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- Why did Satan tempt Jesus?
-Because Satan wanted Jesus to sin.
- Why did Satan want Jesus to sin?
-Because Satan did not want Jesus to save us.
- Was Jesus able to turn the stones into bread?
-Yes.
-Jesus was God.
-Jesus was able to do anything.
- What did Jesus tell Satan was more important than food?
-Jesus told Satan that the believing the Word of God was more important than food.
- Although Jesus was hungry, why did He not turn the stones into bread?
-Because God the Father did not tell Him to do it.
-Jesus would not obey Satan.
-Jesus would only obey God the Father.
- Does Satan know what is written in God’s Bible?
-Yes.
- But what does Satan do with God’s Word?
-Satan twists God’s Word in order to trap people.
- Why was it possible for Satan to give Jesus control over all the world?
-Because when Adam obeyed Satan, Satan became the master of Adam, of all people, and of all the world.
- How did Jesus overcome Satan?
-With the Word of God.
- Did Jesus twist the Word of God?
-No.
-Jesus spoke the Word of God as it is written in God’s Bible.
- Who is greater, Jesus or Satan?
-Jesus.
- Why is Jesus greater than Satan?
-Because Jesus is God.
-Because it was Jesus who created Lucifer as a perfect angel in the beginning.
- In the future, what will Jesus do to Satan and to all his demons?
-Jesus will throw Satan and all of his demons into the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-One day, the wicked King Herod put John the Baptist in prison.
-After John the Baptist was put in prison, what did Jesus do?
Let’s read Mark 1:14
14-After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
-When did Jesus begin to teach the Jews?
-After John the Baptist was put in prison.
-How old was Jesus when He began to teach the Jews?
-He was 30 years old.
-Jesus taught the Jews the Good News of God.
-What was the Good News of God that Jesus taught?
-The Good News of God is that even though our sin must be punished by death, God was sending the Savior to save us.
-Who was the Savior whom God was sending to save the people?
-Jesus.
-What else did Jesus teach?
Let’s read Mark 1:15
15-“The time has come,” Jesus said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!”
-What did Jesus mean when he said, “The time is come, and the kingdom of God is near”?
-Jesus meant that the time has come for the Savior, and that the kingdom of God will soon defeat the kingdom of Satan.
-Jesus also taught that people must believe in the Word of God.
-What is the only way a person can please God?
-By believing in the Word of God.
-When Jesus started to teach the Jews, He called men to be with Him.
Let’s read Mark 1:16-20
16-As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
17-“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
18-At once they left their nets and followed him.
19-When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.
20-Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
-Why did Jesus call men to be with Him?
-Because Jesus wanted to teach them so that they would be able to teach other people about God.
-What was the work of some of the men whom Jesus called to be with Him?
-Some of them were fishermen.
-One day, Jesus went to a city called Capernaum to teach the Jews.
Let’s read Mark 1:21
21-They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
-When Jesus arrived in Capernaum, He went to the synagogue to teach.
-What was the synagogue?
-The synagogue was the house where the Jews met to read the Bible.
-What did most of the Jews think of Jesus’ teaching?
Let’s read Mark 1:22
22-The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.
-Why were most of the Jews amazed at Jesus’ teaching?
-Because Jesus taught them with much strength and wisdom.
-Who were the teachers of the law?
-They were the Pharisees.
-How was the teaching of Jesus different from the teaching of the Pharisees?
-Because Jesus was God, Jesus knew God the Father.
-The Pharisees did not know God the Father.
-Because Jesus was God, Jesus knew the Word of God.
-The Pharisees did not know the Word of God.
-Because Jesus was God, Jesus believed the Word of God.
-The Pharisees did not believe the Word of God.
-As Jesus was teaching, a man who was possessed by a demon cried out.
Let’s read Mark 1:23-24
23-Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out,
24-“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy One of God!”
-In the beginning, who were the demons before they became demons?
-In the beginning, the demons were good angels that God created until they followed Satan and became evil.
-Demons like to live in people who do not believe in God.
-A demon was living in this man who cried out.
-Did the demon know that it was Jesus who was teaching?
-Yes.
-Do the demons know that Jesus is God?
-Yes.
-Do the demons know that Jesus is perfect, holy, and hates all sin?
-Yes.
-Do the demons know that Jesus is more powerful than they are?
-Yes.
-Why are the demons afraid of Jesus?
-Because the demons know that Jesus is able to throw them into the Lake of Eternal Fire at any time.
-The demon knew that Jesus had the power to throw him into the Lake of Eternal Fire at that moment.
-What did Jesus reply to the demon?
Let’s read Mark 1:25-26
25-“Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!”
26-The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.
-Jesus commanded the demon to be quiet, and come out of the man.
-Did the demon obey Jesus?
-Yes.
-Why did the demon obey Jesus?
-Because Jesus is God.
-Because Jesus is more powerful than the demons.
-What did the people think when they saw Jesus save the man from the demon?
Let’s read Mark 1:27-28
27-The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching–and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him.”
28-News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.
-The people were amazed that Jesus saved the man from the demon.
-The people were amazed that the demons obeyed Jesus.
-Later that evening, what happened?
Let’s read Mark 1:32-34
32-That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed.
33-The whole town gathered at the door,
34-and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.
-That evening, the people brought to Jesus all the sick and the demon-possessed, and Jesus healed them all.
-This is because Jesus is God.
-This is because Jesus can do anything.
-Why did Jesus heal all the sick people?
-Because Jesus loved them.
-Because Jesus was sad that they were sick.
-In the beginning when Jesus created the world, there was no sickness.
-But Adam and Eve sinned against God, and their sin brought sickness to all people.
-Jesus wanted to heal the sickness that sin had brought into the world.
-Why did Jesus heal all of the people who were demon-possessed?
-Because Jesus loved them.
-Because Jesus was sad that the demons were making people their slaves.
-In the beginning when Jesus created the world, people were children of God.
-But Adam and Eve sinned against God, and all people became slaves of Satan and his demons.
-Jesus wanted to free the people from the slavery of Satan and his demons.
-One day a man with leprosy came to see Jesus.
Let’s read Mark 1:40
40-A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
-What is leprosy?
-Leprosy is a very bad sickness that eats away your flesh.
-In the time of Jesus, there was no cure for leprosy.
-If you had leprosy, there was no medicine for you.
-If you had leprosy, there was no cure for you.
-If you had leprosy, there was no help for you.
-Was the man able to heal himself from leprosy?
-No.
-There was no cure.
-Was any other man able to heal him from leprosy?
-No.
-There was no cure.
-Was a doctor able to heal him from leprosy?
-No.
-There was no cure.
-Why did the man come to Jesus?
-Because he knew that Jesus alone was able to heal him.
-Did Jesus heal him?
Let’s read Mark 1:41-42
41-Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”
42-Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured.
-Jesus touched the man, and said, “Be clean,” and the man was healed.
-Only Jesus who is God was able to heal the man.
-How is sin like leprosy?
-Just as the man was not able to heal himself from leprosy, so we are not able to heal ourselves from sin.
-Just as no other man was able to heal the man from leprosy, so no other man is able to heal us from sin.
-Just as only Jesus was able to heal the man from leprosy, so only Jesus is able to heal us from sin.
-Jesus came into the world to heal us from sin.
-Jesus came into the world to heal us from death.
-Jesus came into the world to heal us from Satan.
-No other man can heal us; only Jesus can heal us.