Sunday, April 03, 2005

MARK - Seed Archive

Mark 2:1-12
TOPIC: Evangelism [Outreach, Witness]

TITLE: Bringing In the Sheaves - How to demonstrate that you have faith in Jesus!
FOUNDATIONAL INQUIRY: How do we show that we believe their is no one besides Christ Jesus?
I. By Bringing Others to Him! [1-5]
II. By Preparing for Criticism! [6-7]
III. By Beholding His Power and Authority! [8-12]

Mark 5:24-34
TOPIC: Faith [Forgiveness, Healing]

TITLE: Are You Aware of What Is Happening To You?
FOUNDATIONAL INQUIRY: What does Christ's healing power mean to us?
I. Christ's Healing is Powerful! [30,34]
A. It overcomes human bondage. ["12 years," 25]
B. It overcomes human charlatans. ["endured much," 26]
C. It overcomes human economics. ["spent much," 26]
II. Christ's Healing is Available! [28,33]
III. Christ's Healing is Free! [28,34]
IV. Christ's Healing is Permanent! [34]

Mark 14:22-26
TOPIC: Lord's Supper [New Covenant]

TITLE: THE NEW COVENANT - PROMISE & FULFILLMENT - Broken Body, Spilled Blood!
FOUNDATIONAL INQUIRY: What dimensions of God's will are at work in the Lord's Supper?
I. The determinative dimension of His will!
God has determined the best road for us to travel, He has also determined that we should be free to choose to travel that road.
II. The declarative dimension of His will!
Jeremiah 31:31 says that God declared His intentions, He did hide His intentions.
III. The discretionary dimension of His will!
The Lord has said and the Bible has recorded that God will have mercy on whom He will have mercy ... and perfectly as well. We too should be merciful!

Mark 16:20a [A message by Mike Miller, Pastor FBC Boulder Creek, Ca. (22 October 1989)]
"they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them."
TOPIC: Work [Evangelism; Good News; Harvest field; Labor]

TITLE: HOLY SWEAT - or Meet my partner, the Lord Jesus Christ!
TRUTH CLAIM:
Many workers secretly wish they could pick those they work with; but can any complain when their co-worker is the Lord Himself?

FOUNDATIONAL INQUIRY: How does Jesus labor with His disciples?
I. Jesus labors as a working partner!
II. Jesus labors with a working program!
III. Jesus labors through a working power!
APPLICATION/CHALLENGE: Let's recall "we are laborers together with God" and "workers together with Christ." We are to labor where we are ... with what we know ... with what we have ... if we're to be a working partner.
 
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