Category Archives: Gospel of Mark

Free to Not Believe

Thinking: JESUS will not override man’s unbelief. We are free to disbelieve Him.

The people of Nazareth when given the opportunity to believe chose NOT.  And He let them. 

Mark 6  (AMP) Jesus left there and came to His hometown [Nazareth]; and His disciples followed Him.

Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are His sisters not here with us?” And they were [deeply] offended by Him [and their disapproval blinded them to the fact that He was anointed by God as the Messiah]. Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor (respect) except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” And He could not do a miracle there at all [because of their unbelief] except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. He wondered at their unbelief.

And He was going around in the villages teaching.

I don’t want to miss the miracles that can be mine so when my faith is wavering I choose to be like the man of

Mark 9.  24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

And do you know what Jesus did?!

27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. source

Jesus will not override our unbelief but He sure will give us faith when we ask!

One Question

Mark 10. Twice Jesus asked the same question. First to James and John and then to Bartimaeus, blind Bartimaeus.

Ready for the question?

35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you.” 36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them. source

49 Yeshua stopped and said, “Call him over.” So they call the blind man, saying, “Take heart! Get up, He’s calling you!” 50 Throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and came to Yeshua. 51 And answering him, Yeshua said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” source

So.
What would you answer Him if JESUS were to ask you the same question?

 

 

Did Ya Ever?

Bear with me today, please.  Some might consider me shall we say a little off; but I’m good with it. :)

When was the last time you stepped out on your driveway looked skyward as the sun was pulling up his covers for the evening and you asked The Creator, “how long is this beauty going to last?”

Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. source

Mark 13: “Tell us, when will these things happen? What will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?” Yeshua began to tell them, “Watch out that no one leads you astray!  Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and they will lead many astray. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed, for this must happen but it is not yet the end. For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These things are only the beginning of birth pains.

19 “For in those days there will be trouble such as has never happened, not since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. 20 And unless Adonai had cut short those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He cut short the days.   source

It’s as good as done.

Shalom in our Pondering(s) ~ ~ ~