2.7.1 - The Life of Christ - as Recorded in the Gospel of Mark

“The King: Looking at the Identity of Jesus”

Mark 1: 1-4, Mark 1: 9-13

- Mark immediately identifies his subject

- Jesus is the _____________ and the _________________

- _____________ is a Greek word which means __________________________________

- It was another way of referring to the “Messiah” - for Jews, the one who would come and

________________ God’s rule on earth, and ___________ Israel from its oppressors

- So they were looking not for just _____________, but ________________

Mark 1: 14-15

- Repent here means to “______________________” or to

“________________________”

- The words “_____________________” in Greek come from the word

________________

- The prefix “Eu” means ________________. When you combine it with

_______________ you get “_________________________________”

- Mark deliberately used this word because he wanted to contrast is with similar phrases,

common in his day

“Following the King”

Mark 1: 16-20, Mark 1: 21-22

- Jesus immediately __________ people to follow him

- This would have been unique in Jewish culture - people picked their ______________,

_______________ did not pick their “__________________”

- Mark is showing how Jesus is different - he is

___________________________________.

- Mark uses the term ________________ here for the first time; the word literally means

“_________________________________________”

- It comes from the same root as the word __________________

- Jesus was the _________________ - he had it

- His __________________ sensed that he had it

Mark 1: 29-31

- “__________________” because I am the __________ you’ve been looking for

- “Follow me” because I have _______________________________, yet I have humbled

myself for you (and will eventually die for you!)