Have you ever stopped to think about what are essential parts of who you are? What are some of the things that reveal who you are? Pastor Jeff shares some of his in this sermon that continues our series through the Gospel of Mark, called FOLLOW.

Through this sermon, we are going to look at the essentials of someone else. We see these essentials as we come to the text we’re going to examine today. That text is Mark 1:9-13. It is here that we are going see: The Essential Jesus.

We’re going to see two things that are essential aspects of who Jesus came to be. If we don’t understand these two things, we can’t understand Jesus, or salvation, substitutionary atonement (Jesus taking our place), or any other critical piece of the work of Jesus in our world. But if we CAN get it, all those same things will come to life for us. If we can get it, it will definitely set us up to Follow, which is what this series is all about.