A new way of life.
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It’s time for a change.
It’s time for a change.
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
II Corinthians
If you are a Christian this verse applies to you, and it took effect when you were saved.
But, if you are a Christian and you are not walking as close to God as you should be, you may need to revisit this verse, you need to make some changes in your life.
I believe there a lot of people who want a better spiritual life. A better stronger prayer life, a closer walk with God. If that is the case, then there are some changes you need to make. Time to do things a little different.
Intro: I believe there a lot of people who want a better spiritual life. A better stronger prayer life, a closer walk with God. If that is the case, then there are some changes you need to make. Time to do things a little different.
That is what we have to do as a church. That why we are having a study on prayer. And we will be a “house of prayer”.
The ministry of Jesus (now in His 2nd year) had caught the attention of many. He had cast out demons, healed the sick, lepers. And His teaching was someone no had ever heard.
He also forgave sins.
Last time we were in Mark, Jesus had called Levi (Matthew) to follow Him. Matthew had Jesus and His disciples eat with Him and his friends. And they questioned Him about eating with sinners.
The religious leaders would not associate with anyone other then their self righteous friends. This was a change that needed to be made.
In these verse Jesus will show them, about something old and something new.
Many of the religious leaders in Jesus time did not realize that they were spiritually sick.
a. Now if you are not walking with God like you should be you may be spiritually sick, but you may be spiritually week. If you want to change, you have to be willing to put froth some effort to change.
b. You can just be a Christian, or you can be a follower of Jesus. Being a follower means a change. Peter, Andrew, James and John. Matthew.
Doing the right thing at the right time. VS 18-20
Doing the right thing at the right time. VS 18-20
18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
18 John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
Mark 2
John’s disciples. JTB. Elab on his disciples.
a. John’s followers were fasting and the Pharisees. They were fasting while Jesus and His disciples were not.
b. As far as they were concerned, Jesus and His disciples should be fasting too.
Elab on fasting and praying. Was, and is about self-denial. For the Pharisees it was about promoting self.
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
Matthew 6:
They fasted to make themselves look holy. We will at some point study in our prayer study, study about praying and fasting.
Luke 5:31-33
We will at some point study in our prayer study.
c. They were condemning Jesus’ disciples over something that wasn’t required.
d. Fasting was not a time of joy, it was a time of grief, time of mourning.
29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.
Lev
e. The Jews fasted to make themselves look holy.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
e. The Jews fasted on the day of atonement.
e. The Jews fasted on the day of atonement.
f. John’s followers may have been fasting out of grief. JTB had been arrested a few months before.
h. This did not apply Jesus’ disciples. But, Jesus makes it clear that it would not be appropriate for them to fast.
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
19 And Jesus said to them, “While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast, can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
19 And Jesus said to them, “While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast, can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 “But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
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The bridegroom represents Jesus. The children on the bridegroom represent His disciples.
a. Jesus tells them, as long as the bridegroom is with them they cannot fast.
b. Fasting during a wedding fest was inappropriate. The bridegroom had come, it was a time of laughter, a time of rejoicing, not a time of fasting.
c. Jesus, the true bridegroom had a arrived. A new day had come, it was a time to be glad and rejoice.
c. Solomon wrote in (HW) That there was time for all things.
d. There is a time to mourn, a time to rejoice. The relationship with Jesus was a relationship of joy. For Jesus disciples, there would be a time to mourn. But for now, while He was with, it’s was like a wedding feast, it was a time to rejoice.
2. Jesus disciples were not acing contrary to what was commonly believed and practiced. But things were changing and the disciples were willing to change their lives and follow the teaching of Jesus.
a. The disciples were doing the right thing at the right time. They were rejoicing because it was a time to rejoice.
b. We can rejoice because of what Jesus did for us.Elab.
c. We can rejoice because of what Jesus is doing for us, the way He blesses us.
d. Because we can rejoice, we need to be living for Jesus.
e. As a church, it is time to do the right thing. We have to do more to reach our community. Which means we have to think outside the box. We can’t always do things the same old way. If have to think the way of Jesus.
f. Not
f. The Pharisees way to thinking was not the way of Jesus.
The old is not compatible to the new. VS 21-22
The old is not compatible to the new. VS 21-22
new. VS 21-22
new. VS 21-22
36 And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
Luke 5
In Luke he refers to this as a parable.
Luke
36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
2. In this parable Jesus uses their question about fasting to explain His teaching are unlike their traditions. The two were not compatible.
a. Jesus gives two instillation, both are similar convey different messages.
The new cloth pulls away the old. The new in stronger. The two are not compatible. You cannot mix the old and new.
a. The patch, Jesus teaching was stronger then the old way. You could not mix the two.
37 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined.
Luke
b. The new wine, Jesus teachings, is so powerful to could not mis with the old ways. The new must stand on it own.
3. Lets fit old and new in with your life. A better spiritual life.
a. A closer walk with God, a stronger prayer life.
b. A stronger prayer life will led to a closer walk with God.
You have to get some thing (old things out of your life) what? You may know what, if not, pray as God, he will show you.
Psalm
12 Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse thou me from secret faults.
12 Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.
EALB ON THIS VERSE
2. You need to hear from God .
John 1
27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
John 10:
You have to be one of His sheep to hear His voice, and you have to be willing to follow Him.
a. Jesus had many people that followed Him (we know that because He fed 1000’s)
b. But when it came to being a follower, only a few choice that. (The rich young ruler)
c.
c. What do you have to give up to be a follower of Jesus? Anything that is keeping you from being a true follower.
d. Part of being a follower, having a closer walk with God, is doing things His way.
4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
3. You need God to show you His way.
2. It
Psalm 15
3. You need God to show you His way.
4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:
For thou art the God of my salvation;
On thee do I wait all the day.
Psalm 25:
4 Make me know Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day.
4 Make me know Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
1. The reason a lot of Christians can’t seem to have that closer walk with God, is they are doing things their way and not Gods way.
The reason a lot of Christians can’t seem to have that closer walk with God, is they are doing things their way and not Gods way.
a. To know God’s way, you have to know your way.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are my ways higher than your ways,
And my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah
b. When you learn God’s way, you know the right way. So sometimes we need to get out of our own way.
c. In our prayer life we need to search for God way. I have satellite TV. When it rains, the services will stop. At the bottom of the TV screen it says, “searching for a signal”
c. In our prayer life we need to search for God way. I have satellite TV. When it rains, the services will stop. At the bottom of the TV screen it says, “searching for a signal”
d. Why does the signal go out? Bad of the weather. There is something between the satellite dish, and the satellite itself that is interrupting the signal, so you not getting a clear picture on the TV.
e. If there are things in our lives, sin, doing things our way and not God way. Then there will be an interruption in the signal from God.
f. If you want a closer walk with God, it is up to you. God is there, He hasn’t move. He is waiting on you. You might need to somethings out of your life so you can get a clear signal from God.
End. As we have come to the beginning of a new year, are you satisfied with your spiritual life? Or do your want a closer walk with God? It will take getting rid of some of the old, and make things new.
Lord show where I am.
Lord I want to hear from you.
Lord Show me your way.