Palm Sunday – The

Holy Monday – The

Beginning of the
Program Of The
Gospel of Jesus
Messiah
Christ

Holy Tuesday – Holy Wednesday –

"Jesus the
Suffering-Messiah" Maundy Thursday – Good Friday –

Looking at Jesus
from the Gospel according to Mark
Resurrection
Holy Saturday –
Sunday –
The Program Of
The Messiah
(The Galilean Ministry Of The Messiah)

Passage – March 1:14 – Mark 8:33

Read - Mark 8: 27 - 30
MARK IS PERSONAL & RELEVANT FOR US

Mark Was Written To A Gentile Audience

“The Galilean Ministry” Of The Messiah Is

Highlighted
Mark Was The Most Neglected Of The Gospel
Through History
OPPOSITION & REJECTION INCREASES
AS HIS MINISTRY PROGRESSES

Your Confession
Read: Mark
Of Jesus Is The
8:27-30
Most Important.
OVERVIEW - CHAPTER 1: JESUS COMES
“PROCLAIMING”
Mark 1:14-15.
Jesus Continues The Message…

Mark 1:21.
He Enters The Synagogue To Teach –

Mark 1:32.
“At Evening After Sundown”

Mark 1:38.
“To Teach And To Preach”
A STRANGE MOTIF OF MARK:
THE “MESSIANIC SECRET”

Not Allow The Unclean Spirits To Identify Him. (Mark 1:24; 1:34; 3:12)

Ask Some He Healed To Keep Silent (Mark 1:43; 5:43; 7:33–36; 8:22–26)

Ask His Disciples Not To Tell (Mark 8:30; 9:9)

Speak Parables That Were Intended To Hide The Meaning (Mark 4:11–12).
Mark 1:45.

GIVES THE He could not

CLEAREST work or teach
REASON openly.
EVERY PEOPLE GROUP FAILED TO
RECOGNIZE HIM

His Disciples:
The Crowd Political King (Peter; James
And John)
EVERY PEOPLE GROUP FAILED TO
RECOGNIZE HIM

MATTHEW 3 - JESUS HEALS ON SABBATH.

3:5. Jesus’ response

“Grieved by their hardened heart”

EVERY PEOPLE GROUP FAILED TO RECOGNIZE
HIM
The Conflict With Rulers Intensifies:

3:22
Jesus Accused Of Being Powered By The Prince Of Demons
EVERY PEOPLE GROUP FAILED TO RECOGNIZE
HIM
Matthew 4 & 5
Rejection Leads Jesus To Teach In Parables

4:11
These Are “Mystery” Stories
The Secret Of The Kingdom (V.11)
 Mark 4:24

GOSPEL “Light Received Is

PRINCIPLE: Light Increased.”
“Light Rejected Is
Light Taken Away.”
Important Question

RAPID FIRE MIRACLES THAT CONFIRM THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE MESSIAH

ENDS WITH AN IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT IS LEFT UNANSWERED

4:40-41
Who then is this? (v.41)
MARK 6 - REJECTION IN HIS HOMETOWN
Mark 6:3
“He’s just a carpenter.”

“TOOK OFFENSE AT HIM”

Meaning: “Determined not to believe”
Mark 7 - REJECTION TURNS TO ARGUMENTS
7:1-23
The Radical Difference Between The Gospel And Religion Becomes
Evident.
 7:21-23
THE PHARISEES DO ALL THAT THEY These are things that cannot be
CAN: changed from the outside in…
“For from within, out of a person’s
heart, come…
evil thoughts,
Theft Sexual immorality,
to look pure and holy on the outside Murder, Adultery,
Greed, Wickedness,
Deceit, Lustful desires,
Envy, Slander,
Pride, and Foolishness.
“The gospel focus of the Kingdom of …All these vile things come from
God is purity & transformation on within; they are what defile you.”
the inside.”
7:24
The Contrasting Faith Of The Gentile Woman
That Of The Nation Of Israel:
And That Of The Gentiles:

“The Gentiles Are Willing To Even Take Any Scraps Of Grace Or Crumbs Of Mercy
That Was Being Offered To Them.”
 7:34. Physical Blindness [Crowds]
8:11. Profound Blindness [Pharisee];
And
8:22 Partial Blindness [Disciples].
CHAPTER 8
Mark 8:24

The partial belief

AN OBJECT of the disciples
LESSON: with partial
blindness
 “THE ABILITY TO
SEE IS NOT THE see, to
SAME AS HAVING understand…(8:21)
SIGHT.”
 “Who do
“Who do you
people say I
say I am?”
am?”
 JESUS ASKS…

Mark 8:32
His disciples for a full
commitment (VV.34-
38)
JESUS MAKES AN V.34. “…he must deny
UNACCEPTABLE himself, take up his
DEMAND cross, and follow me.”
QUOTE: DIETRICH BONHOEFFER IN
“THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP”

“When Christ calls a man, He bids

him come and die”
THIS IS MARK’S CHECKPOST
The Whitewashed Religious:
The Feed-me, Heal-me Crowd
The Cross-carrying Disciple

“The Cross-dying Messiah Demands A Cross-carrying Disciple.”

ARE YOU WILLING?

To pay the cost of being a disciple of Jesus Christ?