Scripture: Mark 6:45-52 He meant to pass by them… (v48) Observe What does this mean? Why wouldn’t he get into the boat instead of just ‘passing them by’? Surely it was his intent to enter the boat… Wasn’t it? Apparently not. I’m reminded of Moses’ encounter with God after the giving…
Fear of Jesus
Scripture: Mark 5 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. (v33) Observe I think fear is many people’s response to Jesus. They were terrified when he calmed the storm They were afraid when he…
Preach the Word, Pt 2
Scripture: Mark 4:1-34 The farmer sows the word (v14)… Whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though the farmer does not know how (v27). Observe As I preach the Word – as the farmer sows the seed – I can’t tell what ‘soil’ the Word falls on. But it’s okay. The…
Authority to heal
Scripture: Mark 3:1-6 Another time he went into the synagogue and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the shriveled…
He preached the Word
Scripture: Mark 2:2 …and he preached the Word to them. Observe What did he preach? The New Testament preached Christ and his work, but that hasn’t happened in Jesus’ timeline yet. He probably preached the law but with authority people hadn’t seen before. He probably preached what he shared with his disciples in…
Hanging out with sinners
Scripture: Mark 2:16 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners. Observe That’s what Jesus came to do: save the sinners. That’s who he came to be with. Most Christians – like me – spend our time with the ‘righteous’. But if we truly are the body of Christ, we should…
Seeing the spiritual
Scripture: Mark 1:10-13 As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son and with you I am well pleased.’ At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert…