{"id":4219,"date":"2018-10-28T14:33:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T18:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2018-10-28T14:35:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T18:35:32","slug":"truth-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=4219","title":{"rendered":"TRUTH TEACHER"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sermon Series by Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n

rec1028-112921<\/a><\/p>\n

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THE GOSPEL OF MARK<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“Truth Teacher”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Mark Chapter 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE POWER OF PETTINESS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mark 7:1-8 (ESV) <\/b>
\n1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders,
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, \u201cWhy do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?\u201d
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he said to them, \u201cWell did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,<\/span> \u201c\u201d\u02dcThis people honors me with their lips,<\/span> but their heart is far from me;<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0in vain do they worship me,<\/span> teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.\u201d\u2122<\/span><\/span>
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 51:15-17 (ESV) <\/b>
\n15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.<\/span>
\n16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.<\/span>
\n17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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CORRUPTING THE COMMANDMENT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mark 7:9-13 (ESV) <\/b>
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he said to them, \u201cYou have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!<\/span>
\n10 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For Moses said, \u201d\u02dcHonor your father and your mother\u201d\u2122; and, \u201d\u02dcWhoever reviles father or mother must surely die.\u201d\u2122<\/span>
\n11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But you say, \u201d\u02dcIf a man tells his father or his mother, \u201cWhatever you would have gained from me is Corban\u201d\u201d\u2122 (that is, given to God)\u201d\u201d<\/span>
\n12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,<\/span>
\n13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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INNER EVIL<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mark 7:14-15 (ESV) <\/b>
\n14 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he called the people to him again and said to them, \u201cHear me, all of you, and understand:<\/span>
\n15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.\u201d<\/span>
\nMark 7:17-23 (ESV) <\/b>
\n17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
\n18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he said to them, \u201cThen are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,<\/span>
\n19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?\u201d<\/span> (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
\n20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he said, \u201cWhat comes out of a person is what defiles him.<\/span>
\n21 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,<\/span>
\n22 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.<\/span>
\n23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV) <\/b>
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick;<\/span> who can understand it?<\/span>
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BREAD BEYOND BOUNDARY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mark 7:24-30 (ESV) <\/b>
\n24 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.
\n25 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.
\n26 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
\n27 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he said to her, \u201cLet the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children\u201d\u2122s bread and throw it to the dogs.\u201d<\/span>
\n28 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But she answered him, \u201cYes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children\u201d\u2122s crumbs.\u201d
\n29 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And he said to her, \u201cFor this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.\u201d<\/span>
\n30 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone. <\/span><\/p>\n

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WHEN DEAF IS DEFEATED<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mark 7:31-37 (ESV) <\/b>
\n31 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
\n32 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
\n33 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue.
\n34 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, \u201cEphphatha,\u201d<\/span> that is, \u201cBe opened.\u201d<\/span>
\n35 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
\n36 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
\n37 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, \u201cHe has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah 35:5-6 (ESV) <\/b>
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;<\/span>
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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