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Mark 8:15

Beware of Modern Pharisees

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In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Mark 8:11-21, focusing on Jesus' warning to His disciples to "beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." Martin highlights the Pharisees' demand for a sign as a test of Jesus, revealing their hardened hearts and spiritual blindness. He then contrasts the disciples' forgetfulness regarding physical bread with their deeper spiritual failure to perceive and understand Jesus' previous miracles, which demonstrated His divine power and provision. The sermon implicitly calls believers to self-examination, urging them to avoid the spiritual dullness and unbelief characterized by both the Pharisees' legalism and Herod's worldliness.

Primary Texts

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Mark 8:11-21 This is the primary text from which the sermon is preached, detailing Jesus' encounter with the Pharisees and His subsequent warning to His disciples.

Outline 5 sections · 3 min

  1. Introduction and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 0:04
  2. Jesus Departs and the Disciples' Forgetfulness 1:19
  3. Jesus' Warning: Beware of Leaven 1:36
  4. Jesus Rebukes Their Hardened Hearts and Lack of Understanding 2:03
  5. Recalling the Miracles of Feeding the Multitudes 2:16

Key Quotes

“And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from the heaven, trying him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation.”
“And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
“And Jesus, perceiving it, said unto them, Why do you reason, because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive, neither understand?”
“Have you your heart hardened? Having eyes, do you see not? And having ears, do you hear not? And do you not remember?”

Applications

All listeners

  • Have your hearts hushed before the hearing of the word of God and seek to hear that word with hearts that are hushed and prepared to bow before the very words of the living God.

A full transcript is available on the tab. 6 paragraphs, roughly 3 minutes.

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