the gospel of mark (6)
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THE GOSPEL OF MARK (6). Jesus as the Suffering Servant. Created by Paul Murphy, Eric McDonough, Jeremy DeGraffenreidt , Matt Roche, Leo Rothman. WHO was MARK?. Before you learn about his gospel, you must learn about who Mark was. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE GOSPEL OF MARK (6)
Created byPaul Murphy, Eric McDonough, Jeremy DeGraffenreidt,
Matt Roche, Leo Rothman
Jesus as the Suffering Servant
Before you learn about his gospel, you must learn about who Mark was.
The author of Mark’s Gospel was a man named John Mark, a follower of Peter and Paul
Although he followed Peter and Paul, it is believed that Mark never met Jesus
It is believed that Mark’s gospel was written from 65-70 AD
WHO was MARK?
This winged lion is the symbol of Mark
It is believed that Mark’s gospel was written in Antioch, Syria or Alexandria, Egypt
This location is important because the Christians/Gentiles of this area were facing persecution by the Jews, and Mark wanted to relate their suffering to that of Jesus
Where was mark’s gospel written?
The first part of the Gospel of Mark talks about how Jesus revealed himself as a wonderful teacher
Jesus encourages people to ask forgiveness of their sins because, “The Kingdom of God is at hand.”
Mark teaches Bible readers that Jesus is the Gospel or “good news” of the world, and that he has come to open the gates of the Kingdom of God for mankind.
Mark finishes his introduction with the story of Jesus’ forty days spent in the desert.
The number forty helps Jews and Jewish-Christians relate to Jesus because the Jews spent forty years wondering the desert
The revealing of jesus
Mark’s gospel shows Jesus’ when he works his miracles When performing miracles Jesus shows his power of
forgiving sins, especially when liberating people from their ailments
If a person had a strong faith in God, Jesus would forgive them of their sins and they would be healed
Jesus’ miracles prove Mark’s point that Jesus is the son of God because only someone with divine power could heal a paralytic, create wine from water, or bring a person back from the dead
The textbook says that Jesus could not perform many miracles in Nazareth because the people of Nazareth lacked faith in him
Mark’s impression of Jesus' miracles
In his gospel, Mark views Jesus as a teacher with authority Jesus was a very charismatic person, so people respected
and believed the things he said Mark gives examples in chapters one and two of times
when Jesus’ authority caused his first disciples to give up what their livelihood and follow him
In Mark’s gospel, Jesus teaches that the Kingdom of God is accepting of all people, not matter what social or economical class they come from
Jesus used parables to create a metaphor that people could relate to in order to understand his message
Jesus the teacher
In his gospel, Mark takes a different approach to looking at Jesus
Mark looks at Jesus’ human side He shows that Jesus, much like us, can be angry (10:14) Jesus also becomes angry when it takes his disciples a long
time to interpret a parable This helped people to see that Jesus was human, and not
just God, because like all human beings Jesus got angry
Jesus the human
In his gospel, mark talks about how Jesus aimed to hide his identity
As we now, the Jews were looking for a military messiah, not a messiah like Jesus
He kept his identity secretive and did not like publicity because he wanted people to come to him thinking about God rather than thinking about ridding the Romans from Israel
Jesus did not want to become a one man show where people could come out and watch him perform miracles, he wanted to reach out to those in need and to those who yearned for him
Jesus did not want to wow people into besiegement or test God
The messianic secret
Mark first reveals this aspect of his gospel when Jesus is teaching in Jerusalem
Mark tells us that Jesus said he is a humble servant of God Jesus predicts his death in this part of Mark’s gospel This is the first time in the gospel that Jesus says he will
suffer and die to forgive all sins
Jesus the suffering servant
On their journey to Jerusalem, Mark portrays the disciples as not understanding the meaning of being a disciple
Jesus tells them that they will encounter much suffering for being affiliated with Jesus
Like Jesus, many of his disciples encounter a painful, suffering death
Mark tells his readers that they, much like the disciples, should be ready to be persecuted for their belief in Jesus
Mark had to get this point across because a large piece of his audience were Gentiles who faced the most scrutiny from Jews
He needed to tell his readers to stay faithful to Jesus and not give up on him because they faced persecution
Discipleship
What makes Mark’s gospel unique is that he focuses a huge amount on the suffering that Jesus goes through on the cross
Also Mark notes that the Kingdom of God may have to be reached through suffering
Mark does this so his audience can relate the suffering they were enduring to the suffering that Jesus and many of his disciples went through because of their beliefs
Why mark’s gospel is unique
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