River Valley Church SOAP -Part 1Sample

Jesus enters into a time in Israel’s history when their nation is under oppressive Roman rule. A Jewish person’s perspective on what the Messiah would be was that he would fight back and liberate them from Rome. Mark’s account of Jesus, however, gives us a very different character in the Messiah. He’s using his power to help those who are powerless, and he’s telling people not to tell others about him. It characterizes Jesus by service rather than by rule, and by humility rather than by forceful power.