THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS (5 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 1:21-28
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The Authority of Jesus (5 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 1:21-28
All right, let's open our Bibles to Mark chapter 1, we're walking through the gospel of Mark, verse by verse, chapter by chapter, and in 10 years, we will be done, and it will be awesome. We'll know the gospel of Mark really well.
Because this is one of those, you don't hear a lot about demons in a Baptist church. You just don't. We kind of shy away from that; we don't know exactly what to do with it. We're going to get into that. We can get so lost in that we may not remember or see very readily what Mark is trying to show us. And so what I want to do from the very get-go, I want to tell you the point he's trying to make that could be lost in the demonic. Here's what Mark is trying to say to us: Jesus is the Ultimate Authority over everything everywhere.
That means He is King over creation, He is Master over every molecule, He is preeminent over every person, He is the great I am over every iota of the universe. He is the ultimate authority over everything everywhere. There's nothing bigger, nothing better, nothing smarter, nothing stronger, nothing wiser, nothing holier than Jesus. So Mark wants us to know, you can trust Him. You can surrender your life to Him. He's the one who does it all, loves you, cares for you, protects you, and welcomes you to come to Him. He wants you to come and be under Him and under His authority in everything. That's what he's trying to teach.
It's so easy to hear that and say, ''Amen, I believe it!'' And yet, we know that in America, Americans, for the most part, hate authority. There is something in our flesh - we hate authority. We don't want anything over us, we don't want anything directing us, we don't want anybody telling us what to do and when to do it. ''It's about me!'' We don't like authority, we never have. It's almost been instilled and woven into us from the very beginning, as Americans.
As a matter of fact, Benjamin ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 1:21-28
All right, let's open our Bibles to Mark chapter 1, we're walking through the gospel of Mark, verse by verse, chapter by chapter, and in 10 years, we will be done, and it will be awesome. We'll know the gospel of Mark really well.
Because this is one of those, you don't hear a lot about demons in a Baptist church. You just don't. We kind of shy away from that; we don't know exactly what to do with it. We're going to get into that. We can get so lost in that we may not remember or see very readily what Mark is trying to show us. And so what I want to do from the very get-go, I want to tell you the point he's trying to make that could be lost in the demonic. Here's what Mark is trying to say to us: Jesus is the Ultimate Authority over everything everywhere.
That means He is King over creation, He is Master over every molecule, He is preeminent over every person, He is the great I am over every iota of the universe. He is the ultimate authority over everything everywhere. There's nothing bigger, nothing better, nothing smarter, nothing stronger, nothing wiser, nothing holier than Jesus. So Mark wants us to know, you can trust Him. You can surrender your life to Him. He's the one who does it all, loves you, cares for you, protects you, and welcomes you to come to Him. He wants you to come and be under Him and under His authority in everything. That's what he's trying to teach.
It's so easy to hear that and say, ''Amen, I believe it!'' And yet, we know that in America, Americans, for the most part, hate authority. There is something in our flesh - we hate authority. We don't want anything over us, we don't want anything directing us, we don't want anybody telling us what to do and when to do it. ''It's about me!'' We don't like authority, we never have. It's almost been instilled and woven into us from the very beginning, as Americans.
As a matter of fact, Benjamin ...
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