WEBVTT 00:00:00.980 --> 00:00:10.220 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and it's my joy to bring God's Word to you today. 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:14.780 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us. We're glad that you're here. 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:21.519 And we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats, but because we're following Jesus together. 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:31.219 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good, they don't need God's grace, and no one so bad that they can't have it. 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:36.420 Which means that everyone has something to hear from God's Word. 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:41.019 And that's why we come back to God's Word week after week to study it together. 00:00:41.519 --> 00:00:43.980 We're continuing our series in the Gospel of Mark. 00:00:44.060 --> 00:00:49.760 You'll remember that the Gospels tell the story of Jesus and His life and His death and His resurrection. 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:55.420 And as we study the Gospel of Mark specifically, we ask the questions that the Gospel itself asks. 00:00:55.820 --> 00:01:00.140 First, who is Jesus? And second, how do we respond to Him? 00:01:01.199 --> 00:01:09.939 We're leaving behind the twin stories that we had the last couple weeks, showing Jesus a power over evil and His power to heal. 00:01:10.420 --> 00:01:18.060 We're moving forward with the beginning of chapter 6, and as we come to this passage, we have one problem and one question. 00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:28.079 Our problem is this. In verse 5, we have this surprising or difficult statement which tells us that Jesus could do no mighty work there. 00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:31.280 Meaning He could do no mighty work in Nazareth. And that raises a problem. 00:01:31.740 --> 00:01:34.219 Is Jesus limited somehow in His power? 00:01:34.939 --> 00:01:41.879 Is Jesus facing limitations here, even though we're told that He's the Son of God, that He is God Himself? 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:44.719 So that's our problem. Our question is this. 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:53.699 If Jesus came and visited Colorado Springs, would He be able to do a mighty work in your life? 00:01:55.699 --> 00:02:01.199 If Jesus came to Colorado Springs, would He be able to do a mighty work in your life? 00:02:01.399 --> 00:02:04.599 In other words, what keeps us from coming to Jesus? 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:15.759 And what is it that prevents us from experiencing true and deep and substantial change and healing in our lives? 00:02:17.340 --> 00:02:21.900 It's with that that we come to Mark chapter 6. I invite you to turn there with me. 00:02:22.299 --> 00:02:26.139 You can turn in your worship guide. You can turn on your phone. 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:27.560 You can turn in your Bible. 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:30.840 No matter where you return, remember that this is God's Word. 00:02:30.920 --> 00:02:35.080 And God tells us that His Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:39.400 Which means that God has not left us to stumble alone in the dark. 00:02:39.939 --> 00:02:43.939 But instead, He's given us His Word to show us the way to go. 00:02:44.219 --> 00:02:48.580 And so that's why we read together now Mark chapter 6, starting at verse 1. 00:02:49.420 --> 00:02:51.980 He went away from there and came to His hometown. 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:54.400 And His disciples followed Him. 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:57.680 And on the Sabbath He began to teach in the synagogue. 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:00.780 And many who heard Him were astonished, saying, 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:03.219 Where did this man get these things? 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:06.000 What is the wisdom given to him? 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:10.379 How are such mighty works done by His hands? 00:03:11.379 --> 00:03:12.000 Verse 3. 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:18.319 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joseph, and Judas, and Simon? 00:03:18.700 --> 00:03:20.840 And are not His sisters here with us? 00:03:21.620 --> 00:03:23.080 And they took offense at Him. 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:25.040 And Jesus said to them, 00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:32.400 A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own household. 00:03:33.020 --> 00:03:40.540 And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:44.060 And he marveled because of their unbelief. 00:03:44.640 --> 00:03:47.620 And he went about among the villages teaching. 00:03:47.620 --> 00:03:52.240 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's Word. 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:56.980 Our Father in Heaven, we thank you again for your Word. 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:03.080 That they're not just words on a page, but that you promise that they have power. 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:06.060 And that you use them to give life. 00:04:06.920 --> 00:04:08.620 We ask that you would do that this morning. 00:04:08.700 --> 00:04:10.740 That you would use your words to give us life. 00:04:10.740 --> 00:04:14.140 That you'd use it to stir up our hearts. 00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:17.500 Use it to convict us and encourage us. 00:04:18.180 --> 00:04:19.780 You'd use it to sustain us. 00:04:20.379 --> 00:04:23.699 And most of all, you'd use it to show us Jesus Christ. 00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:25.519 That we would know Him more and more. 00:04:26.180 --> 00:04:27.480 And that we would love Him more and more. 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:32.759 We ask you all these things grateful that we don't have to earn them or deserve them. 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:36.019 But instead we ask them in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:36.719 Amen. 00:04:41.019 --> 00:04:49.659 So I've noticed over the years, if someone who's 20 years older than you gives you advice. 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:51.439 Maybe they have to correct you. 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:55.360 You can tell yourself, nothing's wrong with me. 00:04:56.159 --> 00:04:57.879 I just haven't lived long enough. 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:04.500 If someone from a different culture gives you advice, has to correct you, 00:05:05.459 --> 00:05:09.319 you can say to yourself, nothing's wrong with me. 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:11.139 It's the fault of my culture. 00:05:11.180 --> 00:05:13.620 I would have known that if I'd grown up there. 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:20.680 But if someone who is your age and is from your culture has to correct you, 00:05:21.579 --> 00:05:24.860 well, then maybe it's something you should have already known. 00:05:24.860 --> 00:05:29.139 Maybe you missed something important that everyone else got. 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:33.500 I've noticed the same difficulty when it comes to promotions. 00:05:33.860 --> 00:05:38.500 If someone who has the exact same job as you gets promoted over you, 00:05:38.699 --> 00:05:40.060 they become your boss. 00:05:41.660 --> 00:05:43.759 Well, that raises some questions, right? 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:46.980 That can be harder than having a new boss brought in from the outside. 00:05:48.500 --> 00:05:49.860 Why weren't you chosen? 00:05:51.220 --> 00:05:52.600 What's lacking in you? 00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:54.759 What's wrong with you? 00:05:55.500 --> 00:05:56.939 That they picked the guy next to you. 00:05:57.259 --> 00:06:00.960 We might even say that you would take offense at that person. 00:06:02.020 --> 00:06:04.660 Now, if your boss is brought in from the outside, that makes sense, right? 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:06.439 They probably have different experiences. 00:06:06.939 --> 00:06:08.580 Maybe they have a higher skill level. 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:12.139 Maybe they have something from another industry that they're able to bring in. 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:14.699 I'm not saying everyone feels this way. 00:06:14.780 --> 00:06:17.360 What I am saying is that part of the human heart, 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:22.480 and the way that it works is it always looks for someone else to blame. 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:29.160 It's difficult to admit that it's not just what's outside of you that's holding you back, 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:31.000 not just your age or circumstances. 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:36.579 It's difficult to admit that it might also be what's inside that's holding you back. 00:06:36.579 --> 00:06:40.180 And that's actually the problem that we encounter in this story. 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:44.539 In verse 1, we find out that Jesus is back in his hometown of Nazareth, 00:06:44.539 --> 00:06:47.859 and it looks like we're about to have a repeat of chapter 1. 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:52.240 You may remember from chapter 1 that Jesus had come to the city of Capernaum, 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:54.079 and we see this exact same situation. 00:06:54.180 --> 00:06:58.000 When he came to Capernaum, on the Sabbath day, he went into the synagogue. 00:06:58.219 --> 00:06:59.019 He started teaching. 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:00.479 He does that here. 00:07:00.540 --> 00:07:01.280 It's a Sabbath day. 00:07:01.340 --> 00:07:02.160 He goes into the synagogue. 00:07:02.340 --> 00:07:03.080 He starts teaching. 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:05.400 Chapter 1, you remember the word that we used. 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:07.500 They were astonished at Jesus' teaching. 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:08.920 Here, what do we find out? 00:07:08.980 --> 00:07:11.580 Chapter 6, they're astonished at Jesus' teaching. 00:07:11.700 --> 00:07:15.319 It seems like we're watching a rerun of the Jesus show, 00:07:15.740 --> 00:07:17.939 except there's one thing that's different. 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:21.000 If you're tracking with chapter 1, you know after these things happen, 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:22.700 Jesus casts out a demon. 00:07:22.700 --> 00:07:25.879 And so we should be expecting here as careful readers of the story 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:29.800 that we're going to see Jesus do something great and miraculous again. 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:34.280 Except it's the opposite that happens. 00:07:35.020 --> 00:07:36.400 They take offense at him. 00:07:36.660 --> 00:07:41.220 Verse 5, Jesus is not able to do any mighty work. 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:43.620 And in verse 3, we're told why. 00:07:43.780 --> 00:07:46.200 Jesus is the hometown boy. 00:07:46.780 --> 00:07:50.140 They ask this question, is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary? 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:53.420 Now, there's probably a subtle dig going on here. 00:07:53.420 --> 00:07:57.100 We would expect them to say that Jesus is not the son of Mary, 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:59.900 but to name the father, that he's the son of Joseph. 00:07:59.899 --> 00:08:03.899 And so they're alluding here to the fact that maybe there's still some suspicion 00:08:03.899 --> 00:08:05.539 about the origin of Jesus. 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:09.339 There's some questions about whether he's really up to the quality 00:08:09.339 --> 00:08:11.959 and the snuff of everyone else in this town. 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:15.679 What's fascinating, though, is in verse 2, 00:08:15.779 --> 00:08:18.139 it's not that they deny Jesus' power. 00:08:18.239 --> 00:08:19.439 They actually recognize it. 00:08:19.479 --> 00:08:21.099 They know he teaches with wisdom. 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:23.259 They know that he's doing mighty works. 00:08:23.259 --> 00:08:25.939 They see all of those things. 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.560 They just can't handle it. 00:08:30.339 --> 00:08:32.779 It's not that they believe he's incapable. 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:35.100 It's just they don't want to see it. 00:08:35.139 --> 00:08:37.960 And Jesus names what's going on for us here in verse 4. 00:08:38.419 --> 00:08:41.000 A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:44.960 and among his relatives and in his own household. 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:51.360 In other words, it is hard to submit to someone that you grew up with. 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:58.100 It is hard to take advice and correction from a peer. 00:08:59.379 --> 00:09:03.019 And this is just another angle on the neediness that we've been talking about 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:05.300 as we've walked through the Gospel of Mark. 00:09:05.400 --> 00:09:08.100 Jesus' power and wisdom here, they see it, 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:10.440 and it's an assault on their pride. 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:14.300 To admit that Jesus has something that they don't 00:09:14.300 --> 00:09:17.520 is also to confess that there is something lacking in them. 00:09:17.760 --> 00:09:19.380 There is something that they need. 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:21.260 If Jesus is wise, then they are foolish. 00:09:21.380 --> 00:09:26.120 If he does mighty works, then they are limited and finite and weak. 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:30.780 And so the opposite for us is what is necessary. 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:34.500 If we want Jesus to be at work in our lives, 00:09:34.540 --> 00:09:37.620 if we want to see him do a mighty work, 00:09:37.660 --> 00:09:39.320 we have to do the opposite of these people. 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:43.220 We have to admit we are actually foolish and flawed. 00:09:44.780 --> 00:09:47.860 Last week, we saw two positive examples of faith. 00:09:47.940 --> 00:09:49.440 We saw Jairus and this woman. 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:52.340 This week, we're presented with the other side of the coin. 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:54.820 We're given a negative example of faith. 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:57.860 These people are confronted with this question of, 00:09:58.120 --> 00:09:59.160 what is wrong with me? 00:09:59.300 --> 00:10:01.540 Why is it that someone from our town 00:10:01.540 --> 00:10:03.600 is able to come back with this wisdom? 00:10:03.860 --> 00:10:05.720 And if we come up against that question 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.740 as we ask, what is wrong with us? 00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:12.299 The answer is, well, quite a lot, to be honest. 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:18.340 That's the answer that's necessary for Jesus to be at work. 00:10:18.419 --> 00:10:20.799 I need to learn something from this man 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:23.080 who has the same background as me. 00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:25.200 I know that he has this great wisdom, 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:27.779 and that shows me in ways I didn't realize before 00:10:27.779 --> 00:10:29.480 how foolish I actually am. 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:32.779 I see that Jesus here is doing mighty works, 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.639 and it shows me in ways I didn't realize before 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.399 how weak and finite and fragile and sinful I am. 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:42.899 Jesus' strength shows me my weakness. 00:10:44.180 --> 00:10:46.960 And so we can understand the threat that these people feel. 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:49.680 It would be much easier to accept someone 00:10:49.680 --> 00:10:51.139 they had never met before 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:55.060 than to realize they'd been surpassed by their peer. 00:10:55.059 --> 00:10:59.239 In his book, Hidden Christmas, 00:11:00.059 --> 00:11:01.979 Tim Keller gives this phenomenal illustration 00:11:01.979 --> 00:11:05.059 that I've included for you on page 7 of your worship guide, 00:11:05.219 --> 00:11:07.579 talking about the nature of receiving gifts. 00:11:07.619 --> 00:11:08.379 And he says this, 00:11:08.779 --> 00:11:10.879 Some gifts, by their very nature, 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:12.439 make you swallow your pride. 00:11:13.339 --> 00:11:16.000 Imagine opening a present on Christmas morning 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:18.639 from a friend, and it is a dieting book. 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.539 Then you take off another ribbon and wrapper, 00:11:22.779 --> 00:11:25.360 and you find it is another book from another friend 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:27.139 overcoming selfishness. 00:11:28.199 --> 00:11:29.840 If you say to them, 00:11:30.460 --> 00:11:32.120 Thank you so much, 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:34.259 you are in a sense admitting, 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:37.360 for indeed I am fat and obnoxious. 00:11:38.199 --> 00:11:41.279 In other words, some gifts are hard to receive 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:46.600 because to do so is to admit you have flaws and weaknesses, 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.580 and you need help. 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:51.659 Brothers and sisters, 00:11:51.800 --> 00:11:53.300 that is how Christianity works. 00:11:53.460 --> 00:11:57.720 Christianity is looking and seeing how needy we are. 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.360 Accepting the gift means admitting how bad off you are, 00:12:01.460 --> 00:12:03.259 not just problems outside of you, 00:12:03.680 --> 00:12:04.980 problems inside of you. 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:08.440 That is the challenge that Jesus is hitting up against here, 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.800 that these people are unable to accept his gift. 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:14.240 They're unable to receive the mighty work 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:15.480 that he has to offer them 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.000 because to do so would be to admit 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:19.779 they have flaws and weaknesses, 00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:21.120 and they need help. 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.399 The fact that they grew up with him 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:27.139 only magnifies how bad off they are. 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:32.580 Now we still have this challenge of verse 5 00:12:32.580 --> 00:12:35.740 that tells us that Jesus could do no mighty work. 00:12:35.800 --> 00:12:39.100 Does that mean that Jesus' power was limited in some way? 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:43.840 Had he lost some of his divinity between last week and this week? 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:49.980 No, this is not a statement about Jesus' power and ability. 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:54.220 It's a statement about these people's openness and receptivity. 00:12:54.680 --> 00:12:57.420 Not a statement about Jesus' power and ability. 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:01.800 It's a statement about their openness and their receptivity. 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:03.440 So I want you to think about it like this. 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.920 Let's say that I went to Chick-fil-A yesterday 00:13:06.920 --> 00:13:10.160 and I ordered a spicy Southwest chicken salad 00:13:10.160 --> 00:13:11.720 with avocado lime ranch dressing. 00:13:12.160 --> 00:13:12.400 Okay? 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:13.860 And then I ate it. 00:13:15.040 --> 00:13:16.600 It's a wonderful thing to do. 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:20.240 Now let's say that I go back to Chick-fil-A today 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:24.320 and I want to order a spicy Southwest chicken salad 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:25.760 with avocado lime ranch dressing. 00:13:25.900 --> 00:13:27.580 Will I be able to do that? 00:13:27.580 --> 00:13:29.560 Why not? 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:36.820 It's not because my power has changed in some way. 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:41.160 It's not that yesterday I was able to afford a $10 salad, 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:42.540 which used to be an $8 salad, 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:46.820 and today I am no longer able to afford that same salad. 00:13:47.060 --> 00:13:49.780 I have not had some great financial disruption. 00:13:50.180 --> 00:13:53.240 It's not that suddenly all of my wealth has been stolen. 00:13:53.680 --> 00:13:56.320 No, it actually doesn't matter how powerful I am, right? 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:57.879 I could be a billionaire. 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.480 Chick-fil-A will not accept my money. 00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:04.920 They are not open to me. 00:14:05.140 --> 00:14:08.840 In other words, I cannot perform the mighty work 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:12.220 of ordering and eating a spicy Southwest chicken salad 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:13.580 with avocado lime ranch dressing. 00:14:15.160 --> 00:14:17.580 No matter how rich I am, right? 00:14:19.140 --> 00:14:23.140 Jesus was able to perform a great healing last week. 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:25.440 He raised someone from the dead. 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.860 We see in this passage that he's not able 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.980 to perform mighty works. 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:29.500 Why? 00:14:29.800 --> 00:14:32.000 Has Jesus' power changed in any way? 00:14:32.400 --> 00:14:32.700 No. 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.720 Has Jesus' divinity changed in any way? 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:36.320 No. 00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:38.360 What has changed? 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:42.280 No matter how much power Jesus has, 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:44.220 they are not willing to receive it. 00:14:44.520 --> 00:14:48.020 They are not open to what Jesus has to offer. 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:54.679 Jesus cannot heal in the sense that these people are closed. 00:14:55.879 --> 00:15:00.879 I am incapable of buying a spicy Southwest chicken salad today 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:05.879 with avocado lime ranch dressing because Chick-fil-A is closed. 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:09.939 And so it helps us understand what Jesus said last week. 00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:11.679 Mark chapter five, verse 34. 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:12.120 He says, 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:14.659 Daughter, your faith has made you well. 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:18.740 Is he saying that this woman that he healed had some great power 00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:21.360 that she was able to muster up and exercise 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.820 so that her bleeding stopped? 00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:25.299 No, the power is in Jesus. 00:15:25.419 --> 00:15:28.139 What he is saying is that you were open and able 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:30.620 and willing to receive what I had to offer. 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:34.240 You believed that I was able to do it 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:37.480 and so you experienced my mighty work. 00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.480 Brothers and sisters, 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:41.000 faith is not the power but the instrument. 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.500 Faith is this posture of receiving 00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:45.279 and being willing to accept. 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:47.899 We talk about the glory of salvation 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:50.019 and how great of a gift it is. 00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:52.159 And that's true. 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:57.220 And it's incredibly difficult to receive. 00:15:57.220 --> 00:16:02.879 Salvation is a wonderful and glorious gift. 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:06.720 And it is incredibly difficult to receive 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:11.620 because to do it is to admit you have flaws and weaknesses 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:13.920 and you need help. 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:17.000 It's what I said last week. 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:20.519 It is hard, if not impossible, 00:16:21.160 --> 00:16:23.100 to both be in control 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:27.879 and for Jesus to be at work in your life at the same time. 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:32.120 It is hard, if not impossible, 00:16:32.540 --> 00:16:35.300 for you to be in control on the one hand 00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:39.580 and for Jesus to do a mighty work in your life on the other hand. 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:43.779 Those two things do not go together. 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:47.060 And so there's this beauty, there's this wonder, 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:49.820 there's this glory to the gift of salvation 00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:52.680 and the natural man, the natural woman, 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:55.560 the man and woman without God's spirit at work in their lives 00:16:55.560 --> 00:16:58.300 will not be able to receive it, 00:16:59.280 --> 00:17:01.580 is not willing to receive it 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:04.080 because it requires supernatural power 00:17:04.080 --> 00:17:06.279 for someone's heart and mind and life 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:09.019 to be changed and transformed by the Holy Spirit. 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:16.579 And so, if Jesus came to Colorado Springs, 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:23.000 would you be needy enough and desperate enough 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:24.759 to receive his help? 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:30.460 If Jesus came to Colorado Springs, 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:34.000 if he visited us here at Cheyenne Mountain, 00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:38.160 would you be needy enough or desperate enough 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:40.240 to receive his help? 00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:45.680 It takes a lot of humility to truly come to Jesus. 00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:49.180 It takes a lot of humility to repent. 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:52.960 It takes a lot of humility to not just list 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:54.200 your children's failures, 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:56.400 but to list your failures 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:58.600 and to ask for forgiveness. 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:02.259 It takes a lot of humility to admit 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:04.279 that you're a lot harder to live with 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:05.880 than you realized. 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:09.880 It takes a lot of humility to name 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:14.540 how much damage your anger and your temper have caused. 00:18:15.540 --> 00:18:18.040 It takes a lot of humility to confess 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:20.820 your sexual addiction out loud 00:18:20.820 --> 00:18:22.340 to a brother or sister. 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.860 And that's what it takes. 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:28.700 One way or another, 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:31.740 humility has to come into play. 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:35.240 If Jesus came to Colorado Springs, 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:38.180 would he be able to do a mighty work in your life? 00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:40.819 You couldn't blame other people 00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:42.759 for all the problems in your life, 00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:44.539 maybe some of them. 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:48.960 And you'd have to admit how bad things really are. 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.920 That's what you'd have to do 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:55.039 for Jesus to do a mighty work in your life. 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:59.940 Many people say they want Jesus to do great things. 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:04.440 They may not want it that badly. 00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:07.859 They don't want it badly enough 00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:10.859 to admit true need. 00:19:10.859 --> 00:19:14.259 And the good news is this. 00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:17.119 Jesus still does mighty works 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:19.759 in the lives of those who come to him for help. 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:24.299 Jesus still does mighty works 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:27.500 in the lives of those who come to him for help. 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:31.359 So we return to our characters from last week. 00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:34.640 We have our negative example in this crowd 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:37.960 who can't be brought to receive 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:39.220 what Jesus has to offer. 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:42.440 And so we want to follow what we saw last week 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.660 from Jairus and this woman. 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.859 Remember Jesus' words. 00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:46.559 Mark chapter five, verse 34. 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:49.220 Daughter, your faith has made you well. 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.980 Mark chapter five, verse 36. 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:53.799 What does Jesus say to Jairus? 00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:55.960 Do not fear, only believe. 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:59.519 We see at least three things 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.860 from our characters from last week. 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:03.319 First, they know and admit their need. 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:05.759 Remember we talked about how desperate they were. 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:08.279 In their situations in life, 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.420 in their social standings, 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.579 they were radically different. 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:13.059 In their need, they were radically similar. 00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:16.480 And they brought that need to Jesus. 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:18.700 One of them confidently, the other hesitantly. 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.279 So they knew their need. 00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:24.039 They actually believed that Jesus 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:25.240 would be able to meet it. 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:27.480 Remember neither of them expressed doubt. 00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:28.700 Jairus comes and just says, 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.880 hey, you need to touch my daughter. 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.440 She'll be great. 00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:33.440 The woman who's been bleeding knows 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.900 if she can just come behind Jesus 00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:37.180 and touch the rope, things are gonna change. 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:40.299 And it's not just that they believe, 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.519 it's that they act on it. 00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:44.579 They reveal what they think is true 00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.740 by what they actually do. 00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.620 They know their need. 00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:49.139 They believe Jesus can meet it. 00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:51.099 And they bring it to him. 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.679 Brothers and sisters, 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:55.839 that encouragement is the same for us. 00:20:55.899 --> 00:20:58.639 If we want to see Jesus do a mighty work, 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:02.479 we have to know and admit how great our need is. 00:21:03.159 --> 00:21:06.059 We have to know how desperate and hopeless we are 00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:07.319 apart from Jesus Christ. 00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:09.699 If you've been with us the last couple of weeks, 00:21:09.719 --> 00:21:11.879 you've heard the vows that our members take. 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:13.260 And I believe it's vow two that says 00:21:13.260 --> 00:21:14.480 we're without hope, 00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:16.620 saving God's sovereign mercy. 00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:20.600 You have to know how much you need him. 00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:23.820 Two, you have to know and believe 00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:25.860 that Jesus can actually help you and heal you. 00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:28.500 And then three, you have to come to him, 00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:33.240 asking him to be with you and to help you. 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:36.380 That's what this passage shows us. 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:39.280 If we want Jesus to do a mighty work, 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:41.560 that is what's required of us. 00:21:42.780 --> 00:21:45.220 And Jesus still does mighty works. 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:48.460 Jesus still does mighty works 00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:50.800 in Colorado Springs in 2022. 00:21:52.260 --> 00:21:54.960 Jesus still comes to people who know 00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:56.580 how needy and desperate they are 00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:58.520 and he changes hearts and minds and lives. 00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:02.460 Jesus still shows up with people who need mercy 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:04.160 and admit that the problems in their lives 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:06.100 are not simply outside of them, 00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:07.540 but also inside of them. 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:12.079 That is the place where Jesus shows up 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:13.539 and changes things. 00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:18.759 And so we can understand his sorrow here 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:21.460 at the very end of this passage, 00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.639 verse six. 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:26.359 He marveled because of their unbelief. 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:29.079 I'm here. 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:31.519 I can heal people. 00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:33.379 I can raise people from the dead. 00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:35.500 I just did it with this girl. 00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:38.979 And you're not willing to receive it. 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:43.559 Jesus is amazed 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:46.740 by their unwillingness to come to him. 00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.819 There are different types 00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:55.319 of giving and receiving help. 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:58.559 It's one thing for someone 00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:00.559 to help you fix your car. 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:04.579 It is quite another thing 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:07.839 to receive someone's help 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.700 to use the bathroom. 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:12.879 One of those is normal. 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:16.519 The other one requires humility 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:18.439 and powerlessness. 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:21.660 One of those, 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.400 we might think, 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.299 I need a little help. 00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.580 The other one, 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:28.100 we realize how dependent 00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:29.700 and needy we are. 00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:32.320 Brothers and sisters, 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.940 receiving Jesus' help 00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:35.980 is a lot less like someone 00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:37.200 helping you fix your car. 00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:39.480 And it is a lot more 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.640 like someone helping you 00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.460 use the bathroom. 00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:46.059 That is how bad off you are. 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:47.859 You need help 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:50.899 with the most basic realities of life. 00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:54.379 You need Jesus to help you 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:56.359 with the most elementary things. 00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.619 It is not that Jesus 00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:59.299 needed to give up 00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.799 a few hours for you 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.019 on a Saturday afternoon. 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.579 It is that Jesus 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.559 had to die for you. 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:09.559 That is how bad things are. 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.859 It is not just that Jesus 00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:13.179 had to give up a few hours 00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.399 on a Saturday afternoon 00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.740 to help you out a little bit. 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.319 It is that Jesus 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:19.139 had to die for you. 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:23.099 Jesus offers 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.440 to give us life. 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:27.399 Jesus offers real, 00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.379 true, 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.159 deep, 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.720 transformative change. 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.759 Jesus offers 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:34.519 substantial healing. 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:38.480 Will you receive it? 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:42.140 who is Jesus? 00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:45.120 Jesus is the one 00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:46.420 who has great wisdom 00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:48.220 and mighty works. 00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.779 How do we respond to him? 00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:54.279 We have to be humble enough 00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.519 to receive his wisdom 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:57.140 and receive his works. 00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:59.319 We have to be willing 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.000 to admit 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.640 how bad 00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:03.220 things are. 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:05.319 chapter 6, 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.819 verse 4, 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.779 and Jesus said to them, 00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.900 a prophet is not without honor 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:10.740 except in his hometown 00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:12.660 and among his relatives 00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:14.480 and in his own household. 00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.660 Let's pray. 00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:18.420 Father in heaven, 00:25:18.540 --> 00:25:19.640 we thank you 00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.400 for your word 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.779 that you've given to us 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.620 and we thank you 00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.700 that today 00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.560 you continue 00:25:24.560 --> 00:25:25.800 to do mighty works 00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:27.160 in the lives 00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.580 of those 00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.440 who come to you 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.779 with their need, 00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:31.560 admitting that it's not just 00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:33.000 problems that are outside of them 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:35.100 but problems that are inside of them. 00:25:35.540 --> 00:25:36.680 We ask that you would give us 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.840 that humility, 00:25:38.040 --> 00:25:38.860 that heart posture 00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:40.100 that we would come to you 00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.819 confessing our need 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:43.299 that you would be able 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.419 to do a mighty work 00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:45.539 in our lives 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.699 and not just in our lives 00:25:46.699 --> 00:25:47.599 but in this church 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:49.859 and as in this church, 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.859 in this community. 00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:52.480 We ask these things 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.240 in the mighty name 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.059 of Jesus Christ. 00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:54.859 Amen.