Title: The Great Crowd and the 12 Disciples
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January 17 Mark 3:7-19-19
Subject: The Great Crowd and the 12 Disciples
Italian economist Pareto's Law 2080 (Top 20% lead, occupy, create)
Time management is the same. If you achieve 20%, the remaining 80% will follow. Today's faith is also the same. Therefore, we have to make a decision.
At the time of Moses' Exodus = When he was in trial all day, on the advice of his chief Jethro, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, and chiefs of fifty were selected to manage only the upper group)
* When Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, a great crowd followed from Galilee (Mark 3:7 = a great crowd followed)
* And when they heard the great wolf that he had made, great multitudes came to him from Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan, and from Tire and Sidon (Mark 3:8).
* Then he appointed twelve, to be with him, and sent out to preach (Mark 3:14 = 12 disciples)
◎Thousands of people who ate the rice cake and got full through the miracle of the five diseases (a large crowd = seeing the phenomenon ((healing of sickness, miracle, power, food))
Don't work for food, work for me (Seeing the essence and chasing after them (J.X's 12 Disciples' Life Words)
Do I belong to a multitude? Or you have to choose whether to belong to the group of 12 disciples.
The standard of the 12 disciples Jesus chose is different from our general idea
The kingdom of God is not made up of human talents and material things, but is accomplished through complete devotion, and because God Himself transforms and accomplishes it, they could be used as people like the 12 disciples (1 Corinthians 1:27-29) .
arrogant grown up? A person who does not respect God but believes only in his or her talents, abilities, and abilities and clings to useless things.
○ When we see God using people, I can have hope too.
God uses those who depend on Him (the humble)
The way from the multitude to the 12 disciples: Intimacy with the Lord (Meditation on the Word, Prayer) Evangelism (Saving souls), Performing miracles (Mark 6:7-13 Serving)