Well, with evacuation confusion during the hurricane scare, we will pick back up this week in Mark chapter 4 and cover it this Sunday, September 7th. Come get back in worship and study gear.
A highlight reel of Mark 4 -
- Mark 4 is a chapter of parables. Parables are often misunderstood. Many times they are seen simply as allegories, moral lessons, or ethical teachings. When described in this way, parables become lessons about life rather than stories about God. They are very particularly, stories about the kingdom of God. Jesus uses everyday items to use as comparisons for kingdom understanding.
- Jesus leaves hanging in the air, a very mysterious quality about these parables. "With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything" (verses 33-34).
- Finally in chapter 4, Mark's version is given for the evening at sea on the boat with Jesus and the disciples. "A great wind arose and the waves beat into the boat." Jesus is peacefully sleeping below when he is awakened by the scared disciples. He soon calms the sea, saves them and challenges their faith.
- For the first time in Mark's Gospel, Jesus demonstrates power over the forces of nature and the people are amazed and begin to see that Jesus is more than a teacher of morals.
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