Who is the King?
Series: THE SERVANT KING
Speaker: Steve Jeffrey
Date: 17th March 2018
Passage: Mark 8:1-38
00:00:00 --> 00:00:04 The Reverend Dr. Alan Cole was a classical biblical scholar.
00:00:04 --> 00:00:04 A biblical scholar.
00:00:05 --> 00:00:07 He lectured at Oak Hill Theological College in London
00:00:07 --> 00:00:12 and in Moore College in Sydney and Trinity College in Singapore.
00:00:12 --> 00:00:17 He was a missionary, both with the China Inland Mission
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00:00:20 --> 00:00:25 He was a founding master of Robert Menzies College
00:00:25 --> 00:00:26 at Macquarie University
00:00:26 --> 00:00:30 and one-time federal secretary of CMS in Australia.
00:00:30 --> 00:00:35 He was a scholar of both Hebrew and Greek language.
00:00:36 --> 00:00:37 He wrote three biblical commentaries,
00:00:38 --> 00:00:41 one on Exodus, one on Galatians,
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00:00:43 --> 00:00:45 which has been a significant help for me
00:00:45 --> 00:00:47 throughout this series on Mark.
00:00:47 --> 00:00:51 I met Dr. Cole in 1997
00:00:51 --> 00:00:54 while I was a student at Moore College.
00:00:54 --> 00:00:58 Although I was totally unaware of who he was.
00:00:59 --> 00:01:04 I was in a New Testament lecture on the book of Galatians,
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00:01:35 --> 00:01:37 this is a little bit ironic,
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00:01:39 --> 00:01:41 he resembled my lecturer.
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00:01:54 --> 00:01:55 this elderly gentleman came in
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00:02:01 --> 00:02:04 but my curiosity got the better of me
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00:02:10 --> 00:02:11 And his response to me was,
00:02:12 --> 00:02:15 I've had a long interest in the Greek language
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00:02:26 --> 00:02:28 that went something like this,
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00:02:56 --> 00:02:57 None whatsoever.
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00:02:59 --> 00:03:00 I was in the presence
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00:03:07 --> 00:03:09 at no concept of who it was
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00:03:27 --> 00:03:31 the very first sentence of Mark's gospel
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00:04:06 --> 00:04:07 the readers.
00:04:09 --> 00:04:11 Now some of us here might remember
00:04:11 --> 00:04:14 the American television series Columbo.
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00:33:19 --> 00:33:20 has been two days, three days
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00:33:22 --> 00:33:26 you are not in control of your heart
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00:33:30 --> 00:33:32 but you're not
00:33:32 --> 00:33:36 we do not have power and control over our hearts
00:33:36 --> 00:33:39 and so I'm saying to you now
00:33:39 --> 00:33:45 if you are open to do something with Jesus
00:33:45 --> 00:33:48 but you are afraid to do it
00:33:48 --> 00:33:51 even though you know you should do it
00:33:51 --> 00:33:53 but you're confused by aspects of Jesus
00:33:53 --> 00:33:55 or even offended by aspects of Jesus
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00:34:00 --> 00:34:03 is going to be open forever
00:34:03 --> 00:34:07 10 days, 10 months, 10 years
00:34:07 --> 00:34:09 50 years
00:34:09 --> 00:34:11 you've been hearing Jesus say
00:34:11 --> 00:34:14 obey me, obey me, obey me
00:34:14 --> 00:34:15 in this area of life
00:34:15 --> 00:34:16 but you've shut it out
00:34:16 --> 00:34:17 you've shut it out
00:34:17 --> 00:34:17 you've shut it out
00:34:17 --> 00:34:23 today is the day to change
00:34:23 --> 00:34:25 that don't think the window of opportunity
00:34:25 --> 00:34:26 is just going to stay open
00:34:26 --> 00:34:29 don't keep putting it off
00:34:29 --> 00:34:31 don't wait until the day
00:34:31 --> 00:34:36 when you don't find Jesus offensive anymore
00:34:36 --> 00:34:41 it will never come
00:34:41 --> 00:34:45 or it will come
00:34:45 --> 00:34:47 but it will be too late
00:34:47 --> 00:34:51 don't reject the king
00:34:51 --> 00:34:54 understand who he is
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00:34:58 --> 00:35:00 listen to him
00:35:00 --> 00:35:01 and obey him
00:35:01 --> 00:35:02 and do it
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00:35:03 --> 00:35:06 on your service sheet
00:35:06 --> 00:35:07 as we've been doing
00:35:07 --> 00:35:08 right through this service
00:35:08 --> 00:35:10 right throughout this series of Mark
00:35:10 --> 00:35:12 is a brief
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00:35:13 --> 00:35:14 very simple explanation
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00:35:19 --> 00:35:20 to pray
00:35:20 --> 00:35:21 to respond
00:35:21 --> 00:35:22 to Jesus today
00:35:22 --> 00:35:27 I want to encourage you to do it
00:35:27 --> 00:35:28 don't care whether it's
00:35:28 --> 00:35:30 two days of intrigue with Jesus
00:35:30 --> 00:35:33 or 60 years of intrigue with Jesus
00:35:33 --> 00:35:34 do it today
00:35:34 --> 00:35:36 do it today