{"id":37063,"date":"2025-08-22T22:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=37063"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:36:36","slug":"mark_8_31-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/mark_8_31-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are You Living For?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark 8:31-38\u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s passage is Mark 8:31-38.\u00a0 With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.\u00a0 Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?\u00a0 After you\u2019ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Mark 8:31-33 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n31\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
\n32\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
\n33\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 31-33:\u00a0 Peter rebuked Jesus for talking about how Jesus must suffer many things, be rejected by the religious establishment, be killed and rise again after three days.\u00a0 So why did Jesus respond by saying \u201cGet behind me, Satan\u201d?\u00a0 It\u2019s because Jesus knew that he had to (\u201cmust\u201d) suffer and die.\u00a0 Jesus didn\u2019t think Peter was Satan, but Jesus saw how Satan could use Peter\u2019s words to distract Jesus from doing what the Father had called him to do.<\/p>\n

When Peter tries to dissuade Jesus from taking this road of suffering, Jesus is probably reminded of when Satan tempted Jesus in the desert and offered to give Jesus a shortcut to glory and power, one that did not seem to involve death or suffering (see Matthew 4:8-10).\u00a0 Jesus had to take a firm stand against that train of thought and focus on God\u2019s will for Jesus\u2019 life.<\/p>\n

Likewise,\u00a0you can\u2019t play around with temptation, entertaining it, dancing around it, trying to co-exist with it<\/strong>.\u00a0 You need to take a firm stand against Satan\u2019s schemes, rejecting them outright, lest you risk giving into them.<\/p>\n

Mark 8:34-38 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n34\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said:\u00a0“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 34:\u00a0 In verses 31-33 Jesus made it clear that He had to suffer and die.\u00a0 Here in verses 34-35 Jesus makes it clear that those who follow Jesus would need to suffer for Him as well.\u00a0 To deny yourself means to not live with yourself at the centre anymore but with Jesus at the centre.\u00a0 To take up your cross means to live out the calling that God has for you, including enduring whatever pain or suffering that comes with that calling.\u00a0 These are all part of following Jesus.<\/p>\n

Mark 8:35 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n35\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 35:\u00a0 Our natural inclination is to protect ourselves and keep ourselves at the centre, to live for our own comfort and happiness.\u00a0 But here Jesus makes this incredible promise:\u00a0live for yourself and you\u2019ll end up losing your life for eternity; live your life for Jesus and give it away for His cause and you\u2019ll find true life for eternity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark 8:36-37 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n36\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
\n37\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 36-37:\u00a0 If I gain the whole world (i.e. get everything I thought I wanted on earth) but forfeit my soul (i.e. forfeit the destiny and calling God had for me), what good is it?\u00a0 If I lose my soul, nothing else I have can help me to get it back.\u00a0\u00a0Real life is not getting everything I want; it\u2019s doing what God wants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark 8:38 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n38\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 38:\u00a0 We can either live for Jesus and take His words seriously, or we can be ashamed of Jesus and ignore His words.\u00a0 If we choose the later, the way we treated Jesus will be the way Jesus treats us.<\/p>\n

Jesus, You are the One I live for.\u00a0 With You is real life.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Mark 8:31-38.\u00a0 With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.\u00a0 Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?\u00a0 After you\u2019ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Mark 8:31-33 (NIV)
\n31\u00a0\u00a0He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
\n32\u00a0\u00a0He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
\n33\u00a0\u00a0But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
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\nOn verses 31-33:\u00a0 Peter rebuked Jesus for talking about how Jesus must suffer many things, be rejected by the religious establishment, be killed and rise again after three days.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37066,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37063\/revisions\/37066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}