These slides accompany the video found here: http://youtu.be/iVhKy8eUZOI

1. Welcome to Grace!
Even before the mountains came into existence,
or you brought the world into being,
you were the eternal God.
Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday
that quickly passes,
or like one of the divisions of the night time.
Psalm 90:2,4

2. Mark 3:20-35
• Introduction
“Given that Christianity is so HARD
and faces such difficulty, frustration
and OPPOSITION
… can it POSSIBLY
be right?”
“your answer to the question of why
opposition is happening, what it
means and where it is coming from
will determine how you respond to
opposition and how you answer this
question … and the Lord gives us a
big worked example of how to do
that in the passage we’re looking at
today.”

3. Mark 3:13 – 6:6
• Beginning (3:13-35)
– Appointing of 12 Apostles (3:13-19)
– Opposition from the family (3:20-21)
– Opposition from religious leaders (3:22-30)
– Opposition from family again (3:31-35)
• Middle (4:1-5:43)
– Parable: The Sower (4:1-20)
– Parable: The Lamp (4:21-25)
– Parable: The seed growing secretly (4:26-29)
– Parable: The mustard seed (4:30-34)
– Miracle: Stilling the storm (4:35-41)
– Miracle: Driving out Legion (5:1-20)
– Miracle: Healing of sick woman (5:25-34)
– Miracle: Raising Jairus’s daughter (5:21-43)
• End (6:1-6)
– Opposition from family and friends (6:1-6)

4. Mark 3:20-35
• Introduction
• Family opposition, vv. 20-21
“Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered
so that they were not able to eat.
21 When his family heard this they went out to
restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his
mind.”

5. Mark 3:20-35
• Introduction
• Family opposition, vv. 20-21
• Religious leaders’ opposition, vv. 22- 30

6. Mark 3:22-30
The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said,
“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons
he casts out demons.”
23 So he called them and spoke to them in parables:
“How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided
against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand. 25 If a
house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to
stand. 26 And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is
not able to stand and his end has come.
27 But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal
his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he
can thoroughly plunder his house.
28 I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even
all the blasphemies they utter. 29 But whoever blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of
an eternal sin” 30 (because they said, “He has an unclean
spirit”).

7. Mark 3:22-30
The experts in the law who came down from
Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,”
and, “By the ruler of demons he casts out
demons.”
spirit”).

8. Mark 3:22-30
The experts in the law who came down from
Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,”
and, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.”
23 So he called them and spoke to them in parables:
“How can Satan cast out Satan?
• 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that
kingdom will not be able to stand. 25 If a house is
divided against itself, that house will not be able
to stand. 26 And if Satan rises against himself and
is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has
come.

9. Mark 3:22-30
The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem
said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of
demons he casts out demons.”
23 So he called them and spoke to them in parables:
“How can Satan cast out Satan?
• 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom
will not be able to stand. 25 If a house is divided against
itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if
Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able
to stand and his end has come.
• 27 But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and
steal his property unless he first ties up the strong
man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

10. Mark 3:22-30
The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said,
“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons
he casts out demons.”
28 I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even
all the blasphemies they utter. 29 But whoever blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of
an eternal sin” 30 (because they said, “He has an unclean
spirit”).

11. Mark 3:20-35
• Introduction
• Family opposition, vv. 20-21
• Religious leaders’ opposition, vv. 22-30

12. Mark 3:20-35
• Introduction
• Family opposition, vv. 20-21
• Religious leaders’ opposition, vv. 22-30
• Family opposition, vv. 31-35

13. Mark 3:20-35
• Introduction
• Family opposition, vv. 20-21
• Religious leaders’ opposition, vv. 22-30
• Family opposition, vv. 31-35
“Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came.
Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

14. Mark 3:20-35
• Introduction
• Family opposition, vv. 20-21
• Religious leaders’ opposition, vv. 22-30
• Family opposition, vv. 31-35
“Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came.
Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.
32 A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look,
your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”

15. Mark 3:20-35
• Introduction
• Family opposition, vv. 20-21
• Religious leaders’ opposition, vv. 22-30
• Family opposition, vv. 31-35
“Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came.
Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.
32 A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look,
your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”
33 He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my
brothers?” 34 And looking at those who were sitting around him
in a circle, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 For
whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and
mother.”

16. Mark 3:20-35
• Introduction
• Family opposition, vv. 20-21
• Religious leaders’ opposition, vv. 22-30
• Family opposition, vv. 31-35
• Conclusion