To Listen and Follow

Mark 7:31-37

I) _________________

II) The __________ of the Friends

     They believe Jesus can _______!

III) The _________ of God

     A) _________ him

     B) _________ him what He’s going to do

     C) _________ for him

     D) Speaks for the _____________

IV) Why the ____________?

     A) The ____________ leadership shouldn’t be a concern

     B) But He isn’t trying to draw ___________ to Himself

     C) And they don’t yet understand the ___________ meaning

V) The ______________ of the crowds

VI) The ______________ of the crowds

     A) They affirm ___________

     B) They speak better than they _________

VII) ____________

     A) Faith is in part about our willingness to ___________ Goe

     B) Grace is ______________!

     C) ________ do we do what we do?

     D) Allegory for the ____________

          They don’t listen and don’t ________

     E) Allegory for ______

          We _______ to listen and speak!

Faith

Mark 7:24-30

I) A mother reaches out in her ___________

     A) Her child is _____________________

     B) She has heard about ____________

     C) She’s not going to let this _____________ get away

II) The mother displays ____________

     A) She is a ____________

     B) She recognizes Jesus as ___________

III) The mother is _____________

     A) She is ____________

     B) Could reflect their current _____________

     C) But Jesus helped ____________ before

     D) Jesus may also give her some __________

IV) The mother ________________

     A) Displays ____________

     B) Her daughter is ___________

V) Important _____________

     A) God cares about _______________

          1) God wants people to _________ Him

          2) But not everyone ________

          3) And He can still be silent with those who _______ Him

     B) Why would God be ___________?

          1) Because of _______ in our lives

          2) As preparation for a greater ______________

          3) To help us realize our _________ for Him

          4) To help us __________

          5) As a test of __________

     C) We need to respond with persistent _________

     D) We should care about our ____________

     E) We should care about ___________

True Holiness

Mark 7:14-23

I) True holiness isn’t about what you _____________!

II) ____________ teaches us what holiness is (14-15)

     A) What you put in your body ____________ defile you

     B) What comes out of you _________

III) Jesus gives an invitation to ______________ (16)

IV) The disciples ask Him to ______________ (17)

     A) The argument from ____________ (18-19)

     B) The natural ________________ (19)

     C) The argument from _____________ (20-23)

          1) Sin starts in the __________

          2) Thoughts lead to ______________

          3) Jesus specifically __________ about:

               i) ______________ sins

               ii) _____________

               iii) _____________

               iv) _____________

               v) _____________

               vi) ____________

               vii) _____________

          4) The argument restated: Sin starts on the ____________

The Issue of Tradition

Mark 7:1-13

I) The Pharisee’s ________________

     A) ____________ was required in certain cases

     B) They admit what they are doing is ____________, but they treat it like the law

II) Jesus ______________ the Pharisee’s about their hypocrisy

     A) He calls them _____________

     B) __________ is a hypocrite?

          1) Playing a ___________

          2) Looking ________ on the outside

          3) Making a show of _____________

     C) ________ does He call them hypocrites?

          1) They elevated tradition over __________

          2) They were more concerned with looking good than doing ___________

     D) They protected their ___________ instead of helping others

III) ____________

     A) Sometimes we elevate ________________

     B) _____________ is our true standard!

     C) We need to let Scripture inform our understanding of ___________

     D) We need to let Scripture inform our understanding of _________

God Cares, so we Should Too!
Mark 6:45-56

I) What do we see revealed about ________________?

     A) We _____________

     B) We _____________

     C) We _____________

     D) We can have hard ___________

II) How does ___________ reveal who He is?

     A) He walks on ___________

     B) He commands the ____________

     C) He __________

III) How does Jesus reveal how _________ works?

     A) He _____________

     B) He _____________

     C) He _____________

IV) What does Jesus reveal about how ____________ supposed to be?

     A) We rest _____________

     B) We rest _____________

     C) We show ________________

Compassion in Ministry
Mark 6:30-44

I) Jesus allows us to _____________

     A) God ______________

     B) God called His people to ___________

     C) Jesus encouraged __________

     D) We also need ____________ rest

II) Jesus invites us to _____________

     A) The people ______________!

     B) Jesus sees their ______________ need

     C) The disciples get _____________

     D) Jesus ______________ them

          1) He is ___________ them

          2) He is showing them His ___________!

     E) Jesus performs a _____________

III) Additional ___________:

     A) ___________ is hard

     B) We can’t __________ rest

     C) We have to do more than _________

     D) We need to be sensitive to the ____________ needs of 
        others

     E) We need to understand the _____________ needs of others

A Paradigm for Life and Ministry
Mark 6:7-29

I) Understand the _______________

II) Look for _________________

III) Have a ministry ______________(s)

IV) Vary your ________________

V) __________ God in His work

VI) People will ____________ you

VII) People will ____________ you

     A) Our ministry will be ____________ to some

     B) Our ministry will make some people ___________

     C) Most will ultimately ___________ our ministry

     D) Our ministry will force people to ___________

     E) __________ is at the root of rejection

VIII) The biggest miracle is _______________ itself!

Faith Rewarded
Mark 5:21-6:6

I) We see an _______________ faith

     A) From a _____________ ruler

     B) __________ for help

     C) He believes Jesus must be ___________

II) We see a _______________ faith

     A) The woman’s condition goes beyond the ____________

     B) Believe if she touches __________, she’ll be healed

III) We see the woman’s faith ______________

     A) She touches Jesus and is ____________

     B) Jesus’ healing is _____________

     C) And he draws _____________ to it

IV) We see the man’s faith ________________

     A) The girl is _________ when they arrive

     B) Jesus encourages ____________

     C) Jesus tries to encourage the _____________

     D) Jesus raises her and commands them to keep __________

V) We see ________ of faith that should know better

VI) The _________________of Faith

     A) What is _________?

     B) Is faith really ______________?

     C) How much faith do we ________?

     D) Does faith guarantee what we __________?

     E) What should our faith _______ like?

     F) Faith is __________ rewarded, but perhaps in unexpected 
        ways

     G) Others may ____________ our faith

Jesus is Lord of All
Mark 5:1-20

I) Jesus’ _______________

II) The _____________

III) They encounter a ____________ man

     A) Possession is ___________

     B) Oppression is more _____________

IV) Jesus goes to ______ them out

V) The demons ____________ Him

VI) They try to ____________ to save themselves

VII) Jesus allows them to go into ________

VIII) The people are now afraid of _________ and ask Him to leave

IX) We see the first missionary to the ____________!

X) __________________

     A) God cares about ______________

          1) Shown by where Jesus ________

          2) Shown by who Jesus ________

          3) Shown by what Jesus ________

          4) So _____ should too!

     B) Jesus’ authority is _____________

          1) Real but not seen or ____________

          2) One day _____ will see and understand

     C) Evil will one day be ______________

     D) We have a ___________ too!

Never Alone!
Mark 4:35-41

I) The _________ nature of Jesus revealed

     A) _______________ in the Old Testament

     B) His ______________ displayed

     C) His ______________ revealed

II) The disciples lack of ____________ revealed

     A) The storm is ______________

     B) The disciple’s response is _______________

          1) They know where to __________

          2) But they are ___________________

          3) Presumably because they are ____________

III) Jesus ____________ them over their lack of faith

     A) What is ___________?

     B) The disciples didn’t _________

IV) They end up even more _____________!

V) What do we ___________?

     A) We should realize that God is ____________ with us

          1) He ________________!

          2) He’s with us even in the ________ times

          3) He has put His ____________ in us

     B) We should realize that God ____________ about us

          1) Even in the _________ times

          2) Everything has a ____________

     C) We should trust even when we don’t ______________

     D) Faith should lead us to _________, not fear