Mark

Listen to the collective messages of Indian Evangelist Bro. Zach Poonen (in mp3 format below) as he talks about the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Mark, and if it challenges you, you may open your Bible and explore it further.

Mark



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Welcome to my The Holy Bible blog series. Today I will be posting about the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Mark.

This Gospel was written by John Mark, an associate of the apostles and mentioned in the writings of Paul and Luke. The Gospel, aimed at the Gentile (non-Jewish) reader, sets forth Jesus as the mighty worker and records many miracles He performed.

Although Matthew precedes the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament, Mark is considered the first of the four Gospels to be written. Possibly written and published in Rome between A.D. 60 and 70, Mark addressed his book to the Roman Christians. Romans were a practical people and did not care about Jewish history and beliefs. The Romans loved action. So Mark writes a brief Gospel full of Jesus’ miracles and deeds, not His sermons.

While Matthew described Jesus as a King, Mark tells of His servanthood. Therefore, Mark approached his Gospel differently. Mark shows how Jesus first directed His public ministry to the Jews, but when their leaders opposed Him, He also went to the Gentile world. However, both Matthew and Mark record the Great Commission of our Lord to go into all the world and preach the gospel.

Although Mark’s Gospel is the shortest, it is brimming with the love Jesus showed for others and the mission He came to complete.

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Taken in full from Bill Bright’s Campus Crusade for Christ (Ten Basic Steps Toward Christian Maturity)

Collossians and Philemon

Listen to the collective messages of Indian Evangelist Bro. Zach Poonen (in mp3 format below) as he talks about the Letters of Paul to the Collossians and Philemon, and if it challenges you, you may open your Bible and explore it further.

Colossians



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Welcome to my The Holy Bible Series.

Our discipleship program at church will be studying Paul’s Pastoral Epistles to Colossae (Colossians) and his letter to Philemon. So instead of featuring the Gospel according to Matthew this week, just what I had promised from my last posting, I decided to feature these two letters of Paul.

I am hoping that the uploaded audio material will be of great help to everyone. Furthermore, let me give you a short synopsis about these two letters .

LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS

Collosae was a town in Asia Minor (Turkey) east of Ephesus. This church had not been established by Paul, but reports regarding the increase of false teaching there had reached him while he was incarcerated in Rome. The false teaching stated that instead of Christ being the only mediator between God and man, there were certain angelic beings through whom man must also go in order to know God. Paul writes to oppose these teachings with the true Chistian message: the all-sufficiency of Christ, his full authority over all powers and the fullness of life he gives.

LETTER TO PHILEMON

In this letter we’ll find that Onesimus, one of Philemon’s slaves, had stolen from his master and run away to Rome. In that great city he met Paul and became a Christian. Under Roman law, Philemon had the right to brand a returned slave and even kill him. Through this letter, Paul appealed to Philemon to be reconciled to his slave, whom Paul is sending back to him, and to welcome him not only as a forgiven slave but as a Christian brother.

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On next week's posting, we will be talking about the Gospel according to Matthew. Just keep on reading your Bibles and be amazed at the goodness of God.

The Book of John

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Welcome to my new blog series I entitled The Holy Bible. I will be presenting synopsis about the different books that comprise the greatest book ever written on earth. For my initial presentation I will be presenting the Gospel according to John.

This book is also known as “The Gospel of Love” and was written by the most intimate personal friend of Jesus in the persona of John the beloved. John has won the affections of Christians all over the world who turn to it first for inspiration. Because of its universal appeal, this Gospel is the first to be translated into a foreign language or dialect, and it is the most widely distributed of the Gospels.

His writing places great emphasis on Christ as the Son of God, co-equal with the God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. John focused on the uniqueness of Jesus, portraying Him as the Creator who became flesh and dwelt among men as the Lamb of God “who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).

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Next week I will be posting about the Book of Matthew. Until then, keep on reading your Bibles and discover the goodness of God!