Mark 1:1-8

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Declaration of independence

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Remember the Titans

In Virginia, high school football’s a way of life, it’s bigger than Christmas Day.

Hello Adele

Hello it’s me

Beginnings are important

they always tell us where we are going

we dont usually start something with no outcome in mind

Look at how Mark starts his gospel

Read Mark 1:1-8

Mark 1:1–8 ESV

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’ ” 4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

That statement in verse 1

The beginning of the gospel

We talked about this this is the beginning of the gospel

The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ

The euongelion I want to set the scene and one of the things I encourage you to do is put yourself in the position of the hearer

These first century hearer would here this and think Mark is making some royal declaration

a royal declaration about this jesus

Joshua in the Hebrew meaning Yahweh saves

this Jesus is the Christ the messiah

this is a royal declaration about this man Jesus christ

The story of the salvation victory of Jesus christ

the other thing we take away from this is this declaration mark makes in verse 1

The crescendo of this piece occurs in chapter 8 when Peter declares this very same truth

mark will make this claim and spend 7 chapters explaining this to us

then he does what I hope all of us will always do he uses scripture to back up what he sayin

He calls back to Malachi and isaiah