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Title: The Beginning of the Gospel (The Gospel of Mark)

By: Pastor Paul Chung

Date:    September 18, 2011
Verses: Mark 1:1-8

 

John the Baptist Prepares the Way
 1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,[ 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.’”

 4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. 6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”