Mark 9

Down From The Mountain

Mark 9

Mark 9:7

And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him." (use)

Mark 9:6

For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. (use)

Psalm 2:7

I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you. (use)

Who else could rescue me from my failing Who else would offer His only Son Who else invites me to call Him Father Only a Holy God

CityAlight. 2016. Only a Holy God. (use)

Mark 9:4

And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. (use)

Exodus 3:6

And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. (use)

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. (use)

Jesus is to be acknowledged as both sin-bearing Saviour and enthroned Lord, and trusting him entails both repenting of sin and becoming his disciple - a truly life-changing transaction. [pg. 43]

Packer, J.I. 2013 Taking God Seriously. (use)

Mark 9:10

So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. (use)

Mark 9:27

But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. (use)

Mark 9:17

And someone from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute." (use)

Mark 9:23

And Jesus said to him, "‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes." (use)

Mark 9:24

Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" (use)

Mark 9:26

And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, "He is dead." (use)

A useless phrase uttered in times of sorrow or tragedies. Requires the bare minimum of effort because they are too lazy to get involved and actually do something physical to help with the situation at hand but want to come across as if they actually care.

Dikodomy, 2016. Urban Dictionary (use)

The disciples must not think to do their work always with a like ease; some services call them to take more than ordinary pains; but Christ can do that with a word's speaking, which they must prevail for the doing of by prayer and fasting.

Henry, M., 1896. Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible. UK. [Mark 9] (use)

Mark 9:31

for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise." (use)

Mark 8:31

And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. (use)

Mark 8:33

But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man." (use)

Job 38:4

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. (use)

Job 42:2

I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. (use)

My dear Job, thank you for all your twenty chapters’ worth of letters telling me how to run the world and suggesting I could do it better than I am. A period of silence from you would be most welcome.

Ash, C. 2004. Out of the Storm. (use)

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. (use)

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. (use)

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it (use)

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ (use)

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps. (use)

Habakkuk 1:5

Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. (use)

It's a good thing that we don't know the plan, but we draw great strength from knowing the planner.

Hood, N., 2005. Learning at the Crossroads. Authentic Media. (use)

Mark 9:32

But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. (use)

Acts 2:23

this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. (use)

Before I tried to hold this together, You were holding me. Long before the world was made, You loved me and You called me by my name,

Citizens Worship. 2019. Out of the Darkness. (use)

Romans 5:6

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. (use)

To know that nothing happens in God’s world apart from God’s will may frighten the godless, but it stabilises the saints.

Packer, J.I., 2000. In God's Presence: Daily Devotions with J.I. Packer (use)

Mark 9:40

For the one who is not against us is for us. (use)

Mark 9:38

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us." (use)

...when by any occurrence God is glorified, we ought to bear with it and rejoice

Calvin, J., 1555. Mark 9 Commentary. (use)

It is found in the person of Jesus, crucified and risen, whom we proclaim as Lord, and to whom we find faithful testimony in the Scriptures. Our unity is, in fact, ‘in Christ alone.’

Paul, I., 2022. ‘On the cross, when Jesus died’ was the ‘wrath of God satisfied’?. (use)

Mark 9:43

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. (use)

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (use)

What you must be clear about is that you are lost and damned, hopeless and helpless, and that nothing can save you but the grace of God in Jesus Christ and only Him crucified...

Lloyd-Jones, M. 1992. What is an Evangelical? (use)

Mark 9:42

Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. (use)

Still it does go to show that more than two decades on from 9/11 we don’t seem to be very much further forward in understanding why it happened. We still lack even the vocabulary to describe the problem.

Murray, D. 2021. Where has the truth gone. (use)

Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah (use)

O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above. O that day when freed from sinning, I shall see Thy lovely face;

Robinson, R. 1757. Come Thou Fount of every blessing. (use)

What will matter most in the hour of death is: Have my sins been put away by the blood of Christ?

Pink, A.W. 2005. The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. (use)

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About Jesus

Parables

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Key Verse

Mark 9:31

for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise." (use)