Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. When Jesus returned to his hometown,

even those closest to him struggled to believe. In today's episode, we continue our sermon series

from the archives,

the gospel according to Mark, as Paul explores the roots of belief and unbelief and challenges

us to ask whether our own hearts resemble Jesus' family more than we'd like to admit.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit paultrip.com slash sermons. Now here's Paul with today's

message.

If you had to think what would be the three most important words for a human being to consider what would they be?

What would those three most important words be?

As a husband, I'm tempted to say,

Llewela is wonderful. Very important for me to say, Llewella is wonderful.

Very important for me to say.

I should say that.

But those aren't the three most important words.

The three most important words, probably, that you could ever speak, are Jesus is God.

Because once you believe that, once you embrace the radical truth that this human being who walked on earth, who you could hear, who you could touch, who you could see,

was in fact the Son of God. Everything in your life changes, everything you think about what is you will think about in a different way. It's impossible for your

world to be the same. It will rock you to your core. And if it doesn't, the question is, do you

actually believe what you think you believe?

It's really this issue.

Jesus is God that is all that Mark is about.

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