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”)