Be Made Clean(4 of 25)
Series: Mark
Collin Wimberly
Mark 1: 35-45
CIT: Jesus cleanses the leper
PROPOSITION: The only true source of spiritual cleansing is Jesus Christ.
INTRODUCTION:Jim Bakker former televangelist and president of the Praise the Lord ministries writes this in his book ''I was Wrong''.
ILLUS: I knew that what I was doing went against everything that I believed as a Christian. I had never cheated on my wife in all our years of marriage. Jessica Hahn, however seemed quite comfortable with the situation. I simply abandoned myself to the moment. We did not make love, we had sex.
When it was over, I quickly left the room, and in a daze, hurried to the elevator and pressed the button marking the eighth floor. The winter afternoon sun was already beginning to slide down on the horizon as I stepped inside my room.
I was horrified. Oh, God! What have I done? I had not considered the consequences of my absurd attempt to make Tammy Faye jealous. I had not even paused to think of the potential ramifications of my actions while I was giving in to the temptation of having sex with a woman other than my wife. I had simply reacted.
I had opened the door to attack on the ministry I headed, my family, and me personally. Worse yet, the devil had not made me do any of it; I had done it of my own stubborn will. I disrobed and immediately stepped into the shower, turning the water on a hot as I could stand it. I never felt so dirty in all my life. Maybe if I make the water hotter, it will wash it all away I thought.
Jim Bakker, I was Wrong, Nelson, 1996, p.21
Even though we may never have committed adultry we can all identify we Jim Bakker. Forgiveness of sin is the single deepest need of the Human being.
In this story this morning we will find a miracle of mercy. An instance where one man found true cleansing from Jesus Christ. The only true source of cleansing.
4 PRINCIPLES THAT HELP US THE SPIRITUAL CLEANSING THAT COMES FROM JESUS ...
Series: Mark
Collin Wimberly
Mark 1: 35-45
CIT: Jesus cleanses the leper
PROPOSITION: The only true source of spiritual cleansing is Jesus Christ.
INTRODUCTION:Jim Bakker former televangelist and president of the Praise the Lord ministries writes this in his book ''I was Wrong''.
ILLUS: I knew that what I was doing went against everything that I believed as a Christian. I had never cheated on my wife in all our years of marriage. Jessica Hahn, however seemed quite comfortable with the situation. I simply abandoned myself to the moment. We did not make love, we had sex.
When it was over, I quickly left the room, and in a daze, hurried to the elevator and pressed the button marking the eighth floor. The winter afternoon sun was already beginning to slide down on the horizon as I stepped inside my room.
I was horrified. Oh, God! What have I done? I had not considered the consequences of my absurd attempt to make Tammy Faye jealous. I had not even paused to think of the potential ramifications of my actions while I was giving in to the temptation of having sex with a woman other than my wife. I had simply reacted.
I had opened the door to attack on the ministry I headed, my family, and me personally. Worse yet, the devil had not made me do any of it; I had done it of my own stubborn will. I disrobed and immediately stepped into the shower, turning the water on a hot as I could stand it. I never felt so dirty in all my life. Maybe if I make the water hotter, it will wash it all away I thought.
Jim Bakker, I was Wrong, Nelson, 1996, p.21
Even though we may never have committed adultry we can all identify we Jim Bakker. Forgiveness of sin is the single deepest need of the Human being.
In this story this morning we will find a miracle of mercy. An instance where one man found true cleansing from Jesus Christ. The only true source of cleansing.
4 PRINCIPLES THAT HELP US THE SPIRITUAL CLEANSING THAT COMES FROM JESUS ...
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