Title: Jesus Worked with People
The process of the public life of Jesus Christ (3)
(Jesus worked with people)
Text/ Mark 3:13-19 (Luke 6:12-16, Matthew 10:1-4)
1. Introduction
As mentioned in the course of Jesus' public life (1), (2), Jesus made a clear goal for his life, and in the midst of the movement, the cry of the wilderness, that is, the baptism to preach repentance and baptism When he heard the news of John, he knew that his hour had come. So, Jesus went to John the Baptist to be baptized, prayed for 40 days in the wilderness, and overcame Satan's temptations, and began the work of salvation.
2. Jesus Called Someone to Help Him
The beginning of Jesus' work of salvation, 第一聲, was <The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the Gospel!>. This is the beginning of a great new era. After that, Jesus walked steadfastly towards the only <God's will will be done on earth as it is in heaven>.
However, there is one important point that we must keep in mind here. It is the fact that Jesus did not intend to do all the work of building the kingdom of God, which is his goal, by himself. If you look at the Gospels, you can see that Jesus was determined to build <the kingdom of God on this earth> with people like us from the very beginning, his great work of salvation.
According to the Gospels, from the very beginning of his work of salvation, Jesus called, chose, and established people to help him. He called Peter, Andrew, John, James, and Philip from the Sea of Galilee. He chose Matthew and Levi, who sat at the customs office. and the night