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Jesus was fully man and fully God. According to teacher and preacher Ray Stedman, the gospel writer Mark was amazed by this reality. For this reason, Mark's gospel centers on these two aspects of Jesus' life. The first part of the gospel depicts Jesus as the Servant who rules. The second part focuses on Jesus as the Ruler who serves. Jesus' authority was God-given, and with it he upset the status quo. He directly challenged the religious leaders of His day. He overturned tables and purposefully offended people whose hearts were far from God. In this second volume of a two-volume set, Ray Stedman looks at Mark's gospel and finds us in it. Pride, foolishness, and faithlessness often blinded Jesus' disciples and followers. Yet he never gave up on them. And He will not give up on His disciples of today, who are often blinded by the same thing.
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