Mercy, not Sacrifice

Forgiveness links the call of the tax collector to the healing of the paralytic – Christ’s authority to discharge sins and restore men – Mark 2:13-17.

When Jesus pronounced the paralytic’s sins “forgiven,” he offended the Scribes and Pharisees. He alienated them further by showing mercy to “sinners” considered especially unacceptable by more scrupulously religious Jews. Seeing Jesus eating with “tax collectors” and “sinners,” the Scribes and Pharisees insinuated that the Nazarene also was a notorious sinner – (Mark 2:1-17).

The Mission

The mission of the Church is to proclaim the Good News of God’s Kingdom to all nations until the moment Jesus arrives – Matthew 24:14.

Jesus commanded his true followers to announce the same message that he preached, which he summarized as the “Good News of the Kingdom of God.” His Church would spread this message to all nations without exception and in unexpected and paradoxical ways. Christ’s sovereignty over humanity must be established! Until his return, we are commanded to proclaim his Gospel to the “ends of the Earth.”

Түүний нэрийг Есүс гэдэг

Матай Сайн мэдээний эхний бүлэгт, тэнгэр элч Мариа тээсэн хүүхэд “Ариун Сүнсний төрсөн” гэж Иосефт мэдэгдсэн, тэр хүүхэд “Есүс” нэрийг нь түүнд даалгасан - “чи Түүнийг Есүс гэж нэрлэ. Учир нь Тэр Өөрийн ард түмнийг нүглээс нь аварна гэж хэлэв” Нэр нь илчлэгдэх гэж байсан ард түмнийхээ төлөө Бурханы аврах үйлдлийг зааж өгсөн.

Lord of Sabbath

Religious leaders from Jerusalem objected to the looseness of Jesus to their Sabbath traditions, but he used the opportunity to demonstrate that the “Son of Man” is “Lord” even over that day. God ceased His creative activities on the seventh day, but its formal establishment as a regulated day on which no work could be done did not occur until the Torah was given at Mount Sinai (“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy”).

Forgiving Sin

The literary unit in chapters 1 and 2 of the Gospel of Mark includes five stories highlighting the authority of Jesus as the “Son of Man.” It also shows the growing conflicts between him and the religious authorities based in the Jerusalem Temple, especially over issues of ritual purity and Sabbath regulations. There are parallels between the present story and the preceding one about the cleansing of the leper.

Authority over Purity Codes

The touch of the Nazarene cleansed a leper from ritual impurity, restoring him physically AND religiously, and Jesus touched the leper BEFORE he was cleansed of his ritual defilement. Any concern over contracting “uncleanness” did not prevent the Messiah from healing a Son of Israel - His touch drove out the disease and cleansed the man’s ritual defilement - (Mark 1:40-45).

Цөлд дуу хоолой

Маркийн Сайн мэдээ нь еврей Библи дэх ишлэлүүд дээр үндэслэсэн тунхаглалаар нээгдэж, Баптист Иоханы үйлчлэлийн судрын үндэс суурийг тавьсан юм. Энэ нь Есүсийн Мессиагийн номлол болон Бурханы хаант улсыг тунхаглах үе шатыг тогтоодог. Тиймээс маркийн данс нь биелэлтийн тэмдэглэл дээр эхэлдэг. Назараас ирсэн хүн бол Израилийн Бурханы сударт амласан Мессиа ба Аврагч юм.