MONDAY 2-27-17
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in
whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit
upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
https://youtu.be/ZqN2KEmxBRk JERSEY CITY [Mark 1]
ON VIDEO [Past links- verses below]
.See Jersey City- Journal square- Kennedy Blvd. to 41st
st.
.CNN and Jesus?
.John who?
.Why no miracles before Jesus baptism?
.Alone with God
.Who said this ‘Prayer is strength for the weak’?
.Another Mustang story
NEW- Took a drive thru Jersey City and did the video from
the car.
In Mark 1 we read about the forerunner- John the Baptist.
He baptized in water but said ‘a mightier one is coming- he
will baptize you with the Spirit’.
Sure enough- Jesus shows up and John baptizes him in the
Jordan.
As Jesus comes up out of the water we hear ‘this is my
beloved Son- in whom I am well pleased’.
The Father is testifying of the Son.
Jesus is now anointed for the 3 year earthly ministry we read
about in the gospels.
He begins going to the synagogues and preaching- casting out
demons.
The people are shocked ‘he preaches with authority- not like the
regular preachers we are used to’.
Jesu beings gathering his team of men- and the crowds are
being drawn.
Yet- he seems to be avoiding the crowds.
He heals a leper and tells the man not to spread the word about
it.
Yet the man ‘blazes’ the matter to everyone.
The Spirit descending on Jesus like a ‘dove’ was right
before his temptation of 40 days- in the wilderness- by satan.
It was this test that prepared him for the work.
We read in another gospel that he returned in the power of
the Spirit after his temptation.
The same Spirit that anointed Jesus also is now with us.
The Spirit of God is in all who believe-and that same Spirit
empowers us for the task.
Jesus rose up early in the morning and went to a place where
he could be alone with the Father.
Even after the anointing of the Spirit- and the test- yet he
taught us to have ‘alone time’ with God.
Jesus told his men ‘Pray- the spirt indeed is willing- but
the flesh is weak’.
In this chapter we see the beginning of the ministry of
Jesus- and his proclamation that the kingdom of God is near.
He called the people to repentance- and to believe the good
news of the kingdom.
John [the Baptist] served his purpose well- he introduced
the Lamb of God- and then fades from the scene.
Yes- John showed us what it was all about.
26 And
they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond
Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men
come to him.
27 John
answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from
heaven.
28 Ye
yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am
sent before him.
29 He that
hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which
standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice:
this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must
increase, but I must decrease.
PAST LINKS- [My past teaching that relates
to today’s post]
VERSES- [I quoted/talked from 3 accounts of
the baptism of Jesus and the temptation of Jesus as recorded in the gospels-
below are all 3 accounts- as well as the verses I quoted on the video]
Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of
God;
Mark 1:2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Mark 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the
way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Mark 1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the
baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark 1:5 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.
Mark 1:6 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;
Mark 1:7 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.
Mark 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Mark 1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from
Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Mark 1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the
heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
Mark 1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Mark 1:12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the
wilderness.
Mark 1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted
of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into
Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of
God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mark 1:16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and
Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Mark 1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will
make you to become fishers of men.
Mark 1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed
him.
Mark 1:19 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship
mending their nets.
Mark 1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their
father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Mark 1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the
sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Mark 1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught
them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
Mark 1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean
spirit; and he cried out,
Mark 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou
Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the
Holy One of God.
Mark 1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come
out of him.
Mark 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with
a loud voice, he came out of him.
Mark 1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned
among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for
with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
Mark 1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all
the region round about Galilee.
Mark 1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue,
they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
Mark 1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon
they tell him of her.
Mark 1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up;
and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
Mark 1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him
all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
Mark 1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.
Mark 1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases,
and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they
knew him.
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day,
he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Mark 1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after
him.
Mark 1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men
seek for thee.
Mark 1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns,
that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
Mark 1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all
Galilee, and cast out devils.
Mark 1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and
kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me
clean.
Mark 1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand,
and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
Mark 1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy
departed from him, and he was cleansed.
Mark 1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him
away;
Mark 1:44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but
go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those
things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Mark 1:45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to
blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into
the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every
quarter.
Matthew 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist,
preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Matthew
3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.Matthew 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Matthew 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Matthew 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Matthew 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Matthew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Matthew 3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
Matthew 3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Matthew 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Matthew 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit
into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew
4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an
hungred.Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Matthew 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Matthew 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Matthew 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Matthew 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Matthew 4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
4 And
Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the
Spirit into the wilderness,
2 Being
forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when
they were ended, he afterward hungered.
3 And the
devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be
made bread.
4 And
Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word of God.
5 And the
devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of
the world in a moment of time.
6 And the
devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them:
for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou
therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8 And
Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
9 And he
brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said
unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
10 For it
is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
11 And in
their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
12 And
Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy
God.
13 And
when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
14 And
Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a
fame of him through all the region round about.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit
indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
16 And he
came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went
into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And
there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had
opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance
to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them
that are bruised,
19 To
preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he
closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the
eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he
began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Luke
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like
as we are, yet without sin.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and
thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the
Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the
Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as
the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the
grass:
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