Sermon Tone Analysis

They finally end up, several months after they began the journey, down on the southeastern shore of Galilee, having gone west, north and a big loop and down to the bottom of the Sea of Galilee in an area called Decapolis, made up of ten cities, Gentile cities full of idol worship and typical Gentile life.

There a massive crowd comes to Jesus by the Lake of Galilee and He heals them all … absolutely all of them, according to Matthew 15:29–31, He healed everybody who came and they were bringing all kinds of injuries, illnesses, diseases, etc.

And this is all to demonstrate the healing purposes of God, the compassion of God and the salvation of God is intended for the world and for Gentiles.

And this is sort of a microcosm lesson on this, which I am confident was reinforced as they moved those hundred and twenty, to a hundred and fifty miles over a period of several months in the presence of the Lord.

They finally end up, several months after they began the journey, down on the southeastern shore of Galilee, having gone west, north and a big loop and down to the bottom of the Sea of Galilee in an area called Decapolis, made up of ten cities, Gentile cities full of idol worship and typical Gentile life.

There a massive crowd comes to Jesus by the Lake of Galilee and He heals them all … absolutely all of them, according to ,

He healed everybody who came and they were bringing all kinds of injuries, illnesses, diseases, etc.

And this is all to demonstrate the healing purposes of God, the compassion of God and the salvation of God is intended for the world and for Gentiles.

And this is sort of a microcosm lesson on this, which I am confident was reinforced as they moved those hundred and twenty, to a hundred and fifty miles over a period of several months in the presence of the Lord.

THE PROVISION BY THE SAVIOR (8:1–10)

His concern (8:1–4, 9–10)

Willmington, H. L. (1999).

The Outline Bible ().

Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.

The problem he faces (8:1, 9–10): A crowd of 4,000 men has assembled to hear him preach when the food runs out.

In Kingdom ministry there must be a premium on Spiritual food

In Kingdom ministry Compassion is a must

The Disciples had no compassion for the crowd.

The Disciples did not observe them at all.

The Disciples were not concerned for them.

The Disciples had no thought of helping the crowd.

Compassion: to suffer with: it conveys feeling of deep sympathy, pity, and kindness toward those who are hurting.

But it is used to express feelings of emotion, affection, sympathy, pity, kindness and compassion.

Prayer Evangelism

1. Speak Peace

2. Fellowship with them

3. Take care of their needs.

4. Proclaim the good news

No matter how empty I am, Jesus feels me

That is a very interesting statement because that is the only place in the four gospels where Jesus ever says that, “I feel compassion,” first person singular.

There are many references to His compassion third person.

It is said by the writer, Mark, in that He felt compassion.

Again in chapter 6 when He saw the hungry multitude, He felt compassion.

In ; ; ; ; it says Jesus felt compassion.

Jesus had compassion.

, He felt compassion on the widow of Nain.

But this is the only place that’s in the first person.

You can be in the Word and yet be weary

Our lack of expectation will hold us captive to our limitations

Dalmananuthua: This was a city sitting next to Magdala on the west coast of the sea of Galilee

As we come to the eighth chapter and the first ten verses, though it’s a beginning of the chapter, it’s the end of this period.

Actually 8:11 picks up back in Galilee, back in Capernaum again for a final ministry in Galilee before Jesus heads south ultimately to the cross and the resurrection

Blindness

Jesus and the disciples crossed to the western side of the Sea of Galilee where they were met by the Pharisees who were still angry at Him because of His earlier indictment of their hypocrisy

This time they tempted Him to prove His divine authority by giving them a sign from heaven.

They did not want an earthly miracle, such as the healing of a sick person.

They wanted Him to do something spectacular, like bring fire from heaven or bread from heaven ().

This would prove He was indeed sent from God.

To get Him to prove the source of His authority

In the Old Testament a “sign” was not so much a demonstration of power as an evidence that an utterance or action was authentic and trustworthy (cf.

TDNT, s.v.

“sēmeion,” 7:210–6, 234–6).

The Pharisees did not demand a spectacular miracle, but that Jesus give unmistakable proof that He and His mission were authorized by God.

They believed quite the opposite (cf.

3:22).

They wanted a spectacular sign

Some brilliant sight

Grassmick, J. D. (1985).

Mark.

In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.),

The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol.

2, p. 137).

Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

Some astonishing truth

Spiritual blindness is when I’m seeking for God to do something else, when I haven't received what He’s already done.

In = He sighed in response to the deaf man

Here he sighed in response to the willful blindness that broke His heart.

*This is a Stinging Rebuke to those who refused to receive the truth of the Word.

By this time in Mark’s gospel, by the time we come to this point, it’s been over two years that Jesus has been ministering openly, publicly and doing miracles that are literally unable to be counted.

The small Corruption can effect the whole body

Yeast in this passage symbolizes evil.

Just as only a small amount of yeast is needed to make a batch of bread rise, so the hard-heartedness of the religious and political leaders could permeate and contaminate the entire society and make it rise up against Jesus.

The Bible uses leaven as a picture of false doctrine (), unjudged sin in the church (), and hypocrisy ().

In this context, Jesus warned them about the teaching (false doctrine) of the Pharisees and the followers of Herod.

Pharisees= Legalism

Sadducees = Liberalism

Wiersbe, W. W. (1996).

The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 1, p. 137).

Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

Herodians = Cultural Sensitivity

Mark 8:16-21

The Disciples were so concerned with who’s fault it was, on why they didn't have any bread that they completely ignored Jesus warning about the Pharisees

The Disciples were so concerned with who’s fault it was, on why they didn't have any bread that they completely ignored Jesus warning about the Pharisees

Incredibility the disciples respond to Jesus instruction by thinking only about physical food.

In Kingdom ministry

Kingdom Ministry is not being so self absorbed that I don't have any spiritual perception

He has fed 20,000 people twice and they are worried about lunch

His reference to deafness recalled His healing of a death man.

His reference to blindness anticipated His next miracle

In Mark presented a series of events that parallels his sequence in 6:32–7:37.

Despite the replay of events and teaching, the disciples were still slow to “see and hear” who Jesus really is (cf.

8:18).

In both narrative cycles the feeding of a multitude played an important role

The Disciples continued to show a lack of spiritual discernment despite the miracles that they have seen.

Spiritual Blindness will rob us of muscle memory

Isn’t it astonishing that in the present moment,

Isn’t it astonishing that in the present moment,

In the stress of the present moment Don’t forget the fulfillments of God’s promises in the past

Why in the world are you thinking about that when you ought to think about the dangerous things that are going to influence your soul?

Why in the world are you thinking about that when you ought to think about the dangerous things that are going to influence your soul?

22-26

Jesus healing of the blind man in stages paralleled the disciples imperfection perception of Jesus

Like the man they were no longer blind but they could not see clearly either.