Marked By God: Part 3
Marked By God: Part 3 || Day 4
Mark 1:1-8 NKJV
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.” “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.’ ” John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
The third thing we see that John did to cause his life to marked is this. People who are marked by God don’t mind having a different announcement.
Can you imagine how different his message was to those people? John was telling them that the One they had been waiting on for over 3500 years was now in their midst. He was telling them to prepare themselves for His coming.
Church, right now if you are going to walk with heaven’s mark on your life, you have to be ok with having a different message, a different announcement. When the rest of the world is saying one thing, you have to be ok with saying something different. When the rest of the religious community is saying one thing, you have to be ok with saying something different.
When everyone else was looking for a governmental overthrow, John’s announcement was this; “BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!” When everyone else was saying there is no power for us, John’s announcement was this; “I baptize you with water, but He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire!” When everyone else was in awe of King Herod, John’s announcement was this; “REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND!”
Church, right now some of you are wondering why is Apostle Jeremiah’s message so different than the other people on social media or tv? What you don’t realize is that many ministers backslid during COVID and have not repented. Much of what you are hearing out there is the voice of the spirit of the Antichrist. And the reason you don’t hear it in here is because we made up our minds a long time ago that we would rather be MARKED BY GOD, THAN MADE BY THEM!