is ultimately about. But what's interesting here as we think 299 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 2: about this idea of the secret to being yourself is 300 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 2: what we see in March chapter three is that Jesus 301 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 2: is singularly focused on what his Father tells him to do. 302 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 2: We know that in we're going to see rhythms where 303 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 2: Jesus pulls away by himself early in the morning or 304 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 2: overnight to pray in a solitary place. We see him 305 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: tapping into his relationship with God the Father to understand 306 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 2: and to be led by the Spirit. We know that 307 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 2: he was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. He 308 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 2: was led by the Spirit into the ministry. One of 309 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 2: my favorite authors talks about the idea that we often 310 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 2: don't think about that Jesus lived in obscurity for thirty 311 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 2: years before his public ministry. For thirty years, maybe for 312 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 2: the last at least ten of those years, did he 313 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 2: wake up every morning saying, Father, is this? 314 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: Today? Is today? 315 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 2: The day? 316 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: Is today? 317 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 2: The day that we talk about the Kingdom of God 318 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 2: like there is such an obedience to the Father and 319 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 2: such a keeping and step with the Spirit's direction that 320 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 2: Jesus does not get thrown off by conflict, by confrontation, 321 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 2: by pressure. And what we see here at the end 322 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 2: of the chapter is that Jesus now appoints his disciples 323 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 2: to begin to do his work with him, and then 324 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 2: it says that his family shows up. Jesus's family shows 325 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 2: up at the end of this chapter, and it says 326 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 2: in verse twenty, Jesus entered a house and again a 327 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 2: crowd gathered and his disciples are not even able to eat. 328 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 2: When his family heard about this, they went to take 329 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 2: charge of him, for they said he is out of 330 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 2: his mind. 331 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: Now. 332 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 2: I want you to imagine your precious relationship with your 333 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 2: mom and your mom coming to say you got to 334 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 2: stop what you're doing. This is crazy, and Jesus not 335 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 2: even moving toward that pressure. 336 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: We know that Jesus is all love and that he. 337 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 2: Is the perfect example of a sinless life, so there's 338 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 2: nothing he's doing when he's angry at the disciples, when 339 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 2: he's actually doesn't go with his mom, None of those 340 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 2: things are sin. This is Jesus being singularly focused on 341 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 2: his mission and being obedient to his father, even when 342 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 2: it disappoints other people, even when it is discouraging or 343 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 2: distracting or distressing, or even causes people to want to 344 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 2: kill him, and we know that ultimately it will take 345 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 2: him to the cross, this singular obedience to the father. 346 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 2: So his family comes to take charge of him, and 347 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 2: then the disciples, the teachers of the law, actually say 348 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 2: he's possessed by the prince of demons. He's driving out demons, 349 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 2: and Jesus begins to speak to them in parables and 350 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 2: talk about this idea of how in the world would 351 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 2: a demon drive out demons, like why would a kingdom 352 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 2: stand against itself? Why would a household be divided against itself? 353 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 2: And Jesus's mothers and brothers arrive and are standing outside 354 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,400 Speaker 2: and they're calling to him saying they're looking for you, 355 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 2: and he knows that they want to take charge of 356 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 2: him and be like, you've got to get out of here, 357 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 2: and he doesn't go outside. He doesn't go out to 358 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 2: his mother and brothers, and he says at the end 359 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 2: of the chapter, he looks around at those who are 360 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 2: listening to him, and he says, here are my mother 361 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 2: and my brothers. Whoever does God's will is my brother 362 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 2: and sister and mother. Jesus does not play. He is 363 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 2: not trying to keep people happy, he is not trying 364 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 2: to not disappoint people. He is singularly focused on his 365 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 2: mission to bring life to proclaim the Kingdom of God. Now, 366 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 2: in no way am I saying what Jesus is telling 367 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 2: you is that you also do not have to be 368 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 2: responsible for your family. This is not Jesus saying and 369 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 2: you also don't have to care about your family, because 370 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: actually it says in the Commandments honor your father and mother. 371 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 2: And we see in the New Testament, especially when Paul 372 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 2: is writing letters pastoral letters about taking care of the church, 373 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 2: it's clear that Paul says, hey, if there's a widow 374 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 2: in your family, first, a family of believers should take 375 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: care of their own family. So this is in no 376 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,959 Speaker 2: way saying that we should not take care of our family. 377 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 2: But what we are seeing is that Jesus is making 378 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 2: it clear that when we follow him, he is always 379 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 2: our primary allegiance. He is showing us what primary allegiance 380 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 2: to the Mass of God looks like, and when there 381 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 2: is anyone distracting him from that mission, he is going 382 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 2: to stay singularly focused on obedience, even when it's disappointing 383 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 2: other people. Some of you have become Christians in your 384 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 2: young adult or adult life, and didn't you weren't raised 385 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 2: in a Christian home your family doesn't understand you, doesn't 386 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 2: believe you, and especially now culturally, might be like, are 387 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 2: you crazy. Some of us have a lot of pressure 388 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 2: when it comes to actually following Jesus and living out 389 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 2: our faith. Some of us have converted to following Jesus 390 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 2: from other religions, and that is difficult. But I want 391 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 2: you to know that you can take comfort in this 392 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 2: chapter that Jesus is saying that when you are following him, 393 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 2: you have a new family. You have a new primary 394 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 2: family in the family of believers. In the way that 395 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 2: we care for a community of believers becomes our primary family. 396 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 2: So you are not abandoned, you are not alone. We 397 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 2: can love and honor our family while also understanding our 398 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 2: primary allegiance. That's not our main point here, but I 399 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 2: wanted to just make sure that I pointed that out. 400 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: Okay, here's what that's what it says, the secret to 401 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: being yourself. 402 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 2: We've talked about a little of the backstory, a little 403 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 2: these places of things that we can understand the Messianic secret. 404 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 2: We're going to talk in the future about what this 405 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 2: means about blaspheming the spirit. What Jesus was saying there 406 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 2: when he said anyone who blas seems the Holy Spirit. 407 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 2: He's basically saying about the Pharisees. If you call something 408 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 2: that is good evil, or if you call evil good, 409 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 2: that is a primary offense to God's way into God's mercy. 410 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 2: So I think when we ask what does this mean? 411 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 2: What do we take away from this? I think that's 412 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 2: our first thing. Be careful in what we call good 413 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 2: and evil. We need the power of discernment to understand 414 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 2: what is good and what is evil. And we see 415 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 2: Jesus setting that up in Mark chapter one, two and three. Right, 416 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 2: Remember when he's in the synagogue and he has an 417 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 2: opportunity to heal a man, and he looks at those 418 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 2: religious leaders and says, what is good to save life 419 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 2: or to kill life? So we've got a primary understanding 420 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,199 Speaker 2: of are the things that I'm pursuing bringing life to 421 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 2: other people or are they taking life? Are the things 422 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 2: and the ways that I'm living my life manifesting the 423 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 2: fruit of the spirit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, 424 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 2: self control. Is my life full of those things? Or 425 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 2: am I being distracted from those things? This is how 426 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 2: we discern good and evil. 427 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: Jesus says, be. 428 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 2: Very careful in calling good and evil for what they are. 429 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 2: Don't listen to what everyone else says. You've got to 430 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 2: be able to discern that in yourself. The second thing 431 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 2: that we can take away here is that Jesus is 432 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 2: wholly independent. He resists influences outside obedience to the Father. 433 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 2: He in other words, allows himself to not be liked. 434 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 2: So what does this mean for us? What do we 435 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 2: take away today? I think there's a lot of things 436 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 2: here that we could grab onto. There's many many principles 437 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 2: within this chapter, but I want to ask you to 438 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 2: just take a moment, take a pause, and think about 439 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 2: what you've heard today and ask the question, Okay, what 440 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 2: does this mean for me? What do I want to 441 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 2: take from today? What is a comfort or a challenge 442 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 2: that my be here? And I think, just kind of 443 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 2: on the meta, the thing that I wrote down in 444 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,239 Speaker 2: my own devotion about what does this mean for me 445 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 2: is I asked the question of my own heart, do 446 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 2: I trust God's timing? Because all through here we see 447 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 2: Jesus entering into his ministry, entering into obedience to the Father, 448 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 2: entering into this confrontation, and he's trusting God's timing and 449 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 2: all of it. He's trusting that he's making the right calls. 450 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 2: When he's making these calls, do we trust God's timing? 451 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 2: And then the second thing is that obedience to the 452 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 2: Father is the secret to being yourself. To being your 453 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 2: full free self comes with obedience to God the Father. 454 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 2: That is the place that we experience the most freedom. 455 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 2: That is the place that we experience the most life. 456 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 2: All right, you guys, it's been great. I'm looking forward 457 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 2: to next week. I'll see you then. 458 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 3: How to Study the Bible with Nicole Unis is the 459 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 3: production of Life audio and Media. 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