Glad to be able to share from Mark 1: 21-28. Today we learnt that Jesus is the person to follow and obey and rely on for He is the Subject Matter Expert of our faith. He not only teaches with authority but acts with the power that accompanies that authority. For us today we can live our lives and faith with confidence in the one we worship as He is the one we worship and it is His Kingdom we are citizens of. So whatever we do, when we study the Word, when we pray, when we serve, we do it with utmost confidence in Him who sits on the throne.

1. Who is
this
Jesus
whom
we
worship
today?
4th Sunday after the Epiphany: 28th January 2024

2. What is going on today?
There are always people better than us
HAPPIER
HEALTHIER
RICHER
MORE
SUCCESS
HOLIER
FITTER

3. Today…
What does God’s Word have to say to us today?
Mark 1:21-28

4. 1:21 They went to Capernaum; and
when the sabbath came, he entered
the synagogue and taught.
1:22 They were astounded at his
teaching, for he taught them as one
having authority, and not as the
scribes.
1:23 Just then there was in their
synagogue a man with an unclean
spirit,
1:24 and he cried out, "What have you
to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have
you come to destroy us? I know who
you are, the Holy One of God."

5. What is the message for TODAY?
Jesus spoke with authority
How did he have authority? He is the SME
Why? It is about Him
How does it relate to us today? Who do we rely on?
What can happen when we are ready to learn?
The world comes in…

6. 1:25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be
silent, and come out of him!"
1:26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing
him and crying with a loud voice, came
out of him.
1:27 They were all amazed, and they kept
on asking one another, "What is this? A
new teaching--with authority! He
commands even the unclean spirits, and
they obey him."
1:28 At once his fame began to spread
throughout the surrounding region of
Galilee.

7. What is the message for TODAY?
Authority of Jesus
• Not merely theory, He silences the words of the evil one, the
distractions of the world…
• Jesus sets people free from the darkness of the world:
sickness, pain, etc
• While powers enslave the world, Jesus here to break its hold

8. What is the message for TODAY?
How to live in the light of this TRUTH?
Remember:
Jesus is the manifestation of God’s rule and power and
authority
He breaks into the world and frees us from the powers of
the world
CONCLUSION?
With Him in us, we live with the highest hope and the greatest
confidence

9. What is the message for TODAY?
Read and Study
the Word in
confidence
Serve the poor
and oppressed in
confidence
Pray for the world,
for healing, for
people to know
Christ in
confidence

10. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise,
the city of our God, the holy place,
the joy of the whole Earth.
Great is the Lord

11. Great is the Lord in whom we have the victory,
he aids us against the enemy,
we bow down on our knees.

12. Chorus:-
And Lord, we want to lift your name on high,
and Lord, we want to thank you,
for the works you’ve done in our lives;
and Lord, we trust in your unfailing love,
for you alone are God eternal,
throughout Earth and Heaven above.