In this study we are going to finish up chapter 3 and we will see How Jesus is making a distinction between His earthly family and His spiritual family. We will also get into chapter 4 and look closely at the parable of the sower and the seed.

We are starting a new study in the book of Psalms

In our last study we saw Jesus once again declare His lordship over the Sabbath which further enraged the scribes and Pharisees. From that point on they were out to get rid of Him. We also saw Jesus anointing His disciples and sending them out with power to preach, heal and cast out demons. As we talked about last week, this is a preparation of what the early church would look like. While the Spirit of God had not yet infilled them, the Power of the Spirit rested upon them. This was a foretaste of what we have today. The church which is you and me, now are filled with the Spirit and have access to His power when we are walking in submission and obedience. Finally we saw the scribes and Pharisees accusing Jesus of being led by the prince of demons Beelzebub. Jesus responded in parables basically saying that a house cannot be divided. Everything He said and did was in obedience to the Father’s will and He was empowered by the Holy Spirit. The fact that the Jewish leaders could not see Him for who He is reflects upon how hard their hearts were. In this place, they actually accused Him of following Satan. This leads us into this week’s message regarding what they actually did.

In this message we will continue in the same place we left off last message, dealing with the Sabbath. We will also see Jesus now anointing the disciples to go in His power to preach, heal and cast out demons, and how He is accused of being demon possessed.

We will be looking at How Jesus addresses the Sabbath.

We will see Jesus challenged on different points regarding who He hangs out with, and fasting.

In this study we will see the crowds still coming around, and we will continue to see Jesus displaying His authority over all things.

We began our study in the gospel of Mark last week. We saw that Jesus displayed His authority not only in word, but in action. When He began to teach, the people were amazed at His teaching with authority not like the scribes who knew the law and could quote the law, but Jesus was fulfilling the very law that they were quoting.

Matthew 5:17-18,

17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

He wrote it and it was always about Him and His coming as their Messiah. They missed Him but the demons knew exactly who He is. We saw His authority over them as well. Not only does he cast them out, He has authority to silence them as well. So Jesus is on the move and this week we will see his continued authority over all things and how we need to be careful not to be crowd followers, but keep grounded in Jesus.