Mark 16 | The Upward Way | Bible Study with A. Z. Adams — Transcript

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1. 0:00Mark [music] 16:1
2. 0:03When the Sabbath was over, Mary
3. 0:06Magdalene and Mary the mother of James
4. 0:08[music] and Salem brought spices so that
5. 0:12they may come and anoint Jesus. [music]
6. 0:15So this is Sunday morning after the
7. 0:18Sabbath and they're going to go and
8. 0:21they're [music] going to give spices to
9. 0:23the dead body so that they can show
10. 0:26respect
11. 0:28as their custom was.
12. 0:32Very early on the first day of the week,
13. 0:34Sunday morning, they came to the tomb
14. 0:37when the sun had risen.
15. 0:40They were saying to one another, "Who
16. 0:42will roll away the stone for us from the
17. 0:44entrance of the tomb?"
18. 0:47Looking up, they saw that the stone had
19. 0:50already been rolled away, although it
20. 0:53was [music] extremely large.
21. 0:56Entering the tomb, they saw a young man
22. 0:59sitting at the right wearing a white
23. 1:02robe, and they were amazed.
24. 1:05And he said to them, "Do not be amazed.
25. 1:09You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene
26. 1:12who has been crucified.
27. 1:15He has risen.
28. 1:17He is not here. Behold, here is the
29. 1:21place where they laid him.
30. 1:23But go tell his disciples and Peter, he
31. 1:27is going ahead of you to Galilee. There
32. 1:29you will see him just as he told you.
33. 1:33They went out and fled from the tomb,
34. 1:36for trembling and astonishment had
35. 1:39gripped them, [music] and they said
36. 1:40nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
37. 1:45They do not have the framework for
38. 1:48[music] resurrection. They do not know
39. 1:51what to do with this information, and it
40. 1:53puts them into a full-on panic.
41. 1:56Now after he had risen early on the
42. 1:58first day of the week, he first appeared
43. 2:01to Mary Magdalene from whom he had cast
44. 2:04out seven demons.
45. 2:07She went and reported to those who had
46. 2:09been with him while they were mourning
47. 2:12and weeping.
48. 2:14When they heard that he was alive and
49. 2:17had been seen by her, they refused to
50. 2:20[music] believe it.
51. 2:23Jesus chooses to make his first
52. 2:26appearance to someone whose word is
53. 2:30going to be doubted.
54. 2:33And he uses her to go tell others.
55. 2:37They're going to see him in a few days.
56. 2:39They're going to see him in a very short
57. 2:41while.
58. 2:42But he wants to see if they have the
59. 2:44faith to believe it from someone who
60. 2:47could be doubtful, from someone whose
61. 2:49word could be questionable.
62. 2:53When they heard it, when they heard that
63. 2:55he was alive and had been seen by her,
64. 2:59they refused to believe it. After that,
65. 3:02he appeared in a different form to two
66. 3:04of them while they were walking along on
67. 3:07their way to the country. They went away
68. 3:10and reported it to the others, but they
69. 3:12did not believe them either.
70. 3:16So, three witnesses have now testified,
71. 3:21but he's showing the disciples how hard
72. 3:23it is to believe that a resurrection has
73. 3:26occurred. And this is going to help the
74. 3:28disciples know how to bring the message
75. 3:30to a world who hasn't seen it, but needs
76. 3:33to believe it from people who did see it
77. 3:36firsthand.
78. 3:38Afterward, he appeared to the 11
79. 3:40themselves as they were reclining at the
80. 3:42table, and he reproached them for their
81. 3:46unbelief and hardness of heart, because
82. 3:50they had not believed those who had seen
83. 3:52him after he had risen. And he said to
84. 3:55them, "Go into all the world and preach
85. 3:59the gospel to all creation."
86. 4:04Matthew and Mark and Luke all have this
87. 4:07version of the great commission. They
88. 4:09all have their own version of the great
89. 4:10commission. Here he says, "Go into all
90. 4:13the world and preach the gospel to all
91. 4:15creation." In Matthew he says, "Go into
92. 4:18all the world and make disciples of all
93. 4:21nations, baptizing them in the name of
94. 4:24the Father and of the Son and of the
95. 4:26Holy Ghost. And lo, I am with you
96. 4:28always, even to the end of the age." And
97. 4:31Luke, he quotes the same great
98. 4:34commission that repentance and remission
99. 4:37of sins would be preached in his name,
100. 4:40beginning at Jerusalem to all nations.
101. 4:43So here he just says, "Go into all the
102. 4:46world and preach the gospel to all
103. 4:47creation.
104. 4:49He who has believed and has been
105. 4:52baptized shall be saved, but he who has
106. 4:55disbelieved shall be condemned."
107. 4:58These signs will accompany those who
108. 5:01believe
109. 5:03in my name. They will cast out demons.
110. 5:06They will speak with new tongues. They
111. 5:08will pick up serpents. And if they drink
112. 5:11any deadly poison, it will not hurt
113. 5:12them. They will lay hands on the sick
114. 5:15and they will recover. So there's Luke's
115. 5:19version of the great commission. And
116. 5:21it's by looking at all three that we get
117. 5:23a fuller picture of the message that he
118. 5:25preached.
119. 5:27He's preaching a message
120. 5:30of outreach to the nations, baptism in
121. 5:34his name,
122. 5:36and that power and signs will follow.
123. 5:41These signs will follow those who have
124. 5:43believed in my name. They will cast out
125. 5:45demons. They will speak with new
126. 5:47tongues. They will pick up serpents.
127. 5:49[music]
128. 5:50And if they drink any deadly poison, it
129. 5:52will not hurt them. They will lay hands
130. 5:54on the sick and they will recover.
131. 5:57So then when the Lord Jesus had [music]
132. 6:00spoken to them, he was received up into
133. 6:03heaven and sat down [music] at the right
134. 6:05hand of God. And they went out and
135. 6:08preached everywhere while the Lord
136. 6:10[music] worked with them and confirmed
137. 6:13the word by the signs that followed.
138. 6:17They weren't just bringing a message, a
139. 6:19story. They were bringing [music] a word
140. 6:22that had power and signs that followed.
141. 6:25And they promptly reported all these
142. 6:27instructions to Peter and his
143. 6:30companions. And after that, Jesus
144. 6:32himself sent out through them from east
145. 6:35to west the sacred and imperishable
146. 6:38proclamation of eternal salvation.
147. 6:44Jesus himself is the one who is speaking
148. 6:47through them. Jesus himself, even though
149. 6:50he was ascended into heaven, he is the
150. 6:52one bringing the eternal proclamation
151. 6:55through them to all the world.
152. 6:58A hope that death has been swallowed up
153. 7:01by victory.
154. 7:03That the grave has lost its sting. That
155. 7:06that which holds people in bondage all
156. 7:08their lifetime has been defeated at
157. 7:10[music] the cross. That judgment has
158. 7:13been satisfied.
159. 7:15that mercy has triumphed over judgment.
160. 7:18That the atonement has been made and a
161. 7:21new and living way has been opened to
162. 7:24the holy place that is no longer in the
163. 7:27ark of the covenant but is now the new
164. 7:29covenant. And the holy place is heaven
165. 7:32where we have access by one spirit to
166. 7:35one father through the blood of Jesus
167. 7:37Christ.
168. 7:39That's the end of the book of Mark.
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