Mark 3:7-21
Crowd or Disciple?
July 3, 2022
The Casual Crowds
• Desire Jesus for His gifts
• Motivated by selfish needs
• Focused on temporal demands
The Devoted Disciples
• Desire Jesus for Jesus
• Motivated by the call of Jesus
o Based on God’s love for me
o To be with Jesus
o To be sent out by the authority of Jesus
• Focused on eternal urgency
To be fully devoted to Jesus, the Son of God, is to be with Jesus -- and to be sent out by Jesus with an eternal urgency
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
• In what ways have you desired Jesus just for the “gifts” He can give to you?
• What are things that stand out for you between the crowd and the disciples that Jesus calls?
• How can we grow our desire for Jesus, instead of a desire for more of His “gifts?”
• How can we fully share the Gospel in a way that presents Jesus as the ultimate goal? (Colossians 1:15-23, 1:28, 1 Corinthians 1:23)
• How does being WITH Jesus help you share about Jesus?
