Who is Our Authority?

Everyone wants Jesus! 

 ... but not everyone knows Jesus. 

-If I were to introduce Jesus this is how I would do it:

Mark 1:14-33

After John was put into prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good  news of God. "The time has come,"he  said. "The Kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!" 

- Notice here, Jesus's mission is stated in these few verses. He went into Galilee to proclaim his good news. Wouldn't it be amazing if we had the same motive, where we would GO and PROCLAIM the good news!

As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come follow me," Jesus said. "and i will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed Him. When he had gone a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

-So much is said in these couple verses! 

- "How has the authority like that"!! 

No one ever just says, "Come Follow Me". . . It was also strange back then because most people choice who they wanted to follow. In this cause it was Jesus that called out! And surprisingly they drop EVERYTHING and followed Him! 

The reason I love this passage is because of how much authority Jesus portrays. As we go further into the chapter I will show you more passages that relate to his authority. 

Later on in the Chapter, Mark 1:21-28 

-I Love this passage because Jesus does the same as the other verses. Once Jesus arrived in Capernaum, he was preaching his good news. And hear this, as Jesus was talking the people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had great authority.  

There are many other instances where Jesus did the same thing. 

Mark 2:9-10

Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven", or to say, "Get up, take your mat and walk"? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . . . 

-Who his authority like that!?

Throughout this two passages that Pharisees were there watching, and in those breathe taking moments of healing and restoration, they hated Him! They despised Him.

-Whats so beautiful about this passage is that Jesus not only uses the power to heal, but also to forgive the paralyzed man. He binds two beautiful things into one! The forgiveness of sin and healing. 

What stood out about Jesus?

- His Love?

- His Wisdom?

- His Power? 

-Yes, those were and are correct, but that is not why they were amazed. 

. . . . It was his authority! 

This shows who he was. A person who came not to destroy the law, but to full fill it. He came to the sick and broken. He came to give joy to the mourning, healing to the broken,  and rest to the weary.