The New Message

TRINITY WORSHIP NOTES

WHO IS JESUS?

“The New Message”

October 1, 2006

“Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.  [14] As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector's booth. ‘Follow me,’ Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.  [15] While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and ‘sinners’ were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. [16] When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the ‘sinners’ and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: ‘Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?’  [17] On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’  [18] Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.  Some people came and asked Jesus, ‘How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?’  [19] Jesus answered, ‘How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?  They cannot, so long as they have him with them.’"                                                                        Mark 2:13-19 (NIV)

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I. JESUS HAS A MISSION

• Teach the ___________GOOD NEWS__________________

“Once again Jesus went out beside the lake.  A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.”                                        Mark 2:13 (NIV)

• Making ______________DISCIPLES____________________

“As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector's booth. ‘Follow me,’ Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.”                                                                  Mark 2:14 (NIV)

TAX COLLECTORS

Ø       Jews who worked for Rome

Ø       Made a living by taxing their countryman

• Dines with ___________SINNERS_____________________

“While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and ‘sinners"’ were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.”                                                           Mark 2:15 (NIV)

II. PEOPLE OBJECT

·         The experts on the _________LAW____________________

“When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"               Mark 2:16 (NIV)

·         The followers of ________JOHN THE BAPTIST__________

“Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.  Some people came and asked Jesus, ‘How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?’”            Mark 2:18 (NIV)

III. JESUS THE BRIDEGROOM

·         It is time to ___________CELEBRATE__________________

“Jesus answered, ‘How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?  They cannot, so long as they have him with them.’”

Mark 2:19 (NIV)

·         It is time for __GRACE_______ and ____FORGIVENESS___

"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment.  If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.” 

Mark 2:21 (NIV)

·         It is time to be ___________FLEXIBLE________________

“And no one pours new wine into old wineskins.  If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined.  No, he pours new wine into new wineskins."                        Mark 2:22 (NIV)

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