DANGER ZONE: NOT FAR, BUT NOT IN (40 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 12:28-34
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Danger Zone: Not Far, but Not in (40 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 12:28-34
Let's open our Bibles together to the Gospel of Mark chapter 12. Let's do a quick review. Jesus is only a few days away from the cross. He's in Jerusalem to eat the Passover Lamb with His disciples and be the final Passover Lamb for the world. During the Passover in Jerusalem, Temple priests would have offered 1000's of lambs as a sacrifice to God. But before offering them, what had to be done? Each lamb was carefully inspected and examined to make sure that it had no defects, or flaws, or imperfections. God had made it clear that only spotless, perfect lambs were to be sacrificed on behalf of the people. But just like every lamb offered to God, He had to be examined and proven to be without flaws or imperfections.
We've been studying the last couple of weeks how God the Father used the religious leaders to interrogate Jesus and question Jesus and examine Jesus to prove He is the perfect, sinless, spotless, flawless Lamb of God. They are doing everything they can to find a flaw in His thinking, or in His teachings, or in His character, or in His dealings with people, and of course, they can find nothing.
They've tried to trip Him up on paying taxes to Caesar. They've tried to expose some error in His teaching on life after death. But, so far, His answers have left them speechless. Instead of exposing any error or sin in Him, these discussions have put their sin and depravity on grand display. Well, we find one more test. One more examination for a religious expert. Look at Mark 12:28-34 (READ).
Mark tells us standing in the crowd listening to Jesus unravel the arguments of the Sadducees was a 'Scribe'. Matthew, telling us the same story, also tells us he is a ''Pharisee'' and a ''lawyer''. You put that all together and we have a man who was an expert in the Law of Moses. He's a man highly skilled in judging on religious, social, and legal disputes among ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 12:28-34
Let's open our Bibles together to the Gospel of Mark chapter 12. Let's do a quick review. Jesus is only a few days away from the cross. He's in Jerusalem to eat the Passover Lamb with His disciples and be the final Passover Lamb for the world. During the Passover in Jerusalem, Temple priests would have offered 1000's of lambs as a sacrifice to God. But before offering them, what had to be done? Each lamb was carefully inspected and examined to make sure that it had no defects, or flaws, or imperfections. God had made it clear that only spotless, perfect lambs were to be sacrificed on behalf of the people. But just like every lamb offered to God, He had to be examined and proven to be without flaws or imperfections.
We've been studying the last couple of weeks how God the Father used the religious leaders to interrogate Jesus and question Jesus and examine Jesus to prove He is the perfect, sinless, spotless, flawless Lamb of God. They are doing everything they can to find a flaw in His thinking, or in His teachings, or in His character, or in His dealings with people, and of course, they can find nothing.
They've tried to trip Him up on paying taxes to Caesar. They've tried to expose some error in His teaching on life after death. But, so far, His answers have left them speechless. Instead of exposing any error or sin in Him, these discussions have put their sin and depravity on grand display. Well, we find one more test. One more examination for a religious expert. Look at Mark 12:28-34 (READ).
Mark tells us standing in the crowd listening to Jesus unravel the arguments of the Sadducees was a 'Scribe'. Matthew, telling us the same story, also tells us he is a ''Pharisee'' and a ''lawyer''. You put that all together and we have a man who was an expert in the Law of Moses. He's a man highly skilled in judging on religious, social, and legal disputes among ...
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