With the greatest sense of urgency, Mark’s Gospel account was the first writing to introduce the reading world to an extraordinarily average-looking, exceedingly unpretentious, man, yet one who came bearing all authority in heaven and on earth, the Creator God – a Galilean, this one called Jesus. Mark wants us to understand that there was nothing ordinary about the mission of Jesus. Rather, its love and saving power sought to catapult frail, fallen, human lives to a brand-new, eternal dimension.

Mark 2:1-12

1. vv. 1,2 – massive _____________________________________________

2. vv. 3-7 – major _______________________________________________

3. vv. 8-12 - manifest ___________________________________________