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TITLE: Could not be Hidden
TEXT: Mark 7:24
PROPOSITION: Jesus cannot be hidden
QUESTION: Why?
KEY WORD: Questions
READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
Jesus did not seek publicity
Jesus wanted to hide - make no headlines
But he could not be hidden
Why did Jesus want to be hidden?
Not seeking publicity - unlike many televangelists today
Not wanting fame to spread too fast - timing
John 7:6-8 - My time is not yet
Luke 9:53 - He was heading toward Jerusalem
Why could he not be hidden?
- Doing good
- Acts 10:38 “went about doing good” Mark 7:37 “Does all things well”
He was meeting people's needs
Healing, helping, feeding
Blind, deaf, lame, dead, sick, demon possessed
He was preaching what people needed to hear
Matthew 4:17 - Jesus preached - repent, kingdom at hand
Matthew 4:23 - In synagogue - gospel of kingdom
He was offering hope, forgiveness, salvation
He was making the complicated - simple
Can Jesus be hidden in your life?
Do not deny Jesus - Matthew 10:33
2 Timothy 2:12 - If we deny him, he will deny us.
Be open with your faith - John 12:42 - believed but not confessed
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