1. To whom was the Book of Mark written?
2. What is the overall theme of the Book of Mark?
3. What is the difference between Jesus baptism and any other person’s baptism?
4. What is the definition of “baptism”?
5. According to Romans 6:3-4, what is one of the purposes of baptism? According to Acts 2:38 and 1 Peter 3:21, what is another purpose?
6. Why did Jesus need to pray?
7. Why was it possible for Jesus to forgive sins?
8. When Jesus told a paralytic that his sins had been forgiven, and then He healed the man, what lesson was Jesus teaching those who witnessed this event?
9. How is it possible for the thief who died at the same time as Jesus to go to Paradise without being baptized (Lk. 23:43)?
10. Today, do we live under the Old Law or the New Law? Under the law that applies to us today, is it possible to be saved without being baptized?
11. When Jesus healed a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath Day, did He sin by dong so? If so, why? If not, why not?
12. Jesus said that the scribes and Pharisees were hypocrites, because they “tithed mint and anise and cumin,” yet “left undone the weightier matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith.” What was Jesus’ point in this passage (Mt. 23:23) and in Mark 3:3-6?
13. How do Matthew 23:23 and Mark 3:3-6 apply to Christians today?
14. If the “commandments of men” will not save us (Mt. 15:9), what will?
15. Why did Jesus eat with sinners like tax collectors (Mk. 2:17)?
16. Explain this statement: “Jesus is a man of impartiality.” Incorporate into your
answer Mark 3:32-35.
17. Explain Jesus’
statement in John 14:6 that “no man comes to the Father, but by me.”
18. What do passages
such as Colossians 4:2 and 1 Thessalonians 5:17 teach us about prayer?
19. Explain how Jesus used a raging sea to teach His disciples an important lesson about faith (Mk. 4:35-41).
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,