Radically Normal (3 of 6)
Series: The Beginning of the Gospel
Bob Ingle
Mark 1:14-20
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. What most don't know is that when he gave that speech, Lincoln was suffering from a mild case of smallpox. He was really sick, and very weak. When he stood up to speak, he kept his speech very short because he lacked strength. Matter of fact, the Gettysburg Address lasted two minutes, containing 272 words.
In contrast, the main speaker that day was not Abraham Lincoln, but Edward Everett. In Edward Everett's speech, he spoke for two hours, and his speech contained 13,607 words. The thing is, no one knows what Everett said. Took him two hours to say it, and no one remembers. Yet, Abraham Lincoln spoke for two minutes, and it turned the whole war around. Everybody remembers what he said in those 272 words. So a message can be short, but it can be extremely impactful. Please don't hold that to me. It's not going to happen anytime soon.
Mark, in this first chapter, we have been walking through it verse by verse, and we are finally to verse 14, but in the first 13 verses, Mark has told us what Isaiah has said about Jesus, what Malachi has said about Jesus, what John the Baptist has said about Jesus, and even what God the Father has said about Jesus. And now he allows Jesus to talk about Jesus. Mark, on the very first time, He gets to speak. And He doesn't just speak words, but this really is a sermon. He has His very first sermon, right here on the first chapter, and it's really just two sentences. Like Abraham Lincoln, He was about to minimize His word for impact. In the Greek, it's eight words; in my translation in English, it's 18 words. And yet, it is full of power. So let's look at these verses, the first two here, verses 14 and 15.
''Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingd ...
Series: The Beginning of the Gospel
Bob Ingle
Mark 1:14-20
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. What most don't know is that when he gave that speech, Lincoln was suffering from a mild case of smallpox. He was really sick, and very weak. When he stood up to speak, he kept his speech very short because he lacked strength. Matter of fact, the Gettysburg Address lasted two minutes, containing 272 words.
In contrast, the main speaker that day was not Abraham Lincoln, but Edward Everett. In Edward Everett's speech, he spoke for two hours, and his speech contained 13,607 words. The thing is, no one knows what Everett said. Took him two hours to say it, and no one remembers. Yet, Abraham Lincoln spoke for two minutes, and it turned the whole war around. Everybody remembers what he said in those 272 words. So a message can be short, but it can be extremely impactful. Please don't hold that to me. It's not going to happen anytime soon.
Mark, in this first chapter, we have been walking through it verse by verse, and we are finally to verse 14, but in the first 13 verses, Mark has told us what Isaiah has said about Jesus, what Malachi has said about Jesus, what John the Baptist has said about Jesus, and even what God the Father has said about Jesus. And now he allows Jesus to talk about Jesus. Mark, on the very first time, He gets to speak. And He doesn't just speak words, but this really is a sermon. He has His very first sermon, right here on the first chapter, and it's really just two sentences. Like Abraham Lincoln, He was about to minimize His word for impact. In the Greek, it's eight words; in my translation in English, it's 18 words. And yet, it is full of power. So let's look at these verses, the first two here, verses 14 and 15.
''Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingd ...
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