Passion Week in the Gospel of Mark

Opening the Word this morning we continue our journey through Jesus’ last days here on earth and move to the gospel of Mark.  Immediately, Satan wants to take our focus off of the power of focusing our attention on preparing our hearts for Easter as he confronts us with the question: “Does the Bible contradict itself?  At first it appears that the writers of the gospel of Matthew and Mark disagree regarding to when the temple was cleansed and how the incident with the cursing of the fig tree appeared.  In addition, we will find out tomorrow and on Friday that Luke’s gospel only records the cleansing of the temple and John’s gospel does not include either.  So whose word do we take as the truth?  Matthew, Mark, Luke or John’s?  The answer is we do not take either of their word for truth.  We take GOD’s WORD for truth.  Believing that the Bible was written under the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit, there can be no errors or contradictions.  Not that we have to give an explanation or have a viable reason before we can take God at His word, one of the better explanations I have heard regarding this issue is the following.