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Joel and Mary Nadel, Covenant Church
From J.C. Ryle’s “Expository Comments on the Gospels - Mark”
House Rules: Phones, Respect, Stay on the Text
Pray
Introduction and Review
The beginning of Jesus Ministry
Jesus’ message - repent and believe the gospel
Review the gospel
His teaching with signs and wonders
Focuses on the Gospel
How to have peace with God
Consequences: Rebellion against God
Miracles to prove who He is and the truth He preaches
Healing sickness
Casting out demons
Controlling the weather
Raising the dead, Jairus daughter
Return to Nazareth
Today:
Training the apostles - practical exercise
They had observed his ministry
Head of the church tested His apostles before letting them alone in the world
Taught them to ID strengths and weaknesses, while He was still with them
This is clear - teamwork is a duty for all who work for Christ, whenever possible
A good model for the church, in training its pastors and ministers
Firstly, Christ sent out His apostle two by two
Only mentioned by Mark - let’s look at it closely
Shows us that teamwork is important for the work of Christ
Ecclesiastes 4:9 “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.”
Two do more together than two by themselves
Keep each other from mistakes
Help each other in difficulties - better chances of success
Encourage one another - laziness, depression, caring for the mission
Help each other when in trouble
Ecclesiastes 4:11 “Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?”
Churches in our day would do well to remember this principle
Much work to be done, few people to do it, here and abroad
One by one would seem to be more efficient
The Lord did it this way though
Apostles did not work alone
Better on the mission field
This is clear - teamwork is a duty for all who work for Christ, whenever possible
All Christians should try to work together - pastors, teachers, witnesses, street preachers - take counsel
Heb.
10:24,25 “not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
Secondly - Jesus has hard words for those who will not receive His ministers
“it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgement than for that city”
A truth frequently stated in the Gospels
Sad - overlooked by many
Thousands believe: go to church, do not openly break commandments - they think: no danger
More than keeping the law to save men’s souls
Great sin - hear the Gospel of Christ and not believe - be invited to repent and believe, and not care
Rejecting the Gospel and go to hell
Ask yourself: what are we doing for the Gospel?
We live among Christians, have Bibles, hear of the salvation of the Gospel frequently
Have we taken it into our hearts?
Obeyed it?
Have we laid hold on the hope set before us, taken up the cross and followed Christ?
If not we are worse than heathens and unbelievers who worship idols
More guilty than Sodom and Gomorrah - never heard the Gospel
We hear the Gospel - don’t believe
Search your own heart, pay attention, don’t ruin your own soul
Thirdly - what did they preach?
“they went out an preached that men should repent”
Same message as Jesus
The need for repentence may seem a simple, obvious truth
Need to repent may seem basic
Connected to right views of God, human nature, sin, Christ, holiness, heaven
Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” All need to realize this, be willing to give up sins, and seek after pardon
All need to be born again - run to Christ - repentence unto life
Nothing less is required for salvation (easy believism)
Like the apostles, Christians need to beg men to repent, continue in repentance.
Bringing it home
Have we, ourselves, repented?
Key question for us
Do we continue to repent?
Good to know what the apostles taught, Christian doctrine, but
better to know repentance by experience and feel it in our hearts
May we never rest until we know and feel that we have repented!
No unrepentant people in heaven
All in heaven have felt, mourned over, forsaken and asked pardon for their sin
This must be our experience, if we hope to be saved
If you seek to repent and turn to Christ, see me
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