He was the Lord himself now, the Word of God incarnate, rising to speak in the synagogue.

And when he opened his holy mouth.

Everyone present was stopped in their tracks,

filled with amazement, and pierced by a sense of dread

to hear the truth proclaimed with this transcendent finality.

It can be easy to get distracted when reading the Bible, perhaps even to struggle to keep your eyes open during a sermon.

But if there's ever a time to be attentive, it's when we're hearing the words of

God himself to his people.

You're listening to renewing your mind on this Sunday when we feature sermons from the

preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl.

In Jesus' public ministry, when he taught, as you just heard Dr. Sproll say, it was the

word of God incarnate speaking. It was evident that he spoke as one with authority.

Before we get to this portion of Mark's Gospel and Jesus subsequent encounter with a man with an unclean spirit,

I do want to remind you that if you'd like to study the entirety of the Gospel of Mark,

line by line, you can request R.C. Sproll's hardcover expositional commentary with a donation of any

amount at renewing or mind.org.

Well for today's sermon here's Dr Sproll in Mark chapter one.

This morning we're going to continue with our study of the gospel according to

St. Mark and we are still in the first chapter of that gospel, and this morning I will be reading,

beginning at verse 21 and through verse 34.

So I ask the congregation to stand for the reading of the word of God.

Then they went into Capernium and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.

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