Never complain again about having to stand up, sit down, etc. during Sunday morning worship: Leviticus 4:1-5:19
Check your calendar before healing: Mark 2:13-3:6
You’re Love, Oh Lord: Psalm 36:1-12
Make your father glad with wisdom: Proverbs 10:1-2
The first few verses of Mark 3 always get me. Jesus’ accusers were apparently accustomed to Jesus healing others. It says in verse 2 that they were watching to see if Jesus would heal the man with a shriveled hand on the Sabbath day.
Can you imagine having such a religious spirit that it burns your butt for someone to be healed by the Lord? Before you answer that, take a gander at Mark 2:15-17.
I believe that Jesus heals today. I think the church (as a whole, not just FUMCH) doesn’t believe in Jesus’ healing like it should. Yet, I think our bigger problem is that we sometimes get in the way of the message of Jesus reaching people who don’t live Christian lives. When we have our noses up high in the air & pretend we’re too good for others, never forget that Jesus Himself wasn’t too good to sit next to tax collectors & sinners. Eternal healing surely outweighs physical healing. If it’s wrong for Jesus’ detractors to be picky about which day of the week Jesus healed on, it’s certainly wrong for us today to get in the way of die-hard Christians who take Jesus’ message to those we think we’re too good to be around.
Since most of the people around us know that we’re Christians, we have to be careful that we’re showing Christ’s love. When we show pride we’re not showing Christ at all.
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you're right. God does indeed heal today and it is right to pray for his healing of our body and of our souls... it shows how much 'religious' people are able to quiblle over details that the pharisees were nervous because Jesus healed on the Sabbath. it's hard to imagine that being what they focused on. but i guess i have to ask myself how i would react if my own sensibilities were challenged.
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