Package of Mark 1 SERIES: Intro/John the Baptist Preaching

There are MANY things Packed into Mark 1.
Open the Package:

I. How it began...
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
As it is written in the prophets,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
II. John's Preaching...
a) Repentance
b) Baptism
John did baptize in the wilderness,
and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem,
and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
III. John's Lifestyle....
a) Clothing
b) Diet
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;
IV. John's Message...
a) John by Water/the Messiah by the Holy Ghost
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.
I indeed have baptized you with water:
but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Mark 1:1-8