Sermon Notes from Sunday 7.4.10

Here are the sermon notes from Sunday, 4 July 2010.  As always, you can find the sermon audio at sermons.heritagepark.org (we might be a day or so late because of the holiday).

Jesus, Demons and Pigs

Mark 5.1-20

Jesus Liberates the Individual

• There is no natural solution to the man’s problem (v.3-4).
• His life was marked by disruption and destruction (v.5).
• His only hope:  supernatural deliverance (v.6).
• Jesus takes on the real issue and deals with it (v.7-13).

Jesus Invades Culture

• Fear comes because they do not understand and cannot control transformation (v.15-16).
• Every culture, without a prevailing crisis, will drift toward deism.
• Deism is a refusal to give thanks for blessings and accomplishments.
• Deism is a removal of accountability for actions and attitudes.
• Response:  “Go Home” or Fortress?
• Response:  “Tell” or Privatize?
• Response:  “Tell” or Legislate?
• Culture can remove Christ, but He still invades it through those He saves.
• We declare our delight in every area of life – and this area matters most.