MBM Parramatta / Bible Talks

The human heart loves to decide for itself rules and regulations that will help us feel good about ourselves. Jesus exposes this system of religion and says: “I’ve come not to reform religion but to end it by replacing it with myself!”

If you put aside Jesus' death and resurrection, this event, in the life of Jesus might the most impactful and significant. Here we see Jesus solve a problem no other person can fix.

After having heard the declaration of who Jesus is, the rest of Mark 1 fills out the demonstration of Jesus’ authority. It’s all in a day’s work for the Messiah, the Son of God.

It’s the most important question that will ever be asked of you, or that you could ask someone else. Mark wants you to know the answer to this question that he answers it in Chapter 1, sentence 1. 

Life so often seems so unfair because bad things happen to good people. Jesus flips that kinda thinking on it's head by offering three things in response. First, we're not as good as we think we are. Second, Jesus does good to bad people like us. And third, Jesus as the perfect person, endured the worst thing possible on our behalf.

What will happen to me when I die? In this story, Jesus confronts us with the reality that death brings immediate, irreversible, eternal comfort or agony.

My purpose in life is to love God and love others. I cannot do that unless I follow Jesus.

We’re all on the hunt for contentment. In Ecclesiastes 4-6 the Teacher presents life lived under three different masters but there’s only one master who provides everlasting contentment.

When God took on flesh on that very first Christmas, it marked a turning point in history. He came so that there would be a turning point in your life.

God’s heart for us is that we would live for him. That looks like honouring our church leaders, praying continually and listening to the Holy Spirit. But all of this is impossible unless God is the one who makes it happen.