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Living by – what’s lawful?
Herewith a pericope-quickie for the Gospel reading.
Living by – what’s lawful?
MARK 2:23 – 3:6
Second Sunday after Pentecost
analysis by Ed Schroeder
Herewith a pericope-quickie for the Gospel reading.
GOSPEL FOR JUNE 1, 1997 – MARK 2:23 – 3:6
- Living by “what’s lawful?”
- Choosing the Sabbath (=law) as Lord and losing the Sabbath’s own Lord. Stubborn, withered, shriveled hearts.
- Left with only that Lord’s anger. Losing out on the Sabbath’s promised “rest,” by losing the Sabbath’s Lord.
- The Lord of the Sabbath. Jesus breaks the Sabbath-law to be merciful to the needy, and then is himself broken by that same law to become the law’s Lord on Good Friday and Easter. Plotters against him (3:6) become agents for the very Sabbath fulfillment which they sought to thwart.
- Healed of our own shriveled hearts by becoming that Lord’s disciples. Partnering with him in being ourselves lords of the Sabbath.
- Daily life in freedom from the tyranny of “what’s lawful?” Life that is law-free, but not law-less. Lords of the law themselves, disciples use it–as their Lord did–for doing mercy to the hungry and needy.
