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Peoples’ Responses to Jesus’ Claims:

Explore the responses to Jesus in Mark's Gospel - from family and demons to disciples and Pharisees. Themes of Jesus as Almighty God, Great King, and Suffering Servant. Understand the priorities and applications for believers today.

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Peoples’ Responses to Jesus’ Claims:

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  1. Peoples’ Responses to Jesus’ Claims: 1) Family calls Him crazy & tries to take Him into custody2) Demons call Him the Son of God 3) Twelve disciples are called and follow 4) Desperate people call on him to be healed 5) Pharisees hate Him, call him satanic, & try to destroy Him.

  2. Themes of Mark Jesus is Almighty God Miracles show his power Jesus is the Great King of the Whole World Jesus is the Messiah Jesus is the Suffering Servant Worked tirelessly to serve people Suffered and died to serve mankind

  3. The Man with the withered hand is healed on the Sabbath. Vs 1-6. THEME:Jesus the Suffering Servant The Sabbath is “for man” Came with secret plans for Jesus Herodians = hypocrisy PRIORITIES: 1) Yield to God’s Word 2) Service is > ritual APPLICATIONS: 1) Be willing to change our priorities to match the Word of God. 2) We have to care for people.

  4. The Crowds Grow vs 7-12 THEME: King of the Whole World • Jew and Gentile come to Him • Demons know Him • Pharisees reject him PRIORITIES: 1) Jesus had compassion on all who came. APPLICATION: 1) We have to serve and love everybody we come across “O God, don’t make me love that guy.”

  5. The Crowd:- Galilee - Judea and Jerusalem - Idumea- Beyond the Jordan - The vicinity of Tyre and Sidon

  6. The Call of the Twelve Disciples Vs 13-19 THEME:King and Suffering Servant • If God’s behind it, even these guys could do it • Twelve nobodies changed the world PRIORITIES: 1) Planned for leadership after His death 2) Chose them, Trained them, Sent them out APPLICATION: 1) Be “with Him” and absorb Christ-likeness 2) Make an eternal impact

  7. Final Rejection of the Pharisees. Vs 22-30. THEME: King of World, Messiah • Jesus isn’t in league with Satan, he’s throwing Satan out of Satan’s kingdom. • What’s the unforgivable sin? PRIORITIES: 1) The Pharisees want him destroyed 2) Jesus gives the public a choice, “with me or against me?” APPLICATION: 1) Don’t harden your heart when you’re convicted 2) You have to make a choice about Jesus, “with Him or against Him?

  8. More Decisions Made. Vs 22-30 THEME: Jesus is who He is. • He will not be reined in, softened, or toned down • Not by his “own people,” His mother or brothers PRIORITIES: 1) Values God’s will more than food or family. 2) Chooses the will of God, first. 3) Surrounds himself with a group of people who are willing to do the will of God. APPLICATION: 1) Has anyone ever thought you were a little too religious? 2) God Himself has given us a work to do and we must do it

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