Getting to Know Jesus in the Gospel of Mark
Study Eighteen: Mark 3:31-35
31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside
they sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and
they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.” 33
And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking about
at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35
For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mark
3)
1. Mark had already
told us: “20 Then he went home, and the
crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family
heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, ‘He is out of his
mind.’” He now shows his family arriving. What does this encounter tell us
about imposing our personal preferences onto the work of God?
2. What did Jesus
reveal as his view of the situation?
3. Mark began his
gospel with the declaration: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” How does this help us understand the reason for Jesus’ viewpoint?
4. What
is the condition of this profound relationship with Jesus Christ?
5. How
do we meet this condition in the gospel as contrasted to trying to meet this
condition according to the law of the Old Testament?
6. Once
again we have contrasting groups of people surrounding Jesus. Which group best
represents you?
7. What
does it mean to you that Jesus reaches out to people that he wants to relate to
as his family?
Unless otherwise noted,
Scriptures are from the English Standard Version (The Holy Bible, English
Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good
News Publishers.)
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