Jesus' Later Galilean Ministry Flashcards
Mark’s Parables
The Parable of the Sower
- In between the parable and the explanation is a comment on WHY Jesus teaches in parables
- Jesus interprets this parable allegorically
- Three kinds of soil that reject the seed that is sown
- Hard soil
- Hard for the Word to take root
- Why prayer is so important
- Hard for the Word to take root
- Shallow soil
- Immediate response to the Word
- Emotional
- No deep root
- Immediate response to the Word
- Cluttered soil
- Concerns for the world choke out the Word
- No fruit that is produced
- Good soil
- Ready to receive the Word
- Produces fruit
- Hard soil
- Things to keep in mind
- Whenever the word is being taught there is spiritual conflict taking place
- We need to pray for receptive hearts
- When people respond to Christ we need to help them go deeper
- Emotionalism can blind us and them
- We need to help people see the dangers of worldliness
- Whenever the word is being taught there is spiritual conflict taking place
- Jesus explains why He teaches in parables
- Twofold (Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility)
- So that seeing they may not see and hearing they do not hear
- On the other hand they turn away with their heart
- Twofold (Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility)
The Parable of the Seed Growing Secretly
- It’s up to God to mature the fruit
- Main point: As the Word of God is being preached, there’s only so much that the preacher or teacher can do
- Opposition will come
- Our active approach: Prayer
The parables of the mustard seed and the leaven
- Main point: From a small beginning the Kingdom of God will be so large it will be all invasive
- Not to be allegorized
Matthew’s Parables
Parable of the wheat and the tares
- Comparable to the Parable of the sower
- Tells it (to the crowds) and then later interprets it (to the disciples)
- Parable of the Sower, the seed = the Word
- Parable of the Wheat and Tares, the seed = the People
- Main point: Jesus is placing His people all around the world
- This isn’t about the church
- There will be separation at the end of the ages
Parable of the dragnet
- Fisherman draws in the net and there are edible and non-edible fish
- Main point: Eternal judgment is coming
Parable of the hidden treasure and the parable of the Pearl of great price
- Main point: The kingdom of God is more precious than anything in all of life
- This shouldn’t be allegorized
- Don’t want to over-interpret the parable
Parable of the kingdom scribe
- We should desire to be Kingdom scribes
Jesus the Miracle Worker
What are the three miracles?
Jesus Calms the Storm (Mk. 4.35-41; Matt. 8.18-27; Lk. 4.22-25)
- Jesus is tired, weary
- Disciples were probably not good swimmers
- Swimming was not a pastime
- They are terrified
- They confront Jesus about it
- Main point: Jesus has control over nature
- Circle the word “faith”
- Underline “Who then is this that even the wind and waves obey him?”
Jesus Casts “Legion” Out of the Gerasene Demoniac (Mk. 5.1-20; Matt. 8.28-34; Lk. 8.26-39)
- In gentile territory
- Explains the pigs
- Jesus tells people not to tell anyone, except for the gentile areas
- Multitude of demons
- Couldn’t be bound with chains
- In a terrible condition
- Lives in horrible conditions
- He recognizes who Jesus is, or the demons do
- Jesus has a conversation with the demon
- Which he never did any other time
- “And bowed down before him”
- “We are legion, for we are many”
- They request to go into the pigs
- 2,000 pigs go into the sea of galilee
- It’s best not to speculate what the Bible doesn’t say
- All three people pleading with Jesus
- Demons - Let us go into the pigs
- People - Please leave this country
- Demoniac - Begging to let him follow Him
- The before and after of this encounter is astonishing
Jesus Heals the Woman with the Issue of Blood and Resuscitates Jairus’ Daughter (Mk. 5.21-43; Matt. 9.18-26; Lk. 8.40-56)
- Three act play
- Jairus begs him to heal his daughter
- Woman with bleeding touches His robe
- People insinuated that she was sinful because of her sickness
- She has great faith
- v. 33 “Who touched me?”
- You FAITH has made you well
- She was sick for 12 years
- Jairus come back on to the scene
- Only BELIEVE
- He speaks a word of hope
- She’s 12 years old
- Only BELIEVE
- Two kinds of faith that is exhibited
- Full steam ahead - Bleeding woman
- Slow down and trust me - Jairus
- How do we know which one to do?
- Usually the opposite of our faith!
- How do we grow in our faith?
- Read the Bible regularly
- Pray - “Increase my faith!”
- Act out faith, living in obedience
Bonus - Matthew 9.27-34: inserts Jesus healing two blind men, casting out a demon, and the Pharisees accusing Jesus of being possessed.
Types of Jesus’ Miracles
1. Jesus’ miracles and their relationship to faith
Sometimes it appears that they are intended to instill faith and sometimes there is a note of the lack of faith.
Luke 8.40-56 – The raising of Jairus’ daughter and the healing of the woman with the issue of blood.
2. Jesus’ miracles as a demonstration of his compassion
Jesus’ compassion on the multitude is seen when he feeds them (Mk. 6.34)
3. Jesus’ miracles as preparation for the spreading of the gospel outside of Israel and the breaking down social barriers.
The cleansing of the leper (Jesus touches him) (Mk. 1.41-45)
4. Jesus’ miracles and the challenge to sacred traditions, especially the Sabbath
Mark 3:1–6 - Healing the man with the withered hand on the sabbath
5. Jesus’ miracles and the relationship between sickness and sin.
John 5.1-5; 9.1-5 - The man at the healing pool
6. Jesus’ miracles [especially his nature miracles] can be understood as dual evidence of the dawning of the kingdom and the status of Jesus the messiah.
Mark 2:9-10 = When Jesus heals the paralytic he announces that he has authority to forgive sins, something that is the prerogative of God in the OT
Jesus the Exorcist
What are the four exorcisms?
- Jesus casts a demon out of a man while teaching in a synagogue in Capernaum (Mk. 1.21-28; Lk. 4.31-37)
- Jesus casts “Legion” out of the Gerasene Demoniac (Mk. 5.1-20; Matt. 8.28-34; Lk. 8.26-39)
- Jesus casts a demon out of the Syro-Phoenician Woman’s Daughter (Mk. 7.24-30; Matt. 15.21-28)
- Jesus casts a demon out of a boy after the disciples were unable (Mk. 9.145-29; Matt. 7.14-20; Lk. 9.37-43)
