MARK

(Answers)



CHAPTER 1

  1. a. John the Baptist. b. He taught repentance from the heart, and doing the will of God. This is the message Jesus would also bring. c. We are the paths of God. He walks through us. If we repent and begin to do the will of our Father we make straight paths (a righteous highway).
  2. a. Camel's hair and a leather belt. b. Locust and wild honey.
  3. John's baptism was an outward sign of an inward commitment to God. Jesus' baptism was an inward dwelling of the Spirit that would help us in our commitment to God's will.
  4. The unclean spirit in the man new Jesus.
  5. Peter's mother-in-law.
  6. This was a testimony to the priests that healing came from God and not through them or the rituals of the law.

CHAPTER 2

  1. A paralytic man.
  2. a. They could argue that sins were forgiven. There was no way to prove it either way. b. He told the man to rise and walk, and he was able to do so. This proved God was with Jesus and had given Him the power to forgive sins also.
  3. Fasting will be for a different reason than before. We will fast for Jesus and His words of life.
  4. The Sabbath was made for us. It is okay to do good and do things of necessity that bless someone on this day.

CHAPTER 3

  1. The Son of God.
  2. Boanerges - "Sons of Thunder".
  3. The strong man is Satan. His house is the world. Jesus came to bind Satan's works and to take some of those bound by Satan back for His own.
  4. Those spoken against men.
  5. a. The spoken (knowingly as the priest did) against the Holy Spirit. b. The Pharisees knew God was with Jesus in doing the things He was doing . They knew the power of God's Holy Spirit, but they spoke evil of the power saying it was from Satan. This is the unpardonable sin . The judgement of eternal punishment after their resurrection will be waiting on them.
  6. Everyone who does the will of the Father is part of your family. We are of the one body.

CHAPTER 4

  1. a. Those who hear the word but are easily led away from God. b. Those who receive the word gladly but do no seek maturity and steadfastness in God's will or understanding His word. They endure only for a little while. c. Those who receive the word, but the cares of the world, wealth and gain, are more important to them. b. Those who receive the word and seek more understanding which leads to spiritual maturity and understanding of God's word and steadfastness in His will.
  2. You do not hide the word. You apply it to your life for your benefit and let others see you as a testimony of God's word.
  3. The word of God is not hidden to anyone. It will be revealed to those who want it.
  4. a. By the effort we seek to understand it and apply it to our lives, we will receive it accordingly. b. This person will lose what he knows about God because he does not seek to mature.
  5. God word is planted in us at different times and places but mainly through diligent study of the Bible. We will grow in knowledge and mature spiritually in stages. Then we will be harvested for salvation.
  6. We will find comfort, peace, and rest in the kingdom now and in the time to come.

CHAPTER 5

  1. a. Legion. b. Let him and the others go into the swine. c. 2000.
  2. A flow of blood she had for 12 years.
  3. a. The ruler of the synagogue, Jarius. b. Jesus wanted the people to come to Him for the word of God rather for the miracles He could do.

CHAPTER 6

  1. The people did not believe in Him and therefore did not bring many people to Him.
  2. 5,000 men.
  3. They were troubled and not going to call to Him for help, fearing He was a ghost.
  4. They were surprised when the wind ceased, not remembering when He had done this before (Mark 4:41). They did not have a full understanding of who Jesus was and the power God had given Him on earth.

CHAPTER 7

  1. Our mother and father. This is the same as tithing to the Lord.
  2. Food, even unconsecrated food, is eliminated by the body. It does not go into the heart.
  3. The things in his heart can make him unclean.
  4. The purging of food was a physical cleansing. The cleansing of the heart is a spiritual cleansing.
  5. She was a Gentile woman who worshiped idols. She did not know God.

CHAPTER 8

  1. a. 4000. b. 7 large baskets.
  2. The teachings of the Pharisees (Matt. 16:12).
  3. A blind man.
  4. He had to die. If they knew He was the Christ, they would not kill Him.
  5. Satan was speaking through Peter trying to tempt Jesus into not having to die.
  6. You put the will of God first in your life. You live for Him by His commandments instead of your desires of the flesh.
  7. You can't take it with you. Your soul is in the hands of God for life or death.
  8. By not speaking up for what is true and righteous according to God's standards and by not living the life we know God says to live due to what we think man will think of us.

CHAPTER 9

  1. When we see God's truth and receive it, we die (spiritually) to ourselves to live for the will of God. Some will not accept the truth until after Jesus' resurrection.
  2. a. Peter, James, and John. b. God.
  3. a. John the Baptist symbolized the spirit of Elijah (Lk. 1:17). b. John taught the people to be repentant from their heart toward God.
  4. The father of the boy did not have enough faith.
  5. To exalt yourself and seek your own gain before others.
  6. By being a servant for God and thinking of others before yourself.
  7. It is better to be handicapped against sin, than to do it and lose your soul.
  8. a. We are seasoned by the word of God through trials and tribulations. b. When you no longer grow or apply the word to your life , you are no longer a light to those around you. (See Matt. 5:11-16)

CHAPTER 10

  1. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  2. We totally trust in God for guidance and protection as a child trusts in his parents.
  3. His security came from his wealth instead of God.
  4. a. We will receive more than what we give up. We will receive as we need it through others and the resources available. b. Eternal life.
  5. They would receive persecution from the people as Jesus would receive.
  6. By being a servant to others.

CHAPTER 11

  1. Riding on a colt.
  2. Their clothes and leafy branches from trees.
  3. It withered.
  4. They were buying and selling instead of praying and worshiping God.

CHAPTER 12

  1. a. The priests in charge of leading the people in righteousness. b. The prophets who were persecuted and killed while trying to turn the people back to God. c. Jesus, who would be killed by the priests.
  2. He became the way through the gate to God (see Psalms 118:20).
  3. Yes.
  4. God remembers those who pleased Him, those who followed his commandments. They are still alive to Him and will be raised at the resurrection.
  5. He had understanding of God's principles. He knew God wanted commitment from a man's heart rather than the outward rituals by which people judged a man to be righteous.

CHAPTER 13

  1. It would be destroyed.
  2. By voicing and spreading God's truth, we will be hated and persecuted.
  3. a. The persecutions we will face while living by God's commandments. b. By giving up on God we will forfeit our soul.
  4. Besides the ungodliness in the world, there will be ungodliness, pretenses, and trust in self found in the church. The church will not trust and obey God as He requires.
  5. Flee quickly back to the truth that was revealed to you by the Spirit. Do not hang on to any of the lies or twisted truths. (vs. 14,15)
  6. For the sake of the saints, because no flesh would be saved. It will be hard for anyone to be or even desire to be a Christian because of the persecutions at this time.
  7. God (vs. 32).
  8. By always living righteously and following God's commandments.

CHAPTER 14

  1. An expensive perfume.
  2. Judas Iscariot.
  3. Jesus' body and blood given for sinners for forgiveness and to defeat death.
  4. Peter would deny knowing Him three times.

CHAPTER 15

  1. Barabbas, a murderer.
  2. They abused and mocked Him (vs. 19,20).
  3. a. The veil of the temple. b. There is no separation between us and God. We can come directly to Him with our prayers and supplications (no High Priest is necessary).
  4. He was standing opposite of Jesus and heard His prayer to God. Then he saw that Jesus' prayer was answered. (Also, he and Pilate knew it takes longer to die in a crucifixion. See vs. 44)
  5. Preparation Day - Friday (vs.42).

CHAPTER 16

  1. The day after the Sabbath - Sunday, the first day of the week (vs. 1,2).
  2. An angel.