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 What we come to today in our study is the beginning of what I think is certainly the most exciting

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 and perhaps even the most important study in the young life of our church.

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 Now, while we understand that all of the Bible is there for the purpose of showing us the story of redemption,

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 the redemptive narrative of God specifically through Jesus,

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 it's in the Gospels that we see most clearly the person of Jesus,

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 the work that he has accomplished in order to bring salvation to man.

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 There's no more important story for us to focus in on than this one

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 because it tells us exactly who Jesus is and what he has done.

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 And it's precisely for this reason that the four books that relate to the life of Jesus

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 are some of the most contested books in Scripture.

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 It's not only that people are averse to the Bible in and of itself.

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 Some people have a great appreciation for it.

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 But to get to these four Gospels and to accept them as absolute truth

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 and something that is necessary for us to believe is difficult for many people.

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 And there's even an unfortunate amount of instability amongst professing Christians

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 when it comes especially to the exclusivity of Jesus Christ

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 and the exclusivity of the Gospel.

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 Ligonier Ministries, every two years, does a survey, a theological survey,

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 in which they try to find insights into what is the spiritual temperature of the United States.

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 And this year was one of the years that they conducted that survey.

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 They conducted it with 3,002 people.

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 573 of those 3,000 said that they were evangelical Christians,

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 professing Christians that would say that they are what we are

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 and that they are who we are.

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 The third question in their survey this year was this.

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 It wasn't a question.

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 It was a statement.

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 And the respondents answered on a scale of strongly disagree up to strongly agree.

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 And the statement was this.

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 God accepts the worship of all religions, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

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 God accepts the worship of all religions.

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 That was the third statement.

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 And they wanted to gauge what was the spiritual temperature of most people in the United States.

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 It wouldn't be surprising to us to know that 76% of all respondents

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 answered that they were either unsure or that they strongly agreed with that statement.

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 That God does indeed accept all the worship,

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 no matter whether it's a subscription to Christianity or Islam or some other form of religion.

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 76% of the respondents said that they were either unsure or they agree with that.

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 It should shock us to know that 51% of professing Christians surveyed agreed with that statement.

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 51% of people in the United States, according to this survey,

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 perhaps would say that I am a Christian.

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 I follow Christ.

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 But Christ is not exclusive in my belief for God's acceptance.

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 That there are plenty of religions out there.

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 God accepts the praise of all people.

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 He just cares about the sincerity of your heart is probably what they would insinuate.

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 And of course, we understand through the scripture that God is far less concerned

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 about the sincerity of your heart.

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 He doesn't care about that unless it is related specifically to your belief and sincerity in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 The sincerity of heart has sent many a people to an eternity of hell.

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 It's not just sincerity that God is looking for.

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 It is sincerity in truth.

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 And what we have in the gospels is the truth of Jesus Christ.

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 John Stott said,

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 Nothing hinders evangelism more than the widespread loss of confidence in the truth, relevance, and power of the gospel.

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 The problem with that survey and the problem with the dynamic of the belief in the gospel today

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 is not merely in what outsiders in the church, those outside of the church would believe about it.

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 The problem is the weakening of those that claim to be within the church.

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 That they have lost confidence in the truth of the book that we are about to study in the gospel of Mark.

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 So we don't come to this study casually.

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 We need to study this gospel book sincerely.

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 As we acknowledge that it is not merely the story of an ancient prophet

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 that is far removed from any kind of relevance in modern times.

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 But it is the message of salvation revealed through the life of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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 The objective of our study today is to grasp the context of Mark's book

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 so that we can rightly understand as we move forward over what will end up being probably several months of study in this one book.

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 Let's just take a moment to examine what a gospel is.

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 What are the gospels?

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 The gospels are, at least in the way that we refer to them in this context,

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 we're speaking of a collection of books that are specifically about the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth.

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 There's four of them in the New Testament and they're arranged as the first four books of the New Testament.

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 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

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 They're all telling the same story, but each with their own unique purpose and unique audience.

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 And consistent among all four of these gospels is the fact that they are all eyewitness accounts of the life,

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 the teaching, the crucifixion, the resurrection, and the ascension of Jesus Christ.

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 It's not that they are writing far removed from the time of Christ's life,

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 but they are writing the eyewitness accounts of what real people really saw of a real man named Jesus of Nazareth.

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 Matthew, Mark, and Luke are commonly referred to as the synoptic gospels.

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 Synoptic meaning together sight is what the word means.

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 It's a summary that looks at these three books and the similarity of their content.

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 John then is the last to be written, as we understand,

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 and he fills in the gaps that Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the synoptics, kind of leave out in their stories,

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 and he brings in another dimension to it.

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 Now, gospel actually describes the genre of the book.

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 These are not merely biographies of Jesus.

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 Like I said, they are eyewitness testimonies to the truth of Jesus

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 that doesn't seek to tell us a story,

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 but rather to strengthen the faith of believers and to evangelize unbelievers.

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 A biography is just that.

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 It's something that tells a story.

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 It tells just for intellectual exercise.

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 It tells us the story of a unique individual in a unique period of time.

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 That is not what these four gospels are.

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 They do contain biographical content,

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 but they are not in and of themselves biographies.

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 The intention is not just to tell us a story about a man in a specific time.

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 They are eyewitness accounts.

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 Their purpose is to persuade.

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 They don't mean to just tell you this is who Jesus is.

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 They mean to persuade you to believe who Jesus is,

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 to receive who Jesus is,

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 and to follow him as Lord and Savior.

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 Donald Guthrie said,

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 The gospel writers were not literary men,

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 nor were they setting out to be.

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 They themselves had received a remarkable transformation

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 as a result of the stupendous events they related.

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 This is not a few men hoping to make a few bucks

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 by publishing a few novels about a man that most people might be interested in.

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 That is not the intention of these four books.

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 These are four men who were radically transformed

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 by what they knew to be true about Jesus Christ,

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 and their writing then is to relay what has transformed their lives

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 in order that it might transform your life.

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 They don't just want you to know the man Jesus.

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 They want you to know the Savior Jesus,

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 and they want you to follow him.

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 So they weren't seeking to publish incredible tales.

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 They weren't trying to gain fame or wealth in doing so.

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 But they were inspired by the Holy Spirit of God

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 to write the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 And so we ask then,

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 where does Mark fit into that equation?

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 If there's four of these such gospels,

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 what makes Mark unique and significant,

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 and why are we indeed studying it now as a church?

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 And the simple answer to that,

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 before we even get to probably a more appropriate answer,

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 is it's the shortest of the gospels.

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 And you all know that brevity is not my strength.

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 And so we can go through 16 chapters of Mark

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 a lot faster than we can go through 28 chapters of Matthew,

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 or so on and so forth.

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 But it's by far the most concise of the four gospels.

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 But it's primarily the record of the apostolic testimony of Peter.

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 Peter, the account that we read and that we'll study over the next several months,

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 the account of Jesus's life is from the eyes

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 of perhaps Jesus's most famous disciple.

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 And what we understand in church history

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 is that as Peter carried out the great commission

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 given to him specifically by Jesus before his ascension,

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 Peter carries out this great commission,

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 and he eventually makes his way to Rome preaching the gospel.

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 And as he did that,

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 Mark wrote down the testimony of the events that Peter relayed.

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 As Peter told these stories in Jerusalem,

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 as he preached these messages in Rome and elsewhere,

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 Mark tagged along,

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 and Mark began to write down what it was that Peter said

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 and what it was that Peter preached.

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 And this became a collection of the eyewitness testimony

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 of the apostle Peter.

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 So understanding the writing and intentions of each gospel author

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 depends on recognizing their intended audience as well.

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 Mark's gospel came at the specific request

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 of Roman believers living in Rome,

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 not Jewish believers,

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 but pagan converts to Christianity.

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 And so where did this gospel come from?

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 Well, Mark tagged along with Peter.

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 Peter preached his eyewitness account of the gospel.

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 People came that were saved,

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 and they said,

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 Mark, would you mind writing this down for us?

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 We don't want to,

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 we're going to forget it.

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 Can you write it down?

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 And Peter was pleased for him to do that

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 because of the revelation of the Holy Spirit to Peter

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 for Mark to do so.

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 And so he made this collection

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 of Peter's eyewitness account of Jesus Christ,

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 and that is what we study over the next several months.

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 What Peter said was true of Jesus

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 is what Mark has written for us here in the Bible.

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 The audience that Mark wrote to was not familiar

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 with the language and customs of the Jewish people,

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 which is why you'll find when you sit down

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 and do that full reading,

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 Mark often is explaining or defining Jewish words.

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 He's explaining Jewish rituals

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 because his audience were not Jews.

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 He omits certain things

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 that would have been of particular interest to the Jews,

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 like the genealogies of Christ,

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 the birth narrative of Christ are not included

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 in Mark's gospel because his audience

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 didn't demand it in the same way

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 that a Jewish audience would have demanded it

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 for their understanding.

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 And so when we go to Matthew,

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 we see a great genealogy and birth story

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 presenting Jesus as the true king.

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 Well, that was unnecessary for Mark to do

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 because of his audience.

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 Here's what he really wanted to do.

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 He wanted people to look at the life of Jesus,

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 to learn from the teaching of Jesus,

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 and then to become faithful followers

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 in the way that they lived like Jesus.

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 And that is our approach to this book

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 as we study through it.

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 We want to look at Jesus,

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 we want to learn from Jesus,

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 and we want to live for Jesus and live like Jesus.

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 So let's read our text for today,

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 and then we're gonna jump in

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 and talk about the author and the structure,

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 and then the goal of the book of Mark, okay?

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 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 Let's first look at the author of the gospel.

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 That's the thing that's actually missing in this verse,

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 right?

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 Many of the books of the Bible,

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 we read through them,

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 especially in the New Testament,

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 the letters especially,

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 we find specific signatures and greetings

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 that alert us right away

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 to who it is that's writing,

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 to whom they are writing to.

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 But Mark doesn't do that.

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 There was no need for him,

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 at least in this case,

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 for him to introduce himself.

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 He just tells us the beginning of the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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 He states his purpose in the first verse.

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 He's saying, this is what I'm writing about,

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 and everything beyond verse one

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 goes to support that purpose.

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 But he leaves himself out.

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 But for us to really understand the book

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 and understand it in the best possible way,

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 we need to understand the author.

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 Now, this man was also referred to as John Mark.

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 And it's possible that a small amount of the material

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 in the gospel of Mark

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 actually came from Mark's eyewitness account himself.

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 Mark, we know, was a resident of the city of Jerusalem.

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 And we know that his house was,

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 or at least his mother's house,

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 was a central point of activity for the early church.

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 Now, some scholars believe

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 that it was Mark's mother's house in Jerusalem

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 where the Last Supper took place

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 between Jesus and his disciples.

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 Others believe that, or have suggested at least,

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 that the young man mentioned in chapter 14 is Mark.

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 Of those two things, we can't be absolutely certain.

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 We don't know if that was really Mark.

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 Could have been, but we don't know.

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 We don't know if the Last Supper really took place

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 in Mark's home in Jerusalem.

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 We don't know that for certain.

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 What we do know for certain is that Mark's mother's house

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 was indeed a central point of activity

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 for that early church in Jerusalem.

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 And Acts chapter 12 tells us how this takes place.

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 In fact, turn with me to Acts chapter 12.

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 In fact, keep your Bibles handy today.

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 We're gonna be skipping around to a few different places,

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 at least as we learn who Mark is.

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 If you'll remember in Acts chapter 12,

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 Peter has been preaching and he's been arrested

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 and he is awaiting actually execution.

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 And he is chained and sleeping between two guards

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 in the dungeon or in the prison,

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 wherever it was that they had taken him.

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 And the guards had fallen asleep as well.

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 An angel of the Lord, we're told, comes to Peter,

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 wakes him up, tells him to put his clothes on,

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 and then frees him from the prison.

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 Peter knows that the church would have been gathered

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 somewhere that night praying for him.

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 That would have been, he knew exactly

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 what they would have been doing.

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 And he knew that they would have been doing it

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 in a specific place.

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 Look with me at verse 12, Acts chapter 12 and verse 12.

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 And when he had considered the thing,

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 after he had left the prison,

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 he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John,

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 whose surname was Mark,

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 where many were gathered together praying.

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 And so right off the bat, we know who is John Mark.

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 He was at least intimately related

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 to these early apostles and these early disciples.

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 His house where he was growing up

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 with the involvement of his mother specifically

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 was a central place of ministry

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 for the early church in Jerusalem.

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 So Jesus has ascended into heaven.

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 Now the apostles are coming together

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 to do the great commission there in Jerusalem.

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 And Mark is right in the middle of all of it.

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 Now we're also certain that Mark had a tremendous heritage

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 of faithful disciples in his family.

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 In fact, Paul's letter to the Colossians tells us

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 that Mark was the cousin of Barnabas,

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 who was the great encourager and partner

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 of the apostle Paul.

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 So he was surrounded by faithful Christians,

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 many of which were eyewitnesses to the life of Christ.

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 So it should be no surprise to us

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 that Mark not only was writing the account of Peter,

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 but he could verify the things that he heard

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 because he had been around so many other eyewitnesses

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 of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.

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 But it's not enough for us, at least in today's study,

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 it's not enough for us to know about Mark's connections.

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 We need to know Mark.

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 We need to know who he is.

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 And fortunately, the Bible has told us a lot about him,

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 or at least we can gather a lot about who this man was.

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 And this is probably my favorite part of the study today.

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 So let's look at four things about Mark,

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 and then we're gonna come back to verse number one, okay?

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 The first thing I want you to see,

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 and maybe even note this,

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 is you wanna see Mark the helper.

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 Mark the helper.

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 You're in Acts chapter 12, we're gonna stay there.

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 This is the first true glimpse that we get

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 of John Mark in the scriptures.

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 He had accompanied Barnabas and Paul

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 on kind of a pre-missionary journey mission.

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 The church had collected an offering

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 and was sending it to help people in Jerusalem,

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 and Paul and Barnabas took John Mark along with them.

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 Look at verse 25, Acts chapter 12.

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 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem

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 when they had fulfilled their ministry

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 and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

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 Now that's important.

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 It's especially important as we see this next verse

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 in chapter 13.

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 After the mission to Jerusalem,

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 Paul and Barnabas were commissioned

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 by the church of Antioch

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 to go on this first missionary journey.

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 They knew that they were gonna need

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 some assistance on the way.

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 And who was it that they turned to to be their assistant?

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 It was the one that had already proven

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 in this smaller mission

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 that he would be a faithful minister and helper to them.

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 Look at Acts chapter 13 and verse five.

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 And when they were in Salamis,

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 they preached the word of God

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 in the synagogues of the Jews,

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 and they had also John to their minister.

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 John as their helper.

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 Now when we think of someone

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 that God would use so monumentally

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 as to actually author one of the four gospels

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 that explains the life and ministry

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 and gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 we would assume that he would choose someone

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 with an elaborate pedigree.

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 And indeed he did that.

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 Matthew and John both were apostles of Jesus Christ.

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 Luke was the famous doctor

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 that traveled along with Paul

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 and Barnabas and Silas and Timothy

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 and many others through the New Testament.

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 But Mark was neither an apostle,

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 nor was he a pastor,

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 nor was he a church leader.

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 Nothing in the scriptures ever refer to Mark

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 in those ways.

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 When we see him in the Bible,

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 we see him as he is described in Acts 13, five,

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 as a helper.

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 That's who Mark was.

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 He was a minister, a servant,

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 a helper, an assistant.

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 The word itself, minister or helper,

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 means under rower.

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 It's the picture of those

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 that are stuck in the bottom of the ship

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 vigorously rowing in order to serve

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 and minister to those of more importance

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 that were on the top of the ship.

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 That's the picture that we get of Mark here.

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 He's the under rower.

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 He's just a helper.

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 He wasn't anything significant.

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 This was the character of John Mark.

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 And it's exactly what made him fit

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 for use in God's service.

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 You don't have to be significant

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 in the eyes of any man

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 to be utilized mightily

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 in the ministry of God.

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 You don't have to be a church leader

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 to make a difference for the sake of the gospel.

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 You need only be a willing,

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 zealous helper.

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 And indeed, that's what the vast majority

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 of believers are.

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 God will not call most of us to be pastors.

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 The apostolic age is over.

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 We certainly wouldn't be apostles.

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 He may not call you to be a missionary.

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 He may not call you to be a prominent church leader,

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 but he has called you to be a helper.

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 And that's who Mark was.

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 Just because you're not in a official position

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 of leadership does not mean

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 that you are beyond use in God's kingdom.

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 It is this helper that God used so awesomely

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 that we will glean from his understanding

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 of the gospel and his teaching of the gospel.

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 We are gonna benefit from that.

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 Well, who was he?

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 He's just a helper.

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 God uses helpers.

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 And we need to be encouraged by that.

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 But he wasn't just a helper.

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 Secondly, and tragically, Mark was a deserter.

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 Mark the deserter.

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 Things didn't always go so well with him.

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 Like us, he failed.

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 And he failed miserably.

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 And perhaps his greatest failure is recorded for us

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 in the Bible for us to know.

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 Look at Acts chapter 13 again.

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 This time look at verse 13.

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 Now, when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos,

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 they came to Perga in Pamphylia.

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 And John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

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 Now, that seems just like a quick passing phrase.

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 There's much more to this than what it may seem.

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 Luke didn't seem to think that it was necessary

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 to explain the reasons for Mark's desertion here.

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 But it is safe for us to assume

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 that the difficulty they faced on the journey

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 was far too much for him to handle.

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 He was a helper, a willing one, a zealous one.

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 But when things got difficult, when the journey got hard,

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 he became a deserter.

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 He quit.

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 He quit on Paul and on Barnabas, and he went home.

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 We know that there was not an acceptable reason for this

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 because it actually became a source of contention

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 between Paul and Barnabas.

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 In fact, to me, one of the most tragic stories of the Bible,

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 or at least of the early church,

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 is this story of Paul and Barnabas,

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 who we look at and we see what great influence

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 and effect Barnabas had on Paul and Saul even,

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 bringing him into the fold of the church.

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 It was Barnabas in that early mission

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 that was the leader, not Paul.

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 But then when they get into the missionary journeys,

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 we see that discipleship kind of transform there,

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 and the disciple becomes the discipler,

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 and Paul kind of takes over the ministry.

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 But we see this great partnership between them.

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 But it was because of Mark's desertion

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 and their disagreement between one another

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 that we find out in Acts chapter 15,

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 that Paul and Barnabas actually broke ways.

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 They were no longer partners together.

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 They felt that the contention was so sharp between them

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 that the best thing for them to do

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 was actually split and go different ways in ministries.

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 To me, that's tragic.

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 That's why we know when we look back at Mark's story,

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 we don't know exactly why he deserted,

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 but we know there couldn't have been an acceptable reason

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 because it was so contentious between two other faithful men.

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 After some time, Mark repented of this,

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 and he desired to help the men again,

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 but the stigma of being a quitter is not easily erased.

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 Paul refused to take Mark along,

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 and he ended up for a while ministering only with Barnabas.

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 And it was during this time with Barnabas

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 that we believe Peter took Mark under his own wing.

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 And this is what's so fantastic about this.

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 At the end of his first epistle from Rome,

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 Peter included a greeting from Mark.

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 1 Peter chapter 5 and verse 13.

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 Here's what it says.

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 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you,

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 sends you greeting,

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 and so does my son Mark.

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 This is Peter writing.

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 He refers to Mark in the same way

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 that we so often recognize Paul referring to Timothy

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 as his son.

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 Now think about this.

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 What better person to disciple a deserter

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 than one who was formerly a deserter?

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 That's exactly who Peter was.

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 Remember just before Jesus' crucifixion,

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 and there was this scene where Jesus proclaimed

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 that all the disciples were gonna abandon him.

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 They were gonna forsake him.

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 And Jesus and Peter denies the Lord's truthful statement.

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 He had such arrogance sometimes, didn't he?

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 And he even says to the Lord,

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 though all of these men forsake you,

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 I will never forsake you.

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 And Jesus says, actually, before the rooster crows,

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 you're gonna deny me three times.

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 And we see that played out in the crucifixion story.

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 Right when Peter was confronted by others

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 as being a follower of Jesus,

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 Peter three times denies and swears,

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 no, I do not know him.

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 And immediately he hears the rooster crow.

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 His eyes lock with Jesus' eyes,

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 and immediately he runs away and weeps.

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 He was a deserter.

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 And we see even after the resurrection,

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 there was still a period where he struggled with effectiveness.

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 Could he still be used in ministry?

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 What good could he offer after he had failed so miserably?

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 And it was Jesus himself that restores Peter

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 there on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.

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 What better person to take Mark under his wing

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 than somebody like Peter?

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 And that's exactly what he did.

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 He didn't cast him off and condemn him.

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 He took him under his wing and he related to him.

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 And he helped him.

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 And he looked at him and viewed him

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 not as just a partner in ministry,

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 but as a son in the faith.

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 Mark's life reminds us that there is nothing

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 from which a believer cannot be restored

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 by the love and mercy of Jesus Christ.

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 Nothing.

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 You see, the problem with my life

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 is I don't know how effective I can be

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 because I'm not what I was at one point.

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 You know, Pastor, there was a time in my life

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 where I was involved with everything

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 and I was faithful

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 and all I cared about was serving

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 and then I just had this thing.

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 Maybe it was sin or something else

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 and I just kind of,

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 I'm just not what I once was.

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 I'm ashamed by that.

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 Everybody knows it.

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 And I just, nobody's gonna trust me anymore.

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 I just don't think that I can be used.

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 Listen, there is nothing,

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 nothing in the life of a believer

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 that is beyond redemption.

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 Nothing that you cannot be restored from

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 in the love and mercy of Jesus Christ.

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 I don't care if you're a quitter.

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 You don't have to be a quitter anymore.

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 I don't care what your problem has been in the past.

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 Peter literally denied Christ.

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:44.819
 Abandoned him at his most vulnerable moment.

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.859
 Yeah, look at how we view Peter.

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:49.779
 Mark deserted,

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:52.719
 but look at how we view him now.

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:54.119
 Look at what we've received

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:56.119
 from the work of God in his life now.

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:58.139
 Paul was a murderer.

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.179
 Doesn't matter.

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.479
 God can redeem you.

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.419
 His grace is great.

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:06.039
 It's also a lesson for those of us

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.539
 who are former deserters

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:11.159
 to take in those who are struggling

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:14.879
 rather than condemning and forsaking them.

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:18.540
 Unfortunately, the habit of the church many times

00:29:18.540 --> 00:29:20.280
 is to find someone who will quit

00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:21.780
 or someone who will falter

00:29:21.780 --> 00:29:23.920
 in their faithfulness to Christ

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:27.200
 and instead of lovingly restoring them,

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:29.180
 they condemn them

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:31.220
 and castigate them

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:33.420
 and ignore them.

00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:36.420
 This is a reminder for us.

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:41.280
 Imagine the fruit that was born to Peter's account

00:29:41.280 --> 00:29:43.320
 not because he wrote this book,

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:45.319
 but because he influenced the one who did.

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:46.839
 Amazing.

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:49.139
 So we see Mark as the helper

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:50.439
 and Mark as the deserter

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:53.379
 and now we see him as Mark the author.

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.759
 The author.

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:58.480
 And what a wonderful thing it is to consider that.

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:02.439
 That Mark was chosen by God

00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:05.259
 to write one of his gospels.

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:08.759
 Mark was everything that we would disregard,

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:12.859
 but he was exactly who God intended to use.

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:16.079
 You may be what everybody else would disregard,

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:18.500
 but it doesn't matter what everybody else disregards.

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:21.220
 You're exactly what God wants to use.

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:23.440
 We learn that from Mark's life.

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.400
 And then fourthly,

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:27.019
 we find Mark the finisher.

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.420
 Mark the finisher.

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:33.019
 The Bible doesn't tell us exactly what happened to Mark

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.619
 after all of this,

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:36.179
 but church history does.

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:38.459
 And we can go back

00:30:38.459 --> 00:30:39.639
 and we can look at the accounts

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:43.079
 and we can gather what came of Mark's life.

00:30:43.719 --> 00:30:44.359
 Now cynics,

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:47.559
 like often I am guilty of being,

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:50.379
 like Paul was in Acts 15,

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:53.859
 might consider that once a quitter,

00:30:53.979 --> 00:30:54.619
 always a quitter.

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.500
 That wasn't true of Mark.

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:59.099
 We might think

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:02.299
 what Paul and those guys faced

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.399
 in terms of persecution

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.480
 was intense.

00:31:04.560 --> 00:31:05.580
 There's no doubt about that

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.120
 and severe,

00:31:06.280 --> 00:31:07.640
 but what the church was going to face

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.860
 over the next couple of centuries

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.880
 after their time

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:12.160
 was abundantly severe.

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:14.259
 It wasn't just for church leaders.

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:15.300
 It was for everybody.

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.940
 If Mark was so willing

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:19.920
 to desert the ministry

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.759
 when things were just starting

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:23.160
 to get intense,

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:24.460
 how was he going to fare

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:27.100
 when they're literally killing everyone?

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.500
 Well,

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.519
 church tradition tells us.

00:31:31.040 --> 00:31:32.240
 Let me read you this excerpt

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.779
 from Fox's Book of Martyrs

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.400
 about Mark.

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:37.039
 A capable evangelist

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.819
 in his own right,

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:40.200
 Mark had a longstanding connection

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:42.299
 with the city of Alexandria

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:43.180
 in Egypt

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.880
 and was instrumental

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:46.620
 in founding and nurturing

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.460
 the church there.

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:49.920
 As was often the case,

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.579
 the good news about Jesus

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.660
 was bad news

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:54.900
 for the existing pagan religious structures

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.599
 and communities.

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.799
 So within days of his arrival

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.599
 in Alexandria,

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:01.299
 Mark was a marked man.

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.440
 Though years passed

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.779
 before action was taken,

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:07.899
 a mob eventually exercised

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:09.419
 its demonic energy

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:10.319
 against him.

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:13.039
 Mark was tied with ropes,

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:15.579
 hooks may have also been used,

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:17.159
 and he was dragged

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:18.779
 through the cobblestone streets

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.680
 of Alexandria

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:21.339
 until his body was ripped,

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.159
 wounded,

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.519
 and badly injured.

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:25.740
 After a night in prison,

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:28.440
 he amazingly survived that.

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.279
 The same treatment

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.180
 was repeated

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:32.779
 again and again

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.819
 until he died.

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.599
 Though the crowd

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:37.460
 intended to burn Mark's body,

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:39.299
 there was a persistent account

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:41.460
 that a storm delayed the process

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.819
 and allowed other Christians

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.400
 a chance

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.339
 to retrieve

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.980
 and bury his remains.

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.720
 Mark

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:49.799
 was a finisher.

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.519
 He was a finisher.

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:55.460
 For anyone

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.440
 who may question

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.200
 the authenticity

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.619
 and truth of the gospel,

00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.940
 they cannot escape

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.559
 the reality

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:03.779
 of what Mark

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.299
 was willing

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.079
 to go through

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.920
 and to give up

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.759
 for the sake

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.400
 of the truth

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.440
 that he had written here.

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:12.299
 If this was a lie,

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:15.039
 why would he be so willing

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.779
 to be tied up

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:18.240
 and dragged

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.299
 again

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.500
 and again?

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.940
 What profit

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.819
 did he seem

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.960
 to gain?

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.940
 There was no profit

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.960
 for him

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:28.240
 to perpetrate

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.019
 a lie.

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.819
 No profit at all.

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.880
 But it wasn't a lie.

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:35.480
 And so there was no cost

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:37.079
 that was too great

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:38.519
 for the cause

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.140
 of the gospel.

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.000
 That's the man

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.819
 that has written us

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.339
 this book

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.319
 through the inspiration

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:44.420
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.279
 He was a helper,

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.200
 deserter,

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.819
 but then he became

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.240
 an author

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.980
 and then a finisher.

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.639
 And we are encouraged

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.200
 by that.

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.319
 Quickly,

00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:54.159
 we'll finish this.

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:55.240
 Let's look at

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.879
 the structure

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:57.500
 of the gospel of Mark.

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.099
 The structure.

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.000
 We can go back

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.000
 to Mark chapter 1 now.

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:01.259
 I told you before

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.480
 the issue

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.139
 with the author

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:04.480
 is not explicitly

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.559
 stated in the verse,

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:07.019
 but the structure is.

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:08.480
 This verse really is

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.779
 Mark's stated purpose

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.699
 for why he's writing

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:12.039
 and how we should view it.

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:15.000
 As mentioned before,

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.340
 every gospel writer

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:18.860
 was telling the same story,

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.780
 but they each come

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:22.320
 with a unique personality

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.860
 and a unique audience

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:25.179
 and a unique objective.

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.639
 Like I said before,

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.360
 Matthew wrote

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.980
 to a primarily Jewish audience,

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:30.559
 so he spends a lot of time

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.679
 emphasizing Jesus

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.719
 as the true king

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.980
 and he's got the genealogies

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:36.320
 and the frequent quotations

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:37.079
 of the Old Testament.

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:39.099
 Luke was writing

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.679
 to a more general

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:42.000
 Greek audience,

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:43.300
 which is why we see him

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.980
 emphasizing so often

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:47.640
 Jesus' sympathetic ministry

00:34:47.640 --> 00:34:49.080
 toward Gentiles

00:34:49.080 --> 00:34:51.640
 and those who were not Jews.

00:34:52.600 --> 00:34:53.500
 John's objective

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.420
 was to focus

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:55.840
 on the deity of Christ,

00:34:56.100 --> 00:34:56.980
 which is why we get

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.220
 that great prologue

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:58.720
 at the beginning

00:34:58.720 --> 00:35:00.280
 of John chapter 1.

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.180
 In the beginning

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:02.519
 was the Word

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.700
 and the Word was with God

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:05.140
 and the Word was God

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:06.180
 and so on.

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:08.800
 Mark summarizes his objective

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:11.140
 somewhat in these first two words.

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.260
 The beginning.

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:13.240
 The beginning.

00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:15.360
 He never intended

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.300
 for this gospel

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:18.160
 to be a comprehensive telling

00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:19.600
 of the life of Christ.

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:23.180
 There's relatively very little

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:25.000
 of Jesus' teaching recorded.

00:35:25.120 --> 00:35:26.920
 There's no major sermons

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:29.080
 really listed in Mark's book.

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:31.520
 It's all action-oriented

00:35:31.520 --> 00:35:33.180
 and the content of it

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:35.080
 moves at a very brisk pace.

00:35:35.160 --> 00:35:36.100
 As you read through it

00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:36.700
 maybe this week,

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.320
 if you'll do that

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.740
 and sit down,

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.200
 you'll notice

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:39.740
 he's just continually moving on

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.600
 from one thing to another.

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.799
 He's not getting lost

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:43.880
 in the weeds very often.

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.779
 And so it moves fast.

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.059
 Because his audience

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.719
 wasn't Jewish,

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.599
 it wasn't necessary

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.279
 for him to include

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:50.159
 some of the other things.

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.420
 So how can we understand

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:52.139
 his structure then?

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.539
 Here's what it is.

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.480
 Mark's gospel

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:57.940
 is a striking mosaic

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:59.759
 of the life

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:01.400
 and ministry of Jesus.

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.339
 You know what I mean

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:02.880
 by mosaic.

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.860
 It's a collection.

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.759
 You can imagine

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:06.940
 going into a cathedral somewhere,

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.659
 maybe that has

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:09.319
 the beautiful stained glass windows

00:36:09.319 --> 00:36:09.920
 and they have

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.000
 the different mosaics

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.659
 as it goes along.

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:12.899
 One giant window

00:36:12.899 --> 00:36:14.000
 that tells

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.399
 several different stories.

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.839
 That's really how

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.359
 we can view

00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:18.339
 the gospel of Mark.

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.719
 He's not writing

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.599
 chronologically

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:23.039
 about Jesus' life.

00:36:23.379 --> 00:36:24.339
 He's writing

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:25.500
 categorically

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:27.199
 about Jesus' life.

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.359
 For instance,

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.480
 instead of sprinkling

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.579
 Jesus' parables

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:32.359
 throughout a linear line

00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:33.000
 of story

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:34.000
 throughout the book of Mark,

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.899
 he just takes

00:36:34.899 --> 00:36:35.779
 chapter 4

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.720
 and just devotes

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:37.680
 all of chapter 4

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:39.019
 to the parables of Jesus.

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.460
 And so on and so forth

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.640
 we see this

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:43.100
 striking mosaic

00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:44.340
 of the life

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:45.180
 of Jesus Christ.

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.080
 He also gave

00:36:46.080 --> 00:36:47.060
 a substantial amount

00:36:47.060 --> 00:36:47.519
 of space

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.300
 to the events

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:49.640
 leading up to

00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:51.440
 the passion of Christ,

00:36:51.540 --> 00:36:52.300
 the crucifixion

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.800
 and resurrection.

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.940
 Nearly a third

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.460
 of the book

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.040
 is devoted

00:36:55.040 --> 00:36:55.940
 to the weeks

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.580
 leading up

00:36:56.580 --> 00:36:58.760
 to Jesus' death.

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.300
 And the significance

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:01.320
 of this structure

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:03.480
 is Mark's insistence

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.080
 that it's only

00:37:04.080 --> 00:37:04.660
 the beginning

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:06.299
 and his point

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:07.159
 was not only

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.819
 that this was

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.779
 literally the beginning

00:37:08.779 --> 00:37:09.539
 of the writing

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.980
 but his point

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:12.739
 is that Jesus' work

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:13.940
 is not finished.

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:16.000
 That what he was writing

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.819
 in this book

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:18.199
 is just the beginning

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:19.539
 of what could be told

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:22.039
 and what will be told.

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:24.279
 Though his atoning work

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.799
 on the cross

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.599
 has been accomplished,

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:27.500
 the story of Christ's salvation

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.279
 lives on today.

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.039
 It is a story

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.559
 that's being told

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.859
 in your life today.

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.699
 So Mark says

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.579
 what I'm giving you here

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.359
 is just the beginning.

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:34.599
 This is just the beginning

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.720
 of what Christ has done

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:38.220
 and what Christ will do.

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:40.220
 And so we see that played out

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:41.059
 as really the structure

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.480
 of his book.

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.820
 Thirdly, we see the goal

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.380
 of his book

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.940
 and that's really

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.820
 where we find the substance

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.700
 here in this verse.

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:49.160
 Mark says his goal

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:52.059
 clearly in verse one.

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.800
 His desire

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:55.340
 was to proclaim

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:56.539
 the good news

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:58.840
 that Jesus of Nazareth

00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:00.700
 is the Messiah

00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:00.700


00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.519
 the Son of God.

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.360
 That's the stated purpose.

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:06.280
 He wasn't trying

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:07.200
 to tell the story

00:38:07.200 --> 00:38:08.420
 of a man that he admired.

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:10.100
 He was proclaiming

00:38:10.100 --> 00:38:10.820
 that this man

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:12.019
 is the one

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.960
 that would bring

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:14.079
 salvation

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:15.300
 to man.

00:38:16.160 --> 00:38:17.500
 And it's in this sense

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.380
 that Mark wasn't

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:19.340
 telling a story.

00:38:19.640 --> 00:38:20.420
 He was making

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.200
 a statement.

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.559
 This book

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.840
 is not about a story.

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.500
 It's about a proclamation

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:27.119
 that this man

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:28.300
 Jesus of Nazareth

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:29.260
 is indeed

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:30.599
 the Son of God

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.440
 who has come

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.940
 to save sinners.

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.460
 And I want you

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.920
 to consider

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.639
 for just a moment

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:36.599
 the words that he uses.

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.300
 The first one

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:38.400
 is gospel.

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:40.139
 Now in the New Testament

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:41.099
 we refer to gospel

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.739
 as a genre

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:42.719
 but in the New Testament

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:44.219
 it's not a reference

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:46.280
 to a literary genre

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:47.519
 but to the message

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:48.260
 of salvation.

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:50.059
 The Greek term

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:51.739
 is euangelion.

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.420
 It's the same word

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.780
 that we get

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.639
 our English word

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.719
 evangelical

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:57.119
 or evangelical.

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.460
 And it's often

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.579
 understood as

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.400
 good news

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.299
 because that's indeed

00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:02.159
 its context.

00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:03.019
 It's good news.

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.460
 And it's a term

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.500
 that Romans and Jews

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.839
 both would have

00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:07.480
 been familiar.

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:09.319
 But its use

00:39:09.319 --> 00:39:10.940
 in ancient Jewish

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:12.819
 and Roman writings

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:13.980
 always had

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:15.219
 a specific reference

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:16.460
 to the good news

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.940
 of a new king

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:19.839
 that would save

00:39:19.839 --> 00:39:20.420
 his people.

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:23.039
 And it always

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.859
 had the picture

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:25.140
 of a herald.

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.039
 You know what I mean?

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.260
 A herald that would

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:28.120
 come into a town

00:39:28.120 --> 00:39:29.120
 blow the trumpet

00:39:29.120 --> 00:39:32.460
 hear ye

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.220
 hear ye

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:34.660
 the beginning

00:39:34.660 --> 00:39:35.500
 of the gospel

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.860
 of Jesus Christ

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.720
 the son of God.

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:39.000
 That's what he means

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.620
 by gospel.

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.840
 This is a proclamation.

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:42.079
 It's a proclamation

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:43.440
 about a new king

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.519
 that has come

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.200
 to save

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.860
 his people.

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.340
 Now let me

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:47.079
 show you this

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.599
 in the scripture.

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:49.059
 In the Old Testament

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.740
 in the Hebrew

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.780
 the Hebrew equivalent

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.340
 equivalent

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.900
 of euangelion.

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:53.720
 In fact

00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:54.400
 the Bible

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.980
 that Jesus

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.700
 would have used

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.740
 the Greek translation

00:39:56.740 --> 00:39:57.700
 that Septuagint

00:39:57.700 --> 00:39:58.820
 actually uses

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.640
 in this chapter

00:39:59.640 --> 00:40:00.160
 the word

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:01.440
 euangelion.

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:03.240
 Isaiah chapter 40

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:04.060
 says it this way.

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.940
 Get yourself up

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:07.200
 on a high mountain

00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:07.960
 O Zion

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:10.280
 bearer of good news

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:11.440
 bearer of

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.980
 euangelion.

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.500
 Proclamation.

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.380
 Get on the mountain

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:16.500
 to make this proclamation.

00:40:16.660 --> 00:40:17.040
 And he goes on.

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:18.200
 Lift up your voice

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.739
 this mightily

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:19.439
 O Jerusalem

00:40:19.439 --> 00:40:20.619
 bearer of

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.739
 good news.

00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:22.779
 Euangelion.

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.759
 Lift it up.

00:40:23.879 --> 00:40:24.599
 Do not fear.

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:26.099
 And here's the proclamation.

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.599
 Say to the cities

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.079
 of Judah

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:31.039
 here is your God.

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:32.059
 Behold

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:33.199
 the Lord God

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:34.579
 will come

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.439
 with might

00:40:35.439 --> 00:40:36.339
 with his arm

00:40:36.339 --> 00:40:37.099
 ruling for him.

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:37.579
 Behold

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.819
 his reward

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.419
 is with him

00:40:39.419 --> 00:40:41.359
 and his recompense

00:40:41.359 --> 00:40:42.099
 before him.

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:43.019
 When the Jews

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.519
 would have heard

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.079
 this word

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.719
 they would have

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:46.559
 immediately connected

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.119
 it back

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:47.859
 to this.

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.200
 They would have

00:40:48.200 --> 00:40:48.780
 connected it

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.340
 back to

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:50.360
 a king

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:51.880
 the king

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.960
 the king

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:54.120
 the proclamation

00:40:54.120 --> 00:40:55.539
 here is your

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.380
 God

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:57.460
 here is

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:59.019
 salvation.

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.420
 The Romans

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.079
 had a similar

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.780
 use for this

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.220
 word

00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:03.280
 euangelion.

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:03.800
 In fact

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.120
 there are

00:41:04.120 --> 00:41:04.599
 writings

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.260
 specifically

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:06.120
 about Caesar

00:41:06.120 --> 00:41:06.680
 Augustus

00:41:06.680 --> 00:41:07.340
 at his birth

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.200
 that uses

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:09.059
 this word

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.720
 and they

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.480
 believed him

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.000
 to be their

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:12.300
 divine deliverer.

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.220
 So when they

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.720
 used it in

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:14.380
 relation to

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:15.260
 Caesar Augustus

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:16.039
 it was the

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.460
 herald

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.940
 going from

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.320
 town to

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:17.579
 town

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.679
 Caesar Augustus

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:19.059
 has been

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.319
 born

00:41:19.319 --> 00:41:19.639
 and there's

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:20.319
 this elaborate

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:20.819
 statement

00:41:20.819 --> 00:41:21.619
 about all

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:22.159
 he will do

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:23.119
 using biblical

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:24.239
 like language

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:24.980
 that he will

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.699
 save his

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.159
 people

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.719
 he will

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:28.039
 save us

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.980
 is what they

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.440
 said about

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:29.900
 Caesar.

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:31.400
 So when Mark

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:32.099
 writes this

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:33.019
 and he says

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.559
 the beginning

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.039
 of the

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.980
 euangelion

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.719
 he say

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:36.059
 I have a

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.559
 proclamation

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.779
 about the

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.500
 true king

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:38.860
 that has

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:39.259
 come to

00:41:39.259 --> 00:41:39.779
 save his

00:41:39.779 --> 00:41:40.139
 people

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:40.980
 and then

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.219
 we see

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:41.559
 the next

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.880
 word

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.880
 Jesus

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.559
 Christ

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.400
 Jesus

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.019
 Christ

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:46.340
 Jesus

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.820
 is the

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.180
 earthly

00:41:47.180 --> 00:41:48.119
 name

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.260
 of

00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:48.400
 the

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:48.840
 Messiah

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:50.099
 and

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.240
 it's

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:50.420
 the

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:50.700
 Greek

00:41:50.700 --> 00:41:51.119
 equivalent

00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:51.420
 of

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.579
 the

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:51.980
 Hebrew

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:53.039
 Joshua

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:54.700
 Joshua

00:41:54.700 --> 00:41:55.360
 means

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:56.440
 Yahweh

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:57.559
 is salvation

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.480
 God

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:59.340
 is salvation

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:00.780
 remember

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.300
 this was

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.740
 the name

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.079
 that the

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:02.400
 angel

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.720
 told

00:42:02.720 --> 00:42:03.160
 Joseph

00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:04.079
 specifically

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:05.280
 to name

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:05.559
 him

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:06.280
 Matthew

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:06.619
 chapter

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:07.039
 one

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.880
 she

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.059
 will

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.259
 bear

00:42:08.259 --> 00:42:08.460
 a

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:08.779
 son

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.460
 and

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.659
 you

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:09.860
 shall

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.179
 call

00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:10.400
 his

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:10.699
 name

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:11.420
 Jesus

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:11.960
 and

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.099
 then

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.259
 the

00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:12.500
 angel

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.800
 says

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:13.139
 why

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.340
 to

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:13.559
 call

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:13.779
 his

00:42:13.779 --> 00:42:14.099
 name

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.920
 Joshua

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.719
 Yahweh

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:16.340
 is salvation

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:17.099
 for he

00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:17.920
 will save

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.820
 his people

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:19.679
 from

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.279
 their

00:42:20.279 --> 00:42:21.599
 sins

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:23.539
 Christ

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.039
 is not

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.579
 a name

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.800
 Christ

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:26.179
 is a

00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:26.599
 title

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.860
 it's

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.019
 the

00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.320
 Greek

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:28.739
 equivalent

00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:29.219
 of the

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:29.679
 Hebrew

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:30.679
 Messiah

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.659
 it's

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:31.840
 the

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:32.320
 designation

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:32.920
 of

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:33.320
 the

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.179
 one

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:34.639
 that

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:34.800
 would

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:35.139
 bring

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.779
 salvation

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:36.000
 to

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.300
 God's

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:36.559
 people

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:36.779
 so

00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:37.079
 Mark

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.440
 stating

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:37.639
 his

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:37.960
 purpose

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:38.119
 and

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:38.279
 he's

00:42:38.279 --> 00:42:38.440
 saying

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:38.880
 this

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.039
 is

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.340
 just

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:39.539
 the

00:42:39.539 --> 00:42:39.900
 beginning

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.500
 of

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:40.659
 the

00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:41.079
 good

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:41.779
 news

00:42:41.779 --> 00:42:42.320
 that

00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:42.779
 God

00:42:42.779 --> 00:42:43.099
 is

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:43.880
 salvation

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.299
 the

00:42:44.299 --> 00:42:44.960
 Messiah

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.900
 has

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:46.659
 come

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:49.480
 hear ye

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:50.219
 hear ye

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:51.480
 this is

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:52.159
 not just

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:52.679
 the life

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.000
 of a

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.380
 man

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.960
 this

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.139
 is

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:54.320
 the

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:55.199
 proclamation

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:55.940
 that

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.179
 the

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:56.699
 son

00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:56.960
 of

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.420
 God

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:57.679
 has

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.119
 come

00:42:58.119 --> 00:42:58.360
 to

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:59.000
 save

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:00.059
 sinners

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:01.219
 and

00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:01.360
 then

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:01.480
 he

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:01.739
 uses

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:02.000
 that

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.380
 final

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.860
 phrase

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:03.699
 son

00:43:03.699 --> 00:43:03.900
 of

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:04.259
 God

00:43:04.259 --> 00:43:05.440
 this

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.599
 is

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:05.759
 the

00:43:05.759 --> 00:43:06.179
 divine

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:06.799
 quality

00:43:06.799 --> 00:43:07.059
 that

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:07.419
 Jesus

00:43:07.419 --> 00:43:08.119
 possessed

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:09.159
 the

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:09.519
 Romans

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:10.059
 regarded

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.319
 their

00:43:10.319 --> 00:43:10.839
 Caesars

00:43:10.839 --> 00:43:11.219
 to be

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:11.619
 gods

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:12.079
 but

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.500
 Mark

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:12.699
 was

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:13.119
 introducing

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:13.480
 them

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:13.839
 to

00:43:13.839 --> 00:43:14.019
 the

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.379
 true

00:43:14.379 --> 00:43:14.899
 God

00:43:14.899 --> 00:43:16.059
 and

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.259
 it's

00:43:16.259 --> 00:43:16.599
 this

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.099
 description

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.399
 that

00:43:17.399 --> 00:43:17.639
 makes

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.259
 possible

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:19.119
 everything

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.759
 that we

00:43:19.759 --> 00:43:20.139
 read in

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.339
 this

00:43:20.339 --> 00:43:20.559
 book

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.139
 is only

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.440
 made

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.940
 possible

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.319
 because

00:43:22.319 --> 00:43:22.619
 he

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:23.039
 is

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.819
 indeed

00:43:23.819 --> 00:43:24.379
 the

00:43:24.379 --> 00:43:25.000
 son

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.480
 of

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:26.039
 God

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.960
 this

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.179
 was

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:27.579
 Jesus

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:27.879
 his

00:43:27.879 --> 00:43:28.239
 own

00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:28.859
 claim

00:43:28.859 --> 00:43:29.480
 and

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:29.679
 the

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:30.119
 scriptures

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:30.899
 continually

00:43:30.899 --> 00:43:31.599
 assert

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.139
 that

00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:32.500
 Jesus

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:33.119
 is not

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.500
 merely

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:33.719
 a

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.119
 man

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.539
 but

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:34.759
 he

00:43:34.759 --> 00:43:34.960
 is

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:35.359
 indeed

00:43:35.359 --> 00:43:35.639
 the

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:35.900
 son

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.039
 of

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.440
 God

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:37.619
 co-equal

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:38.900
 co-eternal

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.259
 with

00:43:39.259 --> 00:43:39.579
 God

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:39.739
 the

00:43:39.739 --> 00:43:40.159
 father

00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:40.639
 and

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:40.920
 God

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.119
 the

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.460
 holy

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:42.239
 spirit

00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:43.019
 John

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.299
 1

00:43:43.299 --> 00:43:43.699
 again

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:44.239
 in

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:44.380
 the

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:44.659
 beginning

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:45.019
 was

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.199
 the

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:45.579
 word

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.000
 the

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.380
 logos

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.920
 the

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.659
 person

00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:48.179
 Jesus

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:48.539
 in

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:48.659
 the

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:48.900
 beginning

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.159
 was

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:49.319
 the

00:43:49.319 --> 00:43:49.679
 word

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.219
 and

00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:50.359
 the

00:43:50.359 --> 00:43:50.559
 word

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:50.759
 was

00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:50.980
 with

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.359
 God

00:43:51.359 --> 00:43:51.900
 and

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.079
 the

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.420
 word

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:53.179
 was

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.679
 God

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:54.400
 he

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:54.599
 was

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:54.759
 in

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:54.859
 the

00:43:54.859 --> 00:43:55.199
 beginning

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:55.500
 with

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:55.859
 God

00:43:55.859 --> 00:43:56.460
 all

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:56.819
 things

00:43:56.819 --> 00:43:57.139
 came

00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:57.359
 into

00:43:57.359 --> 00:43:57.699
 being

00:43:57.699 --> 00:43:58.059
 through

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.519
 him

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:59.179
 and

00:43:59.179 --> 00:43:59.519
 apart

00:43:59.519 --> 00:43:59.779
 from

00:43:59.779 --> 00:44:00.039
 him

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:00.400
 nothing

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.759
 came

00:44:00.759 --> 00:44:00.940
 into

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:01.280
 being

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.700
 that

00:44:01.700 --> 00:44:01.920
 has

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.179
 come

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:02.400
 into

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:02.740
 being

00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.220
 in

00:44:03.220 --> 00:44:03.400
 him

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:03.639
 was

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:04.159
 life

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:04.599
 and

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:04.760
 the

00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:05.039
 life

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.260
 was

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.420
 the

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:05.720
 light

00:44:05.720 --> 00:44:06.000
 of

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.360
 men

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:07.280
 this

00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:07.460
 is

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:07.679
 Mark

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.019
 stated

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.579
 purpose

00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:09.179
 his

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:09.539
 book

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:09.700
 is

00:44:09.700 --> 00:44:09.840
 to

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:10.220
 proclaim

00:44:10.220 --> 00:44:10.440
 the

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:10.700
 good

00:44:10.700 --> 00:44:11.099
 news

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:11.559
 that

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.039
 Jesus

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.340
 is

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:12.480
 the

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.960
 Messiah

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.200
 the

00:44:13.200 --> 00:44:13.440
 son

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:13.599
 of

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:13.900
 God

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.139
 and

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:14.280
 he

00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:14.460
 has

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:14.760
 brought

00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:15.400
 salvation

00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:15.900
 from

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.340
 God

00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:17.539
 and

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:17.700
 we

00:44:17.700 --> 00:44:17.860
 can

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.240
 rejoice

00:44:18.240 --> 00:44:18.460
 in

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:18.720
 that

00:44:18.720 --> 00:44:20.099
 how

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:20.300
 does

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.400
 he

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:20.800
 accomplish

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:21.380
 this

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:22.880
 one

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.059
 of the

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.059


00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.240
 things

00:44:23.240 --> 00:44:23.420
 you'll

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.760
 notice

00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:24.000
 as

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.139
 you

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:24.380
 read

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:24.539
 through

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:24.700
 the

00:44:24.700 --> 00:44:25.079
 gospel

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.300
 of

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.599
 Mark

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:27.279
 is

00:44:27.279 --> 00:44:27.619
 that

00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:28.259
 he's

00:44:28.259 --> 00:44:28.799
 confronting

00:44:28.799 --> 00:44:29.099
 or

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.319
 he's

00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:29.860
 describing

00:44:29.860 --> 00:44:30.319
 all

00:44:30.319 --> 00:44:30.440
 of

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:30.619
 these

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:31.019
 groups

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:31.480
 who

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:32.039
 basically

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.360
 all

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:32.539
 had

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:32.719
 the

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:32.940
 same

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:33.420
 question

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:33.699
 about

00:44:33.699 --> 00:44:34.099
 Jesus

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:35.039
 who

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:35.400
 is

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:35.839
 this

00:44:35.839 --> 00:44:37.139
 who

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:37.380
 is

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:37.799
 this

00:44:37.799 --> 00:44:38.819
 his

00:44:38.819 --> 00:44:39.219
 family

00:44:39.219 --> 00:44:39.639
 asked

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:39.839
 that

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:40.279
 question

00:44:40.279 --> 00:44:41.119
 and

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:41.339
 tried

00:44:41.339 --> 00:44:41.500
 to

00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:41.819
 stop

00:44:41.819 --> 00:44:42.000
 him

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.199
 they

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.360
 thought

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:42.440
 he

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:42.559
 was

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:42.960
 crazy

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.539
 who

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:43.759
 is

00:44:43.759 --> 00:44:44.119
 this

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:44.839
 the

00:44:44.839 --> 00:44:45.179
 people

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:45.400
 in

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:45.880
 Nazareth

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.039
 when

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.139
 he

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:46.360
 came

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:46.559
 back

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:46.699
 to

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.039
 town

00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:47.960
 said

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.860
 isn't

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:49.339
 this

00:44:49.339 --> 00:44:50.400
 the

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:50.799
 son

00:44:50.799 --> 00:44:51.079
 of

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:51.679
 Mary

00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:53.559
 isn't

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:53.960
 this

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:54.179
 his

00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:54.500
 brothers

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:54.819
 and

00:44:54.819 --> 00:44:55.179
 sisters

00:44:55.179 --> 00:44:55.519
 over

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:55.839
 here

00:44:55.839 --> 00:44:56.440
 who

00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:56.679
 is

00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:57.000
 this

00:44:57.000 --> 00:44:57.440
 who

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:57.659
 does

00:44:57.659 --> 00:44:57.799
 he

00:44:57.799 --> 00:44:58.119
 think

00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:58.359
 he

00:44:58.359 --> 00:44:58.759
 is

00:44:58.759 --> 00:44:59.039
 in

00:44:59.039 --> 00:44:59.219
 other

00:44:59.219 --> 00:44:59.419
 words

00:44:59.419 --> 00:44:59.519
 is

00:44:59.519 --> 00:44:59.659
 what

00:44:59.659 --> 00:44:59.779
 they

00:44:59.779 --> 00:44:59.919
 were

00:44:59.919 --> 00:45:00.179
 saying

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:01.759
 the

00:45:01.759 --> 00:45:02.359
 disciples

00:45:02.359 --> 00:45:02.659
 on

00:45:02.659 --> 00:45:02.839
 that

00:45:02.839 --> 00:45:03.199
 night

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:03.379
 when

00:45:03.379 --> 00:45:03.539
 the

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:03.879
 storm

00:45:03.879 --> 00:45:04.139
 comes

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:04.259
 on

00:45:04.259 --> 00:45:04.399
 the

00:45:04.399 --> 00:45:04.559
 sea

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:04.699
 of

00:45:04.699 --> 00:45:05.159
 Galilee

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:05.419
 and

00:45:05.419 --> 00:45:05.579
 they

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:05.799
 think

00:45:05.799 --> 00:45:05.960
 they're

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:06.059
 going

00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:06.179
 to

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.480
 die

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:06.579
 and

00:45:06.579 --> 00:45:06.699
 they

00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:06.899
 wake

00:45:06.899 --> 00:45:07.179
 Jesus

00:45:07.179 --> 00:45:07.460
 up

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:07.739
 remember

00:45:07.739 --> 00:45:08.179
 and

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:08.359
 Jesus

00:45:08.359 --> 00:45:08.539
 we're

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:08.619
 going

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:08.699
 to

00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:08.940
 study

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.099
 it

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:09.639
 I

00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:09.799
 want

00:45:09.799 --> 00:45:09.899
 to

00:45:09.899 --> 00:45:10.099
 talk

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:10.259
 about

00:45:10.259 --> 00:45:10.359
 it

00:45:10.359 --> 00:45:10.539
 now

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:10.759
 though

00:45:10.759 --> 00:45:11.239
 and

00:45:11.239 --> 00:45:11.960
 Jesus

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:12.519
 he

00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:12.719
 gets

00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:12.899
 up

00:45:12.899 --> 00:45:13.059
 from

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.179
 the

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:13.379
 hinder

00:45:13.379 --> 00:45:13.579
 part

00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:13.659
 of

00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:13.739
 the

00:45:13.739 --> 00:45:13.899
 ship

00:45:13.899 --> 00:45:14.019
 and

00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:14.139
 he

00:45:14.139 --> 00:45:14.359
 says

00:45:14.359 --> 00:45:14.579
 three

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:14.819
 words

00:45:14.819 --> 00:45:14.919
 he

00:45:14.919 --> 00:45:15.059
 says

00:45:15.059 --> 00:45:15.319
 peace

00:45:15.319 --> 00:45:15.500
 be

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:15.759
 still

00:45:15.759 --> 00:45:16.659
 and

00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:17.319
 immediately

00:45:17.319 --> 00:45:18.419
 the

00:45:18.419 --> 00:45:18.619
 storm

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:19.179
 stops

00:45:19.179 --> 00:45:19.619
 and

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:19.819
 what's

00:45:19.819 --> 00:45:19.899
 the

00:45:19.899 --> 00:45:20.279
 response

00:45:20.279 --> 00:45:20.379
 of

00:45:20.379 --> 00:45:20.479
 the

00:45:20.479 --> 00:45:20.799
 disciples

00:45:20.799 --> 00:45:20.979
 well

00:45:20.979 --> 00:45:21.099
 they

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:21.419
 say

00:45:21.419 --> 00:45:22.659
 what

00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:22.919
 manner

00:45:22.919 --> 00:45:23.039
 of

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.199
 man

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:23.359
 is

00:45:23.359 --> 00:45:23.659
 this

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:24.299
 who

00:45:24.299 --> 00:45:24.500
 is

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:24.859
 this

00:45:24.859 --> 00:45:26.500
 they

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:26.659
 had

00:45:26.659 --> 00:45:26.819
 seen

00:45:26.819 --> 00:45:26.919
 him

00:45:26.919 --> 00:45:27.039
 do

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:27.199
 some

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:27.379
 pretty

00:45:27.379 --> 00:45:27.719
 incredible

00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:28.019
 things

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 they

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 hadn't

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 seen

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 this

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 who

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 is

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 this

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 Herod

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 says

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 who

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 is

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 this

00:45:34.419 --> 00:45:34.739
 man

00:45:34.739 --> 00:45:36.659
 this

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:36.819
 is

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 John

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 the

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 Baptist

00:45:37.399 --> 00:45:37.639
 he's

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 come

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 back

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 to

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 to

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 come

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 after

00:45:39.699 --> 00:45:39.879
 me

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 to

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 haunt

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 me

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 because

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 I

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 killed

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 him

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 and

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 it

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 tells

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 that

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 story

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 but

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 his

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 question

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 is

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 who

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 is

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 this

00:45:44.140 --> 00:45:45.500
 Pontius

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:45.900
 Pilate

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.260
 says

00:45:46.260 --> 00:45:46.960
 who

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.200
 are

00:45:47.200 --> 00:45:47.460
 you

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:48.480
 who

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:48.660
 are

00:45:48.660 --> 00:45:48.900
 you

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:49.940
 that's

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 the

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:50.420
 question

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:50.579
 that

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:50.760
 keeps

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 getting

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:51.260
 asked

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 through

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 this

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 book

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 over

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 and

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 over

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 and

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 over

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 you

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 know

00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:53.579
 what

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 Mark's

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 purpose

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 is

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 his

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 purpose

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 is

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 to

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 answer

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 that

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 question

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 if

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 you

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 could

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 summarize

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 it

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 in

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 one

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 thing

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 Mark

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 is

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 saying

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 let

00:46:00.180 --> 00:46:00.280
 me

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 tell

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:00.559
 you

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:00.720
 who

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 Jesus

00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:01.400
 is

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:02.780
 and

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 he

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 focuses

00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:03.880
 his

00:46:03.880 --> 00:46:04.240
 attention

00:46:04.240 --> 00:46:04.740
 on

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 Jesus

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 identity

00:46:05.740 --> 00:46:06.860
 and

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 on

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 Jesus

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 work

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 the

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 first

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 eight

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 chapters

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.160
 of

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 the

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 book

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 zero

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 in

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 on

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 his

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 identity

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 the

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 second

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 eight

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 chapters

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 of

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 the

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 book

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 zero

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 in

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 on

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 his

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 work

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 his

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 salvific

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 work

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 and

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 it's

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 like

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 an

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 uphill

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 climb

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 in

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 the

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 first

00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:22.139
 eight

00:46:22.139 --> 00:46:22.519
 chapters

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 with

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 the

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 climax

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 coming

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 I

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 believe

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 at

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 the

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 end

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 of

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 chapter

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 eight

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 Jesus

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 is

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 near

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 Caesarea

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 Philippi

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 and

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 he

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 asked

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 his

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 disciples

00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:33.739
 who

00:46:33.739 --> 00:46:33.919
 do

00:46:33.919 --> 00:46:34.219
 men

00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:34.500
 say

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:34.699
 that

00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:34.859
 I

00:46:34.859 --> 00:46:35.179
 am

00:46:35.179 --> 00:46:36.699
 and

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 they

00:46:36.839 --> 00:46:37.059
 said

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.259
 some

00:46:37.259 --> 00:46:37.480
 people

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:37.699
 say

00:46:37.699 --> 00:46:37.859
 you're

00:46:37.859 --> 00:46:38.059
 John

00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:38.199
 the

00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:38.500
 Baptist

00:46:38.500 --> 00:46:38.819
 some

00:46:38.819 --> 00:46:39.039
 people

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.259
 say

00:46:39.259 --> 00:46:39.419
 you're

00:46:39.419 --> 00:46:39.799
 Elijah

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 or

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 one

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 of

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 the

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.439
 other

00:46:40.439 --> 00:46:40.939
 prophets

00:46:40.939 --> 00:46:42.019
 and

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.199
 then

00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:42.500
 Jesus

00:46:42.500 --> 00:46:42.980
 says

00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:43.839
 but

00:46:43.839 --> 00:46:44.059
 who

00:46:44.059 --> 00:46:44.239
 do

00:46:44.239 --> 00:46:44.500
 you

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:44.739
 say

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:44.919
 that

00:46:44.919 --> 00:46:45.079
 I

00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:45.319
 am

00:46:45.319 --> 00:46:47.259
 and

00:46:47.259 --> 00:46:47.559
 Peter

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:48.039
 says

00:46:48.039 --> 00:46:48.179
 in

00:46:48.179 --> 00:46:48.339
 that

00:46:48.339 --> 00:46:48.699
 famous

00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:49.259
 confession

00:46:49.259 --> 00:46:50.559
 you

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:50.839
 are

00:46:50.839 --> 00:46:51.039
 the

00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:51.419
 Christ

00:46:51.419 --> 00:46:53.299
 everything

00:46:53.299 --> 00:46:53.519
 in

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:53.619
 the

00:46:53.619 --> 00:46:53.859
 first

00:46:53.859 --> 00:46:54.079
 eight

00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:54.379
 chapters

00:46:54.379 --> 00:46:54.899
 builds

00:46:54.899 --> 00:46:55.159
 up

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:55.339
 to

00:46:55.339 --> 00:46:55.619
 that

00:46:55.619 --> 00:46:56.019
 one

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.719
 confession

00:46:56.719 --> 00:46:56.739
!

00:46:57.139 --> 00:46:57.219
 you

00:46:57.219 --> 00:46:57.359
 are

00:46:57.359 --> 00:46:57.500
 the

00:46:57.500 --> 00:46:57.779
!

00:46:57.779 --> 00:46:58.139
 and

00:46:58.139 --> 00:46:58.319
 it's

00:46:58.319 --> 00:46:58.679
 only

00:46:58.679 --> 00:46:59.079
 once

00:46:59.079 --> 00:46:59.239
 his

00:46:59.239 --> 00:46:59.659
 identity

00:46:59.659 --> 00:46:59.859
 is

00:46:59.859 --> 00:47:00.359
 established

00:47:00.359 --> 00:47:00.579
 in

00:47:00.579 --> 00:47:00.719
 the

00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:01.000
 mind

00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:01.319
 of

00:47:01.319 --> 00:47:01.460
 his

00:47:01.460 --> 00:47:01.779
 closest

00:47:01.779 --> 00:47:02.259
 followers

00:47:02.259 --> 00:47:02.460
 that

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:02.559
 he

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:02.819
 begins

00:47:02.819 --> 00:47:02.980
 to

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.319
 describe

00:47:03.319 --> 00:47:03.500
 his

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 work

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.480
 immediately

00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:04.960
 after

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:05.199
 that

00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:05.359
 he

00:47:05.359 --> 00:47:05.759
 says

00:47:05.759 --> 00:47:06.699
 the

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:06.940
 son

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:07.079
 of

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:07.279
 man

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 has

00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:07.739
 come

00:47:07.739 --> 00:47:08.239
 he

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:08.420
 will

00:47:08.420 --> 00:47:08.559
 be

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:08.900
 delivered

00:47:08.900 --> 00:47:09.119
 into

00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:09.299
 the

00:47:09.299 --> 00:47:09.519
 hands

00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:09.639
 of

00:47:09.639 --> 00:47:09.859
 men

00:47:09.859 --> 00:47:10.319
 he

00:47:10.319 --> 00:47:10.579
 will

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:10.739
 be

00:47:10.739 --> 00:47:10.920
 put

00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:11.079
 to

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:11.379
 death

00:47:11.379 --> 00:47:11.779
 but

00:47:11.779 --> 00:47:11.900
 he

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.099
 will

00:47:12.099 --> 00:47:12.440
 rise

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:12.659
 three

00:47:12.659 --> 00:47:12.879
 days

00:47:12.879 --> 00:47:13.139
 later

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:13.480
 and

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:13.920
 everything

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:14.400
 after

00:47:14.400 --> 00:47:14.739
 that

00:47:14.739 --> 00:47:15.719
 builds

00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:16.339
 on

00:47:16.339 --> 00:47:16.559
 that

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:17.019
 identity

00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:17.619
 that's

00:47:17.619 --> 00:47:17.699
 how

00:47:17.699 --> 00:47:17.859
 we're

00:47:17.859 --> 00:47:18.000
 going to

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.319
 approach

00:47:18.319 --> 00:47:18.539
 this

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:18.839
 book

00:47:18.839 --> 00:47:19.579
 we're

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:19.719
 going to

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!

00:47:28.139 --> 00:47:28.319
 for

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 listening

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 to

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 this

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 sermon

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 available

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 to

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 share

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 it

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 you'd

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 like

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 please

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 do

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 not

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 charge

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 express

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 Sunday

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 morning

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 you