King
James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Tuesday,
October 13, 2015
Chapters: Mark 1-2
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Message
Title: Become
Fishers Of Men

Hello My Friend,

The
Gospel of Mark is the second book of the New Testament, the
forty-first book of the Bible, and contains sixteen chapters. The
Author of the book is Mark and it was written to all believers,
particularly intended to get the attention of the Romans, the
Gentiles, who represented Jesus as a servant of God. The timeline for
these events is approximately between 30AD-33AD. The purpose of the
book was to present the ministry of Jesus, stressing His role as a
servant and the Son of man. What we are to learn from the book is
that we should seek to minister or serve others. The purpose for all
four Gospels was to present the death, burial, and resurrection of
Christ to both Jew and Gentile and to show all that we who receive
the Gospel are to minister it to everyone. “And
he said unto them, Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
- Mark 16:15.

When I was younger the thought of hell
horrified me. The thought of hell should horrify all of us, but the
truth is many blow it off as something funny or mythical. Hell is
real, and it is not what it is portrayed in society, it is complete
and utter darkness, isolation, burning torture, and pain for
eternity. This is why Jesus came, to give us an option to escape this
horrific fate. When we get saved there is no better feeling than to
know that hell is no longer an option. Part of being saved is telling
others how they too can be saved, and when Jesus calls us to tell
someone about Him, He means business. It's called soul winning and it
all started with John the Baptist.

“As
it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one
crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the
baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out
unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all
baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. And
John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about
his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; And preached,
saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of
whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have
baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost.” - Mark 1:2-8.

Prepare
ye the way of the Lord, when God sent his only begotten Son
into the world, He took great care in the timing of it all, and when
He sends Him into each heart that believes in Him, He takes great
care to prepare that heart to accept Him. The great promise Christ
makes to those who admit they are sinners, believe in and repent of
their need for their own works of righteousness to be saved, and
confess they need Him shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, purified
and redeemed from all sin. All who receive Christ receive the Holy
Spirit in them as soon as they accept Him as their Saviour, and
that's a promise that He will never leave no forsake us no matter
what we get ourselves into. “These things
have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God;
that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe
on the name of the Son of God.” - 1 John 5:13.

Soon
after Jesus was baptized John was arrested, it was time for Jesus to
begin His ministry, it didn't take Him long to gather some disciples
(ministers and servants) He didn't just put out an ad inviting anyone
to come and join Him, He went right up to them to follow Him. “Now
after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching
the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The
time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and
believe the gospel. Now as he walked
by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a
net into the sea: for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you
to become fishers of men. And
straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. And when he
had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in
the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.” -
Mark 1:14-20.

And straightway they
forsook their nets, and followed him, it's not a light thing
to be called by Christ to work for Him. While every saved soul is a
testimony of Christ and called to tell others about Him, when He
calls on you to follow Him and serve Him, He expects you to do it
immediately. Those whom Christ calls must leave all to follow Him,
and by His grace He prepares their hearts to make them capable of
doing the job. It is the Holy Spirit in us that teaches us how to
minister the Gospel to those He lays on our heart, we must realize
that we are not the ones who save, God is the only one who saves a
tender and willing heart that receives the Gospel of His Son. We are
the messengers, the ones who plant the seed, God is the one who opens
their heart. “Who then is Paul, and who is
Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to
every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the
increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he
that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.” - 1
Corinthians 3:5-7.

Great faith in Christ is the only one
way we can be saved. As Jesus began to preach multitudes followed Him
wherever He went, and while many did not believe, quite a few did.
Four men had so much faith in Jesus to heal their paralyzed friend
that they climbed up on top of a roof and lowered him down a pulley
to reach Him. “And again he entered into
Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the
house. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that
there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door:
and he preached the word unto them. And they come unto him, bringing
one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And when they could
not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where
he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein
the sick of the palsy lay. When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto
the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins
be forgiven thee.” - Mark
2:1-5.

When Jesus saw their faith,
true faith shall be accepted and approved by Jesus Christ. Sin is the
cause of all our pains and sicknesses. The only way to be healed of
it is to take away the cause. Pardon of sin strikes at the root of
all diseases, Christ proves that His power alone forgives sin, by
showing His power to cure the man sick of the palsy. His curing
diseases was a figure of his pardoning us of sin, sin is the disease
of the soul, it is what sends us to hell, when we have faith in
Christ, so much that we believe He is enough, we are pardoned, healed
of our sin sick disease. More than just being freed from being cast
into hell we enjoy an everlasting relationship with Christ, one that
will save us from much more than hell, but give us a new life. “No
man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new
piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is
made worse. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the
new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the
bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.”
- Mark 2:21,22.

Today's Prayer:
God, It is only by our faith in You that we can please You. Help us
to run this crazy race of life with patience, by faith, looking for
the blessed hope that only You can give us. Give us Your power to
look to You through all our joys and sorrows and to be a witness of
just how much believing in the Gospel has changed my life. Give us
the strength and guidance to follow You no matter where You lead us.
In Jesus' name. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for
you,
Christina

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