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0:00Mark 6:1. [music]
0:02In the previous chapter, Jesus has
0:05healed a demon-possessed man. Jesus has
0:09raised [music] a girl from the dead.
0:12Incredible things have been [music]
0:14happening. Miraculous powers. So, the
0:17chapter 6 begins like this. Jesus went
0:21out from there and came [music] into his
0:24hometown
0:26and his disciples followed him. So Mark
0:29is drawing a contrast. He went out from
0:32this environment of healings and [music]
0:34miracles and resurrections and he went
0:37to his hometown.
0:39When the Sabbath came, he began to teach
0:42in the synagogue. And the many listeners
0:46were astonished,
0:48saying, "Where did this man get these
0:50things? And what is this [music] wisdom
0:53given to him and such miracles as these
0:57performed [music]
0:58by his hands? Is not this the carpenter,
1:05the son of Mary and brother of James and
1:08Joseph [music] and Judas and Simon? Are
1:11not his sisters here with us?
1:15And they took offense at him.
1:19What a powerful transition. They start
1:22by saying, "Wow, where did he get this?"
1:26To, "Wait a minute, we know where he's
1:29from. We know who he is." And they drag
1:32him down to the familiar where they know
1:35how to put him in the box that they've
1:37created, of who he is, of who his
1:39siblings are, of where he comes from.
1:43And that's when they get offended. This
1:45is ridiculous. He can't be what he's
1:48pretending to be. And Jesus said to
1:50them, "A prophet is not without honor
1:54except in his hometown and among his own
1:58relatives and in his own household."
2:03And he could do no miracle there except
2:07that he laid his hands on a few sick
2:09people and healed them. And he wondered
2:13at their unbelief.
2:16And he was going around the villages
2:18teaching.
2:21So in this Jesus has connected honor to
2:24unbelief and unbelief to miracles.
2:29Why could he not do many miracles there?
2:31He's God.
2:33He's God in the flesh. Why could he not
2:36do? Was it because of a weakness on his
2:38part? No. It was because his grace and
2:42power only works through faith. And they
2:46didn't have any. And why did they not
2:48have any faith? Because they didn't have
2:51any honor. They couldn't humble
2:54themselves and value and appreciate him
2:58because familiarity breeds contempt. And
3:02they thought they knew him and so they
3:05couldn't really receive him.
3:07A prophet has honor everywhere but in
3:10his hometown. And he could not do many
3:12miracles because of their unbelief. So
3:15he has made honor and faith belief the
3:18same thing.
3:20And he's not able to work in the manner
3:23that he wanted to.
3:25And he summoned the twel and began to
3:27send them out in pairs and gave them
3:29authority over the unclean spirits. And
3:32he instructed them that they should take
3:34nothing for their journey except a mere
3:37staff, no bread, no bag, no money in
3:39their belt, but to wear sandals. And he
3:42added, "Do not put on two tunics." And
3:45he said to them, "Wherever you enter a
3:48house, stay there until you leave town.
3:51Any place that does not receive you or
3:54listen to you as you go out from there,
3:56shake the dust off the soles of your
3:58feet for a testimony against them." They
4:02went out and preached that men should
4:05repent. and they were casting out many
4:07demons and they were anointing with oil
4:10many sick people and healing them. So in
4:14this he's telling them don't take
4:17provisions. Instead
4:20let the people you're ministering to
4:22help you. So don't take two tunics,
4:27don't take um an extra pair of shoes.
4:30Don't take extra money. just keep it
4:32real life and go in and if someone
4:37receives you into their home, stay
4:39there. He's wanting to build
4:41relationships. He's not wanting the
4:44disciples to come in as outsiders or
4:47professionals. He's wanting them to go
4:49in and build friendships that are
4:51lasting. He's wanting to build a network
4:54of faith among the villages of Israel so
4:58that a work can happen more quickly in
5:00due season. And he says, if if they do
5:04not receive you when you leave the town,
5:06shake the dust off of your the soles of
5:08your feet. Don't even let the dust of
5:10unbelief cling to you. This is a
5:13testimony against them. You don't have
5:16any part in what we're doing. You have
5:18your unbelief. You have your dishonor.
5:21We're not even taking the dust out of
5:22your town. You can keep it all because
5:24we're moving on to do the will of God.
5:28And King Herod heard of it. He heard of
5:31the disciples traveling through and
5:33healing.
5:34For his name had become well known.
5:37Jesus's name had become well known. And
5:39people were saying, "John the Baptist
5:41has risen from the dead and that is why
5:44these miraculous powers are at work in
5:46him." But others were saying, "He is
5:49Elijah." And others were saying, "He is
5:51a prophet like one of the prophets of
5:53old." But when Herod heard of it, he
5:56kept saying, "John, whom I beheaded, has
5:59risen." Herod's guilty. He's a monster.
6:03He's killed the prophet John. And he's
6:06scared that maybe Jesus is actually John
6:09come back from the dead.
6:12For Herod himself had sent and had John
6:14arrested and bound in prison on account
6:17of Herodiius, the wife of his brother
6:19Philillip, because he had married her.
6:21For John had been saying to Herod, "It
6:24is not lawful for you to have your
6:26brother's wife." Herodiius had a grudge
6:29against him and wanted him put to death
6:32and could not do so. For Herod was
6:35afraid of John, knowing that he was a
6:38righteous and holy man, and he kept him
6:40safe.
6:42And when he heard him, he was very
6:44perplexed.
6:46But he used to enjoy listening to him.
6:49This is what it looks like to be
6:51fascinated with the truth of God, but
6:54not convicted or changed by it. When he
6:58would hear John, he was perplexed.
7:02But he didn't even have any of the four
7:04oils. Nothing could happen. But he's
7:07fascinated. He enjoys it. And he's he's
7:10actually afraid of John. The powers that
7:14be are afraid of the truth tellers.
7:17And so he keeps him safe, but he's got
7:19this new wife who wants to kill him.
7:24A strategic day came when Herod on his
7:27birthday gave a banquet for his lords
7:29and military commanders and the leading
7:32men of Galilee.
7:34And when the daughter of Herodiius
7:36herself came in and danced, she pleased
7:39Herod and his dinner guests. And the
7:42king said to the girl, "Ask me for
7:45whatever you want, and I will give it to
7:47you." And he swore to her, "Whatever you
7:50ask of me, I will give it to you up to
7:52half my kingdom."
7:54And she went out and said to her mother,
7:56"What shall I ask for?"
7:59This is how powerful John the Baptist
8:01was. He was worth more than half the
8:04kingdom.
8:07And she went out and asked her mother,
8:08"What shall I ask for?" And she said,
8:11"The head of John the Baptist."
8:15Immediately she came in in a hurry to
8:18the king and asked, saying, "I want you
8:21to give me at once the head of John the
8:23Baptist on a platter."
8:28And although the king was very sorry,
8:32yet because of his oaths and because of
8:35his dinner guests, he was unwilling to
8:38refuse her.
8:40Immediately the king sent an executioner
8:45and commanded him to bring back his
8:47head. And he went and had him beheaded
8:50in the prison and brought his head on a
8:53platter and gave it to the girl. And the
8:56girl gave it to her mother. When his
8:59disciples heard about this, they came
9:01and took away his body and laid it in a
9:04tomb. [clears throat]
9:06The apostles gathered together with
9:08Jesus, and they reported to him all that
9:10they had done and taught.
9:14And Jesus said to them, "Come away by
9:17yourselves to a secluded place and rest
9:19a while." For there were many people
9:22coming and going, and they did not even
9:24have time to eat. They went away in the
9:27boat to a secluded place by themselves.
9:32So in this story, we see the power and
9:35influence of a righteous man, John the
9:37Baptist, and how he gets a target put on
9:40his head by those who are tormented by
9:43the truth that he speaks. And that his
9:47life was more than half of Herod's
9:49kingdom.
9:50That's why they had to kill him. And we
9:53see that sorrow is not repentance.
9:57Herod was very sorrowful, but he was not
10:00unwilling to oblige the evil of his own
10:04oaths and the evil of the of the girl
10:07and the woman whom he had accepted.
10:11And then we see them coming and
10:12reporting to Jesus this and all the
10:15miracles that the apostles had been
10:17doing. This is a terrifying coincidence.
10:22In just the moment when the disciples of
10:25Jesus are performing the most miracles
10:27and doing the most ministry, that's when
10:29the word comes that John the Baptist has
10:32been beheaded. It's a bleak day and
10:36there's so many people Jesus says come
10:38aside and rest.
10:40So the grace to preach, the grace to
10:43serve does not preclude the grace that
10:47is needed from being alone and resting.
10:50Says they weren't even able to eat. You
10:53feel like there's almost a need to mourn
10:55to process what's happened.
11:00The people saw them going, but the
11:02vacation doesn't really work very well.
11:05The people saw them going, and many
11:07recognized them and ran there together
11:09on foot from all the cities and got
11:12there ahead of them. When Jesus went
11:14ashore, he saw a large crowd. They
11:17arrived at the vacation spot and there
11:20was a multitude waiting for ministry.
11:24When Jesus went ashore, he saw a large
11:26crowd and he felt, [snorts] what did he
11:29feel for them? Compassion for them.
11:32because they were like sheep without a
11:34shepherd. And he began to teach them
11:36many things.
11:38When it was already quite late, his
11:41disciples came to him and said, "This
11:44place is desolate, and it is already
11:46quite late." We learn that their
11:49vacation spot was desolate. He wanted to
11:52get out in the wilderness. We learn that
11:54the people showed up, but we learn that
11:56the need to love the lost sheep is
12:00greater than the need to rest in Jesus.
12:03And so he starts teaching them because
12:06that's what the shepherd does. The
12:08disciples says, "This place is desolate
12:10and it is already quite late. Send them
12:13away so that they may go into the
12:16surrounding countryside and villages and
12:18buy themselves something to eat."
12:21I think they were a little disappointed
12:23that the vacation wasn't going well. So
12:26he's like, "Get rid of them. Send
12:28[clears throat] them home where they
12:29came from." And he answered them, "You
12:33give them something to eat.
12:36Make supper for them."
12:39And they said to him, "Shall we go and
12:42spend 200 dinari on bread and give them
12:45something to eat?"
12:48And he said to them, "How many loaves do
12:51you have? Go look."
12:55It's an interesting little statement
12:57that Mark adds here. He probably learned
12:59this from Peter who remembered the
13:01details well, but he doesn't say, "How
13:04many loaves do you have?" He says, "How
13:05many loaves do you have? Go look.
13:08Go take a second look at what you think
13:10you don't have and what you think you do
13:13have because God's going to use it
13:15differently than you expect.
13:18And when they found out, they said,
13:19"Five loaves and two fish." And he
13:23commanded them all to sit down by groups
13:25on the green grass. They sat down in
13:27groups of hundreds and 50s. And he took
13:31the five loaves and the two fish. And
13:34looking up toward heaven, he blessed the
13:36food and broke the loaves. And he kept
13:40giving them to the disciples to set
13:43before them. And he divided up the two
13:45fish among them all. They all ate and
13:48were satisfied.
13:50And they picked up how many baskets? 12
13:54full baskets of the broken pieces and
13:58also of the fish. There were 5,000 men
14:02who ate the loaves.
14:06The parable is
14:09nothing is the same when broken in God's
14:13hands. Stop looking at what you don't
14:16have and start acknowledging and
14:18confessing what you do have and put it
14:21into God's hands and watch it become
14:24more than enough. Is it a coincidence
14:26that they gathered 12 baskets? No. There
14:31were 12 doubting apostles. So he gave
14:35them a full basket for each of them to
14:37carry in remembrance of their unbelief.
14:42Immediately Jesus made his disciples get
14:45into the boat and go on ahead of him to
14:48the other side to Besida while he
14:51himself was sending the crowd away.
14:54So he's performed a miracle. They've
14:57been unbelieving. He's given them 12
14:59extra baskets as a reminder of what just
15:02happened. But somehow he's bothered that
15:05they didn't get the miracle. And so in
15:08response to that, he makes them get into
15:12a boat.
15:14This isn't an accident. This isn't a
15:16fluke. They're going to encounter
15:18something in that boat that's going to
15:20help clarify what they missed in the
15:23miracle of the loaves and fishes.
15:26Immediately Jesus made his disciples get
15:29into the boat and go ahead of him to the
15:32other side to Betha. So he's going to
15:34go, but he wants them to go by
15:36themselves.
15:38While he while he himself was sending
15:40the crowd away. After bidding them
15:43farewell, he left for the mountain to
15:47pray.
15:51What is he praying up on the mountain?
15:53Is he praying, "God, open their eyes.
15:57God, increase their faith."
16:00Is he praying over the anguish that
16:03they're all facing over John's death?
16:06Maybe all of the above.
16:09When it was evening, the [clears throat]
16:11boat was in the middle of the sea, and
16:13he was alone on the land.
16:18Seeing them straining at the oars, for
16:22the wind was against them, at about the
16:25fourth watch of the night, he came to
16:27them walking on the sea, and he intended
16:32to pass by them.
16:37He wants them in that storm.
16:41He wants that storm to rattle loose from
16:44them their unbelief and bring them to a
16:48deeper place of awareness and engagement
16:53in what God is doing. This storm is not
16:57an accident. He sent them into the storm
17:00and he prays until he sees them in the
17:03storm.
17:05He might have prayed that storm down on
17:07them.
17:10And in the fourth watch of the night, he
17:12goes out and he's intending to walk
17:15right past them.
17:18But when they saw him,
17:21this coincidence, this rendevous
17:25with Jesus is going to reveal something
17:29about them.
17:30It's going to activate a faith in them
17:33that he needs to come alive.
17:37When they saw him walking on the sea,
17:41they suppose that it was a ghost and
17:44they cried out, "Things are going very
17:47bad for the disciples. They've got 12
17:50baskets of reminders of their unbelief
17:52in the boat, but they are straining
17:55against the orars. And it is the fourth
17:58watch of the night. And they are scared.
18:02And now they see something that is
18:05actually Jesus. But their unbelief tells
18:08them it's a ghost.
18:10And they go from being in trouble to
18:13being terrified.
18:15They cried [snorts] out. They're
18:17screaming in the boat
18:21for they all saw him and were terrified.
18:26But immediately he spoke with them and
18:29said to them, "Take courage.
18:33It is I.
18:35Do not be afraid."
18:40This is what he's wanting to say about
18:42their grief over John. This is what he's
18:45wanting to say about their unbelief and
18:48inability to meet the needs of the
18:50crowd. This is what he's saying to their
18:53storm. And this is what he's saying to
18:55their imagination that imagines he's a
18:58ghost and not the Lord. Then he got into
19:02the boat with them and the wind stopped
19:06and they were utterly astonished
19:09for they had not gained any insight from
19:15the incident of the loaves, but their
19:18hearts were hardened.
19:21When he performed the miracle of the
19:23loaves and fishes, they didn't fall on
19:25their knees and say, "God, what just
19:28happened?"
19:31They just passed out the food and they
19:34didn't even realize what was going on.
19:37And he wants to break through the stuper
19:41of their unbelieving frameworks and
19:44bring them to a place of faith.
19:50And the storm does it. The storm reveals
19:54to them who Jesus really is.
19:58And the writer says, Mark says they were
20:01utterly astonished. They shouldn't have
20:04been utterly astonished that he could
20:05walk on the water. They shouldn't have
20:07been utterly astonished
20:09that he was watching from the mountain
20:12while their storm was raging. They
20:14shouldn't have been utterly astonished
20:15that he could step into the boat and
20:17that the wind and waves could stop. They
20:19shouldn't be utterly astonished. They
20:21should be utterly empowered. They should
20:24already be calling on the name of the
20:26Lord themselves. They should be speaking
20:28to the winds and and [music] the waves.
20:31But they're utterly astonished for they
20:33had not gained any insight from the
20:35incident of the loaves. But their hearts
20:38were hardened. They are the soil that
20:42the seed is not getting inside of. When
20:45they had crossed over, they came to the
20:47land of Guanesseret
20:49and mured to shore.
20:52When they got out of the boat,
20:54immediately the people recognized him
20:57and ran about the whole country and
20:59began to carry here and there on their
21:02pallets [music] those who were sick to
21:04the place they heard he was. Wherever he
21:08entered villages or cities or
21:11countryside, [music] they were laying
21:12the sick in the marketplaces and
21:15imploring him that they might just
21:17[music] touch the fringe of his cloak.
21:20And as many as touched it were being
21:22cured.
21:26The vacation
21:28turned into a lesson. a lesson that was
21:31intended to dismantle
21:34not their peace but their complacency.
21:39God wanted to dismantle their
21:41complacency so that they could see what
21:44they were unaware of and living in the
21:47presence of the Lord of glory. The God
21:50of miracles was among them. They were
21:54handling the miracle, breaking it and
21:56handing it to others, but they weren't
21:58getting it. Their frameworks were
22:01explaining it some other way.
22:04But God has a way of preparing storms
22:06for us. Storms that are going to break
22:09us out of our complacency
22:12and that are going to plow up the ground
22:14until the seed of faith can germinate
22:17and bear fruit that can really help
22:19others. And that's going to be better
22:22even than a vacation.

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