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Mark 2:27&28
"27 And He said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath."

We did it! We read the Gospel of Mark this summer! It was a rewarding experience for me and hopefully you too. It seems like every time we study Holy Scripture something additional is revealed. It is truly amazing!

But wait, we are not done! We are going to read the book of Mark again! This time a couple of chapters at a time. Today chapters 1 & 2. This will allow us to experience the speed of events in Mark more fully. The first 2 chapters are jam packed with events...

Chapter 1 of the Gospel of Mark focuses on the ministry of John the Baptist and the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry. It opens with John the Baptist preaching a baptism of repentance in the wilderness, preparing the way for the Messiah. Jesus is baptized by John, where the Holy Spirit descends like a dove and a voice from heaven declares Him the beloved Son. Following a forty-day temptation in the wilderness by Satan, Jesus begins preaching in Galilee, proclaiming that the kingdom of God is at hand and calling Simon, Andrew, James, and John as disciples. He demonstrates authority by casting out an unclean spirit in a synagogue, healing Simon’s mother-in-law, and cleansing a leper, often instructing those healed not to disclose His identity. 

Chapter 2 highlights Jesus’ authority to forgive sins and His association with social outcasts. In Capernaum, Jesus heals a paralytic lowered through a roof, first declaring the man’s sins forgiven, which prompts scribes to accuse Him of blasphemy; Jesus then heals the man physically to prove His divine authority. He calls Levi (Matthew), a tax collector, to follow Him and dines with sinners and tax collectors, defending His actions by stating He came to call the sick, not the righteous. The chapter concludes with Jesus addressing questions about fasting and the Sabbath, asserting that the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath and that new realities cannot be contained by old traditions.
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