Who Do You Say Jesus Is?

Who Do You Say Jesus Is?

The question ‘Who do you say Jesus is?’ has challenged every generation throughout history, and Mark’s Gospel provides a definitive answer from its very first verse. Mark declares Jesus as ‘Jesus Christ, the Son of God,’ revealing three crucial aspects of His identity. The name Jesus, meaning ‘the Lord saves,’ identifies Him as the only […]

Jesus Came To Save

The question “Who do you say Jesus is?” lies at the heart of Christian faith. Through examining Jesus’s baptism and temptation, we discover His true identity as the Son of God. Though sinless, Jesus was baptized to identify with sinners and fulfill righteousness. At His baptism, heaven was torn open, the Trinity was revealed, and […]

How Strong Is Your Jesus

Mark chapter 1 presents a powerful examination of Jesus Christ’s divine authority and strength through several remarkable encounters. When Jesus entered the synagogue in Capernaum to teach, the people were amazed because He taught with genuine authority, unlike the scribes and teachers of the law who delivered lifeless interpretations. Jesus possessed this unmatched authority because […]

Jesus, Friend of Sinners

The story of Matthew reveals a powerful truth about evangelism and relationships. Matthew was one of the most hated people in his community – a tax collector who collaborated with Rome and stole from his neighbors through corrupt practices. Yet when Jesus called him to follow, Matthew immediately left his lucrative but sinful career behind. […]

When Blessing Becomes Burden

Life has a way of turning our greatest blessings into unexpected burdens. That dream job becomes a source of constant stress, the house we always wanted demands endless maintenance, and even our spiritual practices can transform from sources of joy into religious obligations. This transformation from blessing to burden is exactly what Jesus addresses in […]

How Did Jesus Address Legalism

Jesus confronts legalism in Mark 2:23-3:6 when Pharisees criticize His disciples for picking grain on the Sabbath. Their man-made rules had overshadowed God’s true intentions for the Sabbath, which was made for humanity’s benefit, not as a burden. When Jesus heals a man with a shriveled hand on the Sabbath, the Pharisees respond by plotting […]

Defeating the Devll

Jesus is the most misunderstood person in history, and Mark chapter 3 makes that clear. Three groups got Him wrong: the crowds who saw Him only as a crisis resource, His own family who thought He had lost His mind, and the religious leaders who attributed His miracles to Satan. Jesus responded with sharp logic, […]

Finding Your People

Parable of the Sower

In Mark chapter four, Jesus used the familiar image of a farmer scattering seed to teach one of the most personal truths in all of Scripture. The farmer is Jesus, the seed is the Gospel, and the soil is the human heart. What makes this parable so striking is that as Jesus told it beside […]

Seed Parables

The kingdom of God grows in ways that often surprise us, quietly and steadily, even when we cannot see it happening. In Mark chapter 4, Jesus tells two parables about seeds that reveal how God’s kingdom expands and what our role is in that process. We are called to scatter the seed of the gospel […]

The Wind and Waves Obey

Life does not come with a storm warning system. The storms we face arrive suddenly, without warning, and often without mercy. In Mark 4, Jesus and His disciples set out across the Sea of Galilee after a long day of teaching, and a violent, life-threatening storm rose up without notice. Waves crashed over the sides […]

Go and Tell

In Mark 5, a man tormented by a legion of demons encounters Jesus, and his life is completely transformed. This dramatic story reveals four powerful truths: demons are real, their purpose is to destroy, Jesus has complete authority over them, and Jesus sets people free. The same bondage that held that man, whether from demonic […]

Faith in the Waiting

Suffering has a way of revealing what we truly believe about God. In Mark 5, Jesus meets two desperate people, a synagogue leader named Jairus whose daughter is dying, and a woman who has been bleeding for twelve years, and He responds to both with compassion and power. Even when death seems to have the […]

The Offense of the Gospel

Jesus has always been offensive to some people, and Mark 6 shows us exactly why. When He returned to His hometown of Nazareth, the people who knew Him best were the ones most scandalized by Him. They could not reconcile the carpenter they grew up with and the Messiah standing before them. They wanted a […]

When The Word Offends

The story of John the Baptist and King Herod in Mark 6 offers a sobering look at what happens when God’s Word confronts sin and power. John faithfully declared the truth about Herod’s unlawful marriage, and it ultimately cost him his life. Yet despite appearances, evil did not win. Herod lost everything, while John is […]

Do What You Can With What You Have

The feeding of the 5,000 is one of the most well-known miracles in Scripture, and it carries a principle that applies to every believer: do what you can with what you have, and trust Jesus to do the rest. When the disciples faced a hungry crowd with nothing but five loaves and two fish, Jesus […]