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He Hears Us!

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

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2 Chronicles 6

June 1, 2011

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“The Heart of the Matter”

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

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John 5: 39-47

May 18, 2011

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Back to the Future of Family Life: “Vain”

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Sunday, May 15th, 2011

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Sermon Notes  May 15, 2011

Psalm 127: 1-2


Intro:   A convention of delegates from each state gathered in Philadelphia in order to write and agree upon a Constitution.  They were having trouble coming together after winning the war.  The year was 1887, four years after the Revolutionary War ended.

 

Benjamin Franklin stood to address the presiding officer of the convention.  Franklin was not a born again Christian, but he had a respect for Christians, He believed in an active God and knew the Scriptures.  He was asking for the convention to agree to begin each session with prayer.  Here is James Madison’s record of Franklin’s speech…

t/s – I note this speech today because Franklin quotes our Text,

Psalm 127.  In connection to Psalm 127, he also mentions

“the builders of Babel.”

  • Franklin believed in a God who answers prayer
  • Franklin had solid/sophisticated understanding of Scripture

First, let’s read again Psalm 127: 1-5 (focus on vss. 1-2)

Then, let’s talk about Babel.

Finally, we will find a biblical supposition for Life & Family.

Read Psalm 127

t/s – Why does Franklin connect Psalm 127 to Babel?

(Building in Vain…. Wasted, fruitless efforts to build)

 

The Story of Babel (Genesis 11)        Key verse:  Genesis 11:4

Contrast for Abraham’s Story…. Genesis 12:2

I will make you a great nation, I will bless you and make your name great!  And so you will be a blessing

God used Abraham and His family to Bless the World!

 

Pursuing Prosperity and Security….  (“House” = Family)

Prideful reliance on Self   vs.  Humble dependence on God

(Babel)                                     (Abraham)

Our Suppositions about Life and Family.

  1. Family is the Arena for the Living Out of Our Faith.
  2. Trying to build a life/Family without the LORD is Wasted Effort…. Vain… Empty, meaningless, useless

Nissi Dominus Frusta – Without the Lord Frustration – Edinbrough

Labor Omnia Vincent – Labor Conquers All – Oklahoma

 

t/s – We are a people who pride ourselves in a capacity to Stake Our

Claim in the World; to Build and protect what is Ours!

Signs of Prideful Self-Reliance (Symptoms of Babel Fever)

  1. Is My Work Toilsome?

Work Is good, God-ordained…. Job or Vocation?

  1. Am I Dominated by Anxiety?

We tend to associate Worry with Weakness, Actually, Pride!

Prideful Self-Reliance

Ill – Jesus… Remember you have a Father.

  1. Do I Neglect My Family?

n      Fertility gods and child sacrifice!

n      Imagine trading a child for prosperity, success, wealth

—- We do it one evening meal at a time!

  1. Have I Lost My Integrity?

Vs. 5 – Speaks to status, standing, respect in the public square.

We trade our good name for prosperity and security!

The symptoms of Prideful self-Reliance, Babylonian Fever:

Toil, Anxiety, Neglect, Compromise

Building a life/Family without the LORD is Wasted Effort… Vain!

 

Oh, you might succeed — Prosperity & Security —  Meaningless!

Solomon had more money, bigger family, better education, wider fame than we could ever imagine:

Vanity, Vanity of vanities, All is Vanity! (Eccl.)

 

ILL – Boys building a Snow Fort

…Sucked into the Soil…

All our Work, worry, weary years… Vain!  We want our Lives to matter, to count, to mean something.

App – Focus on what God Gives you, not on what you can manage to             Grab for yourself and Guard!

Psalm 127: 1-2

Seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, then,

All these things will be added unto you.

The Gospel – Life that matters cannot be grabbed and guarded,

It is Given, freely, by God!

Eternal Life is not Grabbed, but Given…           Ephesians 2: 8-9

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Servant, Savior, Son of God: “They Crucified Him”

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Sunday, April 17th, 2011

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Sermon Notes  April 17, 2011

Mark 15: 22-39

 

Intro:  “The Passion of the Christ” was released Seven Years ago…

I watch the Mel Gibson Movie, “The Passion of the Christ” Two times.

— Second viewing I noticed a woman make her way out of the theater

just after Pilate condemned Jesus to be crucified

  • Aha, I thought, she does not want to witness the terrible suffering/violence.
  • Five minutes she returned with large coke and Popcorn

She casually snacked & slurped throughout the crucifixion scene!

t/s – This casual, calloused, comfort with the Cross stands in contrast with our text,            Marks account… Two word phrase, “They Crucify Him,”

  • A Reverential Reticence to look directly at Jesus on the Cross

Beneath – dividing up his garments

Above – Sign, The King of the Jews

Beside – Two thieves  insulting him

Around – The place called skull Hill and ugly crowd

 

But Mark quickly pulls our eyes away from the sight of Jesus on Cross.

 

  • Take off Your Shoes… Holy Ground!

Mark 15: 22-39

“And” == dominates nearly ever verse… 15 of 18 in KJV!

 

The monotonous repetition of “and,” “and,” “and,” gives the effect

of an endless succession of the waves of sorrow, pain, and contumely (ridicule) which broke over that sacred head.”

— Alexander Maclaren (d. 1910 – great Scottish preacher)

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As the Story of the Crucifixion of Jesus unfolds, several tensions surface (questions)

 

  1. Will Jesus Come Down from the Cross?

— vs. 30, 32, 36

— He did Not! Enemies Saw Evidence of His weakness,

We Know It as an amazing display of Strength!

 

  1. Will They See? (understand who Jesus really is)

— vs. 39 – Finally, the centurion Sees!….The Son of God!

 

  1. Will He ever Speak?

— Two words to Pilate early Friday morning…No more all day!

— Largely Silent for six Hours

Seven statements are recorded from the Cross.  Mark only chooses one.  Essential!

Vs. 34 – My God, My God, Why have you Forsaken me?

–  Troubling thing for Jesus to Say.  What does He mean?

A Quote from a Psalm (22)

Exp – Jesus quotes the first sentence from Psalm 22 … Familiar Messianic Song.

  • Jewish teachers made reference to an entire Psalm by quoting first verse.
  • A song of complaints & suffering; also, a song of faith & Hope!

All the ends of the earth will remember…All the families will Worship!

 

Note:  The fact that Jesus cried to God, “My God,” shows not entirely without hope!

A Mysterious blend of Access to God and Abandonment by God.

 

Psalm 22 == I am utterly forsaken now; but, God will exalt Me!

Next week, Praise God, The Exaltation!

Today, Forsaken?!

A Cry from His Soul!

Exp – On the Cross, Jesus was utterly forsaken, abandoned, desolate…

— Pain real; blood wet & warm, shame overwhelming, loneliness absolute

 

Point = the Weight of His Suffering forced the cry from His lips!

ILL – Crosses are popular jewelry, home decor….cultural … “Nice”

Crucifixion did not become common in art until all who had seen a

Real one died off! C.S. Lewis

Danger == Oh, now I know what it was like!  (We cannot Imagine!)

t/s – This Cry from the Soul of Jesus speaks to more than the weight of the physical            suffering of Jesus; it speaks to the essential

Work of Jesus on the Cross.

A Rare, glimpse into the great mystery….

 

What Happened on the Cross? (what did Jesus DO when He died there?)

Exp – Hear the Word of the Lord (I am not fit to answer) — the Deep End!

 

But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for

Our iniquities; The chastening for our well being fell upon Him, and by

His scourging we are healed.  All of us like sheep have gone astray,

Each one of us has turned to his own way; but the Lord has caused the

Iniquity of us all to fall on Him.  (Isaiah 53:5-6)

He made Him Who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf that we might

Become the righteousness of God in Him.

And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross.,, (1 Peter)

Jesus died on the Cross as a substitute for you & me.  He paid the debt, once for all!  He took our sins upon Himself!

 

Now hear His cry — My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?

 

Jesus became sin.  For the first time He was cut-off from perfect fellowship with the Father!  Father, somehow, turned His back on His sin-laden Son.

  • Result – Veil in Temple Torn in Two from top to Bottom!

He open the Access to the Holy Presence!

 

ILL – Common Question, “How could a Loving God send someone to Hell?”

n       Recent and Regional Question….Unusual, self-centered society.

More Substantial Question —

How can a Holy God Embrace a Sinner like me in Heaven?

App – Jesus Paid It All!

The Cry of the Cross reveals the ultimate Penalty/Wage of Sin – DEATH

— Separation from God….abandoned, God-forsaken, forever!

 

t/s – Most people underestimate the cost of Sin!

 

ILL – I had a paper route when I was 10-12 years old

Throwing papers one spring during baseball season…broken glass Door!

— Quickly promised to pay for the damage

— Wealthy entrepreneur ($25 month)! — Savings Account

— a Few Days Later…. Elderly Lady standing on her porch in front of her

New glass door….handed me the bill

** The Cost was twice what I had!  No Way to Pay!

I had over estimated my ability to Pay… Underestimated the Cost

 

I Can Deal with my own Sin … One day you will  — utterly cut-off, forsaken…..

Full of fear, dread, regret….. “Wailing and gnashing of Teeth”…

 

  • My God….why have You forsaken Me  (words will catch in your throat)
  • My God…..Why have I forsaken You
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Servant, Savior, Son of God: “Peter’s Failure”

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Sunday, April 10th, 2011

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April 10, 2011

Mark 14: 26-31 & 66

1 Peter 5: 6-10

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Servant, Savior, Son of God: “Betrayal”

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

Sermon Notes  April 3, 2011

Mark 14: 43-50

 

Intro:    This morning, we will read one of the most famous, well

known paragraphs in the Bible.  Even people who have never

read the Bible, know this story.  It has so much raw power,       moves people so deeply, it has been retold, recaste, reflected

over and over again in literature and art.

 

  • Almost everyone knows this story

 

  • Few have clearly understood and embraced its Truth.

Speaks to the Core of Christian Message

 

Mark 14: 43-50

Context = Jesus wakes up disciples in the darkness of                           Gethsemene, “The one who betrays me is here!”

Text (Note: vs. 49-50 == 14:27)

 

Betrayal Moves Us.  A visceral reaction.

 

ILL – I first learned about betrayal when my sixth grade girl friend          went to a movie at the Ki-He-Ka theater with a seventh grade   boy… “She Done You Wrong!”

 

  • Deep down we all know, “Betrayal Is WRONG!”

 

Betray = treachery, disloyalty, unfaithful to one who puts faith in us.

 

This story from the Gospels moves us because we have all experienced Betrayal and feel, deep down, just how WRONG it is!

 

 

t/s – What is the Point?  How Does Betrayal contribute to the Gospel?

 

 

Judas’s Betrayal and the Desertion of the Disciples, speaks to the Gospel in two crucial ways….

 

Sin, Our Sin, Is Betrayal

Exp – Few of us deny our sin.  Instead, we minimize it, make it

More understandable, acceptable…

 

ILL – “Sinful Pleasures”  (candy display in gift shop)

ILL – Grandmother of rebellious four year old, “He is just awful!”

— and oh so cute!

 

The Character of Sin

a)      Aiming at the Wrong Target (missing mark)

b)      Crossing the Line/Boundary  (transgression)

c)      Rebellion against King  (Americans embrace)

 

d) Treachery or Betrayal!

Sin is, at its bare essence, an act of unfaithfulness, disloyalty

Against the One who created and cares for me all my life!

 

Sin Is Relational (Against God! … Not rules)

  • Subject’s rebellion against King
  • Citizen’s violation against Lawmakers
  • Child’s aggression against Parent
  • Woman’s Unfaithfulness to Husband!

 

ILL – Hosea married an Adulterous Woman (made a fool of him)

Israel’s Sin is Like a Wife’s Adultery…. Betrayal!

 

App – God is your Creator, Provider, Faithful & Rightful King.

Your sin is not cute, an acceptable guilty pleasure…

Your Sin is Betrayal, Dessertion….WRONG!

(Should Burn in Your Belly like Betrayal)

 

Note: Mark sneaks up on us….With whom will I Identify

n      Not Pharisees; not scribes; not Romans; Crowds

n      I am like the Disciples… I like Jesus… with Him

n      Would I Forsake, Betray….?

 

Died He for me, who caused His pain?

Jesus Still Died for Us.

Exp – This paragraph clarifies some confusion about Jesus’ Death

  • He did not die because the authorities ambushed Him.
  • He did not die because Judas Tricked Him
  • He did not die for His few Loyal Friends….

Betrayed and Forsaken…. ALL!

 

ILL – We sometimes develop this fantasy about the Cross

  • Jesus was like a war hero who laid down his life for his friends who were in trouble!
  • Helpless, vulnerable, weak…

What Jesus did was heroic, spectacular…. Understandable.

 

  • Unfaithful, deserters….Enemies

 

Amazing Love! How can it be?

 

Romans 5: 6-8, 10

 

App – Only an Honest embrace of My Sin gives me an

Accurate appreciation for His Death!

 

 

Conclusion

 

Your sin is as Wrong as Betrayal; and, Jesus still died for you.

 

Beneath the cross of Jesus, Mine eyes at times see;

The very dying form of Him who suffered there for me.

And from my smitten heart, with tears, two wonders I confess;

The wonders of His glorious love and my unworthiness.

 

 

Prayer

Invitation

 

I don’t want you to waste another Easter going through the motions.

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Servant, Savior, Son of God: “Circumstances”

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Sunday, March 27th, 2011

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Sermon Notes  March 27, 2011

Mark 14:36

I know of a man who was distressed and troubled by his circumstances.  He was so burdened that he felt one more pound of pain would push him into the grave.  It seemed his troubles surrounded him.  He sought the support of friends, but longed to be alone.  The sorrow affected him physically … , stumbling and falling to the ground too weak to stand.  His Life situation overwhelmed him, crashing down like a tidal surge.

What do you think of such a person?

  • Troubled, burdened, overwhelmed…
  • Aren’t these symptoms of a weak faith?
  • Strong Christians live in Joy, Peace & Victory…

Fear, Doubt, Distress, … these are foreign to Faith!

Surely this man needs the Lord!

Problem:          This man Is the Lord.

I just described Jesus in Gethsemene

Thesis:  Sometimes, Circumstances press in and overwhelm us.

Mark 14: 32-42 Read with Comments

  • “Gethsemene” = Wine Press
  • Vs. 33 – Conflict between need for Friends & desire to be alone
  • Vs. 33-34 – Alexander MacLaren, Scripture seldom undertakes to tell of Christ’s Emotions.  Still seldomer does He speak of them

— distressed = “sore amazed”…struck with sudden fear

— troubled   =  “very heavy”….uncomfortable as away from home

— deeply grieved = exceeding sorrowful….surrounded by sorrow

  • Fell to the ground = “was falling”….more than one time

1st – Marvelous glimpse into the redemptive suffering of Christ (Real)

2nd -Practical Help When Sorrows like Sea Billows Roll

— Devastating diagnosis

— Family is Falling Apart

— Combined weight of life’s small disappointments weight Heavy

— Broke

When Circumstances press in and overwhelm you…

Four Pillars of Truth      (36)

  • Help for Holding up under the Pressure of Pain
  1. God Cares about Me

“Abba, Father” = a term of intimacy…. I know you love me!

ILL – Disciples on storm tossed sea,

“Master don’t you care that we are dying here!”

App – Stand firm in God’s Love…Acceptance

  1. God Controls My Circumstances

Exp – “All things are possible with You”

— You have not lost control of me or my situation.

 

ILL – Isaiah was afraid, he felt that circumstances were Heavy.

“I saw the Lord seated on His Throne!”

App – God Is on His Throne

T/S – These two present a problem.

If God loves all and has all power, WHY I s he allowing this?

  1. God Welcomes My Honesty

“Remove this cup from Me” ….  Jesus makes a very honest request.

“Cup” now instead of “Hour” == OT for Wrath/Suffering

— He knew why He had come….Father’s Purpose

Yet, honestly, the thought repulsed Him!

 

Ill – Thad got splinter upstairs in Garage…hid it from Mom (Fester)

Ill – Jeremiah,“You tricked me God! Cursed be the day of my Birth

App – Without Honesty we are Isolated in our Pain…Cut off

  1. God’s Way Is Best

“Yet, not what I will but what You will.”

— Despite how I feel, I know that Your ways are RIGHT!

    • I want what You want!  Your Way is Best.

ILL – Peter’s advice to a group of Christians suffering persecution

1 Peter 4:19 — Where did Peter get that Idea!?

He learned it from the Master in Gethsemene

Conclusion

The dark night drove Jesus to His knees.  He fell to the ground under the heavy burden; but, in the garden, He found His feet.  When the Hour came, He stood tall and said, “Arise.  Let us be going!”

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Servant, Savior, Son of God: “The Wages of Sin”

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Sunday, March 27th, 2011

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Sermon Notes  March 27, 2011

Mark 14: 12-26

Intro:   We are worried & bothered about so many things…

ILL – Dax & tattoo Troubled Julie (unfounded, silly fear)

(something that should keep you awake at night)

The Wages of Sin is Death.  What will you do about your sin?

Imagine yourself a child of 10, a Hebrews child in Egypt.

  • Your father brings from the pasture a yearling lamb, beautiful, perfect really, without a blemish.  You keep him close to the house for three days, feeding, caring, a bond of affection.
  • On fourth day, you watch wide eyed as your father lays his hand on the lamb’s head, takes a sharp knife ..cuts the throat of the lamb.  The life drains out of the lamb, dripping as blood into a bowl.
  • Father smears the blood onto the front door of your house

The lamb is roasted and your whole family eats him

  • Then, you huddle together in your house while death stalks the land, the tenth great plague from Moses on Egypt.
  • By daybreak, you can hears the wails of grief from a distance, but no one in your family is dead…You were all covered by the Blood of the Lamb.

t/s – I have just told you the story of God’s central act of Redemption for Israel.  Every year, God’s people ate the Passover Lamb in order to remember and to celebrate God’s faithful, gracious “Passing Over.”

The Passover is the context for the Cross of Jesus.

Mark 14: 12-26 Jesus gave His Life during Passover

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“Christ and His redemption are the subject of the whole word of God.”

Jonathon Edwards

The Bold Claim of Jesus

Instead of the Passover Lamb, ME!  (My Body, My Blood)

ILL – Imagine on Memorial Day… I stood to declare —

From now on… forget about the fallen soldiers, remember me!

App – Jesus, “I am the central act of Redemption!”

The Crucial Claim of Christianity

Jesus Is our Passover Lamb.  He has once for all given His body and blood to cover our sin.

 

The wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

This had been God’s plan all along.  The Passover served to prepare us for the work of Jesus on the Cross….The Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World.

 

Jesus gave his life as our ransom, His blood is payment for our sin.

Do you accept this?

ILL – One Sunday night, I stood in church singing.  My high school

Buddy, no church background next to me…

There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel’s veins; and sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.

My buddy leans over to whisper out the side of his mouth,

“That’s gross!”

We have a tendency to avoid all this talk of the Blood.  We find it distasteful, crude, unsettling.  Jesus knew we would, so he commanded us to regularly eat the bread and drink the cup, This Is My Blood!

t/s – Not only physically, but spiritually offensive… Sin is Ugly!

We have a tendency to avoid the issue of Our Sin.

  • Ignore; Deny (basically good); Minimize (balance)
  • At night, we huddle like a child in Egypt while death approaches

 

The Blood of the Passover Lamb forces us to confess, to acknowledge, — to own — the full weight of our sin.

The price of your sin is death, eternal separation from God; but God’s great gift of Redemption is Jesus Death of Cross…Eternal Life!

Be still, Listen, Death is coming for you.

What will you do about your sin?

Prayer

In the OT, God was willing to Passover every Hebrew household; but each one had to apply the blood….Acting by Faith.

In the Upper Room, Jesus offered the bread and the cup to His disciples; but each one had to choose to Take, Eat, Drink.

On the Cross, Jesus died for everyone,…

Today, Jesus offers forgiveness of sin, rich and free; but you must take action….trusting and Receiving His gift for yourself.

I want to give you that opportunity this morning…

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Whoever will call upon the Name of the Lord will be saved.

If you want to deal with your sin today, asking Jesus to forgive and cleanse, look up hear at me….

Sinner’s Prayer

Standing, Singing, You come… I prayed that prayer trusting Jesus; I want to confess Him now as Lord of my life.

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Servant, Savior, Son of God: “Expectations”

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Sunday, March 20th, 2011

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Sermon Notes  March 20, 2011

Mark 12: 35-37

Intro:   Traveling this week, crossed the Continental divide…

  • Dramatic Dividing…All water flows to Atlantic or pacific

T/S – Jesus Divides People…Determines Eternal Destinies.

Matthew 12 = Tells of a Day of Division

Seven controversies  (11:27-12:40)

Dividing Lines..Battle lines Defined

 

Day One          Dramatic Triumphal Entry

Day Two          Cleansing of the Temple

Day Three A Day of Controversy  (Fuss &Fight)

(A Day of Rejection)

Taxes, treason, resurrection, Scriptures…

 

Begins Religious Leaders Question Jesus’ Authority

“Who Do You Think You Are?!”

Ends Jesus sitting as Judge in the Temple…

n      Condemns the religious establishment

n      Commends a poor widow who gave sacrificially out of her poverty.

 

t/s – Near the end of this day of controversy, after all Jesus’ questioners fell silent, Jesus had something to say.  In a sense, he was answering the first question, “Who do you think you are?”

 

Mark 12: 35-37

 

Psalm 110:1

  • Written by David; Inspired by God’s Spirit
  • About the Messiah (Savior King)

 

Peter preached the first Sermon                        Psalm 110

Hebrews described Supremacy of Jesus            Psalm 110

Revelation Describes Final Victory                    Psalm 110

The Most Quoted OT verse in NT                    Psalm 110:1

Primary Confession of Faith… Jesus Is Lord!

I am not what you were expecting, because your expectations are Distorted!

Expected a political/military King like David.  (freedom & prosperity)

Messiah is David’s Lord.

Adonai = Master….used for YHWH…..

The Messiah is Greater than David

Son of David is Son of God

“In what sense is he his son?”             (vs. 37)

I am not what you were expecting, because your expectations are Distorted!

  • You Expect Me to give you what you Want.
  • I am here to Give you what you Need.

 

Expect:            Approval          Rules                            Fulfill Dreams

Receive:           Repent             Relationship                  New Dreams

I am the Savior King, Messiah….. The Lord.  My Rule Is….

  • Certain
  • Eternal
  • And One Day….Complete!

By what Authority do I do these Things?(11:28)   By My Authority!

I Am the Lord.

Opposition to me is Vain.

Rejection of me is Foolish.

Mark 12: 10-11          Psalm 118: 22-23

Destinies Divide on Me.

 

Concl:              Teaching boy to ride without training wheels…

In foolish frustration, he pushed me away…

I let go…. I did not fall….  He did!

Before You push Jesus Away… Understand Who He Is.

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Servant, Savior, Son of God: “Blind Sight”

By Dr. Hance Dilbeck
Sunday, March 6th, 2011

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Sermon Notes  March 6, 2011

Mark 10:46-52

Intro:   I was showing a little girl my microphone not long ago

  • She touched the ear piece, traced the wire, examined box
  • “OH, I See!”
  • “See” == Physical Sight & Understanding, Perception…
  • Same with NT Vocabulary… Gospels Use this Image Often

Mark 10: 46-52

Vs. 52 – “Following Him” + Named Person, Bartimaeus

Lead us to believe he became a Disciple

“Made Well” = sozo…Made whole…Saved!

He followed Jesus, the first thing He Saw!

I am surprised Mark Tells this story!

*  Mark 10:45 to 11:1 is perfect Transition

How this Story Functions in Mark’s Gospel…..

Mark 8:21 – Do you not yet understand?

Mark 8:22 – Healing of Blind Man at Bethsaida

n      Needed a second, clarifying Touch

Section – “Clarifying the Gospel for the Disciples”

Mark 10: 46-52 – Book end Miracle… The Blind See!

 

How the Story Moves Us!?!

We are moved by the Blind Man’s passionate, persistent, shameless Faith…. He Cries Out to Jesus Like a baby, no…like a Beggar!

Jesus, Son of David, Have Mercy of Me!

ILL – Fanny Crosby wrote a song…  # 308

  • No concern for others….sense of God’s capricious
  • Heart Hymn…..Desperation!

Shameless, Saving Faith comes when We…

See Jesus for Who He Really Is

Exp – Vs. 47 – Crowd – Nazarene…. Bartimeus = Son of David

Son of David = Not used by Mark… Jews understood

OT Messiah….Savior King

Isaiah 29:18; 32:3; 35:5

App – Blind Bartimaeus could see what the Crowds could not

  • Jesus, the Messiah, Could and Would!

t/s – Why is that so hard?

See Myself for Who I Really Am

Exp – Bartimaeus cried out with a passionate, public, personal plea

  • Desperation!
  • Contrast James and John…. Pulling Jesus aside, hushed tones… We need Recognition, Reward….Hand Up!
  • “God Is My Co-Pilot” on their donkey
  • Only Desperation Sees Jesus Clearly!

ILL – Imagine slipping from your roof….hanging onto gutter

  • First, I hope no one saw that….
  • Finally, I hope someone Sees me!

App – Disciples (see) Live in a Steady Desperation

—- Poor in spirit, Mourning, hungering & thirsting…

A sense of need — deep and urgent!

Rev. 3:17

Conclusion – I am not sure what comes first….

  • Seeing Jesus as Crucified Savior King, our Redeemer; thus, “What kind of person must I be, if the wages of my sin!?”
  • Seeing the deep corruption and weakness of my heart, I need a Redeemer, a Savior…. Mercy!

I am sure they come Together!

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