The Lord's Teaching Bringing Light
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark 1:21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately, on
the Sabbath, He entered into the synagogue and taught. 22
And they were astounded at His teaching, for He taught them as
One having authority and not like the scribes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the synagogue, the Lord Jesus taught the people with
authority. Man's fall into sin broke his fellowship with God.
As a result, man became ignorant of the knowledge of God. Such
ignorance issued first in darkness and then in death. The
Slave-Savior, as the light of the world (John 8:12; 9:5), came
to Galilee, the land of darkness, where people were sitting in
the shadow of death, and He came as a great light to shine
upon them (Matt. 4:12-16). His teaching released the word of
light to enlighten those in the darkness of death so that they
might receive the light of life (John 1:4). We have already
seen that the first thing the Slave-Savior did in His service
was to preach the gospel. Now the second thing the Slave of
God as the Slave-Savior to fallen men did in His service was
to carry out such teaching to bring people out of satanic
darkness into the divine light (Acts 26:18).
It was of God's sovereignty that the Lord Jesus was raised in
the region of Galilee and also that He began His preaching and
teaching not from Judea, but from Galilee. According to the
biblical record, Galilee was not only a despised region, but
was also a place of darkness. Concerning this, Matthew 4:15-16
says, "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea
beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: The people sitting
in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a
region and shadow of death, to them light sprang up." This
indicates that when the Lord Jesus walked through Galilee, He
was a great light shining in the darkness and shining upon the
people sitting in the region and shadow of death. In
particular, the teaching of the Slave-Savior was the shining
of a great light. Every word that issued out of His mouth was
an enlightening word. Therefore, while He was teaching the
people, the light was shining upon them. In this way the
people in darkness were enlightened by the Lord's teaching.
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(c) Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the
Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Mark, pp. 52. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA
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