Sermons from October 2025
Mark 3:7-19 – Ministering to the Multitudes and Choosing the Twelve
I. Vss. 7-12- A Great Crowd Follows Jesus: Genesis: 25:30; And Esau said to Jacob, I beg you, Let me eat of the red, this red soup, for I am faint. Therefore his name was called Edom.William L. Lane “The demons addressed Jesus as the divine Son of God in a futile attempt to render him harmless. These cries of recognition were designed to control him and strip him of his power, in accordance with the conception that knowledge of…
Mark 3:1-6 – Sabbath Healing: Hated or Followed
Vss. 1-6; Jesus Heals on the Sabbath5 conflict episodes: 2:1–11: He healed the paralytic and forgave his sins2:13–17: He called Matthew, a tax collector, to follow Him and He ate with sinners.2:18–22: His disciples are criticized for not fasting2:23–28: His disciples are accused of disobeying Sabbath rules3:1-6: Heals on the Sabbath Luke 6:6: And it happened, also on another Sabbath that He entered into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was withered. Charles Spurgeon…
Mark 2:23-28 – Lord of The Sabbath
I. Vss.23-24; Accused of Breaking the Sabbath Exodus 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven…
Mark 2:18-22 – Controversies About Fasting
Vss. 18-20; Questioned About Fasting:Luke 18:9-14; He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of…