As I read Mark 2 - 4 in my Bible reading today I read again the parables of Mark 4. The one I am sharing today is with Jesus's own explanation of it, so I will add no further commentary to it. "And He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in …
Category: Mark
He Still Touches the Unclean
"And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him, and kneeling down to Him, and saying unto Him, 'If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean'. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, 'I will; be thou clean.' And as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy …
Darkness of the Crucifixion
The following are the sermon notes of the Easter Sunday sermon preached at Shiloah by Bro. Tim A Blankenship... Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44 When Jesus went to the cross there was a period of three hours which is not given much notice in sermons that are preached. Of course, there is actually no …
Explanation of All Things
And with many such parables spake He the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake He not unto them: and when they were alone, He expounded all things to His disciples. Mark 4:33-34 (KJV) It has been said, speaking of the parables of Jesus, that, “A parable …
Speak What Jesus Has Done
"Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, 'Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel." Mark …
Christ, the Son of the Blessed
Jesus on trial before a wicked, mob of Jewish priests, and haters of the Gospel of God stands with confidence in His Father and in the fulfillment of the promises, and prophecies of the Word of God. As He is being questioned He stands boldly; not answering the questions which are baited to condemn Him, …
David and Jesus
Jesus came unto His own and His own received Him not (John 1:11), The following verses answers who Jesus is for those who doubted who He was. If they would only believe the Scriptures. "And Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of …
Allow the Children
Children are special. It does not matter if they are "special needs" children or just as bright and healthy as one of us would like them to be. They are special, and need adult guidance, care, supervision, leadership, and discipline. All of those things. One day when Jesus was with His disciples some children were …
A Doctrine of Death
There are teachings of men and religions which are doctrines of death; not life. Teachings which bind in sin, and offers no freedom from sin, is a doctrine of death. Of course when we live in a society and culture of sin; who knows what is sin? Who knows what is right and/or wrong. According …
Remarkable Faith
There is a need for genuine faith. The faith that trust the Lord, and no one, or nothing else. The faith that a Christian has is not based on assumptions, or myth, but substance and evidence provided us by God Himself (Hebrews 11:1). The verses we look at today tell us of a Gentile woman …
Offended by Jesus
In the United States of America people are easily offended. I will probably offend someone with this post today; but that is on your shoulders, not mine. We have a Constitutional right of Free Speech. That right, however, does not mean that we can say hurtful, evil, things that will cause harm to others. It …
Jesus, Anger and the Sabbath
Today's Bible Reading - Mark 2 - 4 "And He entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched Him, whether He would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse Him. And He saith unto the man which had the withered hand, …
A Tormented Man
There are many tormented people in the world today. Some seem to be intelligent individuals, educated, wealthy, or maybe middle class, or poor who are tormented by their lives, and living. These folks do things that are beyond themselves, that cause harm to family, friends, neighbors; even to themselves that a otherwise sane individual would …
Watch
"Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: so ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, that this generation …
Praying, Receiving, and Forgiving
"And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall …
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