REDEEMED FROM RELIGION (10 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 2:18-22
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Redeemed From Religion (10 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 2:18-22
All right, well open up your bibles to Mark chapter 2, here in a moment we're going to be reading verses 18-22. A few years ago, Jana and I were out on a walk in our neighborhood, and lo, and behold, right there in front of us was a 20-dollar bill. It was like manna from heaven. And it was laying there, so I excitedly bent down and picked it up, and was dreaming of all the things our newfound fortune could buy. And yeah, Taco Bell, all kinds of good stuff. But when I picked it up, it didn't feel quite right. And it didn't even look right. And there was even some ink coming off on my hands. It was a fake. It was a counterfeit. We were so disgusted. We were just so disappointed.
You know what we did? We went down to our bank, we said, ''We're sick and tired of money deceiving us, and tricking us, and being disillusioned about money, we're sick and tired of what money can do, it crushes dreams, and it crushes hopes, and conquers people's hearts, we're just sick of what money does to us, and manipulates us, and draws us...'' - so what we did is we went down to the bank, and we withdrew all our money. All in the checking, we emptied out all of our savings, and for some of you, that'd be a big pile, and we got to the backyard, and all of our money, and we lit it on fire. We did s'mores and everything. It was a bonfire, we said, ''You're not going to trick us anymore, we're so disgusted with money, we're not going to be deceived by you, we're done with it.'' Do you believe that? Of course you don't believe that.
You're not disillusioned by counterfeits so much that you'll burn up your money. That'd be stupid. And yet, how many people, I have met for sure, maybe you have met, who have gotten disillusioned and disgusted with a church or a pastor or maybe some other ''Christians'' in their job, or maybe their prayer life and a prayer wasn't answered just like they thought they ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 2:18-22
All right, well open up your bibles to Mark chapter 2, here in a moment we're going to be reading verses 18-22. A few years ago, Jana and I were out on a walk in our neighborhood, and lo, and behold, right there in front of us was a 20-dollar bill. It was like manna from heaven. And it was laying there, so I excitedly bent down and picked it up, and was dreaming of all the things our newfound fortune could buy. And yeah, Taco Bell, all kinds of good stuff. But when I picked it up, it didn't feel quite right. And it didn't even look right. And there was even some ink coming off on my hands. It was a fake. It was a counterfeit. We were so disgusted. We were just so disappointed.
You know what we did? We went down to our bank, we said, ''We're sick and tired of money deceiving us, and tricking us, and being disillusioned about money, we're sick and tired of what money can do, it crushes dreams, and it crushes hopes, and conquers people's hearts, we're just sick of what money does to us, and manipulates us, and draws us...'' - so what we did is we went down to the bank, and we withdrew all our money. All in the checking, we emptied out all of our savings, and for some of you, that'd be a big pile, and we got to the backyard, and all of our money, and we lit it on fire. We did s'mores and everything. It was a bonfire, we said, ''You're not going to trick us anymore, we're so disgusted with money, we're not going to be deceived by you, we're done with it.'' Do you believe that? Of course you don't believe that.
You're not disillusioned by counterfeits so much that you'll burn up your money. That'd be stupid. And yet, how many people, I have met for sure, maybe you have met, who have gotten disillusioned and disgusted with a church or a pastor or maybe some other ''Christians'' in their job, or maybe their prayer life and a prayer wasn't answered just like they thought they ...
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