Jesus Foretells His Death

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Title: Jesus Foretells His Death ------------------- Date: 6/13/2003
Keywords: "choice" "choose" "disciple" "follower" "future"
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Passage: Mark 9:30-32*

30. Then [Jesus and His disciples] departed from there and passed through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know it.

31. For He taught His disciples and said to them, "The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day."

32. But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him.

Questions

1. How has pornography affected your relationship with God?

 

2. Has your relationship with God affected your relationship with pornography? Why or why not?

 

Practical help

One of the problems with pornography is that it distracts us from understanding God at a deeper level. Many will read today's passage and take nothing useful away. Others will begin to understand just how much Jesus loves us and how much God controls events in history and in our lives.

A disciple is one who follows the teacher — at the exclusion of other activities and options. Just because you "believe" in Jesus doesn't make you his disciple. You have to commit your time and energy to understand what he is teaching. In the passage above, although Jesus was passing through towns and villages secretly, he was at the same time teaching his followers about future events. This is true today as well. While many never see God at work, a few can see Him in every flower that blooms and bird that flies.

Would you like the same relationship with God as the disciples had? Then you must ask God to help you do just that and then commit yourself to spend the time studying and pondering his life and teachings.

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