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• Mark 9:1 - The church would be established while some who were standing there were still alive.
  • Luke 24:45-53 - The apostles would be clothed with power.
  • Acts 2:1-4 - The gospel is preached in completeness for the first time.
• Mark 9:2-8 - The transfiguration.
  • II Peter 1:16-18
  • The appearance of Moses and Elijah with Jesus shows the transition to the New Covenant. Jesus was fulfilling the prophecies from the Old Testament, not contradicting them.
• Mark 9:11-13. Here, “Elijah” is referring to John the baptist.
• Mark 9:14-29 - Jesus casts a demon out of a boy. Apparently the faith of the disciples was not great enough to cast out the demon.

• Acts 17:22-31
• Balance the contrast
  • Psalms 19:12-13
    • Presumptuous sins
    • Secret sins
      • Secret from others?
      • Secret as to consequences?
      • Unknown sins? - This is the balance for presumptuous sins.
  • Luke 16:9-11
    • True riches
    • Unrighteous mammon
      • Sinful things?
      • Material possssions? - This is the balance for true riches.
  • Acts 17:30
    • Calls to repentance
    • Winked at
      • Did not know?
      • Did not charge the sin?
      • Did not call to repentance? - This is the balance.
• Now:
  • Sounds forth
  • Universal call to repentance
• Times past:
  • Suffered to walk in own ways
  • Gave them up
  • No universal call to repentance
• Acts 14:16
• Repent
  • Matthew 3:2

• He is an actual being.
  • Proverbs 1:20-22
• Was he created by God?
  • John 1:1-3
• Is he a fallen angel?
  • II Peter 2:4 - possible indications that the devil has control of demons
  • Isaiah 14:12-15 - This is a prophecy about Babylon. It is not talking about the devil.
  • Isaiah 13:1 - explanation for the prophecy
  • Luke 10:17-18 - Some interpret these passages to mean that Satan was an angel cast down from heaven.
  • II Peter 2:2-9 - Angel can mean either a human messnger or a celestial being. This could simply be referring to human messengers who sinned.
    • Jude 1:5-7 - This could also be referring to earthly messengers.
      • Jude 1:9 is.
    • Even if these passages are talking about celestial angels, they still don’t say anything about the devil being one of them.
    • The other four examples are about humans who sinned.
• Deuteronomy 29:29 - Some things are just not revealed in scripture.
• Matthew 25:41 - Wherever he came from, we know where he’s going!
• James 4:7 - If we resist him, he will flee from us!

• Review of Paul’s history with the Galatians
• Galatians 6:1 - helping each other in a spirit of gentleness
• Galatians 6:3 - warning against pride
• Galatians 6:4 - We must not rejoice in the troubles of others.
• Galatians 6:7 - We will reap what we sow!
• Galatians 6:14 - Paul boasted only in the cross of Christ.

• Mark 8:27-29 - Jesus asks the disciples plainly who they think He is.
• Mark 8:33 - Jesus rebukes Peter for refusing Jesus’ prophecy of His death.
• Mark 8:34-38 - Following Jesus is the most important thing we can do. If we have to give up other things to follow Jesus, we must be ready to do so.