SECTION TWO OF THE OF JESUS IN GALILEE Mark 1:14-45 1. TIME AND THEME OF HIS Mark 1:14-15 (Matthew 4:12-17; Luke 4:14-15; John 4:1-3) 14 Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,--He "returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee." (Luke 4:14.) The same Spirit that had impelled him into the wilderness to be tempted. Having presented the preliminaries of our Savior's ministry, Mark now proceeds to the ministry itself. 15 and saying,--The mouth and organ of speech are very necessary in proclaiming the gospel. Christ used both and authorized his disciples to do likewise which thing they did. Paul requested the brethren to pray in his behalf; "that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak." (Ephesians 6:19-20.) However, we are not to understand from this that the Lord forbids teaching through the medium of the pen and printing press. The apostles taught through the medium of the pen when they wrote the gospel on scrolls and sent it out. The art of printing had not been invented at that time. If it had doubtless they would have taken advantage of it. Whether we teach by word of mouth, pen, or the printed sheet, in either case, we do no more nor no less than what the Lord commanded--we teach. The time is fulfilled,--The time foretold by the prophets for the appearance of Christ is accomplished. "When the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law." (Galatians 4:4; Daniel 9:24-27.) and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.--The kingdom of God, so long promised by the prophets and expected by the people, has drawn near. (Luke 10:9.) The doctrine of faith and repentance is taught at the threshold of the kingdom of Christ, and accordingly ought, in a special manner, to be preached and insisted upon by all proclaimers of the gospel.