RIGHTING RELIGIOUS RABBLEROUSERS (4)
Scripture: Mark 2:13-28
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Title: Righting Religious Rabblerousers (4)
Series: Gospel of Mark
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Mark 2:13-28
Gospel of Mark Commentary Series - Sermon 4
I - The Sinner Discussion (13 - 17)
II - The Sacrement Dilemma (18 - 22)
III - The Sabbath Desecration (23 - 28)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
This chapter is literally the beginning of the fight between the Lord and the religious rabblerousers. They have infiltrated all of his public meetings and feel that this man is trying to overturn tradition. Though he has the celebrity status with the commoners, he has no standing with the scribes or Pharisees.
- Continuous Crowds and Crafty Critics
- Massive Mobs and Murmuring Maligners
- Fabulous Followers and Fault Finders
- Terrific Teaching and Tainted Traditions
- Mighty Miracles and Mean-spirited Mistreatment
Jesus is going to be called on the carpet for ignoring tradition, for thwarting ritual, and for dissing outward contamination. The religious leaders loved tradition, they loved ritualism and ceremony. This crowd would go the extra mile to keep the outside of the cup sparkling clean, yet their hearts were dark and dirty with sinfulness. The Lord refused to allow tradition to dampen his love for sinners or his disdain for religious ritualism.
Jesus Did Things Differently
When William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army, felt the call of the Lord to go into the streets of London and begin ministering to street people, he stood in a Methodist Conference meeting and requested permission from the presiding bishop to be released from his church to go into the streets and preach. The bishop heard the request and denied it telling Booth that they would not waste a man of his education and talent on the people of the streets.
Upon hearing this, Booth sat down, resigned to defeat. His wife was seated in the balcony, because women were not allowed on the first floor. She stood u ...
Series: Gospel of Mark
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Mark 2:13-28
Gospel of Mark Commentary Series - Sermon 4
I - The Sinner Discussion (13 - 17)
II - The Sacrement Dilemma (18 - 22)
III - The Sabbath Desecration (23 - 28)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
This chapter is literally the beginning of the fight between the Lord and the religious rabblerousers. They have infiltrated all of his public meetings and feel that this man is trying to overturn tradition. Though he has the celebrity status with the commoners, he has no standing with the scribes or Pharisees.
- Continuous Crowds and Crafty Critics
- Massive Mobs and Murmuring Maligners
- Fabulous Followers and Fault Finders
- Terrific Teaching and Tainted Traditions
- Mighty Miracles and Mean-spirited Mistreatment
Jesus is going to be called on the carpet for ignoring tradition, for thwarting ritual, and for dissing outward contamination. The religious leaders loved tradition, they loved ritualism and ceremony. This crowd would go the extra mile to keep the outside of the cup sparkling clean, yet their hearts were dark and dirty with sinfulness. The Lord refused to allow tradition to dampen his love for sinners or his disdain for religious ritualism.
Jesus Did Things Differently
When William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army, felt the call of the Lord to go into the streets of London and begin ministering to street people, he stood in a Methodist Conference meeting and requested permission from the presiding bishop to be released from his church to go into the streets and preach. The bishop heard the request and denied it telling Booth that they would not waste a man of his education and talent on the people of the streets.
Upon hearing this, Booth sat down, resigned to defeat. His wife was seated in the balcony, because women were not allowed on the first floor. She stood u ...
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