GIVE THE GOVERNMENT WHAT YOU OWE (7 OF 9)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 12:13-17
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Give the Government What You Owe (7 of 9)
Series: You Better Believe It
Bob Ingle
Mark 12:13-17
Today, we're looking at Mark 12:13-17. People who complain about taxes can be divided into two types: men and women. We just don't love it. If it's any consolation, it's always been that way. And we find that in our text today.
This passage finds Jesus in the last week of His life. Jesus and the disciples have arrived in Jerusalem to eat the Passover lamb and for Him to be crucified as the final Passover Lamb for the world. What's interesting is that during Passover the Temple priests in Jerusalem would sacrifice thousands and thousands of lambs. God had commanded in the Law that those lambs had to be absolutely pristine and flawless. They couldn't have any disease or defects. No spots, no stains, no shortcomings. Sometimes it would take a priest up to three days to fully exam a lamb to make sure it had no blemishes or imperfections.
Jesus, of course, was pronounced by John the Baptist to be the '...Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.' All the millions and millions of lambs sacrificed before Jesus came were simply representatives of the real Lamb, the last Lamb who would be sacrificed once and for all for sin to forgiven and salvation to be offered. But this final Lamb, Jesus Christ, needed to be examined to make sure there was no spot, or blemish, or sin, or defect within Him. So, guess what the last three days of Jesus' life was filled with? Examinations. One after another, after another, after another. It's not about trying to find a flaw but demonstrating to the world He had none.
It wasn't man examining Jesus to assess His perfection. Rather, it was God using man to examine Jesus to prove His perfection. God the Father puts His Son in every scrutinized position to show there is no blemish in Him. We're going to see that God uses the Pharisee's, the Sadducee's, the Scribes, the chief priest's, the High Priest, the Herodians, the crow ...
Series: You Better Believe It
Bob Ingle
Mark 12:13-17
Today, we're looking at Mark 12:13-17. People who complain about taxes can be divided into two types: men and women. We just don't love it. If it's any consolation, it's always been that way. And we find that in our text today.
This passage finds Jesus in the last week of His life. Jesus and the disciples have arrived in Jerusalem to eat the Passover lamb and for Him to be crucified as the final Passover Lamb for the world. What's interesting is that during Passover the Temple priests in Jerusalem would sacrifice thousands and thousands of lambs. God had commanded in the Law that those lambs had to be absolutely pristine and flawless. They couldn't have any disease or defects. No spots, no stains, no shortcomings. Sometimes it would take a priest up to three days to fully exam a lamb to make sure it had no blemishes or imperfections.
Jesus, of course, was pronounced by John the Baptist to be the '...Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.' All the millions and millions of lambs sacrificed before Jesus came were simply representatives of the real Lamb, the last Lamb who would be sacrificed once and for all for sin to forgiven and salvation to be offered. But this final Lamb, Jesus Christ, needed to be examined to make sure there was no spot, or blemish, or sin, or defect within Him. So, guess what the last three days of Jesus' life was filled with? Examinations. One after another, after another, after another. It's not about trying to find a flaw but demonstrating to the world He had none.
It wasn't man examining Jesus to assess His perfection. Rather, it was God using man to examine Jesus to prove His perfection. God the Father puts His Son in every scrutinized position to show there is no blemish in Him. We're going to see that God uses the Pharisee's, the Sadducee's, the Scribes, the chief priest's, the High Priest, the Herodians, the crow ...
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