Truth that Transforms

Main point: Christ’s salvation ministry to the entire world is previewed as a Gentile woman from Tyre comes to saving faith in the Lord Jesus.

Main point: Jesus explains that the heart of the human problem is the problem of the sinful human heart. Only Christ can cleanse your sinful heart.

Main point: Jesus confronts legalistic adherence to human tradition and reveals our need for internal saving faith in Him.

Main point: Christ’s private intercession and powerful intervention transforms the disciples’ hearts from fear to faith in the Son of God.

Main point: With creative power and compassionate provision, Jesus meets the needs of those who follow Him.

Main point: The path of true discipleship is one of self-denial and sacrificial submission to Christ.

Main point: Jesus sends His disciples into ministry and provides a plan for us to follow.

Main point: The response of Christ’s hometown demonstrates the deadly nature of unbelief so that you will examine your own heart for true faith and you will be prepared for rejection when you minister to others.

Main point: In this passage, we are reminded of two truths about God’s Word which ground us in Scripture so that we go nowhere else for growth, guarding, guidance, and guarantee until the Lord returns.

Main point: Jesus demonstrates His authority over death by raising a little girl back to life. He provides a preview of the victory that will be achieved in His own resurrection and for all who believe and obey Him.

Main point: Jesus heals a woman who suffered from a hemorrhage and illustrates how you can be cleansed from your sin.

Main point: Jesus demonstrates His authority over Satan’s forces of darkness by healing the Gerasene demoniac. Christ transforms your heart so that you will bear testimony to the grace and truth of God.

Main point: Jesus demonstrates that He has authority over the wind and the sea so that you will trust Him in the midst of the storm.

Main point: Jesus explains how the kingdom of God grows so that you will have confidence in God and in sharing the gospel.

Main point: Fruitful hearers obey the Word of God and proclaim the gospel to others.

Main point: True believers produce spiritual fruit.

Main point: Jesus Christ leaves His hearers with only three options. We can discount Him as delusional, denounce Him as demonic, or declare Him to be divine.

Main point: Mark explains how Jesus chose twelve common men to be His disciples and carry on His work so that you understand His choice of you.

Main point: As the Son of God, Christ is unmistakably in command and control of His mission.

Main point: Christ uncompromisingly stands for truth and love against tradition and legalism.

Main point: God’s purpose for the Sabbath day was to give His people a weekly rest, but the Pharisees had turned a divine blessing into a dreaded burden of rule keeping. In Mark 2:23- 28, Jesus announces He is Lord of the Sabbath and calls us to enter into His eternal rest.

Main point: Jesus uses three illustrations to contrast dead, legalistic, mournful religious form with the living liberty of the joy of grace that is found in His presence.

Main point: God’s grace and forgiveness do not come to the self-righteous, but to sinners and outcasts who respond in faith to Christ’s call.