Mark’s Gospel of Love
Bible Matters 498: Mark Gospel
of Love
As you study the New Testament using the
preponderance of evidence standard, you can see the doctrine from the books
align. This is to be expected as the
eight witnesses talked to each other.
Mark was not one of the original twelve apostles, but is believed to
have walked with Jesus as one of his disciples.
The man that wore the linen cloth and fled naked after they pulled the
cloth to cover Jesus, during his walk with the cross, is believed to have been
Mark,
Mark 14:51-52 – And there followed him a
certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the
young men laid hold on him: And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them
naked.
Paul had high regard for Mark’s
doctrine. Mark was profitable for the
ministry.
2 Timothy 4:11 – Only Luke is with me. Take
Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
Matthew, Mark and Luke wrote similar gospels
of Jesus’s walk on earth. They were
similar, but different enough to lead you to believe that the gospels were not
copied. Paul had high required for
Mark’s doctrine and there is no doubt that Mark was one of God’s dedicated
historians that effectively captured God’s gospel of Love. God
wanted all three of these gospels to be recorded in the New Testament.
Let’s
review Mark’s testimony on God’s gospel of Love.
• Believe in one God
– When you believe in the one true God, you believe the gospel and have faith
in God.
Mark 12:29 – And Jesus
answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord
our God is one Lord:
Mark 4:11 – And he said unto
them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto
them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Mark 10:27 – And Jesus
looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with
God all things are possible.
Mark 10:6 – But from the
beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Mark 11:22 – And Jesus
answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
• Repent of your sins and
surrender to God – Your walk with God begins when you turn from your sinful
past, are converted and live the gospel.
Do not let sin rule your life.
Mark 2:17 – When Jesus heard
it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but
they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.
Mark 11:25-26 – And when ye
stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also
which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your
Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Mark 4:11 – That seeing they
may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest
at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Mark 9:47 – And if thine eye
offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of
God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
• Judge no one – Judge your
pure walk against God’s word. All things
are possible with God. If someone
doesn’t receive you, the walk away.
Mark 10:27 – And Jesus
looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with
God all things are possible.
Mark 6:11 – And whosoever
shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust
under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall
be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that
city.
• Love God – Pray, do good
and turn from sin. Your walk will be
your testimony.
Mark 12:30 – And thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:33 – And to love him
with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and
with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all
whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
• Love your Neighbor – Your
rewards by showing love of neighbor will earn you more than all your religious
works.
Mark 12:31 – And the second
is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none
other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:32-33 – And the
scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one
God; and there is none other but he: And
to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all
the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is
more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
• Doeth the will of God unto
eternal life. Heaven is real. Your brothers and sisters are those that do
the will of God. Eternal life is
available to those that follow the doctrine that Jesus delivered.
Mark 3:31-35 – There came
then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling
him. And the multitude sat about him,
and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for
thee. And he answered them, saying, Who
is my mother, or my brethren? And he
looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and
my brethren! For whosoever shall do the
will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Mark 10:17,21 – And when he
was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and
asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said
unto him, One thing thou lack: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give
to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the
cross, and follow me.
Mark 10:29-31 – And Jesus
answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house,
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands,
for my sake, and the gospel’s, But he
shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and
sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the
world to come eternal life. But many
that are first shall be last; and the last first.
Mark recognized that only
God can forgive sins.
Mark 2:7 – Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Believe that God has
a plan for you. Have faith and worship
only God. Do not let any man, any church
or any church leader, lead you into believing the Jesus did it all and you do
not have to show your faith by doing God’s will. Do not be deceived. God is looking for you to go live God’s
gospel of Love.
To God be the glory in all you do, Amen.