I can’t believe all the nonsense Moses has to deal with! People were blaming him for the ground opening up and swallowing those people. How often do we do this even now? Instead of acknowledging our faults and imperfections, we find ways to deflect and evade.
It amazes me how little humanity has changed over the course of thousands of years.
I think the more righteous and holy we feel the further away from God we get. He didn’t come to talk to people only because they are upright and good, but he came to love on people who are broken in sin.
Amazing how God continuously has mercy on Israel as Moses and Aaron intercede on their behalf. And yet we have an even greater, more compassionate intercessor!
What a contrast between the OT and the NT! In the OT (a couple readings ago), you have a man taken to be stoned for collecting wood on the Sabbath, then we have the whole “Sabbath is for man, not man for the Sabbath”Sabath”Sabbath
The same thing struck me in the readings as well. After thinking about it, the only difference in the two stories is Jesus. What a wonderful parallel for us to see Jesus standing in the gap for us, who could never overcome the burden of the law alone!!
Jesus sees that my biggest need is forgiveness of sin and reconciliation with God, even when I think I have bigger or more urgent needs…just like in the story of the paralytic.
I’ve always heard the Pharisees were the old wine skins who do not believe Jesus’s teaching, and tax collectors and sinners are the new wine skins. This verse ties back to 2:17. Hope this helps!
I have a question…Jesus spoke in parables and usually explains them or helps to understand them but I am a little unsure of what He was saying when He spoke of how you don’t sew new cloth to an old tear or put new wine in old wine skins. Can someone help me understand this better?
I have always been confused here too. But I think it has something to do with the sabbath, the disciples and not fasting. However I am not positive how they connect.
The John Macarthur “Grace To You” website had this to share which helped me understand… ‘Jesus brought a new internal gospel of repentance and forgiveness by grace that cannot be mixed with the old Judaism of tradition and self-righteous works, or with any other religion.’ That’s the mixing this passage refers to… Not possible. Salvation is by faith alone –Gods grace!
Mark 2:17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
I love that Jesus wasn’t there to be with other believers, but to bring the lost home! What an amazing God!
In numbers we see Aaron and Moses speaking on behalf of the people-making atonement for their sins when the plague hits (and so many other instances). the priests have this authority to ask God, on behalf of the People, for forgiveness.
Then you see the Pharisees astonished that Jesus was able to forgive this lame mans sins, because who is he to have this authority?
Jesus is our high priest, stepping in when the plague of sin is on us. His sacrifice has saved and forgiven us and kept us from eternal death. These truths and reminders never grow old.
The old testament reading is very profound. It says they “became insolent”…”they came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “you have gone too far”. Wow! Breath taking to have such boldness, that is a self-righteous and irrational boldness, against God himself! After the earth swallows up the direct perpetrators, including their entire households, it says the Israelites were still grumbling the next day saying “you have killed the Lord’s people”. Obviously no remorse & no repentance taking place. Remaining in sin, and becoming rebellious seems to have clouded their judgement greatly! I thought about our modern day rebellion version. We are not that much different. Grumbling too often, questioning or not talking to God, choosing our own path, and the list can be long… Personally, very much convicted!
Mk 2:9-11 “Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.” Jesus didn’t use miracles as a publicity stunt. He used physical demonstrations of power to illustrate His spiritual power and authority.
I love this chapter of mark where Jesus relates his disciples not fasting to David and his followers eating priestly bread. At church I learned that these two stories together show how Jesus is moving toward his kingship. Like David who was chased by… I forget who, Jesus is persecuted by the Pharisees, but He is the rightful King!
That is great, Gabrielle! What really hit me was Jesus interpretation of the Sabbath. His new reign reveals what has been behind the Old Testament veil; the Sabbath was designed as a blessing to man to yield abundant life, and therefore was not something that was designed to yield harm at its cost.
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Thank you for all the blessings in my life! I love you, Lord!
I can’t believe all the nonsense Moses has to deal with! People were blaming him for the ground opening up and swallowing those people. How often do we do this even now? Instead of acknowledging our faults and imperfections, we find ways to deflect and evade.
It amazes me how little humanity has changed over the course of thousands of years.
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Get up and walk! Lord I can’t do it alone so I trust you today for the strength to.
Day 1 for me
“The one whom God chooses He will bring near to Him”
be near to the Lord today
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I think the more righteous and holy we feel the further away from God we get. He didn’t come to talk to people only because they are upright and good, but he came to love on people who are broken in sin.
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i pray that i may stop doubting God and just have faith -ellie
Amazing how God continuously has mercy on Israel as Moses and Aaron intercede on their behalf. And yet we have an even greater, more compassionate intercessor!
Such a contrast between the old and the new testament but I but I love seeing Jesus’s compassion in these verses.
What a contrast between the OT and the NT! In the OT (a couple readings ago), you have a man taken to be stoned for collecting wood on the Sabbath, then we have the whole “Sabbath is for man, not man for the Sabbath”Sabath”Sabbath
The same thing struck me in the readings as well. After thinking about it, the only difference in the two stories is Jesus. What a wonderful parallel for us to see Jesus standing in the gap for us, who could never overcome the burden of the law alone!!
Jesus sees that my biggest need is forgiveness of sin and reconciliation with God, even when I think I have bigger or more urgent needs…just like in the story of the paralytic.
Short Stories by Jesus – it explains the context so we can also understand the parables in the way that 1st century folks would.
There’s a book just about all the parables. I don’t recall the name but Amazon has it.
I’ve always heard the Pharisees were the old wine skins who do not believe Jesus’s teaching, and tax collectors and sinners are the new wine skins. This verse ties back to 2:17. Hope this helps!
I have a question…Jesus spoke in parables and usually explains them or helps to understand them but I am a little unsure of what He was saying when He spoke of how you don’t sew new cloth to an old tear or put new wine in old wine skins. Can someone help me understand this better?
I have always been confused here too. But I think it has something to do with the sabbath, the disciples and not fasting. However I am not positive how they connect.
The John Macarthur “Grace To You” website had this to share which helped me understand… ‘Jesus brought a new internal gospel of repentance and forgiveness by grace that cannot be mixed with the old Judaism of tradition and self-righteous works, or with any other religion.’ That’s the mixing this passage refers to… Not possible. Salvation is by faith alone –Gods grace!
Mark 2:17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
I love that Jesus wasn’t there to be with other believers, but to bring the lost home! What an amazing God!
In numbers we see Aaron and Moses speaking on behalf of the people-making atonement for their sins when the plague hits (and so many other instances). the priests have this authority to ask God, on behalf of the People, for forgiveness.
Then you see the Pharisees astonished that Jesus was able to forgive this lame mans sins, because who is he to have this authority?
Jesus is our high priest, stepping in when the plague of sin is on us. His sacrifice has saved and forgiven us and kept us from eternal death. These truths and reminders never grow old.
Wow, thank you for this connection!
Thank u, Reylena! This is exactly what spoke to me as I read this passage.
The old testament reading is very profound. It says they “became insolent”…”they came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “you have gone too far”. Wow! Breath taking to have such boldness, that is a self-righteous and irrational boldness, against God himself! After the earth swallows up the direct perpetrators, including their entire households, it says the Israelites were still grumbling the next day saying “you have killed the Lord’s people”. Obviously no remorse & no repentance taking place. Remaining in sin, and becoming rebellious seems to have clouded their judgement greatly! I thought about our modern day rebellion version. We are not that much different. Grumbling too often, questioning or not talking to God, choosing our own path, and the list can be long… Personally, very much convicted!
Mk 2:9-11 “Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.” Jesus didn’t use miracles as a publicity stunt. He used physical demonstrations of power to illustrate His spiritual power and authority.
I love this chapter of mark where Jesus relates his disciples not fasting to David and his followers eating priestly bread. At church I learned that these two stories together show how Jesus is moving toward his kingship. Like David who was chased by… I forget who, Jesus is persecuted by the Pharisees, but He is the rightful King!
That is great, Gabrielle! What really hit me was Jesus interpretation of the Sabbath. His new reign reveals what has been behind the Old Testament veil; the Sabbath was designed as a blessing to man to yield abundant life, and therefore was not something that was designed to yield harm at its cost.