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*Absolutely Astonishing Authority*
/Mark 1.16-45/
Pastor Oesterwind
*Review:* Last week, we looked at the words of the Lord Jesus in verse 15 of Mark chapter one: "Repent and believe in the Gospel."
This is the message of the King announcing that His kingdom is at hand.
It is a kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
It is the Kingdom of God ...the Kingdom of Heaven; not the Kingdom of Man ...the Kingdom of this World.
It is a Kingdom already but also a Kingdom not Yet.
The Jews were waiting for it; it was near them, but they were not aware of it.
It is the Kingdom of Messiah.
Those who enter this Kingdom must repent by turning from all of their sinful self-trust and turning to the finished work of Jesus Christ.
They must also believe by trusting in or relying upon Jesus Christ alone for their eternal life.
*Transition and Scripture Reading:* Jesus demonstrates the arrival of God's Kingdom by establishing His authority in our text this morning.
Please follow as I begin reading in verse 15 of Mark chapter one...
*Introduction:* So, it all begins not with a powerful miracle or sermon, but with call of four fishermen.
Jesus has the authority to call them and make them become fishers of men – the authority for calling and creating disciples.
Through it all, */Discipleship is not controlling Jesus Christ, but allowing Jesus Christ to control you./*
1. Jesus has authority for calling and creating (1.16-20).
*Explanation:* Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee in v. 16.
The Sea of Galilee is actually a Lake.
For perspective, another Lake, Lake Tahoe, is about 12 miles wide and 25 miles long while the Sea of Galilee is only seven miles wide and 12 miles long.
That makes Lake Tahoe roughly twice the size of the Sea of Galilee.
The early name for the Sea of Galilee was Kinnereth.
This Hebrew word means /lyre/ or /harp/.
Tyndale’s Bible Dictionary states that it was named this because when viewed from the heights it resembles the shape of a lyre.
In NT times the pronunciation of Kinnereth was corrupted to Gennesaret.
Luke calls the Sea of Galilee Lake Gennesaret.
Simon and Andrew were casting a circular net into the Lake as Jesus walked along the shore.
A fishing net of this type usually measured some 20 feet in diameter.
Weights were attached to the circumference of the net.
A skilled fisherman could stand in a boat or wade in the water and heave the net forcefully outward in a circular motion.
The net would than spread along the surface of the water and sink to the bottom trapping fish underneath.
The fish were retrieved after the fisherman swam to the bottom and gathered the weights together and dragging the net to the shore; hence, the term /dragnet/.
Fishing was a prosperous trade for Jews at the time of Christ.
The historian Josephus was able to commandeer 230 fishing vessels during the war in Galilee in AD 68.
Fish from Galilee were exported all the way to Alexandria in Egypt and Antioch in Syria.
Fishermen competed with the fishing trade along the Mediterranean coast.
They were skilled, prosperous, and ingenious men.
They had a good command of the Greek language, the principal language of the ancient world – much like English is today.
Three Aspects to the Call:
1. Jesus called the disciples to Himself with the words “Follow Me”.
Rabbis and scribes didn’t call their protégées.
Instead, their disciples latched onto them.
He did not say, “Let’s follow God together.”
He called them to Himself by His own authority.
Also, He did not require His disciples to be learned theologians.
Everything they would need to learn and do would come directly from Jesus.
“There is only one thing the fishermen can do, and that is to respond to the commanding word of Jesus, grounded solely in the authority of his person.”[1]
2. Jesus said that He would make these disciples become fishers of men.
The word /become/ is operative here.
The men were embarking upon a lifetime pursuit.
It would be slow, painful, and full of misunderstanding.
These men would suffer persecution and concentrate on the things of God not self.
Jesus came to serve and give His life a ransom for many (10.45).
As the great Suffering Servant, he set the standard for His followers.
3. Jesus called more than one.
Simon, Andrew, James, and John in the near context, but many others would join them.
These men become the seed of the Christian church founded upon the Cornerstone, Christ, and upon their apostolic doctrine.
*Application:* When we read these verses, we may be tempted to think, “Wow!
Just like that!
They drop everything, give up everything and follow Jesus??” How could it be?
Shouldn’t these shrewd businessmen have a back-up plan in case things don’t go well?
No miracles, no preaching, no casting out of demons; just an abrupt command, “Follow Me!” Leave your nets, leave your Dad, and follow Me.
While there may have been prior contact with Jesus (consider the early chapters of John), the fact of the matter remains, Mark is presenting the necessity of obedience to the authority and Person of Jesus Christ.
What have we really left behind?
When we fail to obey the authority in the Person of Christ, we really are left floundering like a fish on the shore at Peter’s feet.
But note the great benefits of lining up under His authority:
· Our determination to follow Him will lead to a full, abundant life as He reveals more of Himself every day.
· Our determination to follow Him means we’re becoming what He desires us to be – servants within His kingdom.
A kingdom He later reveals in which the greatest are those who serve.
· Our determination to follow Him makes us a part of the church He is building.
We follow in the sandy steps of Andrew and Peter… of James and John.
We do this together as a church; it is the one unifying factor that binds us together – our pursuit of Christ!
Our primary ministry is to draw others into the kingdom of God.
It is winning souls AND discipling souls.
· Our determination to follow Him means leaving behind what used to have first place in our hearts.
We don’t abandon our homes, jobs, or families necessarily; but we do abandon the idea of those things being first.
God will permit no rivals!
· Our determination to follow Him will look different for each of us.
You may be asked for a cup of water and I my physical life.
I may yearn for what you have and pray to Jesus, “Why am I to sacrifice all while he sacrifices a cup of water?”
I can hear Him say, “If I will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
You follow Me.” (John 21.22)
*/Transition: Remember that discipleship is not controlling Jesus Christ, but allowing Jesus Christ to control you.
Jesus has the authority for calling and creating disciples.
Secondly, …/*
2. Jesus has authority for astonishing and amazing (1.21-28).
*Explanation: *
· Mark keeps the pace brisk throughout his portrait of Christ.
o The connective /and/ along with the key term /immediately/
o Astonishing Person of Jesus by the amazing activity of Jesus (calling, casting out demons, healing, and traveling)
o Verse 21 is the beginning of a day of ministry in the life of Jesus Christ.
(teaches and drives out a demon in the synagogue, heals Simon’s mother-in-law and many others after sundown, and then early the next morning prays and explains what He must do next)
· Jesus teaches with astonishing authority unlike that of the scribes - authority established by the casting out of the demon(s) (v.
27 amazement of people)
· Jesus had left Nazareth for Capernaum.
o Capernaum is located on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
o Hebrew /Kephar/ /Nahum/, meaning “Village of Nahum”
o Good base of operations for Jesus (inhabited by Jews and Gentiles)
§ Luke 7 indicates the Jews and Romans had good relations here
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