Marcos 11
William Hendriksen · Citado em PreceptAustin
Marcos 11
Hendriksen: By means of the gates it had become rather easy and convenient to use the temple area as a shortcut; for example, between the city and the Mount of Olives. The sacred place was being used for a purely secular purpose. DEFILING THE HOLY PLACE - J H Jowett Mark 11:11-19. IT was a teaching of the old Rabbis that no one should make a thoroughfare of the Temple, or enter it with the dust upon his feet. The teaching was full of sacred significance, however far their practice may have departed from its truth. Let me not use the Temple as a mere passage to something else. Let me not use my religion as an expedient for more easily reaching “the chief seats” among men. Let me not put on the garments of worship in order that I may readily and quickly fill my purse. Let me not make the sanctuary “a short cut” to the bank! And let me not carry the dust of the world on to the sacred floor. Let me “wipe my feet.” Let me sternly shake off some things—all frivolity, easeful indifference, the spirit of haste and self-seeking. Let me not defile the courts of the Lord. And let me remember that “the whole earth is full of His glory.” Everywhere, therefore, I am treading the sacred floor! Lord, teach me this high secret! Then shall I not demean the Temple into a market, but I shall transform the market into a temple. “Lo, God is in this place, and I knew it not!” Mark 11:17 And He began to teach and say to them, "Is it not written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS'? But you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN." Is it: 1Ki 8:41-48 Isa 56:7 60:7 Lu 19:46 a den: Jer 7:11 Ho 12:7 Joh 2:16 Mark 11 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries PERVERSION OF GOD'S HOUSE OF PRAYER And He began to teach - Lk 19:47 adds "He was teaching daily in the temple." One has to love this simple statement. Jesus' death is imminent and He knows it and yet what does He deem to be of the highest value, the greatest yield with the precious seconds He has left on this earth which He created? Teaching! Luke 20:1+ adds "preaching the Gospel!" Given that we "have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps" (1 Peter 2:21+) and we claim that we abide "in Him (we) ought (ourselves) to walk in the same manner as He walked" (1 John 2:6+), teaching and proclaiming the Gospel! Time was running out quickly for Jesus and yet Jesus continues daily teaching and preaching! 🙏 THOUGHT - Beloved, if we are His followers, our holy charge, our holy privilege is to be diligent to redeem the short time left in each of our lives and enabled by His Spirit of Truth and Word of Truth, we should be about our Father's business just as was our Lord! Are you? The sands of time are running out of the hour glass and eternity is your doorstep. Beloved, do not waste your life in frivolous, trivial activities. God grant you the desire and the power to redeem the time teaching and proclaiming the Gospel for the glory of the Lord. Amen Began to teach (imperfect tense again and again - Lk 19:47+ add "daily")(1321)(didasko) indicates that Jesus was the passing on information focused on content, with the purpose of discovering the truth. Synagogue teaching, as illustrated by that of Jesus, was basically expository. The root meaning of didasko carries with it the idea of systematic teaching or systematic training. It is the word that is used to refer to a choir director who trains a choir over a long period of rehearsals until they are able to perform. In Scripture to teach means to pass on the truth about the Word of God, the God of the Word and the faith of the saints, with the goal of influencing the understanding and stimulating obedience to the truth taught and resultant Spirit energized transformation and Christ-likeness. The essence of a disciple in fact is that he or she is a learner. The teacher teaches and the disciple hears and processes what is heard so that this truth affects his or her innermost being. Ultimately the purpose of didasko is to shape the will of the one taught. And this is what Jesus was trying to do in these last of His last days! 🙏 THOUGHT - Right up to the end before Jesus passed on, He continued passing on truth! Quite an example to imitate! Matthew adds that Jesus also continued to perform miraculous healing recording "And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” (THIS IS WHAT THE CROWDS HAD SHOUTED AS HE RODE INTO JERUSALEM). they became indignant (aganakteo - 3X IN MARK - Mk 10:14, 41, Mk 14:4)" (Mt 21:14-15) The religious leaders saw the miracles, but still refused to acknowledge Jesus as Messiah and instead became angry. This is the description of a stiff-neck and hardened heart! And say to them, "Is it not written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS'? - Mark's description is more complete than the other synoptic accounts as he adds the words "for all the nations" to "House of prayer." Nations (ethnos) is synonymous with "Gentiles" which has great spiritual significance for as Luke records in (Acts 13:47+ quoting Isaiah 42:6) God "commissioned" the Nation of Israel to be a light to the Gentiles (Nations) declaring "I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, THAT YOU MAY BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.’” In large measure, sadly the Jews rejected and/or ignored their divine commission throughout the centuries. Can you imagine a Gentile wanting to worship God in the Court of the Gentiles which had become a veritable stockyard! The commission to be a light for the Gentiles would soon be given to a smaller number of select Jews (e.g., see Paul - Acts 26:17-18+). Akin - God‘s temple is to be a house of prayer, a place of worship that attracts and is for all the nations! It is not a shrine to be admired and praised. It is to exhibit no geographical, national, racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination. None!
Marcos 11
Hendriksen: But what is faith? Faith is: The soul’s window through which God’s love comes pouring in. The openhand whereby man reaches out to God, the Giver. The coupling that links man’s train to God’s engine. The trunk of salvation’s tree, whose root is grace, and whose fruit is good works. Faith was: The means of Abraham’s justification. The magnet that drew Moses away from the pleasures of Egypt, so that he threw in his lot with God’s sorely afflicted people. The force that overthrew Jericho’s wall. The secret that enabled Ruth to make her stirring confession. The weapon that killed Goliath and destroyed Sennacherib’s host. The deciding factor in Carmel’s contest. The shield that protected Job in the midst of his trials. The muzzle that closed the mouths of Daniel’s lions. The remedy that cured the centurion’s servant and many others. Scripture also describes faith as: Leaning on the everlasting arms. Committing one’s way to the Lord, trusting in him, knowing that he will do whatever is best. Receiving the kingdom (or rule) of God as a little child. Being sure of what we hope for, and being convinced of what we do not see. The victory that overcomes the world. The list could go on … how about in your life – What has faith accomplished? What does faith look like in your life? Faith (4102)(pistis) is synonymous with trust or belief and is the conviction of the truth of anything, but in Scripture usually speaks of belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervor born of faith and joined with it. Swindoll adds that pistis "denotes confidence in the reliability of a person or thing and can describe one’s trust in a person’s word, a compact or treaty, or a deity (or deities). The term implies both knowledge and action. One may receive knowledge of a certain truth and may even offer verbal agreement, but “trust” or “confidence” is not said to be present until one’s behavior reflects that truth.