Message Notes:
The Gospel According to Mark
The Servant’s Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:26) (Part 29)
Jesus’ Ministry Opposed (2:14-5:43)
Part 20: The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43) (P)
The Authority of the Messiah (4:35-5:43)
Part 5: Jesus’ Authority over Sickness and Death (5:21-43) (Part b)
c. The Indication to the Kings Authentic Followers (4:35-5:43)
1) Jesus’ Authority over Nature (4:35-41)
2) Jesus’ Authority over the Supernatural (5:1-20)
3) Jesus’ Authority over Sickness and Death (5:21-43)
a) The Setting: Christ Returns to Galilee (5:21-24)
b) The Victory of Christ over Sickness (5:25-34)
c) The Victory of Christ over Death (5:35-43)
(1) Jairus’ Despair and Jesus’ Response (5:35-37)
(a) The Disheartening News from Jairus’ Home (5:35)
(b) The Call for and Response to Faith by Jesus (5:36-37)
(2) Jesus’ Contradiction of the Facts (5:38-40)
(a) The Despair of the Mourners (5:38)
(b) The Declaration of Hope (5:39)
(i) Its Parity with Scriptural Revelation
(ii) Its Centrality to Jesus’ Person
(c) The Response of Doubt (5:40a)
(3) Jesus’ Raising of the Dead (5:40b-43)
(a) The Compassion of Christ (5:40b-41)
(b) The Power of Christ (5:42, 43b)
(c) The Caution of Christ (5:43a)
Jesus Authority Over Sickness & Death (Part a)
February 19, 2017 • Roger Skepple
Message Notes:
The Gospel According to Mark
The Servant’s Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:26) (Part 28)
Jesus’ Ministry Opposed (2:14-5:43)
Part 19: The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43) (O)
The Authority of the Messiah (4:35-5:43)
Part 4: Jesus’ Authority over Sickness and Death (5:21-43) (Part a)
Sickness and Death in the Bible
c. The Indication to the Kings Authentic Followers (4:35-5:43)
1) Jesus’ Authority over Nature (4:35-41)
2) Jesus’ Authority over the Supernatural (5:1-20)
3) Jesus’ Authority over Sickness and Death (5:21-43)
a) The Setting: Christ Returns to Galilee (5:21-24)
(1) The Return of Christ (5:21)
(2) The Request of Jairus (5:22-23)
(a) Jairus, the Man (5:22)
(b) Jairus’ Desperation (5:23)
● get well save, deleiver
(3) The Response of Christ (5:24)
b) The Victory of Christ over Sickness (5:25-34)
(1) The Woman and Her Illness (5:25-26)
(2) The Woman and Her Healing (5:27-29)
(a) Her Response in the Situation (5:27-28)
(b) Her Complete Healing (5:29)
(3) The Woman and Her Predicament (5:30-32)
(a) The Inquiry of Jesus (5:30)
(b) The Response of the Disciples (5:31)
(c) The Determination of Jesus (5:32)
(4) The Woman and Her Confession (5:33-34)
(a) The Woman’s Statement (5:33)
(b) The Affirmation of Christ (5:34)
Jesus Authority Over the Supernatural (Part b)
February 12, 2017 • Roger Skepple
Message Notes:
The Gospel According to Mark
The Servant’s Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:26) (Part 27)
Jesus’ Ministry Opposed (2:14-5:43)
Part 18: The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43) (N)
The Authority of the Messiah (4:35-5:43)
Part 3: Jesus’ Authority over the Supernatural (5:1-20) (Part b)
2) Jesus’ Authority over the Supernatural (5:1-20)
a) The Setting of the Encounter (5:1-6)
(1) The Place of the Encounter (5:1-2a)
(2) The Demonic Encountered (5:2b-6)
(3) The Beginning of the End of His Bondage (5:6)
b) The Miraculous Exorcism (5:6-13)
(1) The Confrontation of the Demoniac (5:6-10)
(a) The Demoniac Responded to Christ (5:6-7)
(i) He Acknowledged Jesus in His Actions (5:6)
(ii) He Acknowledged Jesus in His Words (5:7a-b)
(iii) He Acknowledged Jesus in His Request (5:7c)
(b) The Demoniac Confronted by Christ (5:8-10)
(i) The Demoniac was Confronted by Christ (5:8)
(ii) The Demoniac was Exposed by Christ (5:9)
(iii) The Demoniac Requested of Christ (5:10)
(2) The Exorcism of the Demoniac (5:11-13)
c) The Aftermath and Its Consequence (5:14-20)
(1) The Response of the People of the Region (5:14-17)
(2) The Response of Christ to the Man (5:18-19)
(3) The Response of the Man (5:20)
Jesus' Authority Over the Supernatural (Part a)
February 5, 2017 • Roger Skepple
Message Notes:
The Gospel According to Mark
The Servant’s Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:26) (Part 26)
Jesus’ Ministry Opposed (2:14-5:43)
Part 17: The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43) (M)
The Authority of the Messiah (4:35-5:43)
Part 2: Jesus’ Authority over the Supernatural (5:1-20)
2. The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43)
a. The Identity of the King’s Authentic Followers (3:7-35)
b. The Instructions for the King’s Authentic Followers (4:1-34)
c. The Indication to the King’s Authentic Followers (4:35-5:43)
1) Jesus’ Authority over Nature (4:35-41)
2) Jesus’ Authority over the Supernatural (5:1-20)
Angelic Beings Vs. Human Beings
● The Classes of Persons
● The Differences Between Angelic and Human Beings
● The Importance of Jesus’ Authority over Angelic Beings
a) The Setting of the Encounter (5:1-6)
(1) The Place of the Encounter (5:1-2a)
(2) The Demonic Encountered (5:2b-5)
(a) He was Fixated on Death (5:2b1-6)
(b) He was Demon Possessed (5:2b7-12)
(c) He was Isolated (5:3a)
(d) He was Physically Harming Himself (5:5b)
(e) He was Mentally and Emotionally Tormented (5:5a)
(f) He was Extraordinarily Strong (5:3b-4)
(g) He was Lewd and Perverted (5:15; Lk. 8:35)
(3) The Beginning of the End of His Bondage (5:6)
Jesus' Authority Over Nature
January 29, 2017 • Roger Skepple
Message Notes:
The Gospel According to Mark
The Servant’s Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:26) (Part 25)
Jesus’ Ministry Opposed (2:14-5:43)
Part 16: The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43) (L)
The Authority of the Messiah (4:35-5:43)
Part 1: Jesus’ Authority of Nature (4:35-41)
2. The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43)
a. The Identity of the King’s Authentic Followers (3:7-35)
b. The Instructions for the King’s Authentic Followers (4:1-34)
c. The Indication to the King’s Authentic Followers (4:35-5:43)
Jesus’ Authority
● The Meaning of Authority
○ power or freedom of choice, the right to decide; dominion, conferred authority
● Early of Jesus’ Authority
● Jesus could Transfer His Authority
1) Jesus’ Authority over Nature (4:35-41)
The Connection Between the Messiah and Nature
● Its Foundation in Creation
● Its Necessity Due to the Fall
● Its Demonstration of Jesus’ Divinity
● Its Demonstration of Jesus’ Perfect Humanity
a) The Setting of the Miracle (4:35-36)
b) The Performance of the Miracle (4:37-39)
(1) The Danger of the Circumstances (4:37)
(2) The Cry for Help from the Circumstances (4:38)
(a) The Circumstances Revealed Who Jesus Was (4:38a)
(b) The Circumstances Revealed Who the Disciples Were (4:38b)
(3) The Answer to the Circumstances (4:39)
● rebuke to blame or to censure
c) The Fallout from the Miracle (4:40-41)
(1) The Rebuke to Their Response to the Circumstances (4:40)
● timid cowardly, fearful
(2)
(a) Jesus’ Rebuke
(b) Jesus’ Concern
(2) The Response to Jesus’ Answer to the Circumstances (4:41)