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| The Pharisees were so stuck on what used to be that they were blind to what Jesus was trying to teach them. They became spiritually nearsighted. They peered so narrowly into the books that they never lifted their eyes to the new and exciting teaching of Jesus; they knew everything God had said but forgot to listen to what God was saying. The Pharisees were only able to tell people how to live if the world were the same as a few hundred years ago. But the world never stands still, it is always different, and if we are to hear God’s voice in our problems or needs, we must listen to the Bible and the Living Word. We then use the community of believers to help us discern what the Living Word and the Bible says to us. Jesus knew the Pharisees’ thoughts—both good and bad—he did not have to wait to hear how the Pharisees would act when he healed the man with the withered hand. He already knew. Jesus didn’t just point out the bad but he also encouraged the good in those around him. He didn’t just see the actions of the past but he knew by God’s grace what they might become. WORKS CITED: NRSV Harper Study Bible. Trans. Harold Lindsell. Michigan: Zondervan, 1991. The Broadman Bible Commentary. Trans. Clifton J. Allen. Tennessee: Broadman Press, 1970. Continued... |
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