The Essential Jesus as

Revealed in the Gospel of Mark

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The Essential Jesus as

Revealed in the Gospel of Mark

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Mark 8:1a In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered…

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Mark 8:1a In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered…

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Mark 8:1b-3 . . . and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away.”

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Mark 8:4 And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?”

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Mark 8:5-6 And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.” And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.

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Mark 8:7-9 And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.

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Mark 6:30-44 – Feeding of the 5000 Mark 8:1-9 – Feeding of the 4000

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Mark 8:6 And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people.

“Blessed are You, Eternal God our Father, King of the Universe, who

causes bread to come from the earth.”

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Mark 8:8 And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

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Acts 9:23-25 When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him, but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.

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Mark 8:10 And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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Mark 8:11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.

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Mark 3:22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”

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Mark 8:11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.

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Mark 8:12-13 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.

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Mark 8:14-15 Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

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But were the disciples listening? Did they hear what Jesus was saying?

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Mark 8:16 And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread.

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Mark 8:17-18 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?

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Mark 8:19-21 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

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Mark 8:22 And they came to Bethsaida.

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Mark 8:22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

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Mark 8:23-24 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.”

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Mark 8:25-26 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

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Could Jesus have completely healed the man with his first touch? SO why the delay? Why did Jesus heal in two stages?

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“I believe Jesus intentionally

healed this man in stages as an object lesson for His disciples.”

R. C.

Sproul

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Mark 8:17-18 Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?

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“It is as if, through this two-

stage healing, Jesus was saying that the disciples had begun to

see dimly. They were not in total darkness as the pagans were. They had some understanding. But they

had not yet seen clearly…”

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“… If they had been asked at

that moment to describe Jesus, they might have said, ‘I see a

mighty oak walking around, but I do not really understand the full

measure of who he is.’”

Today’s Takeaway

Two incredible miracles (feedings of 5000, 4000)

Yet both times the disciples missed the point!

Today’s Takeaway

They lost sight of the significance of

these miracles because they were focused on the wrong thing rather than

the main thing.

Today’s Takeaway

Mark 8:14-15 Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread.

Today’s Takeaway

They were so fixated on their temporal,

material need and their OWN lack of resources, they failed to understand

that the answer to their need was right there in the boat with them . . . in the person of Jesus Christ!

Today’s Takeaway

Jesus is the Answer!

How can I live the life that God the

Creator intended me to live?

Today’s Takeaway

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way,

and the truth, and the life. No

one comes to the Father except through me.”

Today’s Takeaway

DON’T become so fixated on this world

that you lose sight of Jesus Christ! Don’t be like the disciples who missed the

obvious because they were focused on

the wrong thing rather than the

main thing!

Today’s Takeaway

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and

his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.