Mark is continuing to press the importance of not just knowing about Jesus, but having a faith in who God says Jesus is, The High Holy King of Everything. The issue is people are not seeing Jesus or following Him. Mark bring out an encounter with a blind man to show what it means to see and follow Jesus.

In Mark’s story of Jesus the challenge is made that Jesus is King/Messiah and we are to live abandoned to Him (Mark 10:17-31). This life of abandonment is to Abandon Values, have Unrestrained Trust in the God of the possible, and to experience Limitless Possibilities. But the choice is ours, we can let go or walk away like this rich young ruler.

The world is deafening, leaving us confused and conflicted, yet Jesus brings clarity as we are open to Him. Mark 7:31-37 gives us three opportunities to be open to Jesus; Live Intentionally with Jesus, Love Individually for Jesus, and Be inclined to Jesus.

The compassion of Christ has given us opportunity to be saved as we are redeemed from our sin, restored to honor through adoption, and rescued from darkness by the power of the resurrected Jesus (even death could not hold Him) for in a heartless, cruel world, Jesus\' compassion is powerful, inclusive and life-changing. We are to take in this compassion and express it to others as we Engage Jesus’ Powerful Compassion, Embrace the Inclusiveness of Jesus’ Compassion, Experience the Life-Changing Compassion of Jesus.

In living out our salvation we need to hear from Jesus…for life gets ambiguous, yet Jesus holds the secret if we listen. So how can we listen and communicate well the secrets of Jesus? Jesus teaches us through the Parable of the Soils in Mark 4:1-20…we are to Create an Environment to Hear as Adjust Communication to be Heard…as we Shew Birds, Remove Rocks, and pull weeds. In this we will be cultivating that Good soil that is interested in Jesus, Intense on Jesus, and Intentional with Jesus.