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Every day pray that everyone you know will either become a Christian or influence others to become a Christian, and please share this online book with others - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com

                               

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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 7

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK

 

Mark 7:14-23

14And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

 

17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. 18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

 

Jesus teaches that what we eat doesn't make us sinful. What makes us sinful comes from within our own hearts, which produce evil desires. These evil desires are then acted out into things such as evil thoughts,, adulteries (having sexual relations with someone other than their spouse), fornications (having sex before marriage), murders, thefts, covetousness (wanting something someone else has), wickedness (misleading someone to get them to believe what is false or get them not to believe what is true), lasciviousness (having strong desires to sin and aren’t ashamed of it), an evil eye (being jealous of others and wanting something that someone else has), blasphemy (making fun of and disrespecting God in your mind or out loud), pride (thinking that you are excellent in many ways. For example, you may think that your mind, body, possessions, accomplishments, job, country, and church are much better than others), foolishness (not making right and careful choices). According to Matthew 7:23, All these evil things come from within, and defile the man (makes someone sinful).

 

While not everyone commits the same sins, we all sin. Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Coming short of the glory of God, is another word for being defiled (Matthew 15:20).

 

The solution to fixing our sin problem isn't trying to stop sinning through our own power; our hearts must be changed, because this is where sin begins. The way our hearts change is by trusting the blood Jesus shed on the cross to erase our sins and let us into heaven when we leave this world. Eventhough we can't stop sinning by our own effort, and trusting Jesus' shed blood is what saves us, we must be consciously or unconsciously willing to stop sinning (saying, thinking, doing, and desiring things that God hates) immediatly after we pray or make a decision to become a Christian. Without this willingness, our hearts aren't prepared to recieve Jesus as our Savior. This concept is described in these websites - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/theanswer and http://chriswaug5.wix.com/nocontridiction. If we have the idea that we aren't going to stop living our sinful lifestyle, we won't become a Christian, even if we trust Jesus' shed blood to erase our sins and let us into heaven when we leave this world. John 3:19-20 support this, "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved."

 

However, Christians still sin. The difference is that when they sin, they will feel really bad about it and will want God to forgive them and try their best, with His help, not to do it again (Hebrews 12:5–11). If they fail in the same way in the future, they should ask God to forgive them again and try their best, with His help, not to do it again (Hebrews 12:5–11). But if they continually fail to live the way certain Bible verses say a Christian should live, they are not bothered and upset because of it, and they are not willing to change their sinful ways, they need to pray or make a decision again to become saved. (If this describes you, please follow chapter 41 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com).

 

If you have prayed or made a decision to become a Christian, but you sin on purpose, please follow this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/makingsure

 

If you have not prayed or made a decision to become a Christian, please follow this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/howtogotoheaven     

 

If you have prayed or made a decision to become a Christian, but you are not sure that you are really a Christian (Hebrews 11:6, Matthew 21:18-22, 1 John 5:14, and Hebrews 11:1), please follow this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/howtogotoheaven

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