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

First Church of New Knoxville, Ohio

What's Holding You Back?

What's Holding You Back?

“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)

“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

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.

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.

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

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)

Pastor Joe continues in Mark.