Mark 1:1-1:8

Prepare the Way of the Lord

As the Gospel of Mark opens, the author introduces us to a truly unique man - John The Baptist. Pastor Joe looks at Johns message to the people and specifically what it means to repent in light of the coming Messiah.

  1. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
  2. As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
  3. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  4. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
  5. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
  6. And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
  7. And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
  8. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.