Survey of Mark

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A SURVEY OF THE BOOK OF MARK
THE GOSPEL OF MARK
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God 2 As it is written in the prophets,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,
which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight.
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GENERAL OBSERVATION

• THE WORD MARK MEANS HAMMER
• HIS HEBREW NAME WAS JOHN ACTS 1225, HIS
  GRAECO-ROMAN NAME WAS MARCUS 1 PETER 513.
• HE WAS THE SON OF MARY ACTS 1212 THE SISTER OF
  BARNABAS COL. 410.
• HE WENT WITH PAUL AND BARNABAS ON THEIR FIRST
  MISSIONARY JOURNEY ACTS 1225, BUT HIS LEAVING
  THEM LATER GAVE RISE TO A DISPUTE BETWEEN PAUL
  AND BARNABAS ACTS 1313 1536-40.
• AS IS THE CASE WITH MATTHEW, MARK IS HISTORICAL
  IN NATURE.
• THE BOOK OF MARK IS THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES OR
  ROMANS.
• IT IS CALLED THE GOSPEL OF POWER.

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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 2
8. PURPOSE OF MARK IS TO PRESENT JESUS AS
JEHOVAHS SERVANT OF POWER, ACTION AND CONQUEROR
OVER NATURE, SPIRITS, DISEASE AND DEATH. 9. A KEY
WORD IN THE BOOK IS THE WORD STRAIGHTWAY THAT
OCCURS SOME 42 TIMES. 10. CHRIST IS SEEN IN THE
BOOK OF MARK AS GODS RIGHTEOUS SERVANT (ISA.
5311) 11. THE KEY VERSE IN THE BOOK IS 1045 12.
THE BOOK CONTAINS 16 CHAPTERS AND 678 VERSES.
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MATERIAL UNIQUE TO MARK

• PARABLE OF THE GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM MK. 426-29
• DEAF AND DUMB MAN HEALED MK. 431-37
• HEALING OF THE BLIND MAN AT BETHSAIDA MK. 822-26
• FORGIVENESS CONDITIONED ON OUR FORGIVING MK.
  1125-26
• A YOUNG MAN WHO FLED MK. 1451-52

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THE OLD TESTAMENT IN MARK

• SEEING YET NOT PERCEIVING ISA. 69-10 / MK. 412
• GIVING LIP SERVICE ISA. 2913 / MK. 76-7
• HONORING PARENTS EX. 2012 / MK. 710
• DISHONORING PARENTS EX. 2117 / MK. 710
• MALE AND FEMALE CREATED GEN. 127 /MK. 106
• THE TWAIN SHALL BE ONE FLESH GEN. 224 / MK.
  107-8
• GODS HOUSE A HOUSE OF PRAYER ISA. 567 / MK.
  1117
• THE GOD OF ABRAHAM EX. 36 / MK. 1226
• THE LORD GOD IS ONE LORD DEUT. 64 /MK. 1229
• LOVE THY NEIGHBOR LEV. 1918 / MK. 1231
• THE LORD SAID UNTO MY LORD PSA. 1101 / MK. 1236

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THE OLD TESTAMENT IN MARK
12. MESSENGER SENT TO PREPARE THE WAY MK. 12 /
MAL. 31 13. VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE
WILDERNESS MK. 13 / ISA. 403 14. DAVID GOING
IN THE HOUSE OF GOD MK. 226 / 1 SAM. 216 15.
HONORING WITH THE LIPS MK. 76 / ISA. 2913 16.
THE STONE REJECTED BECOMES THE HEAD MK. 1210 /
PSA. 11822-23
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A BRIEF OUTLINE OF MARK

• THE SERVANTS TEST 11-13
• THE SERVANTS TEACHING AND SERVICE 114-91
• THE SERVANTS TRANSFIGURATION AND HIS JOURNEY
  TOWARD CALVARY 92-1472
• THE SERVANT AS A RANSOM C. 15
• THE SERVANTS RESURRECTION C. 16

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE BOOK OF MARK

• FAITH REQUIRES ACTION 23-5 (JAMES 214-26)
• SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT HONEST ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THE
  OBVIOUS 26-7 322-23 (JOHN 1242-43)
• MUST BEFRIEND PEOPLE TO REACH THEM 216-17 (LUKE
  734FF.)
• A DIVIDED HOUSE IS DOOMED TO FAILURE 324-25
  (EPH. 43)
• THE LORDS FAMILY IS THOSE WHO OBEY HIM 331-35
  (GAL. 326-27)
• OUR BLESSINGS FROM THE LORD ARE TO BE SHARED WITH
  OTHERS 519-20 (PSA. 6616)
• SOME FEEL THREATENED BY THE TRUTH 617-27
• HYPROCRISY IS A SERIOUS MATTER 71-8 (REV. 218)

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE BOOK OF MARK 2
9. GODS COMMANDMENTS TAKES PRECEDENT OVER HUMAN
TRADITION 78-9 (REV. 2218-19) 10. DEFILEMENT OF
A MAN COMES FROM WITHIN 715-23 (MT. 528) 11. TO
BE A TRUE FOLLOWER OF CHRIST REQUIRES SELF DENIAL
834 (ROM. 813) 12. SMALL THINGS WILL NOT BE
FORGOTTEN 941 (ZECH. 410) 13. WE ARE TO REMOVE
ANY OBSTACLE THAT STANDS BETWEEN US AND GOD 943
(COL. 35) 14. UNFORGIVENESS RENDERS PRAYER
USELESS MK. 1125-26 (EPH. 432) 15. JESUS
SUFFERED, DIED AND RESURRECTED THAT HUMANITY
COULD BE SAVED MK. 1615-16