Podcasts about scripture: mark 10:17-10:31

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

“Looking at them, Jesus *said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”” (Mark 10:27 NAS95)

Southview Baptist Church

Southview Baptist Church

Morning Communion Service 29 Sept.'24

Sermon by Anthony Galang, leader of our sister church in Hawaii.

Sermon by Anthony Galang, leader of our sister church in Hawaii.

Understand that salvation is in Christ alone through grace alone, but not without personal cost

The rich young ruler. I’ll be tackling why it’s often hard for us to desperately seek after Jesus. We know it’s right or good in our heads, but for some reason there’s a disconnect when we go to live our lives. We find ourselves not desperately seeking Jesus but seeking other things, often desperately. In the case of the rich young ruler, Jesus hit the nail on the head and identified the idol of his heart - his possessions, or rather the security and self-sufficiency that his possessions provided him. This was the thing that was keeping him from following Jesus wholeheartedly and being saved (entering into the kingdom). Now the message here is not a works-based ticket to heaven. Of course, salvation and more specifically justification is a free gift of God that we could not earn. But it does require a repentance and turning from our ways and the idols of our hearts in order to allow Jesus to be Lord over all aspects of our lives.

Eternal Life is the eluding question that haunts the human condition. We all know innately that we have a part of our being that can never die like our physical body. What happens when the physical body ceases? Does this immaterial part of ourselves die with it? Innately we all know without fully knowing why that the immaterial part of ourselves can and will live on. The question we all seek an answer to is how? Possession seems to be the fundamental flaw of this man’s inquiry. Parallel passages to Matthew’s account [Mark 10:17-31 & Luke 18:18-30] show us the same flaw but other details too. Are we too willing to hold on to our security blankets? Our pacifiers? Our worldly comforts? Over the harsh realities of obedience to the gospel? Obedience to Christ Jesus? Jesus himself suffered many things for our eternal security. Yet too many look for the ‘greasy grace’ the ‘easy believism’ that tickles the ears and brings us security and hope in our own free-will efforts to ‘do good’ The interaction by this young man with the King of the Universe shows that eternal life is not easy to ‘obtain’ … it is not obtainable at all for it is not a possession. Eternal life is a journey with Christ. It is the goal by which we long to end as we walk with Jesus in his suffering. The road to ‘perfection’ is the road of pruning and shaping and trusting. The verses following will carry this theme of worldly possessions and the rich entering the kingdom of heaven to a deeper understanding of “Who then can be saved?” It is obvious that this rich young ruler could not save himself because the commandment that he sought turned out to be too hard to bear. What burden is holding you back from fully embracing Christ Jesus and HIS gift of salvation and eternal life?

Eternal Life is the eluding question that haunts the human condition. We all know innately that we have a part of our being that can never die like our physical body. What happens when the physical body ceases? Does this immaterial part of ourselves die with it? Innately we all know without fully knowing why that the immaterial part of ourselves can and will live on. The question we all seek an answer to is how? Possession seems to be the fundamental flaw of this man’s inquiry. Parallel passages to Matthew’s account [Mark 10:17-31 & Luke 18:18-30] show us the same flaw but other details too. Are we too willing to hold on to our security blankets? Our pacifiers? Our worldly comforts? Over the harsh realities of obedience to the gospel? Obedience to Christ Jesus? Jesus himself suffered many things for our eternal security. Yet too many look for the ‘greasy grace’ the ‘easy believism’ that tickles the ears and brings us security and hope in our own free-will efforts to ‘do good’ The interaction by this young man with the King of the Universe shows that eternal life is not easy to ‘obtain’ … it is not obtainable at all for it is not a possession. Eternal life is a journey with Christ. It is the goal by which we long to end as we walk with Jesus in his suffering. The road to ‘perfection’ is the road of pruning and shaping and trusting. The verses following will carry this theme of worldly possessions and the rich entering the kingdom of heaven to a deeper understanding of “Who then can be saved?” It is obvious that this rich young ruler could not save himself because the commandment that he sought turned out to be too hard to bear. What burden is holding you back from fully embracing Christ Jesus and HIS gift of salvation and eternal life?

If you've ever worked on a thousand-piece puzzle, you know that the lid (or the picture) is critically important. Without it, you have little chance of successfully putting the puzzle together. And yet, many people are trying to do just that when it comes to faith and life. In this message, Brian Hull comes to the "faith" part of our series Fear and Faith in Uncertain Times. And he wonders if maybe God is bigger than we have typically seen or felt or known or have experienced.

Will you empty your hands enough to receive everything?

Will you empty your hands enough to receive everything?

Will you empty your hands enough to receive everything?

Bishop Hannington

First Covenant Church

A Conversation with Everyman

A Conversation with Everyman

The Rev. Brad Sullivan Emmanuel Episcopal Church October 10, 2021 Proper 23, B Mark 10:17-31 “F%&k You Jobu, I’ll Do It Myself.” In the 1989 movie, Major League, star slugger, Pedro Cerano, could hit the ball clear out of the park as often and with a swing almost as beautiful as Yordan Alvarez’. Unfortunately, in the movie Major League, Pedro Cerano, superstar slugger, could not hit a curve ball, nor could he presumably lay off of them? So, he routinely stuck out as other teams realized that the curve ball was his Kryptonite. The best solution might have been to work with a hitting coach, but alas, Pedro’s solution came in the form of a tiny, crazy-haired statue of a wild-eyed man he called Jobu. Pedro offered Jobu rum and cigars, and once even a whole chicken (KFC) in order to help him hit the curve ball. Jobu was a straight up idol which Pedro was using to try to make his life easier. When it kept not working, Pedro finally said, “[To heck with] you, Jobu, I’ll do it myself,” at which point he of course hit a curve ball out of the park. I bring this up, one because I’m a little excited about the Astros and the postseason, and two, because Pedro’s use of Jobu is a pretty good example of an idol being used to try to make life easier. Ancient idols, carved or sculpted, set in homes and prayed to were meant to keep bad things away, to make life easier. Idols were thought to grant your requests if you prayed to them just right, if you gave them rum and cigars and whole chickens. Now, many of us don’t have small statue idols like Jobu that we use to try to make life easier, but idols can come in many forms. For the man who asked Jesus, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”, his idol was his wealth. His wealth, his riches, his stuff made life easier, and he seems to have believed that he could’t be happy unless life was easy, that he couldn’t be happy unless life wasn’t hard. See, unlike Jobu, the rich man’s idol seems to have been working for him in making his life less hard. So, when Jesus told him to set aside his money, the idol that made life easier, he thought that he couldn’t be ok without it. He believed that he couldn’t be ok if life was hard, so he walled himself off from life in God’s kingdom. Here’s a secret, life is always going to be hard, at least hard at times, and no amount of rum offered to Jobu is going to change that. “How hard it will be,” Jesus said, “for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of heaven.” How hard it will be to enter the kingdom of heaven for those who fear life being hard and aren’t willing to risk life being hard. That was the challenge for the rich man whose idol was his money. Well, here’s another secret, you don’t gotta be rich to have idols get in the way of risking for the kingdom of God. Will I be ok? Will I have enough? Will I be enough? Do I have enough money, time, experience, expertise? How will I possibly be ok if I give up much of anything that I have? These are fears that I dare say all of us face, and I dare say most of us have some kind of Jobu to which we offer rum. Sometimes that idol is simply walling ourselves off from risk. Into all of that fear and unknowing, Jesus is teaching us to trust God in the unknowing, accepting the fact that yes, things may fall apart, and to trust that we are enough (and there are others with us). Jesus is teaching that we can never offer Jobu enough rum to safeguard against life being hard, so be ok with taking risks and giving things up for the sake of God’s kingdom. “We gave stuff up!” Peter said in his very very Peter way. “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and you are going to receive much more, people around you to support you so that you will be ok even without as much money, time, or rum and cigars to offer to Jobu.” Jesus’ disciples gave up the protection of life as they knew it in order to live life in God’s kingdom with new people, new situations. Often we protect ourselves by walling ourselves off from new situations. We keep ourselves from entering new relationships and new situations for which we feel we are not enough. Our walls feel like they make life easier, but remember what God did to make life easier in Genesis 2? God made a human companion. Humans were made to be helpers and supports for each other. We find wholeness in new relationships and risk because we were meant to be there for each other. That’s life in God’s kingdom. So, for a way that we can be there for each other and for others, to risk new relationships, I’m going to turn things over to Kathryn Johnson, Counselor at Rhodes Elementary school. We have begun a partnership with Rhodes Elementary to serve and minister there, and Mrs. Johnson is going to talk with us about the school and how we can serve and minister there. … … Jesus is calling us in this time and in this place, in our new home, to risk for the sake of relationship, connection, and service in God’s kingdom. Serving and ministering at Rhodes is one of the ways Jesus is calling us, and the usual questions probably arise. Will I have enough time? Do I have enough expertise? What do I know about serving with kids? I’m too old to relate, or I’m too inexperienced to know what I’m doing. With our questions, doubts and uncertainties, realize there will never be enough protection, there will never be enough rum for Jobu to make us ready or enough. Like the man with great wealth, Jesus is calling us to life in his kingdom, even though it may be hard. He’s also assuring us that what we’ll find in serving others is the peace that we’re looking for. What we find in giving up our various Jobus, in risking new relationships in new situations, is that we actually are enough; we actually can hit that curve ball. We actually don’t need all of our protection to make life less hard. We have each other, and we have a wonderful new opportunity to serve and live the life of God’s kingdom.

From the 9am Sanctuary Service

It is difficult for comfortable people to be a part of God's Kingdom, but God rescues us from the false sense of security we find in the things of this world.

Genesis Worship Center

Genesis Worship Center

Genesis Worship Center

Genesis Worship Center

Are you good enough to get to Heaven? Can you do enough good deeds to make God forgive you and allow you into Heaven? In this sermon Pastor Keith explains how Jesus is the only Savior who is good to bring us salvation and satisfy our hearts. And He will reward His followers for the things that they do give up to follow Him. It really does take the perspective of seeing Jesus as better and worth it to make the sacrifices that He calls His followers to. But no other sacrifice will be sufficient to redeem lost humanity. Jesus came to serve and give His life a ransom for many (Mark 10:45) and only through this sacrifice of His life & the finished work that He accomplished can one inherit eternal life. We all must turn away from trusting in ourselves or any other functional savior such as money and we must put our trust in Christ alone.

Are you good enough to get to Heaven? Can you do enough good deeds to make God forgive you and allow you into Heaven? In this sermon Pastor Keith explains how Jesus is the only Savior who is good to bring us salvation and satisfy our hearts. And He will reward His followers for the things that they do give up to follow Him. It really does take the perspective of seeing Jesus as better and worth it to make the sacrifices that He calls His followers to. But no other sacrifice will be sufficient to redeem lost humanity. Jesus came to serve and give His life a ransom for many (Mark 10:45) and only through this sacrifice of His life & the finished work that He accomplished can one inherit eternal life. We all must turn away from trusting in ourselves or any other functional savior such as money and we must put our trust in Christ alone.

In the episode, House Church leader Ben Cunningham teaches from Mark 10:17-31 on Jesus' encounter with the rich, young ruler. Ben challenges us to ask ourselves where our treasure really is.

In the episode, House Church leader Ben Cunningham teaches from Mark 10:17-31 on Jesus' encounter with the rich, young ruler. Ben challenges us to ask ourselves where our treasure really is.

Pastor Mitch discusses what it would look like to lose all of your possessions.

Pastor Mitch discusses what it would look like to lose all of your possessions.

If you would like prayer Email: prayer@bosschurch.com Online Giving - https://www.bosschurch.com/giving All Major Credit and Debit Cards alone with ACH You can also mail your contribution : BOSS Church 2326 Florin Road Sacramento, Ca.95822 If you need to contact BOSS Church E-mail: admin@bosschurch.com Phone: (916) 441-6228 Fax: (916) 441-6281 Thank you for your support! Thank you for helping BOSS to fulfill its mission and vision. Through your tithes and offerings, we are able to reach and serve the South Sacramento Community and beyond.

If you would like prayer Email: prayer@bosschurch.com Online Giving - https://www.bosschurch.com/giving All Major Credit and Debit Cards alone with ACH You can also mail your contribution : BOSS Church 2326 Florin Road Sacramento, Ca.95822 If you need to contact BOSS Church E-mail: admin@bosschurch.com Phone: (916) 441-6228 Fax: (916) 441-6281 Thank you for your support! Thank you for helping BOSS to fulfill its mission and vision. Through your tithes and offerings, we are able to reach and serve the South Sacramento Community and beyond.

"Keeping it Simple" Wednesday night services. Verse by verse teaching through the book of Mark by Assistant Pastor Darrell Logan of Calvary Queen Creek, AZ.

NewLife Greencastle

Is following Jesus worth the risk? What are the stakes? What will we gain? We have to decide for ourselves whether faith in Him is worth the risk. Listen as Pastor Chuck Lloyd teaches us from Mark 10:17-31.

A rich man asks Jesus a question.

His reign isn’t measured by how many people serve Him but by how many He serves. "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45 (NLT)

Grace Fellowship Church of State College, PA

Pastor Joe continues in Mark.