Missing the Meaning
And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? ~ Mark 8:17 ESV
One important aspect of this verse is that Jesus understood what the disciples were thinking because of his omniscience. Just as he was aware of the thoughts of the Scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 9:4, he also knew the thoughts of his disciples. This shows that Jesus is omniscient. God is seen as the only being with true omniscience, having complete and infinite knowledge of all things—past, present, and future. This indicates that Jesus is indeed God.
Jesus is worried that the disciples do not understand His message. They misinterpreted His warning about the “leaven” of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herod, thinking He was referring to real bread. He wasn’t concerned about how much food they had. After seeing His recent miracles, they should trust that He can provide for them, even without any bread. Their response shows a lack of understanding and faith. In Matthew’s account, the disciples eventually understood what He meant (Matthew 16:12).
When discussing the Bible with others, keep in mind that many people may not understand. You might need to explain things in a different way.
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Leviticus 19:1-20:21
Mark 8:11-38
Psalm 42:1-11
Proverbs 10:17
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Mark 8:11-38
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? “For what will a man give in exchange for his soul? “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.” ~ Mark 8:36-38
Mark 8-34
Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ
Summary
The Pharisees Demand a Sign, The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod, Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida, Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ, Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
Listen to John MacArthur on today’s scripture reading below:
Mark by John MacArthur
Every religion on the planet – every single religion – claims to have the key to the door to the spiritual world. They all do. It’s what they sell. They all lie. They all lie. No religion in the world, apart from true Christianity, can give anybody sight; everybody in every religion except the true one is in the dark, and it is a black darkness, and it’s a deep darkness, and it is a profound blindness. There are no transcendental masters; there are no elevated souls; there are no spiritualists who know spiritual truth genuinely. That doesn’t come within the framework of an unaltered human life.
This is the testimony of Scripture. Turn to John chapter 1. John chapter 1 and verse 5. The Lord Jesus is introduced here as the Light in verse 4, “In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.” Jesus is called the Light. He Himself said He was the Light. John 8:12, “I am the Light of the world; whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness.” That’s the only way out of the darkness, to follow Christ. There is no other way out of the darkness. There are no elevated spiritual masters; there are only people who follow Christ, and He alone leads out of the darkness. He is the Light. “The Light shines in the darkness,” verse 5 says, “the darkness did not comprehend it.” This universal spiritual blindness has no capacity to comprehend Light. The true Light came; the darkness didn’t comprehend it. For more click here
Here is the way to life. Here is the way to forgiveness. Here is the way to heaven. Here’s the way to joy and peace. Listen to our Lord’s words, starting in verse 34. “And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, ‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.’”
Mark 8:10-21 by Dr. J. Vernon McGee – Thru the Bible
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Mark 8:10-12. And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
Unbelief always pricked him to the heart, and greatly grieved him. When men trusted him, he delighted to exhibit his matchless grace; but when they caviled and questioned, his heart was heavy, and he turned away from them.
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