Spiritual growth cannot be measured by a stopwatch. The kingdom of God may begin in a person’s life in an instant, but its growth becomes visible only with the passing of time and the practice of faithfulness. This is one aspect of the kingdom of God that Jesus...
In the Scriptures, a few verses have the reputation of being ‘one of the most difficult passages in the Bible.’ We are going to study one of those today. The passage that I have in mind is Mark 9.49.We will read v. 50 as well. Mark 9.49-50.Mark 9.49. For everyone will...
In the last two lessons, we looked at the meaning of Jesus’ teaching concerning the first-and-last principle. In Matthew 19.30 and 20.16, He said that the last shall be first and the first shall be last. Today we will continue to examine this principle and we...
In the previous lesson, we were studying the words of the Lord Jesus in Mark 10.32-45, a passage in which Jesus revealed to His disciples that He was about to be put to death. This was actually the third time He told them that He would suffer and die, and that He...
We find in the NT a disturbing passage in which the Lord Jesus exercised His power in order to destroy. Divine power was used for destruction. It is disturbing because the use of power for a purely destructive purpose is quite out of keeping with the character and...
