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PAX Christian Church
MARK 3:1-6 | PAX Christian Church (02/15/2026)
PAX Christian Church is a non-denominational church in the Carson Valley of western Nevada.
Locations & Times
PAX Christian Church
1267 U.S. Hwy 395 N, Gardnerville, NV 89410, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
WELCOME
We are so glad you joined us today. Pax is a non-denominational church that exists to live and share the gospel of peace. (Romans 5:1-11)
Our vision is that everyone would find peace with God through Jesus Christ and become peacemakers who advance the kingdom of God.
PEACE WITH GOD. FOR EVERYONE. THROUGH CHRIST.
Our Mission is to: LIVE AND SHARE THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.
Our vision is that everyone would find peace with God through Jesus Christ and become peacemakers who advance the kingdom of God.
PEACE WITH GOD. FOR EVERYONE. THROUGH CHRIST.
Our Mission is to: LIVE AND SHARE THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.
Read the Bible with us in 2026
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JESUS IS LORD OF ALL.
DO GOOD FOR HIS GLORY.
DO GOOD FOR HIS GLORY.
THE SABBATH IS MEANT FOR REST AND WORSHIP.
THIS INCLUDES DOING GOOD.
THIS INCLUDES DOING GOOD.
THE KEY WORD HERE IS "HOLY"
The root idea of holiness is that of “separation” or “withdrawal.” It is a divine quality, part of the intrinsic nature of God, but absent from a fallen world, perhaps best described as “alienness” in a religious or divine sense. The basic theological problem is that this holy God desires to have fellowship with sinful humans living in a fallen world. Since God cannot become less holy in order to fellowship with humans, they must become more holy (“sanctified”); once gained, holiness may be lessened or contaminated by contact with various proscribed substances (“uncleanness”) and by feeling, thinking, or acting in ways that God has forbidden (“sinfulness”).
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Yahweh revealed holiness to be his chief attribute (Exod. 15:11; 1 Sam. 2:2; Isa. 6:3; cf. Rev. 4:8) and wanted his followers likewise to be holy. The command to “be holy as I am holy” (Lev. 11:44–45; cf. 1 Pet. 1:15–16) was for all Israelites, not just the priests. The people of Israel were to be separate from the world, a “priestly kingdom and a holy nation” (Exod. 19:6; cf. 1 Pet. 2:9). They were to limit their contact with uncleanness and adhere to the commandments of the Mosaic covenant. The Law provided for sacrifices to atone for their sins (Lev. 5:5ff.) and cleansing rituals to remove any uncleanness (e.g., Lev. 14). Holiness was to extend to the tithe, the firstborn and anything else voluntarily dedicated to God (Lev. 27:14–32).
Timothy P. Jenney, “Holiness, Holy,” in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, ed. David Noel Freedman, Allen C. Myers, and Astrid B. Beck (Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2000), 598–599.
The root idea of holiness is that of “separation” or “withdrawal.” It is a divine quality, part of the intrinsic nature of God, but absent from a fallen world, perhaps best described as “alienness” in a religious or divine sense. The basic theological problem is that this holy God desires to have fellowship with sinful humans living in a fallen world. Since God cannot become less holy in order to fellowship with humans, they must become more holy (“sanctified”); once gained, holiness may be lessened or contaminated by contact with various proscribed substances (“uncleanness”) and by feeling, thinking, or acting in ways that God has forbidden (“sinfulness”).
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Yahweh revealed holiness to be his chief attribute (Exod. 15:11; 1 Sam. 2:2; Isa. 6:3; cf. Rev. 4:8) and wanted his followers likewise to be holy. The command to “be holy as I am holy” (Lev. 11:44–45; cf. 1 Pet. 1:15–16) was for all Israelites, not just the priests. The people of Israel were to be separate from the world, a “priestly kingdom and a holy nation” (Exod. 19:6; cf. 1 Pet. 2:9). They were to limit their contact with uncleanness and adhere to the commandments of the Mosaic covenant. The Law provided for sacrifices to atone for their sins (Lev. 5:5ff.) and cleansing rituals to remove any uncleanness (e.g., Lev. 14). Holiness was to extend to the tithe, the firstborn and anything else voluntarily dedicated to God (Lev. 27:14–32).
Timothy P. Jenney, “Holiness, Holy,” in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, ed. David Noel Freedman, Allen C. Myers, and Astrid B. Beck (Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2000), 598–599.
NEHEMIAH STATIONED GUARDS AT THE GATES ON THE SABBATH.
DOING GOOD & PROTECTING AGAINST EVIL IS GOOD ON THE SABBATH.
THE PHARISEES ARE DOING EVIL. = PLOTTING/SCHEMING.
JESUS IS DOING GOOD. = HEALING/SANCTIFYING
DOING GOOD & PROTECTING AGAINST EVIL IS GOOD ON THE SABBATH.
THE PHARISEES ARE DOING EVIL. = PLOTTING/SCHEMING.
JESUS IS DOING GOOD. = HEALING/SANCTIFYING
JESUS IS ANGRY.
Righteous indignation at the Pharisees' refusal to see the healing as a work of the LORD.
BUT MORE, JESUS IS MOVED WITH COMPASSION.
Righteous indignation at the Pharisees' refusal to see the healing as a work of the LORD.
BUT MORE, JESUS IS MOVED WITH COMPASSION.
THEIR SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED, THE PHARISEES NOW SEEK TO KILL JESUS.
TWO RESPONSES TO JESUS:
REJECT AND DENY HIM //OR// WORSHIP AND FOLLOW HIM.
TWO RESPONSES TO JESUS:
REJECT AND DENY HIM //OR// WORSHIP AND FOLLOW HIM.
JESUS IS LORD OF ALL.
DO GOOD FOR HIS GLORY.
DO GOOD FOR HIS GLORY.
COMMUNION: REMEMBERING WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE FOR US ON THE CROSS, AND EXPERIENCING HIS PRESENCE TODAY.
COMMUNION
We would like to invite anyone who has professed faith in Jesus to participate in receiving communion with us this morning.
Communion elements will be passed out by our ushers towards the close of service.
The bread represents the body of Christ.
The juice/cup represents the blood of Christ.
Communion elements will be passed out by our ushers towards the close of service.
The bread represents the body of Christ.
The juice/cup represents the blood of Christ.
For further study: BibleStudyTools.com
Here's a site with pretty good resources for further study.
https://www.biblestudytools.com/BAPTISM
Are you ready to be baptized? In the Bible, when people come to faith in Christ, and they ask "what do I do now?" the answer is consistently baptism. In baptism, we identify with Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection as we lay down our lives in the water, and come to new life in Christ. If you believe Jesus is Lord and are ready to make that declaration in your life, sign up and we would love to baptize you.
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