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JESUS: SON AND MESSIAH

MARK 7

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MARK 7

MARK 7:1-13 - CLEAN HANDS? CLEAN HEARTS? WORKING THE SYSTEM

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MARK 7:14-23 - DISCIPLES ARE CONFUSED, AGAIN

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MARK 7:24-30 - THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN, KIDS AND DOGS

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MARK 7:31-37 - A DEAF AND MUTE MAN IS HEALED

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'JESUS LEFT THAT PLACE AND WENT TO THE VICINITY OF TYRE. HE ENTERED A HOUSE AND DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW IT; YET HE COULD NOT KEEP HIS PRESENCE SECRET. IN FACT, AS SOON AS SHE HEARD ABOUT HIM, A WOMAN WHOSE LITTLE DAUGHTER WAS POSSESSED BY AN IMPURE SPIRIT CAME AND FELL AT HIS FEET. '

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'THE WOMAN WAS A GREEK, BORN IN SYRIAN PHOENICIA. SHE BEGGED JESUS TO DRIVE THE DEMON OUT OF HER DAUGHTER. “FIRST LET THE CHILDREN EAT ALL THEY WANT,” HE TOLD HER, “FOR IT IS NOT RIGHT TO TAKE THE CHILDREN’S BREAD AND TOSS IT TO THE DOGS.” “LORD,” SHE REPLIED, “EVEN THE DOGS UNDER THE TABLE EAT THE CHILDREN’S CRUMBS.” '

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'“LORD,” SHE REPLIED, “EVEN THE DOGS UNDER THE TABLE EAT THE CHILDREN’S CRUMBS.” THEN HE TOLD HER, “FOR SUCH A REPLY, YOU MAY GO; THE DEMON HAS LEFT YOUR DAUGHTER.” SHE WENT HOME AND FOUND HER CHILD LYING ON THE BED, AND THE DEMON GONE. '

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MARK 7:24-30

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WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?

  • STORY ALSO APPEARS IN MATT 15:21-28
  • JESUS MOST LIKELY TO TYRE TO HIDE OUT FOR A BIT AFTER SOME CONTROVERSY
  • TYRE WAS A WEALTHY SEASIDE TOWN
  • TYRE WAS GENTILE, BUT HAD A JEWISH POPULATION
  • JESUS’ MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO SAVE AND RECONCILE PEOPLE TO HIM FOCUSED IN ON ISRAEL
  • HE KNEW ISRAEL WOULD BE THE ONES WHO SPREAD THE GOSPEL

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  1. THERE’S A PREDOMINANT THOUGHT THIS WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE ASKING, AND NOT WORTH JESUS’ TIME
  2. JESUS INFERRED SHE WAS A “DOG”, SHE COMES BACK WITH THE KIDS WILL FEED THE FAMILY DOG UNDER THE TABLE.
  3. MARK SEEMS TO BE SUGGESTING IN THIS STORY AND IN THE VERSES BEFORE A NEW WAY IS OPENING
  4. HOWEVER, JESUS KNEW WHY HE WAS HERE

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JESUS WASN’T SIMPLY CALLED TO GO AROUND BEING HELPFUL TO EVERYONE. HE HAD SPECIFIC (AND CONTROVERSIAL) THINGS TO DO AND LIMITED TIME TO DO THEM. IF WE REMAKE JESUS IN THE COSY IMAGE OF A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM SOLVER, WE WILL MISS THE TOWERING IMPORTANCE OF HIS UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT.

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NT WRIGHT

IF HE MUST NOT BE DISTRACTED FROM HIS MESSIANIC VOCATION THAT WILL LEAD HIM TO THE CROSS, NOR MUST WE, READERS OF THE GOSPEL AND FOLLOWERS OF JESUS, BE DISTRACTED FROM FROM FOCUSING ON THAT TOO BY OUR NATURAL, AND INDEED GOD GIVEN, DESIRE TO SPREAD THE HEALING MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE.

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YOUR “UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT”

  1. DESIGN - WHAT IS YOUR GIFTING?

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  • PASSION - WHAT GRABS YOUR HEART?

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  • YOUR STORY - WE ALL BRING OUR STORY INTO WHO WE ARE

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  • YOUR PERSONALITY

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  • YOUR EXPERTISE

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  • YOUR ASSIGNMENT

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'NOW TO EACH ONE THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN FOR THE COMMON GOOD. TO ONE THERE IS GIVEN THROUGH THE SPIRIT A MESSAGE OF WISDOM, TO ANOTHER A MESSAGE OF KNOWLEDGE BY MEANS OF THE SAME SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER FAITH BY THE SAME SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER GIFTS OF HEALING BY THAT ONE SPIRIT, '

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'TO ANOTHER MIRACULOUS POWERS, TO ANOTHER PROPHECY, TO ANOTHER DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SPIRITS, TO ANOTHER SPEAKING IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF TONGUES, AND TO STILL ANOTHER THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES. ALL THESE ARE THE WORK OF ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT, AND HE DISTRIBUTES THEM TO EACH ONE, JUST AS HE DETERMINES. '

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1 CORINTHIANS 12:10-11

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