First Steps
Robby Pollard, Lead Pastor
Mark 1:1
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Who is Jesus?
Mark 8:27
27And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”
Mark 8:28
28And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”
Mark 8:29
29And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.”
Mark 1:1
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Mark 15:39
39And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
Who is Jesus?
Mark 16:6
6And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
Mark 1:1
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Mark 16:15
15And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Mark 1:2-3
2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”
Isaiah 40:3
3A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Mark 1:7-8
7And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Mark 1:11
11And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
John 1:32-34
32And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
Mark 1:16-20
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.” 18And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
Jesus calls in ordinary places.
Mark 1:16
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.
Jesus calls ordinary people.
Mark 1:16, 19
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.
19And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.
John 6:9
9“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?”
Mark 6:42
42And they all ate and were satisfied.
1 Samuel 16:7
7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”
Jesus calls us to follow Him.
Mark 1:17
17And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
Jesus calls us to be transformed.
Mark 1:17
17And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
Jesus calls us to an extraordinary mission.
Mark 1:17
17And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
Jesus calls us to take a step.
Mark 1:18
18And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
Mark 1:41-42
41Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” 42And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
Jesus calls in ordinary places.
Jesus calls ordinary people.
Jesus calls us to follow Him.
Jesus calls us to be transformed.
Jesus calls us to an extraordinary mission.
Jesus calls us to take a step.
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