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Go Into All The World

Mark 16:9-20

Key Verse 16:15

“He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.”

It seems that the author of this gospel, Mark, for some reason originally decided to end his gospel in chapter 16 with verse 8. The comment you see inserted before the rest of the passage says: “The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20.” This comment does not mean that Mark was not the original author of this last passage in the gospel. Nor does it reduce the credibility of the passage in any way. Instead, this section compliments the gospel perfectly. It affirms the resurrection. It also includes the Great Commission Jesus gave to his disciples. There may be … Read the rest

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He Has Risen

Mark 15:42-16:8

Key Verse 16:6

“‘Don’t be alarmed,’ he said. ‘You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.’”

Mostly everyone has tasted some suffering or another in their lives. So, in a sense we understand what suffering is. But for the most part it’s hard to understand someone else’s suffering or identify with it because each person’s personal suffering is different from another’s. Throughout the ages sincere people have stood transfixed before the cross of Jesus’ suffering and strained to understand what He went through that day. But most of them came out short of understanding his suffering and thereby identifying with him. Some have even gone as far as to lock … Read the rest

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Surely This Man Was The Son Of God

Mark 15:16-47

Key Verse 15:39

“And when the centurion who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, ‘Surely this man was the Son of God!’”

When they had asked Jesus the incriminating question, “Are you the Christ?” he answered “I am”. This answer was going to bring him the death sentence. But it was the truth of who he was. He was the Christ, the Son of God, the King of Israel, and the promised Messiah. This was the answer that would cost him his life. But Jesus was ready to give his life. For over three years, Jesus had fulfilled every prophecy in Scripture about the Messiah. Now all that was left were … Read the rest

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“I Am” Said Jesus

Mark 14:42-15:15

Key Verse 14:62

“‘I am,’ said Jesus.  ‘And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.’”

Jesus went to the Garden Of Gethsemane to pray. He said that he was overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. He prayed as a man in anguish who knew what he needed to do. He needed to suffer and die on a cross for the sins of the world— and it wasn’t easy for him to do so! But it was necessary! It’s hard to imagine what kind of thoughts and feelings might have flooded his heart at this difficult time. But he didn’t give in to them. In this moment of decision, … Read the rest

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The Will Of God

Mark 14:32-42

Key Verse 14:36

“’Abba, Father,’ he said, ‘everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.’”

On the last evening before his crucifixion, Jesus spent time with his disciples in an upper room. He talked with them about many things. Among them was the blood covenant he made with them that evening, binding himself with them and them with him. What he was about to do for them was to fulfill a promise God had made. Jesus had come to fulfill that promise God had made with all of us. He had come to break the hold of sin in our lives. He had come to deliver us from the condemnation of sin. No one … Read the rest

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Not My Will But Your Will

Mark 14:27-42

Key Verse: 14:36

“‘Abba, Father,’ he said, ‘everything is possible for you.  Take this cup from me.  Yet not what I will, but what you will.’”

The last supper Jesus had with his disciples is perhaps one of the most meaningful events in Christianity— the beginning of a new course in our lives. This is when each person is given an opportunity and a privilege to make a blood covenant with Jesus. And when I do, then I  enter into an everlasting love relationship with him— a relationship that is mutual in the sense that he forgives my sins, and I commit my life to him in faith and obedience. In this new covenant in his blood, Jesus offered us what we need more … Read the rest

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Jesus’ Blood Poured Out For Many

Mark 14:12-26

Key Verse: 14:24

“‘This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,’ he said to them.”

This is what Christians call the “Last Supper”. Through it he made a “new covenant” with his disciples— with all those who believe in him. The word “Covenant” means a “binding agreement”  or “promise” sealed between two people. Most covenants would be sealed in ink or a handshake. But the covenant Jesus made with his disciples was one to be sealed in blood— his own blood. And this covenant was not with every one, but only with those who put their faith in him. And that meant his disciples back then, and after then all who have believed the gospel by their testimony.  And here we … Read the rest

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                            SHE HAS DONE A BEAUTIFUL THING                           

Mark 14:1-11

Key Verse 11:6

“I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

Last week, S. Joseph delivered a message worthy of regard on the end of the age. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Mk: 13:31. Previous to this, Jesus and his disciples were at the temple where Jesus called attention to a poor old widow who offered her last two coins to live on as an offering to God. After pondering her fate, she sacrificially gave all, with an absolute attitude toward God, thus setting the standard of selfless giving. She was one of the few individuals who left an impression … Read the rest

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Towards The Great End

Mark 13:1-37

Key Verse 13:31

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”

Last week we studied about the story of the poor widow whom Jesus admired and immortalized as a woman with a keen sense of history. In other words, she did something that shaped and molded history in a direction that glorified God. One seemingly insignificant widow molded history with an act of faith that gave a new meaning to, and set a new standard for the word “offering”. And thus, she made history and was counted among the spiritual giants in God’s history whose lives have shaped God’s history in the direction which best glorified God. May God also help us to be history makers for his kingdom.… Read the rest

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True History Is &

The Making Of History

Mark 12:42

(Read Mark 12:41-13:4)

“But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.”

Jesus was sitting a long time within view of where the offerings were being made and watching those who came to make offerings to God. His disciples sat around him and did as he did. They had no idea why Jesus was looking so intently at the place where the offerings were made, but they watched along with him. The author Mark tells us that there were many rich people who had come to place large amounts of money in the offering pot. It must have been a such spectacle to see the rich people in their fancy … Read the rest

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Two Very Small Copper Coins

Mark 12:38-44

Key Verse 12:42

“But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.”

The Bible scholar Jesus counseled was supposed to be a shepherd to the people of God— someone who was not only familiar with the Bible, but also able to point the way to eternal life and to the Kingdom of God. But through Jesus’ discourse with him and later in the temple courts it was apparent that even this genuine Bible scholar could not lead anyone to heaven. And here’s why! According to Jesus he was close enough to stand outside the gates of heaven but not inside. (12:34) And this apparently happens to many. The man loved the Bible truth … Read the rest

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Not Far From The Kingdom Of God

Mark 12:28-37

Key Verse 12:34

“When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’ And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.”

A certain teacher of the Law was there listening to the religious leaders debating with Jesus. Mark comments that this teacher had noticed that Jesus had given a good answer. Jesus’ answers had been good in the sense that they had been simple answers, given from the Bible, and pointing to certain Biblical truths. Jesus’ answers had been good in the sense that they had been spiritual answers to otherwise unspiritual problems of life. And this teacher of the law had discovered that Jesus’ … Read the rest

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Loving God

Mark 12:28-31

Key Verse 12:30

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”

It was towards the end of Jesus’ ministry on earth that every major force in the nation tried their best to catch him in something— anything— in order to incriminate him and put an end to his life and ministry. To arrest him was, at this point, almost impossible since most people by now viewed him as a prophet sent by God. So they would have to trap him in something really huge and cannot be ignored— maybe even in something that he might do or say. So when the Pharisees and Herodians came to Jesus with … Read the rest

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God Of The Living

Mark 12:18-27

Key Verse 12:26b

“I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”

The authorities, political and especially religious were very unhappy with Jesus, determined to silence him once for all. In the last passage, both the Herodeans (who were the political powers) and the Pharisees (who were the religious powers) came to Jesus with a double edged question, “Should we pay taxes to Caesar or shouldn’t we?” Whatever answer Jesus would have given, yes or no, would have been reason to condemn him one way or another. They thought they had Jesus trapped. But Jesus baffled everyone with this answer: “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s”! Jesus uniquely understands the motive of the heart and … Read the rest

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WHAT BELONGS TO GOD

Mark 12:13-17

Key Verse 12:17a

“Then Jesus said to them, ‘Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.’”

These religious people were supposed to be exemplary people— people whom others can see the living God in and through them— whom people can be encouraged by and whom can give glory to God. That is what they should be as God’s people— as we should be too. But somehow these religious people who clashed with Jesus at every corner seem to have been shirking every responsibility they have before God and man alike. That is why Jesus ransacked their temple. That’s why he told them the parable of the tenants. They were avoiding their holy responsibility to God and their fellow man— and Jesus reminded … Read the rest

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THE VINEYARD AND THE TENANTS

Mark 11:27-12:12

Key Verse 12:10-10

“Haven’t you read this scripture: ‘”The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

When Jesus went the temple of God and saw its corruption, he was very upset. He was upset at many things: upset that people were abusing their privileges and using the temple for their own benefit. He was upset that the hearts of those entrusted with spiritual things had room for everything except for God. It upset him that those who should be shepherds had become wolves. It upset him so much that he cursed a fig tree because it reminded him too much of those selfish servants who were bearing no fruit in their … Read the rest

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HAVE FAITH IN GOD

Mark 11:20-25

Key Verse 11:22

“‘Have faith in God,’ Jesus answered.”

If you’d look at Mark 11:12-19, Jesus was on his way to the temple when he saw a fig tree and wanted to eat some of it’s fruit. But when he found no fruit on it, he cursed it. It was really odd that he would curse a tree for not bearing fruit. Why would Jesus do such a thing? It may be that he was thinking about the religious leaders from when he visited the temple. The tree was innocent. But the religious leaders were not! They had a responsibility before God to bear fruit. But they were too busy with their own affairs rather than to tend to God’s affairs. No wonder Jesus was broken … Read the rest

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Jesus’ Blood Poured Out For Many

Mark 14:12-26

Key Verse: 14:24

“‘This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,’ he said to them.”

The high light of Jesus’ ministry was in his final act of sacrifice on the cross followed by his resurrection. We call this the “gospel”. He had lived a few years among us in order to reach this point where he would shed his blood on the cross for the washing away of our sins. He did that on the cross. It was the climax of his life on earth. He had come to shed his blood, to die and to rise again from the dead so that through faith in him we who are dead in our sins might be forgiven and live. … Read the rest

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A House Of Prayer For All Nations

Mark 11:1-19

Key Verse 11:17

“And as he taught them, he said, ‘Is it not written: “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations” ? ‘But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

These events from the time he entered Jerusalem last— that is, the “Triumphal Entry”—  marks the last week of Jesus’ life on earth. It’s the week before the most significant event in all of history, which is “Easter”, where Jesus will be given over to be crucified and die then rise again on the third day. What happens this week shows us a side of Jesus we are not used to seeing. He enters the city riding on a donkey, he curses a fig tree, then rampages … Read the rest

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The Lord Needs It

Mark 11:1-11

Key Verse 11:3

“If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.”

In the last passage Jesus asked the blind beggar “What do you want me to do for you? (51) It was a question that touches the inmost desires of men’s hearts. Jesus had once asked his own disciples before they began to officially follow him the same question, “What do you want?” (Jn 1:38) They had answered him saying, “Rabbi, where are you staying?” At the time, they were pure hearted and simply wanted to be with him and to learn from him. As time went on, their hearts began to covet the power and glory of worldly rulers. (Mk 10:35) … Read the rest

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