Jesus Serves by Exercising All Authority (Mark 1:16-45)

“The authority of Jesus is the authority of God Himself. When He speaks, demons tremble and flee. When He commands, sickness departs. When He calls men to follow Him, they leave their nets and obey. His authority is not borrowed from human institutions nor derived from tradition; it belongs to Him by divine right. In Christ we see the King who rules not only over the church but over the entire created order.”—R.C. Sproul