Did you know????

In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus, after every miracle that he does, He tells his disciples to not tell of the happening. That don't go boasting on how great He is, just keep it on the low down. He just keeps repeating this throughout Mark.

Wonder why that is??? I think it is because God wants our faith to be of free will, choosing on or own to follow him. Not to follow him because of Jesus and disciples bragging on the works that he does. But to let the people see for themselves and let the people affected by the miracle go out and profess their newly found faith.

I also wonder if that is why Peter denied Jesus three times after being criticized of being seen with Him? I mean it was embedded into his head to not tell who Jesus was but to let them find out for themselves on who he was. Soon after the denials the centurion is at the foot of the cross in Mark 15:39 and says, "Surely this is the Son of God." This wasn't the work of Jesus bragging on himself or Peter saying "Yes this is the Son of God," the centurion found out who he was after he saw how Christ died and had heard His cry.
Just a thought from learning about Mark in New Testament.