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For Sunday evening services, the Lord has lead me to do a Bible study for practical Bible verses in Mark. Please come back to these Bible lessons in order to review them and learn them. Whenever we have learned the meaning of Bible verses and think about them throughout each day, we will be in perfect peace (Isaiah 26:3). Not only that, but when we are in a situation in our daily lives and are tempted to sin, we can think back to what we have learned from the Bible and say to ourselves, "The Bible says to not do what I am tempted to say, think, do, and/or desire right now, so I am going to refuse to give in to this temptation." This is what Romans 12:2 means, and it says, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." This is also the pattern that Jesus used when the devil tempted Him to sin in Matthew 4:1-11.
Chapter 6
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK
Mark 6:7-11
7And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 8And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 9But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. 10And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. 11And 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 Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Sodom and Gomorrha were wicked cities that God destroyed by raining brimstone and fire out of heaven upon them (Genesis 19:24). Unlike these people, the people in Jesus' day and our day and time have had a lot of proof that Jesus is the Way to heaven and that we must repent of our sins and accept Him as our Savior. People who haven't had as much proof as we have had will go to hell if they aren't under the age of accountability (people who are too young to understand right from wrong and people who are born with mental conditions that disable them from being able to understand (2 Samuel 12:21-23)) or haven't became Christians, but their punishment in hell won't be as severe as people who have had a lot of proof that Jesus is the Way to heaven and that they must repent of their sins and accept Him as their Savior but didn't repent and have faith in Christ. Luke 12:47-48 support this, which say, "47And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. To who much is given, much will be required."
Mark:6:12-13
12And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 13And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
Notice that verse 12 says that they preached that men should repent. If you have read http://chriswaug5.wix.com/theanswer and http://chriswaug5.wix.com/nocontridiction you will see that belief in Jesus and repentance are seperate things.
If you have not prayed or made a decision to become a Christian, you must be willing to repent "from this moment on and for the rest of your life" before you pray or make a decision to become a Christian (This concept is explained in these websites - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/theanswer and http://chriswaug5.wix.com/nocontridiction). If you are willing to live this way, please follow this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/howtogotoheaven
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