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“From Ulster Plantation to the Carolina’s with the Gospel!” *
Russell H. McCullough / Archdale church of Christ, 2525 Archdale Drive, Charlotte, NC 28210
www.archdale.org / gospelcall.blogspot.com - Date: 1 May 2016
YouTube VIDEO SERMON LINK:
Text: Mark 7.14 - 23
Thesis: Defilement is a
matter of the heart not of diet, the fruit of my lips defines who I am…really.
1
Introduction
A.
Jesus
engages the crowds at Gennesaret – 6.53 – 56
1. The crowd at the front, the
Pharisees at the rear
B. The Pharisees confront Jesus regarding their traditions –
7.1 – 8
1. The
Pharisees at the front, the crowd at the rear
C. Jesus makes plain the hypocrisy of the Pharisees – 7.9 –
13
1. The
Pharisees at the front, the crowd at the rear
D. Jesus re-engages the crowds – 7.14 – 16
1. The
crowd at the front, the Pharisees at the rear
E. Jesus 3 – Pharisees – 0!
1. He
destroys their tradition
2. He exposes
their hypocrisy
3. He lays
waste their faith in their own “righteousness”
4. He
re-engages the sinner
2
Jesus
Calls Upon the Crowd to HEAR and UNDERSTAND – 7.14
A. Jesus keeps calling!
B. Jesus does not call them to see, experience or feel ANYTHING
C. Jesus DOES call them to HEAR and UNDERSTAND a MESSAGE
1. Romans
10.14 – 17
a.
NOTE: Hearing and OBEDIENCE are totally linked!
3
The
Message: 7.15 - 16
A. Nothing outside a person defiles him
B. What comes out of a person defiles him
C. Jesus exposes the Pharisees doctrine as FALSE
1. Jesus,
with just one sentence, turns an entire body of
doctrine on its ear!
a.
The
old order is destroyed
b.
The
new order is revealed
4
Question,
Rebuke and Explanation – 7.17 - 23
A. The question – 7.17
B. The rebuke – 7.18 – 19
1. Marks
comment in vs. 19 is consistent with Peter’s
Experience and revelation of Acts 10.
B.
The
explanation – 7.20 – 23
1.
The
internal inventory will proceed to the loading dock!
2.
Here’s
some quotes from PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, March 13, 2012:
a.
“Slips of the tongue are almost
inevitable. For every 1,000 words spoken, we make one or two errors.
Considering that the average pace of speech is 150 words a minute, a slip is
bound to occur about once every seven minutes of continuous talk. Each day,
most of us make somewhere between 7 and 22 verbal slips.”
b.
"Nice to beat you," smiles a
woman when she meets the ex-girlfriend of her husband. A dinner guest thanks
his host "for the hostility."
3.
“For
as one that hath reckoned within himself, so is he…” – Proverbs 3.27a (Jewish
Publication Society Bible)
a.
No
matter how one may try not to, he will eventually speak what is really in his
heart:
1)
One
given to coarseness will one day laugh at a dirty joke.
2)
One
given to jealousy will one day spread gossip about her adversary
3)
One
given to pornography will one day be seen looking at it
4)
One
given to profanity will one day be heard cursing
5)
One
given to pettiness will one day betray a friend
6)
One
given to superiority will one day ridicule his friend in the presence of others
4.
Our
words and our deeds eventually reveal who we REALLY are.
a.
Evil
thoughts
b.
Fornication
c.
Theft
d.
Murder
e.
Adultery
f.
Coveting
g.
Wickedness
h.
Deceit
i.
Sensuality
j.
Envy
k.
Slander
l.
Pride
m.
Foolishness (Impudence) – From the Latin
“impudens” – “in shame.” STRONGS says;
“Senselessness, egotism, recklessness.”
“Senselessness, egotism, recklessness.”
5
The
Meaning of the Text
A.
We
can’t be doubleminded people
1.
James
1.5 -8
2.
James
4.7 – 10
3.
James
3.6 – 12
4.
Revelation
3.14 - 16
6
The
Challenge of the Text
A. Know who you are
B. Look daily into the mirror of God’s Word
C. Fight duplicity every day and in every way
D. Don’t concern yourself with other peoples duplicity
E. Understand that un-dealt with duplicity leads to
doublemindedness which leads to hypocrisy which leads to apostasy which leads
to damnation
7
“The
Gospel Call”
·
My fifth great uncle was Hugh Gaston who was
rector at the Ballywillan Presbyterian Church (pictured above left) in County
Antrim, Ulster Plantation (Northern Ireland) and wrote the most dangerous book
of his time; Gaston’s Collections. It
allowed “the ploughman to know more Bible than his clergyman.” Hugh fled to South Carolina where he died
prematurely of the measles. He is buried
just one hour south of Charlotte in
Chester County, S.C. in “Burnt Meeting House Cemetery.” Uncle Hugh continues to inspire my ministry
to this very day. You can read more
about Uncle Hugh here: http://www.ballywillanpci.org/rev-hugh-gaston
Ruins photo courtesy of: ballywillanpci.org.
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