DEMONS KNOW JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD  And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” —Mark 3:11 Demons do not need to be introduced to Jesus.  They know who He was and is— The Son of God.  This is what the Jewish leaders wanted to kill Him for —“I and the Father are one.”  Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”  “We are not stoning you for any good work,”…

FORGIVEN! He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.  For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. —Psalm 103:10-12             How far is the east from the west?  If you go east around the globe you never go west.  If you go west around the globe you never go east.  They do not meet.  Unlike north and south when after going north 12,000 miles north you would start going south for 12,000…

BRING THE GOSPEL TO OTHERS But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.  After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.  And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.  Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. —Mark 16:11-14             Do you get discouraged when you talk to someone about Jesus and they will not believe…

JESUS AFFIRMS THE TRUTH Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”  “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.”  The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked.  “You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”  They all condemned him as worthy of death.  Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him. —Mark 14:62-65             Why did the…

DAVID’S SON AND LORD While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?  Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’ David himself calls Him Lord. So how can He be David’s son?”  And the large crowd listened to Him with delight. —Mark 12:35-37 (Psalm 119:1; Matthew 22:44; Luke 20:42; Acts 2:34; Hebrews 1:13)             Now here is a powerful statement made about Jesus from Psalm 110:1.  Jesus had asked the question— “How can the scribes say that…

A SERVANT But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.  For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” —Mark 10:43-45             Are you self-centered or others centered?  Servants will be focused on others.  The self-centered will be focused on themselves.  I… me… mine… myself…  What is best for me?  They are not really concerned for others.  They are not expressing the truths of what love is according to 1st Corinthians 13.  The loving servant will be focused on what is best for…

JESUS HAD TO SUFFER FOR OUR SALVATION And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. —Mark 8:31 Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.  The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.  He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the…

A GRATEFUL HEART TELLS OTHERS ABOUT JESUS As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him.  And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”  And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.  —-Mark 5:18-20             Follower of Jesus… are you grateful?  Are you understanding more of what you have been saved from and what you are saved to?  How…

BEARING FRUIT The sower sows the word.  And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.  And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.  And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.  And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word,  but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for…

CALLED TO BE FISHERS OF MEN! And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” —Mark 1:17 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. —Acts 1:8 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.  Therefore go and make disciplesof all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded…