MARK 7[Happy Easter to all]
For he hath made him to
be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made
the righteousness of God in him.
https://youtu.be/zqFdLxeaDtI Mark 7
ON VIDEO- [I also taught the verses from past Sunday’s Mass-
and CCCF]
.Honor the heritage of your fathers
.Was Jesus forsaken?
.Yes
.Bishop Mulvey got it right [Pastor Don too]
.Wash your hands?
.Oral tradition
.Not just words
.Corban
.Primary focus on giving in the N.T. - meeting the needs of
community
.See the dogs
.True apostolic teaching
.Polycarp
.Easter- resurrection- Good Friday
.Some have made it about money [sow your best type thing-
and get a harvest].
.It’s not about that- at all [New teaching below]
18 Forasmuch
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and
gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with
the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Peter-
NEW- Before I get into Mark 7- I want to share an insight I
had right before making the video.
I was mediating on this verse Exodus 31:17
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for
in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
As I was thinking
about the season we are in [Easter].
I thought ‘how does God rest’.
After all- he is God.
Never runs out of energy- knows everything- you know- the
classic attributes of God.
During this time we celebrate the death- and resurrection of
Jesus.
In is humanity [not deity] he was able to die- to be the sin
offering for man.
After his death- he was raised.
But that’s not all- he ascended into heaven and SAT DOWN on the
right hand of God.
Yes- he rested.
The bible says- Acts 15:18
Known unto God are all his works from the
beginning of the world.
In a way- God rested after the creation of the heavens and
the earth.
Jesus was slain form ‘the foundation of the world’-
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship
him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Yes- the predestined act of death and resurrection and ascension-
already took place- before all things were made.
God is outside of time.
So Jesus not only experienced the pain and agony- but after
the assignment was completed-
He rested- at the right hand of God-
Who
being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and
upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged
our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
Majesty on high:
But
this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on
the right hand of God;
Amen.
NEW [Mark 7]
In this chapter Jesus is questioned by the religious leaders-
Mark 7:5
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according
to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Now- The Pharisees – with all good conscience- truly
believed the Tradition of the Elders was part of authentic worship of God.
They believed that God passed down ‘traditions’ given to
Moses- that were not contained in the Old Testament.
So- the question could have been answered by Jesus simply
explaining the difference between the sacred scripture- and tradition.
But look at his response-
Mark
7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you
hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but
their heart is far from me.Mark 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Why so mad?
We read that they did lots of other things- beside this-
Mark 7:13b
and many such like things do ye.
The 3 year ministry of Jesus- was not only doing all the
miracles- but also perceiving how far the people were from God.
And they simply had no idea that they were missing the mark.
Jesus teaches his men that true purity is not an outward matter-
but one of the heart-
Mark
7:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile
him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
The sins of the flesh proceed from a corrupt heart- the
religious leaders managed to purify the outside- but inside were ‘full of dead
men’s bones’-
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of
the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like
unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within
full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
He told them that thru their tradition- they actually skirted
the real Word of God-
Mark
7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye
may keep your own tradition.
How?
God commanded to meet the financial needs of their parents.
The ‘tradition’ said- if you dedicate these things to God-
the material and financial stuff- then you were ‘free’ from having to take care of your parents-
Mark
7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth
father or mother, let him die the death:Mark 7:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
Mark 7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Mark 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition,
So- thru their tradition- they disobeyed God’s word.
On the video I got into this dynamic a bit more- and talked
about how we in our day might be making the same mistake.
Many believers give a portion of their income to the church-
which is ok.
But often times we feel that met our obligation- and if we see
a person in need- well ‘we already gave at the office’ type thing.
I have written about this dynamic before- and if I can find
it I'll paste it below.
We end the chapter with another miraculous healing of a deaf
and mute person.
Jesus not only taught doctrine- but he demonstrated the
compassion of God.
He was able to see behind the façade that many had in his
day.
When we read of the sharp rebukes of Jesus- to seemingly ok
questions- it’s because he saw the heart of man.
In this chapter Jesus quotes Isaiah-
Mark
7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you
hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but
their heart is far from me.Mark 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
I used to think just the first part was the quote [verse 6]
But I went and read the verse from Isaiah-
Isaiah
29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their
mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from
me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
He quoted the whole thing.
Yes- the prophet of old- by the Spirit- saw the same condition.
And when we read the ‘fury’ of an Isaiah- or John the Baptist-
or even Jesus.
It’s because the Spirit of God was revealing the hidden
mystery of sin-
And when he is come, he
will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment:
The people themselves
had no idea how far off the mark they were.
And it took this type of ‘radical preaching’ to show them
the error of their way- so to speak.
VERSES
And
on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and
he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had
made.
And God blessed
the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from
all his work which God created and made.
PAST POSTS-
Below are my past teachings- bible books I quoted on today’s
video- and things that relate to today’s post- MARK 7
MARK-
I talked about New testament giving on today’s video- below
are my little books I wrote years ago- they deal with this subject as well-
I mentioned Polycarp on today’s video- below are my past
teachings where I mentioned him [see- that’s why you see these sections on the
teaching posts]
Introduction; Yesterday I took my kids to the mall after
church, I usually get lost in the book store. Even though I bought an entire
shelf of books a few months back, I still can’t help from buying more books! So
I picked up a few more and found a comfortable bench and started reading the
History of Christianity. At the house I am almost thru with another ‘history of
Christianity’ that covers the story of the church from Pentecost to the present
day. I own a few complete volumes and have checked out many from the libraries
over the years. I read from both the Protestant and Catholic [Orthodox]
perspectives. I also read from the ‘out of the institutional church’
perspective. These are the histories of various groups of believers who never
became Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant. I consider all these groups Christian
and appreciate the tremendous wealth of knowledge that these communities
provide.
Now, as we go thru Acts, I want to stay as close as possible
to both the doctrine and practices of the early church as seen in scripture. We
are not the first [or last!] study that has attempted to do this. That is
attempted to ‘get back to the original design’ as much as possible.
Historically you have whole categories of believers who fit into this mindset.
They are referred to as ‘Restorationist’ as opposed to Catholic, Protestant or
Orthodox. The Church
of Christ , The Disciples
of Christ, the Anabaptists and others fall into this class. I believe you find
true believers in all of these groups.
As you read the history of Christianity as told by the other
perspectives, you will find it interesting as to the way the institutional
church describes these ‘out of church’ groups. Some are called heretics
[Waldensians] others are simply seen as fringe groups. The strong institutional
church has branded those who would reject her authority as schismatics and
heretics on the grounds of their refusal to submit to the hierarchy of the
institutional church.
As we go thru Acts, I want us to read carefully and see the
story as told by Luke. We will not find ‘another more true group’ in the sense
that I want to start some new denomination. I also don’t want to simply find
proof texts to justify doctrine. Many well meaning believers can find the
verses they like the most and use them to combat the other points of view. We will
see verses emphasizing the importance of water baptism, or various truths on
the outworkings of the Spirit. We will see prophets functioning and read texts
that clearly teach Gods sovereignty [as many as were ordained unto eternal life
believed]. Instead of getting lost on these side trails, I want us to read with
an open mind and allow our beliefs to be shaped by ‘the story’.
I will spend time defending my own view of Local church. Not
because I believe ‘my view’ is the only thing worth arguing about, but because
I believe we see the intent of God for his people to be a living community of
believers in this book. Right off the bat we will see giving taught in a
radical way. The early church at Jerusalem
will ‘continue in the Apostles doctrine and breaking of bread and prayers’.
They then sell their goods and distribute to all who had need. Where in the
world did they get this idea from? The Apostles doctrine obviously taught the
plain teachings from Jesus on sharing what you have with others. So instead of
seeing an early tithe concept, you see an early ‘give to those in need idea’
straight from the teachings of Jesus. We will see this early Jerusalem group meet daily, as opposed to
seeing ‘Sunday worship’ as some sort of New Testament Sabbath. Of course this
group will meet at the Temple
[actually an out door courtyard called Solomon’s Porch] and from ‘house to
house’. But the simple realty of Christ’s Spirit being poured out on them as a
community of people will be the basic understanding of what ‘church’ is.
You will find citizens of many surrounding areas going back
to the their home towns after Pentecost. These believers shared the gospel with
those in their regions and this is how the early church would spread. Some
commentaries will show you how when Paul will eventually show up in Rome there already was an
established church there. They obviously heard the gospel from these early
Roman Jews who were at Jerusalem
during Pentecost. So we will see ‘church planting’ from the paradigm of simple
believers going to areas with the message of Christ. Those who would believe in
these locations would be described as ‘the church at Corinth ’ or ‘the church at Ephesus ’ and so on. So we see ‘local church’
as communities of believers living in different localities.
We will see the development of leadership along the lines of
‘appoint elders in every city’. Not a top heavy idea of ‘Bishop’ in the later sense of Catholic
belief, but a simple ordaining [recognizing!] of those in the various cities
who were stable enough in the basic truths of the gospel, that in Paul’s
absence these elders were to be trusted as spiritual guides. Now, many of our
brothers can trace the historic office of Bishop as a fairly early development
in church history. Polycarp and others were considered direct disciples of the
Apostles who would be seen as Bishops and even write of the importance of
Bishops for the church ‘Where there is no Bishop there is no church’.
This will cause many well meaning believers to eventually
become Catholic/Orthodox as they read the church fathers and see the very early
development of Catholic Christianity. In many of the church fathers writings
you will also see an early belief in the Eucharist as being the actual Body and
Blood of Jesus.
To the consternation of many Protestants you even find
Luther condemning fellow Protestants for not taking literally the words of
Jesus ‘this IS my Body’. Now, I will not defend transubstantiation, but try to
follow the trend lines in Acts as to the lack of this doctrine being a part of
the early church. We will find Paul’s letter to the Corinthians addressing the
Lords Supper, but for the most part we do not see a strong belief in the
transmitting of divine grace to the soul thru the eating of Christ’s literal
Body and Blood as they ‘broke bread’. We do see the sharing of the common meal
and the ‘Eucharist’ as one meal called the ‘love feast’. Only later on in
church history is there a division made between the full fellowship meal and
the Eucharist.
So to be frank about it, I will challenge both our Catholic
and Orthodox brothers on some very fundamental beliefs. Well I hope this brief
introduction sets the proper tone for the rest of this study, God bless you
guys and I hope you get something out of it.
John.
[parts]
Mark 7:1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of
the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
Mark 7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with
defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
Mark 7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash
their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
Mark 7:4 And when they come from the market, except they wash,
they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold,
as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
Mark 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not
thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with
unwashen hands?
Mark 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias
prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with
their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men.
Mark 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the
tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like
things ye do.
Mark 7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the
commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
Mark 7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and,
Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Mark 7:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother,
It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited
by me; he shall be free.
Mark 7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or
his mother;
Mark 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your
tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
Mark 7:14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said
unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
Mark 7:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into
him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that
defile the man.
Mark 7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark 7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the people,
his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
Mark 7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding
also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the
man, it cannot defile him;
Mark 7:19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the
belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Mark 7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that
defileth the man.
Mark 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,
lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Mark 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the
man.
Mark 7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of
Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but
he could not be hid.
Mark 7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean
spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
Mark 7:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and
she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
Mark 7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be
filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto
the dogs.
Mark 7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the
dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
Mark 7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the
devil is gone out of thy daughter.
Mark 7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil
gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
Mark 7:31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon,
he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
Mark 7:32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an
impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
Mark 7:33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his
fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
Mark 7:34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him,
Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
Mark 7:35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of
his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
Mark 7:36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but
the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
Mark 7:37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done
all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
7 Nevertheless
I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not
away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him
unto you.
8 And when
he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment:
9 Of sin,
because they believe not on me;
10 Of
righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of
judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have
yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come.
1Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the
gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye
stand;
1Corinthians 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory
what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
1Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which
I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again
the third day according to the scriptures:
Pure religion and undefiled before God
and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my righthand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool.
41 While the
Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 Saying,
What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
43 He saith
unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on
my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If David
then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46 And no
man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth
ask him any more questions.
Matt.
22
For I am now ready to be
offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Note- Please do me a favor, those who read/like the posts-
re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read them on- Thanks-
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