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Preaching Through The Book of Mark.

And if you would take your Bibles and turn with me to Mark chapter number one, Mark chapter number one.

And will begin reading in verse starting in verse number nine.

Just to give us a little bit of context.

Of the two verses that we dealing with this morning.

Mark chapter 1 verse number 9.

And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee.

And was baptized by John in the Jordan and immediately coming up from the water.

You saw the heavens parting in the spirit, descending upon him like a dove.

Then a voice Came From Heaven.

You are my beloved Son in whom I am.

Well pleased.

Immediately the spirit drove him into the Wilderness and he was there in the wilderness, 40 days tempted by Satan.

And with, with the wild beasts and the angels ministered to him.

and then for our text for this morning, verse 14, says now after John was put in prison.

Jesus came to Galilee preaching.

The gospel of the kingdom of God.

And say the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand.

Repent, and believe the gospel.

Let's pray Our Father

What a blessing.

It has already been to.

Be amongst your people and this place.

more to be reminded of, Your Love toward us? and the songs that we have, Sing together.

Lord how that you sent your only begotten son.

The Lord Jesus.

To die in our place.

And father, what more could we do?

Well, we could do so much more than what we do, but Lord, you call upon us.

Being that we are the recipients of your grace to worship you and praise you.

And father, as we listen to you speak in your word, I pray that you would help us to listen intently, help us to listen in such a way that we are able to receive the wording in meekness.

That we are able through the power of the Holy Spirit to apply the message to our heart.

I pray God your blessings upon this time of preaching.

We ask all these things in Christ name.

Amen.

When we come to our text.

Verse 14 reveals really a but we could stay a radical shift.

And not only the scene.

Being that is shifting from the scene of the baptism and the scenery of the Wilderness where Jesus was tempted by Satan, but there's also a dramatic change in perspective, the way, we are to see things.

When I say this, because verse 14 houses John the Baptist and the Wilderness are no longer in the picture.

And so again the scenery has changed, but not only, the scene has changed, the perspective has changed.

Because now the focus of our attention is no longer on John the Baptist.

Now are the focus of our detention centers on the preaching Ministry of the Lord, Jesus Christ.

And this is Steven grammatically.

As you read these verses and even the preceding versus a grammatically, this is seen by the switch from the usage of the word and that's seen in verse Evan, where it says and he preaches and John the Baptist preached It is also seen in verse number 9 that Jesus came down from Nazareth and he was baptized by John in the Jordan.

It is also seen in verse 12 where the scripture tells us immediately the spirit drove him into the Wilderness first 13.

And and he was there 40 days until you have this continuation, this continuation with the use of the word.

And but you come to verse 14 and it switches Restart off.

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Now after now, after indicating here, a turning point in the narrative, There's a drastic shift in the story, which really separates verse 14 from the preceding verses.

And the preceding versus John, the Baptist ministry was at its peak, right?

He was baptizing people, he was drawing people just because of his message, he was the first prophet that the nation of Israel had had in four hundred years or so, people were traveling from Jerusalem to to the Wilderness to hear him preach by the Jordan and they were following him.

And listening to his message and being baptized.

and so John, the Baptist in the preceding versus his ministry, was at a peak but now, Now, he's in prison.

If you know the story.

Mark, doesn't go into the details but you can read it in Matthew and Luke.

And even John tells us that because John the Baptist called out King Herod for his adultery.

King Herod, put them in prison.

I didn't herodias.

Herod's wife wanted him, not only in prison, but she wanted his head.

And she got what you wanted.

John the Baptist head was he was beheaded and placed on a platter but here's the thing, it's showing is showing the end of the old Covenant.

It's showing that the old Covenant has come to an end after it says now after the old Covenant has come to an end now with Jesus, the New Covenant begins.

Hallelujah for that, the New Covenant begins.

And so what is the New Covenant?

Weather.

New Covenant is the promise that God makes with Humanity that he will forgive sins, he will forgive Sinners and he will restore Fellowship.

With those whose hearts are turned to him.

And Jesus.

Listen is the mediator of the New Covenant and his death on the cross, is the basis of that promise.

As the Apostle Paul said we are no longer under the law but we are under grace.

Hallelujah for that.

This is why the writer of Hebrews says the old Covenant has been replaced with a new and better Covenant.

And so in verse 14, we see Jesus, he's been getting his ministries.

Beginning, his Earthly Ministry, hear his ministry did not begin at his baptism.

No. Now, he made his first public appearance at his baptism as he publicly identified himself with sinful man.

Jesus who had no repentance, I had no sins, repent of yet, he had John, the Baptist baptize him.

Identifying himself been with Sinners to Jesus publicly identify himself, with sinful Humanity but also at his baptism there he received the Divine stamp of approval from not on the holy spirit of God that descended upon him like a dove.

But also the Divine stamp of approval from his father which is father said of his son.

This is my son of whom I am well pleased and so here because of that now he has Authority, he's been given Authority.

John 5:20 tells us that all authority has been given unto the son from the father.

And we see that his authority was displayed.

We saw last week at the temptation of Jesus by Satan himself had that he was able to withstand the Temptation Of Satan in person.

Not eating for 40 days.

Jesus has the authority over Satan and that was a sign that he has full Authority.

Now in verse 9 and verse 14 You have these two words that where it says Jesus came?

Jesus came.

He came and verse to be baptized.

He came and verse 14 to preach.

Someone is very quickly this morning.

Just look at these two verses.

I want to give you a Labor Day.

Special sermon at night can be very long, but I pray that it is a help in a blessing to you.

As we think about the fact that Jesus now, we could just stop right there and say glory to God, Jesus came Jesus came it much like the song that we sung just earlier, it was he that came to me, I didn't come to him.

And, and so it is true.

Even in this situation, Jesus came to be baptized to identify himself a simple Humanity, but he also came to do, what?

And this is, our first point, Jesus came preaching.

Jesus came preaching.

Verse 14.

Now, after again, perspective has changed John the Baptist is decreasing in his role in his ministry.

He's put in the prison.