Last week, we learned how religious people love the knowledge about God, but lack the mercy of God. We see this attitude played out in today's message with another confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees regarding their traditions. Secondly, we also learn how we as the New Testament Church didn't learn our lesson from the Pharisees because what happened in Jewish history has also happened in Church history.

Pastor Dustin Daniels preaches verse by verse through the Word of God at River Bible Church located in Cottonwood, AZ. For more information, please visit. RiverBible.org

Jesus provides an example of what it looks like to be on mission. To go where the Father tells Him to go, no matter the cost. In today's message, we see that even one of the most hated men in all of Israel is not beyond the reach of God's forgiveness. This man's forgiveness leads to a new life of discipleship in the service to the Kingdom of God.

Pastor Dustin Daniels preaches verse by verse through the Word of God at River Bible Church located in Cottonwood, AZ.

Today's message is twofold. First Pastor Dustin Daniels calls River Bible Church to repent from gossip and slander.

Secondly, The Gospel of Mark reveals the authority of Jesus. We’ve learned how Jesus has authority over demons, disease, and nature. In this lesson, Pastor Dustin Daniels teaches how Jesus has the authority to do something that only God Himself can do–and that is to forgive sin.

Pastor Dustin Daniels preaches verse by verse through the Word of God at River Bible Church located in Cottonwood, AZ.

What does this story mean for us today? It's a reminder for us today about the truth of salvation. It shows us how sinners respond in faith to the gospel. It's a picture of the cross. How Jesus is the sacrificial substitute for your sin. Jesus started in the city, while the leper began in the desert.

After this meeting, Jesus must go to the desert, and the leper can now stay in the city. For this man to be healed and cleansed, Jesus had to trade places with him. It's a picture of the reality of the gospel—Jesus traded places with sinners in order to deliver them from sin.

Ultimately, Jesus hung on the cross, outside the city to die for you to live.

No matter what your story is, …we're all spiritual lepers. We all lived in isolation from God. And yet, God provided a way for sinners to be cleansed. Jesus is the one who reaches out to us! All of us are spiritual beggars and spiritual lepers. The leper's plea, is our plea — If you are willing. We just found out Jesus is willing, the question is, “are you?”

As Christians, we know we're supposed to pray. So why don't we? Why is it that we would rather be busy doing the Lord's work in other ways? Why is prayer one of the hardest spiritual disciplines to apply in our lives? Pastor Dustin Daniels addresses these questions and more.

Do the faith healers of today match up to how Jesus healed people in the first century? Is it Biblically accurate to believe that if you're sick that you don't have enough faith to get well? Pastor Dustin Daniels teaches verse by verse through Mark 1:29-34 showing how the healings of Jesus were dependent upon Jesus as The Healer, and not the faith of the sick.

In today's lesson, Pastor Dustin Daniels discusses the irony of how people don't believe that Jesus is God, and yet the demons do. And even though the demons are absolutely terrified in Jesus' presence--it's impossible for them to be saved. People, however, are amazed in Jesus' presence, but would not be saved.

What does it look like to make decisions that go against common sense? In today's message, we learn that Jesus calls this "obedience." Pastor Dustin Daniels teaches how following Jesus is a command to leave everything you've ever known. It goes against our common sense, our life experiences and turns our world upside down.

Would it surprise you to find out that Jesus' first sermon was the same message from John the Baptist and many of the Old Testament prophets? In Jesus' first message He teaches about "The Kingdom of God" and the need for repentance. Pastor Dustin Daniels teaches Mark 1:14-15 verse by verse and applies Jesus' teaching for us today.

Guest pastor, Thomas Amos asks important questions during this COVID-19 crisis? Do you believe in the whole counsel of God? Why or why not?