Mark 16
November 28, 2021
Mark 16
Intro:
0 FINALE – BELIEVE
0 Appearance / Risen Christ
0 Eyes only
o preview 1 foretaste 1 Resurr. I about
–
Gospel accounts → contrast → belief & unbelief
? IMPT
• Belief / central / call / Christ
Mark 1:14–15 Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of
God, 15 and saying, “ The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God
is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
0 understanding / righteousness
Genesis 15:6 And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him
as righteousness.
o central / salvation
Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus
is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the
dead, you will be saved
• central / pleasing GOD
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for
whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and
that he rewards those who seek him.
• central / receiving anything
James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one
who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by
the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive
anything from the Lord;
0 FINALE – BELIEVE
0 Appearance / Risen Christ
0 Eyes only
o preview 1 foretaste 1 Resurr. I about
–
Gospel accounts → contrast → belief & unbelief
? IMPT
• Belief / central / call / Christ
Mark 1:14–15 Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of
God, 15 and saying, “ The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God
is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
0 understanding / righteousness
Genesis 15:6 And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him
as righteousness.
o central / salvation
Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus
is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the
dead, you will be saved
• central / pleasing GOD
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for
whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and
that he rewards those who seek him.
• central / receiving anything
James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one
who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by
the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive
anything from the Lord;
• central / GOD 1 working thru us
Matthew 17:19 Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them,
“ Because of your little faith
o central I understanding I works & identity I Christ
John 10:37 If I am not doing the works of
my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but
if I do them, even though you do not
believe me, believe the works, that you
may know and understand that the Father
is in me and I am in the Father.”
John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the
Father and the Father is in me, or else
believe on account of the works
themselves.
0 Central
o mental / live
o get someone 1 place I belief
0 ENTER STORY
9 [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
ironic → history
Rep. → suspicion
1) history (if you knew who this was)
Magdalene
LK 8: 2 – among 1 dependent 1 healing
Mt 27: 56 – among / ministered 1 Jesus
Mt 27: 61 – among/ women /burial
Mt 28: 1 – among I went early / dawn
IN 20: 11 – dipped / outside tomb I stayed
Matthew 17:19 Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them,
“ Because of your little faith
o central I understanding I works & identity I Christ
John 10:37 If I am not doing the works of
my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but
if I do them, even though you do not
believe me, believe the works, that you
may know and understand that the Father
is in me and I am in the Father.”
John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the
Father and the Father is in me, or else
believe on account of the works
themselves.
0 Central
o mental / live
o get someone 1 place I belief
0 ENTER STORY
9 [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
ironic → history
Rep. → suspicion
1) history (if you knew who this was)
Magdalene
LK 8: 2 – among 1 dependent 1 healing
Mt 27: 56 – among / ministered 1 Jesus
Mt 27: 61 – among/ women /burial
Mt 28: 1 – among I went early / dawn
IN 20: 11 – dipped / outside tomb I stayed
o actions 1 Jesus I communicate:
ministering → stand I need 1 work
Need → SERVE
cross → MOURN 4
buried → anoint
RESUR → be last place
# 1
Jesus reserves 1 exclusive intimacy 1 those 1 hearts I anticipate/
PRESENCE
Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to
me, and I will hear you. 13 You will seek me and find me, when you
seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the
LORD,
Deuteronomy 4:29 But from there you will seek the LORD your God
and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and
with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these
things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the
LORD your God and obey his voice. 31 For the LORD your God is a
merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the
covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
0 comes through /delivers 1 hanging
10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 But
when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
• “told” –share /joy
0 “they” – 11 disciples
12 After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking
into the country. 13 And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.
• Same RESPONSE
• “two” Lk 24: 18 / Cleopas I only ×!
ministering → stand I need 1 work
Need → SERVE
cross → MOURN 4
buried → anoint
RESUR → be last place
# 1
Jesus reserves 1 exclusive intimacy 1 those 1 hearts I anticipate/
PRESENCE
Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to
me, and I will hear you. 13 You will seek me and find me, when you
seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the
LORD,
Deuteronomy 4:29 But from there you will seek the LORD your God
and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and
with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these
things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the
LORD your God and obey his voice. 31 For the LORD your God is a
merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the
covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
0 comes through /delivers 1 hanging
10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 But
when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
• “told” –share /joy
0 “they” – 11 disciples
12 After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking
into the country. 13 And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.
• Same RESPONSE
• “two” Lk 24: 18 / Cleopas I only ×!
ODD
° 11 Not 1 part 1 1st appearances
o 2nd hand
• RESPONSE → authentic → unbelief
# 2 Unbelief hinders l ability (exp. 1 intimacy 1 Jesus I reserved /us
• interference to intimacy
• miracles
14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he
rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed
those who saw him after he had risen.
• bona fide DISCIPLES
• legit EXPERIENCE
o should I evoke 1 joy → unbelief
Possible : believe / salvation / heart 1 unbelief / how I relates/us
: intellectual assent I functionally
• in heart I don’t believe 1 good
o in heart I don’t believe 1 best interest
• subtle unspoken posture
GOOD News → Jesus came 1 deal 1 unbelieving hearts
o 1st / expose it
• hang/ long l attentive I reveal
15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole
creation.
0 IRONIC / didn’t believe
0 Moved → unbelief → belief → proclamation
° 11 Not 1 part 1 1st appearances
o 2nd hand
• RESPONSE → authentic → unbelief
# 2 Unbelief hinders l ability (exp. 1 intimacy 1 Jesus I reserved /us
• interference to intimacy
• miracles
14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he
rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed
those who saw him after he had risen.
• bona fide DISCIPLES
• legit EXPERIENCE
o should I evoke 1 joy → unbelief
Possible : believe / salvation / heart 1 unbelief / how I relates/us
: intellectual assent I functionally
• in heart I don’t believe 1 good
o in heart I don’t believe 1 best interest
• subtle unspoken posture
GOOD News → Jesus came 1 deal 1 unbelieving hearts
o 1st / expose it
• hang/ long l attentive I reveal
15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole
creation.
0 IRONIC / didn’t believe
0 Moved → unbelief → belief → proclamation
• motivation? out of what state I heart
• “proclaim” I feel obligational / Rote
0 MORE free / proclaim 1 when I awed
(pregnancy → birth → engagement → new job
• Not / action 1 impact 1 HEART
o “herald” → offical announcement
0 WE “herald” what we are in awe of
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be
condemned.
• “believes“
• “baptized” I identified / bear 1 GOD‘s mark (inward & outward)
→ dip repeatedly I cleanse by dipping I submerge
overwhelm / identifies
1 Cor. 12:13 “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—
Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and all were made to drink of one
Spirit.
John 3:5 “born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the
kingdom of God.”
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ
have put on Christ
O GOD confirms “believers“
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe:
o “signs I accompany I believe” WHAT??
• GOSPEL!
• signs → believers → message
* 3 Gop‘s purpose /giving 1 believers signs I confirm I legit. I message
• “proclaim” I feel obligational / Rote
0 MORE free / proclaim 1 when I awed
(pregnancy → birth → engagement → new job
• Not / action 1 impact 1 HEART
o “herald” → offical announcement
0 WE “herald” what we are in awe of
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be
condemned.
• “believes“
• “baptized” I identified / bear 1 GOD‘s mark (inward & outward)
→ dip repeatedly I cleanse by dipping I submerge
overwhelm / identifies
1 Cor. 12:13 “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—
Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and all were made to drink of one
Spirit.
John 3:5 “born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the
kingdom of God.”
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ
have put on Christ
O GOD confirms “believers“
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe:
o “signs I accompany I believe” WHAT??
• GOSPEL!
• signs → believers → message
* 3 Gop‘s purpose /giving 1 believers signs I confirm I legit. I message
DANGER:
1) Signs/ central
2) MESSENGER /central
SIGNS?
V.17 – in my name they will cast out demons;
1) GOD displaying 1 authority 1 aspects / immaterial 1 thru us
• in my Name
o depend /my POWER
o exp. 1 auth. I thru them
they will speak in new tongues;
2) GOD miraculously enabling believers/comm. 1 truth 1 languages
Acts 2:11 “we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty
works of God.”
18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will
not hurt them;
3) GOD‘s display / divine protection & preservation power 1 thru us
they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
4) God‘s display 1 healing ability 1 thr us
→ CONFIRM / MESSAGE 1 GOSPEL
→ BELIEVE!
19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and
sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while
the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
1) Signs/ central
2) MESSENGER /central
SIGNS?
V.17 – in my name they will cast out demons;
1) GOD displaying 1 authority 1 aspects / immaterial 1 thru us
• in my Name
o depend /my POWER
o exp. 1 auth. I thru them
they will speak in new tongues;
2) GOD miraculously enabling believers/comm. 1 truth 1 languages
Acts 2:11 “we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty
works of God.”
18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will
not hurt them;
3) GOD‘s display / divine protection & preservation power 1 thru us
they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
4) God‘s display 1 healing ability 1 thr us
→ CONFIRM / MESSAGE 1 GOSPEL
→ BELIEVE!
19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and
sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while
the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
o “sat down” I completion
0” Right hand” 1 approval 1 good enough
→ BELIEVE
ON → where I struggling I believe GOD
Does my life reflect that 1) I believe He’s good? 2) cares 4 ME 3) I
trust Him with my life
? worthy I my trust
? trust 1 life 1 here /now
? job 1 children 1 marriage 1 health 1 finances
? You consider 1 He done /enough
gain I trust
0” Right hand” 1 approval 1 good enough
→ BELIEVE
ON → where I struggling I believe GOD
Does my life reflect that 1) I believe He’s good? 2) cares 4 ME 3) I
trust Him with my life
? worthy I my trust
? trust 1 life 1 here /now
? job 1 children 1 marriage 1 health 1 finances
? You consider 1 He done /enough
gain I trust