The Priority of Jesus (Mark 1:35-45)

Andy Jelfs, 1st August 2021
Part of the Sermon series, preached at a Fordham Sunday Service service

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1:35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

1:36 Simon and his companions went to look for him,
1:37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: "Everyone is looking for you!"
1:38 Jesus replied, "Let us go somewhere else--to the nearby villages--so I can preach there also. That is why I have come."
1:39 So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
1:40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean."

1:41 Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!"
1:42 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured.
1:43 Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning:
1:44 "See that you don't tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them."
1:45 Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.