Crossview Church
Chris Putney | Mark 2:1-17
JESUS CAME FOR SINNERS
Mark 2:1-6 CSB
Mark 2:7-12 CSB
“Seeing Their Faith”
“Faith is first and foremost not knowledge about Jesus, but active trust that Jesus is sufficient for one’s deepest and most heartfelt needs.”
- James Edwards (The Gospel According to Mark)
·If Jesus were here today, would He be able to see our faith in action?
·If Jesus were in your home this afternoon, would He be able to see your faith in action?
A disciple lives to:
Learn it, live it, and pass it on
“Your sins are forgiven.”
No one has the authority to forgive sins but God alone.
Psalms 51:1-4 CSB
Mark 2:8-12 CSB
Jesus calls Levi and visits his home.
Mark 2:13-17 CSB
Jesus calls Levi and visits his home.
· Jesus came for sinners.
· Jesus came for you because you are a sinner.
2 Things To Wrestle Through:
· Have you become like Pharisees in your thinking?
· You’re not too broken for the gospel.
"Fallen, anxious sinners are limitless in their capacity to perceive reasons for Jesus to cast them out. We are factories of fresh resistances to Christ’s love. Even when we run out of tangible reasons to be cast out, such as specific sins or failures, we tend to retain a vague sense that, given enough time, Jesus will finally grow tired of us and hold us at arm’s length."
- Dane Ortlund (Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers)
John 6:37 CSB