Mark 8:22-30
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Good evening students!
Great to get to dive into Mark with you again. It’s been a few weeks since we were last in Mark. If you look at your bible you can be reminded of what we have spoken about before now...
- Pharisees demanding signs & speaking to his disciples about bread,
- Jesus feeding the four thousand - showing His compassion and again His power to meet our needs,
- Jesus healing a deaf man.
We are in MARK 8:22-30 this afternoon.
Some commentators will consider this the ending of a section, some say that it’s the ending the the beginning of a new section within Marks gospel, with the beginning section being peters Confession.
Either way, it will set up nicely Angela getting to teach ya’ll in a few weeks about Jesus foretelling His death & resurrection & also rebuking Peter, the SAME ONE WHO WE SEE TODAY CONFESS JESUS AS THE CHRIST!
IT”S ABOUT TO GET GOOD YA’ll!
Let’s get started & read our scripture for the night…
22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.” 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 30 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.
Jesus heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida: Mark 8:22-26.
Jesus heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida: Mark 8:22-26.
Connection to Isaiah:
Jewish readers would connect these two miracles with the messianic promises in Isaiah 29:18 & Isaiah 35: 5.
These passages are where is Isaiah the Messianic age was prophesied.
18 In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.
Isaiah 35:5 (ESV)
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
The book of Isaiah was written anywhere from 741 -701 BC.
Jesus began his ministry around the age of 30-33.
Many scholar believe Jesus may have been born around 4-6 BC.
Thats around a 770 year difference.
770 years after the call of Isaiah to when God actually puts his plan into place.
Connections to the disciples:
This miracle sounds a lot like the miracle of the deaf man who had a speech impediment (Mark 7:31-37). Some commentators say that you can see in these two men the illustrations of the disciples’ spiritual condition described in Mark 8:18.
18 Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?
Mark (1. Introduction: The Healing of the Blind Man at Bethsaida (8:22–26))
THIS ACTUALLY HELPS US PROVE THAT THE BIBLE IS TRUE:
An incomplete cure and a two-stage healing may have been thought by some to be discrediting to Jesus. This consideration may be why Matthew and Luke omitted the story. In any event the early church would not have invented it. Its historicity is beyond question.
Equally important is the symbolism of the two-stage healing. The disciples, like the blind man, had been “touched” by Jesus and had received a preliminary blessing. Their spiritual insight, however, was far from complete. They too needed a second touch.
Sometimes is takes a little more time for some to see who Jesus really is. We are all on a different spiritual journey than others. We are all being called in a different way. We must be patient with the different ways in which Jesus can work in the life of those He calls. We must be patient, but at the same time we must not be idle.
Friends were who brought these two men to Jesus:
V. 22 - “And some people brought to him a blind man and begged Him to touch him.”
WHAT GREAT FRIENDS!
Describe piece of testimony about Clint bringing me to Jesus.
Or describe a story of being brought back to repentance & Jesus through a friend.
There is nothing in this world that can replace the love within friendships who bring the other to Jesus.
There are always many ways to bring a person to Jesus...
And there are always different ways that Jesus is going to work in somebody’s life.
Things we can learn from this section we are finishing:
God keeps His promises!
Don’t seek after signs, but live by faith in His Word.
Trust Jesus to meet needs.
Avoid the leaven of false doctrine.
Let Jesus work as He wills and expect variety in His working.
Bring your friends to Jesus. Show them the salvation provided by the Gospel and then live with them in the Gospel.
Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ: Mark 8:27-30.
Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ: Mark 8:27-30.
27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 30 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.
Jesus has now brought them to this sort of private meeting place to talk.
What He wants to talk with them about is to reveal to them what would happen to Him in Jerusalem.
It’s interesting which site was chosen for this meeting… Caesarea Philippi.
A town about 25 miles north of Bethsaida.
- The town was named after Augustus Caesar and Herod Philip.
- It contained a marble temple dedicated to Augustus.
- It was a place dedicated to the glory of Rome...
NOW...
If you were to go around asking your friends, “What do people say about me?” they would take it as an evidence of pride. Wanting to hear all about yourself.
What difference does it really make what people think or say about us? We are not that important!
But what people believe and say about Jesus Christ is important, for He is the Son of God and the only Saviour of sinners.
We better decide what we think about Him. It’s not really the most logical thing to just say IDK and just not really care. Jesus made some pretty astounding claims and some very directive and accusing sayings...
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” -C.S. Lewis
We cannot come to the claim either that Jesus was just a good man in history. C.S. Lewis has another great quote,
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”
Your confession concerning Jesus Christ is a matter of life or death (John 8:21, 24; 1 John 2:22–27; 4:1–3).
The citizens of Caesarea Philippi would say, “Caesar is lord!” That confession might identify them as loyal Roman citizens, but it could never save them from their sins and from eternal hell.
The only confession that saves us is “Jesus is Lord!” (1 Cor. 12:1–3) when that confession comes from a heart that truly believes in Him (Rom. 10:9–10).
It is remarkable the number of different opinions the people held about Jesus, though the same situation probably exists today.
A good person.
A prophet.
A wise man.
A cultural necklace.
A popularity claim at one time.
A family heritage must.
Or a true belief of being LORD & KING
Some people thought He was John the Baptist, some thought Jeremiah or one of the prophets, or Elijah.
Instead of diligently seeking for the truth, the people listened to popular opinion and followed it.
(Something I feel as a youth pastor i’m trying to get you all NOT TO DO!)
Elbert Hubbard defined public opinion as “the judgement of the incapable many, opposed to that of the discerning few.” Thank God for the discerning few!
Peter’s confession here is bold and uncompromising, just as ours should be:
16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
CHRIST: means the anointed one, the promised Messiah. Prophets, priests and kings were all anointed when installed into their offices, and our Lord holds all three offices!