Following Jesus

Mark 1:40-2:17

Driving to Black Hills breakdown

Jesus has the authority to care for our needs. We must come to him.

Jesus cares for the man

What about when Jesus doesn’t seem to care?

The group praying for resurrection

Jesus has the authority to forgive our sins. We must trust Him.

Their faith

Kingdom priorities - Jesus wants to move us to being concerned about our sins not just our problems with life.

Sin as disloyalty vs misbehavior

The Gospel = Romans 6:23

Romans 6:23 ESV

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

Jesus’ goal is to find those who know their need. We must have the same goal.

It’s not a numbers game. Jesus wants to reach people who know they need salvation.

Minneapolis - There’s a standard of justice we all fail at.

Munchkins and Mayhem - moms are always viewed as failing

The Gospel

Fishers of Men - If Jesus’ goal in the midst of busily healing and teaching is to call individual people to forgiveness and following him, can this be your goal as well?

What’s your frame? Is it “God, be merciful to me a sinner?” or is it “God can you take care of my problems?” - Jesus does care. He just wants to do more than that.

Is it “I’ve got a million problems” or is it “Can God use my problems to let me talk about Him?”

Prayer, God/ Gospel conversations

Meditation is a middle sort of duty between the word and prayer, and hath respect to both. The word feedeth meditation, and meditation feedeth prayer. These duties must always go hand in hand; meditation must follow hearing and precede prayer. To hear and not to meditate is unfruitful. We may hear and hear, but it is like putting a thing into a bag with holes. . . . It is rashness to pray and not to meditate. What we take in by the word we digest by meditation and let out by prayer.

Whitney, p88.