Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for October 1, 2023

Salty Disciples

Mark 9:42-50

1. Background

• a redirection in the context of a discussion about greatness
• two key concepts: sensitivity and stewardship

2. A Responsibility to Grasp

• someone is watching you
• someone is listening to you

3. A Surgery to Perform

• what you do
• where you go
• what you see
• not physical mutilation but spiritual mortification
• what you think about hell

4. A Perspective to Adopt

• salt points to sacrifice
• fire points to persecution

5. So What?

• Because Jesus calls disciples to promote a thirst for Him, pursue the sacred stewardship of saltiness.
• Deal with sin radically.
• Dare to live sacrificially.
• “Go, then, earthly fame and treasure! Come, disaster, scorn, and pain! In Your service pain is pleasure, with Your favor loss is gain. I have called You Abba, Father; You my all in all shall be. Storms may howl, and clouds may gather, all must work for good to me.” (H. Lyte, “Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken”)