Sent Ones
Series: The Gospel of Mark
February 18, 2024
Landon Henry
Episode Notes
THE GOSPEL OF MARK - 17
Mark 6:6b-7 Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. 7
Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave
them authority over impure spirits.
Mark 6:8-9 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey
except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals
but not an extra shirt.
Mark 6:10-11 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that
town. 11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that
place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
Mark 6:12-13 They went out and preached that people should repent. 13
They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and
healed them.
Mark 6:14-18 King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become
well known. (with the fame comes controversy) Some were saying, “John
the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous
powers are at work in him.”
15 Others said, “He is Elijah.”
And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long
ago.”
16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been
raised from the dead!”
17 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had
him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother
Philip’s wife, whom he had married. 18 For John had been saying to Herod,
“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
Mark 6:19-20 So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill
him. But she was not able to, 20 because Herod feared John and protected
him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard
John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him.
Mark 6:21-29 Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave
a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading
men of Galilee. 22 When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced,
she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.
24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”
“The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.
25 At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: “I want you to give
me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
26 The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner
guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27 So he immediately sent an
executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded
John in the prison, 28 and brought back his head on a platter. He
presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. 29 On hearing of this,
John’s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
Mark 6:30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all
they had done and taught.
1. Just like the disciples, we have been SENT OUT to speak and to
serve.
Mark 6:7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two
and gave them authority over impure spirits.
If you are a follower of Jesus, you ARE a missionary.
If you are not a missionary, you ARE NOT a follower of Jesus.
Mark 6:12 They went out and preached that people should repent. 13 They
drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed
them.
Mark 6:30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all
they had done AND taught.
Acts 1:1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began
to do and to teach
2. Some people will ACCEPT you and others will REJECT you and
that’s okay you are just called to go.
3. Following Jesus is HARD and that’s OKAY.
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