Innocent Blood (67 of 70)
Series: Mark - God's Message for Today
Jerry Watts
Mark 15:15-41
As we have worked our way through the gospel of Mark, we have learned many things. It has been more than a little interesting how we have ''stumbled'' on to the perfect text for the perfect day. It is no accident that we are where we are today! I've entitled this message ''Innocent Blood''. What comes to your mind when you hear that phrase? Candidly for me, those 2 words have an expansive meaning in today's culture. Certainly little babies being aborted will come to our mind because there is no one more innocent than a little unborn baby. They've done nothing to anyone and their only crime is existing. This is truly innocent blood.
Next, because I have been so closely related to military bases over my ministry, I am reminded of the men and women in uniform whose lives have been cut short not because of anything they've done except defend this nation, you, me, and our right to be free. The cost of our civil freedom (ultimately the cost of all freedom) comes in a high price of this thing we call innocent blood. In recent years a movie came out which did quite well at the box office. It was entitled ''Saving Private Ryan.'' This week I read much about Normandy beach and this movie only to be reminded that close to 10,000 young allied soldiers were wounded or killed at the beach. On YouTube, I saw the opening 14 minutes and am still stunned at the ultimate price which was paid by so many. I must confess to a little anger reading comments from some who undervalued and underappreciated the sacrifices which so many made. Soldiers shedding innocent blood at Normandy, in Korea, Vietnam, and now Iraq and Afghanistan. (I am so sensitive to the commitment of service personnel that last week in the Apple store, I sat next to a young man in the Army and just had to thank him.)
Without the shedding of innocent blood, you wouldn't be able to be here today. In fact, you might be ' ...
Series: Mark - God's Message for Today
Jerry Watts
Mark 15:15-41
As we have worked our way through the gospel of Mark, we have learned many things. It has been more than a little interesting how we have ''stumbled'' on to the perfect text for the perfect day. It is no accident that we are where we are today! I've entitled this message ''Innocent Blood''. What comes to your mind when you hear that phrase? Candidly for me, those 2 words have an expansive meaning in today's culture. Certainly little babies being aborted will come to our mind because there is no one more innocent than a little unborn baby. They've done nothing to anyone and their only crime is existing. This is truly innocent blood.
Next, because I have been so closely related to military bases over my ministry, I am reminded of the men and women in uniform whose lives have been cut short not because of anything they've done except defend this nation, you, me, and our right to be free. The cost of our civil freedom (ultimately the cost of all freedom) comes in a high price of this thing we call innocent blood. In recent years a movie came out which did quite well at the box office. It was entitled ''Saving Private Ryan.'' This week I read much about Normandy beach and this movie only to be reminded that close to 10,000 young allied soldiers were wounded or killed at the beach. On YouTube, I saw the opening 14 minutes and am still stunned at the ultimate price which was paid by so many. I must confess to a little anger reading comments from some who undervalued and underappreciated the sacrifices which so many made. Soldiers shedding innocent blood at Normandy, in Korea, Vietnam, and now Iraq and Afghanistan. (I am so sensitive to the commitment of service personnel that last week in the Apple store, I sat next to a young man in the Army and just had to thank him.)
Without the shedding of innocent blood, you wouldn't be able to be here today. In fact, you might be ' ...
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