Readings:
Exodus 39:1 - 40-38
Mark 1: 1-28
Psalm 35: 1-16
Proverbs 9: 11-12
Mark reading: "This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God." So begins the earliest of the three Synoptic Gospels that were written; many scholars believe that Matthew and Luke used much of Mark's Gospel as a source for their own writings.
Be that as it may, Mark makes his intentions clear right from the very first verse - this is good news about Jesus, whose credentials are both Messiah and Son of God. There is no ambiguity about who Mark understands Jesus to be. Jesus is clearly the Saviour, God's only begotten Son, and Lord.
I sometimes wonder whether we as Christians beat around the bush a bit too much when stating who Jesus is. We try to impress others with our learning, gleaned from hours of Bible study. And it's right and good that we do spend the time studying Scripture. But perhaps we need to take a leaf out of Mark's book (if you'll pardon the pun), and be succinct and to the point about exactly who this Jesus is whom we claim to serve.
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