Mark 10 -- We Believers Do WHAT???

The world tries to inject its own logic oftentimes rather than encouraging us to obey God.  The Pharisees asked Jesus a question about divorce that was designed to anger some faction no matter HOW He answered it.  But rather than entering the current debates, He directed them back to the creation account, my commentary said.  "God Himself had established marriage and He has the right to make the rules ... Mark 10:9 warns us that man cannot separate those who have been united in marriage, but GOD can ... A divorce may be legal according to our laws and yet NOT be right in the eyes of God.

He expects married people to practice COMMITMENT to each other and to remain true to each other."

 

Another crazy episode followed.  The disciples told parents to STOP bringing their kids to Jesus!  What were they THINKING??  It's much the same as parents today grounding their kids from coming to YOUTH!

 

Jesus then told His disciples that He would die in Jerusalem, where they were headed.  What do His disciples do?  James and John ask for a FAVOR -- they wanted THRONES on each side of Him!

 

Again it happened -- They were walking towards Jerusalem and the crowd warned a blind man to be quiet and not bother Jesus!  Instead, He called for Bartimaeus and healed him.  What had they been THINKING??

 

Followers of Jesus doing the unthinkable, firmly believing that they were SINCERE in their duties, but they were SINCERELY WRONG!

 

Father, I pray that You will intervene if I am ever in such a position.

Don't allow me to find myself doing what these people were doing -- hindering Your work.  Open my eyes and my heart and change my thinking.

 

Your Brother In Christ,

 

Gary Ford