Jesus Calls Us to Share His Up-In-Out Life

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Today's scripture is from Mark 3, 6-35, as printed in your liturgy.

Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake,

and a large crowd from Galilee followed.

When they heard about all he was doing,

many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea,

and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.

Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him

to keep the people from crowding him.

For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.

Whenever the impure spirits saw him,

they fell down before him and cried out,

You are the Son of God.

But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.

Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted,

and they came to him.

He appointed twelve that might be with him,

and that he might send them out to preach,

and to have authority to drive out demons.

These are the twelve he appointed.

Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter.

James, son of Zebedee and his brother John.

To them he gave the name Boanerges,

which means sons of thunder.

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas,

James, son of Alphaeus,

Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot,

and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Then Jesus entered a house,

and again a crowd gathered,

so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.

When his family heard about this,

they went to take charge of him,

for they said,

he's out of his mind.

And the teachers of the law,

who came down from Jerusalem,

said,

he is possessed by Beelzebub,

by the prince of demons.

He is driving out demons.

So Jesus called them over to him,

and began to speak to them in parables.

How can Satan drive out Satan?

If a kingdom is divided against itself,

that kingdom cannot stand.

If a house is divided against itself,

that house cannot stand.

And if Satan opposes himself and is divided,

he cannot stand.

His end has come.

In fact,

no one can enter a strong man's house

without first tying him up.

Then he can plunder the strong man's house.

Truly, I tell you,

people can be forgiven all their sins,

and every slander they utter.

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit

will never be forgiven.

They are guilty of an eternal sin.

He said this because they were saying,

he has an impure spirit.

Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived.

Standing outside,

they sent someone in to call him.

A crowd was sitting around him,

and they told him,

your mother and brothers

are outside looking for you.

Who are my mother and brothers, he asked.

Then he looked at all those seated in a circle

around him and said,

here are my mother and my brothers.

Whoever does God's will is my mother,

my brother and sister and mother.

This is the gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, O Christ.

Good morning, Christ Church.

We are continuing today in the gospel of Mark,

and there are four gospels.

This is the earliest of the four that was written

in about 65 A.D.,

and you can read it.

It's the shortest of the gospels.

It can be read in about 65 minutes or so

over a cup of coffee.

And I want to encourage you

just to grab a Bible that's close at hand

and to open it.

I know we just had some of it printed for you,

but if you could open to page 812,

that's the first page of this gospel.

And I want to just bring you up to speed

if you're just tuning in today.

What we've seen in this gospel so far

is that Jesus has incredible power and authority.

He has power and authority to teach,

so that in Mark 1, 22,

it says,

the people were amazed

because he taught with authority,

as if he's teaching directly from God.

Jesus also has power and authority

over evil and illness,

so that you see there in Mark 1, 27,

the people are saying

he gives orders to evil spirits

and to impure spirits,

and they obey him.

And Jesus goes out from that place,

and he heals the mother-in-law of Peter,

and he heals the people

in the whole town there of Capernaum.

If you turn over to Mark 4,

you can see that Jesus has power

and authority over nature.

There's this incredible storm,

and Jesus brings that storm

down to total stillness.

And in Mark 4, 41,

the disciples say,

who is this?

Even the wind and the waves obey him.

And then you can see Jesus

in Mark 5,

he has power and authority over death.

This man, Jairus,

he's the ruler of the synagogue.

His daughter has died,

and Jesus has the audacity

to go in Mark 5, verse 41,

Mark 5:41

and say to this dead girl,

he says to her,

little girl, get up.

And that's what she did.

She got up,

and it says the people

were completely astonished.

And most outrageous of all,

Jesus has power and authority

to forgive sins.

And we saw this last week

with this paralytic man

who's brought to Jesus,

and Jesus says to him,

son, your sins are forgiven.

And the people,

in Mark 2, verse 5,

Mark 2:5

they say,

who can forgive sins

but God alone?

Jesus is a person

of incredible power

and authority,

and the news about him

is beginning to spread everywhere,

even without TikTok.

News is spreading like wildfire,

in Mark chapter 3,

Mark 3 · chapter mention

Jesus' popularity

and his fame

is basically at a fever pitch, right?

Word about his powerful teachings,

his supernatural healings,

is spread far beyond

the Jewish towns of Galilee,

so that he's drawing crowds

of people who are traveling

to see him,

people from the Gentile regions

east of the Jordan River,

people to the west,

all the way to the Mediterranean Sea

in the north of Israel.

And basically in this moment,

Jesus being overwhelmed

by the crush of the crowd.

All the people are trying

to get near him,

and yet,

as we notice in our reading,

not everybody's on board

with Jesus.

Not everybody's on board

with his mission.

His family,

his biological family,

it says in Mark 3, 21,

they go to take control of him,

to seize him.

Why?

Because he's out of his mind.

The religious types,

the religious leaders,

they go one step further than that.

In the next verse,

in Mark 3, 22,

they say he's possessed by Satan.

So,

popular opinion right now

is that,

you know,

some people are saying,

well,

Jesus is a lunatic,

Jesus is a liar.

Today,

many people will say

Jesus is a legend,

right?

We,

the first Christians

created these stories

about his power and authority,

and we can't really trust

the Gospels

to be historically credible

and reliable,

and so Jesus is dismissed

as a lunatic,

a liar,

a legend,

but Jesus' disciples,

they call him Lord,

Lord.

And,

when you look at

Mark 1,

17,

Jesus issues this invitation

and this challenge

to Peter,

Andrew,

James,

and John,

and he says to them,

come follow me,

and I'll send you out

to fish for people.

And how do they respond

to this invitation

and this challenge?

It says that they left

their old life behind,

and they started

a new life

with Jesus.

Now,

what does that mean?

I want to kind of outline

what that means today

in this sermon,

and over the next few weeks

begin to unfold

and unpack

and explore it together.

But Jesus had

a three-dimensional life.

I appreciate

one of you pointing out

the amazing triangle

that I drew up here

to demonstrate,

and some of you

roll your eyes

at these triangles.

You know,

Martin Luther King Jr.'s

first sermon

and a sermon

that he preached

throughout his career

was called

The Three-Dimensional Life

is the Complete Life.

Right?

So,

I think I'm on pretty

good grounds here

for this three-dimensional life.

And Jesus,

we're going to talk today

about how he had an up,

he had an in,

and he had an out.

This Jesus-shaped life

is up with the Father,

it's in with his disciples,

and it's out with the crowds.

These are his three great loves,

his three great priorities,

and it's simple enough

for a child

to understand.

Right?

But it's very difficult

to actually do,

as we'll see.

But being a disciple of Jesus,

following him

as your Lord,

means that he's inviting you

and he's challenging you

to share

in the pattern

of his life

and to be conformed

to the shape

of his loves.

And that's what I want

to explore

with you now.

Jesus calls us

to share in this up,

in and out.

He calls us

to share this up,

in and out.

And the first dimension

of his life

is this up

with his Father.

And if you look

at Mark 1,

Mark 1:10

verse 10,

this is at Jesus' baptism,

and it says,

just as Jesus was coming

up out of the water,

he saw heaven

being torn open

and the Spirit

descending on him

like a dove,

and a voice came

from heaven,

you are my Son

whom I love,

with you I am well pleased.

The most important thing

about any of us

here in this room

is who God the Father

says that we are.

Doesn't matter

where you came from,

where you went to school,

what you've accomplished,

the most important thing

about you

is who God the Father

says that you are.

And what does the Father

say about Jesus?

God the Father

affirms his basic

covenant identity

and says,

you are my beloved,

well-pleasing Son.

And ever since Jesus

was a child,

he lived into that identity,

and he developed

this up relationship

with his Father.

And his great task now,

from his baptism onwards,

in his life,

and in his service

to others,

will be to continue

in his true identity,

and to operate

first and foremost

out of his relationship

with his Father.

And as you probably know,

immediately after Jesus' baptism,

he goes out

into the wilderness

and he's tempted

by the voice

of this accuser

who's saying to him

over and over,

are you really

the Son of God?

Are you really

who the Father

says you are?

And he'll continue

to be attacked

over and over,

not just in the wilderness,

but throughout his life,

he's attacked

by this voice

that's trying

to pull him away

and question his identity

at every turn.

And to get him

to move out

of that relationship

with his Father

and to in some way

live apart from

and live without God

and God's purposes

for him.

And that same voice

is the voice

in my life

and in your life

as well,

trying to do

the very same things

to get us busy,

to get us distracted,

to get us stressed out

and hurried

so that we begin

to put other priorities

before our greatest priority,

which is our creator God,

so that we are lured

into other identities

and other relationships

as if those are more important

than God.

God.

But Jesus holds fast

to his identity

as the Son

and his relationship

with the Father.

He says,

his great message,

if you look at Mark

Mark 1:15

chapter 1 verse 15,

the thing he said

in town after town,

place after place,

was that the kingdom

of God

has come near.

The kingdom of God

has come near.

And when he says that,

Jesus is saying,

the kingdom of God

is my priority.

That's what I'm about.

The rule and the reign

of my Father

who's the King,

that is why I've come.

And we're told

in Mark chapter 1 verse 35

Mark 1:35

that it says,

very early in the morning,

while it was still dark,

Jesus got up

and he left the house

and he went off

to a solitary place

where he prayed.

And Pastor Andrew

said two weeks ago,

this is just Jesus

keeping first things first.

He's nurturing

his union

and communion

with his Father,

just enjoying

and delighting

in the loving presence

of his Father.

And when you think

about Jesus

and his power

and his authority,

where do you think

that came from?

Like how was Jesus

empowered

to teach the truth

and to cast out evil

and to heal illness

and to calm the storm

and to raise the dead

and to forgive sins?

What power source,

what power outlet

was Jesus plugged into?

Well, he tells us

in the Gospel of Mark,

he says this in,

sorry,

the Gospel of John

John 5:19

chapter 5 verse 19,

Jesus says,

the Son is not able

to do anything

on his own

but only what he sees

his Father doing

and whatever the Father does,

the Son does likewise.

He goes on

in that same Gospel

in John chapter 12 verse 50,

John 12:50

he says,

the things that I speak,

I speak just as the Father

has told me.

Jesus is saying,

everything I do,

everything I say

is flowing out of my up

relationship with my Father.

And notice at the end

of our passage

that we just read,

what matters most to Jesus

in verse 35?

If you look at it with me,

Jesus says to them,

he says,

whoever does God's will

is my brother

and sister

and mother.

The Father's will.

Where do we learn

about God,

the Father's will?

Well,

we study

what's written

in the Father's word.

And how do we get

the power

to live out

the Father's will

which is revealed

in the Father's word?

Well,

Jesus would spend time

in the Father's presence

and he would pray

and he would say,

Father,

fill me with your word.

Fill me with your love.

Fill me with your power.

And for Jesus,

that was like

spiritual breathing.

He would just inhale

the Father's word

so that he could exhale

the Father's will.

He was like this sponge

that would go

and just soak

in the Father's love

so that when he went out

with the people,

he could just be squeezed

and the Father's love

would come out of him.

And friends,

this is how Jesus

wants his disciples

to live as well.

And this is really

just a preview

of coming attractions.

Next Sunday,

we're going to talk about

how we can adopt

Jesus' predictable patterns

and his healthy habits

and his life-giving rhythms

of how he stayed connected to

and in union with

his Father in heaven.

But this is the most

important thing for him.

Up with the Father.

We tracking?

Okay.

Jesus calls us

to share in his up.

But he also calls us

to share in his in.

This Jesus-shaped life

is three-dimensional.

The first dimension

is up with his Father.

The second dimension

is his in

with his disciples.

And what did this look like?

Well, again,

you go back to his calling

of Peter, Andrew, James, and John

in Mark 1, 17.

He says to them,

follow me

and I will send you out

to fish for people.

When a rabbi

in the first century

would call disciples

to follow him,

discipleship in the first century

was this committed

covenantal relationship

in which the rabbi

would invite his disciples

to share in every aspect

of his life

so that they would become

like the rabbi.

And so Jesus is,

from these crowds,

he's gathering

a smaller group

of disciples

who will live

in the kind of relationship

with him

that they'll not only

be taught

to know what Jesus knew,

but they'll also

be trained

to do what Jesus did

and ultimately

to become like Jesus.

And that's what you see

in Mark chapter 1,

Mark 1 · chapter mention

chapter 2,

chapter 3.

Jesus is there

in this little town

on the north shore

of the Sea of Galilee

called Capernaum.

It's his adopted home base.

After he got basically

kicked out of his own hometown.

And he's there

gathering men and women

in both the synagogue

and in the home

of Peter and Andrew.

And what they're doing

there in that home

is that they're sharing

life together

in this large house

full of disciples

not unlike this group

here today.

And in that place,

in that house,

they would listen

to Jesus teach.

They would observe

his way of life.

They would eat meals

with him.

They would experience

his power

and his authority.

They would welcome

outsiders.

If you remember

last week,

the friends who came

and unroofed the roof

to get their buddy

down to Jesus.

And as broken people

were being brought

to Jesus,

they were being healed.

They were being liberated.

They were being forgiven.

And Jesus was using

this extended family

as the base

of his mission.

And now in Mark chapter 3,

Mark 3 · chapter mention

it's come time

for him to choose

a team who can lead

this larger band

of disciples.

And I want you to look

with me at verse 13.

It says,

Jesus went up

on a mountainside

and he called to them

those he wanted

and they came to him

and he appointed 12

that they might be with him

and that he might send them

out to preach

and to have authority

to drive out demons.

These are the 12

he appointed,

Simon to whom

he gave the name Peter,

James son of Zebedee

and his brother John

to whom he gave

the name Boanerges

which means

the sons of thunder.

All the rest

of the disciples,

you all need

to keep your day jobs.

But these 12

are going to travel

with me now full time.

And the first three

of those 12

are Jesus' inner circle

to whom he gives nicknames.

Simon he names Petros

or Peter

which means Rocky

or Rockman

or just The Rock.

James and John

he gives them the name

sons of thunder

or thunder boys.

Mary Magdalene

he had female disciples.

Mary Magdalene

Magdala is probably

where she's from

but Magdalene means tower.

I like to think of Mary

as this towering woman

of faith.

She's the lead female disciple.

There are other

female disciples

Salome,

Joanna,

Susanna,

Mary,

we learn in Luke 8

they were Jesus'

financial supporters

and all four gospels

tell us that

these women

were the eyewitnesses

to Jesus' crucifixion

and resurrection

because all the guys

abandoned Jesus

in the end

so thanks ladies

for saving the movement.

Two weeks from now

in Mark chapter 6

Mark 6 · chapter mention

we're going to see

how Jesus trained

and then he sent out

these 12

on mission

to go and do

what he did

to serve people

in word and deed

to teach them,

to touch them,

to bring the truth

of God

and the power of God

to people's lives

and then Jesus

later on

after he sent the 12

he'll send this whole

house full of 72

followers

to do the same

to go out

and operate

in his power

and his authority

to do the things

that he did

and Jesus invested

three years

of his life

trying to help

this circle of people

learn what it means

to have this up

in and out life

and I want you

to notice

that he's not

gathering his disciples

just to hang out

as a social club

because they have

nothing better to do

right?

In verse 20 and 21

they're back at the house

of Peter and Andrew

and Jesus' biological family

comes to seize him

because they say

he's out of his mind

he's gone off the deep end

he's lost his grip

with reality

and if you choose

to follow Jesus

as your Lord

your family

and your friends

might say the same thing

about you

you flipped

you're insane

well in verse 32

a crowd was sitting

around him

and they told him

your mother and brothers

are outside

looking for you

and Jesus asks

this provocative question

he says

well who are my mother

and my brothers

and then he looked

at those who were seated

around him

in a circle

and he said

here are my mother

and my brothers

whoever does God's will

is my brother

and sister

and mother

Jesus is radically

redefining family

in this moment

and he says to them

my true extended

spiritual family

are the people

that I've chosen

to be right here

inside with me

people that I've circled

around me

and have come

to center their lives

on me

people who've come

to me

to learn

God's word

and God's will

from me

and they're not

just here

to learn

God's word

and God's will

but they're here

to do it

they want to put it

into practice

they want to obey it

they want to put it

into action

and Jesus is saying

if that's you

then you're my

little sister

if that's you

then you're my

little brother

and I'm your big brother

and we're here

in the family

of God together

and here's what I want

for my disciples

all of my disciples

I want you to love

one another

just as I love you

this is what he says

throughout the gospel

he says

the way that I'm

giving you my time

the way that I'm

serving you

encouraging you

teaching you

praying for you

forgiving you

washing your feet

and the way that I'll

lay down my life

for you

that's exactly

what I want

for you to do

with this family

circled around me

and at the resurrection

Jesus will take that up

just even another notch

because he'll say

I not only want you

to love my family

of disciples

I want you to go out

and make more disciples

and bring them

into this family

in Matthew 28

he says

I want all of you

not just the leaders

not just Peter

James and John

not just the 12

I want all of you

to go out

and make your own disciples

after the model

that I've given to you

and friends

I think this is how

the obscure

marginal

Jesus movement

turned the Roman Empire

upside down

within the course

of about

three centuries

they somehow

became the dominant force

in the Roman Empire

because

over the course

of 300 years

disciples

followed Jesus' example

by training

smaller groups

of people

and here's

some of the elements

of what that involved

they would enter

into personal relationships

and they would take

spiritual responsibility

for others

they would invest

time and energy

into them

through life-on-life

mentoring

they would invite

and challenge people

to come and be

with Jesus

as we see in verse 13

to come and center

their lives around him

to learn from him

and listen to him

as we see in verse 34

they would invite them

to say

let's practice

the word and will

of the Father

together in our lives

verse 35

and they were

basically teaching

people to obey

everything that Jesus

commanded

and helping them

to practice

this up

in and out

Jesus-shaped

life

and in so doing

they were fostering

and facilitating

the replication

of Jesus' DNA

in other people

who were then

empowered to tap

into the spiritual

authority of Jesus

so that they could

thereby go out

from their gatherings

together

and they could do

what Jesus did

and say what

Jesus said

in the power

of the Holy Spirit

discipleship was

about developing

a life worth

imitating

and then turning

around and saying

to other people

come follow me

as I follow Christ

come imitate me

as I imitate

Christ

and as they made

new disciples

with the DNA

of Jesus

they could then

turn around

and multiply

more disciples

to replicate

even more

of the DNA

of Jesus

in others

and this is what

I think explains

the spiritual potency

and the exponential

growth of the early church

that converted

half the Roman Empire

in a matter of 300 years

now I know

what I'm saying

sounds crazy

right

because everything

I'm saying right now

cuts against the grain

of our western

do-it-yourself

individualism

right

or I'll just

kind of google

this discipleship thing

and figure it out

and it also

flies in the face

of our Bay Area

culture of professionalism

and expertise

which says

unless I have a PhD

in disciple making

I can't do

what Jesus did

but here's my question

to some of you

is

is there a more

experienced

or mature person

in your life

who knows

how to build

this Jesus shaped life

that God has designed

for us

who could show you

how to do it

and might you

somehow get connected

up with them

and if you happen

to be that more

experienced

and more mature person

my question for you

is

who are you taking

spiritual responsibility

for here at Christ Church

who are you

personally investing in

how are you replicating

the DNA of Jesus

into the lives of others

to make disciples

Jesus calls us

when he calls us

to follow him as Lord

to share in his up

with the Father

but also to share

in his in

with disciples

and finally

he calls us

to share

in his out

with the crowds

I'll do this quickly

Jesus came

to do the will

of the Father

and the will

of the Father

is that

the kingdom of God

would come on the earth

as it is in heaven

that the kingdom of God

would break through

in the lives

of every person

that is made

in God's image

which is everybody

and Jesus

has this fascinating

conversation

in verse 23

it says

so Jesus

called them

over to him

and began

to speak

to them

in parables

how can Satan

drive out Satan

remember Jesus

is healing

broken people

the very first act

of his ministry

in the gospel of Mark

is to cast out

a demon

and this doesn't

set well

with the leaders

of the synagogue

they're deeply

threatened

by Jesus' wisdom

and his authority

and his power

and they say

he's not just mad

they say

Jesus is downright

dangerous

he's possessed

by Satan

he's in the grip

of demonic forces

and he's actually

being used

as an agent

of dark powers

and how does

Jesus respond

to this accusation

well he says

well you know

to attribute

to demons

the very power

I use

to cast out demons

is a contradiction

in terms

he says

that's like a king

waging war

against himself

it's civil war

it's suicide

it's crazy

and what Jesus

says next

is going to be

the most uncomfortable

thing you've heard

yet today

but it's also

the most exciting thing

and here's what he says

in verse 27

no one can

enter a strong man's

house without

first tying him up

then he can plunder

the strong man's

house

Jesus

likens the world

to this kingdom

that's dominated

by a strong man

this dark war lord

this evil prince

with his unholy spirits

and this evil prince

has a castle

Jesus says

and in that castle

he has a prison

with a dungeon

where he puts people

like us

in bondage

so that we're oppressed

and so that we're

dominated by the will

of another

who's seeking

to steal from us

and to kill us

and destroy us

Jesus believes that

Jesus says

Satan is real

and he says

Satan is in fact

very strong

how else can you

explain our world

that's in bondage

to sin

and evil forces

and disease

and injustice

and poverty

and hunger

and brokenness

and alienation

and fear

and anger

and violence

and death

how do you explain it?

this is how Jesus

explains it

he says

Satan is real

and he is strong

but then

he has the audacity

to say

but I am stronger

Jesus says

make no mistake

there are two rival kingdoms

in conflict

and Satan's kingdom

is in fact

under attack

but it's not from the inside

no Satan has

an external enemy

and Satan's downfall

is going to be

his conquest

by this stronger power

who has in fact

already entered

his dark realm

and who is

in this very moment

storming the castle

and confronting

his forces

and declaring

war

and mounting

a full scale

spiritual assault

on his kingdom

that's what Jesus

out

is all about

he says

I've come

to begin

my campaign

of binding up

the strong man

and you can see

that in verse 11

it says

whenever the evil

spirits saw

Jesus

they fell down

before him

and they cried out

you are the son

of God

they instinctively

pay homage

to Jesus

as this superior

authority

they know

that they're in

the presence

of a power

that's greater

than they are

and Jesus

continually

is putting

the strong man

in bondage

he's subduing him

so that he can

come in

and plunder

his kingdom

and his castle

and his goods

so that he can

steal back people

from his prison

and he can release

people from his power

and he can set

captives free

Jesus is saying

in this moment

I am a person

of irresistible

strength

and power

and I've come

to confront

and to dethrone

Satan

I've come

to conquer him

I've come

to be victorious

but it's not

until the end

of the gospel

where Jesus

fully binds

the strong man

not by raw power

and domination

but how does he

bind the strong man

through his

humiliation

through his weakness

through his

sacrificial self

giving on the cross

the key verse

in the gospel

of Mark

Jesus says

the son of man

has not come

to be served

but to serve

and to give his life

as a ransom

for many

and it was on

that cross

where Jesus

gives his life

to ransom

the many

from their bondage

to Satan

and from that

moment on

from Good Friday

on

Satan

is real

and he's strong

but he's bound

and his possessions

as a result

of what Jesus

did on the cross

his possessions

are left vulnerable

to this stronger one

who's come

to confront him

and to plunder him

now we're going

to say more

about this

in two weeks

so you've got

to come back

but the amazing

thing is that

Jesus wants

you and me

to share

in his out

with the crowds

he wants

you and me

to take part

in his overthrow

and the complete

collapse

of the kingdom

of Satan

the plundering

of his house

and his kingdom

so that the kingdom

of God

can erupt

and the rule

and reign

of our father

can break through

into the lives

of people around us

and that's very

very good news

because the father's

rule is a gracious

rule

and his reign

is a liberating

reign

and Jesus'

basic call to us

is come follow me

and I'm going

to send you out

to fish

for people

I'm going to send

you out

to be part

of my plundering

of the strong

man's house

if that's something

you want

we're going to be

learning about that

and if it's not

well don't come back

for a little bit

okay

come back at Easter

Jesus calls us

to share in his up

and his in

and his out

and may he give us

the power

and authority

to do that

in the name of the

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen