Hosanna! April 17, 2011 Lesson: Mark 11:1–11 Key Verse: Mark 11:9 aaa Introduction Christ came as a King with a kingdom to His temple, which He called “My house of prayer.’ The song of David proclaims this twofold activity of the Messiah, saying, “Praise waits for thee, O God, in Zion; and unto ...

Christ, His Power and Glory February 27, 2011 Lesson: Mark 13:14–27 Key Verse: Mark 13:26 aaaa Introduction The Messiah has come in great power and glory, and continues to come to be our Deliverer with great authority and glory during times of persecutions. Paul wrote to the congregation at Thessalonica about the year ...

The Beloved Son February 13, 2011 Lesson: Mark 9:1–13 Key Verse: Mark 9:7 aaaa Introduction The gospel is made clear in these words of Christ, words which speak of God the Father’s love for His people, and of the showing of this love in God the Son: “For God so loved the world ...

The Messiah February 6, 2011 Mark 8:27–91 Key Verse: Mark 8:9 asda Introduction The Holy Spirit is our divine Teacher. We cannot know or understand the Scriptures except the Spirit is our Teacher. Thus the Word of God, the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, are known as “God-Breathed”—and the understanding of them ...

Christ, the Son of Man February 20, 2011 Lesson: Mark 10:35–45 Key Verse: Mark 10:45 aaaa Introduction The ministry of Christ, the Son of God, is first seen in His humility, in His incarnation; “in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this ...

That I May Preach October 4, 2009 Lesson: Mark 1:35–44 Key Verse: Mark 1:38 Introduction In the year 44 A.D., there was the day when Peter was freed from prison by the Lord’s angel, when Peter “came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together ...

The Grace of God October 11, 2009 Lesson: Mark 5:1–20 Key Verse: Mark 5:19 Introduction It is not the healing that is most wonderful, but the grace that precedes the healing that most glorifies our Lord. We pray to our Father in heaven, “Thy will be done,” acknowledging that all blessings proceed from the heart ...

Christ’s Compassion in Healing October 18, 2009 Lesson: Mark 7:24–37 Key Verse: Mark 7:26 Introduction When Jesus had opened the ear and cured the tongue, he warned all that had witnessed what he did, that they should tell no man. However, they continued to publish it, “and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done ...

Follow Me October 25, 2009 Lesson: Mark 10:17–31 Key Verse: Mark 10:21 Introduction Who is this man who comes to Jesus asking, “What good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?” (Matt. 19:16)? We usually refer to him as the rich young ruler. He was rich in possessions, young, but old enough ...