BE CAREFUL WHO YOU INVITE IN

Sermon Notes • Mark 5:21-43

Faith • Discernment • Healing • Protection

Main Text

·       Mark 5:21-43 - Jairus comes to Jesus because his daughter is near death. Jesus goes with him, the situation appears to get worse, and Jesus ultimately raises the girl.

1. It Does Not Matter What Your Position Is - Trials Come to Us All

·       Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue, but his position did not exempt him from pain.

·       His crisis touched something deeply personal: his daughter was near death.

·       Jairus did not allow his title or reputation to keep him from falling at Jesus' feet.

·       When things get hard, position cannot save us - we still need Jesus.

·       Question: Where do you go when things get hard?

2. The Beginning of Healing Starts With Inviting Jesus Into the Situation

·       Jairus went to Jesus for himself and pleaded with Him to come.

·       Knowing how serious the situation was, Jairus knew the answer was in Jesus.

·       Just because Jesus is with you does not mean everything will immediately look better.

·       Jairus watched Jesus stop and minister to someone else while his own daughter was dying.

·       Then the report came: 'Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?'

·       Jesus answered the report with: 'Be not afraid, only believe.'

·       There are moments when fact and faith seem to separate. Whose word will you believe?

·       Question: Have you invited Jesus into the situation?

·       Jairus had a thing - his daughter. What's your thing?

3. Be Careful Who Is in Your Inner Circle

·       Not everyone around you is there to help you believe.

·       Jesus did not take everybody with Him into the room.

·       Some people are 'reporters' - they can tell you the facts, but they do not strengthen your faith.

·       Some people will cry with you but will not believe with you.

·       Jesus put the unbelieving crowd out before speaking life to the girl.

·       You cannot take everybody with you into every difficult season.

·       Build a prayer circle of people who will believe God even when believing seems like a waste of time.

·       Question: Who in your circle is not going to lead you in faith?

Key Scriptures

·       Mark 5:22-23 - Jairus falls at Jesus' feet and asks Him to come.

·       Mark 5:35-36 - The bad report comes; Jesus says, 'Be not afraid, only believe.'

·       Mark 5:37 - Jesus limits who goes with Him.

·       Mark 5:38-40 - The mourners weep, laugh Him to scorn, and Jesus puts them out.

·       Mark 5:41-42 - Jesus speaks to the girl and she rises.

·       Matthew 13:58 - Jesus did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

·       2 Corinthians 6:14 - 'Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers.'

·       James 1:6-8 - The double-minded person is unstable and should not expect to receive from the Lord.

Three Questions to Take Home

1. Where do you go when things get hard?

2. Have you invited Jesus into the situation?

3. Who in your circle is not going to lead you in faith?

Remember

·       Some people may know how to mourn your situation but not how to believe God with you.

·       Do not publish everything to everyone - especially to people who have already rejected the authority of Jesus.

·       When Jesus speaks to the dead thing, it can rise.

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 No More Shame - Go live Free

Luke 7:36-50

Writer: Luke a physician 

Purpose: Give a detailed account of the life of Jesus

Setting of today's text: Jesus is in the house of Simon a Pharisee (Religious Jesus leader- expert of the law) Religious people not known for living holy, prideful and judgemental people. Loved to question Jesus concerning the law they did not severance him as Messiah.

This was a time where Romans ruled, sickness was equated to sin. Broken people were looked down upon and separated for the "good people"

Life for those labeled “sinners” in first-century Palestine was marked by profound social exclusion and spiritual despair. The religious establishment classified certain people as “sinners”—a technical designation meaning God didn’t favor them—and attributed their marginalized, ostracized, and shamed circumstances to divine disfavor.1 In a religious culture where mercy was conspicuously absent, these individuals had no expectations, no future, and consequently no hope.1 They became convinced that somehow they deserved their fate.

Luke 7 outline

Luke Chapter 7

• Luke 7:1–10 — The Faith of the Centurion
• Luke 7:11–17 — Jesus Raises the Widow’s Son
• Luke 7:18-35 John the Baptist
• Luke 7:36–50 — The Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus

In this setting we encounter a woman well known for her sin as she encounters Jesus

Remember people walked dusty roads to get from place to place 

Custom when a guest of honor entered your house

1. Have a servant wash there feet 
2. Kiss on the face as a gesture of welcoming and respect
3. Anoint their head with oil as a sign of respect and to refresh them 

Table arraignment: Jesus most likely was reclining on his left side with his legs extended  

The woman:

• No name given just called a sinner (Pharisee's did not see a person they saw a sinner)
• She came in humbly even lower than a servant
• She understood who she was and how people viewed her but she knew the master was her only hope
• She never said anything she simply used what she had to anoint Jesus 
• Tears=brokenness
• Hair =beauty  (she was not vain)
• Alabaster box = her existence past, present future)

Alabaster box (flask) stone container made of alabaster that narrows near the top so that the costly oils and perfumes could be poured out carefully a little at a time.

In today's money the contents of this flask could be worth $15,000-$25,000 but its not the monetary value the was important its the fact that it was most likely all she had of value and she poured it out on Jesus 

Thoughts for today

1. Don't worry about who knows 
2. Fall the feet of Jesus in your brokeness
3. Pour it all out 
4. Walk away healed

 "Spiritual GPS: Following the Voice That Leads to Life"

Key Text: John 14:6

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Scriptures

Proverbs 14:12

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."

James 2:10

"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."

Luke 24:49

"Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high."

John 16:13

"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth..." 

Many years ago people followed their hearts

• Days of old before maps
• Many times you would get lost
• Relied on others experience to reach the desired destination

• Spiritually (doing what they thought was good
• Difficult period men did what they felt was right 
• Very easy to get off course
• Most people failed 
• Limited righteous people (Job,Noah,Abram)

Then we got maps

• They showed you the right way 
• Required an understanding of where you are going 
• One wrong term meant working to Gert back on course
• Knew where to go but required focus

• Spiritually this is the law period 
• Law pointed to what was right
• required focus 
• You had to do the works of the law to stay on course
• you still desired wrong even though you knew what was right 
• One wrong turn could lead to disaster 

Then we got GPS

• We now just follow the leader 
• Takes the guess work out
• Requires a connection for updated routes
• App must stay active for directions
• Put the destination in and it plots the route

• Spiritually this is the (Holy Spirit)
• Frees us from the works of the law
• Knows the way 
• Changes our heart
• Redirects us when we get off course
• The only way the believer will reach the desired destination 

FiChallenge

• Are you following God's route or your own?
• Are you listening to the Holy Spirit?
• Has your fruit revealed that you've gotten off course?
• If God is recalculating your route today, will you follow His directions?

Invitation

"Don't wait until you reach the end of the road to discover you were traveling in the wrong direction. Trust Jesus, follow the Holy Spirit, and let God guide you safely home."

Sermon Don't Get Lost in the Smoke

Don’t get Lost in the Smoke 3/1/2026 In person service 

Purpose of the message: To encourage believers to release control of their lives to GOD, to stop living for the temporary and reach for the eternal.

Scriptures: Hebrews 11:6-7 11:6. Real fellowship with God cannot exist without faith. Two convictions must characterize the lives of believers. First, they must believe that he exists. Anyone wanting to commune with God must have the deep conviction that God is real. Second, God’s servants must believe that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Faith is not selfish; rather, faith has confidence in a God of love and goodness. These two convictions must provide a bedrock foundation for the lives of Christians. It would be foolish to look for a God who does not exist or for one who—if he did exist—would punish you if you found him. 

11:7. Noah (Gen. 6–9) showed his faith in response to a specific warning from God. He took the warning to heart, built an ark, and saved his family. Noah’s act of building the ark condemned the scoffing unbelief of his generation and provided visible evidence that Noah believed God. Noah’s contemporaries must have been merciless in their ridicule of this “foolish” man who was building an ark so far inland. In building the ark, Noah became an heir of faith righteousness, a theme echoing Paul’s discussion of the subject (Rom. 9:30; 10:6). 

 Gensis 6:6-11 -Noah was faithful in faithless times 

 Luke 17:26–27 The days of Jesus return will be like the days of Noah Matthew 24:9–13 Times are going to get bad 

Colossians 3:2–7 We must find the meaning of Life in the Spiritual things of Jesus Christ Matthew 6:34-Stop Worrying and trust Jesus 

 2 Timothy 2:3–4- Don’t get lost in the smoke fight the good fight Romans 8:6–9 Elevate your thinking  

Matthew 10:39 It’s time to let go and let GOD •

Life is a vapor (James 4:14)—this life is brief, and its true meaning is found in what carries into eternity. 

• Near-death experiences often lead people to live with greater eternal seriousness. 

• Jesus offers abundant life, yet we miss it by focusing solely on temporal concerns. 

• We try to control outcomes, but true surrender to God is the goal—He leads. 

• Sifting processes are allowed by God to move us from self-reliance to dependence on Him. 

• We don’t know tomorrow, but faith means trusting the One who does. 

• Change perspective: stop living for the temporary and start living for eternity. 

• Worldly distractions—politics, affairs—can obscure God’s presence. We must let go of earthly entanglements. 

• Spiritual reality is often unseen—scripture affirms that the eternal is beyond the visible. 

• The carnal mind cannot please God—good works without heart alignment are meaningless. 

• Good works should flow from love for God, not to impress Him—otherwise, they don’t count for eternity. • Seek things above, not things on earth—get out of the “smoke” of the temporal and fix your eyes on eternity

https://vimeo.com/1169220036/987d2b5d60

Sin (Missing the Mark)

Sin (Missing the Mark of God)

 

Prayer

Opening Scripture, Matthew 6:24

What is the Bible (Book)

66 Books

Over 40 Authors  1500 Years  Same Story

How many books in the Old Testament?

How many books in the New Testament?

 

What are five things that are needed to study the bible

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What did we call the 4 P’s when you Study

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Repentance A change of mind, such as to produce regret or even remorse on account of sin.

- To Turn From~ wrong actions

 

Remission of Sins: REMISSION Release, forgiveness. RSV used “remission” only in the sense of refraining from exacting a tax (Esther 2:18). Other modern translations avoided the term. KJV frequently used the expression, “remission of sins,” to mean release from the guilt or penalty of sins. Modern translations generally substitute the term “forgiveness.” With the exception of Rom. 3:25, the underlying Greek term is aphesis. Remission of sins is often linked with repentance, both in the preaching of John the Baptist (Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3) and the early church (Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38; 5:31). Remission of sins results from Christ’s sacrificial death24:47; Acts 2:38; 5:31). Remission of sins results from Christ’s sacrificial death

 

 

 

What is Sin?

Your definition

 

Definition 1

 

Definition 2

Synonyms

 

What are somethings that are not considered Sins today by society but are biblically considered sin?

 

What is the first use of the Word sin in the bible?

What was the first sin in the Bible?

 

Why do you think it is important that we identify the things that God considers Sin

 

What are some of the ways people responded to Sin?

 

 

 

 

What are some Scriptures in which you see Sin mentioned?