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March 6 - Mark 1 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It's Wednesday.
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  It is the 6th of March. And thank you for joining me for
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  inviting me into your day. We have got a wonderful day
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  today. Today we actually are going to
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  be starting a new book. And not just any old book, but
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  the most action packed, page turning, crowd pleasing gospel
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  of them all. That's right, we're going to be
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  reading Mark. Mark is the most incredible
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  gospel. Mark is the shortest and most
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  concise of the Gospels. This is gospel written by this
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  bloke named Mark who was actually quite a prominent
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  character in the earlier church. And you will hear him referred
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  to an act. You will hear him referred to in
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  in the books that Peter writes. Peter refers to Mark as his son.
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  Mark has grown up at the feet of the apostles.
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  He has listened to Peter that that rambunctious big hearted
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  shoot from the hip guy Peter and he has just soaked up all the
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  stories of Jesus. He has been around the growth of
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  the church and he has heard eyewitness accounts of
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  everything that happened during Jesus ministry and he wants to
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  share this. And his motivation is not to
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  share this as an encyclopaedic word.
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  Perfect account of detailed item by item, event by event.
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  No, rather than being like a photograph, this gospel is like
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  a painting. It is a portrait to help us
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  understand Jesus and his ministry and the way that he's
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  written It is really in two halves.
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  And the first half that we'll begin today races through just
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  events and healings and parables and big active things going on.
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  And then we reached the middle point of the book where Peter
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  says you are the Christ, the Son of God.
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  And in that moment the whole book pivots now that it's
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  revealed who Jesus is. And the second half of the book
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  becomes a lot slower as Mark really slows down to hone in on
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  Jesus and his mission here. So this is a profound
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  communication about Jesus and his life and his ministry, and
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  it does not waste time with irrelevant details.
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  It is just from one thing to the next to the next.
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  I've said enough. Let us hear from Mark.
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  Let us sit at his feet and hear these stories from him as we
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  read together. The Beginning in Mark, Chapter
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  one. This is the good news about
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  Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God.
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  It began just as the prophet Isaiah had written Look, I am
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  sending a messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your
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  way. He is a voice shouting in the
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  wilderness. Prepare the way for the Lord's
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  coming. Clear the road for him.
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  The messenger was John the Baptist.
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  He was in the wilderness and preached that people should be
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  baptised to show that they had repented of their sins and
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  turned to God to be forgiven. All of Judah, including all the
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  people of Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John, and when they
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  confess their sins, he baptised them in the Jordan River.
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  His clothes were woven from coarse camel hair and he wore a
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  leather belt around his waist for food.
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  He ate locusts and wild honey, John announced.
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  Someone is coming soon. Who is greater than I am So much
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  greater that I'm not even worthy to stoop down like a slave and
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  untie the straps of his sandals. I baptise you with water, but he
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  will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.
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  One day Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and John baptised
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  him in the Jordan River. As Jesus came up out of the
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  water, he saw the heavens splitting apart, and the Holy
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  Spirit descended on him like a dove.
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  And a voice from heaven said, You are my dearly loved Son, and
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  you bring me great joy. The Spirit then compelled Jesus
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  to go into the wilderness, where he was tempted by Satan.
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  For 40 days. He was out among the wild
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  animals, and angels took care of him.
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  Later on, after John was arrested, Jesus went into
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  Galilee, where he preached God's good news.
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  The time promised by God has come At last, he announced.
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  The Kingdom of God is near. Repent of your sins, and believe
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  the good news. One day, as Jesus was walking
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  along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his
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  brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished
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  for a living. Jesus called out to them.
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  Come follow me and I will show you how to fish for people.
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  And they left their Nets at once and followed him.
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  A little farther up the shore. Jesus saw Zebedee's sons James
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  and John in a boat repairing their Nets.
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  He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their
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  father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, Jesus and his
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  companions went to the town of Capernaum.
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  When the Sabbath day came, he went to the synagogue and began
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  to teach. The people were amazed at his
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  teaching, for he taught with real authority, quite unlike the
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  teachers of religious law. Suddenly a man in the synagogue
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  who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out.
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  Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth, Have you come
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  to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One
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  of God, but Jesus reprimanded him.
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  Be quiet, come out of the man, he ordered at that.
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  The evil spirit screamed through the man into a convulsion, and
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  then came out of him. Amazement gripped the audience,
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  and they began to discuss what had happened.
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  What sort of new teaching is this?
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  They asked excitedly. It has such authority, Even evil
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  spirits obey his orders. The news about Jesus spread
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  quickly throughout the entire region of Galilee.
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  After Jesus left the synagogue with James and John, they went
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  to Simon and Andrew's home. Now Simon's mother in law was
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  sick in bed with a high fever. They told Jesus about her right
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  away. So he went to her bedside, took
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  her by the hand and helped her sit up.
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  Then the fever left her and she prepared a meal for them.
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  That evening after sunset, many sick and demon possessed people
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  were brought to Jesus. The whole town gathered at the
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  door to watch. So Jesus healed many people who
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  were sick with various diseases and he cast out many demons.
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  But because the demons knew who he was, he did not allow them to
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  speak before Daybreak. The next morning, Jesus got up
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  and went out to an isolated place to pray.
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  Later, Simon and the others went out to find him.
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  When they found him, they said everyone is looking for you.
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  But Jesus replied we must go on to other towns as well and I
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  will preach to them too. That is why I came.
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  So we travelled throughout the region of Galilee, preaching in
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  the synagogues and casting out demons.
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  A man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus, begging
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  to be healed. If you are willing, you can heal
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  me and make me clean, he said. Move with compassion, Jesus
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  reached out and touched him. I am willing, he said.
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  Be healed instantly the leprosy disappeared and the man was
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  healed. Then Jesus sent him on his way
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  with a stern warning. Don't tell anyone about this.
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  Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you.
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  Take along the offering required in the law of Moses.
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  For those who have been healed of leprosy, this will be a
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  public testimony that you have been cleansed.
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  But the man went and spread the word, proclaiming to everyone
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  what had happened. As a result, large crowds soon
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  surrounded Jesus, and he couldn't publicly enter a town
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  anywhere. He had to stay out in the
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  secluded places, but people from everywhere kept coming to him.
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  Jesus, you are just so wonderful.
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  We hear of your life, where you lived with such compassion for
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  others. Your heart is to heal.
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  Your heart is to make whole. And as we read about you, we get
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  a window into understanding the heart of the Father.
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  And you, our Godfather, Son, and Spirit, are a good God, a God of
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  a big heart of compassion and love and kindness.
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  And thank you that you share that love, compassion, and
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  kindness with us, even when we don't deserve it.
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  Here you are, loving us. Arms open wide.
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  Thank you for this love and how it makes us whole, and we pray
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  in your loving name, all of these things.
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  Amen.