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  • Mark 1:1-13 – The Beginning of the Gospel

    Mark 1:1-13 – The Beginning of the Gospel

    1. Prophesies fulfilled
      1. Malachi
        1. Malachi 3:1 prophesied about two messengers
      2. Isaiah
        1. Mark quoted Isaiah 40:3
        2. Isaiah ch40-66 talks about the suffering Servant of God
        3. Isaiah 40:9 – Good news = Gospel
        4. Peter quoted Isaiah 40:8 in 1 Peter 1:24-25
    2. Meaning of Gospel
      1. Gospel = Jesus Christ, the Son of God
      2. Greek – Evangel – good news
      3. Mark 1:1 – The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God
      4. Mark 1:14-15 – Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of God, told people to repent and believe in the gospel
      5. Mark 8:35 – Jesus called His disciples to deny themselves and take up the cross for His sake and gospel’s sake
      6. Mark 10:29 – …for My sale and for the gospel’s sake
      7. Mark 13:10 – The gospel must first be preached to all the nations
      8. Mark 14:9 – wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her
      9. Mark 16:15 – Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation
    3. Christ
      1. After Mark 1:1, Jesus was referred to as the Christ first by Peter in Caesarea Philippi (Mark 8:29)
      2. Mark 9:41 Jesus referred to Himself as Christ
      3. Mark 12:35 the Christ is the son of David
      4. Mark 13:21 false Christs
      5. Mark 14:61 High priest questioned Jesus, “Are You the Christ?…”
      6. Mark 15:32 Jesus was mocked on the cross
    4. Son of God
      1. The evil spirits recognized Jesus as the Son of God (3:11,5:7)
      2. Mark 14:61 – High priest questioned Jesus,”…Son of the Blessed One?”
      3. Mark 15:39 – Centurion: “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
    5. Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee (1:9)
      1. Hebrew = Joshua, Greek = Jesus, very common name in Jesus time
      2. Nathaniel said “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?”
      3. Life in Nazareth – life as a son of a carpenter in an ordinary Jewish family
    6. John the baptist
      1. John’s story was recorded in Luke Ch1,Ch3
      2. Israel had no had a prophet for 400 years
      3. Preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins
      4. Many people came and heard his message, confessed their sins and were baptized
      5. John’s ministry is to prepare to way for Jesus
    7. Jesus’s baptism
      1. Symbolized Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection
        1. Repentance alone can never produce righteousness
        2. Jesus was baptized for the repentance and confession of sins, but not His own sins, it was for the sins of mankind
        3. 2 Co 5:21 – He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him
        4. Jesus was baptized so He can identify Himself with the sinners, in order that righteousness should become possible to the sinners whose sins He bore and whose sorrows He endured
          1. Matt 3:15 – Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness
      2. Jesus baptism was His act of dedication, the coming of the Spirit was God’s act of consecration
    8. Holy Spirit
      1. Holy Spirit is always with Jesus, in Jesus’s baptism the Holy Spirit was given to Jesus in a new sense, in a new significance, and with new powers.
      2. Holy Spirit is referred like a dove, symbolizes the infinite gentleness and harmlessness of Jesus
      3. Sacrifice of the lowest level
      4. A fulfillment of Isaiah 42:1
    9. God the Father
      1. God approved the dedication of His son
    10. 40 days in the wilderness
      1. Tempted by Satan
      2. He was with the wild beasts
      3. Angels were ministering to Him
      4. Victory
  • Mark – Introduction

    Mark – Introduction

    Four Gospels

    Gospel Theme OT Prophecy
    Matthew The Mighty King (Office) Jeremiah 23:5
    Mark The Lowly Servant (Office) Zechariah 3:8
    Luke The Ideal Man (Person) Zechariah 6:12
    John The Divine Son (Person) Isaiah 4:2,9:6,11:1

    Why We say Mark portrayed Jesus as The Servant

    1. No genealogy, no record of Jesus’s birth
    2. Focuses on Jesus’s actions more than His teaching, the book is a record of the services performed by The Servant of God
    3. Euthus (Greek) – this word is used 41 times, it is translated as straightway, immediately, forthwith, etc. It gives sense of urgency, immediacy and power.
    4. Characterized by directness, fast paced stories of Jesus in actions – characteristics of a faithful, hard working servant.
    5. Closed with – the Lord worked with them (16:20)

    Key Verse

    Mark 10:45 – For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

    Interesting Facts

    1. Shortest of the four gospel
    2. Earliest of the four gospel, Matthew and Luke used this book as reference when they wrote the other two gospel.
    3. The other Gospels quote all but 31 verses of Mark.

    When and Where was it written?

    1. When it was written?
      1. Acts is dated as 63AD (before Paul’s death AD 64-65, Nero’s presecution on Christians AD 66-70)
      2. Since Luke was written before Acts, and Mark was written before Luke, Mark was written before AD 63
      3. Mark might have written this Gospel after Paul’s wrote the letter to the Romans in AD57 at Corinth on his 3rd mission trip
    2. Where it was written?
      1. Written in Rome, was intended primarily for Gentiles
        1. no references to Jewish law
        2. Only 2 quotes from OT (1:2)
        3. When using Aramaic terms, Mark translates them for his readers (3:17, 5:41, 7:11, 7:34, 10:46, 14:36, 15:22, 15:34)
        4. Constantly explains peculiarly Jewish terms and customs (7:3,14:12,15:42)

    Author

    1. Most bible scholars agree that it was written by Mark based on Peter’s preaching concerning Jesus
    2. John is his Jewish name, Mark is his Latin surname (Acts 12:12, 25)
    3. Mark’s mother’s name is Mary, she was wealthy lady living in Jerusalem, and Christians frequently had meetings in her house (Act 12:12)
    4. Some says the Last Supper and the 10 days prayers meeting before Pentecost was at Mark’s mother’s house. (Acts 1:13)
    5. A cousin of Barnabas (Col 4:10)
    6. He may be the young man with nothing but linen cloth in garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:51-52)
    8. Went on Paul’s 1st missionary trip with Barnabas, and left halfway at Perga (Acts 13:13) returned back to Jerusalem
    9. Barnabas wanted to take Mark on the 2nd missionary trip but Paul didn’t, so they went on their on way (Acts 15:37-39)
    10. He may be the man carrying a jar in Jerusalem whom Peter and John on the day before Passover (Mark 14:13-16)
    11. Mark was the spiritual son of Peter (1 Peter 5:13)
    12. Was with Paul in Rome’s prison (Col 4:10)
    13. Was with Peter in Babylon (Rome, 1 Peter 5:13)
    14. Last mentioned by Paul’s 2nd letter to Timothy, Paul asked Tim to bring along Mark to Rome (2 Tim 4:11), because Mark was very useful for Paul’s ministry
    15. Mark was dragged to pieces by the people of Alexandria, at the great solemnity of Serapis their idol, ending his life under their merciless hands. (Fox’s Book of Martyrs)

    Outline

    1. Presentation of the Servant (1:1-13)
    2. The Servant’s Ministry in Galilee (1:14-9:50)
    3. The Servant’s Journey to Jerusalem (Ch 10)
    4. The Servant’s Ministry in Jerusalem (Ch 11 – Ch 16)
      1. Death and Resurrection (Ch 14:1-16:20)