The Heart of the Matter Part 2 - Mark 7:24-30

Who Do We Say He Is? - Mark 8:22-33

We will see Jesus asking who men say He is, and who the disciples say He is. We will see that response from Peter and we will also see the battle to remain in the Spirit and not fall back into our fleshly mindsets.

Unleavened Truth - Mark 8:11-21

Now up to this point, Jesus hasn’t really called them out on their lack of faith or how they are so short sighted, but as we will see in our last study, He speaks to them directly about this issue. He will also address the Pharisees when they come trying to test Him.

Psalm 9

This Psalm’s title is “To the Chief Musician. To the tune of [a]“Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.” Like chapter 8, some believe this Psalm is a specific tune called “Muth Labben” in Hebrew. Others believe it is referring to a specific instrument that it was played on. The specific part of this title “Death of the Son” is referring to the way the ancient Chaldee version reads: “Concerning the death of the Champion who went out between the camps.” So some believe this is referring to Goliath. Perhaps David wrote this Psalm remembering the victory over Goliath from the advantage of many years since that triumph. Whatever the case, this Psalm is a Psalm of praise and celebrates the goodness of God and His power over all nations.

When We Abide, the Fruit Will Thrive - Mark 7:31-37 & 8:1-10

We will see Jesus continuing His journey going into different regions. We will see Jesus continuing to pour out the power of healing from Himself with compassion towards all that come to Him. We will see how the more He tries to keep people to keep the miracles quiet, they just cannot do it and we will also see the disciples once again doubt Him when it comes to His power regarding feeding the crowd.

The Heart of the Matter Part 2 - Mark 7:24-30

We will look at Mark 7:24-30 and this story for some is hard to understand. Here is a woman, a non-Jewish woman who has the same need that many of the people who have come to Jesus had. Jesus has cast many a demon out but so far they have all been in Jewish people not Gentiles. We need to take a step back here and first look at the culture. The Jewish people looked at Gentiles as unclean people and they would have nothing to do with them. They would refer to them as dogs.