Sermon Note
Pastor Prince
It is what God says that is important.
A fingerprint shows 12 years
A lady suffered for 12 years. Jesus healed her. Number 12 is the number of divine governance
Job 29:6
When my steps were bathed with cream,
And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
Butter is the richness of God’s Word
To see Him is to be transformed and receive life
Even as Moses lifted up the serpent, the Son of Man is lifted up at the cross.
One look at Him we are healed.
We look at Jesus and we see how wonderful He is.
He has conviction
He has holiness
Looking unto Jesus is looking away from anything else
None of us in and of ourselves can make things happen
God gave us the law and said do your best and man tried and was under the law but man could not.
He came and brought grace.
Grace saved the worst of us.
Under grace, God saved the worse of us
The law is perfect and it does not bend. Those who believe in grace has most respect of the law
To be saved-> Believe on Me
Everytime you boast in the law, the Lord will tell you one thing you lac
One look of grace, Jesus called Zacchaeus
He said He must eat at his house
You can be a poor man with plenty of money. Are you born again ?
Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly
Law restrict
Grace opens up your heart
Luke 18:43
And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
Luke 19:2
Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
Mark is a gospel under divine Servant
Mark was known as a man who failed miserably
This man failed terribly writing about the divine Servant who never fail
Luke is written for all men
Jesus showing His Manhood
Book of John ->
God comes in human flesh
Began with God and He is God
Mark 10:45-52
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus
(Matt. 20:29–34; Luke 18:35–43)
Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called.
Then they called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.”
And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.
So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.
I did not come to be served. I come to serve.
We act like we have everything. No. He is rich. He is the complete one
What can we give unless we first receive
Jesus did not come to be served, He came to serve
How can God forgive without proper righteous foundation and bypass the law
Wrong must be rectified
Sin must be punished
But God don’t want us to be punished
Jesus was the only Baby born to die
They asked Him what is His name and He said I am that I am
God cannot punish you for the same sin Jesus took on the cross
He is merciful in sending His Son
Exodus 21:1-6
The Law Concerning Servants
(Deut. 15:12–18)
“Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them: If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing. If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
This servant is a willing servant.
Jesus came to bless us. We are poor in and of ourselves
Jesus takes the little and enriches it.
He multiplied the little
Jesus is always going about doing good and healing the oppress
God can bless the little and it becomes much. It is the blessing that make us rich
Put in His hands and He will always bless it
Psalms 40:6-7
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.(pierced)
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
Friends, don’t just exist, live.
You do not have to do anything to earn His ℓσνє
Mark 10:45-52
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus
(Matt. 20:29–34; Luke 18:35–43)
Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called.
Then they called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.”
And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.
So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.
One thing is needful. Mary did that one thing
Jesus is a divine guest. He came to serve and not to be served
Jesus ministered to the lady at the well.
Though He was tired but when He ministered to the lady, He was refreshed.
It is the opposite of man
Psalms 116:12
What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?
Psalms 116:13
I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the Lord.
When you are so full, what hurts you is when no one takes from you
Faith is the hand that takes from Him
What do you take from Me so little?
Joshua 6:26
Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, “Cursed be the man before the Lord who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.”
1 Kings 16:34
In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the Lord, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.
Great multitude followed Jesus
Bartimaeus is not a name. It means son of the uncleaned one
He is a blind poor man
God did not want robot. He wanted man with free choice.
Nazareth was known as a sin city
Because of what Jesus has done, it emits fragrance
Son of David means the king
Jesus has double claim on the throne
He was born King.
This King with all the power He has, He goes around blessing and healing.
Our trust must be completely in the Lord
Don’t put your utmost trust in people.
It is not who you are. It is who you say of Jesus that makes it different
For 2000 years Jerusalem was back to the hands of Jews
God was doing a parallel with the story of Jericho
Joshua 10:12-14
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel:
“Sun, stand still over Gibeon;
And Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”
So the sun stood still,
And the moon stopped,
Till the people had revenge
Upon their enemies.
Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.
The One who made the sun stood still stand still when the blind beggar cried out.
We are all lost in our lostness. We are a society today more connected than other society. Yet we are never so lonely
The answer is found in what we say of Jesus
The Lord goes right to the point when people tried to flatter Him
God was the first one to kill animals and clothed us
Is a picture of His Son who died.
Go your way. Your faith has made you well
He never obligated the people He heals
He never makes His grace/healing as something that obligates us
