Steps to Faith in God
Mark 12 35-37 STEPS TO FAITH IN GOD
When you read in your Bible the word “LORD” it is the Hebrew word Jehovah or God.
When you see the word Lord it also means God or Master.
There are some steps that are taken in the process of coming to faith in Jesus Christ.
Just prior to this section the scribes and Pharisees are posing Jesus with a line of questions that are meant to trap Him into, first contempt against Rome and then confusion of the Lay of God.
First, they ask Him concerning paying taxes to Caesar. Note that the people who are in front of Him are Pharisees and Herodians. The Herodians were so named because they supported
King Herod who was placed in power by the Romans. If they get the answer they hope for they can go to Pontius Pilate and tell him that this Jesus of Nazareth is teaching the people they should not pay taxes.
Jesus looked at the money and declared that if Caesar’s image was on it then it belonged to Caesar, but they should give to God what belonged to Him too.
Secondly, they came to Him with a question concerning a woman who was married to seven brothers in succession from the oldest to the youngest. It I was to do a criminal investigation, I’d wonder if the gal had a personal grudge with the family. The question is quite relivent since there is a similar scenario in the Book of Genesis concerning Judah, his sons, Onan, Er and Tamar. The question is who’s wife will the woman be in the resurrection.
Jesus set them straight that they had a faulty theology because in the resurrection we neither marry nor are we given in marriage. Mohamed might not like that, but that’s the way it is.
Finally, there is the one scribe who, evidently, is rethinking his line of questions as he is probably feeling some conviction through the Word of God. I don’t know if he is thinking of trying to live the Word of God or understanding that there is no way that he can fulfill the Law of God and come out justified, but he asks Jesus which is the greatest commandment.
Jesus told him the greatest commandment was to, “Love the LORD your God with all your heart, soul, and strength.” Then He gave the man a bonus: He said the second is like it, “To love your neighbor as yourself.”
These are the steps to faith in Christ:
1. We confront God trying to make Him look unjust.
2. We confront God trying to make ourselves to look just.
3. We realize that we cannot make ourselves just.
4. We trust Christ to justify us through the price He paid at Calvary.
We ask:
1. Who is LORD?
2. What is heaven like?
3. How can I please Him?
4. How can I be like Him?
God asks:
1. Who is Christ?
2. Who is LORD?
3. Who is Master?
When you read in your Bible the word “LORD” it is the Hebrew word Jehovah or God.
When you see the word Lord it also means God or Master.
There are some steps that are taken in the process of coming to faith in Jesus Christ.
Just prior to this section the scribes and Pharisees are posing Jesus with a line of questions that are meant to trap Him into, first contempt against Rome and then confusion of the Lay of God.
First, they ask Him concerning paying taxes to Caesar. Note that the people who are in front of Him are Pharisees and Herodians. The Herodians were so named because they supported
King Herod who was placed in power by the Romans. If they get the answer they hope for they can go to Pontius Pilate and tell him that this Jesus of Nazareth is teaching the people they should not pay taxes.
Jesus looked at the money and declared that if Caesar’s image was on it then it belonged to Caesar, but they should give to God what belonged to Him too.
Secondly, they came to Him with a question concerning a woman who was married to seven brothers in succession from the oldest to the youngest. It I was to do a criminal investigation, I’d wonder if the gal had a personal grudge with the family. The question is quite relivent since there is a similar scenario in the Book of Genesis concerning Judah, his sons, Onan, Er and Tamar. The question is who’s wife will the woman be in the resurrection.
Jesus set them straight that they had a faulty theology because in the resurrection we neither marry nor are we given in marriage. Mohamed might not like that, but that’s the way it is.
Finally, there is the one scribe who, evidently, is rethinking his line of questions as he is probably feeling some conviction through the Word of God. I don’t know if he is thinking of trying to live the Word of God or understanding that there is no way that he can fulfill the Law of God and come out justified, but he asks Jesus which is the greatest commandment.
Jesus told him the greatest commandment was to, “Love the LORD your God with all your heart, soul, and strength.” Then He gave the man a bonus: He said the second is like it, “To love your neighbor as yourself.”
These are the steps to faith in Christ:
1. We confront God trying to make Him look unjust.
2. We confront God trying to make ourselves to look just.
3. We realize that we cannot make ourselves just.
4. We trust Christ to justify us through the price He paid at Calvary.
We ask:
1. Who is LORD?
2. What is heaven like?
3. How can I please Him?
4. How can I be like Him?
God asks:
1. Who is Christ?
2. Who is LORD?
3. Who is Master?
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