I am reading through the Gospel of Mark. The sixth chapter
of this Gospel is a collection of well-known stories: the beheading of John the
Baptist, feeding of the 5,000, and Jesus walking to the water. The last two
stories illustrate an interesting juxtaposition of the Jesus’ inner circle and
the crowd. The disciples have a close-up view of Jesus, yet, they are described
as “cried out,” “amazed,” “terrified,”
and “their hearts are hardened.” The words to collect the crowd’s reaction are
“recognized,” “begged,” and “ran."
Does anyone else seeing what I am seeing? Today’s church is
afraid of the real Jesus. The world outside the church would run to this Jesus
except the fearful “handlers” hold him captive.
Ronald Friesen © 2015
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