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MARK: JUST JESUS, Turning Over Tables - Dr. Jim Bradford, July 23, 2023
MARK: JUST JESUS, Turning Over Tables - Dr. Jim Bradford, July 23, 2023
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Mark 11:15-17
5 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
5 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Isaiah 56:6-7
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant7 these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant7 these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
Matthew 28:18-19a
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..."
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..."
Oswald J. Smith, The Cry of the World “We should have kept before us our Lord’s post-resurrection commands. We should have evangelized the world. Otherwise we have no ground for our existence as a church. There is no reason why we should have churches unless they are reaching out to those who have never heard.”
If I were the Devil... (Jack Hanes)
> I would marginalize missions -- perhaps a program but not a passion
> I would get Christians to focus on this world and not the next one
> I would convince everyone that there is plenty of time
> I would entice Christians to love earthly treasures more than heavenly treasures
> I would teach that the Holy Spirit has been sent to bless me in my life instead of help me to reach the world with the Gospel
> I would marginalize missions -- perhaps a program but not a passion
> I would get Christians to focus on this world and not the next one
> I would convince everyone that there is plenty of time
> I would entice Christians to love earthly treasures more than heavenly treasures
> I would teach that the Holy Spirit has been sent to bless me in my life instead of help me to reach the world with the Gospel
“My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
So let’s turn over some tables!
* Tables of indifference and neglect
* Tables of preference and prejudice
* Tables of distractions and misplaced priorities
* Tables of false teachings and substitute gospels
* Tables of indifference and neglect
* Tables of preference and prejudice
* Tables of distractions and misplaced priorities
* Tables of false teachings and substitute gospels
1 Corinthians 15:1,3-4
1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures
1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures