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Robby Pollard, Lead Pastor

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Preparation - The ministry of John the Baptist (Mark 1:1-8)

Identification - The baptism of Jesus (Mark 1:9-11)

Temptation - The wilderness temptation (Mark 1:12-13)

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Mark 1:14-15

¹⁴Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, ¹⁵and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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Messianic expectation

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Chronos

Kairos

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Matthew 2:7

⁷Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.

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Chronos

Kairos

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“Remember the good ol days?”

“Man, this couldn’t have come at a better time.”

“Remember that time when the Cowboys were relevant?”

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Mark 1:15

¹⁵and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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John 2:4

⁴And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”

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John 7:1,8

¹After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him…⁸You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.”

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Mark 1:15

¹⁵and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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Mark 1:15

¹⁵and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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Genesis 1:1

¹In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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Psalm 103:19

¹⁹The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

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Isaiah 57:15

¹⁵For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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1 Timothy 1:17

¹⁷To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

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Daniel 4:3

³How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures from generation to generation.

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Mark 12:32-34

³²And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. ³³And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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John 3:3

³Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

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John 18:36

³⁶Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”

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1 Corinthians 6:9-11

⁹Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, ¹⁰nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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Mark 1:15

¹⁵and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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You cannot enter the Kingdom of God without the Gospel of God

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Mark 1:15

¹⁵and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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Luke 4:16-21

¹⁶And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. ¹⁷And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, ¹⁹to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”²⁰And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. ²¹And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

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Luke 4:18

¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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Mark 1:14

¹⁴Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,

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Mark 1:16-17

¹⁶Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁷And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

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An Invitation to follow - “Follow me”

An invitation to be changed - “I will make you become”

An invitation to bring Hope - “fishers of men”

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Mark 1:21

²¹And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching.

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Mark 1:34

³⁴And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

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Following Jesus is being changed by Christ and bringing Hope through Christ.