Teaching About the Kingdom of God in the Parables of Mark's Gospel

When I read Mark during church we would read the long ending, at the time I didn’t know the difference between the endings. I was confused to why there were three different parts to it and they were broken up as if they were supposed to be a new verse. When I asked the leader of the class she couldn’t give me an explanation. With the research I have done I feel that I have come to a conclusion as to which ending is the most correct and why there are multiple endings.

The Gospel of Mark has three different endings rather than one known ending like the other Gospels. The other Gospels are easily ended with an ending that fits. The Gospel of Mark is also much shorter than the other ones, but the most important difference is how he chose to begin and end it. There are many scholars giving reasons for how or why this one ended the way it did, and also where they think the correct ending appears. They too have different views, so they must leave it to the readers to decide what they each personally think. The two extra ending that were added have major differences from the original. But with more than one version of the correct ending, it shows there is a problem.

I believe what drives our judgement is the way people think of others. Today in this world, people are close minded and not open to new ideas. Society’s think that people who grew up from the bad side of town, they will get nowhere in life. We judge people for the way they look, what they wear, where they 're from, where they live, etc. We judge out of our own fears and insecurities. We must treat people the way the want to be treated, not by how you think they should be treated. When we judge someone, do we really know what goes on in their life. Also, still discriminate others to this day, such as, we still judge people based on their race. We have to treat people with equal rights no matter what race or ethnicity they are. We have qualities

Reading the sermon he claims that, “Thus all you that never passed under a great change of heart, by the mighty power of the Spirit of God upon your souls; all you that were never born again, and made new creatures, and raised from being dead in sin, to a state of new, and before altogether unexperienced light and life, are in the hands of an angry God,” therefore I infer that the individual whom have

He uses this against non-believers to make them fear that if they're not with the church, they will

The gospel of Mark is a short recollection of Jesus life, it has many details but is missing pieces or additions to his life. The Gospel of mark was said to have lost pieces, and also the first account of Jesus life. Although it is not as detailed in some areas as it is in others, it tells many accounts of Jesus life on earth and what kind of a person he was, the life he lived, his struggles and his ending.

finds his strength to do this feat through God. In Job another book from the Bible it

He knows he can't realize the seed to grow, nor would he have the capacity to convey the deluge and light for creating and gathering the yield. For a viable harvest, he is dependent on these belonging from God. Yet the farmer understands that unless he strongly looks for after his commitments to wrinkle, plant, treat, and create, he can't expect a harvest toward the end of the season. It may be said he is in a relationship with God, and he will obtain its preferences exactly when he has fulfilled his

that "he was intended for some great purpose, and would surely become a prophet."("Fires of

Judge. What does it mean to judge someone? According to Dictionary.com, to judge means “to form a judgment or opinion of; decide upon critically.” Everyone is guilty of judging someone once in their life, but judgments should not just be based on how someone looks or acts. If someone was to judge someone they should base those judgements once they know this person and have evidence for their judgements. Many people base their opinions on others solely on how alike they are, causing them to judge those who are different.

When is passing judgment on others wrong? If we keep it to ourselves and do not speak it

Our nature as humans is to judge others. We are programmed to judge everything for the benefit of ourselves. Think about it for a second. What do you do when you meet new people? You judge them from the way

The Nature of Discipleship According to Mark's Gospel Discipleship is usually thought of as following Jesus, being a preacher and a teacher. Somebody who believes in something, or who believes in someone, and leaves everything behind them to try to make others believe the same is my personal belief of a disciple. In actual fact, the Old Testament word 'Talmid' is a 'learner', and more obviously in the New Testament, a 'Diskipolos' is a 'follower'. The other important area of discipleship is serving others. When a disciple is healing a person, they are serving them, as he serving Jesus and God.

"Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."(Matthew Ch.7)

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