Know Jesus in His All-Encompassing Call (Mark 1:14-20)

Third Sunday after the Epiphany , January 17, 2021

Get to Know Jesus Series, Week 4

Readings for this service

First Lesson: 1 Kings 19:19-21. God calls Elisha

Verse of the Day: Matthew 4:23. Alleluia. Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching, preaching, and healing every disease. Alleluia.

Second Lesson: Acts 13:1-5. God sets apart Barnabas and Saul (Paul) for work for which he called them.

Gospel and Sermon:  Mark 1:14-20

Jesus called his first 4 Disciples: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, and John, who left their fishing boats and followed him immediately.

Jesus has called all of us Christians to follow him above all, too.

We can do this by: 1) genuinely confess our sins; 2) trust in God’s promise to forgive; and 3) live a life that tries to be free from those sins.

We can all serve our Lod wherever we are and however long we’ve been in the Christian faith.

And while there are competing influences out there that want us to do anything except follow our Lord, let us instead imitate the 4 men whom Jesus called to full-time apostleship and be willing to drop and overcome whatever necessary so that we may follow our Savior as he has called us.

Amen

Pastor Tim Patoka