Verse of the Day

Mark 1:15 (NLT)  "The time promised by God has come at last!" he announced. "The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!"

 

Yesterday we considered the prophet Haggai's call to "consider our ways" and to turn, to return to God.  We also looked back at Abraham Lincoln's call for our nation to do so.

 

After John the Baptist, the last of the  prophets who would precede Jesus, had been arrested, Jesus took up the mantle and began His ministry with the same call, "repent" for the Kingdom had indeed come near.  The kingdom was so near, in the form of Jesus that His call demanded a response.  Throughout His ministry, the healings, the teachings confronted people in order to bring about a response.  The call still goes out today from churches and missionary efforts across the world.  Wherever the Word of God goes, and the message of Christ and the cross is preached, the kingdom and its good news are drawing near, this action demands a response.

 

What has been your response to His call?  If we've accepted it and have acted upon it in faith, we are challenged to be involved in calling others to believe the Gospel the good news that Jesus has drawn near.

 

This is the day
This is the day
That the Lord has made
That the Lord has made
We will rejoice
We will rejoice
And be glad in it
And be glad in it
This is the day that the Lord has made 
We will rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day
This is the day
That the Lord has made. 

 

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace  NIV

Mark 1:14-15 English Standard Version (ESV) - Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹⁴  Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, ¹⁵ and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."