Rev. Eric Landry - February 5, 2023
Mark 1:29-34
Many scholars believe that the Gospel of Mark is based in large part on the Apostle Peter’s eyewitness testimony of the life and ministry of Jesus. In Acts 10:38, when Peter was preaching to the household of Cornelius, he summed up the ministry of Jesus by saying he went about “doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil.” This week, in Mark 1, we see the healing touch of Jesus in the privacy of Peter’s home and in the long lines of people brought to Jesus late into the night to be healed. What does Jesus’ healing touch communicate to you and me today? What do we do if we are suffering and in need of a healing that God doesn’t seem interested in providing? These are just some of the questions we’ll tackle this week in our continuing study of Mark’s Gospel.
From Series: "Seeing Jesus: Gospel of Mark"
The Gospel of Mark is known for its quick pace. Jesus, as Mark tells it, does everything “immediately.” The picture of Jesus we get from Mark isn’t of a languid guru, but of a man on a mission. As we return to our spring sermon series in the Gospel of Mark, we’ll give special attention to the picture of Jesus Mark is conveying to his readers. For in Jesus, God’s king and God’s kingdom has come…and nothing can ever be the same again.
