MARK 6:6-9
6:7-13: Jesus Sends Out The Twelve
Ø Why did Jesus send out the twelve two-by-two?
Ø How did He empower them?
Ø Why did He instruct them to take no provisions?
Ø What did the “shaking the dust off their feet” symbolize?
Ø What can we learn from this passage?
6:14-29: John the Baptizer Beheaded
Ø Why did Herod have John beheaded?
Ø Why did Herod fear john? Is there any application for today?
Ø Why would the dancing of Herod’s step-daughter cause Herod to commit such a heinous crime?
Ø Can we expect people who do not accept the Bible to live by the morals of the Bible?
6:30-6:44: Feeding the 5000
Ø Why were the crowds following Jesus and His disciples?
Ø Despite hunger and need of rest, how did Jesus respond to the crowds? Any application for us?
Ø Was the feeding of all these people primarily to satisfy their hunger or to teach and increase the faith of His disciples?
6:45-6:56: Jesus Walks on the Water
Ø Why do you think Jesus sent His disciples off by boat while he stayed and dismissed the crowd?
Ø For whose benefit was the walking on the water?
Ø What happened as soon as he climbed into the boat?
Ø What prevented the disciples from totally understanding the miracles of Jesus? What prevents people today from seeing the acts of God all around us?
7:1-23: What’s Clean and What’s Unclean
Ø On what basis did the Pharisees claim the disciples were unclean, the laws of god or the traditions of man?
Ø De we ever require people to keep traditions of man?
Ø Was Jesus harsh with the Pharisees? Any application for us?
Ø According to Jesus, what makes a man unclean?
Ø Mark states that by this saying Jesus declared all food clean. How would the religious leaders of His day have reacted to that statement?
Ø Rather than food, what was the uncleanness about which Jesus was concerned?
7:24-37: Healings
Ø What was Jesus’ response to the Greek woman?
Ø By freeing the Gentile woman’s’ daughter from the demon, what was Jesus demonstrating?
Ø Why did Jesus respond to the woman the way He did?
Ø Did Jesus use the same method each time He healed or delivered? Why or why not?
Ø What was becoming the motivation for people coming to Jesus?
8:1-13: Feeding the 4000
Ø Had the faith of the disciples increased since the feeding of the 5000?
Ø While Jesus taught His disciples through the use of sign miracles, He understood that true faith cannot come by witnessing miracles.
Ø How did Jesus respond to the demand for more miracles from the Pharisees?
Ø Why does Paul instruct the Church to walk by faith and not by sight? Application?
8:14-21: Yeast of the Pharisees
Ø When Jesus speaks of the yeast of the Pharisees, to what is He referring?
Ø Did the disciples understand yeast?
Ø Do we sometimes miss what Jesus is saying to us today because we are not spiritually in tune?
8:22-30: Healing of the Blind Man
Ø What was different about this healing from the others Jesus did? Why?
Ø Did Jesus ever give us a “formula” so that we could heal as He did?
Ø Who is the Great Healer? Does He still heal? Does He need anyone to be the intermediary for that healing?
8:27-9:1: Peter’s Confession and Jesus’ Prediction
Ø What was unique about the area around Caesarea Philippi?
Ø What is so important about the question Jesus asked of His disciples?
Ø Is He still asking that question today? Has He asked you? How did you respond?
Ø Was Jesus clear in telling the disciples about His death? Did they understand Him?
Ø Who, according to Jesus, is His true disciple? Does that still apply to us?
9:2-13: The Transfiguration
Ø What did the transfiguration demonstrate about Jesus?
Ø Why were Elijah and Moses there? How did the disciples know who those two were?
Ø Did the three understand what had happened? When did they finally “get” it?
Ø To who was Jesus referring when He state: “Elijah has come”?
9:14-32: Healing, Deliverance, and More Teachings
Ø Why could the disciples not heal the little boy? Application for us?
Ø Notice the father’s reply to Jesus. Ever feel this way?
Ø What is Jesus’ formula for greatness? How are we doing?
Ø What can we learn from Jesus’ response to His disciples when they were concerned about the man, who was not one of them, casting out demons?
Ø What does Jesus say about causing someone else to fall into sin? Application for us?
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