The Message of Salvation | Mark 1:14-20
Mark 1:14-20
Jesus Begins His Ministry
14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand;[a] repent and believe in the gospel.”
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
16 Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”[b] 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.
John 17:17
Sanctify them[a] in the truth; your word is truth.
Mark 10:6
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
1 Corinthians 7:2
But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
The Gospel will NEVER Change
His Calling will NEVER Change
John 3:29b-30
Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”[a]
Isaiah 9:1
In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.[b]
Ephesians 1:10
as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
Isaiah 43:15
I am the Lord, your Holy One,
the Creator of Israel, your King.”
Zechariah 14:9
And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.
“God’s great ‘countdown’ in history was over, and the time for ‘blast off’ had come. The rule of God was about to begin on earth. Of course, in one sense, it had always been present, but this is at a deeper level.” — D.A. Carson
The Message of Salvation- Repent & Believe
Observation
Jesus Sought Out His Followers
Jesus Would Equip Them to Become Fishers of Men
Jesus’ Call Requires a Response of Discipleship
Has the GOSPEL Changed YOU? Or Have YOU Changed the GOSPEL?
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.[a] The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Are YOU Pursuing His CALLING? Or Are YOU Pursuing Your CONTENTMENT?
1 Peter 1:14-16
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”