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On the Road With… (Mark 10:17-52)

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On the Road With... (Mark 10:17-52)

(Mark 10:17-52)

I. The rich young ruler (10:17-31)

    A. A moral man who was hindered by his possessions
    B. The Lord’s assessment of this man shocked the disciples
    C. What hinders us from taking up our cross and following Jesus fully? The things we have? The people who surround us?

II. The twelve (10:32-45)

    A. The third time Jesus tries to prepare His followers for His impending death (10:32-34)
    B. Jesus’ life was focused on the cross; how focused are we on the great love of Jesus?
    C. James and John ask for priority in the kingdom (10:35-45)
    D. The cup and the baptism – these terms do not refer to the Lord’s Supper and water baptism, but represents suffering (“Take this cup away from Me” in Gethsemane, 14:36)
    E. Ultimately, service means more to Jesus than status

III. Blind Bartimaeus (10:46-52)

    A. A man who believed in the power of the Lord to heal
    B. Was told, “Go your way, your faith has made you well”
    C. What is faith? It is more than mere belief, but a decision to follow Jesus
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God’s View of Marriage and Children (Mark 10:1-16)

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God's View of Marriage and Children (Mark 10:1-16)

(Mark 10:1-16)

I. The question

    A. The Pharisees’ “testing” question (Mark 10:1-2; cf. Matthew 19:3)
    B. Jesus answers with a question (Mark 10:3)
    C. The Pharisees’ answer (Mark 10:4; cf. Deut. 24:1-4)

II. Jesus shows God’s original intent

    A. “From the beginning it was not so” (Mark 10:5; cf. Matthew 19:8)
    B. God’s intent from the beginning (Mark 10:6-9; cf. Matthew 19:4-6)

III. Back to the question of divorce

    A. Divorce regulated through the Law “because of the hardness of your heart” (Mark 10:5; cf. Matthew 19:8)
    B. One exception for acceptable divorce and subsequent marriage: fornication (Matthew 19:9)
    C. Jesus acknowledges the difficulty of this doctrine but that does not change the truth of it (Matthew 19:10-12)

IV. God’s view of children

    A. Jesus took time for children (Mark 10:13-14)
    B. Jesus touted the trusting nature of children (Mark 10:15)
    C. Jesus touched to bless children (Mark 10:16)
    D. Should we not view our children in the same way as we “bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4)?
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Read the New Testament in a year, one chapter a day, five days a week

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Day 78/260: Read Mark 10

The Christian life, while rich with blessings, is not an easy life. Suffering accompanies faithfulness. Those who teach differently have overlooked this plain teaching in the revealed Word.

Paul told Timothy, “Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (2 Timothy 3:12). We may not suffer to the same extent as those in the first century, but we will be mistreated by those around us.

Yet, there are certainly blessings, both in this world and the next. “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.”

Yes, you will have to give up certain things in this life to be faithful to God. Human relationships may be broken. In sacrificing those things that keep you from Christ, though, you gain so much more that keeps you near Him: a church family that wants to help you go to heaven with them!

Memory (Fill in the blanks)

Mark 9:50. “___________ is good, but if the salt loses its ___________, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have ___________ with one another.”

Pray

Pray for the strength to say “no” to things and people that hinder your faith.