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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 not to 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 9
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK
Mark 9:42-50
42And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. (Causing and encouraging children to sin is something we should definitely avoid.) 43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 46Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: 48Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Jesus isn't telling us to literally cut our hands and feet off and pluck our eyes out if we sin; instead, He is explaining the seriousness of sin. His hand reference is probably referring to acts of violence, His foot reference is probably referring to people traveling from place to place gossiping, and His eye refence is probably referring to lust. Although, all sin is serious. Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;", and Romans 6:23 adds, "For the wages of sin is death;.."
No matter what sin we commit, God cannot allow us to enter into heaven when we leave this world. The only way we can go to heaven is if we have our sins erased (become saved). Chapter 41of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com explains this. However, this doesn't apply to children who don't know right from wrong or people who are born with mental handicaps that prevent them from being able to unerstand.
49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. (Christians are made stronger and recieve assurance of their salvation when they make it through trials and persecution without giving up living the Christian lifestyle (The Christian lifestyle is explained in chapter 39 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com). This is referring to being salted with fire.) 50Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves (Just how salt was a preservative, Christians are a preservation in this world. When they live the Christian lifestyle, people see how they should live. If people didn't see these examples, the world would be in a much worse state.), and have peace one with another. (When Christians try to be at peace with everyone and try to get people to be at peace amongest themselves, the world is a much better place.
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