WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.540 You know, having been around for a while, I've experienced a lot of different families 00:00:06.540 --> 00:00:11.800 and how different families have different feels and different focus. 00:00:12.580 --> 00:00:13.560 It's really quite interesting. 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:17.640 I'm sure you've experienced it yourself where you go into somebody's house 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.920 and they're a highly organized family, goal-oriented, very driven, 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:26.980 and then there's another family that you visit maybe just two days later 00:00:26.980 --> 00:00:29.359 who are not nearly as organized. 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:30.859 They're just taking it as it comes. 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:34.640 Laid back. 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:37.719 Calendar, what's that? 00:00:39.379 --> 00:00:41.619 Some families are very orderly. 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:44.859 Other families, their homes are cluttered and everybody's okay with that. 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:49.420 Some families are very private. 00:00:49.420 --> 00:00:54.200 Other families are like the more the people, the better open-door policy. 00:00:54.200 --> 00:01:03.000 All of us know that what a family is at its basic level is a place to belong. 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.340 People who love you and you love them back. 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:18.359 And tragically, there's many people in this room who have experienced something other than belonging to a family. 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:23.180 Now, what about the family of God? 00:01:23.180 --> 00:01:32.859 The Bible clearly teaches that Christians are brothers and sisters in Christ with one Father. 00:01:32.859 --> 00:01:42.760 The question I have this morning is what's to be the feel and focus of the family of God? 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:49.739 What makes us as God's family distinct? 00:01:49.739 --> 00:01:56.459 Well, according to Jesus, we're going to see this in a minute, Mark chapter 3, 00:01:57.259 --> 00:02:04.239 what distinguishes us as God's family is our shared commitment to do the will of our Father. 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:08.539 We're committed together to obey our Father. 00:02:08.539 --> 00:02:17.780 Now, God's will is clearly revealed in God's Word, the Bible. 00:02:18.959 --> 00:02:22.060 So at the outset of this sermon, let me just ask you this question. 00:02:22.239 --> 00:02:24.479 It's a multiple choice question. 00:02:27.219 --> 00:02:34.340 Right now, this morning, how important is it for you to obey God's will? 00:02:34.340 --> 00:02:41.439 A, I am opposed to obeying God's will. 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:44.759 I'm not doing anything from that book and what God requires. 00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:46.099 That's one option. 00:02:47.340 --> 00:02:54.920 B, I don't care about God's will because there's other things that are more important for me to be doing right now. 00:02:55.620 --> 00:02:57.800 So one is direct opposition, the other is indifference. 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:05.980 C, I'm afraid of doing God's will because of what people will think about me. 00:03:06.260 --> 00:03:09.240 That is not doing God's will out of fear. 00:03:10.900 --> 00:03:16.200 And then D, I'm trying to do God's will. 00:03:17.040 --> 00:03:18.800 I'm trying to obey His Word. 00:03:19.640 --> 00:03:20.900 I just need help. 00:03:20.900 --> 00:03:27.200 It's like that father of a demoniac boy who, when Jesus comes to him, He says, 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:28.760 all you need to do is believe. 00:03:28.900 --> 00:03:30.740 And the father says, I believe. 00:03:30.860 --> 00:03:32.180 Help my unbelief. 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:34.040 I want to do God's will. 00:03:34.659 --> 00:03:36.500 Help me do God's will. 00:03:39.640 --> 00:03:45.259 According to Jesus, doing the will of God is the defining trait of every member of God's family. 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:46.680 The church. 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:54.240 The church is the blood-bought people of God indwelt by the Holy Spirit on mission for Christ. 00:03:54.379 --> 00:03:59.340 And so far in our series, we've seen that the church as one flock following one shepherd. 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:04.740 We've seen the church as one bride exclusively devoted to one bridegroom. 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:16.480 Last week, we saw the church as one holy temple, the dwelling place of God that is established on and growing from one cornerstone, Jesus. 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:25.459 And this morning, we get to see the church as one family united together to do the will of our Father. 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:32.699 Now, I could have brought you to a variety of places to show you this. 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:37.100 And it was quite a challenge finding a place to land. 00:04:37.100 --> 00:04:42.120 And so this morning, we're going to go to Mark chapter 3. 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:44.820 And Mark is what's called a gospel. 00:04:46.140 --> 00:04:56.220 Now, if you're not familiar with what a gospel is, a gospel is basically a first century documentary showing who Jesus is and what he's done. 00:04:56.220 --> 00:05:05.000 And so in the gospel of Mark, like the gospel of Matthew and Luke and John, these gospels show us Jesus' life. 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:10.940 They show us Jesus' teaching, his miracles, his death, and his resurrection. 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:17.759 And the purpose for the gospels showing you who Jesus is and what he's done is to bring you to a point of decision. 00:05:19.019 --> 00:05:20.660 To respond to Jesus. 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:25.000 And you can respond in opposition to Jesus. 00:05:25.180 --> 00:05:27.300 You can respond in indifference to Jesus. 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.720 You can respond by fearing what other people think of you. 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:32.740 Or you can respond in obedience. 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:34.040 The obedience of faith. 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:40.640 And so for those of us in the room who believe Jesus to be the one and only son of God. 00:05:41.140 --> 00:05:46.200 Who believe Jesus who actually died on the cross for our sins and was raised. 00:05:47.200 --> 00:05:54.080 The only response to such an amazing grace is to lay it all down for him. 00:05:55.259 --> 00:06:00.200 Is to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow him daily. 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:13.980 The church is one new family of brothers and sisters united together through Christ to do the will of our Father. 00:06:16.159 --> 00:06:18.279 Now, here's how we're going to move forward. 00:06:18.459 --> 00:06:21.379 I'm going to walk us through Mark chapter 3. 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:24.199 And it's all connected. 00:06:25.019 --> 00:06:27.240 And it's all connected by a thread. 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.780 And the thread is doing the will of God. 00:06:31.660 --> 00:06:33.759 And so we're going to go from scene to scene. 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:37.720 And I'm going to help you see this thread doing the will of God. 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:43.000 And then it's going to climax in the passage Mary read, verses 31 through 35. 00:06:45.060 --> 00:06:46.699 So what we'll do is walk through. 00:06:46.960 --> 00:06:50.439 I'm going to make, at one point, I'm going to say this is what it's all about. 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:52.639 And then we're going to seek to apply it to our lives. 00:06:53.420 --> 00:06:55.960 And I hope I can get through the applications I've prepared. 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:03.540 So let's walk through Mark chapter 3, which is all about doing the will of God. 00:07:03.960 --> 00:07:09.740 Now, I need you to be following with me because we're going to be kind of moving along. 00:07:10.340 --> 00:07:12.319 But there's so much sweetness here. 00:07:14.660 --> 00:07:14.900 Okay. 00:07:14.899 --> 00:07:25.519 These scenes are going to move from a synagogue in Capernaum to the seaside in Capernaum to a mountainside around Capernaum back to a house in Capernaum. 00:07:25.579 --> 00:07:26.679 So those are the scene changes. 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:27.000 Okay. 00:07:27.099 --> 00:07:28.919 So let's do this together. 00:07:29.919 --> 00:07:32.519 So chapter 3, verses 1 through 6. 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:41.839 We're immediately in a synagogue in a town called Capernaum on a Sabbath, which is a Saturday. 00:07:42.579 --> 00:07:46.799 Capernaum was a town on the very northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. 00:07:46.939 --> 00:07:51.039 It was Jesus' base of operations for the first part of his public ministry. 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:54.280 Jesus walks into the synagogue. 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:55.379 No joke. 00:07:55.640 --> 00:07:57.939 That sounds like Jesus walked into a synagogue. 00:07:58.160 --> 00:07:58.920 It's not a joke. 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:00.340 But it is a setup. 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:07.040 Because he walks into this synagogue, and there on this Sabbath day is a man with a withered hand. 00:08:08.080 --> 00:08:11.040 And this man with a withered hand has been brought in by the Pharisees. 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:13.920 They were the local clergy of the time. 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:23.240 And what they were doing, you can see at the end of verse 2, they were seeking to accuse Jesus of something. 00:08:24.100 --> 00:08:27.160 And it was doing work on the Sabbath day. 00:08:28.280 --> 00:08:31.680 All Jews were required to rest on the Sabbath. 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:39.620 And what these Pharisees were trying to make a case of is that healing was a work. 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:44.980 And if Jesus healed on a Sabbath day, he was doing work on a Sabbath day. 00:08:45.139 --> 00:08:48.639 And if he's doing work on a Sabbath day, he's a Sabbath breaker, which means he's a sinner. 00:08:48.899 --> 00:08:50.299 And it's a way to discredit him. 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:54.399 And in 3.4, Jesus raises this question. 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:59.679 Jesus says, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill? 00:08:59.860 --> 00:09:01.259 Here's how you need to hear that. 00:09:01.259 --> 00:09:12.620 Is it the will of God on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill? 00:09:12.899 --> 00:09:16.639 And if you look at the end of verse 4, it says they were silent. 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:20.720 The Pharisees, those who are trying to set him up. 00:09:21.299 --> 00:09:22.939 And Jesus looks around in verse 5. 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:25.919 And it's one of these moments where we see Jesus angry. 00:09:27.439 --> 00:09:28.600 He's angry with him. 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:32.700 And so what Jesus does, he tells the man with the withered hand, stretch out your hand. 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:36.779 The man puts out his hand and it is fully restored. 00:09:39.420 --> 00:09:47.200 On this Sabbath day, it was God's will to do good, to give life. 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:51.720 The restoration of this man's hand was a restoration of life, function. 00:09:51.720 --> 00:10:03.620 Ironically, in 3.6, on this Sabbath day, the Pharisees plot to destroy Jesus, to harm and to kill. 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:09.240 So let me ask you, this first scene, who's doing the will of God? 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:13.519 Jesus, who's not doing the will of God? 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:15.340 The Pharisees. 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:20.080 It's about who's doing the will of God. 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:23.620 And those who do the will of God, Jesus will claim as his own. 00:10:25.540 --> 00:10:30.840 The next scene, we go from the synagogue in verses 7 through 11. 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.879 We're going to actually go through verse 12. 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:37.440 But there's two groups of people Jesus interacts with in this scene. 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:39.860 And the scene is no longer in the synagogue. 00:10:39.860 --> 00:10:42.000 It's by the seaside. 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:49.700 And in verses 7 through 10, what happens is this massive crowd comes to Jesus. 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:51.000 It's huge. 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:54.600 And in verses 7 and 8, you can see the makeup of this crowd. 00:10:54.700 --> 00:10:55.659 It was multinational. 00:10:56.460 --> 00:10:57.659 It was multiethnic. 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:01.700 We have a multiethnic congregation gathered around Jesus. 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:02.820 Is this the church? 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:10.700 And what they're doing is they're pressing in on Jesus just to touch him. 00:11:12.560 --> 00:11:14.480 Because they heard that he was a healer. 00:11:17.060 --> 00:11:22.720 In verse 9, Jesus says, hey, to his disciples, guys, we might need to get out of here real quick. 00:11:22.760 --> 00:11:23.560 Would you have a boat ready? 00:11:23.680 --> 00:11:25.660 That's how pressing this was. 00:11:27.880 --> 00:11:29.100 Let me ask you a question. 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:32.400 Why is the crowd there? 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:37.440 Are they there to follow Jesus? 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:40.540 To deny themselves, take up their crosses and follow him? 00:11:42.280 --> 00:11:43.500 They're there to be healed. 00:11:45.560 --> 00:11:47.680 Very real suffering. 00:11:48.420 --> 00:11:49.860 Very real diseases. 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:51.760 Very real disorders. 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:54.320 Very real demonizations. 00:11:56.180 --> 00:12:01.780 And they're seeing Jesus as their last hope for relief from their physical suffering. 00:12:02.820 --> 00:12:04.540 But they're not there to follow him. 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:08.040 They're there to use him. 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:13.080 They think that their physical disease is their biggest problem. 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:18.480 Jesus doesn't claim this crowd as his own. 00:12:21.280 --> 00:12:22.220 He heals them. 00:12:23.340 --> 00:12:24.560 But he doesn't own them. 00:12:25.780 --> 00:12:29.900 Now, a lot of churches today on a sidebar, they're calling people to Jesus. 00:12:30.180 --> 00:12:34.820 And they're calling people to Jesus with this kind of thinking. 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:40.520 Jesus will make you the best version of yourself. 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:47.100 And in one degree, there's truth to that. 00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:54.759 But when you match that up with what Jesus calls people to, I'm thinking Mark 8.34. 00:12:55.000 --> 00:13:01.360 Jesus says, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:09.840 Today, we start realizing that what was driving this crowd back on the seaside in Capernaum. 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.379 Hey, that's happening today in churches. 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:21.519 People are calling, churches are calling people to make yourselves better with Jesus. 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:24.800 And Jesus says, you've got to deny yourself. 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:26.360 Take up your cross and follow me. 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:34.480 You know what would have been different is if someone came up to Jesus, maybe from Tyre's side, 00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:38.220 and they come up to Jesus on the seaside, and they say, Jesus, you know what? 00:13:38.940 --> 00:13:40.659 You can heal me if you want. 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.779 I don't care. 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:45.399 I am here to follow you. 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:49.200 That's different altogether. 00:13:52.820 --> 00:13:55.120 They're not here to do God's will. 00:13:56.360 --> 00:14:02.340 In 3.11-12, still at the seaside, we have another very interesting interaction of a different sort. 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:07.279 Jesus has a conversation with demons, unclean spirits. 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.240 You see it in verse 11. 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:12.700 These unclean spirits are recognizing Jesus for who he is. 00:14:12.800 --> 00:14:16.300 They're falling down before him, and they are saying, you are the son of God. 00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:21.980 Now, what's interesting in the gospel of Mark is if you flip back to chapter 1, verse 1, 00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:27.360 Mark begins with the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God. 00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:33.320 And then if you flip back to Mark chapter 15, at the end of the gospel of Mark, 00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:36.120 what you see happening in verse 39 is, 00:14:36.560 --> 00:14:42.800 and when the centurion, a Roman centurion, stood facing Jesus who was hanging on the cross, 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:45.680 saw that in this way he breathed his last, 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:50.939 that Roman centurion said, truly this man was the son of God. 00:14:51.859 --> 00:14:55.379 The gospel of Mark is all about showing us the son of God. 00:14:56.859 --> 00:15:00.639 And interestingly enough, here are these demons saying, you are the son of God. 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:03.439 Well, let me ask you this question. 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:07.280 Are these demons, though they're identifying Jesus rightly, 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:10.120 are they doing the will of God? 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:11.920 No. 00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:16.960 Because they're oppressing image bearers of God. 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:26.660 Demonic activity is always marked by disintegration of people, distortion, destruction of people. 00:15:27.140 --> 00:15:28.620 And that's not God's will. 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:36.860 God's will is always to reclaim, to redeem, and to restore image bearers into the image of Christ. 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.259 These demons had a pretty good understanding of who Jesus was. 00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:44.759 You are the son of God, but they're definitely not there to do God's will. 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:47.399 So here on this seaside scene, 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:51.700 neither the multinational gathering of people around Jesus, 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:56.080 nor these demons, none of the above, are doing the will of God. 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:59.700 And Jesus does not claim any of them as his own. 00:16:02.040 --> 00:16:07.139 The next scene, we go from seaside to up on a mountain. 00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:09.700 And this is in verses 13 through 19. 00:16:10.780 --> 00:16:18.240 And what we see here is Jesus calling and appointing his 12 disciples, or apostles. 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:23.419 And what I want you to notice here is that what he appoints them to. 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:24.259 Look at verse 14. 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:29.500 And he appointed 12 so that they might be with him. 00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:36.360 To be with him, to be near him. 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:41.519 This is classic first century master-teacher-disciple relationship. 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:48.240 A teacher, a rabbi, would call disciples to come to be with him, 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:52.639 to learn from him in his presence, learn his teaching, 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:57.279 and then his disciples would see the teaching lived out 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:02.319 in relationship to the master. 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:12.160 Not only are they being called to be near Jesus, 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:16.039 they are also being called in verses 14 and 15 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:18.799 to preach and cast out demons, to do kingdom work, 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:21.559 to proclaim gospel, to engage in spiritual warfare. 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:25.960 It's very different than what we've seen in the synagogue 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:29.720 and that whole interactions by the sea. 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:34.160 These 12 have been appointed to do God's will. 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:37.900 And Jesus claims them as his own. 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:40.500 Even one who will betray him. 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:46.460 But what I want you to notice about this is in verse 18. 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:51.279 Here we have 12 guys. 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.940 They're very ordinary guys. 00:17:54.100 --> 00:17:56.680 I mean, Jesus gives them three of them nicknames. 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:59.779 Simon's the rock. 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:03.019 James and John are the sons of thunder. 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.799 Who knows what that's a reference to? 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:08.539 But in verse 18, we read this. 00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:13.039 Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew. 00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:15.680 And then at the end of verse 18, 00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:17.340 and Simon the zealot. 00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:20.080 Do you know what Matthew did for a living 00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:21.039 before he followed Jesus? 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.340 He was a tax collector. 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:24.180 Do you know what that means? 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:27.120 Do you know who he's collecting taxes for? 00:18:27.840 --> 00:18:28.320 Rome! 00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:32.940 He was taxing his Jewish countrymen 00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:35.680 in order to pad the pockets of Rome 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.720 and make a living by it. 00:18:37.360 --> 00:18:40.380 He would have been seen as a Roman collaborator. 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:44.340 Do you know why Simon is called a zealot? 00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:49.959 He was opposed to Roman occupation. 00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:56.319 He was opposed to any Jew collaborating with Rome 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:57.759 for any purpose. 00:18:59.199 --> 00:19:02.079 And what's striking about this gospel ministry team 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:05.240 is that Jesus brings these two men 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:09.220 with politically, diametrically opposed commitments, 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:10.179 at least in their past, 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:11.579 and he brings them together. 00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:15.599 He brings them together to be near him. 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:17.139 He brings them together 00:19:17.139 --> 00:19:20.639 to be sent out to do kingdom work together. 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:26.559 In this passage, 00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:28.179 it's the first time we see 00:19:28.179 --> 00:19:30.939 people doing the will of God. 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:35.539 This is the beginnings of a new family. 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.519 People called near to Jesus 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:39.960 to do the will of God. 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:44.339 And then we move to another scene 00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:47.960 in chapter 3, verses 20 and 21. 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:50.180 From the mountainside, 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:56.160 we are now back at Jesus' home in Capernaum. 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:58.639 This is most likely the same place 00:19:58.639 --> 00:20:00.119 that Jesus was staying at 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:01.899 in Mark chapter 2 00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:03.779 where these four guys 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:05.379 bring to this house 00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.779 their paralytic friend. 00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:07.679 They can't get in. 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:09.319 They rip open a hole in the ceiling 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:12.239 and they drop their paralytic friend down. 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.299 Jesus says, 00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:14.259 your sins are forgiven. 00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:15.359 And then he's like, 00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:16.179 so that you may know, 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.459 I have authority to forgive sin. 00:20:17.739 --> 00:20:18.659 Get up and walk. 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:20.379 Who does that? 00:20:22.159 --> 00:20:22.719 And so, 00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:24.959 Jesus comes back to this house 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:26.420 and it's probably got a big patch 00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.980 on the ceiling. 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.960 And again, 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:33.140 he's mobbed by a crowd. 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.680 And the crowd gathered again 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:37.220 so that they could not even eat. 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.440 But here's what's interesting. 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.920 Verse 21. 00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.819 And when his family heard it, 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.960 they went out to seize him 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.779 for they were saying, 00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:48.039 he is out of his mind. 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.519 The family is, 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.900 we see in verse 31, 00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:54.819 and his mother and his brothers came. 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:57.819 His family was Mary 00:20:57.819 --> 00:21:00.000 and he had four half-brothers. 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.960 We learn their names 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:02.740 in chapter 6, verse 3. 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:05.220 One's name is James. 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:07.039 Another name is Joseph. 00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:09.319 Another name is Judas or Jude. 00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:11.039 And another name is Simon. 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.740 He also had sisters. 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.660 Half-sisters, half-brothers. 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:18.039 And the reason why they came 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:20.880 was not to become followers of Jesus. 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:24.259 The reason why they're there 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:26.619 is for a family intervention. 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.740 Modern day would be like this. 00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:31.359 Mary gets a phone call. 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:34.920 Mary, this is Aunt Beth. 00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.619 I'm up in Capernaum. 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:40.460 Do you know what your son is doing? 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.740 Do you know what he's claiming? 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:47.839 Do you know he's casting out demons? 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:51.259 Are you aware of what's going on? 00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.940 You've got to get up here 00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.779 and get him out of here. 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.819 He's out of his mind. 00:21:58.819 --> 00:22:03.779 So what we learn here 00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:05.919 is that this family of Jesus, 00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.960 family by birth, 00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:08.259 family by flesh, 00:22:08.939 --> 00:22:11.059 they've come to this house 00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:13.279 to intervene, 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.460 to take Jesus away, 00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:16.559 even by force. 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:19.319 Are they doing the will of God? 00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:22.019 No, they're not. 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:24.559 And what's interesting 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:27.480 is this whole family intervention scene 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.359 gets interrupted. 00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:31.819 And so what ends in verse 21, 00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:33.279 he's out of his mind, 00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:35.480 then picks up again in verse 31, 00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.379 and his mother and brother, 00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.819 Mark picks it up again. 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:40.379 And so in verses 22 through 30, 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:42.379 we have this interruption. 00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.379 It's quite an interruption. 00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.420 Let's just dwell there for a second. 00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:51.060 There's another group of people 00:22:51.060 --> 00:22:51.860 that come on the scene. 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.160 And they're not there 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:55.160 to follow Jesus either. 00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.940 They're there to oppose 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.340 the will of God. 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:03.080 So Jerusalem was 00:23:03.080 --> 00:23:06.120 the religious center of Judaism. 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.920 And word gets back 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.279 to the heavy hitters in Jerusalem 00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:11.060 that there's this guy Jesus, 00:23:11.300 --> 00:23:13.279 and he's gathering quite a following. 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:16.100 And so these heavy hitters 00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:18.039 in Jerusalem send a delegation 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.460 to Capernaum. 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:22.299 These scribes in verse 22. 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.599 And these scribes are sent 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.680 to do a little bit 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:27.680 of a smear campaign on Jesus. 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:30.119 And here's how that smear campaign went. 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:31.000 Look at verse 22. 00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:34.359 These scribes had come down, 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.779 and notice, 00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:36.240 they're not talking to Jesus. 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.420 They're talking to anybody 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.500 in Capernaum who will listen. 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:41.220 They're saying that Jesus 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.759 is possessed by Beezilbub, 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.240 Satan. 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.680 And by the prince of demons, 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.920 he casts out demons. 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:50.059 So they've been sent down, 00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:51.579 and basically what's going on is this. 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:55.839 This scribe delegate comes down, 00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.839 and what they're saying is this. 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.500 They're saying, 00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:59.460 hey, everybody, it's okay. 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.420 We know about this Jesus. 00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.420 Don't worry about it. 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.420 Everything's in control. 00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:06.480 By the way, 00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:09.000 this Jesus, 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.640 his power of ministry, 00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.920 it's not God. 00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.539 It's Satan. 00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:20.359 That's a very effective way 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.420 to smear somebody. 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:26.379 He's not doing this by God's work. 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.579 We're the professionals. 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.420 We're in charge. 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.500 We know these things. 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:31.279 He's doing it by the prince of demons. 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:33.079 So these scribes are saying 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:35.000 that Jesus is not doing the will of God, 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:37.359 but he's doing the will of Satan. 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.480 Now Jesus, in verse 23, 00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.960 calls the scribes to himself, 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.380 maybe at his house. 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.480 We don't know. 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.359 And basically says, 00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:49.579 you guys are making no logical sense. 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:53.019 Now remember where we just left off 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.799 in verse 21. 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.899 His family was saying, 00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.839 he's out of his mind. 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.980 And here Jesus is saying 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:03.819 to these scribes, 00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.419 you make no sense. 00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:08.539 And what he says is, 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:11.000 how can Satan cast out Satan? 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:13.679 He's telling this to these scribes. 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.460 He's confronting them. 00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:16.899 If a kingdom is divided against itself, 00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.939 that kingdom cannot stand. 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:19.399 And if a house is divided against itself, 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:21.040 the house will not be able to stand. 00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:23.280 And if Satan has risen up against himself 00:25:23.280 --> 00:25:23.900 and is divided, 00:25:24.040 --> 00:25:24.680 he cannot stand, 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.700 but is coming to an end. 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.040 He can't stand. 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.540 Can't stand. 00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.040 Can't stand. 00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:30.080 Here's what Jesus is saying. 00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:31.460 What you guys are saying 00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.820 makes no sense whatsoever. 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:35.180 Why would Satan oppose Satan? 00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.600 It's self-defeating. 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.780 Anybody can see that. 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.200 And so what we see here 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:42.160 is that Jesus is not out of his mind. 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:46.160 He's the clearest thinker in Capernaum. 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:49.740 And then in verse 27, 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.540 Jesus is like, 00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.380 just to be clear, 00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:52.519 and he switches from 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.779 to the third person 00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.779 talking about himself. 00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.140 He says, 00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:57.019 but no one can enter 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.060 a strong man's house, 00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.060 a reference to Satan, 00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.560 and plunder his goods, 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.640 talking about the people 00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.500 under his sway, 00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:04.060 unless he first binds 00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:04.980 the strong man. 00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.160 Then indeed, 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.340 he may plunder his house. 00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:08.460 So Jesus is saying, 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.420 just to be clear, 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:11.120 I'm not here for Satan. 00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:13.040 I'm here to bind Satan 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:15.180 and then plunder his house. 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.180 I'm here to do the will of God. 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.079 And then what happens 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:24.039 in 28 and 30, 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:26.619 Jesus turns it on even stronger. 00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:31.059 He confronts these scribes 00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.920 and he condemns them. 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.279 Because these scribes, 00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.599 what they're essentially doing 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:38.159 is they are attributing 00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:40.399 Jesus' work to Satan 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.960 when in fact Jesus 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.000 is doing his work 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.620 by the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:46.160 And so what they're doing 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.300 is it's blasphemy 00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:48.600 against the Holy Spirit. 00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.880 And Jesus says, 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:51.360 that's unforgivable. 00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:55.600 You're condemned forever. 00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:59.400 So in this little 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.920 kind of interruption 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.840 of the intervention, 00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:04.440 who's doing the will of God? 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.940 Well, not these scribes. 00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:10.920 They're actually doing 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.740 the will of Satan. 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.480 Jesus is doing 00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.200 the will of God. 00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.299 He doesn't claim them 00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.100 as his own. 00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:19.380 And he is thinking clearly. 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.660 And now we're back 00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:23.000 into the intervention 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:24.299 in 31 through 35. 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:29.340 It's really interesting 00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:30.940 that Mark would do this. 00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.700 Jesus is in his right mind. 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.279 And here, 00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.420 we see something 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.640 really interesting happen 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.580 in 31 through 35. 00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.359 It's the climax 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.339 of this passage. 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:42.179 Jesus takes 00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:43.740 this family intervention 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:46.439 and he flips it over 00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:48.199 to do an instruction 00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:49.759 on the true nature 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.819 of God's family. 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.319 Now, here's what 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.119 I want you to notice. 00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.799 There are two group 00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.319 of people 00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:59.319 in this scene 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:01.399 in verses 31 through 35. 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.699 We're first introduced to 00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:06.619 or reintroduced, 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.220 and his mother 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.860 and his brothers 00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.299 came. 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.200 So here's the first 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.960 group of people. 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:11.440 They are biologically 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.519 related to Jesus, 00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.120 even though they're 00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.860 half-brothers. 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.539 Jesus' mom. 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.460 And here's what you need 00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.980 to notice. 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:20.160 Where they are. 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.600 They're standing 00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:24.279 outside the house. 00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.559 They're outside 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:28.460 standing. 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:30.240 And notice what they're 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.600 doing. 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:33.079 Calling to Jesus. 00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:36.259 Jesus, come on out. 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:38.019 We just need to get you 00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.279 home. 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.380 Enough of the 00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.840 embarrassment. 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:43.600 Jesus, just make it easy. 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:45.259 Let's just get you home. 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.660 Come, Jesus. 00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.799 Follow us. 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:47.879 Jesus. 00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.680 And then in verse 32, 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.539 we're introduced to 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.579 another group of people, 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:55.279 a crowd, with no 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.740 biological relationship 00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.919 to Jesus whatsoever. 00:28:59.159 --> 00:29:00.519 And notice where they are. 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.079 They're not outside. 00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.180 They're inside, 00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.319 near Jesus, 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.180 like disciples 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.099 are near Jesus. 00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.259 And they're not 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.460 standing, but they're 00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.899 sitting, the posture 00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.899 of a disciple. 00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:13.059 They're sitting on his 00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.279 feet. 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.159 They're Christ learners. 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.220 They're taking it in. 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.240 They're taking him in. 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.680 They're listening to his 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.039 teaching. 00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:20.140 They're watching him in 00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.600 action. 00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.039 Do you remember at the 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.579 end of Luke 10, the whole 00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:26.079 story of Martha and Mary? 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.839 Do you remember that one? 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:29.019 Martha is a very busy 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.440 body. 00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.640 Jesus is in town, 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.600 staying in their house. 00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:33.759 She's working her nails 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.799 to the bone just to make 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.720 sure everything is 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:37.180 organized and right. 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:40.059 She's totally stressed 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.380 out. 00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:44.579 Her sister Mary says, 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:46.200 Jesus is in town. 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.900 I'm not going to be in 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.259 the kitchen. 00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.200 I'm going to be at his 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.620 feet. 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.920 And she sat at the 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.740 Lord's feet. 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:55.460 It's the posture of a 00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.700 Christ learner, a 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.299 disciple, a follower. 00:29:58.940 --> 00:30:00.299 And so this group of 00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.900 people unrelated to Jesus, 00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:04.120 they're inside, near Jesus, 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.620 sitting at his feet. 00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:07.480 And you can't help but 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.620 think that Jesus is calling 00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.680 them to follow him. 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:13.440 To deny themselves, take up 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.620 their crosses, and follow 00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.000 me. 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:19.240 So you'll have to ask 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.259 him the question of those 00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:22.299 two groups of people who 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.380 are doing the will of God. 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:27.140 It's not Jesus' biological 00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.720 family. 00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.680 It's Jesus' family of faith. 00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:33.200 And Jesus prioritizes his 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.940 family of faith over his 00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.099 family of flesh. 00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.199 church. 00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:39.299 And it shows up in this 00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.819 passage. 00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.639 The phrase mother and 00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:43.500 brothers, it shows up five 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.859 times. 00:30:43.959 --> 00:30:45.799 In verse 31, his mother and 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:47.179 his brothers came standing 00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:47.579 outside. 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.639 And then in verse 32, the 00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:51.259 crowd in the house say to 00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.539 Jesus, hey Jesus, your mother 00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.599 and your brothers are outside 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.359 seeking you. 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:56.299 Jesus responds in verse 33, 00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.279 what do you mean? 00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:59.119 Who are my mother and my 00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.899 brothers, gang? 00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.339 Total setup. 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.200 He's teaching. 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:06.539 And in verse 34, looking 00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.740 around at those who are 00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:10.000 sitting, these disciples, these 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:12.059 Christ learners, he says to 00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:14.899 them, here are my mother and 00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.819 my brothers. 00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.399 To them. 00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.599 Could you imagine if you were 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:19.980 in the room? 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:23.440 How you would receive that? 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:26.180 You're my family. 00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:32.539 And then in verse 35, Jesus 00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:35.480 clarifies, for whoever does the 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:38.220 will of God, that one is my 00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:41.799 brother, my sister, and mother. 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:47.420 He redefines the family along the 00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:51.019 lines of obedience to the will 00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.060 of his father. 00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:55.680 What this passage is doing is 00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:59.539 he's showing us the relationships 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:01.880 that matter most to God. 00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:05.680 Family of faith in a living 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:07.259 obedience to the will of God. 00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:09.480 And the big question now becomes 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:11.060 is what does Jesus mean by the 00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:11.660 will of God? 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:14.240 Whoever does the will of God, 00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:15.200 what does that mean? 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:18.700 In the scene in Mark 1, 00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:21.220 and in 14 and 15, he says, 00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.279 the time is fulfilled, the 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.460 kingdom of God is at hand. 00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:26.440 Repent and believe the gospel. 00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:31.200 To do the will of God is to 00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:34.700 repent and believe the gospel. 00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:37.980 It's to exercise saving faith. 00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:41.500 And when Jesus says in Mark 8, 34, 00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:43.019 if anyone would come after me, 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:45.000 let him deny himself, take up his 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.920 cross and follow me. 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:49.079 To do the will of God is to 00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:51.119 deny yourself, take up your cross, 00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:54.500 and follow Jesus every day of 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.000 your life. 00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:58.720 Jesus is later asked in Mark 12, 00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.019 what is the greatest commandment 00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.039 of all? 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:04.359 What of God's will is the most 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.379 important to obey? 00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:07.160 And Jesus says, love God with 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:08.379 everything you've got, love your 00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:09.139 neighbor as yourself. 00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:15.580 To do God's will is to obey God's 00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:16.120 word. 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:20.040 And so all throughout this passage, 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:23.300 we see this string tying it together 00:33:23.300 --> 00:33:25.060 of doing God's will. 00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:30.280 And this passage lands on those who do 00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:34.040 God's will are God's family. 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:37.059 And that's what this is all about. 00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:41.339 Jesus doesn't claim those who oppose him. 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:43.039 He doesn't claim as his own those who 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:44.039 are indifferent to him. 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:47.579 He claims those as his own, 00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:52.039 the ones who do the will of his 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.460 father. 00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.859 Maybe we can say it like this. 00:33:57.859 --> 00:34:04.959 The church is a family of brothers and 00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:11.659 sisters united by Jesus to do the will of 00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:13.980 our heavenly father. 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:20.699 We are a family in motion with an aim to 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:22.639 honor our God, to live for him. 00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:25.940 Now, there is some really good news here. 00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:32.220 Jesus is the greatest example of 00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:34.159 obedience to the will of the father. 00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:38.599 And he went all the way to the cross 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:40.800 out of obedience to the will of the 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:43.539 father in order to die in the place of 00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:47.840 sinners like you and me so that we 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:49.840 would be brought into the family of God 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:54.940 so that we could obey the will of our 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.380 father. 00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:59.280 His obedience to the will of God has 00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:03.980 resulted in our ability to obey the will 00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.119 of God. 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:13.579 If Jesus demonstrated the greatest example 00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:15.599 of obedience to the father's will, 00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:19.380 as brothers and sisters of him, we're on 00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:22.539 the same mission, seeking to obey the will 00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.700 of our father. 00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:28.260 So the church is a family united together, 00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:30.340 brothers and sisters, to do the will of 00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:31.240 our heavenly father. 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.460 That's the point. 00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:34.760 Who is doing God's will? 00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:39.039 So let me try to wrap this up in a series 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:40.000 of applications. 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.440 Application number one. 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:48.840 We all must be decided for Christ. 00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:53.280 Remember I began the sermon with a 00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.639 multiple choice question. 00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:56.760 How important is it for you to do the 00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.420 will of God? 00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:01.720 Maybe the first option A is there's no way 00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:03.800 I'm going to do the will of a God like 00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.300 that. 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.340 Opposition. 00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:10.860 B, I really don't care about God's will 00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:12.500 because I have got other things I want to 00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:12.740 do. 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.460 Kind of an indifference. 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:20.600 C, I'm afraid of what people think about 00:36:20.600 --> 00:36:20.780 me. 00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:24.059 I'm afraid about losing street cred. 00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:26.380 So I'm not going to do God's will. 00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:31.360 D, I'm all in. 00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.920 I want to do God's will. 00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.320 I need help doing God's will. 00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:42.440 Now, if you are A, B, or C, the call on you 00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:45.140 by the Lord Jesus Christ is to repent and 00:36:45.140 --> 00:36:45.940 believe the gospel. 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:50.620 To deny yourself, to take up your cross, and 00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:51.360 follow Jesus. 00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:57.400 If you don't want to do God's will, what 00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:59.860 that means is you're outside of God's 00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.460 family. 00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:03.559 And in order to be brought into God's 00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:05.980 family, you must repent and believe the 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.380 gospel. 00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:08.880 To repent is to change your mind. 00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.699 To change your mind about Jesus. 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:12.960 To change your mind about his call on your 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.280 life. 00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:16.079 And to believe is to trust Jesus. 00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:18.059 To see him for who he is. 00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:19.380 To trust him for who he is. 00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:22.579 And to obey by faith his call to follow 00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:22.840 him. 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:32.380 You must be decided in your pursuit of Jesus. 00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:32.680 Jesus. 00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:35.579 So let me ask this question. 00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:42.640 Have you ever called out to Jesus along these 00:37:42.640 --> 00:37:43.079 lines? 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.480 Jesus. 00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:47.099 Jesus, today I'll gladly follow you. 00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.940 I'll gladly deny myself. 00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:50.799 I'll gladly take up my cross. 00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:53.679 I'll gladly go where you would have me go. 00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.880 Because you're worth it. 00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:59.480 In light of what you've done for me, I'm all 00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.980 yours. 00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:02.900 I deny myself, take up my cross, and follow you. 00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:06.480 Have you ever, ever said that to Jesus? 00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:11.719 If you haven't, today's the day to become a 00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:13.280 follower of Jesus Christ. 00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:16.880 And if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, and 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:18.420 you're like, I can't remember the last time I did 00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:19.079 anything like that. 00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.639 Today's the day. 00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:25.719 We're to daily die and follow him. 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:31.699 The second thing to apply this. 00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:35.380 The second thing is, is it not just we need to be 00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:37.220 decided, we need to be focused. 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:43.360 As a family, we need to be focused on God's will, 00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:45.140 which is revealed in his word. 00:38:46.240 --> 00:38:52.059 God's word must be governing all of our lives and 00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.700 relationships. 00:38:56.059 --> 00:39:03.680 We are called as one family to obey our one father and 00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:08.199 to do his one will together, to obey his word, to come 00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:09.239 under this together. 00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:12.339 It governs our lives. 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.539 So here's what I think can happen. 00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:19.559 There can be this idea that if a Christian takes God's word 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:23.079 seriously, it's going to make that Christian self-righteous, 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:25.079 cranky, and a jerk. 00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:28.360 But really, it doesn't. 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:35.279 If you are humbly submitting yourself to this word, the result is not 00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:36.860 self-righteousness, it's humility. 00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:43.380 The result is not cold indifference, it's warm engagement. 00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:48.139 It's not moving away from people, it's moving towards people. 00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:55.239 When this word is taken seriously, it's transformational of a people. 00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:57.799 It changes us. 00:39:58.859 --> 00:40:01.519 His word changes us. 00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:08.900 It makes us a loving, engaging family to others. 00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:17.059 This book needs to be focused, the central focus of all that we do as a church. 00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:22.320 Here on Sunday mornings, in our life groups, in our King's Kids and King's 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:27.380 Place ministries, all that we do in our informal engagement with one another. 00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:31.840 Wouldn't it be great if more and more we together are coming under God's word? 00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:35.900 We're seeking to do God's will together. 00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:39.180 We're focused. 00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.840 We've got to be focused. 00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:43.340 We've got to be focused on God's word. 00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:46.000 I forgot to mention one thing. 00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:51.100 When we're focused on God's word together, we're seeking to do the will of the Father, 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:58.539 it results in gratitude, thanksgiving, deep-hearted worship. 00:40:58.539 --> 00:41:08.139 So we've looked so far at how we were to respond to being this family of God. 00:41:08.279 --> 00:41:10.099 And the first thing is to be decided. 00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:13.440 The second thing is to be focused. 00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:19.539 The third way we respond is to be united. 00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:25.840 One united family with one Father, God. 00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:30.800 You know who Bernie Sanders is? 00:41:31.680 --> 00:41:33.519 This is not a promotion by any means. 00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:36.420 But it's feel the burn. 00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:39.900 I need you to feel the whoever. 00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:43.960 I need you to feel the whoever in verse 35. 00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:45.400 You need to feel the whoever. 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:51.700 Jesus is saying, for whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother. 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.360 Whoever. 00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:55.220 When Jesus says whoever, he means whoever. 00:41:58.120 --> 00:41:58.680 Whoever. 00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:05.320 The issue is if anyone who obeys God by becoming a follower of Jesus, 00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:10.700 who denies him or herself, takes up his or her cross, and follows Jesus, 00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:14.420 anyone who does that, they're in the family. 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.460 Whoever. 00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:16.539 Whoever. 00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:19.260 That means wherever they come from. 00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:22.280 That means whatever their background. 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:26.840 That means whenever they come to become a follower of Jesus. 00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:28.460 And however the means. 00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:35.960 The issue is if they've repented and believed in the gospel. 00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:40.360 And if they've done that, they will forever be part of God's family. 00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:44.780 Part of our family. 00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:53.400 Which means we must lovingly welcome whoever Jesus brings into the family. 00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:54.420 And not just welcome. 00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:58.059 We must become family. 00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:01.460 We're united. 00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:04.240 United. 00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:04.319 United. 00:43:05.759 --> 00:43:11.839 The next application is I need you to feel another word of Jesus. 00:43:13.399 --> 00:43:14.979 You need to feel the my. 00:43:17.339 --> 00:43:23.579 In verse 34, he's looking at this group of disciples sitting around him. 00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:26.119 And he says, here are my mother and my brothers. 00:43:26.939 --> 00:43:27.819 Feel the my. 00:43:29.239 --> 00:43:30.519 You've been claimed. 00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:33.599 Claimed by Jesus. 00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:36.659 My brothers. 00:43:37.899 --> 00:43:39.000 My sisters. 00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:41.239 My family. 00:43:42.859 --> 00:43:47.239 So if you have denied yourself, taken up your cross and followed Jesus. 00:43:47.899 --> 00:43:50.379 If you're drawn near to him sitting at his feet. 00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:53.159 If you're wanting to obey him in all things. 00:43:53.879 --> 00:43:56.479 That my is on you. 00:43:57.899 --> 00:43:58.819 My brother. 00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:00.579 My sister. 00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:00.659 My sister. 00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:05.559 He claims you as his own. 00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:09.219 And we do God's will together. 00:44:10.639 --> 00:44:13.920 The church is a family of brothers and sisters in Christ. 00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:18.659 United to do the will of our father. 00:44:21.279 --> 00:44:22.360 Got two more. 00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.219 We're aimed. 00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:24.259 We're aimed. 00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:29.400 You can do this this week. 00:44:29.520 --> 00:44:30.240 I won't expand. 00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:32.320 It's Matthew chapter 6. 00:44:32.520 --> 00:44:33.680 9 forward. 00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.960 It's the Lord's prayer. 00:44:36.040 --> 00:44:40.260 We are aimed in our praying God's will. 00:44:41.140 --> 00:44:41.420 Together. 00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:41.500 Together. 00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:43.079 And so. 00:44:44.180 --> 00:44:46.760 Jesus begins the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6. 00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:48.360 Our father who art in heaven. 00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.960 Hallowed be your name. 00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:52.539 Your name be exalted among the nations. 00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:54.440 Your kingdom come. 00:44:55.440 --> 00:44:56.360 Your will be done. 00:44:57.659 --> 00:44:58.940 Could you imagine a church. 00:44:59.180 --> 00:45:01.380 Where a church is praying that. 00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:03.079 Every day together. 00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:05.860 How about this Christ the King church. 00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.460 This week. 00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:08.159 Start your day. 00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:10.920 By making the Lord's prayer. 00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:11.679 Your prayer. 00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.579 It begins with. 00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:13.280 Our. 00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:14.240 Father. 00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:16.639 Because Jesus claims you as his own. 00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:19.800 It aims us. 00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:23.300 We must be aimed to do the will of our father. 00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:25.820 And finally. 00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:27.099 We're sent. 00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.460 Emboldened. 00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:29.699 We're sent. 00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:32.920 We are sent to expand the family. 00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:34.780 We are on a family. 00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:36.800 We're a family on a mission. 00:45:37.720 --> 00:45:39.420 To make disciples. 00:45:41.620 --> 00:45:43.740 To bring in more family. 00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:45.800 Whoever. 00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:46.920 Whoever. 00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:48.560 Responds to Jesus. 00:45:50.200 --> 00:45:51.580 So we're the church. 00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:54.260 We are. 00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:57.540 A family of brothers and sisters in Christ. 00:45:59.100 --> 00:46:00.980 United to do the will of God. 00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:06.760 So let's lovingly be doing the will of God together. 00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:08.900 Let's pray. 00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:09.300 God. 00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:10.260 Thank you so much. 00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:12.260 For these words of Jesus. 00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:13.860 God. 00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:14.519 Would you. 00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:17.860 Use these words for your intended effect. 00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.740 Among us. 00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:19.360 Your people. 00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:19.920 Today. 00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:21.300 God. 00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:22.340 Would you help us. 00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:23.880 To see each other more and more. 00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:25.119 As brothers and sisters. 00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:27.199 Seeking to do your will. 00:46:27.679 --> 00:46:28.800 Above all else. 00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:29.240 Jesus. 00:46:29.240 --> 00:46:30.460 And it's in your name we pray. 00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.380 Amen. 00:46:31.380 --> 00:46:31.560 Amen.