Mark 6:1-6
Jesus Returns to His Home Town of Nazareth
Mark 6:7-13
Jesus Sends His Disciples as Missionaries
Mark 6:14-29
Mark Tells About The Death of John The Baptist
Mark 6:30-44
Feeding of The 5000
Mark 6:45-52
Storm on The Sea of Galilee
Mark 6:53-56
Crowd Wanting to be Healed
Mark 7:1-13
Conflict With The Religious Leaders Over Laws
Mark 7:14-23
Jesus Attacks a System of Rules And Regulations
Mark 7:24-30
Jesus Casts a Demon Out of a Gentile Daughter
Mark 7:31-37
Jesus Heals a Deaf Man With a Speech Impediment
Mark 8:1-9
Jesus Feeds 4000 With 7 Baskets Leftover
Mark 8:10-21
The Pharisees Ask Jesus For a Sign From Heaven
Mark 8:22-30
Jesus Heals a Blind Man Gradually
Mark 8:31-38
Jesus Warns His Disciples That He is Going to Die
Mark 9:1-8
Jesus Takes 3 of His Disciples To a High Mountain
Mark 9:9-13
Three Disciples Question About The Transfiguration
Mark 9:14-29
The Disciples Are Helpless And Ineffective
Mark 9:30-37
Disciples Arguing About Who is The Greatest
Mark 9:38-50
Jesus Says Greatness Comes From Serving Others
Mark 10:1-12
Is it Lawful For a Man to Divorce His Wife?
Mark 10:13-22
Possessions Don’t Help You Obtain Eternal Life
Mark 10:23-31
Hard For The Rich to Enter The Kingdom of God
Mark 10:32-45
Willingness to Give Extra Service
Mark 10:46-52
Every Male Jew Must Attend Passover
Mark 11:1-11
Jesus Rides a Donkey Into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday
Mark 11:12-18
Jesus Said The Temple is a Den of Thieves
Mark 11:19-26
Jesus Cursed The Fig Tree And it Dried Up
Mark 11:27-33
Jesus Questioned on His Authority
Mark 12:1-12
Jesus Tells About The Owner Of a Vineyard
Mark 12:13-17
Pharisees Ask Jesus About Paying Poll Tax
Mark 12:18-27
Whose Wife Shall She Be in The Resurrection?
Jesus Says Greatness Comes From Serving Others
Mark 9:38–50
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The three lessons Jesus taught in this section are basic to Christian living today. If we are yielded to Him, then suffering will lead to glory, faith will produce power, and our sacrificial service will lead to honor. John reported to Jesus that they had seen a man casting out demons “in thy name"(v. 38) and they had tried to stop him. It appears that John and the other disciples were jealous and had given offense to the man (v. 38). They had tried to restrain and so Jesus takes time to teach them an important principle, “For he that is not against us is on our part” (vv. 39-41). This is definitely dealing with an attitude of judgement toward others. These words of Jesus are a death blow to the intolerant spirit, to the attitude that says, “Our group is the only group that is right.” Jesus here establishes the basis for fellowship among believers. He is really saying, “I don’t care what denomination you are in. If you have received Jesus as your personal Saviour, if you have been born again, you are my sister or brother in Christ.”
Next Jesus brings up a subject that is seldom mentioned in religious circles today. He talks about a place called hell (vv. 42-50). It is a real, actual, literal place. God says that if people die in their sins apart from the Lord Jesus they will go to a place where the fire is not quenched and the worm dieth not (vv. 43,44). We must take sin seriously. Your hand (v. 43) represents what you do. Is there any action, anything you are doing in your life, that is not pleasing to God? Your foot (v. 45) represents where you go. Are you going anywhere that causes you to sin? Your eye (v. 47) represents what you see. Are you looking at anything that brings sin into your life? True humility means knowing yourself, accepting yourself, being yourself and giving yourself for others. The world’s philosophy is that you are “great” if others are working for you, but Jesus message is that greatness comes from serving others.
Application
Can I think of anything in my life that I need to get rid of? It may be things I am doing, it may be places I am going, it could be things I am watching. I need to tell God I am sorry and ask Him to help me start doing things that He wants me to do.
Mark 9:38-50 (English Standard Version)
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