24 January 2019
CROWDING FORWARD TO TOUCH HIM (Mark 3:7-12)
Mark tells us people started coming from all the provinces of
Palestine and the gentile lands beyond.
They were drawn to Jesus, his message and to his healing. But when you
read other literature written at the time there is hardly a mention of
Jesus. The Roman colonial authorities
seem to take no notice. While people
today are aware of the Christian faith, for many it is something that passes
them by. It does not touch their
lives. Even among those who go church
and read the scriptures it is hard to relate what they live with what they believe. The culture we inhabit pays lip service to
the message of Jesus and when public figures call for prayers they tend to do
it in a formal way without much expectation that prayer will have an impact.
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