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Honoring God

Date:1/5/14

Passage: Mark 12:35-40

Speaker: Chris Keener

Honoring God

Mark 12:35-40

 

  1. Background
    1. Context
      1. Jesus overturned tables in the Temple, starting path to the Cross.
      2. Prophetic picture of the fig tree shows the result of fruitlessness.
      3. God's Spirit is moving to where there will be fruit.
      4. The established leaders challenged his authority.
      5. Jesus will not be fooled.
    2. Jesus' Riddle
    3. Honor
      1. Have honorable seats at synagogues and feasts
      2. Enjoy greetings in the marketplaces
      3. For a pretense make long prayers
      4. Devour widows' houses
  2. God's Honor
    1. Isaiah 42:8 and contetx
    2. Stealing honor from God
  3. Am I a Scribe?
    1. Tests of the heart
    2. Serving for its reward
    3. Got out from the church.
      1. Glory to God and not to ourselves
      2. Test of persecution (Lambert, China's Christian Millions)
      3. Test of perseverance