February 27, 2010
Mark 3:1-6
Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” 4Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
Poor Pharisees,
caught up in their legalism
preferring to see people suffer
rather than seeing the scriptures
in a different light.
“Don’t heal him today, Jesus!
the law is more important than a handicap
who is probably sick
because he broke the law.”
Christians can get so dogmatic
with their tunnel vision eyes
believing they have the complete truth
and they are defending God.
If we disagree
does one of us have to be wrong?
For the Pharisees to be right
they believed Jesus was wrong.
Jesus reacted with anger
and was grieved at their heartlessness
as he asked if it’s wrong to do what is right.
“Ignore them and stretch out your hand”
he said to the suffering man
“don’t let other’s biases keep you from God.”
As he stretched his hand he was healed
just as we are healed by stretching our faith.
Mark 3:1-6
Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” 4Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
Poor Pharisees,
caught up in their legalism
preferring to see people suffer
rather than seeing the scriptures
in a different light.
“Don’t heal him today, Jesus!
the law is more important than a handicap
who is probably sick
because he broke the law.”
Christians can get so dogmatic
with their tunnel vision eyes
believing they have the complete truth
and they are defending God.
If we disagree
does one of us have to be wrong?
For the Pharisees to be right
they believed Jesus was wrong.
Jesus reacted with anger
and was grieved at their heartlessness
as he asked if it’s wrong to do what is right.
“Ignore them and stretch out your hand”
he said to the suffering man
“don’t let other’s biases keep you from God.”
As he stretched his hand he was healed
just as we are healed by stretching our faith.
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