March 18th, 2012 Book of Mark Wk17

We continue the book of Mark and see how Jesus called the hypocrites to be transformed.

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The Gospel of Mark: Hypocrites Transformed

March 18th, 2012  by Kasey Crawford

Today’s Passage: Mark 7:1-23

Review…( Mark 1:1-6:52)

A framework for understanding Mark: The book of Mark puts on display how Jesus brings more of heaven to earth and invites his followers to experience the same as they learn a new (kingdom) way of life from the Master and respond with regular repentance (turning to God) and belief (taking action). 

New (Mark 7:1-23)

A recent study was done by the Barna group that said, ______% of people outside the church find the word “_____________” to be an appropriate description of Christians.

Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “ ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. (7:6) 

So what is the main problem that Jesus is trying to deal with?

People try to make things look good on the ____________ while they are still a mess on the inside.

Why is it so easy to slip into just trying to make things look good on the outside?

We can ___________ our outside much better than we can __________ our inside.

God is not ______________ with how things look on the outside if it is not _________________ flowing out of the inside.

God doesn’t want behavior modification so you can outwardly ___________, he wants heart transformation so that you are inwardly ____________.

The walls up between us and God are ______ walls, not God’s. They are __________ in our heart,  ________ in our heart, the pride in our heart, etc.

“What comes out of a person is what defiles him. ²¹ For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, ²² coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. ²³ All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

While the hypocrites of human-made religion find their value in looking good on the outside, Jesus turns it upside down and shows that when heaven breaks into a life, it ___________ you from the inside out.

The invitation from Jesus is to be healed from life’s ____________ ___________.

This authenticity before God, of ___________ our junk and letting him heal us from the inside out is also where the power comes from for _____________.

As we have focused on the last couple of weeks, God doesn’t want to wait until you are perfect before he will to use you…But the more he _______________ and ________ our heart, the more his power rests in us.

The greater a heart is transformed to be like Jesus, the greater ___________ it can be for the Holy Spirit to ________ through.

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