The family church experience
Salted with Fire. Mark 9:49-50. “For everyone will be salted with fire. “Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves; and be at peace with one another.” Dear Royal Priesthood, This brief passage is one of the most intriguing in the whole gospel…
Avoid Sin at all Costs. Mark 9:42-48. “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better…
Using the Name of Jesus. Mark 9:38-41. John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward…
A Call to Humility. Mark 9:33-37. And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he…
Impending Crisis. Mark 9:30-32. They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know. For he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three…
Relating Faith to Prayer. Mark 9:25-29. And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was…
A Call to Faith. Mark 9:20-24. And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. “And it…
Painful Reality. Mark 9:14-19. And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”And someone from the crowd…
Perplexing Facts. Mark 9:9-13. And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. And they asked him, “Why do the scribes…
A Glimpse of Glory Mark 9:1-8. And he said to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high…