Sermon Notes 1/16 – Mark 2
MARK 2:1-12
4 Men, the paralytic and an Encounter with Jesus
***To have a supernatural spiritual Bible Encounter, we need several things:
- We need Jesus and His presence – v1
-Jesus was in the house
- We need the Word of God – Mark 2:1-2
- we need to read it…memorize it…practice it
-it is God’s Word. The Lord wrote it and read the Word more than anything else
- we need to preach the Word of God – Acts 20:30 – all of it
Preach – means to proclaim…announce the good news with the purpose to evangelize
-it speaks of not being silent
Word – is logos here which is informational
Rhema – is when the Word becomes alive
-We need to preach all of the Word of God
-Be Cautious of the Word Positive
-1 Cor 2:4
-The Word of God is connected to bones and the Holy Spirit – Ezekiel 37:1-6
***Dry bones can become wet with the Word and the Holy Spirit
***Paralytic bones can be healed through the Word and the Spirit
- We must Preach the Word we must Find the Word of God – 2 Kings 21:19-22
-Israel had forsaken the Lord and His Word——-
-Josiah became king and they cleaned out the temple of idols & false gods——-
-God’s Word was written by God
-God’s Word is enough – this is called the sufficiency of scripture – the scriptures contain everything we need for the knowledge of salvation and godly living
-do not add anything new or take away anything – Rev 22:18-19 & Prov 30:5-6
d.The Word of God Helps Us Never To Be Deceived – Matthew 24:5,11 & 23
Deception – means to roam away from the truth & safety/to wander and go astray/It refers to planets being out of orbit which will cause chaos & destruction
We can defeat deception by knowing the Word of God…….