The Son of God - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2025

Bible in a Year : 2 Kings 24-25, John 5:1-24

The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.
Mark 1:1

Today's Scripture & Insight : Mark 1:1-8

Recently, my brother Scott acquired our dad’s military service records from World War II. As I studied the pages, there was nothing startling or shocking—nothing about who Dad was. There were mere facts. Data. It was interesting to read but ultimately dissatisfying because I didn’t come away feeling like I learned anything new about Dad.

Thankfully, in giving us a record of the life and work of Jesus, the four gospels are much more than just data. They are descriptions that reveal who Jesus was in His time on this earth as well as what He did and said. In Mark’s gospel, that record was for the purpose of proving Mark’s opening statement: “The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God” (1:1). Immediately, Mark tells us how John the Baptist testified about this Messiah. John said, “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie” (v. 7). Mark’s account makes it clear that Jesus is the Son of God. As John the disciple adds in his own account of Jesus’ life, “These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31).

The evidence of Jesus’ life is abundant. These questions remain: what does He mean to you? How has He changed your life?

By: Bill Crowder

Reflect & Pray
What do you think of the evidence of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection? How might you tell someone about your response to it?

Father, thank You for the clear record of Your Son’s life.