JESUS WAS TIRED. THE LITTLE THAT WE KNOW OF THE HISTORY JUST BEFORE, YET ENABLES US TO SEE CAUSE WHY HE SHOULD BE TIRED.. HE HAD BEEN, FOR LONG MONTHS, ENGAGED IN ACTIVE EFFORTS TO SAVE MEN'S SOULS- TO LIFT MEN OUT OF THEIR SLUGGISHNESS AND WORLDLINESS TOWARD GOD. THAT IS HARD WORK FOR MIND AND HEART. AND HE HAD BEEN AT WORK AMONG MANY WHO WERE JEALOUS.
THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN WERE SOME OF THEM ENVIOUS THAT THEIR MASTER WAS DECREASING AND ANOTHER INCREASING, THOUGH JOHN SAID IT WAS RIGHT AND GOOD; AND WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD THAT JESUS WAS BAPTIZING MORE DISCIPLES THAN JOHN, THEY WERE JEALOUS. THEY MADE IT NEEDFUL THAT HE SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM JUDEA, AS SO MANY OFTEN DURING HIS BRIEF MINISTRY HE HAD TO WITHDRAW FROM THE JEALOUSY OF HIS ENEMIES OR THE FANATICISM OF HIS FRIENDS, AND SEEK A NEW FIELD. WORN OUT AND PERHAPS SAD AT HEART, THE REDEEMER SAT ALONE BY JACOB'S WELL. WE SHOULD HAVE TWO PICTURES IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND. THE ONE OF JESUS, AS THE DISCIPLES SAW HIM WHEN THEY TURNED BACK TO LOOK, ON THEIR WAY TO BUY FOOD, AS HE SAT AND RESTED, LEANING WITH LIMBS RELAXED, WITH FACE WEARY, YET GENTLE; AND THE OTHER OF JESUS AS THEY FOUND HIM WHEN THEY CAME BACK, SITTING UP NOW WITH ANIMATED LOOK ON HIS FACE, BUSILY, EAGERLY TALKING.
AH! THERE WAS AN OPENING TO DO GOOD, AND HE WHO "WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD. WOULD GIVE UP HIS NEEDED REST, AND OFTEN DID, TO DO GOOD TO THE LEAST, AND THE LOWEST. THE DISCIPLES WONDERED WHAT HE WAS READY TO DO GOOD; THEY HAD SEEN THAT OFTEN ALREADY. THEY WONDERED THAT HE WAS TALKING TO A WOMEN FOR, THAT WAS CONTRARY TO THE DIGNITY OF A MAN ACCORDING TO THE IDEAS OF THAT TIME AND COUNTRY- TO BE SEEN TALKING WITH A WOMEN IN PUBLIC. THEY WONDERED; THEY KNEW NOT YET WHAT MANNER OF CHARACTER THIS WOMAN WAS, BUT JESUS KNEW.
WE ALL KNOW THE POWER OF THE BODY OVER THE MIND, AND WE KNOW THE POWER OF THE MIND OVER THE OF THE BODY. WE MUST BE STIRRED TO NEW ACTIVITIES UNTIL THE MAN WHO IS TIRED BY ANIMATING A THEME IN WHICH HE AND HIS MIND IS INTERESTED. IF WE LOVE SPIRITUAL WORK IT WILL KINDLE OUR SOULS, IT WILL EVEN GIVE HEALTH AND VIGOR TO OUR BODIES. THE ONLY WAY TO LEARN TO PREACH IS TO PREACH. THERE ARE SEASONS OF SOWING AND SEASONS OF REAPING JUST AS THERE ARE IN FARMING. THEY SOWED THEIR WHEAT IN DECEMBER; AND THEY BEGAN TO REAP IN APRIL. SAY NOT THERE ARE FOUR MONTHS TO THE HARVEST? BEHOLD I SAY TO YOU, LIFT UP YOUR EYES AND LOOK ON THE FIELDS; FOR THEY ARE WHITE ALREADY TO HARVEST. IN THE SPIRITUAL SPHERE. IT WAS HARVEST TIME THEN, AND THEY WERE BIDDEN TO GO FORTH AND REAP THE HARVEST THAT WAVED WHITE AND PERISHING. SPIRITUAL WORK WILL BE REWARDED IN THE LORD OF THE HARVEST'S COMMENDATION AND WELCOME.
AH, HE WILL KNOW WHICH WAS THE SOWING AND WHICH WAS THE REAPING. THE WORLD MAY NOT KNOW; WE MAY NEVER HEAR, BUT HE WILL KNOW WHICH WAS THE REAPING AND WHO TRIED TO DO GOOD AND THOUGHT HE HAD NOT DONE IT. WITH THE THOUGHT OF BEING UNABLE TO BE USEFUL. HE WILL KNOW AND REWARD EVEN THE DESIRE OF THE HEART, WHICH THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY OUT. HE WILL REWARD THE EMOTION THAT TREMBLED ON THE LIP AND FIND NO UTTERRANCE. HE WILL REWARD DAVID FOR WANTING TO BUILD THE TEMPLE AS WELL AS SOLOMON FOR BUILDING IT. HE WILL REWARD ALL THAT WE DO, AND ALL THAT WE TRY TO DO., AND ALL THAT WE WISH TO DO. HE WILL BE YOUR REWARD AND MINE, FOREVER AND FOREVER. REMEMBER SIMPLICITY IN SPEAKING ABOUT THE LORD. WE USE THE EXAMPLE THE WORD " JUSTIFICATION." LET'S LOOK AT WHAT PAUL MEANS, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT BEING JUSTIFIED? THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF MISAPPREHENSION AS TO HIS MEANING.
MARTIN LUTHER WAS ALL WRONG IN HIS EARLY LIFE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN REARED UPON THE IDEA THAT A JUSTIFIED MAN MEANS SIMPLY A JUST MAN, A GOOD MAN, AND THAT HE COULD ACCOUNT HIMSELF JUSTIFIED OR HOPE FOR SALVATION UNTIL HE WAS A THOROUGH GOOD MAN. NOW, THE LATIN WORD FROM WHICH WE BORROW OUR WORD "JUSTIFIED" DOES NOT MEAN TO MAKE JUST, AND AS THE ROMANISTS USE THE LATIN, THEIR ERROR IS NATURAL. BUT PAUL'S GREEK WORD MEANS NOT TO MAKE JUST., BUT TO REGARD AS JUST AND TREAT AS JUST.
THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE-- NOT TO MAKE JUST. BUT REGARD AND TREAT AS JUST. HOW WOULD GOD TREAT YOU, IF YOU WERE A RIGHTEOUS MAN, IF YOU HAD, THROUGH ALL YOUR LIFE, FAITHFULLY PERFORMED ALL YOUR DUTIES, CONFORMING TO ALL YOUR RELATIONS TO YOUR FELLOW-BEINGS. HOW WOULD HE REGARD YOU AND TREAT YOU. HE WOULD LOOK UPON YOU WITH COMPLACENCY
HE WOULD SMILE ON YOU AS ONE THAT WAS IN HIS SIGHT PLEASING. HE WOULD LOOK UPON YOU, AND BLESS YOU AS LONG AS YOU LIVED IN THIS WORLD AND, WHEN YOU WERE DONE WITH THIS WORLD, HE WOULD DELIGHT TO TAKE YOU HOME TO HIS BOSOM, WITH THE GREETING: COME AND REST "GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT." THE CHURCH ISN'T A PLACE FOR SAINTS, THERE ALL IN HEAVEN. THE CHURCH IS A PLACE FOR SINNERS LIKE OURSELVES. THE POWER OF PRAYER MUST HAVE A CLEAN HEART THROUGH WHICH TO OPERATE. THE LAW OF THE HEART IS INEXORABLE. JESUS IS USHERING IN THAT NEW AGE WHICH THE JEWS HAVE BEEN EXPECTING FOR CENTURIES. "THE GOOD NEWS" IS, THE NEED TO WAIT IS NO LONGER. THE MESSIANIC AGE HAS ARRIVED! THE REST OF MARK'S GOSPEL GRAPPLES WITH THE QUESTION, " WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE MESSIANIC AGE THAT BROKE IN WITH JESUS?" WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE BEHIND MOST OF OUR PROBLEMS. WE ARE GOING TO LEAD UP TO A STUDY OF THE FREE FLOW OF DIVINE ENERGY INTO YOUR LIFE. FIRST WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS, WHICH IS THE SHORT CIRCUIT IN OUR CONSCIOUSNESS. YOU MUST REPAIR IT. BELIEVE CHRIST IS ALIVE AND HE SITS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER, THEN THE FREE FLOW OF THE POWER OF LIFE THROUGH THE "HOLY SPIRIT", ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE LOVE IN YOUR LIFE, WHICH WILL SHOW LOVE IN YOUR ACTIONS, JOY IN YOUR HEART, WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING IN YOUR MIND, HEALTH IN YOUR BODY, VITALITY IN YOUR ACTIONS. COULD YOU WANT MORE THAN THAT? REMEMBER THE POWERFUL LAW OF THE HEART. THIS LAW IS MORE POWERFUL AND IS EVEN MORE POWERFUL AND ACCURATE THAN THE SCIENTIFIC LAWS YOU STUDIED IN SCHOOL. "THE LAW" OF THE HEART IS THIS "PERFECT LOVE", "CASTETH OUT FEAR, THE TWO DEVILS INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER WHICH OUR LORD ASSOCIATES WITH HATE AND FEAR, WHICH CAN ONLY BE DONE AWAY WITH THROUGH THE 1ST LAW OF THE HEART, WHICH IS "LOVE.?" WHEN YOU START TO FEEL THE RISING RESENTMENT OF HATE AND FEAR. STOP FOR A MOMENT, BEFORE IT TURNS INTO FULL BLOWN HATE. "STOP! ASK YOURSELF WHAT'S BEHIND IT? FACE THESE DEVILS OUT IN THE OPEN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. YOU WILL BE BORN AGAIN. NOW YOUR READY AGAIN TO GRASP WITH MARK, THE GOOD (NEWS THAT THE CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, THE ANOINTED ONE IS USHERING IN THE NEW AGE THAT THE JEWS HAVE BEEN EXPECTING FOR CENTURIES. THEY NEED TO WAIT NO LONGER. " THE MESSIANIC AGE HAS ARRIVED!" WE LOOK WITH MARK, TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? JESUS RESCUES HUMANITY FROM BONDAGE TO SATAN, SIN, LAW, AND DEATH THROUGH JESUS SAVING MISSION, WHICH STARTS WITH BAPTISM, USHERING IN THE "NEW CREATION, AND WITH IT THE FINAL GREAT "EXODUS" (RESCUE) EVENT. HE RESCUES HUMANITY FROM "SATAN" ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW, NOT WITHIN THE MATERIAL ORDER, BUT WITHIN PEOPLE'S HEARTS. JESUS SUMMONS AND PLANTS THE "1ST LAW" ON HIS PEOPLE'S HEARTS, LOVE. NOT SERVING SELF, BUT TO SHARE HIS SERVANT MISSION.
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