The Heart of the Matter - Mark 7:18-30

The Heart of the Matter - Mark 7:18-30

We will continue the theme from last Sunday "Tradition vs. Truth" and we will see how Jesus makes it clear that we have a heart issue, not a food issue or an outside purification issue. We know that God always looks at the heart. When He gave Israel the law, it wasn’t what was in the law that God was concerned with, it was the attitude of the hearts of His people toward Him that He was looking at. We know the law could not save. We also know it was given to reveal and expose the hearts of man for what they are.

Tradition vs. Truth - Mark 7:1-23

We will look at the dangers of tradition vs. truth, and how easy it is to get things backwards regarding religious practices.

A Shiggaion Of David - Psalm 7

David’s Appeal for Divine Justice

Jesus Is My Rest - Mark 6:30-56

We will look at the need for rest, Jesus feeding the 5000, and the disciples reaction to this event, and then Jesus walking on the water to meet them.

Not My Will - Mark 6:14-29

In our last study in Mark 6:1-13 we looked at How Jesus returns to His home town of Nazareth and was not well received. Not even his own family received Him for who He was. Everyone remembered Him growing up, son of a carpenter, nothing special about Him outside of the fact that He was a pretty good kid, never caused or got into trouble. But here He is traveling around preaching the kingdom of God is at hand and people were being healed, delivered from demons, and all by this simple Jesus they all remembered. So they rejected Him for the most part and because of their lack of faith, there were only a few people that received anything from Him. We also saw Jesus begin to send out His disciples to various villages. They were empowered by the Holy Spirit to do miraculous works and were strictly commanded to go out on faith with no provisions. No food, money or extra clothes, just go knowing God would provide whatever they needed for their journeys. So the name of Jesus was spreading throughout the region. This week we will look at King Herod and John the Baptist.