7-19-09 Closed Captioned Sermon, Zion, Torrance, CA

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Duration: 14 minutes and 6 seconds

Year: 2009

Country: United States

Language: English

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Genre: Instructional

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Director: Jesus

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Posted by: hischild on Jul 26, 2009

This Closed-Captioned Sermon causes us to reflect on how we see Jesus. To contact Pastor Dave, go to: www.ziontorrance.info

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A Close-Captioned Sermon
Pastor Dave
Let us rise for the reading of this morning's sermon text
recorded for us in Mark's Gospel where we read from
Chapter 6, the first 6 verses.
Jesus left there and
went to his home town accompanied by his disciples.
When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the
synagogue and many who heard him were amazed.
"Where does this man get these
things?" they asked. "What's this wisdom that has been
given him, that he even does miracles! (Excuse me) That he
even does miracles. Isn't this the carpenter?
Isn't this Mary's son and the
brother of James, Joses, Judas and Simon?
Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they
took offense at him. Jesus said to them,
"ONLY IN HIS HOME TOWN, AMONG HIS RELATIVES
AND IN HIS OWN HOUSE IS A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR."
He could not do any miracles there, except
lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
And he was amazed at their lack of faith.
Then Jesus went around teaching from village
to village. (NIV) This is the Word of our Lord.
Let us pray:
Glorious and Gracious God,
may the words of my mouth and the meditation of each of
our hearts be acceptable in Your sight,
our Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
... The congregation ...
... is seated.
.... (Silence)
... Dear Followers of ...
our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
In recent weeks, we have witnessed
the death of two interesting
human beings.
One who gave us the moonwalk,
and the other
who told us of men
walking on the moon
And I'm sure that it's very easy for you
to see which of these men was the greatest.
The one who had the most influence in our world.
The one who changed the world in which he lived.
The one that will forever be remembered as
the one and only ...
the greatest ...
the King of Pop.
You laugh.
But to those people who believe THAT
and to those people who looked
to him and found in him
inspiration and joy,
and motivation for their life,
his passing was
extremely shocking to them.
And extremely difficult.
To those who thought he was nothing more
than another contemporary singer,
his passing means very little.
And so they become annoyed
at the fact that they have to
continue to hear about it.
I think THAT very thought
helps us understand
what went on in the synagogue
when Jesus stood up
to read the Scriptures.
Because He read them with authority.
He spoke the Word of God with all of His strength,
and all of His power, and all of His might.
And in that synagogue in His home town,
the people were amazed.
They were amazed at how He spoke.
They were amazed at the miracles that He did.
They were amazed that
He was the son of Joseph and Mary!
A mere carpenter, and they didn't say it
with love and awe in their voice.
Isn't this the brother of James and John and
Judas and Simon?
Aren't His sisters here with us?
Who does this person THINK that he is?
Their lack of faith.
Their lack of trust in whom Jesus was and
what He had accomplished.
not ONLY
caused their Lord to remark
at their lack of faith
but they stopped and limited
His work among them.
He could only lay His hands on a few people.
He could only lay ... no,
He could only heal a few sick people
and He had to leave.
He had to leave because they did not see Jesus
as the Messiah,
as the Prophet of God.
They saw Him as another
human being
It certainly is a reminder to us to ask ourselves:
How do WE see Jesus? How do we REALLY see Him in our lives?
Is He an almighty, all-powerful Lord of our life?
of our life?
Do we go to Him with every concern ...
to put every thought submissive to His will?
Or are we like those people
who heard Him speak in the synagogue
and dismissed Him?
Well, that's his words. They don't apply today.
I don't believe that about Scripture.
What are we saying?
Would that bring honor to God's Messenger?
Would that bring honor and authority
to God's One and Only Son?
Who came into this world to save us?
We really have to look at the way we treat Jesus
and His Word.
Is it just something that passes into our life and
waves over us
and has absolutely no affect?
That we come here week-after-week-after-week
for what reason?
If we leave week-after-week
after week
without putting into practice the things that we've learned.
without having our faith
strengthened.
We're just hearing the Word
and not doing anything about it.
Because then we're just like the children of Israel.
Just like the people that the Lord
told Ezekiel about. He said,
I am sending you to a group of people
a group of people who are rebellious
and obstinate.
They don't want to HEAR what you have to say.
They don't want to KNOW about God. They only want to
hear what they WANT to hear. What makes them happy.
They only want to DO what they WANT to do.
They don't want to be taken out of their comfort zone.
They don't want to think that they could be the ones
whom God has chosen to carry His Word and
to do His work in the world.
How easy it is for all of us to sit here and go through
our life not giving honor
to God's Prophet.
Without taking to heart the Message.
Oh, we love the part that says,
"Your sins are forgiven."
But we don't like the responsibility that comes with
that because we have greater responsibilities in our lives.
We all have better things that we could be doing
with our time than working for the Lord.
But we certainly want the Lord there when we want Him to
work for us.
Just like the Apostle Paul, isn't it?
Who had a messenger from Satan,
a thorn in his flesh,
to stop him from becoming conceited
He went to God and prayed to God at least three times
to remove that from his life
And the Lord said, No.
No. My grace
is sufficient for you.
And in your weakness
I am strong.
Sound familiar
in your own life?
Have you gone to the Lord
and He's said "No" to you?
Or I'm not going to remove what's there?
Do we realize the STRENGTH of God's grace?
The POWER of God.
That we TRUST Him in our lives and
give honor to Him because of the work that He has done.
He backs up His Word with actions.
The actions of His love are
that He has gone to the cross,
He has been raised from the dead,
He sits at the right-hand of God,
He rules all of creation
for the benefit and glory of His church.
He IS going to come again to take US to be with Him.
Not empty words, but words that are
supported with His actions and what He did
from the healing of the sick
in those people in His home town
to the miracles of raising people from the dead,
giving sight to the blind,
letting the deaf hear and the mute speak.
There is His strength and there is His power.
And do we come to God trusting and honoring THAT power?
Or touting our own?
And wanting our own to be better?
Wanting US
to be the ones
to have all of the glory
and to have all of the praise.
Does that bring honor to what Christ has done?
How amazing that Jesus went to His own home town
and preached to them the Gospel
shared with them the Word,
And they rejected Him.
But it didn't stop Him from doing His work.
He continued on.
And the same thing is true for us in a world that is
going to reject Christ
because they don't believe who He was.
They don't see Him as anything more
than another human being
in the history of this world.
They don't see Him as the Son of God.
They don't see Him as the Savior of the world,
But WE DO!
He IS the Lord of our life,
He is the ONE who has brought to us the
forgiveness of sins and eternal life.
And we trust that.
And we believe that
and now is the time for us to take that old sinful nature
and get it under control.
To get off our complacent rear ends
and to do what the Word has said.
To look into our lives and actively ask ourselves
the question: How do I honor
the Prophet of God?
How CAN I continue to
honor the Prophet of God?
What are the ways that I can
bring MORE honor and give MORE glory
to God's Prophet?
Those are questions that if you ask yourselves
and turn to Scripture and study It,
you will find a myriad of answers.
God will give all of us opportunities each day
to choose to honor Him,
or to dishonor Him.
Put our faith into practice,
or to be a rebellious and obstinate people.
Those are the choices.
It's such a clear
and definite mark.
It's one that
we need to examine.
And Scripture tells us today
to make that examination
and to honor God's Prophet. Amen.
Let us rise
Now may the peace of God
which goes beyond all of our
understanding, keep your hearts and your minds and
especially your lives in the one true faith
unto life everlasting. Amen.

7-19-09 Closed Captioned Sermon, Zion, Torrance, CA

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