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The Authority of Jesus

Mark: Getting to Know Jesus- Part 4

January 26, 2025

Mark 1:21-34

 

“But Jesus said to him, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’” Luke 9:62 (CSB)

 

Should Jesus have absolute authority in my life?

1.    Jesus authoritative _______________________. (21-22)

“Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.” Matthew 5:17 (CSB)

 

“When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.” Matthew 7:28-29 (CSB)

 

“This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.”

I Thessalonians 2:13 (CSB)

 

2.   Jesus authority over _______________________. (23-28)

“Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.” I Peter 5:8 (CSB)

 

“If you are angry, don’t sin by nursing your grudge. Don’t let the sun go down with you still angry—get over it quickly; for when you are angry, you give a mighty foothold to the devil.” Ephesians 4:26-27 (LB)

 

 3.   Jesus authority over ________________________. (29-34)

“Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife[a] like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?” I Corinthians 9:5 (CSB)

 

“For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow—in heaven and on earth and under the earth—and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11 (CSB)