God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 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... Continue Reading →
At that he did get up, and immediately picked up his cot and walked out in front of them all, so that they were all simply carried away, and they glorified God, saying: “We have never saw the like of it.” Mark 2:12 (Reference Bible) Amazed, astonished, surprised and carried away, these are some of... Continue Reading →
But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” Mark 2:10-11 (NIV) Every person alive along with all those who went before us has had to deal with their own... Continue Reading →
“Why does this man speak so? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but one, God?” Mark 2:7 (Byington) The scribes sitting there were thinking to themselves and they could not find reason for Jesus to declare the forgiveness of sins. They were completely right in that forgiveness does not originate from any man, only... Continue Reading →
And when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic: “Child, your sins are forgiven.” Mark 2:5 (Reference Bible) Word gets around that Jesus is back in town. We go at once and find where He is and fight the pressing crowd until we make our way through to the front. He is in... Continue Reading →
And said to him “See that you do not say anything to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest and make the offerings that Moses directed on account of your cleansing, for an attestation to them.” Mark 1:44 (Byington) One may wonder why Jesus sent the healed leper back to the church authorities. He... Continue Reading →
At that he was moved with pity, and he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him: “I want to, Be made clean.” Mark 1:41 (Reference Bible) We fallen beings got it all wrong. When we were designed, sin did not live within us. Unfortunately we let it in and all our... Continue Reading →
There also came to him a leper, entreating him even on bended knee, saying to him: “If you just want to, you can make me clean.” Mark 1:40 (Reference Bible) One could feel a healthy sense of jealousy when reading of this poor leper who approached Jesus. Not for his terrible disease or even for... Continue Reading →
And he said to them “Let us go elsewhere, to the adjoining towns, that I may preach there also; for it was for this that I came out.” Mark 1:38 (Byington) Why did Jesus come? What does He say it was for? What is your take on it? Do you ask yourself these questions? Or... Continue Reading →
And early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went outside and left for a lonely place, and there he began praying. Mark 1:35 (Reference Bible) There are some wonderful times of day to pray to the Lord our God. But few of them can compare to those early hours... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 