There are reasons for intolerance, but it is very easy to fall into the errors of intolerance. The believer must be careful to walk according to Jesus' conditions for tolerance.

Ambition is not wrong to have as long as we have it in the right direction. It must be rightly directed towards the things of God.

As the Lord moves towards Jerusalem and the cross, he begins to focus more on his disciples, preparing them for His death. His death was a necessary offering because of man's sin, but the disciples weren't quite ready for it or wanting of it.

Here in Mark 9 there are four characters who are spiritually immature and powerless. The only way to overcome these weaknesses is through the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Mount of Transfiguration reveals to us the glory of God. In the end, Moses and Elias left and Jesus alone was with the three disciples. We only need Jesus. He alone cleanses us from our sin.

There are five issues that the servant of God must face in his life. Failure to do so will lead to errors in our thinking and in our living.

Man's image of a messiah is a conquering king, as evidenced by Peter. God's image of the Messiah is His Son suffering a cruel death that all men may be saved.

Man has differing views on what the Messiah was to be and how he would live life. But Jesus is clear in His confession that He was the Messiah, contrary to many of their opinions.

God cared for the blind man in many ways. As our example, we ought also to care for others.

The leaven of the Pharisees was hypocrisy. Only a desire to possess Biblical discernment will correct this trouble.