Sunday School Lesson

1. Mark 9:1-29
When It Is Time To Leave The Huddle
&
Commands
April 14, 2019
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA

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1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you
do, do all to the glory of God.

5. April MemoryVerse:
1 Peter 3:15 NIV
15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord.
Always be prepared to give an answer to
everyone who asks you to give the reason for
the hope that you have. But do this with
gentleness and respect,

6. First.
Mark 9:1-13

7. Mark 9:1-13TLB
1 Jesus went on to say to His disciples, “Some of
you who are standing here right now will live to
see the Kingdom of God arrive in great power!”

8. 2a Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and
John to the top of a mountain. No one else was
there.

9. 2b Suddenly His face began to shine with glory,
3 and His clothing became dazzling white, far
more glorious than any earthly process could
ever make it! 4Then Elijah and Moses appeared
and began talking with Jesus!
5 “Teacher, this is wonderful!” Peter exclaimed.
“We will make three shelters here, one for each
of you. . . . ”

10. 6 He said this just to be talking, for he didn’t
know what else to say and they were all terribly
frightened.
7 But while he was still speaking these words, a
cloud covered them, blotting out the sun, and a
voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved
Son. Listen to Him.”

11. 8 Then suddenly they looked around and Moses
and Elijah were gone, and only Jesus was with
them.
9 As they descended the mountainside He told
them never to mention what they had seen until
after He had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept it
to themselves, but often talked about it, and
wondered what He meant by “rising from the
dead.”

12. 11 Now they began asking him about something the
Jewish religious leaders often spoke of, that Elijah
must return before the Messiah could come. 12-13 Jesus
agreed that Elijah must come first and prepare the
way—and that he had, in fact, already come! And that
he had been terribly mistreated, just as the prophets
had predicted.Then Jesus asked them what the
prophets could have been talking about when they
predicted that the Messiah would suffer and be
treated with utter contempt. Mark 9:1-13TLB

13. Now.
Mark 9:14-29

14. Mark 9:14-29 NASB
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14When they came back to the disciples, they
saw a large crowd around them, and some
scribes arguing with them. 15 Immediately,
when the entire crowd saw Him, they were
amazed and began running up to greet Him.
16 And He asked them, “What are you discussing
with them?”

15. 17 And one of the crowd answered Him,
“Teacher, I broughtYou my son, possessed with
a spirit which makes him mute; 18 and whenever
it seizes him, it slams him to the ground and he
foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and
stiffens out. I toldYour disciples to cast it out,
and they could not do it.”

17. 19 And He answered them and said, “O
unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with
you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring
him to Me!” 20They brought the boy to Him.
When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw
him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground,
he began rolling around and foaming at the
mouth.

18. 21 And He asked his father, “How long has this
been happening to him?” And he said, “From
childhood. 22 It has often thrown him both into
the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if
You can do anything, take pity on us and help
us.” 23 And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All
things are possible to him who believes.”
24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and
said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”

20. 25When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly
gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying
to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, I command you,
come out of him and do not enter him again.”
26 After crying out and throwing him into
terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy
became so much like a corpse that most of
them said, “He is dead!”

21. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised
him; and he got up. 28When He came into the
house, His disciples began questioning Him
privately, “Why could we not drive it out?”
29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot come
out by anything but prayer.”
Mark 9:14-29 NASB

22. Frank Pollard’s sermon from Mark 9,
“When it’s time to leave the huddle.”

23. They broke the holy huddle, left the mountain
of inspiration and went down into the valley of
defeat.
Jesus paid no attention to those who wanted to
argue religion, He just did not fit their mold.

24. He went straight to the one who had the need,
the deaf and mute boy.
There is no valley of defeat into which He will
not enter and soon He turns it into a valley of
victory!

25. They followed Jesus down from the mountain
of inspiration into the valley of service.

26. God does not want anyone in the valley of
service who has not been with Him on the
mountaintop and He doesn’t want anyone on
the mountaintop with Him that is not willing to
go down into the valley of service!

27. The purpose of the huddle is to remember what
and where the goal is and to get our
assignment.

28. If you are not in the huddle, you’re not in the
game.
The huddle prepares us for the valley of service.

29. We need huddles like we’ve never needed them
before.

30. Hebrews 10:24-25 NASB
24 and let us consider how to stimulate one
another to love and good deeds, 25 not
forsaking our own assembling together, as is
the habit of some, but encouraging one
another; and all the more as you seeThe Day
drawing near.

31. We need our huddles so we can come together
and remember who we are.
Listen to our chatter in the huddles.
In Heaven, we will not be running down the
Administration, the weather will be perfect so
no comments there, no aches, no pains, no
putting down of other people, no gossip.

32. Luke 9:31 says that Jesus, Moses and Elijah
talked about the cross, about the death He
would accomplish.
We need to talk about the cross because it took
the cross to save us.

33. Paul said, “I can only boast that Jesus died on
the cross for me”.
Revelation says, “Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain (on the cross).”
It took the cross to make us right with God.

34. The huddle is the place to get the assignment.

35. The huddle helps us to remember what we do
as a team to get the job done.

36. What if the offensive tackle said, “It’s not fair,
I’m going to go block that little defensive back
over there instead of that big brute who has
been beating me up all day.”
What if the fullback said, “I have noticed that
every time he hands me the ball, I get hurt.
When he hands me the ball this time, I’m going
to give it back.”

37. That’s too good of a present-day picture of the
church of our Lord Christ.

38. Regardless of the opposition, we should carry
out the assignment.

39. Our assignment is on every page of the New
Testament.
Jesus was asked numerous times, “Why areYou
here?” and He answered unswervingly, “To seek
and to save that which was lost.”

40. He also said, “As the Father sent Me, so send I
you.”
That’s our assignment.
We recently studied in Mark 6 where He sent
out the 12 to seek and to save those who were
lost.

41. Matthew 28:19-20 NASB
19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all that I
commanded you; and lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age.”

43. Acts 1:8 NASB
8 “but you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My
witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of
the Earth.”

44. The apostles didn’t hear Him, it took ten
chapters in the book of Acts for them to “get it”
– to realize that He meant all peoples, not just
Jews.
We haven’t heard Him clearly either.
He did not say, “Your preachers shall be My
witnesses.”

45. He said, “You shall be My witnesses.”
Our assignment is to share the Gospel of Jesus
Christ.

46. Frank Pollard recalled the Billy Graham
crusades that he was involved in – stadiums
filled with people hearing the Gospel.

47. Frank imagined Good Newscasters (like
sportscasters) announcing a play-by-play of the
invitation at a Billy Graham (Will Graham)
crusade replaying the scene of a young boy,
bowing his knee and accepting the Lord.

48. KidzFest at the Central MS
Will Graham Celebration

49. That is what we are to be, Good Newscasters,
announcing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the
world.

50. So, the huddle is extremely important, but it is
not “the thing,” you are to run the play!

51. Jesus took these same three apostles into
another huddle with Him a few weeks later.
He took them with Him into the Garden of
Gethsemane where He told the Father, I
understand the assignment but I don’t like it. If
there is any other way, let’s do it that way.
However, Not My will butThine be done!

52. Getting into the huddle is not what saved you
and me.
Just because Jesus understood the assignment
is not what saved us.
It is because He obeyed the assignment, He ran
the play when His number was called.

54. Philippians 2:8b NASB
8b He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death, even death on a cross.

55. He went to the cross in obedience to the One
Who gave Him the assignment, He died on the
cross and God raised Him from the dead.
Touchdown!!
Victory!!!

56. That’s what saved you and me.
The execution of the play and the victory that it
brought!
Being in the huddle (coming to church) is not
enough for you and for me.

57. Just understanding our assignment is not
enough for you and for me.
If we are going to please the Father, we must
run the play and carry out the assignment in the
time we have to do it.

58. Delayed obedience is disobedience.
Many games have been won or lost by how the
team managed the clock at the end, how they
handled the little time that was left to use while
they were still on the field.

59. Ephesians 5:15-16 NASB
15Therefore be careful how you walk, not as
unwise men but as wise, 16 making the most of
your time, because the days are evil.

60. Hebrews 11 is known as God’s Hall of Faith.
(Group A & Group B)

61. Hebrews 11:33-38 NASB
33 who (Group A) by faith conquered kingdoms,
performed acts of righteousness, obtained
promises, shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched
the power of fire, escaped the edge of the
sword, from weakness were made strong,
became mighty in war, put foreign armies to
flight.

62. 35Women received back their dead by
resurrection; and others (Group B) were
tortured, not accepting their release, so that
they might obtain a better resurrection; 36 and
others experienced mockings and scourgings,
yes, also chains and imprisonment.

63. 37They were stoned, they were sawn in two,
they were tempted, they were put to death
with the sword; they went about in sheepskins,
in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-
treated 38 (men of whom the world was not
worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains
and caves and holes in the ground.
Hebrews 11:33-38 NASB

65. Hebrews 12:1-3 NASB
1Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of
witnesses surrounding us (Go! Go!), let us also
lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which
so easily entangles us, and let us run with
endurance the race (the play) that is set before
us,

66. 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and
Perfecter of faith,Who for the joy set before
Him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God. 3 For consider HimWho has
endured such hostility by sinners against
Himself, so that you will not grow weary and
lose heart.
Hebrews 12:1-3 NASB

67. We are the only team that God has.
Can you hear the spectators (saints) shouting?
Go! Go! Go!
Can you see them?
Many of them, most of them have scars! (Group B)

68. They knew what it was like to be in the huddle,
to hear the quarterback relay to them that the
Coach had called their number, they had their
assignment and it was a difficult one, the
opposition was tough and big and mean, but
they were the faithful.
They ran their plays, they fulfilled their tasks,
they experienced the victory!

69. It’s time for us to leave the huddle.
It’s time for us to run the plays.
It’s time for us to face the opposition.
It’s time for us to please the Father!

70. Mark 9:22b-24, 28-29 NASB
22b “IfYou can do anything, take pity on us and
help us.

71. 23 And Jesus said to him, “‘IfYou can?’ All things are
possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the
boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help
my unbelief.”
28When He came into the house, His disciples began
questioning Him privately, “Why could we not drive
it out?” 29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot
come out by anything but prayer.”
Mark 9:22b-24, 28-29 NASB

73. The Privilege of Prayer:
As believers, we are creatures endowed with
divine authority, but we possess no divine
power.
Beware of anyone who tells you that God has
given you His power.
He has not given you His power.

74. He has given His people something much
better.
He has given us unhindered, unrestricted,
unlimited direct access to Him personally,
through prayer.

75. He did not give us a measure of omnipotence to
go off on our own to use as we desire.
He has made divine power an organic part of
our relationship with Him.

76. This passage in the Gospel of Mark teaches us
that God continually asks, “Do you believe I can
do anything?”
When a patient needs healing, when a debt
needs canceling, when a relationship needs
reconciling, when an impossible situation needs
a miracle, our starting place is trust in the
power and goodness of God.

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Mia Fieldes, ZachWilliams
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80. Chain Breaker
by ZachWilliams
If you’ve got pain, He’s a pain taker
If you feel lost, He’s a way maker
If you need freedom or saving
He’s a prison-shaking Savior
If you’ve got chains,
He’s a chain breaker!

81. Acts 16:25-26 NASB (Philippi in Europe)
25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were
praying and singing hymns of praise to God,
and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and
suddenly there came a great earthquake, so
that the foundations of the prison house were
shaken; and immediately all the doors were
opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened
(broken).

82. Mark 9:23b NASB
23b And Jesus said to him, “‘IfYou can?’ All things
are possible to him who believes.”

83. The Lord’s “all things” might not align with our
agenda, so this trust in God’s nature and
character must remain strong in the face of
confusion or uncertainty.
Therefore, ask yourself these four questions as
we study this passage?

84. Question #1:
Do you believe God can do anything?

85. This question isn’t as easy as it might seem.
Some people believe they are too bad to save,
that their sins are too numerous or too
shameful to forgive.

86. It should be easy to tell people that God loves
them as they are, not as they ought to be.

87. Many of us declare with our mouths that we
believe in God’s ability, but we say otherwise
with our actions when we presume to solve a
problem on our own that only He can solve.

88. We also contradict ourselves when we continue
to fret and worry about a situation we have
given over to God.

90. Question #2:
Are you willing to leave the “anything” up to
Him?
You may believe He can do anything, but are
you willing to let Him do what He determines is
best?

91. Are you willing to let God be God, and
accomplish His will in His way, and do
everything according to His schedule?

92. After all, His benefit of omniscience gives Him a
perspective that may see your desires as
harmful or even destructive.
Often, what we think is good or honorable
might not be in the best interests of everyone
involved.

93. God’s will is what you would want for your life if
you knew as much as God knows (omniscient)!

94. Question #3:
Will you stop worrying, quit interrupting, cease
striving, and simply pray?

95. There are times in our lives when we are fully
convinced that our agenda is the right one, and
we feel the need to help God along.
In our prayers, we sometimes spell out what we
need from Him and how He should carry out
our plan.

96. And when He doesn’t do what we ask, or when
we don’t see progress, our emotions take over.

97. When we feel that inner turmoil begin to rise,
that’s our signal to pray again, release the issue
into the hands of God, trust in His sovereign
mercy, and find worry-free inner rest.

98. Philippians 4:7 NASB
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all
comprehension, will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus.

99. Question #4:
Will you accept the answer He chooses to give?

100. Will you set aside your disappointment to
receive what God wants to give you instead of
what you want for yourself?
Will you trust Him to give you what you need
rather than expect Him to grant what you wish?

101. The issues here are submission and surrender.
Submission is setting aside your own agenda to
respond in obedience to God’s authority.
Surrender is admitting that His way is best.

102. If you can respond in the affirmative for each of
these four questions, you have moved into a
whole new category of people who now
understand what to do when faced with
something that’s completely beyond human
control.

103. You will then be prepared to see God work in
wondrous and amazing ways.

104. Question #1:
Do you believe God can do anything?
Question #2:
Are you willing to leave the “anything” up to
Him?

105. Question #3:
Will you pray, stop worrying, quit interrupting,
& cease striving?
Question #4:
Will you accept the answer He chooses to give?

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Sunday

108. Mark 15:27-39
Saves
April 21, 2019
Easter Sunday
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA

109. The Plan of Hope & Salvation
John 3:16 NASB
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not
perish, but have eternal life.”
John 14:6 NASB
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the Father but through me.”

110. Romans 3:23 NASB
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23a NASB
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the only one who doesn’t deserve death,
died in this life to pay the penalty for our sins.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the second
death explained in Revelation 21:8.

111. Revelation 21:8 NASB
8 “But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers
and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part
will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the
second death.”
• Anyone who’s lifestyle is one or more of the sins listed in Revelation
21:8, will experience the “second death” if they do not repent.
• To Repent means to turn around, to go in the opposite direction,
to turn away from sin and to come to Jesus.
Romans 6:23b NASB
23b but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

112. Romans 5:8 NASB
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Revelation 21:7 NASB
7 “He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will
be his God and he will be My son.”
• Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to be overcomers.

113. Romans 10:9-10 NASB
9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and
believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes,
resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he
confesses, resulting in salvation.
Romans 10:13 NASB
13 for “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE
SAVED.”

114. Have questions?
Would you like to know more?
Please, contact First Baptist Church Jackson at
601-949-1900 or http://firstbaptistjackson.org/contact/