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Stand Forth
/Text: Mark 3:1-7/
Place Preached - ( Baptist Church)
Date Preached - (03~/15~/98)
Introduction:
Spend some time introducing the topic of human instrumentality.
· In Salvation.
(/faith/)
ILLUS - Tossing a life ring to a drowning man.
He is in a position where he cannot save himself, but he must still grab the ring.
· In Sanctification.
Do not put temptation in front of you, go where God will have every opportunity to do His work.
· In Surrender.
We Yield
· In Service.
God Uses Us. (God needs a human vessel)
ILLUS - John & Romans Distribution.
Exposition:
vs.1 Jesus entered the synagogue.
Now there was nothing unusual about Jesus entering the synagogue for Luke tells us..."and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read." (Lk.
4:16)
STRESS CHURCH ATTENDANCE HERE!!!!
We read that there was a man in that synagogue who had a withered hand.
Luke tells us that it was his right hand.
The Greek word is /xeraino/ and speaks here of the members of the body, to waste away, pine away, i.e. a withered hand
Now this was certainly not a */fatal condition/*, but it was a */crippling condition/*, that right hand was of no usefulness to this man.
vs.2
We further read in this verse that the Pharisees had their spies there.
"And they watched him" Why were they watching Him?
They wanted to see if Jesus would heal this man on the sabbath day.
Then they would have a reason to accuse Him.
Many times the world is watching us, waiting for us to do something that they might accuse us.
Just as wicked men in the past sought to find fault with Daniel, but they could not except by bringing to pass a wicked law that Daniel could longer pray to God.
The Pharisees could find no sin in Christ.
They hated him because His righteousness condemned them.
So they attempted to accuse him regarding their traditions.
*Cf.
I Peter 3:15-17* /But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:/
*16* /Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ./
*17* / For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing./
How sad if the ungodly must rebuke the Christian for sin!!
vs.3
Jesus knows every thought in the hearts of men, and he knew the wickedness of these Pharisees, so he went right ahead and did the very thing they were looking for.
Why?
Obviously to help the afflicted man, but also to further rebuke the Pharisees in their self righteousness.
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I. Jesus /Solicited/ Human Involvement.
· *"Stand Forth" vs.3*
· *"Stretch forth thine hand" vs.5*
When Jesus performed his many miracles, He did not do for the individual what the individual could do for himself.
SAYING - “God helps those who help themselves” is not entirely true.
God helps those who cannot help themselves.
For instance when Lazarus was raised from the dead Jesus had the men standing by to remove the stone from the tomb.
When He turned the water into wine at the wedding in Cana, Christ commanded the servants to fill the waterpots.
Jesus did for people what they could not do for themselves!
He called Lazarus forth from the grave, he turned the water into wine.
Do we ever expect Jesus to do for us what we ought to be doing ourselves?
Now we know that the following verses are true:
Phil.
4:8 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
John 15:5 *....for without me ye can do nothing.*
But their is a time to get up off our knees, one old-time preacher said "I need to pray as if everything depended on God, and then get up and work like everything depended on me.
William Carey - “ATTEMPT GREAT THINGS FOR GOD - EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM GOD”.
The Lord expects us to do much for ourselves everyday and it starts with getting out of bed in the morning.
You can pray and ask Jesus to get you out of bed.
But you are the only one who can do that.
The truth is we spend a lot of time praying about things we should be doing.
Eg.
Baptism, Bible reading, soulwinning.
Several years ago the slogan for Nike sportswear was "Just Do It"
· Our walk with God
· Church
· Family
· Business
We want these to improve, well "Stand forth" "Just Do It"
Jesus solicited the afflicted man's involvement, next...
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II.
Jesus Points Out The Pharisees Sin of Omission.
Christ asks them a question.
There are two parts to this question, the first part is general: Is it lawful to do good or evil on the sabbath?
The second part is more specific: Is it lawful to save life or to kill?
Jesus was doing something good, he was saving life, he was healing this man's withered hand.
The Pharisees would argue that this was something that could be left for another day.
This attitude of theirs violated a very clear Bible principle found in
*Prov**.
3:27-28* /Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
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*28* /Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee./
The Pharisees would not like to admit that by failing to practice good they were indeed committing evil.
By neglecting to save life they were destroying it.
The hypocrisy of these men is further illustrated by the fact that their own Pharasaical law permitted them to save a beast if it fell in a pit on the Sabbath.
Sin falls into two catergories; Those sins which we commit (sins of commission) and those sins which are sins by omission.
*James 4:17* /Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin./
The Pharisees sin was neglect; a sin of omission.
How often do we neglect to do that which is right?
Oh, we may not "DO" many worldly thimgs, but how many Bible principles to we fail to put into practice?
Conclusion:
In response the Pharisees held their peace.
vs.4
The Bible says that Jesus was grieved over the hardness of their heart, it also says that He looked on them with anger.
Then He healed the man.
Jesus did good on that Sabbath day and there is a happy ending to this event as the man's hand was restored whole as the other one.
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