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↓Audio link to the full sermon Today’s message is from Mark 8:33, “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Do you remember the message from last week? Peter proclaimed in front of Jesus that “You are the Christ, Messiah. “ Peter seemed to have this hope that Jesus was the savior, glorious king, ruler, and He would deliver them from Roman rule. Despite this, Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected, and he must be killed and after three days rise again. (Mark 8:31) Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

　↓Audio link to the full sermon Today’s message is from Mark 8:29, “You are the Messiah.” This proclamation of faith was spoken by Peter and it became the foundation the of church. First of all, let’s start with the background of this words. Please read Mark 8:27 to 38. In chapter 6, the disciples of Jesus witnessed him walking on water after he fed 5000 people. They were completely amazed. (Mark 6:51) In chapter 7, they witnessed Jesus healing a deaf and mute man. People were overwhelmed with amazement, and they said “He has done everything well,” (Mark 7:37 ) Going on to chapter 8, they witnessed more healing, Jesus

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↓Audio link to the full sermon Today’s message is from Mark 7:20, “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. “ We want to learn together today that Jesus came to cleanse inside of our heart. First of all, please read from Mark 7:1 to 23. The Pharisees and teachers of the law saw some of Jesus’ disciples eating food with hands that were unwashed, they asked Jesus “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands? “ (verse 5). They were accusing his disciples of not following the traditional ways of ceremonial washing. The Pharisees at

↓Audio link to the full sermon The title of today’s message is from Mark 6:22, “Ask me for anything you want. “ This is the word spoken by King Herod when his daughter pleased him and his dinner guests by dancing in front of them. Please read Mark 6:14-29. The tragedy of John the Baptist is written here that he was killed by king Herod. In the Bible, we can see the record of human nature both good and bad without disguise. Even the history of Israel itself includes good and bad. When we see these sinful human nature, we, Christians, are made humble to pray for His guidance and

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↓Audio link to the full sermon The central verse of this sermon is “You give them something to eat” (Mark 6:37). The verse comes from the story of Jesus’ miraculously providing food for a crowd of 5,000 people. When he looked on this crowd, Jesus felt deep compassion for them as they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he taught them many things. Then he challenged his disciples to provide food for the hungry crowd. Their logical response: It would take some 200 denarii (equivalent to today’s 2 million yen) and they didn’t have that kind of money to buy so much food. You can read the rest of