Since Jesus is the exact representation of God, this ought not to surprise us, for this is what God himself is (Ex. The food laws in the Mosaic law provided one opportunity to do this. 5:2; Eph. I am the director and teacher of Practicing the Way, founding pastor of Bridgetown Church and New York Times bestselling author of Live No Lies. In Mark 3:136:6 Jesus demonstrates before the twelve disciples his unparalleled authority through teaching and healing. She is a foreigner, a woman, and the mother of a child possessed by a demon (Mark 7:24 30). Jesus says that he is going to be rejected by the religious authorities of the day, and that is of course true. The NT teaches that Christians have already been resurrected spiritually (Eph. They allowed the youth to paint during a worship time. 6:1). In the beginning, darkness covered the earth (Gen. 1:2). About a year ago, by the grace of God and abook by John Mark Comer, I started to keep the Sabbath. The type of faith leased from an array of online sourcescontent disconnected from your contextis often shaky. The king theme is heightened with the setting up of the kingship in Israel, and especially with David, to whom God promises a lasting dynasty (2 Sam. Do we truly own our faith in Christ or lease it from elsewhere? This portion of Mark describes Jesus last week, leading up to his crucifixion. The King James Bible calls him Marcus. Gods sovereignty does not cancel out human responsibility, and human responsibility does not mitigate Gods sovereignty. Jesus, however, heard the voice of accusation even though he did not deserve condemnation. The Sabbath was made for man. The writer of Hebrews calls on believers to emulate those who lived godly lives by faith (Hebrews 11). ESV If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. When we restwhen we keep the Sabbathwere saying to ourselves and to the watching world that while we could squeeze in one more day of productivity, profits, and performance, we dont need to. I'm the founding pastor of Bridgetown Church, right in the center of the city (by Powell's Books if you've ever been to Portland). Take time to reflect on the implications of Mark 1:213:12 for your own life today. A thread running through Mark 10 is the strange way in which people qualify for entrance into Gods kingdom: namely, by sheer awareness of their inadequacy, nothing more. In essence, they are asking what grounds for divorce can be legitimately acted upon while remaining in Gods good favor. Three times in this portion of Mark, Jesus speaks of his impending suffering (Mark 8:31; 9:12, 31). I was very convicted by how he brings back the terms devil, flesh, and world and applies to them todays culture. By faith in Jesus and his work on our behalf, we are restored to God and enter into Gods kingdom. Jesus is indeed lord even of the Sabbath.. The word eschatology means last things and refers to what Christians believe about the end times. GOOD NEWS FOR GENTILES. Jesus provided a resurrection from death to life. Mark is writing, above all else, about the gospel, as the first words out of Jesus mouth reiterate: The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel (Mark 1:15). But in our current moment, we tend to prioritize finding a tribe that fits the culture, language, politics, style (even clothing) that best fits our tastes, and then borrow whatever theological stances come with that familiar comfort. And perhaps most significantly, temporarily suspending any productive conversation. In the course of teaching on temptation, Jesus calls hell the unquenchable fire (Mark 9:43) and the place where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched (Mark 9:48). Though he dutifully kept most of the commandments, he had neglected the first commandmentthe prohibition of idolatry. She is a foreigner, a woman, and the mother of a child possessed by a demon (Mark 7:24 30). 15:45) was arrested and led off to be killed (Mark 14:3250). . ; likewise consider the context, and who is being described, in Matthew 12:2232. RELENTLESS COMPASSION. 7:13). He was re-creating. . Mark 1:35 uses four verbs in describing Jesus actions one dayrising, departed, went, prayed. The love, joy, and peace that form the nucleus of Jesus kingdom are all impossible in a life of speed. Get free ebooksand event Jewish tax collectors in New Testament times collaborated financially with Rome against their fellow Jews. Why would we be surprised if people in the pews deconstruct when many are being fed a leased faith? The purpose of Sabbath is to enjoy your God, life in general, what you have accomplished in the world through his help, and the freedom you have in the gospelthe freedom from slavery to any material object or human expectation. Sovereignty over all things is a distinctive attribute of God (1 Tim. Take a moment now to ask for the Lords blessing and help as you continue in this study of Mark. The motif of seeing/blindness is particularly meaningful to John, who uses it repeatedly throughout his Gospel and letters (e.g., John 3:3, 36; 6:30; 8:56; 9:1 41; 10:21; 11:37; 12:40; 14:19; 16:16 19; 1 John 2:11; 3:2). What do these opening few verses teach us about why Mark is writing and the roles both John the Baptist and Jesus play in this? We have seen hints earlier in Mark that this Gospel account would climax in Jesus death (e.g., Mark 10:45), and three times in the immediate wake of Peters confession of Jesus as the Christ, Jesus predicted his imminent suffering (Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:3334). The Gospel Coalition (TGC) is a broad collection of churches, church leaders, and Christians originally founded by Tim Keller and D.A. 8:14 17; Heb. Subscribe to my newsletter to receive the first two chapters. He ruled firmly and at times ruthlessly, and was a master builder who not only restored the temple in Jerusalem but also built many theaters, cities, palaces, and fortresses. The Law of Moses gave detailed instructions regarding various kinds of sacrifices. He was not the king they expected (a king of political triumph); he was the king they most desperately needed (a king of suffering). With the fall in Eden, sickness, disease, and death entered the world. Jesus brought with him a whole new way of thinking, a new mental universe in which we see ourselves not as basically clean but in danger of defilement, but as basically defiled and in need of cleansing. . Solomon built the first temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, to replace the portable tabernacle. This book is kindly incisive. Jesus is the ultimate bridegroom, loving his wife (the church) despite her faithlessness, to the point of dying for her (Eph. Then review the following questions concerning this phase of Jesus life and ministry. 4:2223). We see this in the back-to-back accounts of Jesus warning about the scribes glamour (Mark 12:3840) and the widows offering (Mark 12:4144). BIBLICAL REFUTATION OF EVANGELICAL PASTOR JOHN MARK COMERS POLYTHEISM, Emergent Wolves Enter Your Sheep Pens Through Youth Groups, Seeker-Driven Pastor Brings Polytheism into the Mainstream, SBCS RICHARD LAND SAYS MORMONISM FOURTH ABRAHAMIC FAITH, RICK WARREN AND HIS BROTHER, HIS EMINENCE TIMOTHY CARDINAL DOLAN ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK, JESUS CULTURES KIM WALKER-SMITHS ALLEGED ENCOUNTER WITH GOD THE FATHER AND JESUS CHRIST, Progressive (Social Justice) Christianity. What is the point of this illustration? Immediately after his baptism, Jesus is driven by the Spirit into the wilderness, where he is tested for 40 days. 4:1718; on the age to come see also Eph. Powerful and prophetic. I specifically loved when he talked about the choices we make and how they shape our character. Privacy & On 13 January 2013, Comer taught a sermon entitled, Yahweh Elohim from the text ofExodus 34:6. In Mark 6:4552 Jesus walks on the water. John had faithfully heralded the coming of Jesus, not seeking glory for himself (John 3:30). In Mark 1:16 20 Jesus calls the first four disciples. Jesus says in Mark 2:19 that his disciples do not fast because the bridegroom is with them. Referring to himself in this way, Jesus links up with a whole-Bible theme in which Gods relationship with his people is likened to a husbands relationship to his wife (e.g., Isa. For Jesus was accused and condemned on our behalf. Anointed one signified kingship. In Mark 5 Jairus asked Jesus to heal his daughter from a sickness. While I agree with the primary thesis of the book, deceptive ideas that play out as disordered desires that are normalized in a sinful society, the delivery was half-baked. Read Deuteronomy 21:23, Psalm 22, Isaiah 53, and Malachi 4:56, and jot down connections between these Old Testament passages and what takes place in Mark 15, especially in Mark 15:2136. John Mark Comer combines cultural analysis with spiritual formation. God keeps his promises. In Mark 7:1423 Jesus turned upside down the long-held Jewish view of clean and unclean food. The Bible opens with Gods people in a garden containing a river and a fruit-bearing tree of life (Gen. 2:9 10) and closes with Gods new people in a garden-city that likewise contains a river and a fruit-bearing tree of life (Rev. A denarius was a days wage for a worker, so when the woman (probably Mary the sister of Lazarus) in Mark 14:39 breaks an alabaster jar and pours over Jesus head nard worth more than three hundred denarii, she is squandering almost a years salary for a worker. . Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry." Either a local Jewish tribunal (council, Matt. Revelation picks up on this theme, exulting in those who have conquered by the blood of the Lamb (Rev. Indeed, not only is the initiative totally on the side of Jesus, but Jesus goes to blue-collar, untrained fishermen to begin to build his church. John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world 26 likes Like "Every thought in your mind needs to be filtered. The Lord leads his people by a pillar of cloud (Ex. Due to Israels repeated faithlessness, the prophets spoke of a coming day when even for Israel the sun would become dark (Joel 2:10, 30 31). On the one hand, the call to bring the gospel to the nations explodes in a new way in the New Testament. We learn in Mark 13 several important things about the second coming of Christ, including: (1) he will come with great power and glory (Mark 13:26); (2) the elect (chosen) will be mercifully spared when Christ returns (Mark 13:20, 27); (3) there will be signs indicating that the end is near (Mark 13:2829); (4) no one knows when Jesus will come (Mark 13:32); and (5) believers must be vigilant and ready for Jesus to come at any time (Mark 13:3336). The root issue in the account of the rich young man is not financial but, more deeply, spiritual. THE PASSOVER LAMB. He was starting over. The problem isnt so much that we tell lies but that we live them. In first-century Palestine, a leper was someone who was not only physically unclean but also ceremonially unclean. At the Passover meal, the Jews remember and celebrate the beginning of Israels deliverance from slavery, when the Lord brought judgment by killing the firstborn in every Egyptian house but passed over the Israelite houses where the blood of the Passover lamb had been applied (Ex. First, in Mark 10:30 Jesus concludes his response to Peters self-alleged sacrifice by commenting on the gift of eternal life in the age to come. Jesus point in context is that, along with the blessings of this life, eternal life in the coming age far outweighs any sacrifice made along the way (cf. And we are all ignorant of the precise time he will return. Gentleness. This is the glory of what Martin Luther called the great exchange. Jesus took our condemnation on himself and gives us his righteousness as we look to him in faith. When Jesus laments being forsaken by God, we see the reason that we are never forsaken by God (note Josh. 4:1023). (1) John Mark Comer recounts this story on pp. How does each demonstrate Jesus unparalleled authority? In the feeding of the five thousand, and especially in Mark 6:34, we see Jesus fulfilling this ancient longing and promise (see also John 10:11). In the New Testament, God in Christ once more calls out twelve men, whose task it is, once again, to bring Gods blessing to the world (Mark 6:713; note Rev. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial intelligence hell-bent on taking over the world. 21:9 17). 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