Sermon Notes 5/2 Mark 2:13

-MARK 2:1-12 – Jesus just finished performing two miracles for the paralytic –  healing

and salvation

Mark 2:13 – Jesus teaches – means to keep on teaching

——-Jesus taught wherever He was

verse 14 – Jesus saw Levi – means united/joined together

-known as Matthew which means a gift of God

-Matthew was a tax collector and hated

v14 – Follow Me – to be on the same road as Jesus

-this is a forever habit

-Luke 5:28 – Levi left everything to follow Jesus

verse 15 – Levi invited Jesus to come to his house

-Jesus loved to among the lost

verse 16 – the religious group

Communion – this is being with Jesus every day

Connection – connect with all unbelievers

verse 17 – healthy – these are believers

               – sick – these are unbelievers

vs18-21 – fasting

-Jesus was enjoying life with His disciples

v19 – the bridegroom is Jesus Christ

-friends of the Bridegroom were the 12 disciples & the followers of Jesus

-Jesus uses the picture of a wedding

v20 – when Jesus has ascended, then believers can fast

vs21 – 22 –  it is time for something new – grace instead of law…freedom instead of rules

-the new patch are the teachings of Jesus.  It wont mix with the old garment

        THE SABBATH

vs23-27

-the Sabbath Day is just for Israel – Exodus 31:12-18

-the Sabbath was part of the law of Moses

-the law points to Jesus

-no one can keep the law and it points us then to Jesus and redemption

-the Lord is more concerned with people and their needs than following rules

-the religious crowd added their own traditions & rules to the law

                                             MARK CHAPTER THREE

-verse 1 – withered hand – means to be dried up.  This happened in the past

-signs and wonders are needed in the church today & through the church today

v2 – continuous watching – trying to find something wrong

v3 – Jesus always asked people to take a step of faith to be healed

v4 – Jesus was ready to heal & the religious were ready to kill & hard Jesus

v5 – Jesus has a righteous indignation against a religious spirit

hardness – means callous/hard skinned

v6 – the religious spirit tried to kill Jesus

v7 – we all need times of rest and refreshment

v8 – its time to get back to work

doing – is continual doing

vs 9-10 – People were coming to Jesus.  If you have an issue, come to Jesus

v11 – Even the demons know that Jesus is God – John 1:1,14…Jon 5:18…John 20:20-28