Mark 1:1-20 | 8/20/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. Mark 1:1-20 | 8/20/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In today's message, we read from the opening of the Gospel of Mark. Pastor Matt exposits the biblical text where Jesus gave his early followers a mission, and we ask and answer the question, how do we apply His commands to understand our mission in the modern world?