The Gospel of Mark

Mark 1:12-20

The Holy Spirit drives Jesus in to the wilderness after His baptism. Here He will experience temptation by the devil. Like His baptism, did Jesus have to go through temptation? No He didn’t. But He does so to associate with us so that we can identify with Him. What we learn from Jesus in His temptation is that we are to respond to our trials and temptations with the Word of God. We then look at the purpose statement of Jesus’ ministry, and the choosing of His first 4 disciples. When Jesus calls, we follow without hesitation and without pre-qualifications. We go where He takes us, and do as He does. We are his disciples.