1 “How is it you do not understand?” Matthew 16:5-12 “Then they understood that He did not tell [them] to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

2 Mark 8:13-21 “ So He said to them, ‘How [is it] you do not understand?’” “Why do you reason among yourselves?” HUMAN ANSWERS “Why do you reason among yourselves?” HUMAN ANSWERS “Do you not yet perceive, nor understand?” NECESSARY INFRENCES “Do you not yet perceive, nor understand?” NECESSARY INFRENCES “Is you heart still hardened?” IS IT A HEART CONDITION? “Is you heart still hardened?” IS IT A HEART CONDITION? “Having eyes, do you not see?” WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? “Having eyes, do you not see?” WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? “Having ears, do you not hear?” WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO? “Having ears, do you not hear?” WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO? “And do you not remember?” SELECTIVE MEMORY? 2 Peter 3:5 “And do you not remember?” SELECTIVE MEMORY? 2 Peter 3:5 “Standing in A Line at UT that leads to Nowhere!” “Standing in A Line at UT that leads to Nowhere!”

3 “Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” John 7:24

4 The Darkness does not Comprehend ► John 3:19-21 “Those practicing evil hate the light!” ► 1 John 1:5-7 You can be in Fellowship with God, if you are walking in the light! ► 1 Corinthians 2:12-14 “Nor can he know them.” ► Romans 8:5-7 “for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be!”

5 WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO THE PEOPLE? “Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?” “Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?” Luke 12:54-57 (BUT ISN’T THAT BEING JUDGMENTAL?)

6 CONCLUSION 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-6 “God has commanded that light should shine out of darkness,” “God has commanded that light should shine out of darkness,” 2 Corinthians 11:3 “But I fear, lest somehow, as the devil deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” “But I fear, lest somehow, as the devil deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” “How is it you do not understand?”