Transcript Mark-1-A-True-Disciple

Expository teachings from the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 1
True Disciple
Synoptic Gospels:
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Similar in content.
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Similar in wording.
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Similar in order.
Mark
Q
Matthew
Luke
What is a Gospel?
“ The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the
son of God.”
Mark 1:1
What is a Gospel?
 The 3 main categories of literature in the
ancient word were:
• Bioi
: “Lives” of people
• Praxeis : “Acts” of people
• Apomnemoneumata: “Memoirs” or Collection
of individual sayings.
What is a Gospel?
Evangelion – Good news
Gospel
– Good news
 Mark’s Gospel
Theme: Jesus is the Servant
Portrait of Jesus: Bull (Service/ Power)
 Matthew’s Gospel:
Theme: Jesus the Messiah
Potrait Of Jesus: Lion (Strength and Authority)
Date: 60-65 AD
 Luke’s Gospel:
Theme: Jesus the Son of Man, The humanity and
compassion of Jesus
Portrait of Jesus: Man, depicting his Wisdom and
Character
Date: AD 60
 John’s Gospel:
Theme: Jesus the Son of God.
Portrait of Jesus: Eagle, Deity and Person
Date: AD 85-90
Mark’s
Theme:
Portrait
of Jesus:
Date:
Jesus the
Servant
Bull
Luke’s
John
Jesus the
Messiah
Jesus the
Son of Man
Jesus the
Son of God.
Lion
(Service/
Power)
AD 55-60
Matthew
Man,
(Strength depicting
and
his Wisdom
Authority) and
Character
60-65 AD
60AD
Eagle,
Deity
and
Person
85-90AD
Synoptic Gospels: Shows that Jesus was God who was Man
John’s Gospel
: Shows that Jesus was God who was Man
Mark’s Gospel
Author :
John Mark (Acts 13:13) accompanied Paul on
his 1st missionary journey but probably got
most of his material from Peter
Date :
55-60 AD in Rome
• Written before the temple was destroyed in AD 70
• People with Jesus were living at that point of time.
Mark’s Gospel
Audience : Written to a gentile audience, that is Christians
in Rome
how do we know that
a) Explains Jewish customs and situations
- Mark 7: 3: Washing of hands
- 12:42: Widows 2 coins
b) He explains all the Aramaic words
- Mark 3:17, 5:41, 7:34, 15:22, 7:11
Mark’s Gospel
Style: a) Short and brief
b) Quick moving
c) Lots of action, its not very lengthy.
d) Short units
e) Written in poorest Greek
Mark’s Gospel
Purpose:
In AD 64 emperor Nero set fire to Rome and basically he put
the blame on the Christians. So this book was written:
a)
Prepare people for the suffering to come.
b)
Teach discipleship
Characteristics
1.
Message of the Kingdom
2.
Miracles
Chap 1 – Evil Spirit
Chap 2 – Paralytic, Leprosy
Chap 4 – Calming the storm
Chap 6 – Feeding the 5000, walking on water
Characteristics
3.
Discipleship
- Sections on Discipleship, 9:33: Who is the greatest?
33Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the
house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among
yourselves on the road?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the
road they had disputed among themselves who would be
the greatest.
- Cost of Discipleship, 8:34-38, Need of a servant heart.
34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His
disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come
after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow Me.
Characteristics
4.
Cross
The Climax is in the centre Mark 8:31
31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must
suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise
again
Keys
Key Chapter :
Chapter 8
Key Verse
Mark 10:45
45 For even the Son of Man did not
come to be served, but to serve, and to
give His life a ransom for many.”
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Chapter 1

A Call to Show Christ
“ As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger
before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.” “The
voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the
Lord; Make His paths straight.’”
Vs 2-3
‘Then I asked, “Who are you, Lord?” “I am Jesus, whom you are
persecuting,” the Lord replied. “Now get up and stand on your feet.
I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness
of what you have seen and will see of me. I will rescue you from
your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from
the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of
sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”
Acts 26: 15-18

Call to Rest in Christ
At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was
baptised by John in the Jordan. Just 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, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’
Vs 9-11
“Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come
down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence.” Is
64:1
“Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to
bottom. 39 So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him,
saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said,
“Truly this Man was the Son of God!”
15:38,39
Vs 11 is taken from 3 sections
“You are my son” is taken from
“I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, ‘You are my
son; today I have become your father.”
Psalm 2:7
“Whom I love” is taken from
“Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, whom you love –
Isaac – and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt
offering on a mountain that I will show you.’
Gen 22:2
“With you I am well pleased”
“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I
delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the
nations.”
Isaiah 42: 1

A Call to Pray
35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got
up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he
prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37
and when they found him, they exclaimed: ‘Everyone is looking
for you!’
Vs 35- 37
“Katadaiko” = to hunt someone, to track someone
Zeteo
= with an evil intent and wrong motives
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers
and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on
praying for all the Lord’s people. 19 Pray also for me, that
whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will
fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I
am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it
fearlessly, as I should.
Ephesians : 6: 18-20