This message launches a new series exploring who Jesus truly is through the Gospel of Mark. Pastor Mark Deering explains how the apostle Mark wrote with urgency for a persecuted church, wanting them to understand Jesus as the promised Messiah. Through Jesus’s baptism, temptation, and calling of the disciples in Mark 1, he shows how Christ invites us to “drop our nets” and follow him completely. The key question posed is: What are you still holding onto that prevents you from fully following Jesus as your Messiah?
Reflection Questions:
- What stuck out in today’s message? What did you find challenging and encouraging? Did you learn anything new?
- Read the story of Jesus calming the storm in three of the Gospels (Mark 4:35–41, Matthew 8:23–27, and Luke 8:22–25). What similarities and differences do you notice between the three accounts?
- Each Gospel writer has a specific perspective they are sharing of who Jesus is. What seems important for Mark to share about Jesus in the passage?
