The Kingdom Of God from Mark's Gospel

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The Kingdom Of God from Mark's Gospel

In Mark’s Gospel there are six parables that relate to the kingdom of

God. The parable of the Seed Growing secretly (4:26-29), The Parable

of the Sower (4:1-9, 13-20), The Parable of the Lamp (4:21-25, The

Parable of the Mustard Seed (4:30-34), Jesus and the Children

(10:13-19), The Rich Man (10:17-27) and The Greatest Commandment

(12:28-34). In each of the parables there is a simple meaning behind

each of them. The meaning behind them is not explained and is left for

the reader to work out and understand.

In the Parable of the Sower, the main messages are, making peoples

different views to the word of God apparent, also making people aware

of the different requirements of entry into the Kingdom of God. Jesus

shows the disciples how the word of God is accepted in different

peoples opinions. The four types of soil show how men and women

respond to the word of God, and the four different types of soil, the

seeds fall on, are the people. The ‘wayside’ soil (first soil)

represents the one who does not have the chance to respond to the

word, as Satan quickly carries off the word of God, also known as the

‘unresponsive hearer’. The ‘Stony places’ soil (second soil)

represents the one whom hears the word and straight away receives it

with joy. However, has no roots and therefore are not grounded in the

word of God, also known as ‘the shallow hearer’. ‘Among the thorns’

(the third soil), this soil represents the one who hears the word of

God, but the capability to bear the fruit is disrupted by the

following:

* Cares of the world

* Riches

* Pleasures of Life

It is almost li...

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... in the world today. Also, in the rich

man parable, Jesus tells the man to sell all his riches, this is

because he believes they mat get In the way of there faith and

beliefs. However, today riches do get in the way of peoples faiths,

and they probably would not be willing to give up their riches and

possessions just to follow God. Examples, of the world being God’s

Kingdom include: people such as nouns, priests and aid workers, all

these people give up their lives and time to look after those less

fortunate than themselves. This shows that God’s word had been thought

about carefully and understood by these people. I think that God is

very proud of the world, although it is not perfect and not everyone

follows his word, there are a lot of people who are willing to give up

their lives for God and what he tells people.

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