“When Pigs Fly” ● the miracle of regeneration ● Mark 5:1-20

Mark 5: Purposes: 1.Showcase the Beauty of the Gospel 2.Challenge us to Believe in the Gospel 3.Call us to Bring the Gospel to the world

Meet the Maniac: Lonely Lonely Experiencing Pain Experiencing Pain Self-Destructive Self-Destructive

Matthew 12:43–45 (ESV) 43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”

Meet the Maniac: Lonely Lonely Experiencing Pain Experiencing Pain Self-Destructive Self-Destructive

Luke 19:10 (ESV) 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

John 6:35–40 (ESV) 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

John 6:35–40, 65 (ESV) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” 65 And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

Meet the Missionary: Seated Seated Clothed Clothed

Isaiah 61:10 (ESV) 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Meet the Missionary: Seated Seated Clothed Clothed In the right mind In the right mind

Romans 1:16 (ESV) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Matthew 28:19 (ESV) 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

1 Peter 3:15 (ESV) 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

2 Corinthians 5:20 (ESV) 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

“God loves me so that I make him – his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness – known among all nations… We are not the end of the gospel; God is.” - David Platt

Consider the Beauty of the Gospel Strive to Believe in the Gospel Bring the Gospel to the world