High Hopes
TRINITY WORSHIP NOTES
WHO IS JESUS?
“High Hopes”
September 23, 2007
“Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. [25] In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet. [26] The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. [27] ‘First let the children eat all they want,’ he told her, ‘for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs.’ [28] ‘Yes, Lord,’ she replied, ‘but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.’ [29] Then he told her, ‘For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.’ [30] She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.” Mark 7:24-30 (NIV)
EXPECTATIONS
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I. JESUS GOES ON VACATION
· Goes to ________________TYRE___________________
“Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.”
Mark 7:24 (NIV)
· He goes to ______________REFRESH_______________
“…He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.” Mark 7:24 (NIV)
II. MY GOSPEL’S EXPECTATIONS
· A traditional ______________VIEW________________
(See Mark 7:1-23)
Ø Wash your hands in a certain way.
Ø Eat only certain foods
Ø I can make up my own rules
Ø Only the external matters
· It is not for _______________ALL____________________
“Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.'” Mark 7:15 (NIV)
III. THE GOSPEL IS FOR ALL
- There is a real _____________NEED__________________
“The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.” Mark 7:26 (NIV)
- It goes beyond human __________THINKING____________
“First let the children eat all they want,’ he told her, ‘for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs.’”
Mark 7:27 (NIV)
- Because it is God’s __________MESSAGE_______________
“Yes, Lord,’ she replied, ‘but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.” Mark 7:28 (NIV)
“Then he told her, ‘For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.’ [30] She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.” Mark 7:29-30 (NIV)
WHAT DO YOU THINK GOD EXPECTS OF YOU?