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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 8
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK
Mark 8:14-21
14Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. 21And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Just like leaven (also know as yeast) starts off small, but eventually permeates or spreads throughout the entire loaf of bread, the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees eventually spread to many people, Jesus was telling His discples to beware of their false teaching.
In our day and time, the popular teaching that started out small but has spread to many people is that someone can become a Christian by believing the facts about Jesus' death on cross, without considering anything about true biblical repentance and a willingness to follow Jesus, and can basically live any way they want after they believe that Jesus is their Savior. If you have read chapters 1, 2, 4-9, 16, 20, and 34 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com you will see the Bible doesn't teach that. Many years ago, they got it right, but this incorrect theology has grown in popularity. Many church leaders have good intentions, but there are those who use this incorrect theology in order to trick others so they will think that they are Christians, when they really aren't, and go to hell when they die. Other church leaders use this incorrect theology in order to attrack as many people as possible, so they will become wealthy through their large congrations' tithes and offerings.
When someone teaches or preaches in a church and uses these tactics, the true Christian should realize what is going on and not fall for those tricks (1 Thessalonians 5:21). (If you have asked Jesus into your heart, believed that Jesus is your Savior, or trusted Jesus' death on the cross and His shed blood to erase your sins and let you into heaven, etc., but you have fallen for tricks like these, please follow this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/makingsure
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If you have prayed or made a decision to become a Christian, but you are not sure 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