Looking for Jesus according to Mark

[JLG]

- Then let’s have a look at Matthew 4:7 :



“It is also written:
γέγραπται (gegraptai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.

‘Do not put
ἐκπειράσεις (ekpeiraseis)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 1598: To put to the test, make trial of, tempt, try. From ek and peirazo; to test thoroughly.

[the] Lord
Κύριον (Kyrion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

God {to the test}.’”
Θεόν (Theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

 

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- Then Matthew 4:10 :

“For
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

it is written:
γέγραπται (gegraptai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.

‘Worship
προσκυνήσεις (proskynēseis)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4352: From pros and a probable derivative of kuon; to fawn or crouch to, i.e. prostrate oneself in homage.

[the] Lord
Κύριον (Kyrion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

God
θεόν (theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

serve
λατρεύσεις (latreuseis)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 3000: To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage.

Him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

only.’”
μόνῳ (monō)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3441: Only, solitary, desolate. Probably from meno; remaining, i.e. Sole or single; by implication, mere.​

 

[JLG]

- Think about Matthew 5 !

- Think about Matthew 6 !

- Think about Matthew 7 !

 

[JLG]

15) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 7:

- The Pharisees and scribes accuse Jesus’ disciples to eat their meal with defiled hands and thus not observing the tradition of the men of former times!

- Jesus tells them that Isaiah prophesied about them, calling them hypocrites, as it is written, “This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far removed from me. It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, for they teach commands of men as doctrines.” You let go of the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men.”

- How powerful!

- How accusing!

- How striking!

- How real unfortunately!

- How sad!

- May people remember these words of Jesus!

 

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16) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 7: Jesus tells the Pharisees they disregard the commandment of God in order to keep their tradition. Thus they make the word of God invalid by their tradition.

- They use man’s tradition against God’s word to serve their own interest!

- They turn the truth into falseness and falseness into the truth!

- They turn people away from God!

- They just bring emptiness!

 

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17) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 8: Jesus warns his disciples against the Pharisees and their leaven and the one of Herod!

- Yes, the religious leaders are dangerous because they look for their own interests!

- They are more interested in man’s tradition than God’s word!

- It can only lead to the wrong way!

- Remember the destruction of Jerusalem!

- The foreign army would come and leave and come again to stay!

- When they first left, it was the signal to go away!

- But the religious leaders didn’t follow Jesus’ advice!

- And Jerusalem was destroyed and the inhabitants who didn’t listen to Jesus but to the religious leaders paid a high price!

About Mark:

- Yes, I prefer to do like the Bereans in Acts 17:11 who used to examine carefully the Scriptures daily to check what Paul was telling them!

- But concerning what happened after Jesus’ death is another story!

- It went in all directions and the religious leaders were eager to defend their own interests and pay more attention to man’s tradition!

- Remember the “super apostles” Paul speaks about!

- And Christianity became the religion of the Roman Empire and they mixed everything!

- It became an exotic mixture which had nothing to do with Jesus’ teaching!

- The religious leaders were busy going nowhere except serving their own interests!

- Is that the lambs among the wolves or the wolves among the lambs?

- Death or slavery!

- And the scenario didn’t happen once!

- Exactly the same situation and the same end!

 

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18) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 8: Jesus tells the crowd and his disciples that to come after him means disown oneself and pick up his torture stake and keep following him!

- Losing his life for Jesus’ sake and for the sake of the good news means save it!

- There is no worth gaining the whole world and lose his life!

- Yes, the religious leaders want to gain the whole world and lose their lives!

- It is not possible to get both!

- it is not possible to serve two masters at the same time!

- We need to make a choice!

- But you can’t let the religious leaders decide for yourselves!

- You must do it yourselves!

 

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19) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 9: Jesus asks his disciples about what they are arguing about on the road!

- They don’t want to answer because it is about who is greater!

- So he tells them that the one who wants to be first must be last of all and minister of all!

- Religious leaders, political leaders and commercial leaders want to be greater!

- They are only looking for power!

- But power leads to destruction!

- Each empire went up and down!

- And the world is going down!

- But the worst is that it is going down faster and faster!

- But religious leaders, political leaders and commercial leaders are not going to last, they just think about the present, they don’t care about the future!

- They just need illusion, they don’t care about reality!

 

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20) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 10: Some Pharisees asks Jesus whether it is lawful for a man to divorce a wife!

- If The israelites were authorized to divorce their wives by writing a certificate of dismissal according to Moses and their hardheartedness, from the beginning of creation, man and woman must become one flesh and can’t divorce!

- Once again man’s tradition vs God’s word!

- You can’t choose both!

- You must choose one!

- It’s a simple one!

- Man tries to find ways not to choose!

- It doesn’t work!

- There is only one way!

- Man is always trying to follow his own way!

- He will only get lost!

- The Israelites chose the wrong one and they got lost!

- Humanity will always choose the same wrong way and get lost!

 

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21) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 10: People bring young children to Jesus so he can touch them!

- But the disciples reprimand them!

- Jesus is indignant!

- He tells them to let them come to him because God’s Kingdom belongs to such one!

- He says it is necessary to receive God’s Kingdom like a young child otherwise it is not possible to enter into it!

- These words are incredible!

- Because this world is turning young children into ZOMBIES!

- Yes, this superficial world is taking away CURIOSITY from young children!

- They just want to watch TV and play video games!

- They don’t want to know anymore!

- So think about today’s adults!

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22) Jesus vs the religious leaders​

Mark 10: Jesus tells the man to sell everything he has and give it to the poor and become Jesus’ follower !

- But the man grows sad because he has many possessions !

- Yes, the religious leaders look for their personal interests !

- Yes, they have always loved money and materialistic pleasures !

- Yes, definitely different from Jesus !

- Yes, far away from a good shepherd who whole-heartedly cares for his sheep !

- Yes, bad luck for the sheep !

 

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23) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 10: Jesus tells his disciples that it will be difficult for those who are rich to enter into the Kingdom of God!

- The religious leaders like money!

- They want to defend their personal interests!

- They are not interested in God’s interests!

- They are not interested in people’s interests!

- They need people to control them and to get power!

- People don’t need them!​

 

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24) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 10: Jesus tells his disciples that they must not act as the nations do!

- On the contrary, if one wants to become great among them must be their minister and their slave!

- They must act as Jesus didministering and giving his life as a ransom for many!

- Yes, those who have power use it for their own benefits!

- Power is never enough!

- They always want more!

- It’s always a competition to be the greatest!

- It shouldn’t be so!

- People should be careful!

- But do they really care?

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25) Jesus vs the religious leaders

Mark 11: In jerusalem, Jesus enters the temple and starts to oppose the merchants who are inside the temple selling their goods!

- He also teaches and telling them that they have turned God’s house of prayer into a cave of robbers!

- And the chief priests and the scribes are looking for a way to kill him !

- But they are in fear of him, because all the crowd is astounded at his teaching !

- It is incredible !

- We see Jesus acting against the robbers in God’s temple !

- And what do the religious leaders think about ?

- Killing Jesus !

- They are completely dead !

- They don’t care about God’s temple !

- They don’t care about God !

- They don’t care about the people !

- They only care about themselves !

- They are ridiculous !

- How is it possible to listen to such people ?

- They are blind !​

 

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26) looking for Jesus

Mark 1: Jesus meets a leper who begs him to make him clean!

- Jesus is moved with pity!

- So he cures him all at once and he becomes clean!

- All the time we see Jesus expressing his feelings!

- Thus he shows himself a real leader!

- Someone who cares about people!

- Someone who can understand their pain and sufferance!

- Someone who is not corrupted!

- Someone who is not looking for money all the time!

 

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27) looking for Jesus

Mark 1: Atfter evening has fallen, he people bring others who are ill to be cured by Jesus!

- So he cures many of them and expells demons!

- Jesus spends the whole day curing people !

- But people keep coming !

- And he keeps curing them without resting !

- It tells a lot about his work capacity !

- Of course, he is tired !

- But he cares about people !

- And he doesn’t complain !

- Of course, he knows he works for God !

- Of course, it helps a lot !

 

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28) Looking for Jesus

Mark 1: Early in the morning, while it is still dark, he gets up and goes outside and leaves for an isolated place, and there he begins praying. However, Simon and those with him hunt him down and finds him, and they say to him: “Everyone is looking for you.” But he says to them: “Let us go somewhere else, into the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also, for this is why I have come.”

- Jesus came to transmit God’s message !

- He didn’t come to spend his time to cure people or to feed them !

- Everything he made was to transmit God’s message !

- Of course, many were only interested in food and cure or basic needs!

- Many are and were not conscious of their spiritual needs and their connection to God!

- Indeed, we are animals!

- And it is often difficult to see the difference!

- Animals are often more human than men!

- It shows how far this world is from God!

- But Jesus told us how men would behave!​

 

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27) looking for Jesus

Mark 1: Atfter evening has fallen, he people bring others who are ill to be cured by Jesus!

- So he cures many of them and expells demons!

- Jesus spends the whole day curing people !

- But people keep coming !

- And he keeps curing them without resting !

- It tells a lot about his work capacity !

- Of course, he is tired !

- But he cares about people !

- And he doesn’t complain !

- Of course, he knows he works for God !

- Of course, it helps a lot !

I noticed that, it is recorded that He cured a lot of people from demons.
No wonder they flocked to Him

 

[JLG]

- If you look at Mark chapter 1, you have a mix:

Mark 1:23:
Suddenly
εὐθὺς (euthys)
Adverb
Strong's 2112: Immediately, soon, at once. Adverb from euthus; directly, i.e. At once or soon.

a man
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

an unclean
ἀκαθάρτῳ (akathartō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 169: Unclean, impure. Impure (lewd) or specially, (demonic).

spirit
πνεύματι (pneumati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

cried out
ἀνέκραξεν (anekraxen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 349: To shout aloud, cry out. From ana and krazo; to scream up.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

synagogue:
συναγωγῇ (synagōgē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4864: From sunago; an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish 'synagogue'; by analogy, a Christian church.

 

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Mark 1:30:

Simon’s
Σίμωνος (Simōnos)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4613: Simon. Of Hebrew origin; Simon, the name of nine Israelites.

mother-in-law
πενθερὰ (penthera)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3994: A mother-in-law. Feminine of pentheros; a wife's mother.

was sick in bed
κατέκειτο (katekeito)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2621: From kata and keimai; to lie down, i.e. be sick; specially, to recline at a meal.

with a fever,
πυρέσσουσα (pyressousa)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4445: To be sick with a fever. From pura; to be on fire, i.e., to have a fever.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they promptly told
λέγουσιν (legousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

[Jesus]
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

her.
αὐτῆς (autēs)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.