Mark 1:1-8
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 Judæa, 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.
THE MAN
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John was a SENT Man
Mark 1:2a
As it is written Behold, I send my messenger…
John 1:6
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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John was a SEPERATED Man
Mark 1:6
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;
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John was A SINCERE Man
Mark 1:7
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.
THE MISSION
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His Mission involved a SPECIAL PLAN
Mark 1:2
2 as IT IS WRITTEN in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
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His Mission had a SINGLE PURPOSE
Mark 1:2
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
THE MESSAGE
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It was A FIREY Message
Mark 1:3a
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness…
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It was a FAITHFULL Message
Mark 1:4
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
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A FRUITFUL MESSAGE
Mark 1:5
And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and
were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, CONFESSING THEIR SINS.