About 2000 years ago, a Jewish man named Mark wrote an account of the things done by another Jewish man named Jesus, told to him by one of Jesus' lead followers, whose name was Peter. Peter followed Jesus, and so did many others, because they saw Jesus perform miracles, and because he spoke with power and authority unlike anything they had ever experienced. Before Jesus began speaking with power and doing miracles, a man name John announced Jesus as the one the Jewish people were waiting on at that time. The Jews were waiting for a King, a promised King according to prophecies given to their ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Their ancestors were the chosen people of the one true God, and their promised King, or Messiah, was the one who would cause them to be a blessing to all the people on earth. This King would rescue them from the Romans, who were now occupying Jerusalem. This King would not only be a descendent of Abraham, but a descendent of one of the Kings of Israel, a man of God named David. God promised David that one of His descendants would be The King of Kings.
Yet he wasn't just going to be a descendent of David, but of divine origin. In other words, He was going to be The Son of God, born of a virgin woman, who we come to know later by the name of Mary. The man named John that we spoke of earlier was a prophet, and he announced that Jesus was this very King that the Jews were waiting on, the son of David, the son of God. God in the flesh. God having become a man. The proof that Jesus was, and is, the son of God, is that said He would die and rise from the dead after three days, and He did. Peter saw him risen from the dead, and so did 500 other people at once.
What does all of this have do with really changing today?
Please stay with me. I'm giving you background to the words we're going to focus on. And here they are, the words written by Mark, which came from Peter, about Jesus.
After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
The key word in Mark's quote of Jesus is the word "repent." This word is the core of what I'm sharing with you, the word that will show you how to really change today. In fact, the word "repent" means, "to change one's mind or purpose." Isn't that what we are focused on doing? That's exactly what Jesus, who is God in a body, commanded His people to do. Remember, God is the only supreme authority on change. Keep reading to understand what Jesus said and meant.
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