Dr. Bingham’s Lesson for January 15, 2012

Series in Mark

“Unexpected Things – Part I” – Mark 9:14-48

Isaiah 66:1; 65:17; 66:22-24
These verses speak of a future day when Israel is restored and those who trust in God are redeemed and rewarded but the unrepentant receive everlasting punishment.
The worm in the last verse is indicative of decay.

Mark 9:14-29
Some things will only be done if you earnestly pray for them in faith.

If you plead with God to help you in your unbelief, God will have mercy and help you just the same.

It is unexpected that an answer to prayer doesn’t come just to those who have faith as big as a mountain but to those who have faith only as big as an ant hill but who confess their weakness of faith and cry out to the Lord to increase it.

God will not provide everything that is asked in prayer, only those things that are according to His will (1 John 5:14); and there are things the Lord wants to do for you that He will only do if you ask for them faith.

Mark 9:30-35
The last shall be first.

Mark 9:42-48
Jesus reconfirms the division of humanity into the saved and unsaved as recorded in Isaiah 66:22-24.