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Introduction
Preach the gospel, if necessary use words.
Please open your Bibles to .
We are nearing the halfway point of the book as Jesus concludes his ministry in Galilee as the opposition arises.
You Still Don’t Get it?
The Story of the Repeated Sermon
There is a humorous story of a preacher who began to preach at a new church.
The second Sunday, a member thought that he heard the same sermon the previous week.
By the third Sunday, he heard the same sermon repeated from the first and second Sunday.
The member mustered up some courage and asked the pastor, “Pastor, are you preaching the same sermon?
I heard this the past three weeks now.”
He simply replied, “When you start living that one, I’ll move on to the next one.”
The pastor said, “Until you start applying the sermon, I ain’t moving on.”
I’m not sure if this was actually true, but the point of the story is that often Christians don’t get it.
And if that is true today, it was true of the disciples back then.
They still did not get who Jesus was and often failed to realize what He had come to do.
How many of you have heard a wonderful sermon on Sunday, but by Tuesday you forgot what was said on that Sunday.
We will see that the disciples, even though they followed Jesus on his journeys, often failed to get it.
Only after his resurrection, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, would they finally get it.
The Story of the Repeated Sermon
The book of Mark is really divided into two sections: Jesus ministry in Galilee, and chapter 8 onwards Jesus journey to Jersualem.
We are nearing the second and final act as the book now shows Jesus repeated sayings concerning his death and resurrection.
The book of Mark is really divided into two sections: Jesus ministry in Galilee, and chapter 8 onwards Jesus journey to Jersualem.
Recap:
You remember last time we were in Mark, Jesus healed a Gentile woman who had a demon possessed daughter.
She was a Gentile, and her response amazed Jesus.
And then he travels to Sidon and makes a U-shaped tour through the regions of the Decapolis where he heals a deaf and mute man.
Now Jesus is still in Gentile territories where he feeds 4,000.
Although the account of the feeding of the four thousand is very similar to the feeding of the 5,000 in , we will see that there are differences that show these are two separate miracles.
And in our passage, we will look at three characteristics of Jesus, so that we as his disciples can learn from him and imitate him.
I.
The Compassion of Jesus (vv.
1-9)
II.
The Frustration of Jesus (vv.
10-13)
III.
The Patience of Jesus (vv.
14-21)
Scripture Reading:
I.
The Compassion of Jesus (vv.
1-10)
Now some critical and liberal scholars believe that Mark made a mistake and he is repeating the same story over again because we see very similar things here from the feeding of the 5, 000 in .
And there certainly are parallels.
Before commenting on this section, something needs to be said about the parallels between 6:31–7:37 and 8:1–30.
They can be observed in the following:
6:31–44
Feeding a multitude
8:1–9
6:45–56
Crossing the lake
8:10
7:1–23
Dispute with the Pharisees
8:11–13
7:24–30
Discussion about bread
8:14–21
7:31–36
Healing
8:22–26
7:37
Confession of faith
8:27–30
However, when you look closely, there are many differences.
For example:
Mark 6:32–44
Mark 8:1–9
5,000+ people, mostly Jews
4,000+ people, mostly Gentiles
With Jesus one day (6:35)
With Jesus three days (8:2)
Took place in Galilee
Took place near the Decapolis
Five loaves, two fish
Seven loaves, a few fish
Twelve baskets left over
Seven baskets left over
(small lunch baskets)
(large hampers)
I think one of the major notable differences is that Jesus as in Gentile territories.
A. The Compassion of Jesus (vv.
1-3)
Picking up where Jesus left off, Jesus is now in a predominately Gentile crowd.
And yet the crowds are willing to forgo food, to hear Jesus teach.
Whereas in the first feeding of predominately Jesus, Jesus had compassion on the crowd because they didn’t have a Shepherd.
He was concerned about their spiritual need.
But in this case, Jesus had compassion on them because of their physical need.
They were with Jesus for three days in a remote place, and if they went home, they would faint, or be so weary they would not make it home.
Notice Jesus has compassion on them.
He is both compassionate to spiritual need AND physical need.
The Greek word for “compassion,” splangnizomai, comes from splangnon, meaning entrails or vital organs.
In ancient animal sacrifice, the splangnon—heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys—were eaten by priests and sacrificers before a sacrificial animal was offered on the altar.
As a consequence of this practice, splangnizomai takes on a metaphorical meaning of being moved deeply within, in the seat of emotions (Matt 9:36).
“ ‘I have compassion for these people’ ” expresses Jesus’ gut-wrenching emotion on behalf of the crowd.
“The English word compassion comes from a Latin word meaning, ‘to suffer with,’ and conveys feelings of deep sympathy, pity, and kindness toward those who are hurting.”
386 MacArthur
In other words, Jesus was so moved from within that he wanted to take action.
He was moved in the deepest part of him where He wanted to provide.
Preach the Gospel, if necessary use words.
Most of us in this room would agree that is a false statement because the gospel needs words.
You can’t accept the gospel without believing the Word.
However, I think in our circles, we may swing to the other extreme were we only preach a gospel, but there is not action or compassion that backs up the gospel we preach.
Yes, the gospel is the power of God.
But people also see the power of God at work in your own life as we consider how we can meet real human needs.
I share the audio book of David Platt I’m listening too.
And as a preacher, he was confronted with this reality.
Where people in Himalays and poor villages die because they lack basic needs.
They may die of an infection that was preventable or treatable if only if they had the basic and necessary medicines.
And he was confronted with the reality of both urgent physical and spiritual need.
Where Christians he saw worked to provide clean water, but at the same time pointing people to the Water of Life.
Where people needed basic education and literacy, but where the Christians also knew that education alone would not save their souls.
God had compassion on Israel, and he saved the Israelites from the Egyptians.
And we must understand that hospitals, schools, adoption and pregnancy crisis centers have been founded by Christians who wanted to do both physical and spiritual good.
CFBC—Where does a life of good works look like in our community?
Where are there needs where we can just do what we can to alleviate needs where there becomes an opportunity for gospel?
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