Study 19 From The Book of Mark
is: Mark 9:30-50
With this study we will stop
with the book of Mark, to be continued at a later time, then delve into the
book of Deuteronomy.
1.
Verses 33-37. How does Jesus
explain the way to become spiritually great?
What especially ought we to learn from the example of a little child?
Cf. Mt. 18:4.
2.
Verses 38-41. What three reasons does Jesus give here why
the disciples should not have acted as they did? Why did they fail to gain
similar understanding about His teaching concerning what was going to happen to
Him (verses 30-32)?
3.
Verses 43-48. What spiritual truth is Jesus seeking to convey
here? In what sense are we to cut off a foot, or pluck out an eye? Why may it
be necessary to apply such drastic measures?
Notes
1.
Verses 44, 46, 48. ‘Gehenna’
(Greek) is a conference to the Valley of Himmon outside Jerusalem where the
refuse of the city was cast and burnt.
It had become a synonym for ‘hell’ i.e., the place of final ruin and
destruction.
2.
Verse 49. ‘Salted with fire’:
subjected to a fiery process of discipline to purge out corruption. Cf. 1 Pet. 4:17; Heb. 12:11.
