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Jerusalem Controversies
The week’s theme is Jerusalem Controversies.
Let’s start with the verse to memorize for the week, Mark 11:25: “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”
In the study of lesson 3 a few weeks ago, we saw that Mark chapters 2 and 3 recorded a series of five controversies between Jesus and the religious leaders. In this week’s lesson, Jesus has a series of 6 controversies with the religious leaders when he arrives in Jerusalem. The two controversies serve as a framework for the beginning and end of Christ’s earthly ministry.
Each set deals with essential issues of the Christian life. Jesus’ instructions, even in these discussions, help guide believers in the fundamental matters of faith and the practical problems of everyday Christian experience.
The religious leaders tried to confront, confuse, and defeat Jesus but never succeeded. This week’s lesson examines what leads people to oppose God and considers what Christians can do to reduce prejudice and speak to the hearts of those who resist the call of the Holy Spirit.
In Mark 11, Jesus’ ministry unfolds in Jerusalem as he goes to Passover. This is roughly the month of March and April. Chapters 11 through 16 of Mark cover a little over a week. The narrative slows down considerably. The first ten chapters cover approximately three and a half years. This slowing down points to the importance of these final scenes.
I conclude the introduction to this week’s lesson with a thought from the book The Science of Healing on page 52, which says the following.
During His ministry, He was continually pursued by crafty and hypocritical men who sought His life. Spies were on His track, watching His words, to find some occasion against Him. The nation’s keenest and most highly cultured minds sought to defeat Him in controversy. But never could they gain an advantage. They had to retire from the field, confounded and put to shame by the lowly Teacher from Galilee. Christ’s teaching had a freshness and power that men had never known. Even His enemies were forced to confess, “Never man spake like this Man.”
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The week’s theme is Jerusalem Controversies.
Let’s start with the verse to memorize for the week, Mark 11:25: “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”
In the study of lesson 3 a few weeks ago, we saw that Mark chapters 2 and 3 recorded a series of five controversies between Jesus and the religious leaders. In this week’s lesson, Jesus has a series of 6 controversies with the religious leaders when he arrives in Jerusalem. The two controversies serve as a framework for the beginning and end of Christ’s earthly ministry.
Each set deals with essential issues of the Christian life. Jesus’ instructions, even in these discussions, help guide believers in the fundamental matters of faith and the practical problems of everyday Christian experience.
The religious leaders tried to confront, confuse, and defeat Jesus but never succeeded. This week’s lesson examines what leads people to oppose God and considers what Christians can do to reduce prejudice and speak to the hearts of those who resist the call of the Holy Spirit.
In Mark 11, Jesus’ ministry unfolds in Jerusalem as he goes to Passover. This is roughly the month of March and April. Chapters 11 through 16 of Mark cover a little over a week. The narrative slows down considerably. The first ten chapters cover approximately three and a half years. This slowing down points to the importance of these final scenes.
I conclude the introduction to this week’s lesson with a thought from the book The Science of Healing on page 52, which says the following.
During His ministry, He was continually pursued by crafty and hypocritical men who sought His life. Spies were on His track, watching His words, to find some occasion against Him. The nation’s keenest and most highly cultured minds sought to defeat Him in controversy. But never could they gain an advantage. They had to retire from the field, confounded and put to shame by the lowly Teacher from Galilee. Christ’s teaching had a freshness and power that men had never known. Even His enemies were forced to confess, “Never man spake like this Man.”
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