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He is Good | Persecution, Prayer, Faith | Mark 10:46-52 | Coleton Segars

He is Good | Persecution, Prayer, Faith | Mark 10:46-52 | Coleton Segars

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 Mark 10:46-52 Coleton taught on the story of Bartimaeus, highlighting three key themes: Persecution, Prayer, and Faith. 1. Persecution: Bartimaeus cried out to Jesus despite being rebuked and told to stay quiet. Coleton emphasized that faith in Jesus will sometimes annoy others or invite persecution. We can silence opposition by stopping, but doing so risks missing out on what Jesus wants to do in our lives. When we press on despite resistance, God not only works in us but often transforms our persecutors, turning opposition into partnership for the Kingdom. 2. Prayer: Jesus asked Bartimaeus, “What do you want me to do for you?” Bartimaeus prayed honestly and personally, asking for sight. Coleton reminded us that God delights in hearing our voices, no matter how small or self-focused our requests seem. Prayer is both sharing our hearts freely with God and praying His promises back to Him, believing He wants to fulfill His Word in our lives. 3. Faith: Jesus said, “Your faith has healed you.” Faith is more than belief—it’s belief put into action. Bartimaeus cried out, came to Jesus, and asked for healing. Our faith impacts what we experience from God because He waits for us to respond to Him in action and prayer. The invitation is to keep calling out to Jesus despite opposition, to pray openly and according to His promises, and to act on what we believe so that we experience His power and presence. ⸻ Discussion Questions Persecution • When has following Jesus brought misunderstanding, ridicule, or pushback from others in your life? How did you respond? • What might it look like for you to “get louder” in your faith instead of backing down? Prayer • If Jesus asked you today, “What do you want me to do for you?” how would you answer? • What is one promise of God you need to pray over your life this week? Faith • Where in your life do you believe something about Jesus but haven’t yet acted on that belief? • What practical step can you take this week to turn belief into action? ⸻ Quotes from Authors Used in the Sermon • Tertullian: “We (Christians) are not a new philosophy but a divine revelation. That’s why you can’t exterminate us; the more you kill the more we are. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” – Apologeticus • Pastor Shen Xiaoming: “Exactly, and your opposition forces us to be dependent on Jesus. Your opposition makes us love our enemies. Your opposition makes us hungry for an authentic faith. And that beautiful white hot faith spreads everywhere and delivers people. If you really wanted to get rid of the church, you should let us do whatever we want, and then we would compromise and become weak like the American Church.” • Richard Foster: “In prayer we allow ourselves to be gathered up into the arms of the Father and let him sing His love song over us.” • Charles Spurgeon: • “It glorifies God to use His promises… Plead the promises of God. Open your Bible, put your finger on the passage, and say, ‘Lord, this is Your Word; fulfill it to me.’ This is the kind of praying that has never yet been met with repulse.” • “Whether we like it or not, asking (in prayer) is the rule of the kingdom. ‘Ask, and you shall receive.’… If the Royal, Divine Son of God cannot be exempted from the rule of asking that He may have, you and I cannot either.”
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