Mark 1:1-8
2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
“I
will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way”—3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’ ”
who will prepare your way”—3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’ ”
Jesus is the BETTER messenger. He announces that He is bringing the COMPLETE fullness of God's message of repentance, reconciliation and
re-new-all for all who believe in Him AND follow Him.
Mark 1:1-8
John
the baptizer said, “I baptize you with
water,
but he will baptize you with
the
Holy Spirit.”
Jesus is the BETTER baptizer who baptizes us with the Holy Spirit:
THE SPIRIT OF GOD that powerfully created the world and sustains the
ongoing redemption of the whole universe.
Mark 1:9-12
Jesus is the BETTER Son: who God declares boldly and loudly is LOVED
and HAS PLEASED God.
May we always seek to rest in God's love and to please God above all
other loves and above pleasing anyone else or seeking pleasure in
anything and anyone else.
May we, who are enemies of God who displease him when we sin seek to
rest in the work of the son who has pleased God completely
Mark 1:14-20
Jesus is the BETTER Fisherman: who rescues men and women from the sea
of sin.
Jesus is the BETTER fisherman who teaches us to fish our families and
friends and neighbours into following him instead of drowning in the
waters of worldliness and the all encompassing storms of day-to-day
existence.
Mark 1:29-34
Jesus is the BETTER Healer: who commands demons and they obey him.
May we rest our hope in Him to drive out the sin that makes us slaves
and addicts.
May we learn to live in boldness by following Him and knowing that
HIS word and HIS name will free all people from all bondage to
self-ishness.
Mark 1:35-39
vs. 38: 'Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else- to the nearby
villages- so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” So
he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and
driving our demons.'
Jesus is the BETTER preacher: Who never has a bad sermon, who never
gets tired of sending forth His word, whose teaching and preaching is
always true and always gives life. May we believe and live out all of
Jesus' words by dying to self and letting Him live in us and control
our mind, heart, soul and spirit.
Mark 1:29-34
Jesus is the BETTER Healer: who commands demons and they obey him.
May we rest our hope in Him to drive out the sin that makes us slaves
and addicts.
May we learn to live in boldness by following Him and knowing that
HIS word and HIS name will free all people from all bondage to
self-ishness.
Mark 1:35-39
vs. 38: 'Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else- to the nearby
villages- so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” So
he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and
driving our demons.'
Jesus is the BETTER preacher: Who never has a bad sermon, who never
gets tired of sending forth His word, whose teaching and preaching is
always true and always gives life. May we believe and live out all of
Jesus' words by dying to self and letting Him live in us and control
our mind, heart, soul and spirit.
Mark 1:40-45
vs. 45: “...Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed
outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from
everywhere.”
Jesus is the BETTER itinerant evangelist: Who uses his fame, glory
and popularity to glorify God and not to accumulate crowds for the
sake of pleasing masses.
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