Full year revenue increased to $174.0 million, up 58% year-over-year; Gross booking value (GBV) of $798.4 million, up 53% year-over-year in 2022; Total bookings of 5.6 million, up All Commentaries Videos Images Devotionals Other Translations Sermons Related Scriptures Podcasts Blogs. The person carrying a cross knew they couldnt save themselves. Pentateuch Wisdom Literature To be asked to take up a cross would have been really shameful. And they came to Bethsaida and they brought a blind man to Jesus and implored Him to touch him. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. They prove that he is the true Messiah, the Son of God, and Saviour of the world: this the works he did witnessed concerning him; and this his disciples, who were the eye-witnesses of those works, here profess their belief of; which cannot but be a satisfaction to us in making the same inference from them. Peter spoke as one that did not rightly understand, nor had duly considered, the nature of Christ's kingdom; he took it to be temporal and human, whereas it is spiritual and divine. He must die, and He must after His death rise again. Denying self is not the same as self-denial. There Is A Place Of Rest - Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus Our Haven Of Rest - Matthew 11:28-30 A Greater Than Solomon Is Here - Matthew 12:38-42; 1 Kings 10:1-13 One Message You Cannot Afford To Ignore - Matthew 13:1-9 Sowing The Gospel Seed - Matthew 13:3-9 A Sower, His Seed and The Soils - Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23. 8. One reads of such terrible things now and then. 2. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Not that Christ always went by this rule, but thus he would sometimes put a rebuke upon those who came to him, doubting. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. b. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. The cross was a real . A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. Mark begins his Gospel by announcing that he is writing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. We can be sure that Peter was not aware that he spoke for Satan, just as a moment before he was not aware that he spoke for God. You begin to get a little stronger and you begin to loose that tremendous hunger. c. But who do you say that I am? Going with Jesus means often going against the tides of opinion, values, behaviour or thought. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. Jesus encourages a slave rebellion, where the slaves of sin, Satan, and the world rebel against their masters. The experiences we have had of God's goodness to us in the way of duty, greatly aggravate our distrust of him, which is therefore very provoking to the Lord Jesus. So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments. i. Are we invited by the words and works of Christ to follow him? The cross wasnt about religious ceremonies; it wasnt about traditions and spiritual feelings. II. It is probable that they would have acknowledged him to be the Messiah, if they had not been possessed by their teachers with a notion that the Messiah must be a temporal Prince, appearing in external pomp and power, which the figure Christ made, would not comport with; yet (whatever the Pharisees said, whose copyhold was touched by the strictness and spirituality of his doctrine) none of the people said that he was a Deceiver, but some said that he was John Baptist, others Elias, others one of the prophets, v. 28. Luke-Acts The presence of a little can corrupt a large amount. Johannine Writings 2. Mark 8:22-26 (ESV) 22 And they came to Bethsaida. Once more Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes. And the desire must be consuming not half-hearted or lukewarm. These miracles of Christ should engage us all to follow him, whatever it cost us, not only as they were confirmations of his mission, but as they were explications of his design, and the tendency of that grace which he came to bring; plainly intimating that by his Spirit he would do that for our blind, deaf, lame, leprous, diseased, possessed souls, which he did for the bodies of those many who in those distresses applied themselves to him. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. Non sapisThou art not wise (so it may be read) in the things of God, but in the things of men. Never had poor blind man such a Leader. i. The cross wasnt about self-promotion or self-affirmation. Jesus was much more than John the Baptist, or Elijah, or a prophet. Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Major Prophets You see, there was no way to carry your cross in private. Is It Ok for Christians to Follow Zodiac Signs? b. Mark Chapter 8 Bible Options | + Text Size 1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: Had he herein only designed privacy, he might have led him into a house, into an inner chamber, and have cured him there; but he intended hereby to upbraid Bethsaida with the mighty works that had in vain been done in her (Matt 11 21), and was telling her, in effect, she was unworthy to have any more done within her walls. BAY OF PLENTY RACING CLUB'S ANNUAL MEETING. The word tested could be translated tempted. Matthew 9:35,Matthew 13:54,Mark 1:21,Mark 6:2,Mark 10:1,Luke 4:15,Luke. (4.) There are many, who, though they cannot but own that the cause of Christ is a righteous cause, are ashamed of it, because of the reproach that attends the professing of it; they are ashamed of their relation to Christ, and ashamed of the credit they cannot but give to his words; they cannot bear to be frowned upon and despised, and therefore throw off their profession, and go down the stream of a prevailing apostasy. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. They demanded of him a sign from heaven, as if the signs he gave them on earth, which were more familiar to them, and were more capable of being examined and enquired into, were not sufficient. His favours are renewed, as our wants and necessities are. Much has been made about the fact that Jesus heals a physically blind man directly after dealing with spiritually blind Pharisees (Mark 8:11-12) and disciples (Mark 8:14-21). That the Son of Man must suffer many things: This was the necessary work of the Messiah and it was predicted in passages like Isaiah 53:3-12. The doubts of Christians are sometimes made to work for the magnifying of the power of Christ. Those that will be Christ's patients must attend on him, converse with him, receive instruction and reproof from him, as those did that followed him, and must resolve they will never forsake him. Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, "Do you see anything?" They must not be indulgent of the ease of the body; for (v. 34), "Whosoever will come after me for spiritual cures, as these people do for bodily cures, let him deny himself, and live a life of self-denial, mortification, and contempt of the world; let him not pretend to be his own physician, but renounce all confidence in himself and his own righteousness and strength, and let him take up his cross, conforming himself to the pattern of a crucified Jesus, and accommodating himself to the will of God in all the afflictions he lies under; and thus let him continue to follow me;" as many of those did, whom Christ healed. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Giving our life to Jesus all the way and living as an others-centered person does not take away from our life, it adds to it. (Mark 8:31) and that spiritually they should follow Him in the way of the cross (Mark 8:34-38). They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before them. If Jesus Christ had come into the world as a mighty and opulent man, clothed with earthly glories and honours, he would have had a multitude of partisans, and most of them hypocrites. (Clarke). He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him: Adam Clarke had an interesting perspective on this: It is likely that this was done merely to separate the eyelids; as, in certain cases of blindness, they are found always gummed together. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. . 4. We practice self-denial when, for a good purpose, we occasionally give up things or activities. Men arrive at Christ by different processes: one . For eight chapters Mark has been presenting event after event, miracle after miracle, and statement after statement as evidence and proof that Jesus is the Messiah and that Jesus is the Son of God; that He is God in the flesh and that He is God among us. Those that followed him, underwent a great deal of difficulty in following him; They were with him three days, and had nothing to eat, that was hard service. They reasoned itdielogizonto, they disputed about it; one said, "It was owing to you;" and the other said, "It was owing to you, that we are so ill provided for this voyage." Raja jin tentu saja tak terima dan dengan licik ia ingin merebut kembali hutan tersebut. 1. Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah. We must not dread the loss of our lives, provided it be in the cause of Christ (v. 35); Whosoever will save his life, by declining Christ, and refusing to come to him, or by disowning and denying him after he has in profession come to Christ, he shall lose it, shall lose the comfort of his natural life, the root and fountain of his spiritual life, and all his hopes of eternal life; such a bad bargain will he make for himself. 6 35), and of this same miracle (Matt 15 32), and here is little or no addition or alternation as to the circumstances. Have ye your hearts yet hardened, so as that nothing will make any impression upon them, or bring them to compliance with your Master's designs? This was a strong rebuke from Jesus, yet entirely appropriate. But He sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? How is it that my heart is thus hardened?". This Week: Mark 8:31-38. These miracles of Christ take off the offence of the cross, and assure us that Christ was, in it, not conquered, but a Conqueror. Scripture: Mark 8:34-38. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly. John Dummelow John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:1-50. have ye your heart yet hardened? (3.) It required a miracle to restore the sight, and this was done in consequence of Christ having laid his hands upon the blind man: it required no miracle to separate the eyelids, and, therefore, natural means only were employed this was done by rubbing them with spittle.. (Mark 8:31-32a) Jesus reveals His mission plainly: to come and die, and then rise again. Here is a blind man brought to Christ by his friends, with a desire that he would touch him, v. 22. It seems, at their putting to sea this time, they had forgotten to take bread, and had not in their ship more than one loaf, v. 14. III. And he looked up and said, I see men like trees, walking. Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. Jesus did not ask this question because He didnt know who He was or because He had a twisted dependence on the opinion of others. i. Record Meeting' on Gate Pa Course. IBD National Virtual Meetup 2022. i. The two express the same idea. Major Prophets i. Authentic discipleship involves imitating Jesus, and we must begin with an understanding of Jesus as Messiah and the kingdom to which he invites us to belong. He considered that many of them came from afar, and had a great way home. Mark 8:11-21 Spiritual Blindness, Part 2. Their main argument is, how could the disciples forget Jesus previous work so quickly? Yet even mature Christians, having experienced Gods power and provision, sometimes go on to act in unbelief. In short. The sigh physical, its cause spiritual a sense of irreconcilable enmity, invincible unbelief, and coming doom. (Bruce), i. But the third day is sort of a difficult day if a person is determined to fast. As Christ has a compassion for all that are in wants and straits, so he has a special concern for those that are reduced to straits by their zeal and diligence in attending on him. a. Whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospels will save it: We must follow Jesus this way because it is the only way that we will ever find life. Wisdom Literature i. a. It denoted the ideal king anointed and empowered by God to deliver his people and establish his righteous kingdom. (Wessel). (1.) This he spoke openly (v. 32), parresia. Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Jesus came as a suffering servant. Denying self means to live as an others-centered person. Message Excerpt. Jesus promised some of His disciples glimpses of that power and glory. Peters rebuke of Jesus was evidence of the leaven mentioned in Mark 8:15. Therein appeared the faith of those that brought him. It sounds strange to say, You will never live until you walk down death row with Jesus, but that is the idea. He refuses to answer their demand; Verily, I say unto you, there shall no sign, no such sign, be given to this generation. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Because Peter couldnt handle a suffering Messiah, he rebuked Jesus. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a Adult Bible Studies Spring 2022 Theme: FollowThe lessons this quarter are confined to two units so that we can observe the season of Lent. Amazingly, the people who live this way before Jesus are the ones who are really, genuinely happy. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. i. The stories in Mark are deliberately placed. This was miraculous provision. 10:33. Now Jesus told them that they had to do the same thing. Get behind Me, Satan! Instead, Jesus did miracles to show the power of God in the context of mercy. Amazingly, the people who live this way before Jesus are the ones who are really, genuinely happy. Deny himself, and take up his cross: Everybody knew what Jesus meant when He said this. Rather, it involves the way of the cross. The two express the same idea. This was not the language of the least authority, but of the greatest affection, of that jealousy for the welfare of those we love, which is strong as death. Note, True zeal makes nothing of hardships in the way of duty. i. "Having eyes, don't you see? They must not indulge the ease of the body. Now Christ took this way, (1.) When He had spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, "Do you see anything?" He looked up and said, "I see people; they look like trees walking around. Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Johannine Writings Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. I. It is important to consider what generation we appear wise in, Luke 16 8. 2. When we thus forgot the works of God, and distrust him, we should chide ourselves severely for it, as Christ doth his disciples here; "Am I thus without understanding? The disciples might easily understand it, if they had not been very much under the power of prejudice: or, it intimates that he spoke it cheerfully and without any terror, and would have them to hear it so: he spoke that saying boldly, as one that not only knew he must suffer and die, but was resolved he would, and made it his own act and deed. Its not hard to see Peter following these steps: ii. 1. And having ears, do you not hear? As the happiness of heaven with Christ, is enough to countervail the loss of life itself for Christ, so the gain of all the world in sin, is not sufficient to countervail the ruin of the soul by sin. When we see multitudes attending upon the word preached, it is comfortable to think that Christ knows whence they all come, though we do not. Those who believe that if people see enough signs they will come to faith presume to know more than Jesus did. IV. (2.) Major Prophets It means that we have to associate ourselves with someone who was despised and executed. The seven large baskets showed that God provided out of His abundance. Cara Mengundang Roh Halus Putri Raja Jin. Instead, you set the seed free to be what it was always intended to be. 7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. He had some glimmerings of sight, and betwixt him and the sky could perceive a man erect like a tree, but could not discern the form thereof, Job 4 16. 9:36; 14:41; 15:32; 18:27; 20:34; Luke 7:13; 10:33 ). He asked him if he saw aught, v. 23. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Verse 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have, nothing to eat. Mark 8:22-38: "Jesus Asks The Disciples Who He Is, Then After Peter's Confession Begins To Tell Them Plainly That He Would Suffer, Die, And Be Raised" By Jim Bomkamp Back Bible Studies Home Page 1. Every Christian must be a Crucian, said Luther, and do somewhat more than those monks that made themselves wooden crosses, and carried them on their back continually, making all the world laugh at them. (Trapp). Cookie Notice: 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Historical Books Matthew adds, and of the Sadducees; Mark adds, and of Herod: whence some gather, that Herod, and his courtiers were generally Sadducees, that is, deists, men of no religion. 5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? This is that which all are concerned to know, and consider, if they expect Christ should heal their souls. The cross wasnt about religious ceremonies; it wasnt about traditions and spiritual feelings. In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. That our Lord Jesus was greatly followed; The multitude was very great (v. 1); notwithstanding the wicked arts of the scribes and Pharisees to blemish him, and to blast his interest, the common people, who had more honesty, and therefore more true wisdom, than their leaders, kept up their high thoughts of him. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. RCL Week: February 22, 2021 - Lent 2B. d. Some standing here will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God present with power: Walking with Jesus doesnt just mean a life of death and crosses. Do ye not remember that which was done but the other day, when I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, and soon after, the seven loaves among the four thousand? Note, Christ sees that amiss in what we say and do, which we ourselves are not aware of, and knows what manner of spirit we are of, when we ourselves do not. Three times Jesus predicts his death (8:31; 9:30-31; 10:32-34). He groaned (so some), being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, and the little influence that his preaching and miracles had had upon them. 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Some of them had come from long distances. b. That the cure was wrought gradually, which was not usual in Christ's miracles. With his mind on the things of men, Peter saw the Messiah only as the embodiment of power and strength, instead of as a suffering servant. [4.] Scripture: Mark 8:34-38. Christ checked him for his opposition (v. 33); He turned about, as one offended, and looked on his disciples, to see if the rest of them were of the same mind, and concurred with Peter in this, that, if they did, they might take the reproof to themselves, which he was now about to give to Peter; and he said, Get thee behind me, Satan. How many loaves do you have? Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. This man needed a second touch to experience a full restoration of sight. i. (1.) It is often much easier to be a tool of God or of the devil than we want to believe. They claim that this was merely a retelling of the feeding of the 5,000. How he warned his disciples against the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod. But we deny self when we surrender ourselves to Christ and determine to obey His will. (Wiersbe). a. Here it was, as in the dispensing of manna, He that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack. He did not cure by rote, as I may say, and in a road, but varied as he thought fit. The Passage in Context Almost exactly at the book's midpoint, this passage initiates a major shift in Mark's plot. Their understanding should have been based on seeing what Jesus already did. And he looked up; so far he recovered his sight, that he could open his eyes, and he said, I see men as trees walking; he could not distinguish men from trees, otherwise than he could discern them to move. 1.2. i. The disadvantage that the cause of Christ labours under this world, is, that it is to be owned and professed in an adulterous and sinful generation; such the generation of mankind is, gone a whoring from God, in the impure embraces of the world and the flesh, lying in wickedness; some ages, some places, are more especially adulterous and sinful, as that was in which Christ lived; in such a generation the cause of Christ is opposed and run down, and those that own it, are exposed to reproach and contempt, and every where ridiculed and spoken against. 2. He put his hands again upon his eyes, to disperse the remaining darkness, and then bade him look up again, and he saw every man clearly, v. 25. Each time the disciples respond was some act of pride, ignorance, or self-interest (8:32; 9:33-34; 10:35-41). Then He sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell anyone in the town., a. 8:2 "I feel compassion for the people" This term "compassion" comes from the Greek term for the lower organs of the body. The Gospels Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am? So they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets. He said to them, But who do you say that I am? Peter answered and said to Him, You are the Christ. Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him. 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Booklet includes individual track commentary from band members Dick Taylor and Phil May, plus liner notes from long-time manager Mark St. John. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Here appears the faith of those that brought himthey doubted not but that one touch of Christ's hand would recover him his sight; but the man himself showed not that earnestness for, or expectation of, a cure that other blind men did. Yet if we are ashamed of Him, He will be ashamed of us. (Mark 8:11-12) The Pharisees ask for a sign from heaven. i. Jesus probably choose this method at this time as an illustration to His disciples, showing them then that their spiritual blindness shown in the previous passage will be healed, but only gradually. It is as if an American presidential candidate announced toward the end of his campaign that he would go to Washington to be rejected and executed. Pauline Epistles If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Three: DECLARE your faith publicly. 1.1. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. All rights reserved. That he might not invite them to follow him for the loaves, he did not supply them but when they were utterly reduced, and then he sent them away. Avoiding the walk down death row with Jesus means that we may gain the whole world, and end up losing everything. In this cure we may observe, 1. He sighed deeply in His spirit: This attack and the unbelief it showed distressed Jesus. , we occasionally give up things or activities eyes again and made Him look up promised some his... He said to them, but varied as he thought fit heard of John Gill faith of those that Him. 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