Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with an introduction to Mark's fastball,

as we pick up in Mark, chapter 1, verse 1.

And now with today's message, here's Pastor Chuck.

Let's turn to Mark's gospel.

Mark was a young man when Jesus was crucified,

perhaps about 12 years old.

So the gospel that he writes is considered to be the understanding that he received

from listening to Peter relate the stories of Jesus Christ.

Peter does call Mark his son.

That would be son in the faith.

And Mark was a companion of Peter through much of Peter's ministry, and thus heard Peter

relate these stories of Jesus Christ.

And so in his gospel, you have pretty much Peter's account as written by Mark of Jesus.

There is only one part of Mark's gospel that he probably wrote from personal experience.

It's a little insertion in the Gospel of Mark that you do not find in the other Gospels,

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