the gospel according to jesus: session #16
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THE FAMILY CREATED BY KNOWING WHAT GOD WANTS
Mark 3:31-‐35
A LOVE STORY IN TWO PARTS Mark 3:20,21; 32-‐35
20 Then they went home and a large crowd came together once again so that they weren’t even able to eat food.
21 But when his family heard about this they set out with the intenUon of restraining him because they said, “He really is out of his mind.”
22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said…………….
………..31 At that Ume his mother and his brothers came and were standing outside. They sent a message to call him.
32 A crowd was siZng around him and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sister are outside and they are looking for you.”
33 And he answered them by saying, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And he looked around at those who were siZng and said, “See, here are my mother and my brothers. 35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother and my sister and my mother.”
WHAT IF THIS WAS A NEWS REPORT?
SCENE 1 – MEANWHILE BACK IN CAPERNAUM
20 Then they went home
SCENE 2 -‐ in Capernaum
and a large crowd came together once again so that they weren’t even able to
eat food.
SCENE 3 -‐ the story reaches Jesus’ family in Nazareth
But when his family heard about this they set out with the inten<on of
restraining him because they said, “He really is out
of his mind.”
[Approx. 50 Km. ]
SCENE 4 -‐ Jesus brothers and mother have a discussion and conclude that Jesus has become mentally deranged.
But when his family heard about this they set out with the inten<on of
restraining him because they said, “He really is out
of his mind.”
SCENE 5 -‐ The family decide to set out for Capernaum to restrain Jesus.
But when his family heard about this they set out with the inten<on of
restraining him because they said, “He really is out
of his mind.”
[Approx. 50 Km. ]
SCENE 6 -‐ In the meanUme Jesus confronts the accusaUon from religious authoriUes that he is using demonic power to heal and cast out demons
22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem
said…………….
SCENE 7 -‐ JESUS’ FAMILY ARRIVE AT THE HOUSE
………..31 At that <me his mother and his brothers came and
were standing outside. They sent a message
to call him.
SCENE 8 -‐ JESUS GETS THE MESSAGE FROM HIS FAMILY
32 A crowd was siFng around him and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sister are outside
and they are looking for you.
SCENE 9 – Jesus unloads Kingdom revelaUon
33 And he answered them by saying, “Who are my mother and
my brothers?”
34 And he looked around at those who were siFng and said, “See, here are my mother and my
brothers.
35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother and my sister
and my mother.”
fam·∙i·∙ly [fam-‐uh-‐lee, fam-‐lee] noun,
1. a. a basic social unit consisUng of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: b. a social unit consisUng of one or more adults together with the children they care for. 2. the children of one person or one couple collecUvely. 3. the spouse and children of one person. 4. any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins. 5. all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.
KINGDOM FAMILY
A group of people connected together because of their commitment to a common purpose –
i.e. a primary commitment to do what will fulfill the revealed purpose of God.
KINGDOM FAMILY
A group of people chosen for you by your experience of revelaUon
The people you connect with by living out fully what you have seen of God and his purposes revealed by the Word and Spirit.
KINGDOM FAMILY
People you find the way to mesh with by a work of the Spirit of God with along the pathway.
not the people who you are like, the people who like you, the people you fit with, who share all the same opinions, who make you feel comfortable (i.e. tribe)
KINGDOM FAMILY
The people who, when you get connected, enable the kingdom of God to come in some sphere of influence.
Not the people who, no maBer how long they are together will never see the kingdom of God advancing.
WHO ARE MY ‘KINGDOM FAMILY ?’
• What is the will of God for this sphere? • Who are the people who have seen this and have this revelaDon in their hearts?
• Who do I need to connect with so that the kingdom of God will come in this sphere?
WHO ARE MY ‘KINGDOM FAMILY?’
Don’t let the ‘natural’ rob you of the ‘spiritual.’
The process of discovering your “kingdom family” is a key part of the redempUve plan of God for
• your life, • their life and • the lives of those people who will experience the kingdom because of because of this “family.”
WHO ARE YOUR ‘FAMILY?’
in your domesUc sphere in your neighbourhood sphere
in your workplace
in your community involvement
in your extended family
Etc.
HOW TO BUILD ‘FAMILY’ RELATIONSHIPS
• Begin to live out what you have discovered through revelaUon.
• Get a picture of what God wants to do in the sphere.
• Share what is in your heart with other believers. • Begin to pray and plan on the basis of what you can see together.
• Trust God together no maner what happens
KINGDOM FAMILY
= UNITY = ONENESS
“Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And he looked around
at those who were siZng and said,
“See, here are my mother and my brothers. 35 For whoever does the will of God
is my brother and my sister and my mother.”
What had God revealed about what he wants to do?
Who wants to do that?
This is the kingdom family anywhere at anyUme.