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Kingdom Parables | Mark 4:26–34 Shaun Marksbury | Quacco Baptist Church Sunday Evening Service | 25 June, 2017 This evening, we are continuing our study in the parables.  We are looking at two parables that give us insight into the nature of the Kingdom of God.  We will see that the kingdom grows mysteriously and that the kingdom grows chiefly. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCKMwJjQcT4 Audio: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=627171650534 Sermon Notes Kingdom Parables | Mark 4:26–34 Shaun Marksbury | Quacco Baptist Church Sunday Evening Service | 25 June, 2017 I.                Introduction Last time, we talked about The Parable of the Lamp and The Parable of the Measure.  These parables emphasize the need for the His disciples to hear the Word and deliver it to others faithfully.  So, we have two points this evening: those hearing God’s Word...

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We begin Jesus’s long Sabbath-day ministry in Capernaum with this visit to the synagogue. During the service, He astonishes them with His authority—with His authoritative doctrine and even more with His authority over the demonic realm. We see today that He is Lord, and that is how we should worship Him. Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XulrfIqdQUA Audio: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=215171129194 Notes: (PDF -  http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/215171129194/215171129194.pdf ) Astonished by His Authority | Mark 1:21–28 Shaun Marksbury | Morning Service | 12 February, 2017 Heavenly Father, • We thank You that You came to serve, not to be served.  And we thank You that You are Lord. • May we bow to Your Word this morning.  Help us to understand it and apply it in all that we do. I. Introduction Remember that Jesus was preaching, calling everyone to repent and to believe the gospel (vv. 14–15), and He then cal...

30  And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31  It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32  yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.  33  With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. 34  He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything. While it’s not the smallest of all seeds, the mustard seed is the smallest of all kosher seeds sown into the earth.  A large plant (from which we get everyone’s favorite condiment) sprouts from this seed, even though it’s only a tenth of an inch in diameter.  Similarly, the kingdom of God begins small, with the Word and the work of twelve, but it grows exponentially. ...

26  And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27  He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28  The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29  But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” While we know a good bit about the growth cycle of plants, we don’t know everything.  That’s not to say that we can’t know much more through investigation, but we must admit that we have neither observed nor concluded all there is to know.  In a similar way, Scripture gives us need insight into spiritual botany, but God alone knows the full mystery of kingdom growth. First, we must note the spiritual mysteries of our own growth.   It’s clear that salvation is monergistic, worked by God alone (Eph 2:8–9).  Still, Scripture presents tension between repentance and regeneration—some...

Last Sunday's Sermon: Repent and Believe the Gospel | Mark 1:14–15 Shaun Marksbury | Morning Service | 29 January, 2017 Mark, like Matthew and Luke, propels us forward roughly a year into Jesus’s ministry. He and His disciples have been baptizing people for repentance, but with the arrest of John the Baptist, they move northward with a message. John 4 records all of this, including the fact that Jesus traveled through Samaria and shared the Good News of God with them. Jesus now comes to Galilee with those same gospel tidings. This text answers two key questions about Jesus’s preaching—why and what He preached. I. Why did Jesus preach the gospel? A. The time is fulfilled B. The kingdom is at hand II. What did Jesus preach about the gospel of God? A. We must repent B. We must believe the gospel Video https://youtu.be/omnCAfMKgfY Audio http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=21171511283 Notes (P...

“4       He who sits in the heavens laughs;       the Lord holds them in derision. 5       Then he will speak to them in his wrath,       and terrify them in his fury, saying, 6       ‘As for me, I have set my King       on Zion, my holy hill.’ ”  Plots and schemes of men move forward (vv. 1–3), but the Father now responds.  He meets them not with mirth but with scornful laughter; He “holds them in derision.”   Ps 37:13 says that “the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.”  Despite the machinations of man, God remains seated and meets His enemies with sarcasm.     When the Lord finishes laughing, He speaks, and a holy wrath behind His words terrifies all mankind.  God doesn’t ignore iniquity in His laughter; He doesn’t wink at...

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand;  repent and believe in the gospel.” There have been a few misconceptions about the kingdom of God over the years.  One key one is that it is the church.  As the Roman Catholic Church wielded power over the known world, it was easy to see it as the kingdom come to earth.  Some Protestants still retain the tradition of viewing the church as some iteration of the kingdom of God.  However, Jesus said that it is near, not that it had arrived, so this isn’t quite right. There are both spiritual and physical aspects to the kingdom of God.  The primary spiritual concern for the kingdom of God is this: How will you deal with Jesus Christ?   When Jesus told them that the kingdom was near, He meant the King was near to them (cf. Lk 17:21; Mt 12:28).  But, it wasn’t just being physically near Him; it is about His commands here— repent and believe in the gospel .  If you are a Christian...