Today, I am reading and commenting on  Mark 1-3.

When the man with leprosy came to Jesus he said, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”  Mark writes that Jesus was indignant when the man said that to Him.  Later, when Jesus saw the man with the withered hand in the synagogue, Mark writes that He looked around angry.  In the first case, why was Jesus indignant?  I believe He was indignant because He knew that the man was unsure if Jesus was willing to heal him because he knew many people who would have been unwilling to heal him if they were able.  In the synagogue Jesus was angry because of those who were present who were more interested in finding cause to accuse Jesus than they were in helping relieve the suffering of their fellow man.  Finally, the passage ends with Jesus telling the crowd around Him that whoever does God’s will is His brother and sister and mother, whoever does God’s will is His family.  So, those who wish to be part of Jesus’ family seek ways in which to alleviate the sufferings of others.  If those who know me do not know that I would risk myself to help others, I have either failed to understand Jesus’ message, or have failed to communicate that message.  If others who know me think I might judge them for helping others, no matter the circumstances, I have either failed to understand Jesus’ message, or failed to communicate that message.  Those things hold true for you as well.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.