Companionship is what makes every journey enjoyable.

Today we continue our journey with Jesus.

Join Scott Pauli as we make brief stops in the Gospel according to Mark.

We trust you will enjoy the journey.

The last verses of Mark chapter 9 are some of the most debated verses in the world.

They are some of the most misunderstood and misapplied scriptures.

And yet there really is a simple truth in the closing verses of Mark chapter number nine.

Now, the last time we studied, we talked about our attitude towards Christ and towards other people.

But now the Lord Jesus brings all of that back to us, our attitude towards our own sin. You know, sometimes

it's much easier for me to look outward than it is to look inward. And so the Lord Jesus brings it all

back to the heart of the matter. You'll remember these disciples had been debating who was going to be

the greatest and who was going to be the first.

One of the things that I've discovered is the closer you get to Jesus, the less you think of yourself, the more you think of him. And in fact, you begin to realize how truly sinful and wicked

you are. The famed missionary Hudson Taylor wrote back from the mission field and said, I never

knew how bad a heart

I had. Read the writings of the Apostle Paul and he goes from saying he's the least of the disciples

to progressively saying, I'm the chief of sinners. You see, the closer you get to holiness, the more you

realize your own unholyness. And so we pick up in Mark chapter 9 beginning in verse number 43, and if thy hand offend they cut it off.

It is better for thee to enter into life main than having two hands to go into hell,

into the fire that never shall be quenched, where their worm dieth not and the fire is not

quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off.

It is better for they to enter halt into life than having two feet to be cast into hell,

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