Jesus was the greatest person that has ever walked this earth.  He came into our world and revealed to us the heart of God through His words and through His actions.  His message continues to speak to us in our day.  His message has not changed.  If He were invited into church services this weekend, what would He preach?  What message would He deliver? 

To answer that question we must go back to the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry here on earth.  Jesus had just been baptized in water by John the Baptist.  At His baptism, the Spirit descended on Him and Father spoke words of pleasure from the heavens.  He was immediately driven into the wilderness where He would spend 40 days in seclusion being prepared for the ministry in front of Him that would include a violent death on a cross.  He overcame temptation in the wilderness and came out ready to touch people at their point of need while He headed to the cross as the lamb of God to take away the sins of the world.

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
(Mark 1:14-15 ESV)

The location is Galilee, a province of Palestine.  Palestine was divided into three provinces – Judea, Samaria and Galilee.  Galilee was the northern most province and it’s here that we get to listen in to the message of Christ.  He delivered the good news of God and it was fourfold: the time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel.

Know that you are loved,
gaj