Bold Witnesses (Mark 16:8)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 13 February 2023
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Pray the Word on Mark 16:8, David Platt encourages us to boldly proclaim the good news of the Gospel to people around us.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net. |
| 0:05.8 | Mark chapter 16 verse 8 and they went out and fled from the tomb for trembling and astonishment |
| 0:11.6 | had seized them and they said nothing to anyone for they were afraid. That's interesting right |
| 0:16.1 | after you read this in the Bible. You see Mark chapter 16 verses 9 through 20 but you see a note |
| 0:22.8 | that says some of the earliest manuscripts do not include Mark chapter 16 verses 9 through 20 |
| 0:28.5 | and we could talk for a long time about whether or not this was actually a part of Mark's original |
| 0:34.8 | gospel writing but let's just assume for a moment that it wasn't as many people believed that |
| 0:40.5 | this book ended in verse 8 so verses 9 through 20 go on to talk about basically a version of the |
| 0:46.4 | great commission and going out and proclaiming the gospel but what if it ended at verse 8 says they |
| 0:52.5 | went out fled from the tomb for trembling and astonishment had seized them and they said nothing |
| 0:58.6 | to anyone for they were afraid what if that was the end of the story and you started thinking |
| 1:04.3 | why would Mark potentially close that way and you know he's writing to a predominantly Gentile |
| 1:10.0 | audience that was experiencing a lot of persecution in first century Rome for proclaiming the gospel |
| 1:15.6 | and if he were to end this gospel narrative with a picture of Jesus rising from the dead and people |
| 1:22.0 | being afraid to share that what an impact that would have on the church that would say no no this |
| 1:28.3 | cannot be the end this is not going to be the end of our story of Jesus rising from the dead and us |
| 1:33.5 | saying nothing about that there are many who believe that's exactly what Mark was trying to do he was |
| 1:38.5 | trying to encourage the church don't let this be the end of the story and wow what a encouragement |
| 1:46.0 | to you and me today and our lives and our stories we know Jesus has died on the cross and risen |
| 1:52.8 | from the dead so what are we going to do with that news are we going to go out and share it or |
| 1:58.9 | are we going to go out and say nothing to anyone because we're afraid oh god may that not be the end |
| 2:06.5 | of our story may that not be the end of my story anyone's story listening to this who knows |
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