Read Today's Passage
Again we cruise along at a breakneck pace. In the span of 35 verses we continue the discussion about Jesus being the Lord of the Sabbath, the Pharisees plot to kill Him, demons are cast out of people, Jesus appoints 12 men to serve as Apostles, He is accused of being the Devil, His family claims He is losing His mind, and He then seemingly ignores His family. Whew, what a lot of stuff for one chapter.
I was really struck by Jesus' anger and frustration over the hard hearts of the Pharisees. Here is Jesus, serving God by healing on the Sabbath, and they are so caught up in their hunger to control the religion that they want to see Jesus done away with. And even when they realize that He is right, it just makes them want Him gone even more! And Here is Jesus, giving them an opportunity to side with Him, and they refuse. It is no wonder that He was distressed and angry with them. I wonder how many times in a day I do that to Him?
I also had to chuckle at Jesus' own family claiming that He was getting carried away (read verses 20-30 in a couple of different translations, like The Message, the NIV and the NASB. Go ahead, I'll wait) and might be going crazy. Think about it. You believe that this man is God, yet you think He might be going too far? I think that we all tend to do that today, questioning God's wisdom all the time, assuming that ours is better. And again He tells the demons to stay silent about who He is. Hmmm..
What are your thoughts on today's passage?
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2 comments:
i find it insteresting how mark i think he wrote mark how after he named judas he told us rite away that he betrays jesus, unpardonable sin- is very interesting when u think about it
the pharisees yelled blasphem at jesus even though that they saw him do wanderful things and it seems like theres always pharisees watching him,
mark chapter 3:35 for whoever does the will of God is my brother and my sister and mother, y the mother
I find it interesting that the evil spirits fell down before Him, but the Pharisees plotted to kill Him. Did the spirits know something the Pharisees didn't? If the spirits see people as spirits in a spiritual realm, Jesus' spirit would look different to them. To the Pharisees he was just another man because they only saw his physical body. If the spirits thought they could harm Jesus they would have tried. If the Pharisees could see Jesus for who He really was they wouldn't have tried to kill him.
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