Furthermore, this specific passage in the Gospel of Mark is meant to portray Peter’s confession of Christ and Jesus predicting His death. The passage fit into the flow of the book is because it foreshadows the death of Jesus. I believe the passage Mark 8:27-34 directly applicable to the lives of Christians today because the passage explains that as Christians, we need to give up certain things to live like Jesus. Jesus tells us in the Bible that, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” (8:34). Jesus uses the word, deny to mean that he asks us to give up something to follow him. His words remind us that to be a Christian we need to be willing to learn about His life, take time to pray, and
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Jesus was explaining that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed and rise again. However, then Jesus rebuked Peters and said “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” I believe Jesus does not want Christians to rebuke him and Jesus made it clear that He does not by telling Satan to go away. I believe another idea that present day Christians should not respond to is when Jesus asked the disciple, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter answered Jesus and said, “You are the Christ.” However, then Jesus told the disciples to tell no one about him. I believe in present day, Jesus would not tell people about the gospel. I believe that Jesus wants Christians to share the gospel of Jesus’ love, grace, and …show more content…
For example, the Bible states in Mark 8:34, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me”. The important principle of life that Jesus is teaching is about the meaning of life, purpose of life, and how to live life the way that it was meant to be lived. Jesus is providing us the free opportunity to make the decision to seek Him, to pursue Him, and to follow Him no matter where you go or what are your circumstances in life. Jesus wants everyone to make the decision and He is providing everyone the invite to make that decision. It is indicated in scripture, that once you made the decision to live for Jesus, there are some important principles that you must always remember if you are going to live your life. Furthermore, the principles are deny one’s self, take up one’s cross, and follow Jesus. The idea to deny one’s self goes against the world. Additionally, the world will tell you to chase after your own dream. However, Jesus says that if you do that, you cannot follow Him. The idea is to learn to surrender your desires to Him, and then once you learn to do that consistently and truthfully, he will give you the desire to do what He wants you to do. The idea to take up the cross is about
Jesus was explaining that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed and rise again. However, then Jesus rebuked Peters and said “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” I believe Jesus does not want Christians to rebuke him and Jesus made it clear that He does not by telling Satan to go away. I believe another idea that present day Christians should not respond to is when Jesus asked the disciple, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter answered Jesus and said, “You are the Christ.” However, then Jesus told the disciples to tell no one about him. I believe in present day, Jesus would not tell people about the gospel. I believe that Jesus wants Christians to share the gospel of Jesus’ love, grace, and …show more content…
For example, the Bible states in Mark 8:34, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me”. The important principle of life that Jesus is teaching is about the meaning of life, purpose of life, and how to live life the way that it was meant to be lived. Jesus is providing us the free opportunity to make the decision to seek Him, to pursue Him, and to follow Him no matter where you go or what are your circumstances in life. Jesus wants everyone to make the decision and He is providing everyone the invite to make that decision. It is indicated in scripture, that once you made the decision to live for Jesus, there are some important principles that you must always remember if you are going to live your life. Furthermore, the principles are deny one’s self, take up one’s cross, and follow Jesus. The idea to deny one’s self goes against the world. Additionally, the world will tell you to chase after your own dream. However, Jesus says that if you do that, you cannot follow Him. The idea is to learn to surrender your desires to Him, and then once you learn to do that consistently and truthfully, he will give you the desire to do what He wants you to do. The idea to take up the cross is about