Study 1 From The Book of Mark is: Mark 1: 1-15
1.
Why ‘the gospel’ (verse 1)? How
is this record different from a biography? What blessings of the gospel of Christ were
anticipated in the Baptist’s preaching? Cf. Acts 2:38. When Jesus Himself
preached ‘the gospel of God’ what aspects of its accomplishment and enjoyment
did He stress?
2.
Observe how the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit were all active in the events recorded—and Satan also. What does
this imply concerning the issues involved in the coming story and in our own earthly
lives?
Note. Note Mark’s significant
use of the description ‘gospel’. It is
of such ‘good tidings’ that Isaiah had explicitly written. Cf. Is. 40:9-11; 52:7 -10; 61:1-4.
