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0:00Mark 10:1
0:02Getting up, he went from there to the
0:04region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
0:07Crowds gathered around him again, and
0:09according [music] to his custom, he once
0:11more began to teach them.
0:14Some Pharisees came to Jesus testing him
0:17and began to question him whether it was
0:20lawful for a man to divorce his wife.
0:24And he answered and said to them, "What
0:26did Moses command you?" They said,
0:30"Moses permitted a man to write a
0:34certificate of divorce and [music] send
0:37her away."
0:39But Jesus said to them, "Because of your
0:41[music] hardness of heart, he wrote you
0:44this commandment.
0:46But from the beginning of creation,
0:49God made them male and [music] female.
0:53And for this reason a man shall leave
0:56his father and mother, and the two shall
0:59become one flesh. So they are no longer
1:02two, but one flesh.
1:07What therefore God has joined together,
1:10let no man separate.
1:13In the house, the disciples began
1:15questioning him about this again. And he
1:19said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife
1:21and marries another woman commits
1:23adultery against her.
1:25And if she herself divorces her husband
1:27and marries another man, she is
1:30committing adultery."
1:33Now
1:36the insight here is that
1:41Jesus is saying that Moses tolerated
1:44things
1:46before [music] his coming before the
1:48coming of grace and the Holy Spirit that
1:51God is no longer going to tolerate.
1:54And this is suggesting that the
1:56righteousness level is going to increase
1:59even while the rules and regulations are
2:02going to decrease.
2:05Covenant faithfulness
2:07is the premium priority for God, for
2:11Jesus. So divorce is not an option.
2:16And he says that the reason it's not an
2:18option is that from the beginning
2:22God did not make a man or a woman. He
2:25made both male [snorts] and female. And
2:29the suggestion is that
2:31one is not complete without the other.
2:35He says this is why a man leaves his
2:38father and mother and becomes one flesh
2:42with his wife.
2:44So they're two halves of an incomplete
2:46thing until they come together.
2:49So he's saying it is in God's nature, it
2:52is in the very way God created the world
2:56that marriages should be the outcome,
2:59the normal outcome of life.
3:02And if God has formed a marriage and you
3:06separate it,
3:08you are tampering with what God has
3:10done. what God has joined, let no man
3:14separate.
3:16You say, you don't have the power to
3:17change this cuz God joined it. God put
3:20this together.
3:22Now, this does not say that every human
3:24being is supposed to marry. Paul
3:27explicitly says that some have a grace
3:30not to marry and Paul didn't marry and
3:33Jesus didn't marry. So it's not saying
3:36that it's this universal unbroken rule,
3:39but once you marry,
3:41you have realized the pattern that God
3:44established at the creation of the
3:46world. And if you break apart that,
3:50you are committing a sin against what
3:52God has done.
3:54And the disciples
3:57ask him [clears throat] privately. They
3:59don't like it. Matthew expounds on the
4:02conversation a little bit more. And I
4:04already addressed that in the other
4:06teaching. But the disciples ask him
4:08privately.
4:10Do you really mean this? I mean, this
4:12sounds pretty tough because for people
4:15who have not come to repentance and
4:17denied their self-will and have not been
4:20filled with the grace of the Holy
4:22Spirit, keeping covenant is the most
4:25impossible thing imaginable.
4:28So, they're they're really perplexed by
4:29it. They don't like it. And he says, "If
4:33you do this, you're committing
4:35adultery."
4:38And they were bringing children to him
4:40so that he might touch them. But
4:42[clears throat] the disciples rebuked
4:43them.
4:45Now, I don't think it's a coincidence
4:47that he is ministering to them about
4:50keeping covenant in marriage and
4:52instantly children show up.
4:55I think it's revealing that the
4:58disciples do not have the view toward
5:00family and children that would protect
5:03the marriage, but Jesus does.
5:08And they were bringing children to him
5:10so that he might touch them. But the
5:11disciples [clears throat]
5:12rebuked them. And when Jesus saw this,
5:14he was indignant
5:18and said to them, "Permit the children
5:21to come to me and do not hinder them,
5:24[clears throat] for the kingdom of God
5:26belongs to such as these.
5:30Truly I say to you, whoever does not
5:33receive the kingdom of God like a child
5:36will not enter it at all."
5:40You just picture those children running
5:42without ego or self-consciousness,
5:46running and jumping and getting into
5:49Jesus's arms. And he's saying, "If you
5:52don't get like that in your response to
5:55God, you're not going to enter at all.
5:59You come with all your complexes, all
6:02your ego, your pride, your past, your
6:05convolutions,
6:07your arrogance. You can't get into what
6:10God's doing. You're going to have to
6:12become more like this.
6:14And he took them, the children, in his
6:16arms and began blessing them, laying his
6:20hands on them.
6:23They were receiving the kingdom. They
6:26were receiving the blessing in the arms
6:28of Jesus.
6:31As he was setting out on a journey, a
6:35man ran up to him, knelt before him, and
6:40asked,
6:44"Good teacher, what shall I do to
6:47inherit eternal life?"
6:49And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call
6:53me good?
6:55No one is good except God alone.
6:58You know the commandments.
7:00Do not murder.
7:02Do not commit adultery. Do not steal.
7:05Do not bear false witness. Do not
7:08defraud. Honor your father and mother.
7:13And he said to him, "Teacher, I have
7:16kept all these things from my youth."
7:20Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for
7:23him and said to him,
7:27"One thing you lack. Go and sell all you
7:31possess and give to the poor and you
7:34will have treasure in heaven and come
7:38and follow me."
7:41But at these words he was saddened and
7:46he went away grieving
7:49for he was one who owned much property.
7:53And Jesus looking around said to his
7:55disciples, "How hard it will be for
7:59those who are wealthy to enter the
8:01kingdom of God." [clears throat]
8:04The disciples were amazed at his words.
8:09But Jesus answered again and said to
8:11them, "Children,
8:14how hard it is to enter the kingdom of
8:17God.
8:19It is easier for a camel to go through
8:21the eye of the needle than for a rich
8:24man to enter the kingdom of God."
8:28They were even more astonished and said
8:31to them, "Then who can be saved?"
8:36looking at them. Jesus said with people
8:39it is impossible but not with God
8:42for all things are possible with God.
8:47So the entire theme up till now has been
8:49children. The way children respond, the
8:52way you don't cause children to stumble,
8:55the way children get blessed,
8:58the way children are
9:00the product of a marriage that holds
9:03together.
9:04And Jesus is setting out on a journey.
9:07He's in a hurry. And a guy runs up to
9:11him. This is not some casual meeting.
9:14This is somebody who's hungry. This is
9:17somebody who needs a change in their
9:19life. And he comes running up and he
9:22kneels down and he says, "Good teacher,
9:26what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
9:29And Jesus tells him, first he asks, "Why
9:32do you call me good? There's none good
9:33but God alone. Now, if the man had said,
9:37"I believe you are the son of the living
9:39God," that would have proved he wasn't
9:41just flattering Jesus. But this is a
9:44flattery confession.
9:46He doesn't think Jesus is God. He just
9:49thinks that he's a normal good teacher.
9:52So, when he says good teacher,
9:55Jesus doesn't like the butter. He's
9:57like, "Save the butter. Let's just be
10:00real here."
10:02And the man doesn't come back with any
10:03answer that shows he understands who
10:05Jesus is.
10:07Jesus tells him, "Do what you know to
10:09do.
10:11Do what you've already been told. Isn't
10:13that enough for you?" And he wants the
10:15man to acknowledge that that's not
10:17enough. He says, "Teacher, I have kept
10:20all these things from my youth."
10:24But the man does not feel that he has
10:26eternal life. He ran to Jesus because
10:30all the things he's kept from his youth
10:32have not filled him, have not satisfied
10:35him, have not given him the assurance
10:37that he needs.
10:39And that's exactly where Jesus wants
10:41him, acknowledging that everything he
10:43takes pride in already having done is
10:46not enough.
10:49So then Jesus says to him, "One thing
10:53you lack.
10:56One thing you lack, get rid of
10:58something.
11:01Well, that doesn't make sense. If I lack
11:04something,
11:06how am I going to get rid of it and gain
11:08it? Gain something. How does this work?
11:10If I lack something, how do I gain what
11:13I lack by getting rid of something?
11:15Well, only if the thing that you need to
11:18get rid of is taking the place of the
11:21thing you lack.
11:24So get rid
11:26of the idols in your life that are
11:29taking the place of faith in your life.
11:33Sell everything that you have that
11:35you're putting your trust in. And then
11:37you're going to get what you lack. And
11:39that is the relationship of following
11:41Jesus. Jesus is embarking on a journey.
11:45And the suggestion is that this guy
11:47would like to go with him.
11:50The suggestion is that this guy doesn't
11:53have a purpose in his life. This guy's
11:55lost. He doesn't know where he's going.
11:58And Jesus is saying, "You can come with
12:00me, and that's what you lack, but you
12:04can't come with me until you get rid of
12:05the idols that have taken my place.
12:09All these things that you put your trust
12:10in." And then Jesus begins to say how
12:16hard it is for those who are wealthy to
12:18enter the kingdom of God. And this is a
12:21profound insight because the disciples
12:23are shocked at this statement. We've
12:26grown up hearing the gospels our whole
12:28life. It's been taught and preached for
12:302,000 years in Western culture.
12:34But for them it was astounding
12:37to hear that riches and success could be
12:41a hindrance to salvation.
12:45They are astounded. What did he just
12:48say?
12:50Because they don't see the works of
12:54their hands and their property and their
12:58money as idols that could potentially
13:01take the place of God.
13:05He doubles down on it. He says,
13:08"Children."
13:09So they are followers. They are
13:11children. Even though this poor guy is
13:14not children, how hard it is to enter
13:18the kingdom of God. Now he takes it. He
13:20doesn't even connect it to the rich. He
13:22says how hard it is to enter the kingdom
13:25of God. If anybody ever comes to you and
13:27says, "Oh, it's easy to be saved. It's
13:31easy to be a disciple. It's easy to be
13:34in the kingdom. You better know that
13:36person's a liar because Jesus says how
13:40hard it is to enter the kingdom of God.
13:45It is easier for a camel to go through
13:47the eye of the needle than for a rich
13:50man to enter the kingdom of God.
13:53It's quite possible that this eye of the
13:55needle referred to a small door in the
13:58great city gates of Jerusalem when after
14:00the gates were closed, this tiny little
14:02door that was big enough only for a man
14:05would be opened. But sometimes if a man
14:07came with a camel, the camel had to go
14:10through that small little door in the
14:11gate that was called the eye of the
14:13needle. But in order to get through it,
14:15he had to remove all the baggage on his
14:18back and then crawl through on his
14:20knees. So, he's possibly saying to us
14:23that you've got to be like that camel.
14:25Get all the baggage off of your back and
14:27come through on your knees and you can
14:30enter that place like a child once more.
14:32Not with the great stature of your camel
14:35pride. And not with the great baggage of
14:38all the things you put your trust in,
14:40but on your knees, stripped of
14:42everything except the Lord you claim to
14:45trust in. Peter began to say to him,
14:49"Behold, we have left everything and
14:52followed you." Jesus said, "Truly I say
14:54to you, there is no one who has left
14:56house or brothers or sisters or mother
15:00or father or children or farms for my
15:04sake and for the gospel's sake, but that
15:07he will receive a hundred times as much
15:10now in the present age. houses and
15:15brothers and sisters and mothers and
15:18children and farms along with
15:20persecution
15:22and in the age to come eternal life.
15:27But many who are first will be last and
15:30the last will be first.
15:33So in this
15:35we can see that Jesus is naming all the
15:38things that might become our idol. These
15:42are good things. These are blessings.
15:44When they come after seeking first
15:47Christ in his kingdom, when they come as
15:50a blessing in seeking first Christ in
15:53his kingdom, they're they're a gift from
15:55his hand. But when they come before
15:58Christ in his kingdom, they are a
16:00blockage and an idol. What he's saying
16:02is God is not trying
16:05to ruin your life, to take away all your
16:07joys. That's not the point. But what
16:10comes first for you? What have you put
16:12first? Is it Christ in his kingdom or is
16:15it all of this stuff?
16:17It's powerful to think that Jesus is
16:20emphatically telling us that he wants us
16:23to have these blessings in this life, in
16:28this present age.
16:30That that's part of his kingdom promise.
16:34Wow. [clears throat]
16:36That he says many who are first will be
16:38last. Many who came in with lots of
16:41success, they were first in the world.
16:45They were first in wealth. They were
16:47first in education. They're going to be
16:49last. If you see a move of God, the last
16:54people to repent, the last people to
16:58find grace will be the most educated,
17:01the most affluent, the most successful.
17:04Everything their success has taught them
17:05in the world has moved them away from
17:08childlike faith toward cunning,
17:12distrust, manipulation,
17:15self-p protection, and they've got to
17:18become like a child. But the last, those
17:20who have nothing to lose, are the first
17:23to fall at his feet as a child and find
17:26what they're looking for.
17:28The next section is going to tell the
17:30journey that Jesus was setting out to
17:32take. The very journey that the rich
17:34young ruler wanted to be part of but was
17:38unready to participate in. And listen to
17:41the language carefully. They were on the
17:44road going up to Jerusalem and Jesus was
17:50walking on ahead of them.
17:52[clears throat]
17:54And they were amazed. and those who
17:57followed were fearful.
18:00So they're on a journey. There's a group
18:02of them and they're headed toward
18:04Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the symbol of
18:08spiritual
18:10rebellion, spiritual pride, threat, and
18:14hostility toward Jesus. And he's not
18:18holding back behind the crowd. He is out
18:21by himself, striding straight toward
18:24Jerusalem and trouble.
18:27And the people who are with him are
18:29amazed
18:30and they're scared. They're fearful.
18:36And he took the 12 aside and began to
18:39tell them what was going to happen,
18:42saying, "Behold,
18:44we are going up to Jerusalem, and
18:46[clears throat] the Son of Man will be
18:48delivered to the chief priests and the
18:49scribes, and they will condemn him to
18:52death, and will hand him over to the
18:54Gentiles, and they will mock him and
18:58spit on him and scourge him and kill
19:01him, and three days later, he will rise
19:04again."
19:05James and John, the two sons of Zebedee,
19:08came up to Jesus, saying,"Teacher, we
19:10want you to do for us whatever we ask of
19:12you."
19:14And he said to them, "What do you want
19:16me to do for you?" They said to him,
19:18"Grant that we may sit, one on your
19:20right and one on your left, in your
19:22glory."
19:25So, we are always seeing these
19:26juositions, especially in Matthew and
19:29Mark. Constantly they are showing Jesus
19:33facing his impending doom. And then
19:36immediately we see the disciples wanting
19:39to know who's going to be the greatest.
19:42And in this account, John and James are
19:45coming and asking him themselves. And
19:47apparently that that didn't end the
19:48argument because when he said no to
19:50them, their mom came and asked for them
19:52in Matthew's version. I mean, they were
19:55the first, you know, they were they were
19:56right there and so stick with it. What
19:59do they want from this? They want glory.
20:01That we may sit one on your right and
20:03one on your left in your glory.
20:06So, they don't see why he's going to
20:07Jerusalem. He sees it. And yet, he's not
20:12scared to go. He's moving out ahead of
20:14them. He's determined to get there.
20:20But Jesus said to them, to John and
20:22James, who asked to sit in his glory,
20:25"You do not know what you are asking.
20:28Are you able to drink the cup that I
20:30drink or to be baptized with the baptism
20:33with which I am baptized? They said to
20:36him, "We are able."
20:38And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I
20:41drink, you shall drink, and you shall be
20:44baptized with the baptism with which I
20:46am baptized. But to sit on my right or
20:49on my left, this is not mine to give,
20:53but it is for those for whom it has been
20:56prepared." Hearing this, the 10 began to
20:59feel indignant with James and John.
21:02Calling them to himself, Jesus said to
21:05them, "You know that those who are
21:08recognized as rulers of the Gentiles
21:11lord it over them,
21:14and their great men exercise authority
21:17over them." But it is not this way among
21:20you. But whoever wishes to become great
21:23among you shall be your servant.
21:27And whoever wishes to be the first among
21:29you shall be slave of all.
21:32For even the Son of Man did not come to
21:34be served, but to serve and to give his
21:38life a ransom for many.
21:45This is so disturbing and it's so
21:48insightful to how human beings
21:51don't understand what it's all about.
21:53Jesus is going to his death and we're
21:57asking what's my position.
22:00And this is what Mark has been talking
22:02about for three chapters now. It's the
22:05same question they were asking when he
22:07talked to them about becoming like a
22:09little child.
22:11And it's the same question they started
22:13asking right after he told them the last
22:15time that he was going to die.
22:18He's talking about dying. He's talking
22:21about sacrificing. And they're talking
22:23about position. Just like that. And he
22:27tells them again, if you wish to be
22:30greatest, if you wish to be first,
22:33you're going to have to become last.
22:36And [clears throat] he tells them that
22:37they're going to drink the cup.
22:40They're going to drink the cup of
22:42betrayal. They're going to drink the cup
22:45of sacrifice.
22:47This baptism that he's referring to is
22:51not another water baptism.
22:54It's the immersion into agony, the
22:58immersion into the passion of sacrifice
23:00on the cross. And he's telling them,
23:03you're going to have to go through this
23:04baptism.
23:06Baptism here means totally dunked,
23:09totally immersed,
23:11no part of you left out. You're going to
23:13go through sacrifice. You're going to go
23:16through pain, but you're not yet able.
23:20Then they came to Jericho. And as he was
23:22leaving Jericho with his disciples and a
23:24large crowd, a blind beggar named
23:27Bartameus, the son of Tmus, was sitting
23:31by the road.
23:33When he heard that it was Jesus the
23:35Nazarene, he began to cry out and say,
23:39"Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me."
23:46Many were sternly telling him to be
23:49quiet.
23:51But he kept crying out all the more,
23:55"Son of David,
23:58have mercy on me."
24:02Well, this is meaningful because Jesus
24:04is heading toward Jerusalem and the
24:07tension is building in the disciples.
24:11They know that when he enters Jerusalem,
24:13that's going to be the defining moment.
24:16And they're thinking it's when he's
24:18going to show himself to be the king.
24:21And they want to make sure they've got a
24:23position, one on his right and one on
24:25his left. For Jesus, the tension is
24:27building because he knows he's going to
24:29be delivered over, scourged, beaten,
24:32killed, baptized in total affliction and
24:35suffering.
24:38But Baremus
24:41sees it correctly. The blind man sees it
24:45correctly.
24:46He calls him son of David. And that
24:49phrase son of David
24:52would have been like saying deliverer
24:55because they called the Messiah who was
24:58to come. He was going to be the son of
25:01David who was going to restore David's
25:04kingdom.
25:05And the disciples are looking for the
25:07wrong kind of kingdom. They want a
25:09kingdom of position. They want a kingdom
25:12like the Gentiles to lord it over other
25:15people because it's self-centered
25:17kingdom seeking.
25:19And Jesus isn't looking for that. He
25:21knows what this is going to cost. But
25:23Barnameus sees it correctly. He wants a
25:26kingdom that can heal the brokenness of
25:29his human condition. And that is exactly
25:32the kingdom Jesus is bringing. So the
25:35fact that he says son of David at this
25:37moment is very meaningful. He is showing
25:42the crowd what the crowd does not see.
25:45that the son of David is a healer, that
25:48the son of David casts out demons by the
25:51spirit of God, that the son of David
25:54forgives sins, that the son of David has
25:57no interest in gentile thrones, ruling
26:00or dominion.
26:03Son of David, have mercy on me. And
26:07Jesus stopped
26:09and said, call him here.
26:13So they called the blind man, saying to
26:15him, "Take courage. Stand up. He is
26:19calling for you.
26:21God stands still when we cry out in
26:25humble supplication
26:27for his help and he calls for you and he
26:31commands us to come to him even though
26:34we were calling for him."
26:36Now this is important. It says,
26:39"Throwing aside his cloak, he jumped up
26:44and came to Jesus."
26:46This guy's blind. He shouldn't be
26:49jumping anywhere. But when Jesus is
26:52calling you, you can run even if you're
26:55blind. But it says throwing aside his
26:58cloak
27:00in order to beg in these times you had
27:04to get a permit from the authorities.
27:08And the permit that you were given was a
27:10cloak that defined you as a beggar.
27:15If you were not considered to be sick
27:18enough and helpless enough, you weren't
27:20allowed to beg. You weren't allowed to
27:23stand on the corner with a cardboard
27:24sign with a long face and a longer
27:26story. You had to have a permit where
27:29you were classified as so needy, so
27:32broken that you couldn't earn a living.
27:34And they would give you a cloak that
27:37only beggars wore. And that's his
27:40identity. That's his survival. So when
27:43he jumps up and throws off his beggar's
27:46garment, he is saying, "I am never going
27:50to be this again." He's already
27:52convinced he's going to be healed.
27:55He's saying, "I'm not coming with my
27:58permit to beg for money. I'm coming with
28:01permission to get a miracle."
28:04And he jumps toward the miracle.
28:08He is the embodiment of the faith that
28:11Jesus wants, the faith that's going to
28:14release kingdom power.
28:17Throwing aside his cloak, he jumped up
28:20and came to Jesus. And answering him,
28:23Jesus said, "What do you want me to do
28:27for you?"
28:29Every request [music] this man would
28:31have made since he got the permit to beg
28:35would have been a request [music] for
28:36money.
28:38Help me sustain my broken life.
28:43But Jesus wants him to confess that he's
28:46asking for something else. He doesn't
28:49he's not calling out because this guy's
28:51the richest man and he's some ruler and
28:53he's got money for me. Jesus wants him
28:56to confess exactly what he's asking for.
29:00And the blind man said to him, "Rabbi,
29:03I want to regain my sight."
29:08Maybe he had an accident. Maybe he once
29:11could see and he lost his sight and he
29:15wants to regain it. And Jesus said to
29:18him, "Go.
29:21Your faith has made you well."
29:25Immediately he regained his sight and
29:28began following him on the road.
29:31So now we wrap up the chapter
29:34with a scene of a man who's broken
29:37enough to be part of the journey to
29:40Jerusalem.
29:42The first man runs to Jesus. Also, the
29:46first man kneels at his feet, but he's
29:49got idols.
29:51He's got things that [music] he's
29:53putting his trust in. And so he cannot
29:56jump on this journey
29:59toward Jerusalem. But the last man is so
30:02bankrupt, so poor, so desperate that
30:06he's willing to lose his identity in a
30:09flash and [clears throat] never look
30:11back because all it is is the identity
30:14of a beggar. And he's willing to jump up
30:18and run to Jesus. And then he becomes
30:21part of the journey that the rich man
30:24missed out on.
30:28[music]

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