An introduction to our new series “The Revealed Jesus” where we will together explore the question, “Who is Jesus?” as we work through the Gospel of Mark.

In this sermon, Wilson highlighted the importance of understanding the original context of the text and helped explain how an ancient listener would have understood the first 8 verses of Mark. To truly understand Mark’s biography of Jesus, we must recognise that it reflects ancient high-context communication, emphasises moral character over strict chronology, and reveals Jesus as the long-awaited divine deliverer through rich Old Testament and cultural references. We are invited to begin experiencing him as the expected Lord who comes to call us to repentance and into everlasting salvation.