Scripture: Mark 1.1-13
Translation:
1The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ, God’s Son: 2Just
like it stands written in Isaiah the prophet: “Look, I’m sending My messenger
ahead of Your face, who will prepare Your way! 3A voice of someone
shouting is in the desert: ‘Get the Lord’s road ready! Make His paths straight!’”
4John, the one who was baptizing in the desert and preaching a
baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins, came. 5And the whole
Judean region and all the people from Jerusalem were traveling out to him. And
they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River [and] confessing their
sins. 6And John was clothing himself with camel hair and leather
belt around his waist and eating locusts and wild honey. 7And He
preached by saying, “The One Who is stronger than me is after me, Who I’m not
worth of for bending down to untie the straps of His sandals! 8I
baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”
9And
it happened in those days. Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized
into the Jordan River by John. 10And immediately while coming up out
of the water He saw the heavens being torn apart and the Spirit like a dove
coming down into Him! 11And a voice came out of the heavens: “You
are My Loved Son! I’m really happy with You!” 12And immediately the
Spirit drove Him out into the desert! 13And He was in the desert for
forty days being tested by Satan. And He was with the wild animals. And the
angels were serving Him.
Descriptive Summary: God made a
promise and kept the promise by sending John to prep Jesus’ way, which he did,
even to the point of baptizing Jesus with water, but then God the Father
baptized Jesus with the Holy Spirit, which may double as His Anointing. The
baptism/anointing of the Spirit is proven by the driving to the desert, the
temptation success, and the angels service.
The Points I’m Stressing: God
keeps all His Promises, so you can trust Him; Jesus is so awesome that God
sends someone to get the way ready for Him; Jesus is God’s Son, and His Chosen
Servant, which the Baptism shows us! Jesus also obeyed the Spirit and wanted to
glorify God more than anything else, but He was also stronger than anyone else
by the Holy Spirit, and so He endured testing and angels served Him. We have
the same Holy Spirit in us if we believe in Jesus, so that means we can endure
testing too and do what God wants us to do.
The Text and Its Truths
1.
Key Themes
a.
God fulfills His Word/keeps
His Promises
b.
John the Baptist is the
fulfillment of God’s Word/Promises
i.
He fulfills because he
prepares the way by baptizing (vv.4, 5, 8, 9)
ii.
He fulfills because he
prepares by preaching forgiveness of sins (vv.4, 5)
iii.
He fulfills because he
really is in the desert (vv.4, 5, 6, 9)
iv.
He fulfills because he
proclaims Jesus’ Value, Power, and Holiness (vv.7-8)
v.
He fulfills because he
foretells of Jesus’ kind of ministry of Spirit Baptism (v.8)
vi.
He fulfills because he
baptized Jesus (v.9)
c.
Jesus is Worthy of Honor
i.
John honors Jesus (vv.4-9,
esp. 7-8)
1.
By prepping His Way for his
ministry with people (v.4-6)
2.
By prepping the people for
the difference and preeminence of His ministry (vv.7-8)
ii.
God the Father honors Jesus
1.
By sending the prophecy
(vv.2-3)
2.
By sending the prophecy’s
fulfillment in John (vv.4-9)
3.
By splitting the heavens open
(v.10)
4.
By sending the Spirit into
Him (v.10)
5.
By publically proclaiming
Him as His loved Son (v.11)
6.
By publically proclaiming
He was happy with Jesus (v.11)
7.
By the driving to the
desert, testing by Satan, and the service of angels to show Jesus’ Endurance,
Power, and Holiness (vv.12-13)
iii.
Jesus obeys the Spirit
(vv.12-13)
iv.
Jesus passes the testing
from Satan (v.13)
v.
Jesus has angels serving
Him (v.13)
d.
Jesus is Powerful
i.
He is filled with the Holy
Spirit (v.8, 10)
ii.
He is God’s Son (vv.1, 11)
iii.
He is Anointed (vv. 1, 10,
12-13)
iv.
He is Filled with the
Spirit (vv.8, 10, 12-13)
v.
He passed the testing in
the desert with the wild animals and the devil (vv.12-13)
1.
He can handle nature
2.
He can handle the devil
3.
He can handle wild animals
vi.
Angels serve Jesus (the
lesser serves the greater) (v.13)
e.
Jesus is God’s Son (vv.1,
10-11)
f.
Jesus is Holy (vv.8-9,
9-11, 12-13)
2.
Key Doctrines
a.
The Faithfulness of God to
ALL of His Promises
b.
Divine Sonship of Christ
c.
Infinite Worthiness of Christ
d.
The Necessity of Baptism
e.
Anointing of the Anointed
One by the Spirit
f.
The Sinlessness of Christ
i.
Obedience to the Spirit
ii.
Resistance to Satan/Sin
g.
The Power of Christ over
Satan and Angels (Authority, foreshadowing the following verses)
Applications (Look)
1.
Trust All of God’s Promises
2.
Give Christ the Honor He
Deserves
3.
Get Baptized
4.
If saved and thus filled
with the Spirit, obey Him and resist the temptations of the devil/sin
5.
Rely on Christ when dealing
with demonic warfare
6.
Believe in Christ as God’s
Son, and thus King over All
7.
Get the way ready for
Christ’s second coming by sharing the Gospel
8.
Be impressed by Jesus’
success in obedience, fasting, and testing
9.
Be thankful that God kept
His promises
10.
Be thankful John got Jesus’
way ready, and let that message prep your own heart for Christ
11.
Be thankful Jesus surpasses
even what John said in awesomeness and goodness
12.
And whatever else the Spirit
works into your soul from the Word, and be like Jesus in listening to His
moving, even if its hard or crazy
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