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01-14-2024 The Secret of the Kingdom (Mark 4:1-34)
The Secret of the Kingdom
Mark 4:1-34
Mark 3:20-30
20 Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.”
22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
23 So he summoned them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished. 27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
28 “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all sins and whatever blasphemies they utter. 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30 because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Mark 3:29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”[
Mark 1:16 As he passed alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen.
Mark 2:13 Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.
Mark 3:7 Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and a large crowd followed from Judea,
Mark seems to use 'the sea' as a sign of a teaching concerning discipleship.
Mark 4:1 Again he began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore.
The Parable of the Soils:
• The Path- the birds devoured the seed
• Rocky Ground- shallow roots, scorched by the sun
• The Thorns- the seed was choked out by the thorns
The Parable of the Soils:
• The Path- the enticement of evil is too much for their faith
• Rocky Ground- there is temporary faith, but the pressure of this world becomes too much
• The Thorns- genuine faith that falls short due to the demands of discipleship
Matthew 24:21 KJV For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mark 4:17 But they have no root; they are short-lived. When distress or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away.
If you live under the reign and rule of King Jesus and His Kingdom, you will have to live with the friction of the thlipsis (Kingdom Pressure).
Mark 4:20 And those like seed sown on good ground hear the word, welcome it, and produce fruit thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.”
Hear the word
Welcome the word
Produce fruit
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By John Parrish
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The Secret of the Kingdom
Mark 4:1-34
Mark 3:20-30
20 Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.”
22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
23 So he summoned them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished. 27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
28 “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all sins and whatever blasphemies they utter. 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30 because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Mark 3:29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”[
Mark 1:16 As he passed alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen.
Mark 2:13 Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.
Mark 3:7 Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and a large crowd followed from Judea,
Mark seems to use 'the sea' as a sign of a teaching concerning discipleship.
Mark 4:1 Again he began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore.
The Parable of the Soils:
• The Path- the birds devoured the seed
• Rocky Ground- shallow roots, scorched by the sun
• The Thorns- the seed was choked out by the thorns
The Parable of the Soils:
• The Path- the enticement of evil is too much for their faith
• Rocky Ground- there is temporary faith, but the pressure of this world becomes too much
• The Thorns- genuine faith that falls short due to the demands of discipleship
Matthew 24:21 KJV For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mark 4:17 But they have no root; they are short-lived. When distress or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away.
If you live under the reign and rule of King Jesus and His Kingdom, you will have to live with the friction of the thlipsis (Kingdom Pressure).
Mark 4:20 And those like seed sown on good ground hear the word, welcome it, and produce fruit thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.”
Hear the word
Welcome the word
Produce fruit