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Mark 1-3
Mark starts when John the Baptist meets Jesus, John believes himself to be unworthy of Jesus and has a humble existence eating only what he finds in the desert (locusts and wild honey). This time when Jesus is baptised the dramatic appearance of a dove and a booming voice drives him into the wilderness for 40 days.
No details about what 'temptations' Satan offered that Jesus endured, he hung out with wild animals and was looked after by angels (so can't have been too bad out there).
Jesus starts collecting disciples, driving out demons and healing people. He doesn't let the demons speak because they'll reveal who he is before he's can explain everything himself.
Jesus tries to avoid the mobs of people by sticking to remote areas but they find him anyway.
Jesus says he is mixing with sinners (and tax collectors) because a physician wouldn't be needed by a healthy person and therefore the righteous don't need Jesus.
Jesus' family think he is out of his mind and try to arrest him, and that leads to the same accusation as in Matthew, that he must be possessed by Beezelbub (I still think Jesus is wrong that Satan wouldn't work against his own in order to convince people to follow him), and now it makes sense why he would disown his own family, they did just accuse him of being out of his mind.
No details about what 'temptations' Satan offered that Jesus endured, he hung out with wild animals and was looked after by angels (so can't have been too bad out there).
Jesus starts collecting disciples, driving out demons and healing people. He doesn't let the demons speak because they'll reveal who he is before he's can explain everything himself.
Jesus tries to avoid the mobs of people by sticking to remote areas but they find him anyway.
Jesus says he is mixing with sinners (and tax collectors) because a physician wouldn't be needed by a healthy person and therefore the righteous don't need Jesus.
Jesus' family think he is out of his mind and try to arrest him, and that leads to the same accusation as in Matthew, that he must be possessed by Beezelbub (I still think Jesus is wrong that Satan wouldn't work against his own in order to convince people to follow him), and now it makes sense why he would disown his own family, they did just accuse him of being out of his mind.
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(Anonymous) 2010-11-23 03:43 am (UTC)(link)no subject
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many on that day who claims jesus drive demons out by Beelzebul, all condemn to hell already.
jesus sounds like mafia gang, and who follows him are mother and brother,,,, yo, bro
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Matthew 4
The Temptation of Jesus
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. 2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.
3 During that time the devilt came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,
‘People do not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’t”
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,
6 and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,
‘He will order his angels to protect you.
And they will hold you up with their hands
so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’t”
7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the LORD your God.’t”
8 Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,
‘You must worship the LORD your God
and serve only him.’t”
11 Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.
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The Gospel is written for Gentiles who were not necessarily familiar with Jewish customs, prophecies or laws. This differs from Matthew which is written by a Jew for Jews who were learning about Christ. It is important that the Gospels were written by different people and for different purposes. What one found to be important, either to the author or target audience, another didn't necessarily find important, so although they tell similar stories (and in some cases identical ones), there are still differences. This is very typical any time someone asks multiple witnesses about the same event, each witness can have a similar recollection, but there are variations based on the witness and their point of view.
Chapter 1
Jesus is identified as "The Son of God". John the Baptist is identified as the messenger that Isaiah prophesied.
Jesus is baptized by John and God's voice declares that Jesus is God's son.
Jesus goes into the desert for 40 days and Satan tests him.
John is arrested and Jesus started preaching in Galilee a message of repentance.
Jesus recruits four fishermen to follow him, Simon, Andrew, James and John. This was typical of a rabbi who would call young men to follow and learn. These men, already having careers as fishermen, would have been older than most men called by a rabbi, but young enough that they were still working for their families.
Jesus teaches in a synagogue with authority; as one who could make laws and not just recite them. This would mean he was placing himself at or above the level of Moses (effectively the founder of the Jewish religion).
Jesus is confronted by a possessed man who knew Him as the Messiah (the demon knew Jesus as Messiah). Jesus cast out the demon. The people were amazed that he could cast out demons (suggesting that the religious leaders in Capernaum could not).
Jesus goes to Simon and Andrew's home and heals Simon's mother in law. The gospel mentions that she serves them a meal which points to an immediate and total healing to the point where she felt good enough to cook after being bedridden just moments before.
Jesus healed the sick and possessed in the town.
Jesus' ministry spread to the different cities in Galilee where he healed and cast out demons and preached.
Jesus heals a leper and tells the leper not to tell anyone about Jesus, but directed the leper to speak with a priest. In that time, the priest was the only person who could declare a leper to be "clean" (lepers were "unclean" according to Jewish law). The priest would have had to be amazed at the leper being healed, but must have declared him to be clean or he would have been unable to get close enough to talk to other people, yet we find that the former leper spread the word about Jesus to the point that Jesus was mobbed in towns.
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Four men tried to bring their crippled friend to Jesus, but couldn't get to the front door. They climbed on the roof, broke through and lowered him through the hole. Jesus told the man that his sins were forgiven. Since only God has the authority to forgive sins, Jesus was equating himself with God. The religious leaders considered it blasphemy. Jesus answered their charge that he did have the authority and then proved it by telling the man to pick up his mat and go home (which he did) which amazed the crowd.
Jesus recruits Levi (also known as Matthew), the tax collector. They ate at Levi's house with other tax collectors and "sinners" (I'm guessing that would pretty much include anyone). The Pharisees objected to his associations, but Jesus said that he was helping those who needed help (he was mocking the Pharisees a little by saying that he wasn't there for "good people" because he knew they too had sins; in fact there is no such thing as a completely "righteous" person).
People asked Jesus why he and his disciples didn't fast (the Jews were fasting as part of waiting for the Messiah and to get closer to God). Jesus said that while he was there (as Messiah and God), his disciples didn't need to fast.
The old and new wine skins deal with the old covenant and new covenant (testament). The new covenant that Jesus was teaching couldn't be contained in the old. Jesus was teaching a new message that required a new covenant.
Jesus states that the sabbath (and by extension, the laws of Moses) was made for the good of people, not the other way around (people weren't made to support the Law).
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The Pharisees try to trap Jesus by accusing him of healing (working) on the sabbath. Jesus asks if we should do good deeds or evil on the sabbath. This put the Pharisees in a bad spot, because healing the hand was clearly a good deed, and the sabbath is a day especially for good deeds, so they could not object to his healing the man.
Jesus chose twelve apostles out of his disciples. Anyone who followed Jesus was a disciple, but the apostles were closer to Jesus. Jesus sent the apostles out to preach, heal and cast out demons.
Jesus, while going around preaching, wasn't working at carpentry (which he learned from Joseph). His (extended) family attempted to pull him back into the family business (of course he was already doing the family business, they just didn't realize it yet).
The religious leaders took this opportunity to accuse Jesus of being possessed (because he wasn't acting like other people) and said that he cast out demons with the help of Beelzebul. Jesus asked how Satan could force himself out? If Satan fights against himself (casts out his own demons), then he would be destroying his own work. Jesus says that he has bound Satan (the strong man) so that he can take back the souls that Satan had possessed.
Let's assume for a moment that Satan did allow a few possessed souls to be released in order to get people to follow Satan instead of God. First off, Satan would have to do the work to possess those people. Then Satan would have to send some sort of emissary to release those people in the hopes that people would follow that emissary. The problems arise from there. Those released people would not talk kindly about their time being possessed. Satan wouldn't be able to control them without the possessing demon to control their testimony. As such, they wouldn't happily shout that they were better off possessed. The emissary would also be found out by his teachings and actions. If the emissary only did good, then the emissary wouldn't really be helping Satan. For the emissary to be helping Satan, then the emissary would have to teach people to sin, teach people the benefits of possession, etc. That's hard to do, especially if the emissary started out by casting out demons.
All sins can be forgiven (if we accept the forgiveness) with one exception.
Again the unforgivable sin, if someone denies the Holy Spirit, then by doing so, that person denies the forgiveness that God offers and therefore cannot be forgiven of the very sin of denial. Of course this is more than just saying words. Denying or speaking against the Holy Spirit (as used here) means refusing to allow the Holy Spirit to touch our heart. It means that we reject God.
Jesus did not reject or disown his family. We will learn from the gospels that both Jesus' Mother and at least one brother traveled with him and he took care of them. In fact, if Jesus had disowned his family, that would have been an egregious violation of the Law and would have probably been enough basis for the Pharisees to have him arrested. Jesus stated that all who obey God are Jesus' family. Jesus, as God's son, was saying that all believers are also God's children. This is the basis for believers calling each other "brother" or "sister" when no genealogical relationship exists. Further, believers are supposed to care for other believers as if they were immediate family. That is the point that Jesus was trying to make.