THE LAMB EXAM ON TAXES (38 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 12:13-17
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The Lamb Exam on Taxes (38 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 12:13-17
Let's open God's Word to Mark 12. There are two types of people who complain about taxes: 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. The title of the message is 'The Lamb Exam on Taxes'. You say, 'what in the world does that mean?'
If you've been with us in recent weeks, you know we're going through the Gospel of Mark and we're now in the last week of Jesus' life. Jesus has arrived in Jerusalem to eat the Passover lamb with His disciples and to be 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. Mark doesn't record all of these trying to find a flaw, but to show us He had none.
It wasn't man examining Jesus to assess His perfection. No, it was God using man to prove Jesus' perfection. God the Father puts His Son in every scrutinized position to show there is no blemish in Him. We're going to see th ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 12:13-17
Let's open God's Word to Mark 12. There are two types of people who complain about taxes: 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. The title of the message is 'The Lamb Exam on Taxes'. You say, 'what in the world does that mean?'
If you've been with us in recent weeks, you know we're going through the Gospel of Mark and we're now in the last week of Jesus' life. Jesus has arrived in Jerusalem to eat the Passover lamb with His disciples and to be 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. Mark doesn't record all of these trying to find a flaw, but to show us He had none.
It wasn't man examining Jesus to assess His perfection. No, it was God using man to prove Jesus' perfection. God the Father puts His Son in every scrutinized position to show there is no blemish in Him. We're going to see th ...
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