Pastor Jiao Translated by Allan Liang Mark 15:6-15 The Jewish Sanhedrin when carrying out the judicial trial, had no authority over the l Pilate was a governor appointed in AD 26 by the Roman government to be in charge of the region of Judea. The authority of the governor was great, and commanded over the people the power to spare and kill. But because it was undesirable to interfere in Jewish religious divisions, the Jews could not accuse Jesus of religious crimes (Matt

Reverend Hong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:51-65 “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Although In the Scriptures of Mark that we read of today, we see in God’s eternal will that: First, Jesus as the true passover lamb who was slain, must be sacrificed on the passover. Consequently, Jesus handed himself over and appeared before the high priest on the very night of the passover. Second, according to the laws concerning sacrifices,

Pastor Jiang Translated by Leo Liu Mark 15:1-5 Jesus is Christ and Messiah. Christ comes from the Greek in the New Testament and Messiah comes from the Hebrew in the Old Testament. They all have the same meaning, which means "anointed." In the Old Testament, the two most common types of human identities were designated by God to be established through an anointing process. One is the high priest of Israel, and the other is the king of Israel. From the previous verse we see

Pastor Rong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:32-42 Thanks be to God, let us consider today’s Scripture. Some people say: Today there are We may have all experienced a tension between our desires and our wills. In today’s Scripture, the “darkest night”, here the plot to betray the Son of Man into the hands of sinners was complete, and here Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Facing the darkness of the cross, Jesus asked his three disciples, Peter, James and John to

Pastor Jiao Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:27-31 The four gospels all record Peter’s denial of Jesus three times, indicating that this is an important warning given to us by the Lord. From the outward failures, Judas and Peter were very alike. However, Judas died in his sins, and even until death, did not seek Jesus for help, not knowing at all Jesus to be God, to which the natural consequence is eternal perishment. The biggest lesson that we learn from Judas is that he

Pastor Steven Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:12-21 The Bible talks about both God’s sovereignty in controlling our things, including our actions (Acts 17:28) and thoughts (Exodus 7:3), as well as the total responsibility of man for his thoughts, words and actions. However, the precise interaction between the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man cannot be explained clearly as this already has exceeded the limits of our minds. Light is composed of both waves and

Pastor Jiang Translated by Leo Liu Mark 14:22-26 This is the last time Jesus and his disciples kept Passover. Usually the Passover feast includes bitter herbs, seasoning sauce, unleavened cake, wine and lamb. Jesus took the bread, blessed it, broke it out and handed it to the disciples, "You take it, this is my body." He took another cup and thanked him, saying, "This is the blood of my covenant, which was shed for many people." This is the most important moment in the Pas

Pastor Hong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:10-11 Jesus led the disciples in healing and casting out demons, performing miracles and pr The Gospel of John points out that the person who openly rebuked Mary for not caring about the poor was Judas of Galilee. However, did Judas really care about the poor? Absolutely not! “He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put i

Pastor Jiang Translated by Leo Liu Mark 13:28-31 There is an idiom in China that says "Heaven and Earth will last for a long time." Peop...

Pastor CJ Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:3-9 The Scripture verses we will learn today are all quite familiar and this story is recorded also in the Gospel of John 12:1-8 and the Gospel of Matthew 26:6-13. It began by telling that the story occurred at Bethany, where Jesus saved a person by raising them from death, and the setting being when Jesus reclined at the house of a person with leprosy. The Gospel of John gives the name of the woman, Mary, (John 12:3) who

Pastor Rong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 14:1-2 From the Scriptures we see, the passover originally involved a lamb being chosen and sl This passage of Scripture tells us: the Lord Jesus has the authority to control his own life. He has the authority to lay down his life and has the authority to take it up again. In all of heaven and earth, only our Lord has this authority. We humans have no such authority to control the length of our lives, when we ought to lay it dow

Pastor Steven Translated by Allan Liang Mark 13:24-27 Lately there has been too much unrest: the US demonstrations involving much violenc...

Reverend Hong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 13:14-23 A characteristic among the many that distinguish the teachings of the Christian fai...

Pastor CJ Translated by Allan Liang Mark 13:3-13 The disciples and the Lord Jesus were sitting on the Mount of Olives, opposite the solid...

Pastor Jiang Translated by Leo Liu Mark 12:38-40 Mark 12 of the Gospel records that Jesus taught the people in the temple. The Bible's l...

Pastor Rong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 13:1-2 From today’s Scripture it can be seen that, as the Lord Jesus was leaving the temple, the disciples were in awe of the magnificence of the temple, exclaiming: “What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!” They also asked Jesus to look at this great temple. This refers to the temple reconstructed around 20 BC following the destruction of the previous reconstructed temple constructed by Zerubbabel; Herod the Great reconst

Pastor Jiao Translated by Allan Liang Mark 12:41-44 The Scripture verses from 41-44 do not teach us how to offer, just as the mentioning Verse 42, as some versions translate: “But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.” The word “poor” is not frequently used in Greek, and appears only once in the entire New Testament, meaning “abjectly poor”. The entire fortune of the widow consisted of only two small copper coins. A

Pastor Jiang Translated by Leo Liu Mark 11:27-33 Chapter 11 of Mark's Gospel records what Jesus did when he entered Jerusalem and did it during the week before the crucifixion. The time for the preparation of God the Father has arrived, and the ministry of Jesus on earth as the Son of Man has reached its climax. Jesus cleansed the temple, cursed the fig tree with leaves but no fruit, and taught the people in the temple every day. Jesus' actions and words directly hit the en

Reverend Hong Translated by Allan Liang Mark 12:28-34 The Pharisees self-proclaimed to love the law of God, studying and examining it vig Jesus did not oppose the Israelites’ division of the law into the categories of light and heavy. What Jesus opposed was the deceitful heart behind the Pharisees. The Scripture we read of today perfectly illustrates that Jesus was very willing for the Israelites to know what was the greatest commandment. As a result, when a teache

Pastor CJ Translated by Allan Liang Mark 12:18-27 Today the section of Scripture we learn about is a passage concerning the dialogue betw The Lord Jesus answered very directly and clearly: You “do not know the Scriptures or the power of God”, “You are badly mistaken!” From today’s Scripture we understand that the resurrection of the Lord Jesus is the demonstration of his power, and the assurance of the salvation we have received from him. Only in believing in the res