Jesus Christ impacts Levi with His reaching out to him. We too, as followers of Christ, are to reach out to the lost to lead them to repentance.

The price of freedom is blood. This is no truer fulfillment of this than in the freedom we have from our sin through the blood of Jesus Christ.

Forgiveness for sins is only through Christ. But to receive this forgiveness, you must first go to Christ in faith. Christ does not condemn the sinner when He comes, He graciously forgives and washes the sinners sins away.

Christ, the servant of God, gives us a glorious example of forgiveness. There is much we as believers can learn from this example.

Jesus preached the gospel of the kingdom of God. The gospel is integral in the life and witness of every believer.

The Lord Jesus begins his ministry preaching the gospel. The public preaching of the gospel was integral to the ministry of Christ.

Christ was driven by the Spirit into the wilderness. This showed His submission to be Spirit-driven. He is our example to be ministers for Christ.

Truly, we can put ourselves in the place of the thieves on the cross. For we were all born sinners in need of salvation through Christ.

Mark is presenting Jesus to us as a servant. As a servant, Christ was baptized to identify with the ministry of John the Baptist and the ministry of God the Father.

John the Baptist was a messenger preceding Christ. We can learn from him how to be a proper messenger for Christ.