Mark
8:31-9:1
Jesus
Predicts His Death the First
Time
8:31
"He then began to teach them that
the Son of Man must suffer many
things and be rejected by the
others, chief priests and
teachers of the law, and that he
must be killed and after three
days rise again.
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He spoke plainly about this,
and Peter took him aside and
began to rebuke
him.
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- 33
But when Jesus turned and
looked at his disciples, he
rebuked Peter.
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- 'Get
behind me, Satan!' he said.
'You do not have in mind the
things of God but the things
of men.'
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- 34
Then he called the crowd to
him along with his disciples
and said: 'If anyone would
come after me, he must deny
himself and take up his cross
and follow me.
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For whoever wants to save his
life will lose it, but whoever
loses his life for me and for
the gospel will save
it.
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What good is it for a man to
gain the whole world, yet
forfeit his
soul?
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Or what can a man give in
exchange for his
soul?
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If anyone is ashamed of me and
my words in this adulterous
and sinful generation, the Son
of Man will be ashamed of him
when he comes in his Father's
glory with the holy
angels.'
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9:1
And he said to them, 'I tell you
the truth, some who are standing
here will not taste death before
they see the kingdom of God come
with power.'"
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This
is the Word of the Lord ... It
is meant to change the way
that we think, and the way
that we live.
Commentary
by Bob
Pardue
Jesus
predicts his
death
- Wow!
There are so many lessons here
that I hardly know where to
begin! You may want to take
out your Bible or study Bible
and read this more than once
for comprehension.
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- The
main point for me in this
passage, and it is one I have
lots of trouble with, is the
material gain and loss of life
and soul.
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- What
good is our life if we
lose our soul?
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- I just
recently finished a study
called "Men's Fraternity" and
the creed of this fellowship
is "Die to Live". It means
that sometimes, in order to
get what you want, you have to
give up something
first.
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- In our
society (especially in the
USA) we tend to value people's
worth by what they do for a
living or worse yet, what they
do for us. For example; Look
at the staggering amounts of
money we bestow on sports
figures and movie
stars!
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- I am
not condemning sports or
movies. I feel that we need
entertainment but we sometimes
spend so much of our time
engaged in these material
things that we only think
about doing God's work on
Sunday morning, or maybe less
often.
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- A
saying I heard a few years ago
(don't know who said it) is:
Money may can buy some
happiness but it can't buy
peace of mind.
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- We may
find some joy in making money,
having status in the
community, or just by having a
position of power at work but
none of these things are going
to last.
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- No
matter how hard you work; no
matter how much money or
possessions you own; no matter
how much power you have; how
many of these things will you
still own after your
death?
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- And,
are any of these things
mentioned worth the price of
your eternal soul?
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- To take
up your cross and follow Jesus
does not mean that you quit
your job, stop watching movies
or sports, or seek out pain
just because you are a
Christian.
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- We
should, however, be willing to
give our lives for Christ. If
we give our time, talents and
obedience to Him here on
earth, He will reward us in
Heaven.
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- May God
help us to give up more for
Him. He gave everything for
us.
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Love in
Christ
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Bob
If you have
never made the commitment to
receive the love and
life-changing experience of Jesus
Christ, please take a moment to
go
here
and take the first
steps
to salvation.
Bob
Pardue
is a member of First Baptist
Church in Lancaster, SC. He is
ordained from Rich Hill Baptist
in Lancaster. The website is at
http://www.makingchristknown.com
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