We are now in Mark 8:31 as Dr. Mitchell takes us through this verse. It shows Jesus’ program, that is that Jesus was going to suffer.

Dr. Mitchell helps us see why the Savior must die and be raised again.

He points out that the Lord Jesus shares with His disciples His coming death and resurrection. Jesus always mentions His resurrection every time He speaks of His death. To speak of His death apart from His resurrection would be a tragedy.

Dr. Mitchell makes note of the fact that the Jewish nation thought there were two messiahs. One that would die and one that would reign. But as it turned out, there was One Messiah, Jesus, who would both die and will later on also reign in His Kingdom.

Here is Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, Mark 8:31.

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Dr. Mitchell will cover Mark 8:27-31 which deals with the identity of the savior.

The revelation of Jesus’ person vs.29 and the revelation of His program vs. 31 are the focus of this study.

Who is this Jesus? Who do you say that I am? The answer comes through revelation.

In Matthew 16:17 we see the answer is by revelation from the rock, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Turn with us to Mark 8:27 as Dr. Mitchell shows us who the Savior is.

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In this program, Dr. Mitchell will cover a lot of territory. We will read 5 stories.

Mark begins with Jesus’ healing of a deaf and mute man and Jesus being lauded for doing all things well.

Next, the Lord’s compassion is once again shown in the feeding of the 4000.

In another episode, the Pharisees were seeking a sign from Jesus to test Him which He did not provide to that generation.

Then Jesus warns His disciples concerning the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod, hypocrisy and kingdom politics.

Finally, we read of the healing of a blind man after Jesus takes him outside an unbelieving city telling him not to return to it.

We trust the Lord’s presence will be evident to you in these passages.

Here is Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, Mark 7:31.

To sum up, our Lord turns to the people giving them a heads-up on the differences between eating and sinning.

Well His disciples wanted further instruction as to what He meant by the parable. The Lord Jesus was amazed that even the disciples did not understand the difference between the material and the spiritual, between eating food which goes into the stomach and is flushed away and the sins which come from the heart and defile a person before God.

Mark goes on to show an incident in the region of Tyre on the north coast. Here the Lord Jesus honors the faith of a gentile woman. The Lord answers her request even though she was not under the covenant of Israel.

Christ honors faith in Him wherever it is found.

Here is Dr. Mitchell, Mark 7:14, on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast.

Jesus confronts the Pharisees whose foolishness was revealed by their holding to the tradition of man made rules and were in effect making the very Word of God of no value at all.

We are in Mark 7:1-13. Jesus rebukes these religious rulers for setting aside the very Word of God in order to keep their traditions.

Our Lord gives an example of the priority of the Word of God over man made rules as regards one’s responsibility to one’s parents. These rulers were rejecting the Word of God by placing their tradition as the priority of what to believe and how to live in family relationships.

The Word of God has the priority of authority in one’s life. It should be placed as priority over man made rules.

Here is Dr. Mitchell, Mark 7:1, on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, .

Jesus’ power over nature is demonstrated in this lesson.

We are in Mark 6:45-56.

Our Lord, having gone up to a mountain to pray, and subsequently began walking on the water of the sea of Galilee. The disciples saw Him and were frightened because He appeared to them to be a phantom, a ghost. This happened at night, between 3-6 in the morning.

How did they see Him at night?

Here our Lord is so precious to us. He first encourages them personally, saying ‘Take heart, or be of good cheer’ and then identifies Himself, ‘It is I’, and then says ‘Stop being afraid.’

The Lord Jesus can and will identify Himself to the heart of each of us who are trusting Jesus Himself in the midst of the storm.

Here is Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, Mark 6:45.

In our passage, Mark 6:30-44, Mark presents the Savior once again.

Here Jesus cares for His disciples and takes them on a retreat to rest for a while.

Then Jesus feeds 5000 men and their families. He does this miracle because He had compassion of them for they were like sheep without a shepherd, so He taught them.

Have experienced the compassion of our Lord Jesus?

This miracle is the only one that is recorded in all 4 gospels. And in the Gospel of John this miracle is followed by Jesus’s statement that He is the bread of life, both in His person and His work, that has come down from heaven to give life to the world.

John 6. Jesus is the bread of life.

Let’s open our Bible to Mark 6:30 with Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast.

Mark now gives us a passage that shows the Lord sending out the twelve disciples two by two, in pairs.

They were to preach and to cast out demons and anoint the sick that they may be healed. This is what they did.

Dr. Mitchell declares how this shows us the encouragement of those who travel together in the gospel. He notes the partnership of Peter and John, Barnabas and Paul and Paul and Silas in the book of Acts.

The disciples then returned and reported to Jesus all they had done and taught.

This outreach by Jesus even reached the ears of King Herod.

Dr. Mitchell then gives us an overview of Herod’s treatment of John the Baptist whom he had beheaded, for no good reason.

Let’s turn to Mark 6:7 with Dr. Mitchell. Your listening to the

Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast.

Have you heard the saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt?”

In our passage, Mark 6:1-8, this phrase is exemplified. Our Lord Jesus had come into his own country, his own town and into his own family.

Here our Lord is teaching in their synagogue. People, hearing Him teach, were astonished.

What were they amazed at? They were amazed at His wisdom and His miracles. After all, they thought, He is only an ordinary carpenter.

And the unbelieving people were offended at Him. Jesus,too, was amazed - at their unbelief.

Jesus’ words are so true, “A prophet is not with out honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives and in his household.”

Have you ever experienced this rejection from anyone who is close to you because of your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ? It does happen doesn’t it? I know.

Here is Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, Mark 6:1-8

Mark provides two miracles from our Savior. A woman is healed after 12 years and a little girl is raised from the dead.

Contact with the savior brings deliverance.

Let’s join Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast,

Mark 5:21-43.