Outline—Mark 9:49, 50

1. The necessity of salt

Take Home Points

• Salt has properties reminiscent of God:
  • Preserving
  • Healing
  • Purifying
  • Produces thirst (for God’s grace)
  • Hospitality
• What flavor do you bring out where you are every day?
• Have you shared salt (covenant) with God?
• What do those around you need from your salt?
• Be salt, stay salted, share salt with those who need it.

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Outline—Mark 9:43–48

1. Hell is real—and eternal

Take Home Points

• Resurrection for the unsaved is an eternity of punishment (Hell).
• Resurrection of the just (saved by Jesus Christ) is eternal blessing in the presence ot the Lord (Heaven).
• Do you know Christ as your savior, have you escaped hell through the grace of God?
• If you don’t know Christ—or if you have the smallest doubt—talk to someone about your soul’s need.

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Outline—Mark 9:43–48

1. Hell is real

Take Home Points

• All will spend eternity in Heaven or Hell, there is no middle ground.
• Believers have a task of sharing the life-giving Gospel with the lost.
• You have friends who will go to Hell if they die today.
• If you don’t know Christ as your saviour, talk with someone who does.

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Outline—Mark 9:42–50

1. A lesson on fidelity to the Lord (v. 42)
2. A lesson on discipleship (vv. 43–48)
3. An illustration with salt (vv. 49, 50)

Take Home Points

• Sin is not a trivial matter.
• Sin must be dealt with decisively.
• Be decisive in maintaining your integrity as a servant.

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Outline—Mark 9:38–50

1. A lesson on servant thinking (vv. 38–41)
2. A lesson on fidelity to the Lord (v. 42)
3. A lesson on discipleship (vv. 43–48)
4. An illustration with salt (vv. 49, 50)

Take Home Points

• Never be neutral towards Christ.
• Live your life so you are not a stumbling block to others.

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Outline—Mark 9:30–37

1. The certainty of Jesus’ death—the second prediction (vv. 30–32)
2. The superiority dispute (vv. 33, 34)
3. The servant attitude (vv. 35–37)

Take Home Points

• When tempted by self-importance, look at yourself through Christ’s eyes.
• When tempted to throw in the servant’s towel, look at God’s proirity in the lives of others.
• When tempted to strive for a place of power, remember that Christ is looking for child-like service from us.

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