Date︰Apr 28, 2019
Venue︰Tsim Sha Tsui Baptist Church
Title︰The Beginning: A Never-ending Story
Passage︰Mark 1:1-13
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- The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,
- as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”—
- “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”
- And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
- The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
- John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
- And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
- I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” The Baptism and Testing of Jesus
- At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
- Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
- And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
- At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness,
- and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.