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THE LAST TIME JESUS PASSED BY (18 OF 26)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52
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The Last Time Jesus Passed By (18 of 26)
Series: Moving Through Mark
Donald Cantrell
Mark 10:46-52


I - Bartimaeus and His Lowly Condition (46)
A) His Prominent Place (46a)
B) His Physical Problem (46b)
C) His Painful Plight (46c)

II - Bartimaeus and His Lively Cry (47 - 48)
A) His Cry Was Relevant (47)
B) His Cry Was Repressed (48a)
C) His Cry Was Resumed (48b)

III - Bartimaeus and His Lordly Call (49 - 50)
A) Jesus Calling Bartimaeus (49a)
B) Jesus Comforting Bartimaeus (49b)
C) Jesus Compelling Bartimaeus (50)

IV - Bartimaeus and His Likely Cure (51)
A) His Personal Invitation (51a)
B) His Pertinent Indication (51b)

V - Bartimaeus and His Lovely Change (52)
A) His Change Was Immediate (52a)
B) His Course Was Impactful (52b)

Theme: ''Don't miss an opportunity that may never occur again''

MISSED OPPORTUNITY

A 13-year-old Mongolian inherited land from his father. Through great strategy and awesome fighting ability, he formed fighting bands that conquered village after village. Eventually he became known as Genghis Khan and ruled over 2 million people. His empire stretched from China to India and from Siberia to the edges of Western Europe.

Meanwhile in Western Europe a great revival was occurring under the preaching of men like St. Francis of Assisi. At his death, the bulk of Khan's empire went to his grandson, Kublai Khan. He had 2 Italians in his court named Polo (the father and uncle of Marco) that told him of Christ.

In 1269 Kublai Khan sent a request from Peking to Rome for ''a hundred wise men of the Christian religion and so I shall be baptized, and when I shall be baptized all my baron and great men will be baptized, and their subjects baptized, and so there will be more Christians here than there are in your parts.''

The Mongols were then wavering in the choice of a religion. It might have been, as Kublai forecast, the greatest mass religious movement the world has ever seen. The history of all Asia would ...

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