May 2nd
Speaker: RJ Dugone Text: Mark 3:7-12 7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea, 8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him. 9 And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him; 10 for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him. 11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, "You are the Son of God!" 12 And He earnestly warned them not to tell who He was.
A description of Jesus' Humility: Philippians 2:1-8. Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude [e]in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross. Theology/Apologetics: People gathered around Jesus close enough to touch Him. Obviously, from the example of the woman with the issue of blood, it was thought and true, that if a person could touch Jesus, they could access healing power. Later, in the Book of Acts, people were healed by simply being in the shadow of an Apostle. What is the conclusion of such a demonstration? That the power of God was manifested in and through the lives and ministry of Jesus and His disciples. The question is this? How does God want to work through the lives and ministry of the Church today? That leads us back to the question of how do we interpret Jesus' promise that "we" would do the same things that He did and greater things?
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