{"id":6889,"date":"2017-03-02T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/?p=6889"},"modified":"2017-03-02T13:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T18:30:37","slug":"abf-series-the-gospel-of-mark-lesson-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/abf-series-the-gospel-of-mark-lesson-9\/","title":{"rendered":"ABF Series: The Gospel of Mark Lesson 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>In our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/church\/ministries\/adult_ministries\/adult_bible_fellowships\">Adult Bible Fellowships<\/a>\u00a0we learned in our bible study over the Gospel of Mark that:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The book of Mark is a biography of Jesus&#8230;so it is good to ask what does the author want us to learn about Jesus<\/li>\n<li>The author writes to\u00a0Roman Christians who grew up in unbelieving homes without the background of Jewish Customs and Scripture.<\/li>\n<li>Mark wrote to Christians in Rome to encourage and strengthen their faith.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Mark speaks to two main questions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who is Jesus? (1:1-8:30)<\/li>\n<li>What does Jesus expect from those who follow him? (8:31-16:8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So far we have seen that the Gospel of Mark answers the first question as follows<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Mark 1:1-13 = Jesus is Yahweh, God Himself Come to earth<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark 1:14-20 = Jesus is on a mission, to call people to repent and believe\u00a0in the\u00a0Gospel.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark 1:21-45 = Jesus has authority over Satan and Sickness<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark 2:1-3:6 = Jesus has authority over Sin and the Law<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark 3:13-4:34 = Jesus separates true followers from those who are fake.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Sunday<\/h2>\n<p>So in preparation for ABF on Sunday please read the passages listed below and think about the following discussion questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=mark+4%3A21-34&amp;version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mark 4:21-34<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>what stands out to you about the first parable as the key point? What do you learn about the kingdom of God? What stands out to you in the second parable of mustard seed?<\/li>\n<li>What is similar about the two seed parables?<\/li>\n<li>What are some features\/characteristics of a grand kingdom? How is the kingdom Jesus is talking about compared to a grand kingdom?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Sign up if you would like to have the Faith Church ABF Series automatically emailed to you when posted:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/abfseries\">www.faithlafayette.org\/abfseries<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review In our Adult Bible Fellowships\u00a0we learned in our bible study over the Gospel of Mark that: The book of Mark is a biography of Jesus&#8230;so it is good to ask what does the author want us to learn about Jesus The author writes to\u00a0Roman Christians who grew up in unbelieving homes without the background&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/abf-series-the-gospel-of-mark-lesson-9\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22635],"tags":[22635],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - 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